Wednesday, December 30, 2009

QUESTION 82

WHAT DOES THE MAP SHOW?

QUESTION 81

WHO IS HE?
WHAT DID HE INVENT?

QUESTION 80

X

IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATION(X).
WHO STARTED THE ORGANIZATION? THE FORMATION OF THIS ORGANIZATION WAS A PROMINENT FEATURE OF WHICH MOVEMENT?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

QUESTION 79

PURPLE- BYZANTINE EMPIRE
RED - BYZANTINE ATTACKS
GREEN- TURKISH ATTACKS
WHAT DOES THE PICTURE SHOW?



QUESTION 78



THIS IS A CARTOON FROM PUNCH.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IT DEPICTS?


QUESTION 77

X_______ WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE TIMES(UK), AND DESIGNED BY X IN 1931.

X WAS THE EDITOR OF THE 'HISTORY OF THE TIMES' FROM 1935- 1952. HE WAS ALSO PART OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD OF THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA FROM 1961 TILL HIS DEATH IN 1967.
ID X AND WHAT WAS DESIGNED BY HIM?

QUESTION 76

WHAT IS THIS?

Monday, December 28, 2009

QUESTION 75

X

X WAS A PROMINENT LITERARY FIGURE OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. HOWEVER, SOME OF HIS GREATEST WORKS CAME AFTER HIS NOBEL PRIZE. HE ALSO WROTE THE ENGLISH PREFACE FOR A CERTAIN WORK TRANSLATED FROM ANOTHER LANGUAGE TO ENGLISH. THIS TRANSLATED WORK WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE.
IDENTIFY X
WHAT DID HE WRITE THE PREFACE FOR?

Saturday, December 26, 2009

QUESTION 74

HE WAS A LECTURER AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY. HE IS REMEMBERED FOR A CERTAIN HABIT OF HIS TO INTERCHANGE CORRESPONDING CONSONANTS OR VOWELS BETWEEN TWO WORDS IN A PHRASE. THIS IS A LINGUISTIC CONDITION NAMED AFTER HIM.
IDENTIFY THE PERSON.WHAT CONDITION AM I TALKING ABOUT?


QUESTION 73

X WROTE A CERTAIN PLAY.
A CERTAIN MOVIE ______ WAS MADE BASED ON THIS PLAY WRITTEN BY X.
IN THE BROADWAY PLAY (BEFORE THE MOVIE), Y WAS Z's STAGE PARTNER. BUT IN THE MOVIE, Y WAS LEFT OUT, AND ANOTHER ACTRESS ______ WAS CHOSEN TO ACT WITH Z, AS SHE WAS A BOX OFFICE STAR.
ID X,Y,Z.
WHICH WAS THE PLAY X WROTE?
WHICH WAS THE MOVIE?
AND WHO WAS CHOSEN IN PLACE OF Y?


X

Y


Z

QUESTION 72

THIS IS A 2 EURO COMMEMORATIVE COIN OF SPAIN IN 2005.
WHAT DOES THIS COIN SHOW?


Friday, December 25, 2009

QUESTION 71

THIS WAS THE COVER FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF _________

QUESTION 70

WHAT DOES THE PICTURE DEPICT?
WHO IS THE PAINTER?

QUESTION 69

The orange arrows depict the path of what??

Thursday, December 24, 2009

QUESTION 68

WHO SHOULD "E" BE?

A
B
C
D
E

QUESTION 67

THIS PERSON (PICTURE) IS A WRITER IN ONE OF THE GENRES IN SCIENCE FICTION.
IN 1984, HE WROTE A BOOK IN WHICH HE POPULARIZED A CERTAIN TERM(WHICH HE COINED IN 1982), WHICH IS NOW IN COMMON USAGE. IDENTIFY THE PICTURE, AND THE TERM THAT WAS COINED BY HIM.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

QUESTION 66

(A) STARTED A CERTAIN COMPANY. IN THE 1936 SUMMER OLYMPICS, (B) USED PRODUCTS MADE BY (A) AND WON 4 GOLD MEDALS. IDENTIFY (A) AND (B).
WHAT DID (A) START?

(A)
(B)

QUESTION 65



THIS IS THE LOGO OF ________

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

QUESTION 64

(C )DIRECTED A MOVIE BASED ON A BOOK WRITTEN BY (A). (B) PLAYS THE LEAD ROLE IN THE MOVIE. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?
IDENTIFY A,B AND C.


(A)
(B)
(C)










QUESTION 63

THIS IS A FAMILY TREE. GIVE ME THE FIRST NAME (WHICH IS BLACKENED)

QUESTION 62

ACCORDING TO THE PADMA PURANA, LORD BRAHMA WAS SEARCHING FOR A PLACE FOR VEDIC YAGNA. A LOTUS FELL FROM DOWN FROM HIS HAND AND WATER SPURTED FROM THREE PLACES, ONE OF THEM WAS THIS LAKE . BRAHMA THEN DECIDED TO PERFORM HIS YAGNA HERE. THIS LAKE IS A PILGRIMAGE SPOT FOR HINDUS. SURROUNDED BY HILLS ON THREE SIDES AND DESERT ON THE OTHER. WHICH LAKE?

QUESTION 61

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON?
A

B

C



D

Sunday, December 20, 2009

QUESTION 60

THESE STATUES ARE IN THE CITY OF LIMA, CAPITAL OF PERU.





WHOSE STATUE? (BOTH STATUES ARE OF THE SAME PERSON)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

QUESTION 59

IDENTIFY THE TWO COMPOSERS.




QUESTION 58

IDENTIFY THE PERSON. WHAT IS HIS FIELD OF EXCELLENCE?

QUESTION 57


THIS AREA IN SWITZERLAND IS A MAJOR TOURIST SPOT, PARTICULARLY FOR THE JAPANESE.IT IS SITUATED NEAR THE LIECHTENSTEIN BORDER, AND GETS ITS NAME FROM A LITERARY CLASSIC. WHAT IS THIS AREA( HIGHLIGHTED IN THE MAP) CALLED?

Thursday, December 17, 2009

QUESTION 56

WHAT DOES THE SKETCH(A) DEPICT?



A


QUESTION 55

IDENTIFY THE LADY. SHE IS THE PRESIDENT OF WHICH ORGANIZATION?






hint

QUESTION 54

WHOSE 1933 PORTRAIT IS THIS?

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Monday, December 14, 2009

QUESTION 52

IDENTIFY THE MAN, AND WHICH FAMOUS 2006 MOVIE DID HE INSPIRE?

Saturday, December 12, 2009

QUESTION 51

WITH WHICH TECHNOLOGY WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE HIM?