The 666 Dollar Question

Speed, Sharaab and Superwomen

2010-09-04T19:58:00.001+05:30

1. Connect

2. What is obtained when fermented wine is packed in a bottle and a second fermentation is induced in it by adding more yeast and allowing it to mature for atleast another 1.5 years?

3. Connect and fill in the last 3 blanks: Eleanor, Bess, Mamie Doud, Jaqueline, Ladybird, Pat, Betty, Rosalyn, Nancy, Barbara, ________, _________, _________

Amazing, Absurdly Amazing and Downright Atrocious

2010-08-11T04:10:00.004+05:30

1. What is this a list of ?

1. Google
2. MakeMyTrip
3. Intel
4. Marriot Hotels
5. NetApp
6. American Express
7. NTPC
8. PayPal
9. Ajuba Solutions
10. SAS (Solutions)

2. What word has been blackened out?

3. Easy to Google. X was established in 1934 and soon grew to have 14 plants all across India. In 1994, the American majority shareholder Y sold off its 50.9% stake in X to McLeod Russell of the Williamson Magor Group which renamed X to Eveready Industries. Identify X and Y

People, Their Power and well.. Phew!

2010-08-02T03:45:00.003+05:30

1. Who?

2.Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and _____________ borrowed the original concept of this from the Phillips Exeter Academy which for decades published and distributed a printed manual of all students and faculty. fill in the blank and what product am i talking off ?

3. And finally, What?

Paintings, Plaques and Posters

2010-07-30T02:23:00.004+05:30

Been a long time everyone. This post is dedicated to a lady who is an exceptional quizzer herself and with whom i got back in touch after months. Enjoy the post, Wondergirl :)

1. Identify the painting. Hint: Think radio communication

2. What is this?

3. This is a poster for what?

ENJOY!!!!

People's Order and Orders for People...

2010-01-26T11:44:00.005+05:30

1. In chronological order:

Jigme Wanchuk
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud
Vladimir Putin
Nickolas Sarkozy
NurSultan Nazarbayev
______________

Fill in the blank.. ( he/she is the last in the list )

2.What are the politicans so eagerly looking at? (The second image shows a computer containing the scanned image of the document in the first one.

Btw, its nice to be back doing this... :)

Money Money Money

2010-01-21T17:36:00.004+05:30

1. What comprises of:

International Development Association
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Finance Corporation
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
International Centre for Settlement of Investment

2. Identify the organisation ( apologies for my pathetic editing skills, if I can call it that)

3. Identify the movie poster. The name is synonymous with big money.

After ages..of Icons, Imitations and Idiots

2010-01-21T01:13:00.005+05:30

1. Identify the lady on the right.. She changed the employee demograpics in Tata Motors.

2.Identify the logo.( Hint: This might nt be the one that you think it is.. think to the East )

3. Identify this man, at the epicentre of a controversy of idiotic proportions.

Scamsters and Saviours...

2009-01-18T15:42:00.008+05:30

Been a Long time ... First the damned end-sem exams.. n then the beloved vacations.. :) ..

1. Identify the Duo.

2. Recently shot to fame for taking everyone down with him, from financial institutions to charitable ones... The Baap of all scamsters.. Who is he?

3. This is a pretty old story.. Who is he.. ?

4. Connect them..

5. This financial institution, was forced to takeover a bank and act the saviour... Which institution's logo is this?

Houses, High Street and Head Servants...

2008-11-17T00:45:00.002+05:30

1. Created by P.G. Wodehouse, his first name is Reginald. He is a "gentleman's personal gentleman"or a valet. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of many many subjects and is extremely skillful at a lot of other stuff to. He inspired one of the most famous valet's in internet history, one who "fetched answers to all questions asked". Who is this internets most famous valet?

2. This high street in London can be reached by taping a brick, found by counting three up and two across, three times, of the rear wall of a Bar on the Charing Cross Road. Which place am I talking about?

3. Connect: Knesset, Federalnoye Sobraniye, Diet, Jatiyo Sangshod, Cortes Generales

Cats, Colleges and Carnage

2008-11-07T20:19:00.003+05:30

I am sorry about the slow rate of postings. Its getting pretty difficult these days to find new questions with exams killing me.. : ( .. Plus i have to prepare about 100 questions for a quiz is my school, for which i haven;t even started yet and neither do I have any idea as to how to go about it.
Anyways, no more rants... here goes..

1. Born in 1974 in Chennai, he migrated to Australia and then to New York. He started off as a financial journalist writing for the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Money. He subsequently moved on to TIME, where he worked as a South Asia correspondant. He now is a freelance journalist operating from Mumbai. Who?

2. The only colleges eligible to participate in this NCAA Division I athletic conference in the US are - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania. The name of the athletic conference is now not limited to only athletics, but also used to represent the educational philosophy of these institutions. Which term ?

3. Located in Poland about 50 km from Krakow and established on May 20, 1940, this institution is the largest of its kind, with the motto " Arbeit macht frei" crowned on its gate. The attached photo is a horrific part of the institution. What am I talking about ?

Sex, Semaphores, Sites and Semi-Cut Hairs

2008-10-23T11:14:00.005+05:30

1. Connect : Troopergate, Juanita Broaddrick, Elizabeth Ward Gracen, Paula Jones, Sally Perdue, Kathleen Willey... Also there is an extremely famous name missing. What's the missing name ?

2. First came "CQ", then came "SSSDDD", then came "CQD". "NC" was also used that time. But, then came "____" , something which became the international standard and is used till date. Fill in the blank.

3. Whats so special about this web page?

4. She holds the post of Chief Lizard Wrangler in an organisation. Who is she ?

Pixel Prashnavali - IV

2008-10-16T00:31:00.005+05:30

The Windows themed post has been postponed indefinitely due to lack of questions. A random question set is served for your consumption. Hopefully, they'll suit your taste... ; ) Also , on request, from now on, I'll put up the answers in the comments section.

1. What does this map and the various differently shaded regions represent?

Ans: F1 RACES. RED, YELLOW AND GREEN REGIONS ARE THOSE WHICH HAVE HELD, WILL HOLD AND ARE HOLDING AN F1 RACE.

2. What is this?

Ans: McLAREN F1 CAR

3. This judicial body has perhaps the largest jurisdiction in terms of geographical area. Which judicial organ?

Ans: INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

4. This godman, associated with the Ayodhya Movement, passed away in 2003. He was the Chairman of the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, the organisation in charge of construction of the Ram Temple at the disputed land in Ayodhya and the current owners of huge tracts of land in and around the disputed site. Who is he?

Ans: MAHANT RAMCHANDRADAS PARAMHANS

A Multitude of M's

2008-10-07T12:51:00.007+05:30

Been a long longggggg time. I have missed the quiz but MUN took all the time. N now that it is all over. I don't know what to do. I miss it. For the first time in my life, hard work was fun.. :) .. The extent of my vella-ness can be gauged from the fact that it took me 2 days to make these 5 questions. I had first thought of a Windows Theme. But that din't work out. So, came up with the M's. But Windows theme par 1 post toh banta hai ..Hopeully, sooner than later. :).. Here goes!!!!

Myth

Myth has it that this creature pulls people's ears, strips off bedsheets and makes things disappear. Hanging a horseshoe at the gates keeps this creature away. In Harry Potter books, this creature appears as a " shape-shifter that takes the form of the worst fear of it's intended victim". Which creature?

Mystic

Regarded as an incarnation of Lord Shiva, A film based on him is the only film made entirely in Sanskrit till date. He consolidated the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, which says that the Atman( Self ) and the Brahman ( The Universe ) are the one and the same. Which mystic?

