Friday, April 30, 2010

QUESTION 233

All ye sport lovers, give this one a try!
Id the structure and explain the significance of the colours.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

QUESTION 232

What exactly is this??
the second picture is a replica of the first placed in a museum.






Hint: think Wittenberg...

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

QUESTION 231

This a is a painting by Marc Chagall.
But this painting proved to be an inspiration for the title of a certain play, a very famous one.. and among Broadway's longest running.
Try to crack this one without the aid of a certain search engine! It's quite workable.
Which play?

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

QUESTION 230

Identifying this is easy enough(but i still want you to do that first!)
But explain the origin of the name....

Monday, April 26, 2010

QUESTION 229

Which very famous historical event is depicted in this little map?


Sunday, April 25, 2010

QUESTION 228

Google's tribute to what??
Be specific.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

QUESTION 227

Identify him and his claim to fame..

Friday, April 23, 2010

QUESTION 226

CONNECT,
Arrive at a work of fiction, written by the man you see n the picture, the scene of the story based largely on what you see in the 2nd pic.

  







Thursday, April 22, 2010

QUESTION 225

What is this?
I have, as you'd expect, blanked out things that are utter giveaways.










-------------, ------------ is the game
We're all together and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
Cos ----------, ----------- is our name.

Here at the ---------, whether rain or fine
We can shine all the time
Home or away, come and see us play
You're welcome any day

-------------, ---------- is the game
We're all together and winning is our aim
So cheer us on through the sun and rain
Cos ---------, ----------- is our name

Come to the Shed and we'll welcome you
Wear your---- and see us through
Sing loud and clear until the game is done
Sing -------- everyone

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

QUESTION 223








            



    
                 


Connect and arrive at a business venture.

Monday, April 19, 2010

QUESTION 222

Fine, connect the world of literature and entertainment,
A wrote a book, B directed the movie based on the book(no picture of B shown)
X and Y played the lead roles.


                                                                                 A




XY



Id A,B,X,Y.
Also identify the book/movie in question.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

QUESTION 221

Okay, this seems workable enough...
This happens to be the only illustration in which famous book?

Saturday, April 17, 2010

QUESTION 220

The two people you see here played a major part in a financial scandal in America during the tenure of Ulysses S Grant. This caused a major fall in the price of something. Investors suffered. But the two men here did make a significant gain. Who are these guys? What scandal?




Friday, April 16, 2010

QUESTION 219

Okay people, Identify this bunch...
Clearly personalities you've come across, read about,etc,etc

Thursday, April 15, 2010

QUESTION 218

Thome de Gamond explored a few possibilities and came up with a plan(shown in the figure)
This presented an idea for which modern day structure?

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

QUESTION 217


Identify this politician, diplomat and a something else, for which he won the nobel prize!

QUESTION 216

______born in San Fransisco, California, to ----Sr. (1906–1970), a steelworker and migrant worker, and Margaret Ruth Runner (1909–2006), a factory worker. He was a large baby (12 pounds and 6 ounces) and was named "Samson" by the nurses in the hospital. _______ has English, Scottish, Dutch and Irish ancestry and was raised in a "middle class Protestant home". His family moved often, as his father worked at different jobs along the West Coast The family settled in Piedmont, Cal,. Later he transferred to Oakland Technical High School, where the drama teachers encouraged him to take part in school plays, but he was not interested. _____held several jobs as he moved to different areas, including a paper carrier, grocer clerk, forest firefighter, and caddy.
After graduating from high school in 1949, ___ intended to enter Seattle University and major in music, but in 1950, during the  Korean War, he was drafted into the army He was stationed at Fort Ord where his certificate as a lifeguard got him appointed as a life-saving and swimming instructor
Later, a professional actor. who?

Monday, April 12, 2010

QUESTION 215

CONNECT
A composer
A picture showing a scene, from which recognizing the personality will be pretty easy..

A

B                                                              
                                                                

                                                                                  
                                                          
Connect the two, arrive at a piece composed by A.
A very popular piece

Sunday, April 11, 2010

QUESTION 214

  A
'A' wrote a story based in the period of the French Revolution, the protagonist uses the flower shown in B to sign his messages.
The protagonist and his team rescue several French aristocrats from the daily executions.
Which play/work am I talking about?
B



Saturday, April 10, 2010

QUESTION 213

Who's this?
Hint: Imagine this chappy with some facial hair(a moustache, to be more precise), and you'll get the character he's most famous for having played :D
Identify both, the person and the character!

Friday, April 9, 2010

QUESTION 212

This map shows the member countries of a certain organization.
Countries in dark green are the founder members.
Countries in light green are subsequent members.
Which organization?

Thursday, April 8, 2010

QUESTION 211

X was a writer.
Evening American managing director William Curley thought X could succeed in New York, so he sent him to King Features Syndicate, where X worked for many years. He began by drawing Y for the New York Journal. Y's first line in the strip was "'Ja think I'm a cowboy?" The character stole the show and became the permanent star..


X


Id X and also the character Y, which was created by him.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

QUESTION 210

A                                                                                             B
                                                                                              









 Now, what are the terms given to the two different designs?
A and B, that is..
The object protrudes from the surface in A
The object is engraved into the surface in B.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Monday, April 5, 2010

QUESTION 208

OK,this question's rather easy..
All you guys are smart enough to know that what you see in the pic is a map showing somebody's travels..
We have our travel maps of various explorers.. This is of the same kind.
This map shows the travels of whom?
there are enough hints in the map to give it away!

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Saturday, April 3, 2010

QUESTION 206

OK, another one!
let's see if you guys know your nursery rhymes!



"
_________ quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row."



WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE POEM?
(supposedly)



Friday, April 2, 2010

Thursday, April 1, 2010