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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Techknowledgey














This 8 bit personal computer, X, was introduced in the UK in 1982 by the company Y. One of the first mainstream home computers to be sold in the UK, it led a boom in the creation in software and hardware. Over 23,000 software titles have been released since it's launch. And over 8 models of X have been released.
X and Y?

Answer: It is the ZX Spectrum series by Sinclair Research
Full points to indian.

Thursday, March 29, 2012



Who's paying homage to whom?(both the pics of the same person)

Ans. Andy Warhol dressed up as Lady Warhol,paying homage to Rrose Selavy,who was in turn Marchel Duchamp's alter ego.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012



What event does this picture depict?Put funda.

Ans. The German Hyperinflation of 1923,where it became cheaper to burn notes than to buy wood with them.



Monday, March 26, 2012

We owe him.

He created something indispensable for you and us.
Currently works at Google. Identify him and his creation ?






















Nobody gets it.

Answer:
This is Ramanathan Guha, credited with creating the first version of RSS.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Connect





















Answer: These four photographers are collectively known as The Bang Bang Club
Good answer, gaurav!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Identify the person. Also mention her claim to fame.

Answer: This is Henrietta Lacks, who was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor), which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create an immortal cell line for medical research, called the HeLa cell line.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Minimal Movie Poster for ?



























M, Hari, Vikram, Rahul and Ameya get it correct.

Ans: It is indeed Keyser Soze's walk from "The Usual Suspects".

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Girl Power.




Id the person and the inspiration behind this photo.


Nobody gets it.



Ans: This is Limor Fried aka Ladyada (Adafruit Industries)
        The inspiration, of course, is Rosie the Riveter.
       




        

Monday, March 19, 2012

Gaana-Bajana.


       Explaining her work, X writes, "India is a land of different cultures. In India, music plays a very important role. India has given many musical instruments to the world. Goddess Saraswati plays Veena, God Shiv plays Damaru. According to our mythological stories musical instruments used to be played on all the occasions. Even during war musical instruments were played. Lord Krishna's flute is known in the whole world for its magical music. In modern days Mr. Zakir Hussain is world famous as Tabla Mastro and Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is known as a great Santoor player all over the world". What is being talked about ?


       Surya, Indian and Ravi get it correct.
       Answer: This is Varsha Gupta, winner of the 2011 Google Made in India Doodle Competition speaking about her doodle.


      

Friday, March 16, 2012

Purple Haze

Q. Significance ?

Ans. These are the superimpositions of the Playboy covers of the respective decades.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Asli Engineer.

He is thought to have conceived the first design for Volkswagen Beetle.
Who is he ?.




Indian is the sole one to crack it !

Answer: This is Bela Barenyi. More on this 'asli engineer' here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bar%C3%A9nyi

Sunday, March 11, 2012


Q.Identify both the personalities in the pic.

Ans.Hari gets it.Monica Dogra seen talking to Nick Drake

Saturday, March 10, 2012


Identify the person. Name the comic book franchise in which characters have been modeled after this person. 

Id the recipe

Answer:Ratatouille

Trolling?

What's happening in the image below?


























Cracked by indian.

Answer: This is Yishan Wong, verifying himself as the new CEO of Reddit.

Friday, March 09, 2012

Think.




X (above ) co-founded a company Y, which is famous for starting something similar but yet so different in the world of online travelling.

A (below) is a renowned cardiac surgeon whose brainchild is B.

Y and B were recently in the news for a laudable feat.

A, B, X, Y and Z please ?


Full Points to Soubhag and Indian.
Sabyasachi and SS Panda get part answers.

Answer :
X - Phanindra Sharma
Y - Redbus.in
A - Dr. Devi Shetty
B - Narayana Hrudayalaya
Z - Only two Indian Companies in Fast Company's Top 50 Innovative Companies of the World list

Thursday, March 08, 2012






















Q: A German neurologist, who founded something important in the world of sport. ID him and what did he start. (Timeline: 1940s-1960s)
Answer: This is Sir Ludwig Guttmann - the guy who started the Paralympics.
Full points to Abhijeet, indian and Sabyasachi. Part points to Rishabh.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012


What is this celebration from the England team in the Euro '96 famously known as?

Everybody gets it!This is Paul Gascoigne,(sitting on) the Dentist's Chair.


These are the representations of Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles in the styles of various painters. Identify all four painters.
Answer in clockwise fashion, starting from the top-left image.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012


Asterix parody of which painting?


Monday, March 05, 2012

Mash.

Q. Easy enough, just give all the components of this mash-up painting.
Identify the man and woman featured on the comic book cover. Which famous character is being parodied here?



Sunday, March 04, 2012

Bang. Bang!
















Q: Top 10 players in a list for what? Who is the 11th player?
Answer: This is the list of bowlers who have given away the most runs in an ODI. The 11th player in the list is indeed, Lasith Malinga.
Part points to Akshay. For more info, click here



Identify the person behind the hand/camera.

Ans.Person-Ai Weiwei
peice of art-Study of Perspective

Saturday, March 03, 2012


Identify the superhero in this Fredo and Pidjin comic strip.

Friday, March 02, 2012

What is this?

Thursday, March 01, 2012

What is the significance of this image?

