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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Q#553

CONNECT!

ANS: althaf cracked it..1ST PIC IS OF QUEEN MARY TUDOR WHO WAS ALSO CALLED AS BLOODY MARY,2ND PIC IS OF BLOODY MARY COCKTAIL!

Q#552



ANSWER---ANTHONY PERKINS AS NORMAN BATES IN PSYCHO, ANTHONY HOPKINS AS HANNIBAL LECTER IN THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS,  ANDREW BRYNIARSKI AS LEATHERFACE IN THE CHAINSAW MASSACRE.. ALL THE CHARACTER WERE LOOSELY INSPIRED FROM ED GEIN.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Q#551


ANSWER---THE BIG LEBOWSKI,  JEFF DOWD INSPIRED THE CHARACTER ' THE DUDE' PLAYED BY JEFF BRIDGES, STORY WAS INSPIRED FROM RAYMOND CHANDLER'S THE BIG SLEEP!

Q#550


ANSWER---JOSEPH MAGNELE,  cracked by anonymous!

Q#549


ANS: Gold Medallist Tommie Smith, (center) and Bronze medallist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200m in the 1968 Summer Olympics wearing Olympic Project for Human Rights badges. OFTEN CALLED THE ‘BLACK POWER SALUTE’ CAUSED A LOT OF CONTROVERSIES.

Time magazine showed the five-ring Olympic logo with the words, "Angrier, Nastier, Uglier", instead of "Faster, Higher, Stronger"

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Q#548


ANS: Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby,they designed the torch for 2012 london olympics!

IDENTIFY THEM OR GIVE ME THEIR RECENT CLAIM OT FAME!

Q#547

ANSWER---STAMPS ISSUED FOR OLYMPICS, 2012.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Q#546


ANS: CONNECTION IS THE TV SERIES "CASTLE"
RICHARD CASTLE ,THE FICTIONAL WRITER COMPARES HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH KATE,THE FICTIONAL DETECTIVE TO THE POPULAR PARTNERS LIKE "TANGO AND CASH","TURNER AND HOOCH" AND "STASKY AND HUTCH"
DEDICATED TO ALL THE CASTLE FANS!

Q#545



ANSWER---HIS NAME IS CASSIUS CERAMIX NAMED AFTER CASSIUS CLAY AKA MOHAMMAD ALI.
NICE CRACK ABHILASH SHARMA.

Q#544


good crack RIJO PHILIP JOSE.
SHE IS INDEED ANITA NIGAM,MAXIMUM PREDICTION AND ASTROLOGY APPLICATIONS ON FACEBOOK ARE BASED UPON HER PROGRAMMES!

Q#543


ANS:IT IS THE FIRST FLAG OF INDIA HOISTED IN THE YEAR 1906!
"VANDE MATARAM" IS BLANKED OUT!

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Q#542



HE IS REGARDED AS THE RICHEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL CRIMINAL IN WORLD HISTORY.  JUST IDENTIFY THE COLUMBIAN DRUG LORD WHO IS OFTEN REFERRED AS THE WORLD'S GREATEST OUTLAW.....

ANSWER---HE IS INDEED PABLO ESCOBAR.
GOOD CRACK  ABHINAV, ARANYA, PD AND RIJO PHILIP JOSE.

Q#541


ICONIC MOMENT SHARED BY THIS TWO GREAT PERSONALITIES...JUST IDENTIFY BOTH OF THEM.

ANSWER---MARLON BRANDO AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN, DURING THE SHOOTING OF THE FILM  'A COUNTESS FROM HONGKONG'
 GOOD CRACK ARJUN AND SAI GANESH.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Q#540


CONNECT THE PICTURES.

ANSWER---APTOSTICHUS ANGELINAJOLIEAE  -NAMED AFTER ANGELINA JOLIE , JENIFER YUH NELSON, DIRECTOR OF KUNG FU PANDA, LOGO OF UNHRC,  BRAHMA TEMPLE IN CAMBODIA NAMED AFTER ANGELINA JOLIE.

CONNECTION IS ANGELINA JOLIE.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Q#539


IT IS EQUIVALENT TO NOBEL PEACE PRIZE NAMED AFTER X. IT IS GIVEN FOR "strengthened peace among peoples" . JUST NAME THE PRIZE!

ANSWER---IT IS INDEED THE LENIN PEACE PRIZE.
GOOD CRACK BY ABHI, SULABH AND SARIM RAHMAN!

Q#538


IDENTIFY THE SQUARED MAN. HE WON A GOLD MEDAL IN A TEAM GAME IN 1900 OLYMPICS , ALSO WON A SILVER MEDAL IN ANOTHER EVENT IN 1900 OLYMPICS. WHAT IS HIS MAJOR CLAIM TO FAME?

