Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Question 765: Au revoir...



1994. Something very very bad happened.

Tell me:
  • What this is?
  • What the red circle signifies, ie., what happened there?
Give relevant details.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Question 705: She's a lady

The poem The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus has a place of importance in __X__. 


Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"



ID the "brazen giant of Greece" being referred to and what the subject of the poem is.



Monday, July 4, 2011

Question 688: Too Old for the Chorus But Not Too Old to Be a Star

Examination of old property records has identified the plot of land occupied by the __X__ as extending from the west side of modern-day Southwark Bridge Road eastwards as far as Porter Street and from Park Street southwards as far as the back of Gatehouse Square.The precise location of the building however, remained unknown until a small part of the foundations, including one original pier base, was discovered in 1989 beneath the car park at the rear of Anchor Terrace on Park Street. The shape of the foundations is now replicated on the surface. As the majority of the foundations lies beneath 67—70 Anchor Terrace, a listed building, no further excavations have been permitted.
A modern reconstruction has however occurred 230m from the original site of __X__.
SO ID X

Very Screwy Hint

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Question 564 e: If it's not up your alley, then it must be down your Avenue





X



Y
Identify.
Put funda.

PS: I don't believe this title is very useful. Oh well.


Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Question 516: Its all Greek to me (Sebin's Question)


The third author of The Quizzard couldn't post his question tonight (saving up his bandwidth for something else, as quizzers, use your imagination
or actually don't
lol)
So he just gave me all the elements, & asked me to post it

We'll be resuming our normal activity by tomorrow
Regards
Pai



Also
Don't forget these questions


Onto His question:

Connect the following pictures to a person







Sunday, February 6, 2011

Question 512.h: Last man standing

There are totally 5 statues of the Jain saint __X__ in Karnataka

  • 42 feet at Karkala in Udupi District in 1432 AD
  • 39 feet at Dharmasthala in Dakshina Kannada District in 1973 AD
  • 35 feet at Venur in Dakshina Kannada District in 1604 AD
  • 20 feet at Gommatagiri in Mysore District in 12th Century AD

Simply ID X, the most famous one
& give me the place __Y__ in Karnataka.

Picture of X

Question 512.g: Back to School again



The Following is the timeline of the development of __Y__ in India, to reinforce India's once unparalleled position in the world

TIMELINE:

  • On December 9, 2006, the New York Times detailed a plan to spend $1 billion to revive __X___ near the ancient site. A consortium led by Singapore and including China, India, Japan and other nations will attempt to raise $500 million to build a new____ and another $500 million to develop necessary infrastructure.
  • On May 28, 2007, Merinews reported that the revived ______'s enrollment will be 1,137 in its first year, and 4,530 by the fifth. In the second phase, enrollment will reach 5,812.
  • On June 12, 2007, News Post India reported that the Japanese diplomat Noro Motoyasu said that "Japan will fund the setting up an _______ in ___X___ in______." The report goes on to say that "The proposed university will be fully residential, like the ancient seat of learning at ___X___ In the first phase of the project, seven_____ with 46 foreign members and over 400 Indians would come up." ... "_____ will impart courses in science, philosophy and spiritualism along with other subjects."
  • On August 15, 2007, The Times of India reported that Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has accepted the offer to join the revived ____Y_____ sometime in September 2007."
  • On May 5, 2008, NDTV reported that, according to Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, the foundation of the ______ would likely be in the year 2009 and it could begin in a few years from then. Sen, who heads the___Z____, said the final report in this regard, is expected to be presented to the East Asia Summit in December 2008.
  • On May 11, 2008, The Times of India reported that host nation India and a consortium of East Asian countries met in New York to further discuss __X___ plans. It was decided that ___X___ would largely be a post-graduate research ________ . The objective of ___Y___ was claimed to be "aimed at advancing the concept of an Asian community...and rediscovering old relationships."
  • On December 16, 2010, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao contributed US$ 1 million dollars for the ___Y___ during his visit to India.

Picture of X

Question:

1) ID X 
2) ID Y
3) Z and the blanks for your own pleasure, but i only want X & Y.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Question 512.f: A Date with Desire (ok, this maybe a little sexual)


The ___X____ do not contain sexual or erotic art inside the temple or near the deities; however, some external carvings bear erotic art. Also, some of the temples that have two layers of walls have small erotic carvings on the outside of the inner wall. There are many interpretations of the erotic carvings. They portray that, for seeing the deity, one must leave his or her sexual desires outside the temple. Some 10% of the carvings contain sexual themes; those reportedly do not show deities, they show sexual activities between people.

Another perspective of these carvings is presented by James McConnachie. In his history of the __Y___, McConnachie describes the zesty 10% of the ___X____ sculpture as "the apogee of erotic art": "Twisting, broad-hipped and high breasted nymphs display their generously contoured and bejewelled bodies on exquisitely worked exterior wall panels. These fleshy apsaras run riot across the surface of the stone, putting on make-up, washing their hair, playing games, dancing, and endlessly knotting and unknotting their girdles....Beside the heavenly nymphs are serried ranks of griffins, guardian deities and, most notoriously, extravagantly interlocked maithunas, or lovemaking couples."

Thus causing __X___ to also be known as the __Y__ temple.

Question:
1) ID X
2) ID Y

Note; Pictures to aid in recognistion, not as a distraction.

                                 







Thursday, September 16, 2010

QUESTION 343 : Civil War.

Well, this is a sitter.
Okay.
Crazy cartoon, yes.

But what is it that I've blanked out there??

Monday, September 13, 2010

Question 338: The big Picture




Connect all 3 pictures

simple connect

its more moffusil than mysterious
smirk

name all of them, and give me the connection as well