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Techknowledgey














This 8 bit personal computer, X, was introduced in the UK in 1982 by the company Y. One of the first mainstream home computers to be sold in the UK, it led a boom in the creation in software and hardware. Over 23,000 software titles have been released since it's launch. And over 8 models of X have been released.
X and Y?

Answer: It is the ZX Spectrum series by Sinclair Research
Full points to indian.

Thursday, March 29, 2012



Who's paying homage to whom?(both the pics of the same person)

Ans. Andy Warhol dressed up as Lady Warhol,paying homage to Rrose Selavy,who was in turn Marchel Duchamp's alter ego.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012



What event does this picture depict?Put funda.

Ans. The German Hyperinflation of 1923,where it became cheaper to burn notes than to buy wood with them.



Monday, March 26, 2012

We owe him.

He created something indispensable for you and us.
Currently works at Google. Identify him and his creation ?






















Nobody gets it.

Answer:
This is Ramanathan Guha, credited with creating the first version of RSS.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Connect





















Answer: These four photographers are collectively known as The Bang Bang Club
Good answer, gaurav!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Identify the person. Also mention her claim to fame.

Answer: This is Henrietta Lacks, who was an African-American woman who was the unwitting source of cells (from her cancerous tumor), which were cultured by George Otto Gey to create an immortal cell line for medical research, called the HeLa cell line.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Minimal Movie Poster for ?



























M, Hari, Vikram, Rahul and Ameya get it correct.

Ans: It is indeed Keyser Soze's walk from "The Usual Suspects".

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Girl Power.




Id the person and the inspiration behind this photo.


Nobody gets it.



Ans: This is Limor Fried aka Ladyada (Adafruit Industries)
        The inspiration, of course, is Rosie the Riveter.
       




        

Monday, March 19, 2012

Gaana-Bajana.


       Explaining her work, X writes, "India is a land of different cultures. In India, music plays a very important role. India has given many musical instruments to the world. Goddess Saraswati plays Veena, God Shiv plays Damaru. According to our mythological stories musical instruments used to be played on all the occasions. Even during war musical instruments were played. Lord Krishna's flute is known in the whole world for its magical music. In modern days Mr. Zakir Hussain is world famous as Tabla Mastro and Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is known as a great Santoor player all over the world". What is being talked about ?


       Surya, Indian and Ravi get it correct.
       Answer: This is Varsha Gupta, winner of the 2011 Google Made in India Doodle Competition speaking about her doodle.


      

Friday, March 16, 2012

Purple Haze

Q. Significance ?

Ans. These are the superimpositions of the Playboy covers of the respective decades.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Asli Engineer.

He is thought to have conceived the first design for Volkswagen Beetle.
Who is he ?.




Indian is the sole one to crack it !

Answer: This is Bela Barenyi. More on this 'asli engineer' here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bar%C3%A9nyi

Sunday, March 11, 2012


Q.Identify both the personalities in the pic.

Ans.Hari gets it.Monica Dogra seen talking to Nick Drake

Saturday, March 10, 2012


Identify the person. Name the comic book franchise in which characters have been modeled after this person. 

Id the recipe

Answer:Ratatouille

Trolling?

What's happening in the image below?


























Cracked by indian.

Answer: This is Yishan Wong, verifying himself as the new CEO of Reddit.

Friday, March 09, 2012

Think.




X (above ) co-founded a company Y, which is famous for starting something similar but yet so different in the world of online travelling.

A (below) is a renowned cardiac surgeon whose brainchild is B.

Y and B were recently in the news for a laudable feat.

A, B, X, Y and Z please ?


Full Points to Soubhag and Indian.
Sabyasachi and SS Panda get part answers.

Answer :
X - Phanindra Sharma
Y - Redbus.in
A - Dr. Devi Shetty
B - Narayana Hrudayalaya
Z - Only two Indian Companies in Fast Company's Top 50 Innovative Companies of the World list

Thursday, March 08, 2012






















Q: A German neurologist, who founded something important in the world of sport. ID him and what did he start. (Timeline: 1940s-1960s)
Answer: This is Sir Ludwig Guttmann - the guy who started the Paralympics.
Full points to Abhijeet, indian and Sabyasachi. Part points to Rishabh.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012


What is this celebration from the England team in the Euro '96 famously known as?

Everybody gets it!This is Paul Gascoigne,(sitting on) the Dentist's Chair.


These are the representations of Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles in the styles of various painters. Identify all four painters.
Answer in clockwise fashion, starting from the top-left image.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012


Asterix parody of which painting?


Monday, March 05, 2012

Mash.

Q. Easy enough, just give all the components of this mash-up painting.
Identify the man and woman featured on the comic book cover. Which famous character is being parodied here?



Sunday, March 04, 2012

Bang. Bang!
















Q: Top 10 players in a list for what? Who is the 11th player?
Answer: This is the list of bowlers who have given away the most runs in an ODI. The 11th player in the list is indeed, Lasith Malinga.
Part points to Akshay. For more info, click here



Identify the person behind the hand/camera.

Ans.Person-Ai Weiwei
peice of art-Study of Perspective

Saturday, March 03, 2012


Identify the superhero in this Fredo and Pidjin comic strip.

Friday, March 02, 2012

What is this?

Thursday, March 01, 2012

What is the significance of this image?