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Daily Question # 612

This  is  how  they’d  look  when  viewed  from  each  other .
What  are  they ?

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Daily Question # 611

What  is  the  height  of  this  monument ?

This  is  the Monument  to  the  Great  Fire  of  London , located  near  the  Northern  end  of  the  London  Bridge . It  is  202 ft /61.57 metre  tall  and  marks  the  monument’s  distance  to  the  site  of  Thomas  Farynor, the  king’s  baker’s  shop  in  Pudding  Lane , where  the [...]

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Daily Question # 610

Identify  and  connect  these  scultpures .
Quoting  Appu ,
“The figure of the American Indian in Horatio Greenough’s The Rescue (B) is based on the central figure in Laocoon and His Sons (A)”
Cracked  by  Ajith , Mayank , Arun , Appu , Bobby , Anoop V , V Chandrashekar , FlightlessOne , Manu Sathian , Devajyoti Ghosh [...]

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Daily Question # 609

What  are  these  fortifications  called ?
These  fortifications  highlighted  the  importance  of  a  then-developing  siege  ops  strategy  which  one  could  associate  with  Bangalore , Roorkee  and  Pune  as  far  as  the  case  of  Indian  Army  goes . What  are  we  talking  about ?

Star  Forts / Trace  Italienne . They  highlighted  the  importance  of   sapping/sappers as [...]

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Daily Question # 608

Who  is  the  subject  of  this  painting ? Also  tell  me  what  ‘first’  is  she  known  for ?
P.S – All  the  scores  will  be  updated  today  evening .

The  painting  is  ‘Mademoiselle  Rosalie  Duthe’ by  Henri-Pierre  Danloux featuring  Rosalie  Duthe , a  French courtesan . She  is  the  first  officially  recorded  Dumb  Blonde .
Cracked  by  Rajith [...]

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Daily Question # 607

He’s  a  girl  who  fires  well . Just  identify .
Uziel  Gal  , the  designer  and  namesake  of  the  Uzi .
Cracked  by  V  Chandrashekar , Kriskingle , Bobby , Appu , Rajith  Ravi , Arun , Manu  Sathian , Yadhu , Dilshad  Raihan , Rithwik , Devajyoti  Ghosh , Mitun  Biswas , Kamal  Rathi  and  Freestyler [...]

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Daily Question # 606

Google  Earth  Time  again .
Just  identify  this  location .
Iran’s  Bushehr  Nuclear  Power  Plant  which  went  operational  a  few  days  back .
Cracked  by  Anoop  V , Appu  , Rajith  Ravi , Rithwik  and  Muhammad  Shabeer .

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Daily Question # 605

Connect.

Quoting  Manu  Sathian ,
“A- Manuel Noriega
B – Sylvester Stallone
Connect - According to Sylvester Stallone, the villain and plot of the film “The Expendables” is based on Manuel Noriega, the former military dictator of Panama who had a corrupt relationship with the CIA and drugs”
Cracked  by  Ameya , Yadhu , Appu , Rajith  Ravi , Arun , Ajith [...]

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Daily Question # 604

Who  once  stayed  at  the  building  in the  background ?

This  is  Oskar  Schindler’s  childhood  home  in  Svitavy . The  Star  of  David  guided  only  Ajith  to  the  correct  answer . Take  a  bow !

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Daily Question # 603

Which  famous  Indian  product  would  you  associate  with  this  brand ?

Juki  Sewing  Machines – used  in  the  manufacture  of   the  Indian  National  Flag .
Cracked  by  Bobby , Nishanth  Raman , Shabeer  and  Rithwik .

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