Mythical

The Greek hero Bellerophon tried to use this Mythical creature, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, to reach to the Gods. This immortal creature used to carry Zeus' thunderbolts. As a reward, he was transformed into a constellation by Zeus. Which creature?

Magical

The Norse god Odin and his hunting expeditions through the sky every year during the Germanic holiday of Yule, the patron saint of Amsterdam and Moscow who gave gifts to the poor in 4th-century Greece... These are a couple of inspirations for which Magical being?

Mythology

According to Hindu Mythology, there are a total of 14 'Zones' in the Universe. They are: Paramapada, Satyaloka, Tapoloka, Janaloka, Maharloka, Suvarloka, Bhuvarloka, _______________, Atala, Vitala, Nitala, Rasatala, Mahatala, Sutala and Patala. Fill in the blank. ( Hint: Think below your feet! ;) )

See Comments for Answers

The Scores:

Bharath - 4
Husain Poonawala - 2
Nirad - 4
Prateek Rath - Nice Try :)
Cintom - Clean Sweep ! !
Anchal - 4 ( one of the few to get the Last question right )
Anand Babu - 2
Lokesh Gurunathan - 3
Prashant Mannur - 2
Aashish Agrawal - 3
Anand Shankar - 4

Quiscellaneous!!

2008-09-20T00:48:00.006+05:30

1. Fill in the Blank: Suhuf Ibrahim, Tawrat, Zabur, Injil and ________ .

Ans: QURAN, the last in the list of holy books of Islam.

2. Identify this place.

Ans: SUEZ CANAL

3. Identify this 'secure' place.

Ans: FORT KNOX, the U.S. Govt. Gold Reserves are stored here.

4. Although its estimated that there are about 40 of these in existence, only 5 have been found and recognised. They are Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, Eris and _______. What am I talking off? (Fill in the Blank)

Ans: PLUTO. This is a list of dwarf planets.

Pixel Prashnavali - III

2008-09-13T14:15:00.007+05:30

Thnx everybody for the brilliant response.. 6 comments, 9 mails.. One of the best ever.. And as a result of that, after a very longgg time, a Pixel Prashnavali

1. In honour of whom was this memorial erected?...

ans: DODI AL-FAYED and PRINCESS DIANA. This memorial is within the store Harrod's

2. What is shown in this photograph by the black line??

Ans: MARIANA TRENCH, the deepest point in the sea

3. Which engineering structure is reflected off the raindrops?

Ans: GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

4. Identify.

Ans: ABHINAV BINDRA

Oodles of Ms - Mags, Masters and Machines

2008-09-10T00:31:00.008+05:30

Here's Today's Set...

1. This question .. courtesy my college mate Shashank "Disgust" Saket ;)....

Started by Jann Wenner ( who is still its editor) in 1967, this magazine had a song dedicated to it when it was just 5 years old. The song itself, by Dr. Hook, went on to reach #6 on US charts. Two of the most regular features "Random Notes" and "Smoking Section" are the hallmarks of the magazine along with the "National Affairs" section. Which magazine?

Ans: ROLLING STONE... Thnx Disgust ( :p ).. for ur contribution..

2. This type of double-decker buses used to run on London roads till December 2005. Now they run on only 2 heritage routes. What are these buses called?

Ans: ROUTEMASTER.. The same models run in Mumbai too..

3. Apart from being Google's International Webmaster - which makes him responsible for all content on Google's international sites - one Mr. Dennis Hwang has a very interesting job. This job was first done by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in summer 1999. Then Dennis took over this sometime in 2000 and since then, he has been handling this extremely " visible " job. What is this job?

Ans: MAKIN GOOGLE DOODLES

4. What is this?

Ans: LARGE HADRON COLLIDOR (LHC)

Coaches, Churchill, Cartoon and a Crusader's Sword

2008-09-03T21:01:00.006+05:30

Long Time.. first the exms.. then an Amazing trip to Pune.. then thrice to the beach in 2 days.. n then to the riverside.. I hv been busy enjoying ;)

Here goes..

1. Mumbai - Ratnagiri - Sindhudurg - Goa - Kolhapur - Pune - Aurangabad - Ajanta-Ellora - Nashik - Mumbai.... Which Train's schedule?

Ans: DECCAN ODYSSEY

2. This is a pair of extremely luxurious twin coaches numbered 9000 and 9001. Built in 1956, it was used frequently till 1977 after whch it fell into disuse for security reasons. It was used again on May 30, 2003 after 26 long years. What??

Ans: PRESIDENTIAL COACH

3. This is widely supposed to be named after Winston Churchill. Its designer, however, later confessed that it was actually named after a fictional character from the book " The Maltese Fiction". What am i talking about?

Ans: FAT MAN, the Nuclear Bomb dropped during WWII. And its actually "The Maltese Falcon". Thanks Dr. Jaya for your correction :)

4. In 1992, a student at the California Institute of Arts, created a short film “The Whoopass ___”
which was picked up by Hanna-Barbera as an innovative cartoon. They modified the name
“Whoopass” as it was considered inappropriate and then created what was considered to be a
combined spoof on American/Japanese superheroes, making heavy references to pop culture and rock bands of the 70s and 80s, especially the Beatles, along the way.

Ans: THE POWERPUFF GIRLS

5. What is being described here ?

# Manufacturers: R.S.Owens, Chicago, Illinois
# Annual production : 40 units ( approx.)
# Height: 34 cm
# Weight: 3.85KG
# Made of: Gold-plated Britannium

Ans: OSCAR STATUETTE

Champion's Club..

2008-08-17T20:49:00.005+05:30

Sorry for less than the now-customary 4 questions. After all, this is a field about which i know next to nothing. Here goes..

1. Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1985, this now-legendry sportsman was diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He started this sport to provide an outlet to his energy. Once arrested for Drunken Driving, he is called 'Gomer' by his teammates and described as "the greatest athlete who ever walked this planet" by another legend. Some people say his disproportionate arm span and hyper-mobile ankles help him in winning. Who is he?

Ans: MICHEAL PHELPS

2. The shaft of this is abt 12 mm in dia. and abt 35-48 inches long. It was made of 'hickory' before 1935. Then came steel ones and now carbon fibre composite is used to make it. The grip, the hosel and the ferrule are a few other parts of this piece of equipment. What am I talking about?

Ans: GOLF CLUBS

3. whats special about this list?

Shahid Afridi
Ijaz Ahmed
Inzamam
Yousuf Youhana
Moin Khan
Saeed Anwar
Sleem Malik
Mushtaq Ahmed
Saqlain Mushtaq
Wasim Akram

Ans : THE 10 VICTIMS OF ANIL KUMBLE IN THE HISTORIC TEST MATCH AT KOTLA IN 1999

East is East...

2008-08-12T18:56:00.004+05:30

Quite a lot of non picture questions coming in these days.. I miss the picture days..But its not easy to find pictures all the time you see.. sigh..

Anyways.. here goes!!!

1. A combination of Kanji, Katakana, Hiragana and Romaji is used to do what ??

Ans: WRITING JAPANESE.

2. This company, started by Fusachiro Yamauchi, in 1889 produced handmade playing cards. However, today its moved on into a more modern form of entertainment. Amongst its initial products were The Love Tester, The Ultra Machine and the Laser Clay Shooting System.

Ans: NINTENDO

3. There are multiple ways to lose a match in this sport. A few of these are failing to appear ( including injury ) and getting naked. Which sport?

