Some pretty cool attempts this time, although using the hints would have helped a lot, if you thought a li'l outta the box!
1. Welsh Corgi
2. Cape Canaveral. Hint is the lyrics of Europe's Final Countdown,it's video features the NASA launch site.
3. Rita Hayworth. Her poster was stuck on the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Abhshek's alternate answer is also correct.
4. Duke of Edinburgh. Almost everyone got this.
5. Shooting down of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Started WWI.
6. Tony Blair. This pic is pretty famous.
7. Michael J Fox. Its the De Lorean, from Back to the Future Trilogy.
8. The Ramones.
9. Thats Marta Kauffmann,Kevin S Bright, and David Crane, creators of F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
10. Pol Pot. Khmer Rouge.
11. Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Sunday, December 9, 2007
PQ Time! (SNO:PQ/0708/5)
1. ID the breed. (Hint:Its from UK)
2. ID the place. Hint: "Will things ever be the same again...?"
3. ID this actress and her connection to World War 2.
4. ID the dude. Hints galore in the picture. You don't even need 'em!
5. What's happening? What was the result? (Hint: Pretty 'global' for a result!)
6. ID the gesturing dude.
7. ID the actor. (Hint: The question is NOT wrong. ID the actor!)
8. ID these fellas. Hint in the picture.
9. ID this group of friends. (Hint:You jokin' right?)
10. ID this tyrant.(Hint: Not Moulin...)
11. ID either the famous work or the eccentric creator.(Hint: Known name,famous picture, 1931).
Answers to DH...(SNO:DH/0708/02)
1. The Beatles
2. Samuel Beckett
3. The Flintstones. Hanna and Barbara are the creators of Flintstones!
4. Air Force One.(The Presidential Airplane). These were different names for different AF1s used.
5. Robin Singh. That is his real name.
6. Testicles. Hence the words Testify,or Testimony.
7. Richard Hadlee himself!
8. Blog!
9. James Bond!
10. Sean Connery!
11. From Here to Eternity, lines of Kipling, book by Jones and song by Iron Maiden!
2. Samuel Beckett
3. The Flintstones. Hanna and Barbara are the creators of Flintstones!
4. Air Force One.(The Presidential Airplane). These were different names for different AF1s used.
5. Robin Singh. That is his real name.
6. Testicles. Hence the words Testify,or Testimony.
7. Richard Hadlee himself!
8. Blog!
9. James Bond!
10. Sean Connery!
11. From Here to Eternity, lines of Kipling, book by Jones and song by Iron Maiden!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Dry and High(SNO:DH/0708/02)
Another Quiz....Do not forget to ROT13 your answers!!
1. 'A Hard Day's Write' and 'Magical Mystery Tours' are among the biographies of ___________. Fill up! (Hint: 4 men on a Zebra Crossing.)
2. Name the only Nobel Laureate to date to have played 1st class cricket?(Irish guy, played for Dublin University, from the same school as Oscar Wilde, and attended Trinity...not too well-known except to those into WWII-era works.)
3. In which 1994 John Goodman film did Bill Hanna and Joe Barbara have cameo roles? (What do I look like, a cartoon?)
4. It was Roosevelt's 'Sacred Cow', Truman's 'Independence' and Eisehower's 'Columbine'. How do we know it?(My favorite dig-up! Look it up!)
5. Made his one-day debut in 1988, but Test debut in 1998, Rabindra Ramnarayan is a respected player and coach. How do we better know him? (NO clues!)
6. Roman Courts had men swearing not on the Bible but on "their" _______. This lead to a word used regularly in the legal context. Give that too.
7. Another Cricket question. Richard Hadlee,in 1985,against Australia at Brisbane, claimed 9 wickets in one innings. Who took the catch that prevented him from a getting all ten?(Trick Question!)
8. Which word had been declared as 'Word of the Year' by Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2004? You're on one!
9. Tracy (Teresa) Draco was shot at and killed in her only husband's Aston Martin DBS on their wedding day. Name her husband.
10. Enlisted in the British Navy at age 16. Nude model at age 19. Worked as a coffin poilsher and milk delivery man. Took dancing lessons for 11 years. Was third at Mr Universe, 1953. People Magazine's "Sexiest man Alive",1989. Who is he?
11. CONNECT: Rudyard Kipling, James Jones, Bruce Dickinson. (Similar to last DH's connect!)
1. 'A Hard Day's Write' and 'Magical Mystery Tours' are among the biographies of ___________. Fill up! (Hint: 4 men on a Zebra Crossing.)
2. Name the only Nobel Laureate to date to have played 1st class cricket?(Irish guy, played for Dublin University, from the same school as Oscar Wilde, and attended Trinity...not too well-known except to those into WWII-era works.)
