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Daily Question #150

2009-08-09T22:05:00.003+05:30

Identify the patent and the owner. The hint is a give away.
PS : Don't forget DQ #149.

Daily Question #149

2009-08-09T21:58:00.004+05:30

Identify the racing technique named after a region.

Daily Question #148

2009-08-08T23:16:00.002+05:30

The existence or non-existence of particle A is expected to be established conclusively by experiments at B. Another more popular name of A is derived from the title of a book written by C. Identify A, B and C.

Daily Question #147

2009-08-07T21:01:00.005+05:30

Where would you find such "beautiful" art?

Cracked by Rithwik, Debasish, Navin and Kamal Rathi!!

Answer : Museum of Bad Art

The Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) is a privately owned museum whose stated aim is "to celebrate the labor of artists whose work would be displayed and appreciated in no other forum". MOBA was founded in 1994, after antique dealer Scott Wilson showed a painting he had recovered from the trash to some friends, who suggested starting a collection. Lucy in the Field with Flowers and Sunday on the Pot with George are two such pieces on display.

Daily Question #146

2009-08-06T20:25:00.004+05:30

X is a literary technique named after the person in the first pic. The second pic shows the use of X. Identify X.

Cracked by Navin, Sanjeet, Pandora, Debasish, v.chandrashekar and Bad Ass Thambi!!

Answer : X - Chekhov's Gun

Chekhov's gun is the literary technique whereby an element is introduced early in the story, but its significance does not become clear until later on. The name Chekhov's gun comes from Anton Chekhov himself, who stated that any object introduced in a story must be used later on, else it ought not to feature in the first place. In the movie The Departed, the envelope is shown earlier in the movie but its purpose becomes evident at a later stage.

Daily Question #145

2009-08-05T21:22:00.004+05:30

Connect.

Uncracked!!

Answer : Galaxies

- Bode's Galaxy (Johann Elert Bode)
- Cartwheel Galaxy
- Small/ Large Magellanic cloud (Ferdinand Magellan)
- Sombrero Galaxy
- Cigar Galaxy
- Milky Way Galaxy (Ganges->Akash Ganga)

@all : A bit vague I guess. Sorry

Daily Question #144

2009-08-04T20:55:00.004+05:30

A was a British land agent.
B was an Anglo-Saxon saint.
C was a British Army officer.
D was supposedly a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte.
E was a famous Oxford lecturer.

What connects?

Cracked by Rithwik, Kamal Rathi, Bad Ass Thambi and Sanjeet!!

Answer : English words named after them

A - Charles Boycott ("boycott")
B - St.Audry ("tawdry")
C - Henry Shrapnel ("shrapnel")
D - Nicolas Chauvin ("chauvinism")
E - William Spooner ("spoonerism")

Daily Question #143

2009-08-03T22:36:00.004+05:30

X is an annual event which started as a joke, meant to be a side attraction for the music video festival. The rules are similar to figure skating, especially the 6.0 scoring system. The judging criteria include technical merit, stage presence and Y. The logo of X is shown below. Z is considered to be one of the earliest exponents of the art. Identify X,Y and Z.

Cracked by Navin, Solitary reaper, Kamal Rathi, Rachit, Bad Ass Thambi and me!

Answer : X - World Air guitar championship, Y - Airness, Z - Joe Cocker

Daily Question #142

2009-08-02T21:25:00.004+05:30

Speed and style. Which word originates from the object in the pic?

Cracked by Rithwik and Navin!!

Answer : Sedan

The word sedan is possibly derived from a southern Italian dialect derivative of Italian sedia "chair".

Daily Question #141

2009-08-01T20:42:00.004+05:30

Special room for special people. What is it known as?

Cracked by Navin and Kamal Rathi!

Answer : Snoezelruimte (Snoezelen room)

Snoezelen (controlled multi-sensory activation) is used in the care of mentally disabled and in special education across Europe. The purpose of the room is to help them relax in total privacy and promote self-awareness and sensory perception.

Daily Question #140

2009-07-31T20:01:00.003+05:30

The man in the pic was the defendant in a case that resulted in a landmark decision. The decision resulted in the mandatory X (named after him) to protect the rights of individuals. Identify X.

Cracked by karmany and aamaadmi!!

Answer : Miranda warning (X) is a warning given by United States police to criminal suspects in police custody, or in a custodial situation, before they are interrogated. The Miranda warnings were mandated by the 1966 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Miranda v. Arizona as a means of protecting a criminal suspect's Fifth Amendment right to avoid coercive self-incrimination. A typical warning goes like this -

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?"

Daily Question #139

2009-07-30T21:23:00.003+05:30

Very workable. Identify the invention.

Cracked by Navin, Bad Ass Thambi, Kamal Rathi and Karthik!!

Answer : Designer Jinsun Park from Korea has come out with a simple tool called Color Picker. Place the pen against an object and press the scan button, the color will be detected by the color sensor and the RGB cartridges in the pen will mixed the required inks to create the target color.

Daily Question #138

2009-07-29T19:59:00.004+05:30

What is this?

Cracked fully by Kamal Rathi, Bad Ass Thambi and sbrahul!!

Answer : First ARPANET IMP log - a record of the first message ever sent over the ARPANET which took place at 10:30PM on October 29, 1969. This record is an excerpt from the "IMP Log" kept at UCLA, and describes setting up a message transmission to go from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the SRI SDS 940 Host computer.

Daily Question #137

2009-07-28T20:28:00.003+05:30

The most famous siblings in the world of entertainment. Identify.

Cracked by 9 of you!!

Answer : Warner Brothers - Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack

Daily Question #136

2009-07-27T20:11:00.005+05:30

One of my childhood favorites. Identify the author surrounded by some of his creations.

Cracked by 8 of you!!

Answer : Robert Lawrence Stine (R.L. Stine) , famous for Goosebumps and Fear Street horror series.

Daily Question #135

2009-07-26T19:38:00.003+05:30

The product X, named after its founder, originates from the place Y shown in the pic. The advertisements for X continue to feature an outdated reference to a particular aspect of Y due to trademark issues. Identify X and Y.

Cracked by Karthik, raklodramA and Sanjeet!!

Answer : X - Jack Daniels, Y - Lynchburg, Tennessee

The advertisements continue to say that Lynchburg has only 361 people, while the official population is much greater. This is allowable because the entire label was trademarked in the early 1960s when this figure was the actual population cited by the Census Bureau; changing the label would require applying for a new trademark or forfeiting trademark protection.

Daily Question #134

2009-07-25T20:52:00.004+05:30

Easy. The band X took its name from the man in the pic. Identify X.

Cracked by Rithwik and Navin!!

Answer : Duran Duran, named after Dr.Durand Durand from the 1968 movie Barbarella.

Daily Question #133

2009-07-24T21:17:00.004+05:30

A is named after the inventor B. We have all used A or its variation. Identify A.