Ans: SUMO WRESTLING

4. Which famous place?

Ans: THE KOREAN DEMILITARISED ZONE

No Pictures.. For a Change..

2008-08-02T22:53:00.004+05:30

1. Major Shaitan Singh Bhagat, Commander of the 'C' Company of 13 Kumaon, led 123 Kumaonis and defended the post of Rezangla in the 1962 Indo-China war. In this battle, 109 Kumaonis died but took more than 800 Chinese with them. Major Bhagat was posthumously awarded the Param Veer Chakra for his heroics. Which moving-to-tears song was inspired by this incident ?

Ans: AE MERE WATAN KE LOGON

2. It started in a very limited form in 1948. It took place for the first time in its current form in 1960. This event takes place 3 weeks after every Olympics. Participants are categorized into 4 different groups, one of thembeing Les Autres. Which Event?

Ans: THE PARALYMPICS.. They r different from the Special olympic games, which are for those who r mentally challenged

3. Of which natural phenomenon are - partial, hybrid, total and annular- types of ??

Ans: SOLAR ECLIPSE

4. What is this a specification list of :

# Crew: One
# Length: 13.20 m (43 ft 4 in)
# Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
# Height: 4.40 m (14 ft 9 in)
# Wing area: 38.4 m² (413 ft²)
#Max speed: Mach 1.8
#Engine: GE F404 ( currently ) , 2 other engine variants..
#Current production variats - PV3 and PV4

Ans: HAL TEJAS, the indigenous LCA

Long Time No See....

2008-07-27T22:46:00.005+05:30

Hellooooooooooo Every1....

Vacations are over.. I have shifted out of the hostel.. where i have 24 hour net unlike the restricted version at the hostel.. Back with the same vigour.. if not more... QUIZ ON!!!!!!

1. A sitter after 2 months... Identify this ultra hot cudda-been-supermodel lady?

Ans: QUEEN RANIA, of Jordan... She is one B-e-a-u-tiful lady..

2.. This building is the inspiration for which fictional manor in a cartoon book series ?

Ans: MARLINSPIKE HALL, where Captain Haddock, from the Tintin comics, lived

3. Identify this father-of-a-phenomenon..

Ans: LALIT MODI, IPL Commisioner

4. The man on the right is Bal Thackeray... The man on the left is ???

Ans: DEVISINGH RANSINGH RANAWAT, The First Gentleman of India

5. According to old texts, this is the map of ..?

Ans: ISRAEL

Pixel Prashnavali - II

2008-05-27T12:05:00.003+05:30

1. Identify this soon-to-be-launched-into-space device?

Ans: CHANDRAYAAN - 1, India's first moon vehicle

2. A sitter. Identify.

Ans: CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR PLANT

3. This picture became synomous with which horrendous incident?
( I know its not the best of photos or questions.. but something which has deeply affected me. )

Ans: BHOPAL GAS TRAGEDY... and to think tht the victims have not even been compensated fully. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING

4. This device, when invented, had buzz like no other. Billed as an "empowering device", what is this?

Ans : SIMPUTER

5. One from Polictics.. The leader of this party died a .. ahem.. dog's death. Which party?..

Ans: THE FASCIST PARTY. The leader Mussolini was hanged in a public square by the enraged people.

Baba Buildings!!

2008-05-20T18:23:00.004+05:30

1. Identify this religious place.

Ans: WESTMINISTER ABBEY.

2. This is one of the most high profile addresses in its city. Which ?

Ans. HOME OF LAKSHMI MITTAL, at Kinsington Palace Gardens, London.
Incidently, this home will soon reliquinsh its tag of the most expensive residential building. The new building will be owned by Aditya Mittal. At $230 million, its gonna be twice as expensive!!.. Still nowhere near Mr. Ambani.

3. A toughie.. Identify these two and figure the connect between these and Q.2.

Ans: pic1: Chateau Vaux Li Comte Grand.. and pic2: Palace of Versailles.. The places where Vanisha Mittal got married and engaged. Like him or hate him, the Man has got STYLE!!!

Wonders On Wheels.....

2008-05-20T17:47:00.005+05:30

1. Identify this train service. The logo is beside it .

Ans: The EUROSTAR, the train connecting England and France through the Channel Tunnel.

2. Identify this WOW - car.

Ans: The ROLLS ROYCE DROPHEAD.. Its a convertible designed from the absolutely amazing PHANTOM. It can be personalised with an astounding 20 million combinations of interiors and accessories.

3. 0 to 60mph in 0.75 sec.. Theoretical top speed: 420MPH.. What is this?

Ans: THE DODGE TOMAHAWK, a concept motorcycle. Check up wiki on this.. Outta this world.!!

A Few Changes....

2008-05-20T17:34:00.004+05:30

Hey all...

Firstly.. welcome back Kumar bhaiya.. its slightly less fun without u here.. aleast fr me : )

Thanx fr all the comments... but .. now the comments and the mailed answers are coming in in not-so-small numbers.. which means.. maintaining the score for a lazy bum like me is getting amazingly tough.. Also.. with my exms on.. i hardly get time for it. So.. I am not gonna maintain scores frm now on.. Hopefully, ppl will continue answering just for the fun of it ;)

And a request... I will be off for about one n half months from mid july till the last week of july.. o I request some1 to regularly update the blog in my absence.. and thereafter.. along with me when i am back .. Any1 .. who is vella enough.. plzz tell.. .author rights shall be yours :)

Quiz on!!!

Different Worlds - Under, Above n Beyond....

2008-05-17T17:53:00.005+05:30

1. Identify the organisation whose 50th anniversary logo is shown here.

Ans: NASA

2. Identify this huge religious complex.

Ans: ANGKOR WAT

3. A question on music after a longggggggggg time. This is my favourite band currently. Which ?

Ans: CRADLE OF FILTH

The ABC of Crime..

2008-05-14T18:10:00.007+05:30

A...

1. Identify.

Ans: AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI, the No. 2 at Al Qaeda

B...

2. Who is this arms smuggler?

Ans: PETER BLEACH, the main accused in the Purulia arms drop case.

C....

2. A serial Killer. Who?

Ans: Charles Sobhraj... man!! he sure did live some life!! and take some too!

Ruling Killers...

2008-05-09T15:28:00.004+05:30

Boring one word questions... but i dont hv much time to dig up too many facts abt these guys.. Exms:(...

1. Identify.

Ans: VELLUPILLAI PRABHAKARAN.. Chief of the LTTE.

2. Identify.

Ans: PRACHANDA... The chief of the Maoists in Nepal.

Cops - Kill, Control, Capture...

2008-05-09T12:19:00.005+05:30

1. Identify this (in)famous cop.

Ans: DAYA NAYAK.

2. Identify him. Kay Kay Menon played him in a movie.

Ans: RAKESH MARIA.. the head of the team investigating the Bombay Blasts in 92. The hint made it extremely easy.

3. Identify this ex-Director of the Prohibition Bureau. One of the victims he caught went to Jail for over 5000 violations of the Volstead Act.

Ans: ELLIOT NESS

-BEEP- -BEEP- -BEEP-

2008-05-06T23:43:00.002+05:30

Sorry ppl..

I havent been able to update this.. Exms ne meri - BEEP - -BEEP - rakhi hai!!.. :(

Will update on Sunday.. :) C ya all. n Pleaseeeeeeeeeee pray tht i get double digits in the few papers fr which i will sit..

Totally Random.....

2008-05-01T23:51:00.004+05:30

Hey all,

This is just a random one.. Just for fun.... I was searching fr stuff to put up here and came across this...