3. In which 1994 John Goodman film did Bill Hanna and Joe Barbara have cameo roles? (What do I look like, a cartoon?)
4. It was Roosevelt's 'Sacred Cow', Truman's 'Independence' and Eisehower's 'Columbine'. How do we know it?(My favorite dig-up! Look it up!)
5. Made his one-day debut in 1988, but Test debut in 1998, Rabindra Ramnarayan is a respected player and coach. How do we better know him? (NO clues!)
6. Roman Courts had men swearing not on the Bible but on "their" _______. This lead to a word used regularly in the legal context. Give that too.
7. Another Cricket question. Richard Hadlee,in 1985,against Australia at Brisbane, claimed 9 wickets in one innings. Who took the catch that prevented him from a getting all ten?(Trick Question!)
8. Which word had been declared as 'Word of the Year' by Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2004? You're on one!
9. Tracy (Teresa) Draco was shot at and killed in her only husband's Aston Martin DBS on their wedding day. Name her husband.
10. Enlisted in the British Navy at age 16. Nude model at age 19. Worked as a coffin poilsher and milk delivery man. Took dancing lessons for 11 years. Was third at Mr Universe, 1953. People Magazine's "Sexiest man Alive",1989. Who is he?
11. CONNECT: Rudyard Kipling, James Jones, Bruce Dickinson. (Similar to last DH's connect!)
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Today's question
The name of this famous European family derives from the name of the family castle which
translates to 'Hawk's Castle', built by Bishop Werner in 1020 on the Aare River. Identify the family.
translates to 'Hawk's Castle', built by Bishop Werner in 1020 on the Aare River. Identify the family.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Answers to DH...(SNO:DH/0708/01)
1. Ananda Samarakoon /George Wilfred Alwis.
2. Midnight's Children (not Shalimar the Clown) by Salman Rushdie.
3. Indian Air Force.
4. Hope.
5. That was Sunil Gavaskar on Kapil Dev's retirement.
6. Dalai Lama. (No its not about sounding similar, this is his name,could have been anything)
7. Pappy Boyington, the most celebrated WWII American Pilot.(TOI last Monday!)
8. Different styles of Handwritings!
9. Isohels.
10. The Pope. The Pope is a successor of St. Peter, who was a fisherman by trade! Each Pope gets one newly forged in solid gold. It is also known to be used as a seal on wax.
2. Midnight's Children (not Shalimar the Clown) by Salman Rushdie.
3. Indian Air Force.
4. Hope.
5. That was Sunil Gavaskar on Kapil Dev's retirement.
6. Dalai Lama. (No its not about sounding similar, this is his name,could have been anything)
7. Pappy Boyington, the most celebrated WWII American Pilot.(TOI last Monday!)
8. Different styles of Handwritings!
9. Isohels.
10. The Pope. The Pope is a successor of St. Peter, who was a fisherman by trade! Each Pope gets one newly forged in solid gold. It is also known to be used as a seal on wax.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Dry and High(SNO:DH/0708/01)
Alright guys. The following quiz is not a PQ, just plain trivia. The questions are, as always, look-uppable, but if you really wanna exercise those grey cells, try calculated guesses.
1. Who composed the tune for the national anthem of our neighbour, Sri Lanka?
2. Which famous novel, the story of a Kashmiri man is set in India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh, and is written mostly in first person spanning 4 generations?
3. Which organization's motto is "Touching the sky with Glory"?
4. Out of many beings,what was the last being to come out of Pandora's box?
5. "The light has gone out of Diwali". These words were said by whom and why?
6. How do we better know Lhamo Dhondrub?
7. Whose autobiography is Baa Baa Black Sheep?
8. Garland , Arcade , Thread , Angular are all types of what?
9. Places on the map which receive equal amts of sunshine are joined by which lines?
10. Who wears the "Ring of the Fisherman"?
11. CONNECT: John Donne(Poet), Ernest Hemingway, James Hetfield
1. Who composed the tune for the national anthem of our neighbour, Sri Lanka?
2. Which famous novel, the story of a Kashmiri man is set in India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh, and is written mostly in first person spanning 4 generations?
3. Which organization's motto is "Touching the sky with Glory"?
4. Out of many beings,what was the last being to come out of Pandora's box?
5. "The light has gone out of Diwali". These words were said by whom and why?
6. How do we better know Lhamo Dhondrub?
7. Whose autobiography is Baa Baa Black Sheep?
8. Garland , Arcade , Thread , Angular are all types of what?
9. Places on the map which receive equal amts of sunshine are joined by which lines?
10. Who wears the "Ring of the Fisherman"?
11. CONNECT: John Donne(Poet), Ernest Hemingway, James Hetfield
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