Cracked by Gravediggah and Ajay!! Great!

Answer : The Brannock Device (A) is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock (B) for computing a person's shoe size.

Daily Question #132

2009-07-23T22:09:00.006+05:30

A and B are storage facilities designed with a similar objective. Identify both.

Cracked fully by Navin, Kamal Rathi and Sanjeet !!

Answer : A - Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure seedbank located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The facility was established to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds from locations worldwide in an underground cavern.

B - San Diego Frozen Zoo, a cryonic facility for the long term storage of animal and plant genetic material such as DNA, sperm, eggs, and embryos.

Daily Question #131

2009-07-22T20:03:00.003+05:30

Workable. What does the map show? The numbers correspond to values on a scale.

Uncracked!!

Answer : National average IQ according to IQ and Global Inequality, a controversial 2006 book by Dr. Richard Lynn.

Daily Question #130

2009-07-21T20:09:00.007+05:30

What is the controversy surrounding this episode?

Cracked by Navin, Bad Ass Thambi, Vivek, lordmaldy, Karthik and me!!

Answer : The episode Dennō Senshi Porygon ("Electric Soldier Porygon") is infamous for using visual effects that caused seizures in a number of Japanese viewers, an incident referred to as the "Pokémon Shock" by the Japanese press. Six hundred and eighty-five viewers were taken to hospitals, but only two people remained hospitalized for more than two weeks. Due to this, the episode has been banned worldwide.

Daily Question #129

2009-07-20T19:47:00.003+05:30

Sorry about the comment fiasco. Last two questions will remain open for a day.

Today's question. Who are they?

Cracked by Navin and Chithananda!!

Answer : Mercury Seven, group of seven Mercury astronauts picked by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and Astronaut Group 1. This was the only astronaut group with members that flew on all classes of NASA manned spacecraft of the 20th century, from Mercury, through Gemini and Apollo, and ending with John Glenn's flight on the STS-95 Space Shuttle mission.

Daily Question #128

2009-07-19T20:06:00.002+05:30

Where would you find these symbols?

Cracked by flashodin, Navin and Chithananda!!

Answer : Pirate flags ("Jolly Roger")

Daily Question #127

2009-07-18T23:02:00.005+05:30

Makeover time for the blog. Let me know if you like it.

X is a phrase coined by A and used by the company B. C is a hint and D is a comical representation of X. Identify X.

Cracked by V.chandrashekar, Rithwik, raghu and Chithananda!!

Answer : Cogito ergo sum ("I think therefore I am")

A - Rene Descartes
B - ITTIAM Systems logo ( acronym for I Think Therefore I AM)
C - Thinking Man statue

Daily Question #126

2009-07-17T19:29:00.006+05:30

Sitter. I simply had to post this question. What?

Cracked by Pandora, Navin, Debasish, kcgadiyar and Manish!!

Answer : Incidents/people mentioned in Billy Joel's song We Didn't Start the Fire

Daily Question #125

2009-07-16T19:55:00.004+05:30

This place shares its name with an operation and a movie, both related to a famous person. Identify the place and the person.

Cracked by 7 of you!!

Answer : Golden Eye, Ian Fleming's Jamaican estate named after World War II operation developed by him. Fleming created James Bond here and wrote many of his fourteen James Bond novels here. Also, the name of the 1995 Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan.

Daily Question #124

2009-07-15T19:53:00.007+05:30

Identify the technique A, whose mis-spelt version was supposedly used during the famous incident B.

Cracked by 9 of you!!

Answer : Bartitsu (Baritsu) used by Sherlock Holmes in his struggle with Moriarty.

Daily Question #123

2009-07-14T22:56:00.005+05:30

What is the occasion?

Cracked by 7 of you!!

Answer : The first Thanksgiving celebration.

Daily Question #122

2009-07-13T20:00:00.003+05:30

Origin of which famous legend? Look at all that gold!

Cracked by 9 of you!!

Answer : El Dorado

The Zipa used to cover his body in gold and, from his raft, he offered treasures to the Guatavita goddess in the middle of the sacred lake. This old Muisca tradition became the origin of the El Dorado legend.

Daily Question #121

2009-07-12T23:34:00.004+05:30

Identify the man and his famous creation inspired by his son.

Cracked by 11 of you!!

Answer : Hank Ketcham created 'Dennis the Menace' based on his son Dennis. What a resemblance!

@lordmaldy : Multiple posts are fine as long as you get the correct answer eventually.

Daily Question #120

2009-07-11T20:00:00.004+05:30

Let's dig into history. A conception of which ancient city?

Cracked by 8 of you!!

Answer : Lothal, Gujarat from the Indus Valley civilization

Daily Question #119

2009-07-10T20:11:00.005+05:30

A is a phenomenon, inspired from a similar phenomenon B. A and B originated through a site started by C. D is related to the first appearance of A. Identify all.

Cracked by 8 of you!!

Answer : Rickrolling (A) is an Internet meme typically involving the music video for the 1987 Rick Astley song "Never Gonna Give You Up". The meme is a bait and switch: a person provides a web link that he or she claims is relevant to the topic at hand, but the link actually takes the user to the Astley video. The practice is said to have begun as a variant of an earlier prank from the imageboard 4chan (founded by Christopher Poole aka moot (C)) known as duckrolling (B), in which a link to somewhere (such as a specific picture or news item) would instead lead to a thread or site containing an edited picture of a duck with wheels. The first known instance of Rickroll occurred in May 2007 on /v/, 4chan's video game board, where a link to the Rick Astley video was claimed to be a mirror of the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV (D).

Daily Question #118

2009-07-09T21:17:00.005+05:30

Yet another entertainment question. B connects A and C. Identify all and explain.

Cracked (almost) by Pandora, saurabh and Karthik!

Answer : A - Leonard Skinner, physical-education teacher at Robert E. Lee High School after whom the band Lynyrd Skynyrd was named.
B - Sweet Home Alabama
C - Con Air

The song Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd is featured in the movie Con Air.

Daily Question #117

2009-07-08T19:27:00.007+05:30

B is a product of the company X founded by A. B was hailed as one of the inventions of 2008. The company's name and logo (C) have been chosen to represent the domain of the company. Also, one of the founders is well known for a different reason. Identify X.

Cracked by Karthik, lordmaldy, Govind and Bad Ass Thambi!!

Answer : X - 23andMe

A - Linda Avey and Anne Wojcicki (wife of Sergey Brin)
B - Retail DNA Test, No.1 invention of 2008 according to TIME Magazine

Daily Question #116

2009-07-07T22:35:00.004+05:30

An early version of a very common item which we have all used. Identify.

Cracked by 10 of you!!

Answer : Pencil Sharpener

Daily Question #115

2009-07-06T20:52:00.009+05:30

Simple. A is a city inspired by B. Identify both.

