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Thursday, October 18, 2007

And Here is yet another...

1. Traditionally,performed by Chakyars(a subcaste of Keralite Hindus) and by Nangyaramma,the name means "playing together" which suggests a combined performance of Chakyar and Nangyar. Themes are generally related to ancient Sanskrit plays.

2. This historic boxing event took place in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974 and saw Muhammad Ali regain the World Heavyweight Crown. The event has had a huge number of influences on popular culture including an invariable mention in any work related to Muhammad Ali and a song about the event by Johnny Wakelin. Name Ali’s opponent in the match and the popular name given to this match.

3. Easy one: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for George Wallace 1997; Best Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Gia 1998 ; Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for Girl, Interrupted 1999 ; who are we talking about?

4. _________ is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Its name literally means “The Count's Hedge”. Popular places to visit here include Mauritshuis-an art museum, the Escher museum, Omniversum- Europe’s first 360° IMAX-cinema and a covered shopping mall dating back to the 19th century. Famous people from _______ include movie director Paul Verhoeven, astronomer Christian Huygens and Dutch football team coach Dick Advocaat.

5. X was born Sudhamani in the small village of Parayakadavu near Kollam, Kerala in 1953. She founded a worldwide organization, which is engaged in many spiritual and charitable activities. She is a widely respected humanitarian and also known as the “hugging saint" since She offers hugs to everyone who approaches her and in India she has been known to individually hug over 50,000 people in a day, sitting sometimes for over 20 hours. Worldwide, X is said to have hugged at least 30 million people in the past 30 years.

6. Y earned a Bachelor's degree in law from the University of Cairo in 1962, followed by a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He was the joint winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace prize along with Z. Identify Y and Z.

7. Complete the list: Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Ashraf Ghani, Surakiart Sathirathai, Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jayantha Dhanapala, ___________, ____________.

8. Married to the daughter of the Maharaja of Patiala, he is the brother-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. He studied at Scindia School, St. Stephens, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Peking University, China. He joined the IFS in 1953 and has served on many of India’s diplomatic missions worldwide. During Narasimha Rao’s tenure, he left the Congress due to differences with Rao and formed the All India Indira Congress alongwith Arjun Singh and ND Tiwari. Who is he?

If you got a few of the questions, then you might have guessed that there is a connection to all the questions. What is it?

10 comments:

Sharat said...

Forget the odd formatting, the uderlined words arent any special clues.

Sharat said...

*underlined

Peter said...

3. angelina jolie

Peter said...

damn i went to netherlands a year a go.....

rider of rohan said...

1.kathakali
2 george foreman, rumble in the jungle
3. Angelina Jolie (Gia gave it away ;) )
4. The Hague or Den Haag (incidentally, went there last night)
5. Amma (the one who donated more money for tsunami than US govt.)
6.Mohd ElBardei
7. Ban ki moon and shashi tharoor (un secy gen candidates)
8. natwar singh

rider of rohan said...

wats the connection?

Abhimanyu said...

to add to rohan's answers:
1. koodiyattam
6. Al-Baradei and the IAEA

Sharat said...

all correct on the answers front.
for 1., its koodiyattam not kathakali.

The connect is United Nations:

Koodiyattam is officially recognised by UNESCO as one of the oldest dance dramas in the world.

Congo, where the 'rumble in the jungle' was held, is one of the hotspots of UN peacekeeping

Angelina Jolie is a UN ambassador

The Peace palace at the Hague is the headquarters of The International Court of Justice

Mata Amritanandamayi is one of the few Indians who have spoken at the UN general assembly.

IAEA- UN body

Natwar Singh lost his ministership because of his involvement in the UN oil-for-food programme scam.

and of course, Shashi and BKM,among others were the UN secretary general candidates.

Debasish said...

Very Good Long Connect Set I must say but like all long connect sets it did have the odd bad one - Congo. "One of the Hotspots of UN Peacekeeping..." Tsk Tsk...
But I would like to see more of these long connect sets. Good job Sharat!

rider of rohan said...

congo an koodiyattam are lame connects

Thursday, October 18, 2007

And Here is yet another...

