The Monthly Set – 12
Jan 19th, 2010 by Chandrakant
Scroll down for the answers .
Section – A
1. Who has been edited out of this snap ?
2. What was the original intended purpose of this spire ?
3. Who connects ?
A
B
C
D
4. What name could one give this pond ?
5. Id the chap on the right .
6. Am looking for something belonging to an Indian maiden here .
7. It is widely believed that A inspired a work X by B . Solve for all.
A
B
8. Home to ?
9. Where are they ?
10. Who are the chaps in the background ?
SECTION – B
11. Quite a clipper . Who he ?
12. All of them are candidates for ?
A
B
C
D
13. Whose flag ?
14. In the second half of the video , you can hear the crowd singing a song . Which song ? Why are they singing it ?
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15. Connect .
A
B
16. Connect .
A
B
C
D
17. What is being shown here ?
18. Theme / Connect ?
ANSWERS
SECTION – A
1. Jyoti Basu . The snap shows the original politburo .
2. The Art Deco spire of the Empire State Building was originally designed to be a mooring mast for zeppelins .
3. John Malkovich . He has portrayed Al Rockoff ( A ) , Gustav Klimt ( B ) , Charles II ( C ) and FW Murnau ( D ) on screen .
4. Belagola ( ‘white pond ‘ ) . This is the pond in Shravanabelagola from which the town gets its name .
5. Manute Bol , tallest ever player to appear in the NBA .
6. The twin peaks ( in the background ) in San Francisco are known as “Los Pechos de la Choca” or ”Breasts of the Indian Maiden” .
7. Joseph Conrad ( B ) stayed at the Maharashtra State Police HQ (Formerly Royal Alfred Sailor’s House) { A } the 1880s and his experiences here inspired the story of the unfortunately titled The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’: A Tale of the Sea’ ( X ) .
8. This is the Lubyanka in Moscow , home to the KGB .
9. Inside the Gateway Arch , St. Louis .
10. Radiohead making an appearance in the South Park episode ’Scott Tenorman must die ‘ .
SECTION – B
11. Sir Francis Chichester , the first man to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route and also the fastest circumnavigator .
12. All are thought to be candidates for the source of the Rigvedic drink Soma . The plants are Ephedra ( A ) , Psilocybine Mushrooms ( B ) , Amanita Muscaria ( C ) and Lotus ( D ) .
13. The Mardi Gras Flag .
14. Quoting Rajith , ” This is the 1989 European Cup semi final between AC Milan and Real Madrid . The referee blew his whistle 3:06 minutes into the game to stop play and hold a minute’s silence for those who lost their lives tragically at Hillsborough. Half way through the minute’s silence, the A.C. Milan fans sang Liverpool’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ as a sign of respect” .
15. Jasper Fforde’s ( A ) first book in the Thursday Next series , The Eyre Affair features the adventures of protagonist Thursday Next through the world of Charlotte Bronte’s ( B ) Jane Eyre .
16. Movies by Anurag Kashyap – Paanch ( A is the boy band Five :-) ) , No Smoking ( B ) , Gulaal ( C ) and Dev D ( D is Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay on whose work Devdas the movie was based ) .
17. Radial Neuropathy which results from trauma to the Radial Nerve ,
18. Theme / Connect
- Sir Francis Chichester’s journey was sponsored by the Sunday Times
- Soma –> Somvaar = Monday
- ‘Mardi Gras’ means ’Fat Tuesday‘
- The Hillsborough Disaster happened at Hillsborough , home to Sheffield Wednesday
- Thursday Next Series
- Yet another movie by Anurag Kashyap is Black Friday
- Radial Neuropathy is also known as ‘Saturday Night Palsy’
THEME/CONNECT - The 7 Days of a week
1.jyoti basu(the 1st polit beurau)
2. mooring aircrafts
3.
4. a temple pond.
5.manute bol( tallest nba player)
6.something related 2 kiran shaw of biocon
7. bombay. rudyard kipling
8.nobel foundation
9. burj dubai.. the tallest building
10.. linkin park
11.
12. drugs(grass/mushrooms)
13.
14. you will never walk alone in the memory of hillsborough disaster
15.steve jobs
16.
17. saturday night palsy
18. the beatles??