Cracked by 11 of you!!

Answer : Vice city (A) from Grand Theft Auto: Vice City inspired by Miami city (B).

Daily Question #114

2009-07-05T19:28:00.005+05:30

We are all familiar with the phenomenon shown below. Name the syndrome.

Uncracked!! Sad!

Answer : Student Syndrome

It refers to the phenomenon that many people will start to fully apply themselves to a task just at the last possible moment before a deadline.

Daily Question #113

2009-07-04T20:11:00.003+05:30

What do the numbers indicate?

Cracked by Bad Ass Thambi and aamaadmi!! Brilliant!

Answer : International Nuclear Event Scale (INES)

There are 7 levels on the INES scale; 3 incident-levels and 4 accident-levels. Each increasing level represents an accident ten times more severe than the previous level.
7 – Major Accident (Chernobyl, 1986)
6 – Serious Accident (Kyshtym disaster at Mayak, 1957)
5 – Accident With Wider Consequences (Three Mile Island accident, 1979)
4 – Accident With Local Consequences (St.Laurent plant, France, 1980)
3 – Serious Incident (Paks plant, Hungary, 2003)
2 – Incident (Forsmark plant, Sweden)
1 – Anomaly (SOCATRI, France, 2008)

Daily Question #112

2009-07-03T20:08:00.004+05:30

Sitter time. Who is this?

Cracked by 8 of you!!

Answer : The Joker (in Batman: The Killing Joke), before his accident, with his pregnant wife.

Daily Question #111

2009-07-02T19:28:00.004+05:30

A became infamous due to his creations which emerged in the late '70s and continued till the '90s. B is a recreation of one of his creations. By what name do we know him?

Cracked by Chithananda, Shrey, Rithwik, saurabh, triviafreak and Madhu!!

Answer : Theodore Kaczynski aka Unabomber who carried out a campaign of mail bombings. From 1978 to 1995, Kaczynski sent 16 bombs to targets including universities and airlines, killing three people and injuring 23. In his Industrial Society and Its Future (also called the "Unabomber Manifesto"), he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technologies requiring large-scale organization. Before Kaczynski's identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("UNiversity and Airline BOMber") to refer to his case, which resulted in the media calling him the Unabomber.

Daily Question #110

2009-07-01T19:43:00.006+05:30

What is being shown?

Cracked by 9 of you!! Good work!

Answer : Michael Jackson-related searches on Google was first interpreted as an attack on its service. The spike in queries began at about 2:45 p.m. PDT Thursday, and Google thought the traffic was an attack for about 25 minutes.

Daily Question #109

2009-06-30T19:27:00.004+05:30

Where would you find these?

Cracked by Bad Ass Thambi and Shrey!!

Answer : Hollywood Walk of Fame

These are the emblems on the stars indicating the category for which the honoree received the star. The emblems are:

Motion picture camera for contribution to the film industry
Television set for contribution to the broadcast television industry
Phonograph record for contribution to the recording industry
Radio microphone for contribution to the broadcast radio industry
Twin comedy/tragedy masks for contribution to live theater

Former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley has a star depicting the seal of the city of Los Angeles.

Daily Question #108

2009-06-29T19:50:00.005+05:30

Connect. To put it simply, they are known as?

Cracked by kcgadiyar, incognito, Sandipan, triviafreak, Bad Ass Thambi and yossarian!!

Answer : X-Men

A - Iceman (Val Kilmer in Top Gun)
B - Cyclops (an automated line-calling system in tennis)
C - Wolverine (a small bear like animal)
D - Beast (from The Beauty and the Beast)
E - Storm (Blackberry Storm)

Daily Question #107

2009-06-28T21:53:00.006+05:30

What? Where?

Cracked by Rithwik, Sandipan and raklodramA!!

Answer : The Hall of Names containing Pages of Testimony commemorating the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem.

Daily Question #106

2009-06-27T20:12:00.004+05:30

Answers for Quiz Bonanza #3

The sporting term X was coined by A and is derived from B and C. Identify X.

Cracked by triviafreak and yossarian!!

Answer : Super Bowl

A - Lamar Hunt
B - Super Ball
C - Rose Bowl stadium

Hunt thought of the name after seeing his children playing with a toy called a Super Ball. The "bowl" term originated from the Rose Bowl Game, which was in turn named for the bowl-shaped stadium in which it is played.

Daily Question #105

2009-06-26T23:07:00.006+05:30

X, randomly, renamed themselves after the phenomenon depicted in the following pic (enlarge for better view). Identify X.

Cracked by lordmaldy, Sandipan, triviafreak, yossarian, Abhinav and Kamal Rathi!!

Answer : X - R.E.M

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is a normal stage of sleep characterized by rapid movements of the eyes. The band members selected "R.E.M" as their name, randomly from the dictionary.

Daily Question #104

2009-06-25T20:05:00.004+05:30

mA tech question for today. There are some very obvious hints in the pic.

A --> W
B + W --> X
C + X --> Y
D + Y --> Z

Identify W,X,Y and Z.

Cracked by aamaadmi and Sandipan!! Good job!

Answer : W - BCPL, developed by Martin Richards (A)
X - B, developed by Ken Thompson (B)
Y - C, developed by Dennis Ritchie (C)
Z - D, developed by Walter Bright (D)

Daily Question #103

2009-06-24T21:54:00.007+05:30

gyThe men shown in the first pic became famous due to a reason. B is a recreation of the place where they worked together. Who are they?

Cracked by Rithwik, Chithananda, Sandipan, Anubhesh, lordmaldy, Navin and Kamal Rathi!

Answer : The two radio operators aboard the Titanic - Jack Phillips and Harold Bride

Daily Question #102

2009-06-23T22:52:00.006+05:30

My tribute to a person who passed away recently. The answer is a direct reference to him. Connect.

Cracked by lordmaldy, Karthik, Sandipan, Abhinav and raghu!

Answer : Kill Bill (I will accept David Carradine too since the funda is right)

- Lady Snowblood, a 1973 Japanese film is the basis for the overall storyline
- poster of Kill Buljo, a Norwegian pardoy of Kill Bill
- logo of Shaw Scope is shown at the beginning of the movie
- Hattori Hanzo, after whom the sword maker in the movie is named
- Lone Wolf and Cub series of films are echoed in the characters of The Bride and her daughter
- Bruce Lee's yellow jumpsuit inspired The Bride's costume

Daily Question #101

2009-06-22T20:05:00.006+05:30

Today's question contributed by the teen prodigy Rithwik

Who connects?

Cracked by Kamal Rathi, karthik and incognito!!

