Showing posts with label QOTD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label QOTD. Show all posts
Sep 1, 2010
QOTD 02/09/10
Q.Connect the pics... Its rather school quiz type I suppose..(with all due respect to those supremely awesome school quizzers).
Aug 17, 2010
QOTD 17/08/10
Connect these images and explain the context in which these images are connected.(1 point for connect)
Ans: The images are Willie the Lion, Mascot of FIFA WC 1966, The Wembley Stadium, Venue of the final. The person is Harry Enfield and the comic strip is Pickles, created by Brian Crane(btw, whose name was given at the bottom of the strip. All comic strips have the name of the creator/artist and the agency its syndicated to). Harry Enfield gave his voice to Pickles in a 2006 ITV feature "Pickles:The Dog Who Won The World Cup".
The Connect: Pickles the Dog who retrieved the lost Jules Rimet trophy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickles_(dog)
ps: I guess the question turned out to be tougher than I thought, the Mascot and the venue were meant to signify the WC final after which the winner gets the trophy. I thought the most obvious clue , Brian Crane's name after the bottom of the strip, which upon mere googling would give 'pickles' WC+ Pickles=Pickles the dog.
Attempt the special quiz: http://theilluminatiquiz.blogspot.com/p/harvest-festivals-special-quiz.html
Attempt the special quiz: http://theilluminatiquiz.blogspot.com/p/harvest-festivals-special-quiz.html
The Connect: Pickles the Dog who retrieved the lost Jules Rimet trophy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickles_(dog)
ps: I guess the question turned out to be tougher than I thought, the Mascot and the venue were meant to signify the WC final after which the winner gets the trophy. I thought the most obvious clue , Brian Crane's name after the bottom of the strip, which upon mere googling would give 'pickles' WC+ Pickles=Pickles the dog.
Attempt the special quiz: http://theilluminatiquiz.blogspot.com/p/harvest-festivals-special-quiz.html
Jul 12, 2010
QOTD 12/7/2010
Q.ID her.She's famous for her 1996 movie which earned her
academy and BAFTA nominations.
academy and BAFTA nominations.
Ans: Kristin Scott Thomas
Jul 11, 2010
QOTD 11/7/2010
Q.ID and Connect the images(the movies).Also connect the people.Together they managed something unique.And the guy in the 'middle' (Do not take me literally,but I do not use words for no reason..every single thing as they say,has a purpose.. :D ) had the most to do with it,earning him special glory .EXplain....[5 points]
ANS: The simple connect is that All the three are John Huston movies-(clockwise from top)
pic2- Moulin Rouge
pic3- Prizzi's Honour
The rest of the connect-the people connect and unique achievements part- is quite long.
The first pic is a shot of John Huston's father,Walter Huston in the movie,and Anjelica Huston , his daughter played Maerose Prizzi in the movie Prizzi's honour.They both won academy awards for their perfomances.John huston won the academy award for best director for the movie Moulin Rouge.Thus they became the first family to have three generations of Academy Award winners.John Huston has the unique distinction of directing both his father and daughter in Oscar-winning performances.
Jul 10, 2010
Jul 8, 2010
QOTD 9/7/2010
Q.Connect all the four parts of the composite image...[1 pt]
might as well click on the image... its never good to miss the greater picture..
ANS: HP(Hewlett Packard)- it owns snapfish,voodoo computers,palm inc,and procurve.
Jul 5, 2010
QOTD 06/07/2010
Connect the following three images : 1 point if you identify the two gentlemen correctly, 3 points for identifying and explaining the connect!
(Sorry, No Clues!)
The connect is IgNobel award winners :
1) Ravi Batra of Southern Methodist University, shrewd economist and best-selling author of The Great Depression of 1990 and Surviving the Great Depression of 1990, was awarded the IgNobel for Economics in 1993 for selling enough copies of his books to single-handedly prevent worldwide economic collapse.
2)WATER MEMORY : Jacques Benveniste, prolific proselytizer and dedicated correspondent of Nature, was awarded the IgNobel for Chemistry in 1991 for his persistent discovery that water, H2O, is an intelligent liquid, and for demonstrating to his satisfaction that water is able to remember events long after all traces of those events have vanished. This 'WATER MEMORY' was the explanation he proposed for homeopathy.
3) Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India, was awarded the IgNobel for Peace in 2003 for a triple accomplishment: First, for leading an active life even though he has been declared legally dead; second, for waging a lively posthumous campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and third, for creating the Association of Dead People. Lal Bihari overcame the handicap of being dead, and managed to obtain a passport from the Indian government so that he could travel to Harvard to accept his Prize. However, the U.S. government refused to allow him into the country. His friend Madhu Kapoor therefore came to the Ig Nobel Ceremony and accepted the Prize on behalf of Lal Bihari. Several weeks later, the Prize was presented to Lal Bihari himself in a special ceremony in India.
(Sorry, No Clues!)
The connect is IgNobel award winners :
1) Ravi Batra of Southern Methodist University, shrewd economist and best-selling author of The Great Depression of 1990 and Surviving the Great Depression of 1990, was awarded the IgNobel for Economics in 1993 for selling enough copies of his books to single-handedly prevent worldwide economic collapse.
2)WATER MEMORY : Jacques Benveniste, prolific proselytizer and dedicated correspondent of Nature, was awarded the IgNobel for Chemistry in 1991 for his persistent discovery that water, H2O, is an intelligent liquid, and for demonstrating to his satisfaction that water is able to remember events long after all traces of those events have vanished. This 'WATER MEMORY' was the explanation he proposed for homeopathy.
3) Lal Bihari, of Uttar Pradesh, India, was awarded the IgNobel for Peace in 2003 for a triple accomplishment: First, for leading an active life even though he has been declared legally dead; second, for waging a lively posthumous campaign against bureaucratic inertia and greedy relatives; and third, for creating the Association of Dead People. Lal Bihari overcame the handicap of being dead, and managed to obtain a passport from the Indian government so that he could travel to Harvard to accept his Prize. However, the U.S. government refused to allow him into the country. His friend Madhu Kapoor therefore came to the Ig Nobel Ceremony and accepted the Prize on behalf of Lal Bihari. Several weeks later, the Prize was presented to Lal Bihari himself in a special ceremony in India.
Jul 3, 2010
Jul 2, 2010
QOTD 02/07/2010 (World Cup Quiz -14)
Connect the following three images to one of two people whose common act still gives sleepless nights to their national side's maniacal fan-following!
(I need both the person and the incident to be mentioned)
ANS : Stuart Pearce, current coach of the England Under-21s
Pic 1 is a famous still from the Alfred Hitchcock thriller 'Psycho'. 'Psycho' was the nickname given to him by his England team-mates!
Pic 2 is the jersey of the Manchester City Football Club, which he served as player and even manager before being sacked and then hired as England's Under 21 coach
Pic 3 is Chris Waddle, former England international who played as an attacking midfielder
The Connect was that both Chris Waddle and Stuart Pearce missed penalties against Germany in penalty shoot-out loss in the World Cup of 1990. This was England's first penalty shoot-out in major international competitions, and they have gone on to lose every single shoot-out they've participated in since!
Jul 1, 2010
QOTD 01/7/2010
Q.Identify the movie..[1 pt]
use whatever vision you may,but none a secret from the gamemaster.....
ANS:Jean de florette ...
use whatever vision you may,but none a secret from the gamemaster.....
ANS:Jean de florette ...
Jun 28, 2010
QOTD 28/6/2010
Q.Connect the following works of fiction.Connect is very much real.Or was.Probably still is.[1 pt]
[click to see the complete picture]
The good that men do is oft interred with their bones, but the evil lives on.
After all,by what right do we judge good and bad,fair and unfair?
ANS: Aleister Crowley ,English occultist, mystic and magician.
The good that men do is oft interred with their bones, but the evil lives on.
After all,by what right do we judge good and bad,fair and unfair?
ANS: Aleister Crowley ,English occultist, mystic and magician.
Jun 8, 2010
QOTD (89) 09/06/2010 [World Cup Countdown-8]
ID the legendary English player, who according to Alf Ramsey and Bobby Charlton, was the the most technically gifted player of his generation and would have surely spearheaded the English attack at the 1966 World Cup, had not fate intervened. Who and why did he not play ?