1. Traditionally,performed by Chakyars(a subcaste of Keralite Hindus) and by Nangyaramma,the name means "playing together" which suggests a combined performance of Chakyar and Nangyar. Themes are generally related to ancient Sanskrit plays.

2. This historic boxing event took place in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974 and saw Muhammad Ali regain the World Heavyweight Crown. The event has had a huge number of influences on popular culture including an invariable mention in any work related to Muhammad Ali and a song about the event by Johnny Wakelin. Name Ali’s opponent in the match and the popular name given to this match.

3. Easy one: Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-series, or Motion Picture Made for Television for George Wallace 1997; Best Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Gia 1998 ; Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for Girl, Interrupted 1999 ; who are we talking about?

4. _________ is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Its name literally means “The Count's Hedge”. Popular places to visit here include Mauritshuis-an art museum, the Escher museum, Omniversum- Europe’s first 360° IMAX-cinema and a covered shopping mall dating back to the 19th century. Famous people from _______ include movie director Paul Verhoeven, astronomer Christian Huygens and Dutch football team coach Dick Advocaat.

5. X was born Sudhamani in the small village of Parayakadavu near Kollam, Kerala in 1953. She founded a worldwide organization, which is engaged in many spiritual and charitable activities. She is a widely respected humanitarian and also known as the “hugging saint" since She offers hugs to everyone who approaches her and in India she has been known to individually hug over 50,000 people in a day, sitting sometimes for over 20 hours. Worldwide, X is said to have hugged at least 30 million people in the past 30 years.

6. Y earned a Bachelor's degree in law from the University of Cairo in 1962, followed by a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He was the joint winner of the 2005 Nobel Peace prize along with Z. Identify Y and Z.

7. Complete the list: Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Ashraf Ghani, Surakiart Sathirathai, Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jayantha Dhanapala, ___________, ____________.

8. Married to the daughter of the Maharaja of Patiala, he is the brother-in-law of Punjab Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh. He studied at Scindia School, St. Stephens, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and Peking University, China. He joined the IFS in 1953 and has served on many of India’s diplomatic missions worldwide. During Narasimha Rao’s tenure, he left the Congress due to differences with Rao and formed the All India Indira Congress alongwith Arjun Singh and ND Tiwari. Who is he?

If you got a few of the questions, then you might have guessed that there is a connection to all the questions. What is it?

10 comments:

Sharat said...

Forget the odd formatting, the uderlined words arent any special clues.

Sharat said...

*underlined

Peter said...

3. angelina jolie

Peter said...

damn i went to netherlands a year a go.....

rider of rohan said...

1.kathakali
2 george foreman, rumble in the jungle
3. Angelina Jolie (Gia gave it away ;) )
4. The Hague or Den Haag (incidentally, went there last night)
5. Amma (the one who donated more money for tsunami than US govt.)
6.Mohd ElBardei
7. Ban ki moon and shashi tharoor (un secy gen candidates)
8. natwar singh

rider of rohan said...

wats the connection?

Abhimanyu said...

to add to rohan's answers:
1. koodiyattam
6. Al-Baradei and the IAEA

Sharat said...

all correct on the answers front.
for 1., its koodiyattam not kathakali.

The connect is United Nations:

Koodiyattam is officially recognised by UNESCO as one of the oldest dance dramas in the world.

Congo, where the 'rumble in the jungle' was held, is one of the hotspots of UN peacekeeping

Angelina Jolie is a UN ambassador

The Peace palace at the Hague is the headquarters of The International Court of Justice

Mata Amritanandamayi is one of the few Indians who have spoken at the UN general assembly.

IAEA- UN body

Natwar Singh lost his ministership because of his involvement in the UN oil-for-food programme scam.

and of course, Shashi and BKM,among others were the UN secretary general candidates.

Debasish said...

Very Good Long Connect Set I must say but like all long connect sets it did have the odd bad one - Congo. "One of the Hotspots of UN Peacekeeping..." Tsk Tsk...
But I would like to see more of these long connect sets. Good job Sharat!

rider of rohan said...

congo an koodiyattam are lame connects