Answer : Salman Rushdie

A - U2, whose famous album Ground beneath the feet was inspired from the Salman Rushdie novel and he is credited to be the lyricist of the U2 song.
B - place in Turkey where Sivas massacre occurred, which happened when there were many attempts to kill Salman Rushdie after he wrote The Satanic Verses. He was staying at the hotel shown there when the attack happened.
C - Shalimar gardens, subject of his book Shalimar the clown
D - Florence, which is the topic of the latest book he released (The Enchantress of Florence)

@Rithwik : Nice Question!
@Karthik : Thanx for the correction!

Daily Question #100

2009-06-21T20:43:00.006+05:30

Its the 100th day of the daily question series. We hope you people had as much fun as we did along the journey. We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of you from the quizzing fraternity who have actively participated in the blog and made this endeavor of ours a huge success. We do recognize the fact that there is still a lot of room for improvement and in this regard we invite all your valuable suggestions. Thanx again.
Cheers!
Johny Walker
Sumo_ftb

Todays's question:
Connect! (all examples of something)

Went Uncracked!

Answer: All of them are examples of 'Kangaroo Words'. A kangaroo word is a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning.

- Pantaloons : Pants

-Chicken: Hen

-Container: Can or Tin (Thats a double Kangaroo)

-Equilateral: Equal

-Stockings: Socks

Daily Question #99

2009-06-20T18:48:00.007+05:30

Connect the six pics...

Went Uncracked!

Answer: Code names of various Nintendo game consoles.

- Athanasius Kircher's map of 'Atlantis' (Game boy advance)

- Album cover of the David Bowie album 'Reality'(Nintendo 64)

- 'Nitro' compound(Nintendo DS)

- Joseph Priestly who discovered 'Oxygen'(Game Boy Micro)

- Prince. He formed the band 'The Revolution'(Wii)

- 'Dolphin'(Game Cube)

Daily Question #98

2009-06-19T18:09:00.008+05:30

A sitter. X (later renamed after E), modelled after A was first proposed by B, the Founder and Chairman of the X foundation. Funded by C, D developed F which won X. Identify all.

PS : I'm off for a couple of days. sumo_ftb will do the needful. Have a nice weekend!

Cracked by Rithwik, Sandipan, lordmaldy and Kamal Rathi!

Answer : X - X Prize (later Ansari X-Prize)

A - Orteig Prize
B - Peter Diamandis
C - Paul Allen
D - Burt Rutan
E - Anousheh Ansari
F - SpaceShipOne

Daily Question #97

2009-06-18T21:55:00.007+05:30

X, invented by A, is a term that originated in 2003. The popularity and ease of organising X can be attributed to the rise of social networking sites. B is a famous instance of X while C is named after X. Identify X.

Cracked by gerimox, Sandipan Chakravarty, Navin Pai and triviafreak!!!

Answer: X- Flash Mob

A- Bill Wasik

B- Silent Disco

C- Flash Mob Computing.

Daily Question #96

2009-06-17T20:54:00.004+05:30

An easy one. X was named after A although he was not the inventor. A was fond of X as it allowed him to continue with B without any hassles. C is a form of advertisement for X and hence appropriately named after X. Identify X.

Cracked by 7 of u!!! Great going guys!

Answer: X- Sandwich

A- John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich.

B- Playing Cards.

C- Sandwich Advertising / Sandwich Man

Daily Question #95

2009-06-16T23:34:00.005+05:30

Very workable. The X project was introduced by A who asked his friend to create the first model B which was driven by A. C and D are later models with D being the latest. Identify X.

PS : Answers for Quiz Bonanza will be out soon.

Cracked by lordmaldy and Sandipan!

Answer : X - BMW Art Car

The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain (A), who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas on an autombile. It was in 1975, when Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. This first example would be a BMW 3.0 CSL (B) which Poulain himself would race in the 1975 Le Mans endurance race.

Daily Question #94

2009-06-15T22:24:00.003+05:30

Who connects?

Cracked by lordmaldy, triviafreak, yossarian, Sandipan and pappan!!

Answer : Vyacheslav Molotov, a Soviet politician and diplomat, foreign minister under Stalin

A - Molotov cocktail, the generic name for a variety of crude incendiary weapons
B - Molotov line, a line of fortifications built by the Soviet Union in World War II following the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
C - Molotov bread basket, a type of incendiary cluster bomb

Daily Question #93

2009-06-15T01:39:00.004+05:30

Connect.

Cracked by V.Chandrashekar alone!! Awesome!

Answer : Cricket stadiums named after them

- M.A.Chidambaram (Chennai)
- Feroz Shah (Delhi)
- Sawai Man Singh (Jaipur)
- K.D. Singh 'Babu' (Lucknow)
- Sardar Patel (Ahmedabad)
- Lord Brabourne (Mumbai)

Daily Question #92

2009-06-13T22:01:00.003+05:30

X, named after A, is a document which references B, C, D and E. X is considered to be an ethical guideline for the members of a profession. A modern version of X was penned by F. Identify X.

Cracked by 12 of you!!

Answer : X - Hippocratic Oath

The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine, named after Hippocrates (A), the father of western medicine. The oath begins like this - "I swear by Apollo (B), the healer, Asclepius (C), Hygieia (D), and Panacea (E)..". A widely used modern version of the traditional oath was penned by Dr. Louis Lasagna (F), former Dean of the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences of Tufts University.

Daily Question #91

2009-06-12T23:41:00.007+05:30

Connect to a popular TV series. Awaiting 10,000 hits!

Cracked by Rithwik and yossarian!! Brilliant!

Answer : Duck Tales

- Scrooge McDuck, inspired by Ebenezer Scrooge (played by Jim Carrey)
- Donald Duck, named after Don Bradman's duck in his last innings (just an urban legend)
- Ma Beagle and the Beagle Boys, inspired by Karpis-Barker gang
- Huey, named after Huey Long
- Dewey, named after George Dewey
- Louie, named after animator Louie Schmitt

Daily Question #90

2009-06-11T21:03:00.004+05:30

Connect to a term.

PS : Last chance for Quiz Bonanza #3

Uncracked!

Answer : The term 'Southpaw' owes its origin to either baseball(A) or boxing (B). Ballparks are often designed so that batters are facing east, so that the afternoon or evening sun does not shine in their eyes. This means that left-handed pitchers are throwing with their south-side arm. The Oxford English Dictionary lists a non-baseball citation for "south paw", meaning a punch with the left hand, as early as 1848. 'Southpaw' is also the name of a Morrissey (C) song and a character in She-Hulk (D).

Daily Question #89

2009-06-10T21:05:00.005+05:30

Connect. The numbers represent positions in a list.

PS : Last day to attempt Quiz Bonanza #3

Cracked by Dark Knight, yossarian, Ajay and Rithwik!

