Thursday, August 12, 2010

QUESTION 312

Who is this anthropologist? On his death, Sarkozy described him as one of the best of all time in the field.



Tuesday, August 10, 2010

QUESTION 311

Julian Barnes wrote a book called Arthur and George.

It deals with a real life incident on England.
This man George(X), was a half British, half Indian lawyer called George Edalji. George was wrongly convicted of mutilating animals. But this chappy Arthur came to his rescue.

X

The wrongful conviction lead to the establishment of the court of criminal appeal.

HOW DO WE BETTER KNOW THE ABOVE MENTIONED 'ARTHUR'?

Okay, on a lighter note,

Who is the author of this poem?
This will prove to be the ultimate literature test! ;)
If you can't get the author, comment on the poem, if you liked it!

Not for the first time
Was that feeling,
So enticing
I've felt it before, of course,
But not with so much force

I've seen her many a time
On Tv,net and playtime!
She's from Switzerland, they said
Sadly, no attention I paid
Quite an infatuation this,
Addictive, she certainly is!

She came home a few days back
My mouth watered as self control, I lack!
Strangely, I wasn't the only one
Others too, were after the precious one!
I thought, Never mind, I'll beat 'em to it,
Else, call me a dimwit!

That night, her cold room I entered,
Ah! There she was, in the centre!
I carefully removed her cover,
Ready to be eaten, me and my Lindt, united forever!

MONTHLY SCOREBOARD

Here we go again!
Scores for the month..

Siddarth Pai -19
V. Candrashekhar -15
Shravan-14
Athith-6
Pranav -7
Gaurav-6
Rohan-4
SAQS-2
Kaushik-3
Varun-5
Nandha-5
Mihir-4
Sid-3
quiz2gm2-3
Aman-2
Deepak-1
Praveen-1
Sharan-1
Arnav-1
Neo Quiz-1
Flint-1
Prem Kumar-1
Srikrishnan-1
Ara-1
Niru-1
Arianne-1
Pulse-1
Anubesh-1
Kapinjal-2
Deepti-1
Anonymous-3
Well done everyone!!

Monday, August 9, 2010

QUESTION 310

Simple one.
PUT FUNDA




 (15 of 15) - No Time Limit
Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series "Laugh-In"?
• A: Lyndon Johnson• B: Richard Nixon
• C: Jimmy Carter• D: Gerald Ford

Saturday, August 7, 2010

QUESTION 309

He developed an art of fighting to help Jews in life threatening situations.


X
After the establishment of Israel in 1948, he became the Chief Instructor of Physical Training in the Israel Defense Forces. It was during this time that his system came to be called Y.
ID X and the art Y.

Friday, August 6, 2010

QUESTION 308

X was an Italian inventor of musical instruments.


"A large "Arpicembalo" by X, of new invention that produces soft and loud, with two sets of strings at unison pitch, with soundboard of cypress without rose..."














Identify X and the musical instrument talked about above..

Thursday, August 5, 2010

QUESTION 307

Phew! Done with IT! Thank heavens for that. Now, we've got.. let's see.. which topic..?
Well, anything would do!!
Here goes..
This picture depicts a scene involving the angel Moroni handing the golden plates to a certain man X at the mountain Mormon. Well, this is how it happened, according to X.
After being enlightened, X wrote a book. X started a huge movement in America, as many people demanded a change in things.Id X and the movement started by him.

QUESTION 306

This lady was part of the United States Navy for a good, long period. For someone in the navy, she got an amazing amount of recognition in the field of computers as well. Creditable.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

QUESTION 305

Identify this explorer. He was a part of a prominent family in town..He was the captain of one of the ships of the fleet of Columbus(Nina). He did land on the coast of Brazil and discover something.
It is because of this that an IT company uses his name as their private label.
His death is somewhat a mystery.
Id the explorer and the company.