QUESTION 236

X described himself to have once been a "careless, thoughtless, godless, swearing young fellow". But he did change his ways and become very religious.
He went to London and worked in a draper's shop. He was appalled at the working condition of the young men there. So, he gathered together his fellow drapers in a bid to create a place and atmosphere where people wouldn't sin.
So, he founded the ____
He was later knighted by Queen Victoria.

X

Id X and the organization.

QUESTION 235

Think, Who are the two people on this cover of TIME?

QUESTION 234

Modern X was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson, whose shift work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and made him aware of the value of sunlight. In 1895 he presented a paper to the Wellington Philosophical Society proposing a two-hour X, and after considerable interest was expressed in Christchurch,he followed up in an 1898 paper. Many publications incorrectly credit X's invention to the prominent English builder and outdoorsman William Willet, who independently conceived X in 1905 during a pre-breakfast ride, when he observed with dismay how many Londoners slept through a large part of a summer day.




Blue:Countries that follow X
Orange: Countries that no longer follow X
Red: Countries that have never used X

                                                                         

What is X that is being talked about here?

WEEKLY SCOREBOARD

• Okay, now starting from Friday, 7th May, 2010, I will introduce a weekly scoreboard.

• The scoreboard will be refreshed every week..

• For every correct answer, you get 10 and if it's partly correct, you get 5.

• The scoreboard starts from question 231.

• So, get cracking! :D

QUESTION 233

All ye sport lovers, give this one a try!

Id the structure and explain the significance of the colours.

QUESTION 232

What exactly is this??
the second picture is a replica of the first placed in a museum.

Hint: think Wittenberg...

QUESTION 231

This a is a painting by Marc Chagall.
But this painting proved to be an inspiration for the title of a certain play, a very famous one.. and among Broadway's longest running.

Try to crack this one without the aid of a certain search engine! It's quite workable.
Which play?

QUESTION 230

Identifying this is easy enough(but i still want you to do that first!)
But explain the origin of the name....

QUESTION 229

Which very famous historical event is depicted in this little map?

QUESTION 228

Google's tribute to what??
Be specific.