Answer : Presidents of the United States

5 - Monrovia, named after James Monroe
33 - Truman the Tiger, named after Harry S Truman
26 - Teddy Beear, named after Theodore Roosevelt
16 - Abe Lincoln tomato, named after Abraham Lincoln
34 - Eisenhower tree at Augusta National Golf club, named after Dwight Eisenhower
44 - Obama lichen, named after Barack Obama

Daily Question #88

2009-06-09T21:36:00.004+05:30

Simply connect.

PS : Attempt Quiz Bonanza #3

Cracked by Bad Ass Thambi, Sandipan and yossarian!

Answer : Fonts

- "Ariel" award
- Trebuchet
- Jim "Courier"
- TNA "Impact"
- "Georgia" Tech
- Gautami

Daily Question #87

2009-06-08T21:19:00.004+05:30

Today's question contributed by Bad Ass Thambi aka Deepu. Send your questions to johnywalker420@gmail.com

An easy but interesting one. Who is 'he'?

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Cracked by 10 of you!

Answer : Colonel-in-chief Sir Nils Olav II of the Royal Norwegian Guard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Olav

Daily Question #86

2009-06-07T21:03:00.008+05:30

The battle between the companies A and B (the trophy is named after B) is the most popular instance of X. The term X, coined by C, is named after a game in which a similar situation occurs. Identify X.

PS : Attempt Quiz Bonanza #3

Hint :

Focus on the "+" for a few seconds

Cracked by Navin and ahens!! Great work!

Answer : X - Pac-Man defense

The Pac-Man defense is a defensive option to stave off a hostile takeover in which a company that is threatened with a hostile takeover acquires its would-be buyer. The name refers to the star of a video game Pac-Man, in which the hero is at first chased around a maze by 4 ghosts - Inky, Blinky, Clyde and Pinky. However, after eating a "Power Pellet", he is able to chase and devour said ghosts.The most quoted example in U.S. corporate history is the attempted hostile takeover of Martin Marietta (A) by Bendix Corporation (B) in 1982. In response, Martin Marietta started buying Bendix stock with the aim of assuming control over the company. The term (though not the technique) was coined by buyout guru Bruce Wasserstein (C).

The illusion in the hint is known as the Pac-Man illusion (also known as Lilac chaser). This is because, on staring at the "+" for around 10 seconds, we get the feeling that a green disk appears which eats up the lilac disks, giving a Pac-Man like effect.

Daily Question #85

2009-06-06T21:29:00.004+05:30

X was created with an intent to foster better thinking. The projects of X include A and B. The famous composer C, is one of the board members of the X. One of the initiatives of the X, if implemented, will be able to counter the D problem. Identify all.

PS : Attempt Quiz Bonanza #3

Cracked by Chithananda, Sandipan and Wasi Manazir!!

Answer : X - Long Now Foundation
A - Clock of the Long Now
B - Rosetta Project
C - Brian Eno
D - Year 10,000 problem (similar to Y2K problem and can be avoided by using 5 digits to write years i.e 02009)

Daily Question #84

2009-06-05T21:04:00.004+05:30

The term X (borrowed from B) is an unofficial honour given to passenger liners crossing the Atlantic with ____ _____. A is considered to be the first recipient of this honour. A British MP instituted the C trophy (named after him) to be awarded for similar feats. X is also used to describe prestigious events such as D and E. Identify X.

PS : Quiz Bonanza #3

Cracked by 8 of you!! Well done!

Answer : X - Blue Riband

A - Sirius
B - Horse racing
C - Harold Hayes trophy
D - Monaco Grand Prix
E - 100 m

Daily Question #83

2009-06-04T20:28:00.006+05:30

Today's question contributed by the one and only Shrey Goyal. Send your questions to johnywalker420@gmail.com

A and B show the most commonly occurring instances of the phenomenon, while C alone shows two such common examples. What phenomenon?
Hint : Nothing scientific!

PS : Check Quiz Bonanza #3

Uncracked!! After a very long time!

Answer : RAS (Redundant Acronym Syndrome) Syndrome

A - HIV Virus
B - ISBN Number
C - ATM Machine and PIN Number

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

Daily Question #82

2009-06-03T21:00:00.008+05:30

X was started by A and named after B. Prominent winners and nominees of X include C, D, E and F. What's X?

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Cracked by Shrey, lordmaldy, triviafreak and Manish!!

Answer : X - Golden Raspberry Awards / Razzies

The Golden Raspberry Awards, or Razzies, were started by John Wilson (A) named after the action of "blowing a raspberry" (B). Winners include Ronald Reagan (C), George W.Bush (E) and Donald Rumsfeld (F). Beavis and Butt-head (D) were nominated as well.

@Shrey : Thanx for the correction!

Daily Question #81

2009-06-02T21:16:00.004+05:30

Today's question contributed by Bad Ass Thambi a.k.a Deepu. Send your questions to johnywalker420@gmail.com

Claim to fame of this meticulously designed chamber?

PS : Check below post for Quiz Bonanza #3

Cracked by Chithananda, Navin, lordmaldy and Kamal Rathi!!

Answer : Anechoic chambers are commonly used in acoustics to conduct experiments in nominally "free field" conditions. All sound energy will be traveling away from the source with almost none reflected back. According to Guinness World Records, 2005, Orfield Laboratory's NIST certified Eckel Industries-designed anechoic chamber is "The quietest place on earth" measured at -9.4 dBA. The human ear can typically detect sounds above 0 dB, so a human in such a chamber would perceive the surroundings as void of sound.

Quiz Bonanza #3

2009-06-02T14:24:00.014+05:30

Answers and scores for Quiz Bonanza #2

As always, will remain open for 10 days. Post your answers as a single comment.

1. This one is for all the 'A.w.e.s.o.m.e' guys!! What's this?

# The Bro Code

2. Identify (be specific)

Hint :
# Jadarite, substance having the same formula as Kryptonite. The hint being Nicholas Cage's son Kal El, the birth name of Superman

3. Nice art! For what?

# An entry for Obfuscated C code contest

4. How do we know these people? Recently, some found them amusing and others annoying.

# Zoozoo actors

5. A is partly named after B. Identify A and B.

# Davie-Brown index, named after Jim Davie, to compare brand value of celebs

6. What? Where?

# Graeme Hick and Michael Kasprowicz with Hollywood actress Tracey Ullman at the Westfield Hollywood Ashes match, Van Nuys, California, May 9, 2009

7. Connect.

# Bollywood songs

(Chaiya Chaiya in The Inside Man, Jaan Pehchan Ho in Ghost World, Chamma Chamma in Moulin Rouge)

8. Where ?

# Memorial Wall at CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia.

9. An easy connect.

# 111 (Horatio Nelson, David Shepherd)

10. They have been part of a popular TV show. Apart from that, what connects (ails) them?

# Seinfeld Curse
Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards have each attempted to launch new sitcoms as title-role characters. Despite decent acclaim and even some respectable ratings, almost every show was canceled quickly, usually within the first season. This gave rise to the term Seinfeld curse: the failure of a sitcom starring one of the three, despite the conventional wisdom that each person's Seinfeld popularity should almost guarantee a strong, built-in audience for the actor's new show.