Fill in the blanks:

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Surakiart Sathirathai, Ashraf Ghani, Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, Jayantha Dhanapala, ________, ________

Ans: Un Sec -Gen Candidates.. and the blanks are SHASHI THAROOR and BAN KI MOON.....

Prateek, Sands , Jolly.. all GODS.. and Jagriti... GODDESS!!!!!...... U PPL KNOW STUFF!!!!!! I BOW!

Sands.. Do mail me ur intro..:)

The Prayed and The Prayerhouses...

2008-05-01T20:44:00.007+05:30

1. He was the king of a country and is considered as "the Returned Jesus" by people of a particular faith. Who is he?.

Ans: HAILLE SELASSIE.. of Ethiopia. He is considered God by Rastafarians, a group who use GANJA for religious purposes. :|

2. Identify.. ( Half if u tell only the place )

Ans: THE DOME OF THE ROCK, JERUSALEM

3. Identify this one-of-a-kind place of worship.

Ans: The BRAHMA TEMPLE, PUSHKAR

Lights, Camera.. Action!!!

2008-05-01T14:08:00.005+05:30

Wuxia and Wyoming..
1. He is one of the only 2 directors to ever win the Cannes Golden Lion twice. He is also the first Asican to win the Best Director's Oscar. Who is he?

Ans: ANG LEE... and thnkx Sonjita . It is the Venice Golden Lions.. I apologise:)

...... phone home.
2. Although he had already received an honorary degree in 1994, he completed his BA in Film Production and Electronic Arts with an option in Film/Video Production from CSULB in 2002, 35 years after joining the college. He has set up the Shoah foundation, to archive video testimonies of the Holocaust survivors. Previously a creator of the Medal Of Honour series of games, he is now working with EA for an unnamed game a with Nintendo for a game called Boom Blox. (Hint: ) . Identify the director.

Ans: STEPHEN SPIELBERG

One Shot For The Luck...
3. Owner of Wingnut films , he started off as a "splatstick" movies director. He is now working on a new game with Bungee studios titled the Halo:Chronicles.

ANS: PETER JACKSON

Harbingers of Change...

2008-04-28T20:02:00.008+05:30

My first post even close to politics...

1. Of which event is this a photograph of?

Ans: CORONATION OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II.

I couldn't recognise the photograph when i had first saw it.. However, every1 else knew.

2. Who are these people and what was the result of this meeting? ( a point fr the result and half for every leader )

Ans: The BANDUNG CONFERENCE. RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF NAM.. Leaders are: Nehru, Nikumah( Ghana), Gamal Nasser (Egypt), Sukarno ( Indonesia) and Marshal Tito ( Yugoslavia.

3. What is this man's recent claim to fame ? ( only half if u tell his position . )

Ans: MORGAN TSAVANGIRAI, the President-elect of Zimbabwe.

ONLY JAHNAVI got all the three questions correct. Kudos!!!

Sex, Shoots and Shaken Drinks -- With Style..

2008-04-28T10:08:00.005+05:30

Since its pretty obvious what the connecting theme is.. So, specific answers please. No half points anywhr.

1. Identify.

Ans: THAMES HOUSE, the headquarters of MI6.

2. This is a poster for which movie?

Ans: A sitter.. This is the teaser for QUANTUM OF SOLACE.

3. " You Only Live Twice " is a James Bond novel in which Bond goes to Japan on an impossible mission to extract information from the head of Japanese intelligence and kill an enemy. Numerically, what is so special about this story that makes in unique in the James Bond series?

Ans: This is the ONLY novel where Bond is not 007.Instead he is 7777 (four 7s). Only Jagriti got this right.. All Hail!!!!

Men With Balls!!!!!!

2008-04-26T03:29:00.005+05:30

1. Identify.

Ans: ROGER " The Ultimate Baba" FEDERER.

2. Which soccer team is this?..And who is missing from the team practice?

Ans: This is the LA Galaxy and ,ofcourse, DAVID BECKHAM is missing from practice. It took me 40 minutes to search a decent picture of them. Phew.!!Bloody tiring.. ;)

Gentlemen, Start Your Engines... Vrooommm!!!!

2008-04-24T23:12:00.012+05:30

1. A sitter for petroholics.. Identify ..

Ans: This is " THE SPIRIT OF ECSTASY " ( UK ) or "HE FLYING LADY " ( USA). This is the hood ornament used on Rolls Royces. It is inspired from Eleanor Thornton.

2. This is a Merc-AMG CLK 63.. Now, no police force uses Mercs .. So why does it have the yellow lights on the top.. ??

Ans: THE F1 SAFETY CAR.

3. This car will create history.. Identify the car and the record that it will hold when it comes into the market in june '08?

Ans: This is the TARA TINY, an electric car, made by Tara International. When it comes out, it will retail for Rs. 99,000 ONLY, making it THE CHEAPEST CAR IN THE WORLD. I can't believe so many called it the Nano...after seeing Nano's photos EVERYWHR fr so many days..

4. This is the circuit of which longgggg race..:)

Ans: This is the Circuit De La Sarthe, of the 24 HOURS OF LEMANNS race.

A Greedy Gaming God...

2008-04-23T16:49:00.002+05:30

1. Cars change, from a Benz to a Fransisco Motors to Land Rover and back to Mercedes - Benz. And no matter what the country is , the registration number is always SCV - 1 . For whom is this number reserved ?

Ans: The car is the POPEMOBILe, and the person is , of course, the POPE.

2. What is this a list of ?

Wal-Mart Stores
Exxon Mobil
General Motors
Chevron
ConocoPhillips
General Electric
Ford Motor
Citigroup
Bank of America Corp.
American Intl. Group

Ans: THE TEN LARGEST COMPANIES OF THE WORLd, according to FORTUNE.

3. Started by Simon King, a researcher at the University of Minnesota, this website, one of the largest in the world, saw an investment by Satyam Computers. Later on, it was taken over by Sir Paul Getty's company, becoming the flagship site of that group , displacing its original one. It is now owned by ESPN. Which site?

Ans: CRICINFO.COM

An Amoeba??

2008-04-22T00:11:00.004+05:30

1. Identify. No half points.

Ans: PRINCE PHILLIP, the consort of Queen Elizabeth. When he became the husband, it was proposed that a new House of Mountbatten be established as generally the royal house is named after the male member. However, it was decided that the british crown shall remain with the house of Windsor. The prince then bitterly remarked that he felt like "An Amoeba".

Stoned Students...

2008-04-21T02:32:00.004+05:30

1. What is this?

Ans: A toughie. THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THE HOLY KAABA, the holy stone kept at the mecca.

2. Identify this place.

Ans: TIANNENMEN SQUARE.. The site of the red revolution in China

Picturesque Pixels...

2008-04-19T12:29:00.009+05:30

1. Identify this world's largest building of its kind.

Ans: CHRYSLER BUILDING, the world's tallest brick building.

2. Identify the other buildings that are being constructed there.. ( marked with the arrows )

Ans: THE NORTH AND SOUTH BLOCKS OF THE CENTRAL SECRETARIAT. The Parliament House can be seen clearly in the bottom left corner.

3. Who resides in this picturesque house.

Ans: KING OF BHUTAN

4. A sitter. Put Fundae.. A Bonus if the place too is identified.

Ans: The half-clay-half-graa court for FEDERER and NADAL exhibition match at PALMA ARENA, MALLORCA, SPAIN.

On The Way - To and Though - Heaven....

2008-04-18T22:33:00.006+05:30

Both ABSOLUTE sitters...