ANSWER---HE IS INDEED CONSTANTINE HENRIQUEZ DE ZUBIERA, THE FIRST COLOURED PERSONALITY TO TAKE PART IN OLYMPICS!
GOOD CRACK BY SULABH AND QUIZMANIA.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Q#537


IDENTIFY THE STATUE OF THE GODDESS THAT THE MAN IS HOLDING.

ANSWER--- IT IS INDEED ANGREZI DEVI.
GOOD CRACKS BY PRASENJEET SAHA,ABHILASH, ARPIT, ABHINAV,, PULKI AND SULABH!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Q#536



LEGO ADAPTATION OF WHICH FILM'S POSTER?

ANSWER---IT IS INDEED AMERICAN BEAUTY.
WELL DONE ARPIT, NEZNA, AMEYA, ABHINAV, PRASENJEET SAHA, AND SULABH!

Q#535


IDENTIFY THE FATHER AND THE DAUGHTER. WHICH COMPANY WAS FOUNDED BY HIM IN WHICH DAUGHTER IS THE CURRENT CEO?

ANSWER---SHIV NADAR ALONG WITH ROSHINI NADAR, FOUNDER AND CEO OF HCL.

WELL DONE   ARPIT, QUIZMANIA, VISHNU, SARIM RAHMAN, AMITH NARAYANAN,APPORV, ABHINAV, SWASTIKARYAN!!!

Monday, June 20, 2011

Q#534



SIMPLE ONE FOR THE DAY. LOGO OF WHAT?

ANSWER---IT IS INDEED THE LOGO OF WIKIMANIA.

GOOD CRACKS BY QUIZ MANIA,  ARPIT,   AMITH NARAYANAN, AND ABHINAV!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Q#533



IDENTIFY THE FACE. IF YOU NOTICE CAREFULLY, THERE IS A SMALL SOFA OVER THERE.  AFTER WHOM WAS IT DESIGNED AND BY WHOM?


ANSWER---IT IS INDEED THE MAE WEST LIPS SOFA BY THE SURREALIST PAINTER SALVADOR DALI!
GOOD CRACK BY   ARPIT, SULABH, QUIZ MANIA,SARIM RAHMAN, NEZNA, PRASANJEET SAHA IS HALF CORRECT!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Q#532




ANSWER--- HE IS INDEED RICHARD 'DICK' FOSBURY, WHO INVENTED THE FOSBURY FLOP USED IN HIGHJUMP!

GOOD CRACK PRASENJEET SAHA AND SULABH!

Q#531


EASY ONE. JUST CONNECT!

Q#530


 FIRST PICTURE IS OF AN AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATOR, NASA ASTRONAUT. SECOND PICTURE IS OF THE VIDEO IMAGE OF A PARTICULAR DISTINCTION THAT ONLY HE HOLDS. IDENTIFY  HIM AND HIS CLAIM TO FAME.


ANSWER--- HE IS ALAN SHEPARD WHO WAS THE FIRST INDIVIDUAL TO PLAY GOLF ON MOON!  
WELL DONE AMITH NARAYANAN MS, AMITH NARAYANAN AND SULABH!!!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Q#529


VERY SIMPLE ONE. JUST CONNECT THESE PICTURES AND DO EXPLAIN! 

ANSWER---CONNECTION IS INDEED CADBURY. JOHN CADBURY THE FOUNDER, NAOMI CAMPBELL-RECENT SLOGAN CONTROVERSY OF CADBURY SLOGAN WHICH SAID,' MOVE OVER NAOMI, THERE IS A NEW DIVA IN TOWN', SCHWEPPES- WHICH MERGED WITH CADBURY AND NOW A SUBSIDIARY, WAS TAKEN OVER BY KRAFT FOODS LAST YEAR, AND THE LAST IS THE CADBURY CASTLE.

GOOD CRACK BY AMEYA,KARTHIKE RAMESH AND AJU THOMAS!!!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Q#528


IDENTIFY THE IRON MAN,'X', HE HAS A RECORD STREAK OF PLAYING CONSECUTIVE 2131 GAMES IN HIS PARTICULAR SPORT! HE ALSO BROKE A CERTAIN PLAYER 'Y' RECORD IN REACHING THAT. NOW CONNECT Y TO A DISEASE 'Z' AND CONNECT 'Z ' WITH A GREAT SCIENTIST 'A'. NOW CONNECT 'A' TO PINK FLOYD i.e, 'B'....

GIVE ME X,Y,Z,A,B.