Scores

lordmaldy - 6
me - 3
yossarian - 8
Bow-ramifications - 3
Bad Ass Thambi - 5
Sandipan - 8
Rithwik - 4

Daily Question #80

2009-06-01T21:41:00.005+05:30

Simply connect.

PS : Last chance for Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Rithwik, Anonymous (?), Madhu, Ramki, aamaadmi and Kamal Rathi!!

Answer : All featured on National flags of different countries

- Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
- Quetzal (Guatemala)
- Cedar (Lebanon)
- Ak-47 (Mozambique)
- Grey Crowned Crane (Uganda)
- Map of Cyprus (Cyprus)

Daily Question #79

2009-05-31T20:32:00.005+05:30

A long overdue cricket question. The following pic shows the members of an elite club. The ODI members are shown below their Test counterparts. So, each Test-ODI pair (of the total 8 pairs) shares a unique connection that makes them members of the club. The last person on the Test list has no ODI counterpart (so far). Also, there can only be 5 more additions to this club. What's this club all about?

PS : Check Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked only by Rithwik and aamaadmi!! Brilliant!

Answer : List of players who have been the first to be dismissed via a particular mode of dismissal

MODE - Test, ODI
CAUGHT - Tom Horan, Geoffrey Boycott
LBW - Harry Jupp, Doug Walters
RUNOUT - Dave W Gregory, Basil D'Oliveira
STUMPED - Alfred Shaw, Ian Chappell
HITWICKET - George J Bonnor, Roy Fredericks
OBSTRUCTING THE FIELD - Len Hutton, Rameez Raja
HANDLED THE BALL - Russell Endean, Mohinder Amarnath
BOWLED - Nat Thompson, Ray Illingworth
RETIRED OUT - Marvan Atapattu, nil

There are still no instances of TIMED OUT, HITTING THE BALL TWICE in Tests and ODIs.

source : cricinfo.com

Daily Question #78

2009-05-30T20:32:00.005+05:30

Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #2

Also, have a look at Shrey Goyal's (one of our regulars) blog (http://shrey-knows.blogspot.com). There is a very interesting post about good quiz questions.

Today's question. X created the innovative website Y to raise money for his university education. Identify X and Y.

Cracked by 11 of you!! Good job!

Answer : X - Alex Tew, Y - http://milliondollarhomepage.com

The Million Dollar Homepage is a website conceived in 2005 by Alex Tew, a student from Wiltshire, England, to raise money for his university education. The homepage consists of a million pixels arranged in a 1000 × 1000 pixel grid; the image-based links on it were sold for $1 per pixel in 10 × 10 blocks. The aim of the website was to sell all of the pixels in the image, thus generating a million dollars of income for the creator.

Daily Question #77

2009-05-29T20:35:00.004+05:30

A is in California and B is in Canada. Where have we seen these places before?
Hint : The answer maybe right in front of you!

PS : Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by 17 of you!! Awesome response!

Answer : These are the actual photos of locations used for making the popular Windows XP desktop backgrounds - Bliss and Autumn. Bliss was taken in Napa Valley and Autumn in Kilbride, near Ontario.

There is an interesting story about how the Autumn location was found.
http://www.vanityfair.com/ontheweb/features/2007/02/autumn200702

Daily Question #76

2009-05-28T21:09:00.007+05:30

What is special about the following scenes?

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Ramki, raghu, saurabh, Manish, Ajay and Sandipan!

Answer : Cameos by real life persons on whom the movies are based

- The real Erin Brockovich plays the waitress (scene 1-frame 3) in Erin Brockovich
- The real Frank Abagnale Jr. plays a French police officer (scene 2-frame 4) in Catch Me If You Can

Daily Question #75

2009-05-27T20:45:00.006+05:30

X (shown in first pic) has become an indispensable aspect of the aviation industry. The second pic shows X in action. Identify X or give funda.

PS : Quiz Bonanza #2 is still open

Cracked only by Madhu!! Hats off! lordmaldy was close.

Answer : Bird strike simulator / Chicken Gun simulates the impact of a bird with an aircraft. This is of particular importance as many planes are traveling at 160 mph or faster soon after takeoff, near where birds may be flying. Common practice is to fire a chicken carcass in a sabot from a pneumatic cannon at a stationary aircraft or part of an aircraft, allowing the fowl to approach speeds of over 450 mph (720 km/h). Fowl are fired at crucial areas such as the frontal cross section of the windshield, canopy, engine, and wings.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdstrike_simulator

Daily Question #74

2009-05-26T20:49:00.006+05:30

A proposed X based on B (in his book C) which was proved wrong by D and E. Therefore, A upgraded X and came up with Y based on F (in his book G). A's interview with H was the inspiration for G. Identify X and Y.

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Shrey, Navin, Sandipan, Bad Ass Thambi, saurabh, raghu, triviafreak, Ramki and Chithananda!!

Answer : In his book The Lexus and the Olive Tree(C), Thomas Friedman (A) argued that no two nations with a McDonald's (B) franchise had ever gone to war with one another. This was known as the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention(X). Later, with Russia(D) and Georgia's(E) war upsetting the theory, Friedman upgraded it to the Dell (F) Theory of Conflict Prevention(Y), in his book The World is Flat(G), whose title is derived from a statement by Nandan Nilekani(H).

Daily Question #73

2009-05-25T20:57:00.005+05:30

What's this?

PS : Check out Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Bad Ass Thambi, Navin and lordmaldy!!

Answer : Map for Pac-Manhattan (real life version of Pac-Man)

Daily Question #72

2009-05-24T22:37:00.006+05:30

An easy one for the day. Connect.

PS : Check out Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Rithwik, Shrey, V.Chandrashekar, Padmaraj and lordmaldy!!

Answer : Programming Languages

- Ada, named after Ada Lovelace
- Pascal, named after Blaise Pascal
- Java, named after Java island, Indonesia
- Python, named after Monty Python's Flying Circus
- Haskell and Curry, named after creator Haskell Curry

Daily Question #71

2009-05-23T21:45:00.004+05:30

An easy one for fans. Connect.

PS : Check below post for Quiz Bonanza #2

Cracked by Ramki and raghu!!

Answer : Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction also fits)

- The toilet is featured or referenced in most Tarantino films
- The cereal Fruit Brute is also seen in his movies
- The trunk shot is supposed to be Tarantino's trademark angle
- A Mexican standoff is a deadlock featured in few of his movies
- Bande a part is a French movie by Jean-Luc Godard from which Tarantino's production company A Band Apart gets its name

Quiz Bonanza #2

2009-05-23T14:33:00.018+05:30

Answers and scores for Quiz Bonanza #1

This set will remain open for 10 days. Post your answers as a single comment.