1. Identify this White Sea??

Ans: THE TENTS AT MINA WHERE EVERY HAJJ PILGRIM HAS TO STAY FOR A NIGHT. ( On the way to heaven )

2. Identify this road with the black strip in the middle.

Ans: FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. The way through heaven ;-)

Of Birds--- Censored and Captured....

2008-04-18T01:41:00.005+05:30

1. Identify this legend.

Ans: HAROLD 'DICKIE' BIRD.

2. Identify this world-famous "used furniture" dealer.

Ans: As my friend Capo said, 'Sir' AL CAPONE

Matris Ego Tutus Vos....

2008-04-18T00:04:00.007+05:30

1. Identify and gimme the connect. A pint fr each of the pictures and 1 for the connect.

Ans: They are all NATIONAL PERSONIFICATIONS. Left to right:
Britannia, Mother Russia, Marriane ( France ) and Bharat Mata

Bombs Books n Buildings....

2008-04-16T17:01:00.011+05:30

1. Connect these innocuous looking items..

Ans: LITTLE BOY and FAT MAN, the 2 bombs dropped on Japan during WW II

2. This is the first cover of which magazine?

Ans: TIME

3. Which world (in)famous island is this??

Ans: ALCATRAZ

4. Identify this commemorative monument.

Ans: This is a memorial for those who died in the NAGASAKI bombblast. Its built right the hypocenter of the blast.

Bunker Boys......

2008-04-15T18:31:00.007+05:30

1. Whose hideout?

Ans: SADDAM HUSSEIN

2.. Again, whose hideout??

Ans: ADOLF HITLER

From Tops and Tabletops.......

2008-04-14T21:39:00.003+05:30

1. You have read about me in Class -3 GK books.. Now identify me.

Ans: BACHENDRI PAL , the first woman to climb Mt. Everest.

2. This is the logo of which rising force in the media world. In its short history, it has already made a profound impact on the way the world sees things.

Ans: AL - JAZEERA

... TO Doors and Diners

2008-04-14T19:31:00.009+05:30

1. Identify me. ( Hint: Love him or hate him but you just CANNOT ignore my son. ;)).

Ans: WILLIAM GATES Sr. , the father of Bill Gates.

2. A 2-point question. Identify this place which has now been demolished. Its replacement is going on and will be unveiled later in the year. Again, the lines on the floor should help.

Ans: CAFE GROUND ZERO, in the Pentagon's central courtyard.

The Wondergirls.....

2008-04-13T21:21:00.006+05:30

And I (almost) quote Tenacious D, " This one is for the ladies. But fellas, check closely. "..... :)

1. I was born to Vernon and Vernita. I got pregnant at 14, gave birth to a child who died young. O own the television channel " Oxygen " and a charity organisation called The Angel Network. My best friend is Gayle King, with whom, allegedly, I have homosexual relations. Who am I ?

Ans: OPRAH WINFREY

2. A sitter. Identify me.

Ans: AUNG SAN SUU KYI. The Burmese Nobel Peace Laureate.

3. Immortalised in the West by the documentary , Something Beautiful For God, my name means " Rosebud ". My organisation's first branch in the USA was opened at South Bronx, NY and now has missions in more than 100 countries. During the siege of Bierut in 1982, I brokered a temporary peace between the Israelis and Palestinians and went to the warzone myself to rescue 37 children. Who am I ?

Ans: MOTHER TERESA.. Where r u mother, we need you down here..

4. My father died at the age of 17 leaving me to rule over a vast kingdom. I died because an "asp" bit me.I have been depicted many a time on the canvas in television and in movies. Who am I ?
( This image is not her original image. Its a photograph of a work depicting the lady in question.)

Ans: CLEOPATRA..

5. I am the only female on Forbes top earning dead celebrities list. My death is classified as a " Probable Suicide " . When my nude pictures appeared in the media and a journalist asked me what was it that I wore in bed I replied, "Chanel No. 5." When asked what I had on during the photo shoot, I replied, " The radio. ". My last significant public appearance was when I sang a birthday song for a person whom i was,allegedly, involved in a romantic relation. Who am I?

Ans: MARILYN MONROE... The origina; " Dumb Blonde "

People & Places...

2008-04-13T13:29:00.005+05:30

1. The building, pointed by the arrow, is a part of a huge palace complex having more than 1000 rooms in all. Who resides on the top floor of this building? Look at the grounds. They r a big hint.

Ans: THE POPE. The lines on the courtyard are unique to St. Peter's Square.

2. What, considered " international territory " ( not ruled over by any country ), is surrounded by First Avenue (west), East 42nd Street (south), East 48th Street (north) and the East River(east).

Ans: UN HEADQUARTERS...

@Capo
Thanx a ton for the compliments.. :)

The Easiest Questions ...

2008-04-12T13:38:00.004+05:30

1.. For the lack of a better question, Identify the devices.

Ans: MICROSOFT ZUNE

2. This now defunct format of data storage was designed as a successor to the standard DVD format by Toshiba but has now given way to the Blu-Ray disc concept of Sony after a very very long war. Which format?

Ans: HD-DVD

3. Something is being described . Which object of the yesteryears? -

The_________ is a 7 ⅜" wide, 4" deep, 1" thick (187 mm × 103 mm × 25 mm) plastic clamshell held together with 5 Philips head screws. The flip-up cover that protects ______ has a built-in latch with a push-in toggle on the right side, as seen in the Bottom View. The _________ also includes an anti-despooling mechanism as seen in the Top View.

Ans: THE VIDEO CASSETTE or VHS

Its High Time For Fantasy...

2008-04-11T16:35:00.004+05:30

1. This is the original cover design of a series of books. Which books?

Ans: THE LORD OF THE RINGS.... An absolute masterpiece.. NO LESS...

2. King Shaharyr and his brother, The Tales of the Hunchback, Porter and the Three Ladies, The Loves of the Boy and Girl at School, The Water-Carrier and the Goldsmith's Wife, Harun-al-Rashid and the Arab Girl, The Adventures of Mercury Ali of Cairo... These are a few stories from which legendary collection of short stories. ??

Ans: THE ARABIAN NIGHTS...

Colorful Sticks...

2008-04-11T02:09:00.008+05:30

1. Connect these seemingly abstract items..

Ans: ALL OLYMPIC TORCHES. In order, Beijing, Athens and Sydney.

Its All Cartoons....

2008-04-09T23:08:00.002+05:30

1. It was originally conceived as " Mystery Five ", with the lead characters being Geoff, Mike, Kelly, Linda, and Linda's brother "W.W." and their dog, Too Much... However, it came out with a different name for all the characters and for the show itself.. Apart from winning Emmies, one of the show's character went on to be included in almost every " 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters Of All Time " list. Which show and which character ??

Ans: SCOOBY DOO

2. Penny, Vanessa, Bascomb, Pierre, Cheepers, Woody, Aunt Noovo, Which cartoon show ??

Ans: RICHIE RICH

3. Created as a replacement for Oswald The Lucky Rabbit, it made its first appearance in Plane Crazy, which could not be released because no-one was ready to distribute it . Then came The Gallopin Gaucho. Again, no distributors. Then came __________. And hence changed the world of cartoons. He has his own star at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard, the first cartoon character to do so. Which legendary cartoon character?

Ans: MICKEY MOUSE

4. He started off as a small fry in a cartoon strip called " Thimble Theatre ". He became so popular that a new series started with him as the main character. The farmer's community in Crystal City, Texas and Alma, Arkansas have erected statues in his honour. On its 75th Anniversary, The Empire Street Building turned its lights green, the only time it has ever celebrated a Cartoon characters anniversary. At one time, it was more popular than even Mickey Mouse. Who?

