Monday, March 22, 2010

QUESTION 194

What you see in the picture is a model depicting a certain tribal ritual in the Americas. The Zipa(tribal king/chief) used to cover his body in gold,dust, and from his raft, he offered treasure to the goddess Guatavita in the middle of the lake Guatavita, which was considered sacred. What was the Zipa's name(rather, by what name did the Spanish know him)?. This inspired the legend of what?

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Saturday, March 20, 2010

QUESTION 192

As we know, the Crimean war took place in Ukraine. In a country like Ukraine, the physical conditions are very harsh.
'A" shows the harbour of a certain town in Ukraine. B shows the state of the town in the war. But, in this town, a certain clothing was manufactured and supplied to British troops in order to help them deal with the harsh cold. The clothing is named after the town. What am I talking about?

A

B

Friday, March 19, 2010

QUESTION 191

A discovered a certain substance which was named after C since C popularised the structure you see in B. Id the substance,A,C.
What term is used to describe the shape we see in B?

A

B


C


QUESTION 190

OK, a textual one!

in November 1902, X was invited by Mississippi Governor Andrew Longino to a hunting trip.There were several other hunters competing, and most of them had already killed an animal. A group of X's attendants, led by Holt Collier cornered, clubbed, and tied a certain animal to a willow tree after a long exhausting chase with hounds.They called X to the site and suggested that he should shoot it. He refused to shoot the animal himself, deeming this unsportsmanlike,but instructed that the animal be killed to put it out of its misery. This became a topic for a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in the Washington Post in 1902.
Morris Michton saw the drawing of X in the cartoon and was inspired to create Y.

Now, what am I talking about?
Id X,Y.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

QUESTION 189

Who is this cartoonist?


QUESTION 188

German diplomat Ernst vom Rath(A) was assassinated in Paris in 1938 by a German born Polish jew(B). This triggered an event which is considered by many historians to be the beginning of the genocide of the holocaust. What was the event? If you can, id B.

A
B

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Sunday, March 14, 2010

QUESTION 185

Very simple!
Where would one come across this?