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
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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?