Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 12th, 2011
This English legend was (in)famously dropped from the team . Why ? Quoting Appu , ”When England played Germany in Berlin on 14 May 1938 , Stan Cullis refused to join the rest of his team mates in performing a Nazi salute prior to the match. Cullis, the only player to refuse, was dropped from [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 11th, 2011
Connect . King George III ( A ) , Vlad the impaler ( B ) , Queen Mary ( C , Tori Amos featured here ) and Paula Allende – all famously suffered from Porphyria and is thought to be one of the potential reasons for all their eccentricities . Cracked by Appu , Nakul [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 9th, 2011
Yet another landmark achieved . 700 up . Phew ! Once again , much thanks to our followers for helping us come this far . For your manoranjan , we have a special set for the day . Find it below . The 700 Special .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 8th, 2011
A and B are about two ( of the many famous ) ‘stories’ about a certain location X . Gimme both stories and X . Also connect A and B to the chap C . Miss Evers’ Boys (A) the 1992 stage play about the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and The Tuskegee Airmen (B) are legends [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 7th, 2011
Identify the location . What happened here approximately 20 centuries back ? Bethany beyond the Jordan , the site of baptism of Jesus Christ by John the Baptist . Cracked by NigelT , Fifthape , Pradyoth C John , Appu , Jins , Anju Unnikrishnan , Bindu Amat and Rithwik .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2011
This North London housing project was completed and officially opened in 2009 . Just identify. Quoting Fifthape , “When the gunners stop firing , the estate agents move in” . This is Highbury Square , the high specification apartment project within the grounds of Highbury Stadium, the former home of Arsenal FC . The project [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 5th, 2011
What is this tattoo based on ? Tree of life . Cracked by Balakrishnan , NigelT , Nakul , Rithwik , Fifthape , Yadhu , RaklodramA , Appu S , Sohail Nijas , V Chandrashekar , Appu , Rajith Ravi , MrsGollum , Rahul Satyan and Ranjith AR .
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2011
If one was to ignore the panel on the wall ( which is shown in the distance in the first pic and enlarged view in the second and fourth pics ) , what would one get from the letters on the keys on the three remaining walls ? This is ‘General Assembly’ by Simon Patterson [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2011
What is happening here ? Quoting NigelT , “An installation, titled “Flat Earth” , of 18 suspended label printers print out live edits as they are made to Wikipedia, which gently fall to the ground to create a visual indication of exactly how heavily the site is used , to mark the 10th anniversary of [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 1st, 2011
Connect . Former Red Devil Massimo Taibi ( A ) came to be known as ‘The Blind Venetian’ because of this . B is , of course , a Venetian Blind . Appu and Balakrishnan – 6/6 guys !
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