1. Connect.

Hint :

# They all died due to anorexia resulting in the BMI ban.

2. What is being shown? Think medicine.

# Acupuncture chart

3. Identify the game. (Question contributed by Bad Ass Thambi)

Hint :

# Slamball

4. Connect.

# Ham

5. Name the fictional Act.

# Mutant Registration Act

6. Who connects?

Hint :

# Captain Nemo - nephew of Tipu Sultan, son of the Raja of Bundelkhand, played by Naseeruddin Shah, known as Prince Dakkar ("Dakar Rally"), owns the submarine Nautilus (logo of Nautilus file manager in GNOME), Jules Verne

7. Miss ____ ? Observe carefully for hints.

# Miss Landmine, the first ever pageant for landmine victims held in Angola

8. Origin of which word?

# Bedlam

9. An entertainment connect.

# CARS (voice actors for the movie)

10. Identify the guy and give funda. Use Google!

# Dave Gorman and the Googlewhack adventure. A Googlewhack is a search query consisting of two words that return a single result. Gorman became obsessed with Googlewhacks and travelled across the world finding people who had authored them.

Scores

Navin Pai - 7.5
Bad Ass Thambi - 9
Chithananda - 4.5
Parit - 6
Kamal Rathi - 7
Rithwik - 2
Abhinav - 5
lordmaldy - 8
raghu - 5

Daily Question #70

2009-05-22T21:40:00.004+05:30

Connect.

Cracked by Navin and Rishabh!! Brilliant!

Answer : Word of the Year (chosen by the American Dialect Society)

- Bailout (2008)
- Subprime (2007)
- Pluto-ed (2006)
- Truthiness (2005)
- Red state, Blue state, Purple state (2004)
- Metrosexual (2003)
- WMD (2002)
- 9-11 (2001)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_the_year

Daily Question #69

2009-05-21T21:09:00.009+05:30

The seven pics represent seven different events. Connect.

PS : Have a crack at Quiz Bonanza #1

Uncracked!! Navin and V.Chandrashekar were almost there!

Answer : First nuclear tests of different countries

- "Smiling Buddha" for India
- "Chagai-I" for Pakistan (pic of Chagai district)
- "Gerboise bleue" (meaning blue jerboa) for France (pic of jerboa, a desert rodent)
- "Trinity" for USA (pic of Trinity of Carnatic music)
- "Joe-1" for Russia (pic of Joseph Stalin)
- "Hurricane" for Britain
- "596" for China (596 named after June 1959 when it was initiated)

Daily Question #68

2009-05-20T22:07:00.009+05:30

X, written by the son and illustrated by the father,both shown in A, is set in the location B. X is used as a motivational book by C. The title song for the Indian TV version of X had lyrics by D and music by E. Identify X.

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #1

Hint :

Cracked by Shrey, Navin, Rithwik, Sandi and Zish!

Answer : X - The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book , written and illustrated by Rudyard and John Lockwood Kipling (A) respectively, is set in the jungles around Seoni, Madhya Pradesh (B), and used as a motivational book by the Cub Scouts (C). The animated series on the same, dubbed in Hindi, had lyrics by Gulzar (D) and music by Vishal Bharadwaj (E). Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz have named their son Bronx 'Mowgli' Wentz.

Daily Question #67

2009-05-19T21:35:00.005+05:30

An easy one. Connect.

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #1

Hint :

Cracked by Sandi, Sriranga, Shrey, Mr.Q, Navin Pai, stuntman mike and Rithwik!

Answer : Golden Ratio / Divine proportion i.e 1.618

Daily Question #66

2009-05-18T22:34:00.003+05:30

Connect to a phrase/phenomenon.

PS : Quiz Bonanza #1 is still open.

Cracked by raghu, Vivek, Shrey, Mr.Q, Bad Ass Thambi and Rithwik!!

Answer: St.Elmo's Fire

It is an electrical weather phenomenon in which a glow appears around tall, sharp structures, and is sometimes seen on ships during thunderstorms. It is named after St. Erasmus (The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus has been shown). The movie is called St.Elmo's Fire, and the phenomenon has also been featured in Tintin in Tibet.

Daily Question #65

2009-05-17T22:30:00.005+05:30

Connect to an event.

PS : Quiz Bonanza #1 is still open.

Cracked by Mr.Q and Sandi!

Answer : Gunpowder Plot of 1605

- King James I of England, the target of the plot
- Guy Fawkes, the main conspirator, being arrested with explosives
- Guy Fawkes Night celebrated with bonfires every 5th of November (Remember! Remember! The 5th of November!)
- Alan Moore, author of V for Vendetta (based on the plot)
- The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend was a television show, that tried to recreate the plot. The blast radius indicated in red would have killed everyone within it, while those in the blue-shaded area would likely be harmed by falling debris.

Daily Question #64

2009-05-16T22:21:00.005+05:30

Connect.
Hint : Controversy!

PS : Quiz Bonanza #1 is still open.

Cracked by triviafreak and Sandi! Great work!

Answer : Scientology

- L.Ron Hubbard, founder
- E-meter or Hubbard Electrometer, used by scientologists and is believed to reflect or indicate whether or not the confessing person has been relieved from spiritual impediment of his sins
- Tom Cruise, prominent scientologist
- Operation Snow White, to purge government records of scientology
- Paulette Cooper, wrote The Scandal of Scientology and became the target of Operation Freakout, the goal of which was to deter Cooper from criticism of Scientology by having her "incarcerated in a mental institution or jail or at least to hit her so hard that she drops her attacks."

Daily Question #63

2009-05-15T23:38:00.006+05:30

X, named after D, was instituted by A and B to accelerate the kind of research depicted in the graph. The logo of X is shown in C. Identify X.

PS : Quiz Bonanza #1 is still open.

Hint (for D) :

Cracked by Shrey alone!

Answer : X - Methuselah Mouse Prize

The Methuselah Mouse Prize, given by the Methuselah Foundation, co-founded by Aubrey de Grey (A) and David Gobel (B), with a mouse for a logo (C), is given to researchers who extend the lifespan of mice to unprecedented lengths. It is named after the oldest Biblical character, Methuselah (D) who lived for 969 years as shown by the longevity graph.

Daily Question #62

2009-05-14T22:59:00.004+05:30

B is the depiction of A performing some act, which led to the coining of a term X. C is a hint. Identify X. (X is usually associated with computers)

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #1

Cracked by Shrey Goyal, Dark Knight, MJay and raghu!

Answer : Bootstrapping / Booting

The term Bootstrapping, or Booting, is often attributed to Rudolf Erich Raspe's story The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen(A), where the main character pulls himself out of a swamp by his bootstraps(B). C is 'Bootstrap' Bill Turner from Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise.