ANSWER---X IS CALVIN EDWIN ' CAL' RIPKEN JR, Y IS LOU GEHRIG,  Z IS AMYLOTROPHIC  LATERAL SCLEROSIS ALSO KNOWN AS LOU GEHRIG'S DISEASE. A IS STEPHEN HAWKINGS AND B IS KEEP TALKING FROM DIVISION BELL.

AWESOME CRACK BY CLASS OF 2013, ASIF IQBAL HAQUE, ARPIT AND SWASTIKARYAN!!!!








Q#527


ANSWER---CONNECTION IS EMILIANO ZAPATA,  GRAHAM GOOCH WAS NICKNAMED ZAP AFTER HIM AND OFCOURSE MARLON BRANDO PLAYED THE ROLE OF ZAPATA IN THE FILM VIVA ZAPATA!

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Q#526





CONNECT THESE COUNTRIES.( EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

ANSWER---THESE ARE THE FLAGS OF SPAIN, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA AND SAN MARINO,
    ONLY COUNTRIES NOT TO HAVE WORDS IN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
   HALF POINTS FOR JEET FOR IDENTIFYING THE COUNTRIES.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

NOTICE

ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS UP TO 518 HAVE BEEN MODERATED AND POSTED. CHECK IT OUT. 519-525 STILL OPEN, GIVE IT A SHOT! HAPPY QUIZZING!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Q#525



IDENTIFY THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE FROM INDIA.

 ANSWER---IT IS INDEED THE ROCK SHELTERS AT BHIMBETKA , MADHYA-PRADESH.
                      GOOD CRACK GOUTAMJAY AND CONFUSED CRANIUM!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Q#524



ANSWER--- A SNOW BOARDING LEOPARD, A FIGURE SKATING BUNNY, A POLAR BEAR WEARING A SCARF. THEY ALL ARE THE MASCOTS OF 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS TO BE HELD IN RUSSIA. 

WELL DONE TULIP, RAJDEEP AND GOUTAMJAY.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Q#523



IDENTIFY THE CHAP. WHAT INSPIRED HIS NAME?  IT IS A PART OF AN ONGOING JAPANESE MANGA SERIES WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY MASASHI KISHIMOTO.


ANSWER---IT IS INDEED ROCK LEE NAMED AFTER BRUCE LEE.
                     GOOD CRACK BY PAUL ALIAS KRIENT.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Q#522


EASY ONE FOR THE DAY. IDENTIFY THE MISSING PERSONALITY..

ANSWER---IT IS INDEED M.F HUSSAIN. R.I.P.
                     WELL DONE  RAMESH, PULKI,  SOMU,  AISHWARYA  AND ANONYMOUS !

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Q#521



IT IS THE GUERNICA BY PABLO PICASSO  INSPIRED FROM ' THE BOMBINGS OF GUERNICA'. THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST QUESTION TO BE ASKED IN THE BBC MASTERMIND LIKE " WHAT INSPIRED THE PAINTING GUERNICA BY PICASSO".
GOOD CRACK NANDA!



Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Q#520



IDENTIFY THE LADY WITH SALMAN KHAN, WHAT IS HER RECENT CLAIM TO FAME?

ANSWER---SHE IS AMRITA KAK, THE SINGER OF DHINKA-CHIKA SONG FROM READY ,

Monday, June 6, 2011

Q#519



IDENTIFY THE CHILD WITH RONALDO, HE RECENTLY TURNED 25 AND ALSO PLAYED THE EQUAL NUMBER OF GAMES WITH HIS FAMOUS OPPONENT IN  A PARTICULAR EVENT! WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

ANSWER---HE IS INFACT RAFAEL NADAL, PLAYED 25 GRAND SLAM FINALS WITH ROGER FEDERER!

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Q#518



AN EASY QUESTION FOR THE MOVIE BUFFS. IDENTIFY HIM AND CONNECT HIM TO AN INDIAN CINEMA!

ANSWER---HE IS MAJOR KULDIP SINGH CHANDPURI, HIS ROLE WAS PLAYED BY SUNNY DEOL IN THE FILM BORDER!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

NOTICE

ANSWERS FOR QUESTION NUMBERS 491 TO 508 HAVE BEEN POSTED. REST ARE STILL OPEN.

HAVE A GO!


Q#491



ANSWER---IT IS THE LOGO OF KRAFT FOODS WHICH RECENTLY TOOK OVER CADBURY. THEIR JOINT VENTURE PRODUCED OREO BISCUITS.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Q#517


SIMPLE ONE. IDENTIFY THE PRINT AD.

ANSWER--- IT IS INDEED SCRABBLE.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Q#516


IDENTIFY THE WOMAN WITH MIKE TYSON. CONNECT HER TO A FILM.


ANSWER---SHE IS JACKIE KALLEN, one of boxing's first and most successful female managers. Her life was the inspiration for the film Against the Ropes.