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1. Jyoti Basu
2. The building’s distinctive Art Deco spire was originally designed to be a mooring mast and depot for dirigibles
3. John Malkovich – he played Joseph Klimt in Klimt, FW Murnau in Munrau etc
5. Manute Bol
7. A – Mumbai Police Headquarters B- Joseph Conrad X-The
Secret Agent
9. Petronas Twin towers
10. This South Park episode is “Mystery of the Urinal Deuce” where the twin Towers controversy is shown
16. Inspiration for works of Anurag Kashyap – no smoking, gulaal, dev d (inspired from devdas written by SaratChandra Chattopadhyay)
18. Twin Towers is the theme. Anurag Kashyap is directing a movie called “Terrorism” based on 9/11, Manute Bol due to his height was called one of the twin towers, in “Being John Malkovich”, John Cusack is shown getting out of it. Empire State Building was the tallest building overtaken by Twin Towers. Because of its terrorist theme, The Secret Agent has been noted as “one of the three works of literature most cited in the American media” since September 11, 2001. On September 11, 2006, Jyoti basu resigned from the politburo. South Park connection – This South Park episode is “Mystery of the Urinal Deuce” where the twin Towers controversy is shown
3. John Malkovich – klimt and F.W. Murnau
16. Anurag Kashyap – Paanch, No SMoking, Gulaal & Devdas
7. Victory by Conrad ?
1. jyoti basu
2. docking station for blimps
3. john malkovich
5. manute bol
17. wrist drop
3 b. Gustav Klimt
d. Friedrich murnau
dracula??
5. Manute Bol, once-upon-a-time tallest in NBA.
7 b. Joseph Conrad
The place looks indian. SS Patna? Lord Jim?
1.Jyoti Basu
2.This is the Empire State Building. The building’s distinctive Art Deco spire was originally designed to be a mooring mast and depot for dirigibles. The
102nd floor was originally a landing platform with a dirigible gangplank. A particular elevator, traveling between the 86th and 102nd floors, was supposed to
transport passengers after they checked in at the observation deck on the 86th floor. However, the idea proved to be impractical and dangerous after a few
attempts with airships, due to the powerful updrafts caused by the size of the building itself. A large broadcast tower was added to the top of the spire in
1953.
3A.Al Rockoff
3B.Gustav Klimt
3C.
3D.F. W. Murnau
Connnect – John Malkovich played
Al Rockoff in the movie The Killing Fields (1984)
Gustav Klimt in the movie Klimt (2006)
F. W. Murnau in the movie Shadows of the Vampire (2000)
4.Kulam
5.Manute Bol, was undisputedly the tallest player ever to appear in the National Basketball Association
6.
7A.
7B.Joseph Conrad
7X.
8.International Refugee Organization
9. Under sea
10.Jonas Brothers
11.
12.They are all poisnous
13.
14.
15.
16. Anurag Kashyap movies
A.Paanch
B.No Smoking
C.Gulaal
D.Dev D (He is Sharat Chandra Chatterji, who had written Devdas and Dev D is a modern day take on the novel)
17.Hand of God
1.jyoti basu
2.empire state building-to moor/abandon airships
4.is it pancha teertha ?
15.croquet and the first lady to win wimbledon
16.Anurag kashyap-sarath chandra chatterjee is the man sitting.devd and devdas,No smoking a movie directed by kashyap,holi think he was script writer or asst.director of the movie.paanch movie i think is d remaining visual.
17.saturday night palsy
Section A
1. Jyoti Basu
2. The first use of tower lights atop the Empire State Building, was for the purpose of signalling the victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt over Hoover in the presidential election of November 1932
3. , B-Gustav Klimt, ,D-FW Murnau,A&C dont know. They are connected by Dracula
5. Manute Bol a Sudanese-born basketball player
7. Mumbai(A) inspired a work The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus(X ) by Joseph Conrad ( B)
9. Observation room on top the Gateway Arch, St. Louis
12. A-Ephedera, B- Psilocybin mushrooms, C- Amanita muscaria. D- Nelumbo Nucifera or indian Lotus are all candidates of Soma Plant.
13. Mardi Gras
14. a European Cup semi final between AC Milan and Real Madrid was played. The referee blew his whistle 3:06 minutes into the game to stop play and hold a minute’s silence for those who lost their lives tragically at Hillsborough. Half way through the minute’s silence, the A.C. Milan fans sang Liverpool’s ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ as a sign of respect.
Theme- No chance, i give up
1. polit bureau members in 1970 &answer is Jyoti Basu
1.Jyothi Basu RIP
2.Empire State Building
3.Connect – John Malkovich
All roles played by him including F.W. Murnau, artist Gustav Klimt , Al Rockoff
5.Manute Bol , Until the debut of Gheorghe Mure?an, Bol was undisputedly the tallest player ever to appear in the National Basketball Association.
7.Narcissus of Bombay by Joseph Conrad
8.Chancellor of Exhequer
9. Gateway Arch
10.The Ramones
15.Charlotte Bronte
16.Anurag Kashyap
oh no, am late but is the theme Cancer?