Daily Question #61

2009-05-14T00:04:00.006+05:30

B created Y, inspired from A. C used Y to produce F (with the aid of D). The earlier version of F was featured in E. X made its first appearance in F. Identify X.

PS : Do attempt Quiz Bonanza #1

Cracked by Shrey Goyal alone! Awesome!

Answer : X - Crazy Frog

Daniel Malmedahl (B) recorded himself impersonating the noises produced by internal combustion engines (A), creating a sound effect under filename 2TAKTARE.MP3 (Y). Later, Erik Wernquist (C) encountered the sound effect and ultimately created "Axel F"(or The Crazy Frog Song) (F), with the help of LightWave 3D modeling application (D). An earlier version of Axel F was featured in Beverly Hills Cop (E). Axel F (new version) marked the debut of the character, The Crazy Frog (X).

Phew! Thanx Shrey!

Quiz Bonanza #1

2009-05-13T11:25:00.020+05:30

As the name suggests, the Quiz Bonanza series will have sudden quizzes covering a range of fields. The quiz will remain open for 10 days from the date of posting. Post your answers as a single comment. Happy quizzing!
PS : Don't forget the daily question (see below post).

1. Name the device. Its purpose is obvious.

Hint :

# Lebanese Loop (used for ATM fraud)

2. They are collectively known as ?

Hint :

# Ten Commandments

3. Identify the site or give funda.

# googlefight.com where you can make fights between any two terms and decide the winner on the basis of no. of search results on Google.

4. An early version of which popular game?

# Pinball

5. Who are they?

# X-Presidents comprising Gerald Ford, Ronald Regan, Jimmy Carter and George HW Bush

6. A recent sensation. Connect.

# Zoozoo ads

7. What is his claim to fame?

# Roy Sullivan, who survived seven lightning strikes

8. Origin of which word? Think newspapers.

# Tabloid

9. X is a service created by and named after the person in the pic. It is expected to take the world by storm and is all set to be released in less than a week. Identify X.

Hint :

# Wolfram Alpha named after Stephen Wolphram, is an answer engine that answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer.

10. An easy one to end. Identify or give funda.

# Doomsday clock (Minutes to midnight)

Scores

Shrey - 4
rithwik - 4
stuntman mike - 5
MJay - 9
Bad Ass Thambi - 8
raghu - 9
The Editor - 2
Kamal Rathi - 9
Vivek - 8
Mr.Q? - 6
Navin Pai - 7
Zish - 6

Daily Question #60

2009-05-12T21:32:00.007+05:30

Connect. The number on each pic is a measure of relative value. The "?" means that the value is undefined. You can figure it out even without the numbers.

PS : Guest questions are welcome! (johnywalker420@gmail.com)

Uncracked!

Answer : Chess pieces

- Elvis Presley a.k.a The "King"
- "Queen" (band)
- "Rook" (from Transformers)
- Ian "Bishop", cricketer
- Dark "Knight"
- "Pawn"brokers' symbol

Daily Question #59

2009-05-11T21:36:00.006+05:30

Connect to a city.

Cracked by shrey, Rohan, Shrey Gupta, v.chandrashekar, priyanka and tarun!

Answer : Kolkata / Calcutta

- Garden of Eden (Eden Gardens)
- Calcutta Cup for rugby contest between England and Scotland
- Madhubala's famous song from the movie Howrah Bridge
- Logo of Mohun Bagan (based in Kolkata)
- Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids by Zana Briski (Academy award winning documentary about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district)
- Dum Dum bullets after which Dum Dum region is named (Dum Dum airport)
- Logo of IIM Calcutta

Daily Question #58

2009-05-10T21:51:00.005+05:30

A, an American cartoonist and B, a British cartoonist are famous for their drawings which were based on similar concepts. Their names have entered the English language and are synonymous with the unique character of their drawings. C was inspired from their creations. Identify A and B.

Hint :

Cracked by shrey and aamaadmi!

Answer : Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson machines are complex devices that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways.
A - Rube Goldberg
B - Heath Robinson
C - Mouse Trap (game)

An example :

Daily Question #57

2009-05-09T23:58:00.006+05:30

Identify.

Hint :

Cracked precisely by shrey, Govind, Ajay, A:Might, scipio, aamaadmi, raghu and Pramod! Partial credit for those who mentioned Game Theory/ Nash equilibirum.

Answer : Prisoner's dilemma ( problem in Game Theory)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma

PS : Scipio shares his thoughts on Game Theory in the movie "The Dark Knight". A must read for Game Theory enthusiasts (like me!).
http://scipio-inde.blogspot.com/2008/09/are-you-game.html

@Ajay : I thought Ocean's Eleven was obvious due to the hint. Turned out it wasn't, so credit to you!

Daily Question #56

2009-05-08T22:06:00.008+05:30

An entertainment question. Connect and explain.

Hint :

Uncracked!

Answer : List of cons used for the casino heist in Ocean's Eleven (2001).

- Boesky - Saul playing Lyman Zerga. This is a reference to Ivan Boesky, a big-time trader on Wall Street who got caught committing securities fraud. The con is about a wealthy bankroller who has insider information
- Jim Brown - the confrontation between Frank Catton and Linus Caldwell, staged to distract Terry Benedict so that Linus can lift the security codes to the vault. Named for the famous American football player Jim Brown
- Miss Daisy - the SWAT vehicle used as the getaway car. From the film title Driving Miss Daisy
- Two Jethros - the Malloy brothers. "Hillbilly gear-head types" hired to take care of Miss Daisy, distraction purposes, and for general two-man work.
- Leon Spinks - the disruption of the boxing match. This refers to the surprise victory of Leon Spinks over Muhammad Ali
- Ella Fitzgerald - the looped tape of the robbery that is played over Benedict's security system. A reference to a 1970s commercial for Memorex, in which a recording of Ella Fitzgerald's voice breaks a glass and the question is posed to the viewer: "Is it live or is it Memorex?"

Source : wikipedia.org

Daily Question #55

2009-05-07T21:55:00.005+05:30

An interesting one for the day. Just identify.
Hint/Warning : Not for Kids!

Cracked pervertly by Ajay and A:Might!!

Answer : Map of the Lands of Human Sexuality by Franklin Veaux

PS : Dear Kamal Rathi, credit to you as Superman is also correct though I had set the question with Lois Lane in mind. Keep visiting!

Daily Question #54

2009-05-06T22:16:00.004+05:30

Connect to a term. Lot of hints in pic.

Cracked by raghu, Ajay, A:Might and V.Chandrashekar!

Answer : McCarthyism is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of Communist influence on American institutions.

- Senator Joseph McCarthy after whom it is named
- Hollywood Ten/ Hollywood Blacklist who were denied employment due to their alleged communist influence
- The term was coined in this Washington Post cartoon by Herbert Block
- A 1947 comic book published by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society warning of the supposed dangers of a Communist takeover

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