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Monthly Archive for October, 2011

Daily Question # 826

X  asked  Y  for  Z. Y  wanted  something  in  return. The  result  was  the  creative  project  pictured  below. Gimme  X , Y , Z  and  the  project.   Quoting Fifthape, “The project began when Spike Jonze (X) asked Olympia Le-Tan(Y), a designer, for a Catcher in the Rye(Z) embroidery for his wall, and Le-Tan asked [...]

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Daily QUestion # 825

‘Whose’  crack ?   Salcedo’s Crack. This is Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth at the Tate Modern. Cracked by Jyotishraj, Ram Sripathi , Devajyoti Ghosh, Fifthape, Siddharth Ravi , Appu , Ahana Anil , Akhil R Nair, M Vinayakumar, Sachin, Anil Raghavan, Nigel Thomas and Abhi (Nice to have you back!).

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Daily Question # 824

Connect . Jacob’s  Ladder , the  biblical  ladder  to  heaven  from  the  Book  of  Genesis. A – Shows  a  high  voltage  traveling  arc which  is  used  for  producing  a  continuous  train  of  sparks  which  rise  upwards , also  known  as  Jacob’s  Ladder. B – Crepuscular  rays , rays  of  sunlight  appearing  to  radiate  from  a  [...]

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Daily Question # 823

Memorial  to ? Onake  Obavva. Siddharth Ravi, Fifthape and Hari Parameswaran pounded this one down.

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Daily Question # 822

Now  that  the greatest  club  game  in  the  world  is  behind  us  and  there  is  ample  evidence  to  the  fact  that  Liverpool  are  indeed  a  culture  club , let  us  get  back  to  quizzing . Easy  one  to  (re)start  things  off . Why  is  the  book  making  an  appearance  here ? Quoting  Appu, “Because Roseanne [...]

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Daily Question # 821

What ? Where ? There  exists  a  replica  of  this  installation  and  is  more  famous . Where  would  one  find  the  replica ? The  Gresham  Grasshopper atop  the  Royal  Exchange  in  London. The  more  famous  copy is  atop  the  Faneuil  Hall  in  Boston. Cracked  by  Appu, Ram Sripathi, Fifthape, Jyotishraj, Prateek and Siddharth Ravi.

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Daily Question # 820

Connect . The  three  self-anchored  suspension  bridges  in  Pittsburgh, PA  spanning  the  Allegheny  river  are  named  the  Andy  Warhol ( A )  Bridge , the  Rachel  Carson ( B )  Bridge  and  the  Roberto  Clemente ( C )  Bridge . They  are  collectively  known  as  The  Three  Sisters  and   are  the  only  trio  of  nearly  [...]

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Daily Question # 819

This  project  should  take  a  lil  over  27  years  to  complete . What  are  we  talking  about ? Branding  the  10,000  lakes  of  Minnesota . Cracked  by  Appu , Nakul  Sharma , Fifthape , Ahana Anil  and  Devajyoti  Ghosh .

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Daily Question # 818

Two   parts . a. Snap ( A ) from  the  1950s  . What  exactly  is  happening  here ? b. Now , another  snap  from  this  particular  series  of  snaps  was  made  famous  by  a  1970s  movie . The  man  behind  this  project  belonged  to  an  organization  X . Famous  British  establishment  Y  gets  its  name  [...]

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Daily Question # 817

Identify  the  movie . Who’s  the  actor  in  the  wheelchair  on  the  extreme  right ? Ron  Kovic‘s  cameo  in  Born  on  the  Fourth  of  July . As  expected , only  Appu  came  home with  the  answer .  Take  a  bow !

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