Ans: POPEYE

2nd Best Day ...

2008-04-09T13:57:00.003+05:30

Hey all...

This blog's proudest moment yet.. It just got added to Brainiedeal's Blog Roll.. :).. Feels nice to see ur inspiration liking your work. :)

And the new banner thats up there is courtesy my friend Karan a.k.a Capo. Thanx a lot mate fr the babgiri tht u dd with the banner .. :)

Splurge Time....

2008-04-09T01:49:00.004+05:30

1. Identify this largest of its kind building in London..

Ans: HARRODS... The largest departmental store in the world.

History For A Change...

2008-04-08T05:17:00.004+05:30

1. In 1908, a man named Julius____ created a powdered pea and bean soup for those busy factory-working women who didn't have time to prepare good meals. He then went on to make many other such easy-to-prepare products including broths. Which brand??
(Hint: This brand has now been acquired by Nestle.)

Ans: MAGGI. Now, who doesn't like it.....

2. This is an image of the battle site of a legendary battle involving the 23rd Batallion of the Punjab Regiment and the 51st Infantry Brigade of the Pakistan Army. The line tank tracks which were for some reason going around in this weird fashion. Identify and put fundae.

Ans: This is the site of the legendary BATTLE OF LONGEWALA in the 1971 war. This photo was taken by an IAF plane. The tanks were running around trying to save their Ar*es from the IAF planes.. Hence, the weird tracks.

Dirty Kids....

2008-04-07T12:52:00.004+05:30

1. Orangi in Karachi was the largest of it's kind in Asia. Now it has been replaced something which is in India. What am I talking about?

Ans: DHARAVI. Dharavi is now the largest slum in Asia.

2. A sitter: I have erased the first paragraph of this poem.. the blanks represent eother a missing line or a word.. Which hugely famous poem is this:

When the blazing sun is gone,

When he nothing shines upon,

Then you show your little light,

______________________

Then the traveler in the dark,

Thanks you for your tiny spark,

He could not see which way to go,

If you did not _____ so.

In the dark blue sky you keep,

And often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye,

Till the sun is in the sky.

As your bright and tiny spark,

Lights the traveller in the dark,

Though I know not what you are,

___________________

Ans: TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR... I am quite sure everyone has heard this one. .:)

The Others..

2008-04-06T17:22:00.004+05:30

1. A toughie.. Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. Neil Armstrong was the first man on moon. What distinction does Alexei Leonov does hold in the field of Space Sciences??

Ans : THE FIRST MAN TO SPACEWALK..

2. Fill in the blank: Barzinis, Cuneos, Straccis, _______, ________

Ans: TATTAGLIAS, CORLEONES... The Five Families of New York in the masterpiece " The Godfather".

I Just Can't Do Without The Pictures...

2008-04-04T18:49:00.010+05:30

1. A committee headed by Justice B. Srikrishna recently finished its assignment and submitted its recommendations to the Centre in March. The recommendations have caused a huge debate across the country. What is this committee better known as/ officially called ?

Ans: Justice B. Harikrishna headed the SIXTH PAY COMMISION... Incidentally, he also was the head of the enquiry commitee investigating into the Bombay riots ..

2. This "Baba" insti was started by William Rogers in 1861. Among the many things tht have started here, the GNU project, Vitamin A , Penicillin, OLPC deserve special mention. The alumni list is too long to even start mentioning. Which institute ?

Ans: MASSUCHUSETTES INSTITUE OF TECHNOLOGY.... All babasssss in there.. :)

3. A sitter. These are unedited pictures of which natural phenomenon which occur near the poles.

Ans: AURORA..

4. Identify this beauuuuuuuuuuuutiful building..

Ans: BURJ AL - ARAB, the most expensive hotel in the world. . I absolutely loveee thist photograph

Pictures Galore...

2008-03-30T18:26:00.008+05:30

1. Identify this logo..

Ans: WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION. Its the parent of Wikipedia, wiki answers, wikiversity and various other such projects.. All hail Wiki!!!:)

2. A sitter among sitters. Identify this star.

Ans: LINDSAY LOHAN

3. Identify either the man or the lady whos face has been hidden.

Ans: DR. SHRIRAM NENE AND MADHURI DIXIT.. :)

4. Identify this finally-I-get-to-rule Head of State.

Ans: RAUL CASTRO .. He became head of Cuba after Fidel retired a short while ago.

5. Identify this Indian Businessman. A bonus if you get the name of the lady correct.

Ans: A Toughie.. YASH BIRLA AND AVANTI BIRLA.... The youngest scions of the Birla Family. His group is worth Rs. 3,000 crore now.

Find Me The Answer..

2008-03-29T20:04:00.003+05:30

1. The first of its kind was "Archie", created by Alan Emtage in 1990 . Then came "Veronica" and " Jughead". A new generation started with the beginning of Wandex. Among the other early products were " Excite " and " Northern Light " . What am I talking about? ( Those who get this... Please tell me which example gave the answer away.:-)...)

Ans: WEB SEARCH ENGINES

Dreams Unlimited...

2008-03-29T17:03:00.004+05:30

1. What is this a picture of ?

Ans: THE PROPOSED PLAN OF THE MUMBAI METRO

2. I had to black out a lot of stuff on this model of an aircraft which will start testing later this year and hopes to be the first to do something. Name the aircraft. ( Hint : Santosh Kulangara).

Ans: VIRGIN GALACTIC, the first private spacecraft being built solely for the purpose of space tourism. Santosh Kulangara is the first Indian who will be on this flight. And the person hidden is , ofcourse, Sir Richard Branson

Clean Earth.. Green Earth

2008-03-29T16:24:00.003+05:30

It is defined as the total amount of carbon dioxide(CO₂) and other greenhouse gases emitted over the full life cycle of a product or service.To reduce it, a voluntary market called the VER and a mandatory market called the CDM has been established and it has now grown into a multi-million dollar business worldwide. What am I talking about?

Ans: CARBON FOOTPRINT.. as defined by the IPCC

An Era Begins..

2008-03-27T12:33:00.009+05:30

1. This device is the first of its kind??.. What does this device actually do ?.. A bonus point if you can tell the name.

Ans: THE WORLD'SFIRST PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER. THE MPMAN F10. :)

2. Founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, by two motorcycle enthusiasts, William Lyons and William Walmsley, it changed its name to SS Cars Ltd in 1934, before finally getting its current name in 1945. Cars made by this company has won the legendary LeMans 24 hour race many times.Which car company?

Ans: JAGUAR.

3. These people have made India Proud.. Which project did they successfully execute??One name has not been included in the list for simplicity reasons.

Anil Kakodkar, Satinder Kumar Sikka, M.S. Ramakumar, D.D. Sood, S.K. Gupta, G. Govindraj, K. Santhanam, Dr. R. Chidambaram

Ans: '98 POKHRAN BLASTS. The name missing is, ofcourse, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Mixture n Menace..

2008-03-24T17:01:00.002+05:30

1. Its earliest form was a mixture of powdered salt, pepper, mint leaves, and iris flowers. Even human urine ( yuck!) was used in it for sometime. Its current ingredients include sulphates, baking soda, enzymes, vitamins, herbs, calcium, calcium sodium phosphosilicate, hydrogen peroxide etc. and comes in multiple flavours. Which everyday product am I talking about?

Ans: TOOTHPASTE .. The romans used urine.. suckers!!!!

