wat is this ?? be very specific...
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
lets go to the mall !!!!
The flag of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has a ________ that is located in the lower right quadrant. The ________ represents the Irish population, one of the four major ethnic groups that made up the population of the city in the 19th century when the arms were designed.
Smarty!!!
Q. Recent monument created in Canada signifying what? (very specific)Answer : This is the statue of Ilanaaq the Inukshuuk, mascot of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Yellow Spots
Q. What do the above yellow dots supposedly represent?Answer: The dots represent the possible present-day locations of Atlantis. Gulf of Mannar is also included.
Tum kahaan, Main kahaan!!!!!
Q. Identify X (in front) and Y (at the back) in the above picture. What is happening above?Answer: X- Donovan Bailey, Y- Michael Johnson. In 1997, Johnson the 200m world champion claimed he had a faster speed than Bailey who being the then 100m champion was the official "fastest man on earth". The two had a race to decide, Bailey winning comfortably and Johnson pulling out midway.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Connect
A
BSlightly shady. Edited the question slightly: Two of A's works, B, and B's most famous work.
Art ?!
'X' (Pic 1) and 'Y' (Pic 2 ) are the known works of an artist 'A'. 'Z' (Pic 3) started a movement which takes its name from a remark made by 'A' to 'Z' . Give me 'X','Y','Z' ,'A' and the name of the movement.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Pretty happy to pay the fine huh!!
Simply Identify.
ANSWER : Bill Gates after a traffic violation in 1977, as correctly identified by all.
ANSWER : Bill Gates after a traffic violation in 1977, as correctly identified by all.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Connect
What is the connection between the two images?
Answer: Mona Simpson, Homer's mother, is named after Steve Jobs' sister - an American novelist. More here.
Anon came closest to cracking it.
Source: The Unofficial Steve Jobs Life Timeline, Wikipedia
Answer: Mona Simpson, Homer's mother, is named after Steve Jobs' sister - an American novelist. More here.
Anon came closest to cracking it.
Source: The Unofficial Steve Jobs Life Timeline, Wikipedia
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Connect
The 3 images connect to which American actor?
Answer: John Cazale - who appeared in five films (including The Deer Hunter and The Godfather - corresponding to first two images), all of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscar. Meryl Streep (3rd image) was Cazale's fiancee at the time of his death.
Source - Daily Beast
Shubham, Samarth and Siddharth iced it. Guneet got the IDs correct.
Answer: John Cazale - who appeared in five films (including The Deer Hunter and The Godfather - corresponding to first two images), all of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscar. Meryl Streep (3rd image) was Cazale's fiancee at the time of his death.
Source - Daily Beast
Shubham, Samarth and Siddharth iced it. Guneet got the IDs correct.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Spirit of Adventure..
A _____ is a table-top mountain found in the highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela meaning "house of the gods" in their native tongue. It served as inspiration for a location in a popular 2009 movie X. Give me both.
Answer : Tepui, which inspired Disney Pixar's Up.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Convolution of a contorted kind.
X (pic 1) died a rather gruesome death near the place shown in pic 2. The circumstances of his death inspired Y (pic 3) to write Z.
Answer:
Quoting Cow-Herd
"Joseph Conrad wrote "The Secret Agent" based on the French anarchist, Martial Bourdin, who died gruesomely in Greenwich Park when the explosives he carried prematurely detonated. The building pictured is the Royal Observatory at Greenwich."
Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham!!!
Q. A 2008 Marathi movie named "Tuzya Mazhyat" starring Sachin Khedekar didn't acquire as much attention for the same reason as a movie is getting now. Which movie and the reason for the attention? (Avoid Googling)Ans. The movie being referred to here is Karan Johar's "We Are Family", both of them being remakes of "Stepmom".
Vish,M,Shubham and eter got it right.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
New Directions
Movie series X(shown in the pic) popularised a sign Y, which is now being repopularised by a TV series Z ,with a new meaning. Identify X,Y & Z.
Hint: The Title
Answer :New Directions is the Glee club at William McKinley High school in Ohio which gives us the TV musical Glee and the pic is of Ace Ventura series. Below is the pic of Y and Z.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Ta Ra Rum Pum!!
Q. Id the above Grand Prix.Answer: This is the Caesar's Palace Grand Prix. In 1981 and 1982, the vast parking lot area of the Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas was used to stage an official Formula One GP.
