Sunday, May 16, 2010

QUESTION 249


Now, who could this be? Certainly looks like a star.
Even today, she manages to make a headline or two on a fairly regular basis.
Identify.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

QUESTION 248




Identify the person from the picture.
Pretty workable, plenty of clues in the pic.


Friday, May 14, 2010

QUESTION 247

X was a businessman who was into the shipping. His company's first ship sailed from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The company grew.
One particular ship Y, owned by his company was sunk by the Germans in the early 20th century, which caused a major power(country) to join the war, shifting the balance of the war, which was, till then, dominated by Germany.

X
Id X and Y.

WEEKLY SCOREBOARD

The scoreboard for the last week is as follows.

Athith-5
Gaurav-3
Pranav-2.5
Chithananda-2
Anonymous-2
Jait-1
Brainbird-1
Ajay-1
Govind Paliath-1
Gokul-1
Prakaash-1
Rohan-1
V. Chandrashekar-1

Scoring for the next week starts from QUESTION 245

Thursday, May 13, 2010

QUESTION 246

Id the compose and this famous piece
No points for identifying just the composer

QUESTION 245

Consider this a delayed post.. sorry I couldn't post yesterday. I'll try to post two today,
Now, for the first of the 2.
The movie A was based on the life of B
The monument C is dedicated to the struggles of B.

A




B





C


Id A,B,C.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

QUESTION 244


This should be easy.
You needn't praise yourself for identifying just the painting ;)
Identify the person on the extreme right in this painting.

Monday, May 10, 2010

QUESTION 243

Fine, a technology question now..
The concept of Y was known to have been applied in Ancient Rome, where aqueduct water was circulated through the walls of certain houses.
In 1902 , X invented the modern Y in Buffalo, NY.
X found a job at the Buffalo Forge Company.
X began experimenting with Y to solve a problem for the Sackett- Wilhelm Lithographic and Publishing Company, and invented the Y...

X
Id X and Y.

QUESTION 242

What is the instrument B?
Connect it to person A


A








B















Saturday, May 8, 2010

QUESTION 241

A and B are two portraits that depict a certain mythical group of beings who supposedly decided battles.
Norse mythology.
The third pic C, shows a composer who had an opera with the same name(as A and B)
Identify the composer and the theme/connect.
If you can, identify the composer's opera in question here..

A

B






C