2. This event took place at the northern end of the range, between the towns of Carrizozo and Socorro, New Mexico, in the Jornada del Muerto in the southwestern United States . The device used here, a first of it's kind, was called 'GADGET'. After this event, the Director of this event said to the project head " Now we are all sons of bitches.".. Which event am I talking about?

Ans: The TRINITY NUCLEAR TEST. It was the first nuclear test and the project head was, ofcourse, Robert Oppenheimer.

Happy Holi..

2008-03-22T00:57:00.002+05:30

Firstly, A sincere heart-felt thnx to to those who take time to come here and put up answers..It feels really good.. :)

And this goes out to all the Baba's who come here and even to those who don't....

HAPPY HOLIIIIII...

Pel ke rang khelna.. 2-3 tshirt toh faad hi daalna.. and jo bhaang pi ke out nahi uski toh Zindagi Jhand hai!!!..

Have a gr888888 time.. ppll...

Places for Padhai...

2008-03-20T19:55:00.004+05:30

1. This institution began as Church High School in the President's Estate in 1941, was renamed to Naveen Bharat School in 1947 and finally moved to its present location on Mathura Road before finally getting its present name.. Which institution is being talked about here?

Ans: THE DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL.

2. It was set up by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan in 1964 as a centre for higher learning. Aang San Suu Kyi was a fellow here form 1987 to 1989. This was the place where the decision to carve out Pakistan from India was taken. The Simla agreement of 1972 was signed here. Which institute??

Ans: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES ( IIAS ) , SHIMLA.

Totally Mobile Area....

2008-03-20T18:58:00.004+05:30

Q. Which city/town in India has the highest teledensity in the country with approximately 98% of the population having a mobile phone.???

Ans: MANIPAL.. O I love the Place!!!!

Cumbersome Connects...

2008-03-20T02:36:00.004+05:30

1. Apart from the fact that they are all members of the cat family, what connects - Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger and Leopard.

Ans: MAC OS X operating system names..

2. Connect: Chicago, Memphis, Whistler, Daytona, Blackcomb, Harmony, Symphony, Janus..( not exhaustive)

Ans: MICROSOFT PRODUCT CODES. Chicago is Win95, Memphis is Win98, Whistler is XP .. etc.

3. Connect: Methylbenzoylecgonine, 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine, diacetylmorphine, Lysergic acid diethylamide, n-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-2-amine

Ans: All are RECREATIONAL DRUGS. Cocaine, heroine, LSD .. methamphetamine..

High-Level Babagiri..

2008-03-20T02:15:00.003+05:30

1. Connect: Fury, Banshee, Demon, Freedom Fighter, Hornet, Eagle, Tomcat, Seadart, Crusader, Cougar, Cobra, Tigershark, Raptor

Ans: US F-SERIES FIGHTER PLANES.. f-16 is Eagle, f-14 is tomcat, f-18 is raptor.. etc.

Babes.. With Beauty and Brains!!

2008-03-18T12:57:00.006+05:30

1. Connect: Solitaire, Gala Brand, Tiffany Case, Tatiana Romanaova, Honeychild Rider, Jill Masterton, Judy Havelock, Lisl Baum, Liz Krest, Vivienne Michel, Dominetta Vitali, Kissy Suzuki, Marico Ichiban, Mary Goodnight, Solange. ( Not an Exhaustive list )

Ans: BOND GIRLS IN IAN FLEMING'S NOVELS

2. Connect: Nona Gaprindashvili, Maia Chirburdanidze, Sosan Polgar, Judit Polgar, Pia Cramling, Xie Jun , Zhu Chen, Antoaneta Stefanova, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Peng Zhaoqin, Hoang Thanh Trang, Kateryna Lahno, xu Yuhua... ( One more name would make the list Exhaustive)
( Hint: the last name in the list is koneru humpy)

Ans: WOMEN WHO HAVE ACHIEVED MEN'S GRANDMASTER TITLE IN CHESS.
And there is a question posted on 14.03.08 which hasn't been tried yet.. try that one too.. :)

Random Stuff..

2008-03-17T23:47:00.006+05:30

1. This is a social netwroking site launched by Yahoo! in September 2007 to compete with Facebook, Myspace etc. Its still in beta-testing stage and membership is by-invitation-only. It has got an unusual feature of allowing users to edit other user's pages.

Ans: YAHOO! MASH.

2. This game, started by Alfred butts in 1938, is also called, Alfapet, Funworder, Skip-A-Cross, Spelofun and Palabras Cruzadas. It's trademark in the US is held by Hasbro Inc. One in every three households in US has one unit of it.

Ans: SCRABBLE

Slippery Turf....

2008-03-17T01:12:00.004+05:30

1. It is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter (such as sand or silt), clay, and salt water. It is a non-Newtonian fluid: when undisturbed it often appears to be solid ("gel" form), but a minor (less than 1%) change in the stress on it will cause a sudden decrease in its viscosity . The forces required to do this are quite large: to move a foot in it at a speed of one centimeter per second would require the same amount of force as "that needed to lift a medium-sized car." What is IT?

Ans: QUICKSAND ( ultimate answer Raad n Dadhi..)

2. Found in September 1960, the original members were Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. Its current members are Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, and Ecuador. IT is currently headed by Abdallah Salem el-Badri. It exerts enormous political and economic influence across the world and its decisions have a major impact on world inflation. Which organisation??

Ans: OPEC ( Dadhi..am surprised u cudnt get it evn after gettin the connection with oil.)

Etymologies....

2008-03-15T11:41:00.005+05:30

Not my favourite topic.. But, something for change's sake. Here goes....

1. The English word first came to be used in the early- to mid-1600s, but early forms of the word date to the last decade of the 1500s.[8] It comes from an Italian word. This, in turn, was borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish kahveh, and the Arabic qahwa collectively. The origin of the Arabic term is uncertain; it is either derived from the name of the Kaffa region in western Ethiopia or by a truncation of qahwat al-būnn, meaning "wine of the bean" in Arabic. In Eritrea, "būnn" (also meaning "wine of the bean" in Tigrinya) is used.

(Hint: It is described thus by Wikipedia...

It belongs to a genus of 10 species of flowering plants of the family Rubiaceae. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that may grow 5 meters (16 ft) tall when unpruned. The leaves are dark green and glossy, usually 10–15 centimeters (3.9–5.9 in) long and 6.0 centimeters (2.4 in) wide. It produces clusters of fragrant, white flowers that bloom simultaneously. The fruit berry is oval, about 1.5 centimeters (0.6 in) long, and green when immature, but ripens to yellow, then crimson, becoming black on drying. Each berry usually contains two seeds, but from 5 to 10 percent of the berries have only one; these are called peaberries. Berries ripen in seven to nine months. )

Ans: COFFEE

2. This word is used to denote a sound in spoken language that is characterized by an open configuration of the vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure above the glottis. Which word?

Definitely one of the best questions that i have put up here.. answer is..

VOWEL!!

3. It comes from the Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία , which comes from ἔτυμον (etumon), “‘true sense’” + -λογία (-logia), “‘study of’”, from λόγος (logos), "speech, oration, discourse, word". Which word 's origin is being described here? Believe me, the answer is not as difficult as you think it might be.:)

Ans: Etymology..

I guess I stretched the first question a bit too much .. But its just an exception not a rule. I just liked the answer a lot.Kindly bear.. :)

Sorry..

2008-03-14T00:32:00.003+05:30

Sorry for not updating the blog regularly but i have hardly had time to sit in frnt of my laptop..I am damn sleepy now but still.. 1 question.. Hope its not THAT easy..

