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Monthly Archive for February, 2011

Daily Question # 702

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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Daily Question # 701

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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Daily Question # 700

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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Daily Question # 699

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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Daily Question # 698

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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Daily Question # 697

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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Daily Question # 696

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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Daily Question # 695

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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Daily Question # 694

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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Daily Question # 693

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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