(2 Points)
[Click to enlarge image]
Ans. The player is Duncan Edwards, legendary Man-Utd player and most famous among the 'Busby Babes'. He was critically injured in the Munich Air Disaster in 1958 and died of kidney failure a few days later
Salute to legends like him, who never got to play at the World Cup, due to one reason or the other-To Di Stefano, Schuster, George Weah, Tessier, Kanchelskis, Kubola, Ryan Giggs, George Best, Cantona, Ian Rush, Mark Hughes, Ginola etc.
Cracked by Psi, Nightwing, Khanu, JT26, Vindicated and Joseph Praful
May 26, 2010
QOTD (76) 27/5/2010
ID the gentleman on the left (He is probably more known internationally than in his home country) [1 Point]
Ans. Sudarshan Patnaik, the famous Indian Sand Sculptor
Cracked by Patriot and Psi
Some of his works are shown below
May 25, 2010
QOTD (74) 25/5/2010
ID and connect the 3 images in the composite picture (4 Points)
[Click to enlarge image] [Clue: The connect is a 7-letter keyword]
Ans. 'PIONEER'
Pic 1 shows the Pioneer Effect, the observed deviation from predicted trajectories and velocities of various unmanned spacecraft visiting the outer Solar System, notably the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 (blanked out in the image shown)
Pic 2 is Chandan Mitra (famous as BJP Spokesperson in CNN-IBN)
He is also Chief Editor and MD of 'The Pioneer', a medium sized English Newspaper in India
Pic 3 is Rudyard Kipling. He (in his early 20s) , had worked at 'The Pioneer's Allahabad Office as an Assistand Editor from November 1887 to March 1889
Tough one i guess. Cracked only by Patriot. Chandan Mitra identified by both Useless and Lakshman
May 9, 2010
May 4, 2010
QOTD 4/5/2010
ID the Indian Biz tycoon (1 Point)
Gautam Thapar who heads the Avantha Group. Only the half the points were awarded to the right answers as a huge clue was give away .
Hmm..nobody seems to have got this...
Another clue.....'Crompton Greaves'
Am leaving the question open for one more day
(Will publish the answer on 6th May 00 00 HRS....)
Gautam Thapar who heads the Avantha Group. Only the half the points were awarded to the right answers as a huge clue was give away .
May 3, 2010
May Day Special Quiz on Communism, Marxism and other related political philosophies
A Special Quiz on a not-so-popular topic. The Quiz will be open till 7th May 00 00 hrs. So rack your brains till then!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita_Khrushchev
2. Who is the person blanked out in the image? Which famous co-operative organisation did he help found?This is one of the most iconic images in Indian Political History-What is the funda behind this image ? (3 Points)
Ans. A.K Gopalan
He was instrumental in the setting up of the Indian Coffee House Co-operative Society
The photo is of the 'Navaratnas' or the first ever Politburo of the CPIM
The members were: P.Sundarayya (General Secretary), E.M.S Namboodaripad, A.K Gopalan, M.Basavapunniah, B.T Ranavide, Jyoti Basu, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, P.Ramamurthi and Pramode Dasgupta
3. Connect the images to a famous political personality. Explain the connection(s) (1 Point)
Ans. Brinda Karat (She was originally an Air Hostess with Air India, she is involved in a public war of words with Baba Ramdev, she acted in 'Amu' and Prannoy Roy of NDTV is her brother-in-law)
4. ID the personality? Which famous political manuscript did he co-author? (2 Points)
Ans. Freidrich Engels
He co-authored the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx
5. Z is the name of a village and a region in the northern part of West Bengal. It comes under the jurisdiction of Darjeeling district with its sub-divisional headquarters at Siliguri. Something very famous happened here in the late 1960s that has lead the village's name to become synonymous with a term that is commonly in the news. What term (derived from the village name)?
(1 Point)
Ans. Naxalpuri, from which 'Naxalism' and 'Naxalite' was derived
QOTD 3/5/2010
Connect the books shown in the composite image below (1 Point)
Ans. All are books with stories that are set within one single day
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