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.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Friday, July 30, 2010

QUESTION 303


X stemmed from the ideas of a man named Wilfred Winkenbach. In the mid-late 1950s, he had developed the first ___ sport, ____ golf, in which each participant would draft a team of professional golfers and the lowest combined score at the end of a tournament would win. He then applied this concept to baseball, using home run hitters and pitching statistics.
The early years involved few leagues, but serious players. Several people stopped after several years, as it was too strenuous looking through statistics every week and remembering to call in with their starting rosters. The game was a fun idea, but had yet to become convenient enough to be the phenomenon it is today.

The convenience came over 30 years later, on the heels of the Internet explosion..
How do we know this concept today?

Thursday, July 29, 2010

QUESTION 302

The first X was opened in Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, on March 30, 1971 by three partners: English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher Zev Siegl, and writer Gordon Bowker. The three were inspired by entrepreneur Alfred Peet (whom they knew personally) to sell high-quality coffee beans and equipment. The name is taken from a book written by Y
; after Pequod was rejected by one of the co-founders, the company was named for the first mate on the Pequod, _______.


Y




Id the business venture X and the author Y.
Difficulty : Easy.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

QUESTION 301


The foundation of X movement finds historical precedent as far back as the counterculture of the Ancient Greece , espoused by philosophers like Diogenes of Sinope and the Cynics also as early forms of X culture. X philosophy also credits the religious and spiritual teachings of Jesus, Hillel the Elder, Buddha and Gandhi
The first signs of what we would call modern X emerged in Europe. Between 1896 and 1908, a German youth movement arose as a countercultural reaction to the organized social and cultural clubs that centered around German folk music. Known as Der Wabdervogel, the movement opposed the formality of traditional German clubs, instead emphasizing amateur music and singing, creative dress, and communal outings involving hiking and camping. Inspired by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, Goethe, Herman Hasse, and Eduard Baltzer, Wandervogel attracted thousands of young Germans who rejected the rapid trend toward urbanization and yearned for the pagan, back-to-nature spiritual life of their ancestors


X- what?

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

QUESTION 300

Three Hundredth Question!
Look at the two images.
Identify this man and his claim to fame.









The second picture's your clue.