Renaissance, Baroque, Portugese, classical, Flat-top, Archtop, Dobro, Russian , Tenor, Harp, Attente. These are types of what? (This is not an exhaustive list.)

2.

For the IT Jerks....:P

2008-03-12T01:57:00.007+05:30

1. Born on 10 August, 1962 in Umreth, Gujrat. I worked under Shyam Benegal for 2 months (1977) as a spot boy before i became a CA in 1984. My passion was computer graphics which i learnt at Imperial College, London. I gave the famous slogan " Roti, Kapda, Makaan, Bijli aur Bandwidth".. Who am I???

Ans : Dewang Mehta, the deceased president of NASSCOM

2. This bus is used to transport passengers from the terminals to the airplane at the Honolulu International Airport. Gimme its connect to the Internet world.

(Hint: The name of this bus-service means " Quick")

Ans: Wiki Wiki.

3. This is a screenshot of probably the first Graphical User Interface in the world. However, it only managed to sell about 25,000 copies before others took over. Identify.

Ans: Xerox Star

4. What is this a map of ??..( This question has appeared in another blog.. but I cudn't resist.)

Ans: The world Undersea Cable Network

5. This phone is a prototype built to demonstrate which potentially revolutionizing software??

Ans: Google Android

Catch Up Guy Microsoft. ...

2008-03-11T13:43:00.003+05:30

1. What software has Microsoft bought out to compete with Google Earth?..

Ans: MICROSOFT VIRTUAL EARTH 3D

2. What software is Microsoft gonna bring out this spring to compete with Google Sky??

Ans: MICROSOFT WORLDWIDE TELESCOPE

3. If Adobe makes Flash and Shockwave... What does Microsoft make???

Ans: MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT

Cash, Computers and.. umm.. No Hints!!!

2008-03-10T07:17:00.005+05:30

1. What is described here: "On Charing Cross Road, a big bookshop stands directly beside a record store. Nestled between is this unobtrusive building.Inside it is dark and shabby, with a bar and a number of tables in the shadows of the corners. The barman is old and bald, resembling something like a gummy walnut, and goes by the name of Tom. In stark contrast to the grubby downstairs of the pub, there are some unexpectedly pleasant rooms upstairs where a passerby can spend the night."

Ans: THE LEAKY CAULDRON

2. Identify the logo of this huge huge worldwide program.

Ans: OLPC, One Laptop Per Child Program

3. The original _____ was was a silver coin weighing 178 grains (11.534 grams).The _____ has been used since then, even during the times of British India, and was defined as 11.66 grams at 91.7‰ silver by weight. Now it is defnied differently.What??

Ans: The Indian Rupee

TTYL

2008-03-08T14:35:00.002+05:30

Hey ppl,

am goin outta town for the weekend.. so no posts.. catch ya on tuesday..

ciao

A Map n A Few Machines...

2008-03-07T18:08:00.010+05:30

1. A veryyyy fast question.. Identify.

Ans: TATA EKA, the world's 4th fastest supercomputer

2. A sitter. Identify the device....

Ans: MICROSOFT SURFACE

3. Another Sitter... Identify the area depicted by this Map...

Ans: LAS VEGAS STRIP

Cars, Cartoons and Condos..

2008-03-07T01:07:00.006+05:30

1. This is going to be the most expensive residential building in the world when ready. Guess whom is it being built for... An extra point if you can name the building..

(@ motu.... This time, I HAVE changed the name of photo :p..)

Ans: This is the Antilla, a house being designed for Mukesh Ambani.. An interesting fact abt it is that there will be abt 6 family memers and 600 support staff .:).. Also the architectecture firm which is designing it ( Perkin + Will) doesn;t show it on their site as an official project..

2. This planet was approximately the size of earth and orbited a sun called Rao, 50 light-years from our solar sstem.. The residents were a technologically advanced lot having developed multiple super weapons, Eradicator and Destroyer. Both of these eventually led to the destruction of this planet... Which planet ??

Ans: The planet is Krypton from the cartoon series Superman...
3. 2. The logo of this legendary company is officially called the " Cavaliano Rampante". However, it is commonly known by its English name. This logo was once used by Ducati too. Avanti, a chain of petrol pumps in Austria, still uses a near identical symbol. Give the name of the logo or the name of the company...

Ans: The company is Ferrari...

I gave the hint to all the questions in the name .. Cars, Cartoons and Condos( apartment house)..

Hope u liked these.

Upon Special Request...

2008-03-06T13:12:00.004+05:30

1. In the picture(above).. many torturing instruments of the medieval era can be seen.. wats the vertical box on the right most corner of the pic called??..( hint: think music )

2. Identify this modern indian megastructure... It was recently inaugurated..(Pic above)

A First...

2008-03-05T02:05:00.008+05:30

Thot id give only 1 question a day.. but I was able to make up quite a few.. so i thought y not post a few of em..

1. What is Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia a phobia off??

Ans: It is the Fear of the number 666.. :)

2. Connect : Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Canada, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu --

( hint: there is just 1 more name which wud make this list exhaustive)..

Ans: They r all ruled by the same monarch, Queen Elizabeth II... The last item to make this list complete is UK.

3.Connect the following two gentlemen. ( Think World Politics). .The right one is a toughie but if u guess the left one.. u'll get pretty good hint.
Ans: They r the only Asian Sec. Gen. of the UN. Left one is Ban-ki-Moon of Korea ( current ) and the right one is U Thant of Burma

Over The Years....

2008-03-04T21:44:00.008+05:30

The asnwer to the last one is a "BLOG".. :).. btw.. rec.humor.funny has changed its name to www.netfunny.com.. check it out..

2 ppl responded which is 2 more than wat i had expected. so i am happy with it.. hopefully.. this time the response wud rise exponentially:)..(matlab atleast 4!! )

Today's question..

1st generation -- 1972-1977 -- Pong , Coleco Telstar etc.
2nd generation -- 1976-1984 -- Fairchild Channel F, Atari 2600
3rd generation -- 1983-1992 -- Famicom
4th generation -- 1987-1996 -- Super Famicom, Genesis, Turbografx-16
5th generaton -- 1993-2002 -- Saturn, 3DQ, Amiga CD-32
6th generation -- 1998-2006 -- Dreamcast
7th generation - -2004-till now -- DS, _____________

this is not an exhaustive list..
What r these generations of.. and fill the blanks.. u get one. u get the other one automatically...
(hint: there are more than 1 items that can fit that blank..)

Abt the comment sextion

2008-03-04T15:45:00.003+05:30

I have moderated the comment section so that others dont see the answers.. so it might take time for ur comment to be visible on the blog... ill publish all the comments once i give out the answer fr the question..

happy quizzin!!

Satanic Queries

2008-03-04T04:19:00.007+05:30

Hey ppl...

My first quiz blog.. My first post..I won't describe things much coz I ain't good at at talking and when i do start talking.. well its a story best not told in public!!

So i start with my first question..in what hopefully will be a series of many questions read and liked by many for a long time to come.... with the hope that some1 someday will say " Kya babapanti diya hai !!!".. ;) I think ill stop the chatter now.. See wat i mean when i said I shud stay silent...:D

Here goes..

There are more than a 112 million of its kind today. It was given its current name by Peter Merholz.. People working on it used to call themselves "escribitionists" before another term became more popular. Its longest existing sample is 'rec.humor.funny'. What am I talking about???

Answers soon enuf.. leave the answers in the comments section.