Picasso ka bachcha!!!!
Q. Connect the above paintings.Answer: All the above paintings are works of a certain Adolf Hitler. No hits.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Id the building.
This building in London was built as a tribute to X and has a huge collection of X's memorabilia on display. X was the founder of Y. Give me both X and Y.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ahoy there!
Identify the fictional character X,shown in the above picture to have started a mobile phone company Y.
Answer- X-Sailor Joey Motorola
Y- Motorola
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
lonelygirl_01
Identify the lady shown here who was an Internet celebrity once upon a time.
Ameya, Dextostone, Umang, Samarth, M.o.P, and Rohit answered correctly.
Answer: Jennifer Ringley of Jennicam fame.
Answer: Jennifer Ringley of Jennicam fame.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Hallelujah!
A highly edited but workable question.
This snapshot from a series X was in the news because of an event that was to occur in X on a particular date. What am I talking about?
Not too obscure, but go google. Discreetly, of course! :-)
Quoting Pooky: ""Lisa's Wedding" an episode from sixth season of the Simpsons. The wedding of future Lisa was to take place on 1st August 2010. " Brilliant Answer!
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Moving on.
The TV Series Lost paying tribute to which painting?
Another solo crack by Cow-Herd though he got the painter wrong.
Source: Lostpedia
Answer: The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio
Another solo crack by Cow-Herd though he got the painter wrong.
Source: Lostpedia
Answer: The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Island Caretaker
West Wing paying tribute to which iconic photograph?
Brilliant crack by Cow-Herd!
Answer: George Tames' photograph of JFK called The Loneliest Job
Brilliant crack by Cow-Herd!
Answer: George Tames' photograph of JFK called The Loneliest Job
Monday, August 02, 2010
The Marine
Merely name this painting, or the specific phenomenon depicted. Which is the same thing.Answered correctly by 5 people.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Who?
Who might he be? His works are much more recognizable than him.
Answer: Andreas Gursky. His work 99 Cent II Diptychon holds the record for the most expensive single photograph to date.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
lets go to the mall !!!!
The flag of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada has a ________ that is located in the lower right quadrant. The ________ represents the Irish population, one of the four major ethnic groups that made up the population of the city in the 19th century when the arms were designed.
Smarty!!!
Q. Recent monument created in Canada signifying what? (very specific)Answer : This is the statue of Ilanaaq the Inukshuuk, mascot of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Yellow Spots
Q. What do the above yellow dots supposedly represent?Answer: The dots represent the possible present-day locations of Atlantis. Gulf of Mannar is also included.
Tum kahaan, Main kahaan!!!!!
Q. Identify X (in front) and Y (at the back) in the above picture. What is happening above?Answer: X- Donovan Bailey, Y- Michael Johnson. In 1997, Johnson the 200m world champion claimed he had a faster speed than Bailey who being the then 100m champion was the official "fastest man on earth". The two had a race to decide, Bailey winning comfortably and Johnson pulling out midway.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Connect
A BSlightly shady. Edited the question slightly: Two of A's works, B, and B's most famous work.
Art ?!
'X' (Pic 1) and 'Y' (Pic 2 ) are the known works of an artist 'A'. 'Z' (Pic 3) started a movement which takes its name from a remark made by 'A' to 'Z' . Give me 'X','Y','Z' ,'A' and the name of the movement.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Pretty happy to pay the fine huh!!
Simply Identify.
ANSWER : Bill Gates after a traffic violation in 1977, as correctly identified by all.
ANSWER : Bill Gates after a traffic violation in 1977, as correctly identified by all.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Connect
What is the connection between the two images?
Answer: Mona Simpson, Homer's mother, is named after Steve Jobs' sister - an American novelist. More here.
Anon came closest to cracking it.
Source: The Unofficial Steve Jobs Life Timeline, Wikipedia
Answer: Mona Simpson, Homer's mother, is named after Steve Jobs' sister - an American novelist. More here.
Anon came closest to cracking it.
Source: The Unofficial Steve Jobs Life Timeline, Wikipedia
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Connect
The 3 images connect to which American actor?
Answer: John Cazale - who appeared in five films (including The Deer Hunter and The Godfather - corresponding to first two images), all of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscar. Meryl Streep (3rd image) was Cazale's fiancee at the time of his death.
