Sunday, January 31, 2010

QUESTION 138

EDWARD LONGSHANKS , DURING THE SIEGE OF STIRLING CASTLE, STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF ______. THE COMPONENTS FOR ______ TOOK APPROXIMATELY 30 WAGONS TO LOAD. WHEN THE ENEMY SURRENDERED EVEN BEFORE _____ WAS CONSTRUCTED. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

QUESTION 137

HE WAS A GENERAL IN THE GERMAN ARMY. HIS EXPLOITS IN THE FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR MADE HIM FAMOUS AMONG THE GERMANS. IN 1890, HIS LEADERSHIP WAS CRITICIZED AND HE HAD TO RESIGN FROM THE ARMY. BUT HE IS ALSO REMEMBERED AS THE INVENTOR OF ___________



QUESTION 136


LOGO OF?

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010

QUESTION 134

X WAS A GERMAN-AMERICAN STATISTICIAN WHO INVENTED THE MECHANICAL TABULATOR TO TABULATE HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA. HE STARTED A COMPANY WHICH WAS RENAMED BY Y TO WHAT IT IS KNOWN AS NOW. ID X,Y.

X
Y

QUESTION 133





















ANSWER-CONNECT IS J D SALINGER
(DREAM CATCHER AND FINDING FORRESTER)







Nice and Simple... Connect the two pics.

QUESTION 132


WHAT IS THIS?

Thursday, January 28, 2010

QUESTION 131

X
Y

Y WAS AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN,ART COLLECTOR AND PHILANTHROPIST. X WAS A FAMOUS ARCHITECT WHO BUILT SOMETHING NAMED AFTER Y. ID X,Y. WHAT WAS THE BUILDING?

QUESTION 130


X

ORIGINALLY A MEXICAN FOLK SONG, IT WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A ROCK RHYTHM AND BEAT TRACK BY X. IT WAS AN INSTANT HIT. X WENT ON TO PRODUCE SEVERAL HITS BEFORE HE MET HIS TRAGIC DEATH AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. ID X. WHICH IS THE SONG IN QUESTION?
THE DAY X DIED HAS BEEN IMMORTALIZED. WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THAT DAY?

QUESTION 129



EASY ONE.
IDENTIFY.


QUESTION 128


WHAT IS THIS THE PROTOTYPE OF?

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

QUESTION 127


HE IS A COMPUTER SCIENTIST. IN 1982, HE PROPOSED THE USE OF _______ TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN SERIOUS MESSAGES FROM JOKES. WHAT ?

QUESTION 126


X

Y

Z

X WROTE A CLASSIC, PART BIOGRAPHY. Y AND Z PLAYED THE LEAD ROLES IN THE MOVIE BASED ON THE BOOK. IDENTIFY X,Y,Z. WHAT CHARACTERS DID Y AND Z PLAY?



THE BOOK IS JANE EYRE, WRITTEN BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE(X)
Y IS ORSON WELLES, WHO PLAYED THE ROLE OF EDWARD ROCHESTER
Z IS JOAN FONTAINE, WHO PLAYED JANE.

QUESTION 125


HE WAS AN 18TH CENTURY AUSTRIAN SMALL ARMAMENTS DESIGNER. BEST KNOWN FOR PATENTING WHAT??

FERDINAND MANNLICHER- MANNLICHER SCHOENAUER

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

QUESTION 124



ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS HOTELS IN THE WORLD(ABOVE), IT WAS BUILT AS A PRIVATE DWELLING. LATER WAS ACQUIRED BY THE MEN SHOWN IN THE PICTURE, WHO WERE PROMINENT 19TH CENTURY FINANCIERS IN FRANCE. WHAT HOTEL IS THAT?

QUESTION 123




X
.

.
HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN THIS FIELD. THE FIRST PICTURE IS HIS SELF PORTRAIT. THE NEXT TWO ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN BY HIM.WHO WAS HE? EXPLAIN.

QUESTION 122



WHO IS MISSING?










QUESTION 121


WHAT IS THIS PHENOMENON?
UNTIL RECENTLY, IT WAS CONSIDERED A FANTASY OR A HOAX. BUT SCIENTIFIC THEORIES ARE TRYING TO BE PUT FORWARD.


Monday, January 25, 2010

QUESTION 120




X

Y


X AND Y SIMULTANEOUSLY DESIGNED A METHOD OF PRODUCTION FOR A CERTAIN METAL. NAPOLEON III IS SAID TO HAVE HAD A DINNER SET MADE OF THIS METAL FOR HIS MOST HONOURED GUESTS. BUT X AND Y'S METHOD MADE THIS METAL ONE OF COMMON USE. IDENTIFY X AND Y.

QUESTION 119


HE WAS A STABLE KEEPER IN CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. HE HAD AROUND 40 HORSES, BUT HE HAD A CERTAIN POLICY BY WHICH HE WOULD ROTATE THE USE OF HORSES TO PREVENT ANY ONE PARTICULAR HORSE FROM GETTING EXHAUSTED. A COMMON PHRASE IS NAMED AFTER HIM AND HIS METHOD OF ROTATION. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

QUESTION 118


HE CAME TO INDIA ALONG WITH ___ IN THE 1930s. THEY STARTED A SMALL BUSINESS WHICH UNDERTOOK SMALL JOBS. DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, IMPORTS STOPPED. SO THEY STARTED TO DEAL IN DAIRY PRODUCTS. THEY SAW THE WAR PERIOD AS AN OPPORTUNITY, AND STARTED REPAIR AND RELATED BUSINESS. BUT THEY ARE BEST KNOWN FOR STARTING ANOTHER COMPANY. IDENTIFY THE PICTURE. WHAT DID THEY START?

Sunday, January 24, 2010

QUESTION 117


WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS?
EXPLAIN.

QUESTION 116


HE SET OUT TO EXPLORE EL DORADO, WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. HE PUBLISHED AN EXAGGERATED ACCOUNT OF HIS EXPERIENCES. HE WAS IMPRISONED. HE WAS RELEASED AS HE WAS TO SET OUT TO EXPLORE EL DORADO AGAIN. ON HIS RETURN, HE WAS BEHEADED. IDENTIFY HIM.

QUESTION 115




IDENTIFY

Saturday, January 23, 2010

QUESTION 114


IDENTIFY. THIS COUPLE FROM THE U.S WERE THE FIRST CIVILIANS TO BE EXECUTED ON THE CHARGES OF ESPIONAGE. WHAT WAS THEIR OFFENCE?

Friday, January 22, 2010

QUESTION 113

THESE IMAGES ARE IN RANDOM ORDER. ID THEM AND CONNECT.


































Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010

QUESTION 111


WHO IS HE?
WHAT WAS HE RESPONSIBLE FOR?

Saturday, January 16, 2010

QUESTION 110




A
B
C

A, B AND C STARTED SOMETHING DURING THE COLD WAR. C COINED THE NAME .
THEY REPRESENT NEARLY 2/3RDS OF THE UN MEMBERS. THE UNITED STATES HAS BECOME A TARGET OF THIS IN RECENT YEARS. IDENTIFY A AND B. WHO SHOULD C BE? WHAT DID THEY START?