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Monthly Archive for February, 2011

Daily Question # 711

A  is  a  model  of  X . B  and  C  are  stills  from  a  film  Y  inspired  by  X . Name  X  and  Y . Tatlin’s  Tower ( X )  and  Tower  Bawher ( Y ) . Nakul , Fifthape , Dibyo , Balakrishnan , Rithwik , Appu S , Ajith P , Yadhu , [...]

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Daily Question # 710

What  is  the  colourful  thingy  on  the  right ? This  is  the  last  page  of  the  CD  booklet  of  Coldplay’s  “X & Y” . The  image  is  a  graphical  representation  of  the  Baudot  Code ( and  so  are  the  remaining  images  in  the  booklet ) and  reads “Make  Trade  Fair” , the  Oxfam  campaign  which [...]

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All  scores  till  Q No. 708  have  been  updated . ANSWERS 1. La  Princesse , the  famous  mechanical  spider  performing  in  Yokohama  as  part  of  the  150th  anniversary  of  the  opening  of  the  Yokohama  port . 2. Barbara  Garson’s  MacBird! that  superimposed  the  struggle  for  power  following  the  Kennedy  assassination  onto  the  plot  of  Shakespeare’s  Macbeth . [...]

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Daily Question # 709

All  scores  and  answers  will  be  updated  tomorrow . A  fairly  simple  one  for  the  day . Just  connect . The  connect – Films  directed  by  Tom  Hooper . ‘Red  Dust’ was  based  on  the  novel  of  the  same  name  by  Gillian  Slovo ( A ) , ‘The  Damned  United’ on  David  Peace‘s ( B [...]

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Daily Question # 708

Portrait  of  X  as  Y . Gimme  both . Johnny  Depp  as  Hunter  S  Thompson . Cracked  by  Jins , Fifthape , Rithwik , Nakul , NigelT , Dibyo , Appu , MrsGollum  and  Visitor .

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Daily Question # 707

We  have  a  special  question  for  the  day . This  question  was  mailed  in  by  Sreeram ( thanks  for  that  Saar )  a  few  years  back  and  I’ve  wanted  to  ask  it  on  the  blog  someday . And  today  happens  to  be  that  day Identify  the  chap  in  the  centre . Also  name  the  movie [...]

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Daily Question # 706

Keep it zimble. Whose hands be these? While on the subject, we are considering banning Appu from answering for a month. Please send us your thoughts on this proposal. Georgia  O’Keeffe . Cracked  by  Rithwik , Nakul , Appu , Yadhu , Appu S , Manu Sathian , Balakrishnan , Dibyo , Ashok , NigelT [...]

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Daily Question # 705

Magazine  article  about  a  Palme  d’Or  winning  film ( A )  and  a  South  American  football  club ( B ) . Who  connects ? Adhemar  da  Silva , the  legendary  Brazilian  triple  jump  champion . He famously  played  the  role  of  Death  in  Marcel  Camus’s  ’Orpheu  Negro‘ ( A ) , Palme  d’Or  winner  in [...]

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Daily Question # 704

A  is  most  famous  for  the  structures  depicted  in  B . However , it  was  C’s ( not  pictured ) arrival  that  resulted  in  A  and  B’s  sudden  rise  to  fame . Solve  for  A , B  and  C . Cure  Cottages  of  Saranac  Lake ( B ) [ A  being  the  map  of  the [...]

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Daily Question # 703

A  based  the  idea  on  B’s  most  famous  work  and  the  man  seated  in  C . Which  idea ? The  Man  in  the  Hathaway  Shirt . David  Ogilvy ( A )  was  the  mastermind  behind  the  campaign  and  he  based  it  on  James  Thurber’s ( B ) ‘The  Secret  Life  of  Walter  Mitty’ and  Lewis [...]

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