Source - Daily Beast
Shubham, Samarth and Siddharth iced it. Guneet got the IDs correct.
Answer: John Cazale - who appeared in five films (including The Deer Hunter and The Godfather - corresponding to first two images), all of which were nominated for Best Picture Oscar. Meryl Streep (3rd image) was Cazale's fiancee at the time of his death.
Source - Daily Beast
Shubham, Samarth and Siddharth iced it. Guneet got the IDs correct.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Spirit of Adventure..
A _____ is a table-top mountain found in the highlands of South America, especially in Venezuela meaning "house of the gods" in their native tongue. It served as inspiration for a location in a popular 2009 movie X. Give me both.
Answer : Tepui, which inspired Disney Pixar's Up.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Convolution of a contorted kind.
X (pic 1) died a rather gruesome death near the place shown in pic 2. The circumstances of his death inspired Y (pic 3) to write Z.
Answer:
Quoting Cow-Herd
"Joseph Conrad wrote "The Secret Agent" based on the French anarchist, Martial Bourdin, who died gruesomely in Greenwich Park when the explosives he carried prematurely detonated. The building pictured is the Royal Observatory at Greenwich."
Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham!!!
Q. A 2008 Marathi movie named "Tuzya Mazhyat" starring Sachin Khedekar didn't acquire as much attention for the same reason as a movie is getting now. Which movie and the reason for the attention? (Avoid Googling)Ans. The movie being referred to here is Karan Johar's "We Are Family", both of them being remakes of "Stepmom".
Vish,M,Shubham and eter got it right.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
New Directions
Movie series X(shown in the pic) popularised a sign Y, which is now being repopularised by a TV series Z ,with a new meaning. Identify X,Y & Z.
Hint: The Title
Answer :New Directions is the Glee club at William McKinley High school in Ohio which gives us the TV musical Glee and the pic is of Ace Ventura series. Below is the pic of Y and Z.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Ta Ra Rum Pum!!
Q. Id the above Grand Prix.Answer: This is the Caesar's Palace Grand Prix. In 1981 and 1982, the vast parking lot area of the Caesar's Palace casino in Las Vegas was used to stage an official Formula One GP.
Picasso ka bachcha!!!!
Q. Connect the above paintings.Answer: All the above paintings are works of a certain Adolf Hitler. No hits.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Id the building.
This building in London was built as a tribute to X and has a huge collection of X's memorabilia on display. X was the founder of Y. Give me both X and Y.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Ahoy there!
Identify the fictional character X,shown in the above picture to have started a mobile phone company Y.
Answer- X-Sailor Joey Motorola
Y- Motorola
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
lonelygirl_01
Identify the lady shown here who was an Internet celebrity once upon a time.
Ameya, Dextostone, Umang, Samarth, M.o.P, and Rohit answered correctly.
Answer: Jennifer Ringley of Jennicam fame.
Answer: Jennifer Ringley of Jennicam fame.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
Hallelujah!
A highly edited but workable question.
This snapshot from a series X was in the news because of an event that was to occur in X on a particular date. What am I talking about?
Not too obscure, but go google. Discreetly, of course! :-)
Quoting Pooky: ""Lisa's Wedding" an episode from sixth season of the Simpsons. The wedding of future Lisa was to take place on 1st August 2010. " Brilliant Answer!
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Moving on.
The TV Series Lost paying tribute to which painting?
Another solo crack by Cow-Herd though he got the painter wrong.
Source: Lostpedia
Answer: The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio
Another solo crack by Cow-Herd though he got the painter wrong.
Source: Lostpedia
Answer: The Baptism of Christ by Andrea del Verrocchio
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Island Caretaker
West Wing paying tribute to which iconic photograph?
Brilliant crack by Cow-Herd!
Answer: George Tames' photograph of JFK called The Loneliest Job
Brilliant crack by Cow-Herd!
Answer: George Tames' photograph of JFK called The Loneliest Job
Monday, August 02, 2010
The Marine
Merely name this painting, or the specific phenomenon depicted. Which is the same thing.Answered correctly by 5 people.
Sunday, August 01, 2010
Who?
Who might he be? His works are much more recognizable than him.
Answer: Andreas Gursky. His work 99 Cent II Diptychon holds the record for the most expensive single photograph to date.
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