Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Identify the pic n the personaltities


                                                                                                                






Complete the series:














The order of pics is important.
ANS: Forbes richest persons in chronological order.Ivan kempard till 1995,then Buffett, Gates, Buffett(in 2008)...missing is Bill Gates(presently the richest) ...Went uncracked

Connect

Sitter .





The Answer is Dadasaheb Phalke , The first pic is of Manna Dey who received the Dadasaheb Phalke award this year , the second pic is of the trophy , the third pic is of Harishchandrache Factory based on the making of Raja Harishchandra directed by Dadasaheb Phalke .

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Connect


  

Hint : The Order of the Pics Matters .

Anurag identified the people correctly , but the connect was wrong . The connect is Chetan Bhagat . These are the names of the narrators of his four books . Hari -> Shyam -> Govind and Krish

Connect

What connects:

Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Harry S. Truman
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
Gerald R. Ford

Apart from the fact that they were all Presidents of the USA.

Hint: Carl Vinson and John C. Stennis are the only two people who could be attached to the list as well but they remove the President of USA connect.

Mannu was very close. They all have Aircraft Carriers in the US Navy named after them (Full names only).

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Padho

Where will you find an English translation of a passage from The Libation Bearers, by Aeschylus together with a quote from More Fruits of Solitude by William Penn?


Cracked by Debasish. The Epigraph of Harry Potter and the Death Hallows

Monday, October 12, 2009

Sitter: what does the cross on the street signifies ?


ANS: The spot where JFK was assasinated...Satinder & tritha took the right path.


Khodo!!

What does the encircled piece of land contain?
Abhishek got it right! Its the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Complete The Series

Gwalior State
Kingdom of Mysore
Punjab
Gwalior State
_____________

The Answer is Punjab(Pakistan) , these are the birth places of the last 5 Prime Ministers of India .

Connect:




























ANS: Connaught place,Delhi...CP is named after the II Duke of Connaught,on his visit to delhi...Rajiv Chowk is an important landmark in CP.                                                

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Fun Question

Gandhiji followed a policy of non-violence throughout his life....but he contradicted this belief for one purpose? What was the purpose and whom did he tell to use force?



ans: it was to women to keep their husbands at bay.....for family planning....i said it was a fun question....

Real names

How do we better know Farrokh Bulsara?


Anurag got it right. Its the legendary Freddie Mercury of the band Queen. He was born into an Indian parsi family and did his early schooling in Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay).

Monday, October 5, 2009

Sports Terminology

What, in sports parlance, is referred to as the 'Old Firm'?

Cracked by Salil and "cantgetagoodid". Its the term used to collectively refer to the two soccer teams from Scotland, Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Connect



Sattu came close . The answer i was looking for was The Last King of Scotland . Amitabh Bachchan - The Last Lear , Michael Jackson - King of Pop . Celtic Rangers - Scotland and Forest Whittaker played Idi Amin in that Film

Friday, October 2, 2009

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