The Monthly is back! I confess it will not be a grand affair like some of the previous editions(atleast wrt the number of questions), just give a couple of months time and the Monthly+special rounds will be back with a BANG!
Rules
- 10 11 questions, all revolving around a theme(quite banal!).
- The clues to the theme may be directly obtained from answers, or in some cases they may have to be “worked out” based on the individual answers
- Some questions may have answers in parts. One of the parts/both/ a combination of the two may serve as the clue to the theme
- There may or may not be cases where one pic may lead to two clues for the theme(well don’t take it too seriously!)
- Post remains open for 2 days
- Well.. get cracking!
Question 1
Sitter to begin with.. Id the artist and the album!
Question 2
Identify both
Question 3
A bit involved, identify the place and structure in1 and connect it to something related with 2
1.
2.
Question 4
And a mandatory Disney question….Id
Question 5
Who he?
Where this?
Question 6
Who he?
Question 7
This idyllic town from Karnataka has its links to English literature… How?
Question 8
Identify and put funda
Question 9
Yeh kya hai?
Question 10
Id the monument (probably only one of its kind)
A bonus question which is remotely related to the theme!
Question 11
Identify the deity
1. knowing you, its probably george harrison (krishna)
2. legolas and gimli, ralph bakshi’s LOTR (vamana = dwarf?)
3. menhir, obelix, goscinny-uderzo. the winged hats made it too easy! (boar)
4. flounder (matsya)
5. abdul baha, shrine of bahaiullah (kalki – bahaiullah was supposedly kalki)
6. prahlad kakkar (narasimha)
7. agumbe. malgudi days
8. hayagriva (direct)
9. (kurma)
10. temple of the tooth of buddha? (buddha)
11. parshvanath
theme – am going for vishnu avatars even though there are 11.. possible connects in brackets
1. Radha Krishna Temple/ IsKcon.
2. Frodo & Bilbo ?
Cham des Bondons , and largest concentration of Menhirs in France. 2nd is obvi Uderzo/Goscinny
Ariel
jamshedji Tata
Prahlad Kakkar
7. Malgudi was shot ther
8. Kallki ?
Will the leaderboard be updated after this monthly..? (with retro effect o’course!!)
I will try to.. but till january/february I cannot promise anything
1. Kula Shaker
2. Legolas and Gimli
3. Menhir and Goscinny and Underzo
4. Sebastian
5. Jamsetji Tata and Jamshedpur(?)
6. Valmik Thapar
7. Coorg and Ruskin Bond?
8. Is this the Kalki Avatar in Chinese pantheon?
9. Trry Prachett’s Discworld inspiration
10. Temple for Brahma
11. Rahu or Ketu
1. Geoge Harrison and the others, Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
2. Legolas of Mirkwood ( thats not me ) and Gimli, son of Gloin.
3. Grand Menhir Brise and Goschiny and Uderzo. Obelix carried menhirs
4. Flounder from little mermaid
5.
6. This is some guy from advertising I dont know
7. Agumbe
8.Ravana
9.
10.
11.
1. George Harrison performing the Hare Krishna Mantra with devotees at London Radha Krishna Temple. It was released as a Single. Cant remember if it featured in an album!
2. Legolas and Gimli in The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring by Ralph Bakshi
4. Flounder
6. Prahlad Kakkar
2.Legolas and Aragorn
4.Flounder from the little mermaid
5.‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the second pic is of the shrine
6.Prahalad Thakkar
7.Agumbe realted to Malgudi days
1.George Harrison and other london devotees –
Hare Krishna Maha Mantra
4.flounder
6.prahlad khakkar
7.malgudi days were shot here
8.yamantaka(yama-death antaka-end)-
when we achieve the same realisation of Yamantaka – who is a Buddha – then we have transcended death
no worries…i’m having fun anyway!!
1) George Harrison, My Sweet Lord-(krishna)
2) Legolas and Gimli-(parashurama)
3) Stonehenge/Menhir, Goscinny and Uderzo…so i’ll go for Obelix?-(so boar/varaha)
4) Flounder-(matsya)
5) Abdul Baha, and his resting place in Acre, Israel (buddha maybe!!)
6) Prahalad Kakkar-(narasimha)
7) Agumbe,Malgudi Days!!-(rk laxman so rama)
8) Maitreya Buddha-(kalki)
9) Kurma Avatara?-(kurma)
10) thrikkakara temple in kerala…only temple for vamana?
11) Mahavira…its a disputed avatar!!
so the connect is Dasavatharam of Lord Vishnu…
1.
2. Legolas and Gimli
3.
4. Flounder
5. JN Tata?
6. Prahlad Kakkar
7. Malgudi Days – the house where the serial was shot, and the road to Malgudi
8. Mahakala – there is also a dinosaur by that name
9.
10.
11.
1.George Harrison, My Sweet Lord
2.Lord of the Ring Characters
3.
4. Flounder, Ariel’s best friend, is a yellow and blue-colored fish (from Little Mermaid)
5.Abdu’l-Bahá, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith. Shrine of Bahá’u'lláh, Located in Bahjí near Acre, Israel
6. Prahlad Kakkar
7.Malgudi
8.Kalki
9.
10.
11.Mahavira
Theme – Dasavtara
1.My sweet lord – George Harrison (All things must pass)
2. Legolas and Gimli from Ralph Bakshi’s LOTR
3. a. Broken Menhir of Er Grah
b. Goscinny and Uderzo
Connect – Obelix was a menhir delivery man by trade
4. Flounder
7. Malgudi – Malgudi days
11. Lord Parshvanatha (23rd tirthankars for the Jains)
3) Menhirs at Britanny and Rene Goscinny of asterix fame. Thus Obelix is the connect.
4) Flounder from Little Mermaid
5) Founder of Baha’i faith and that place of worship is at new zealand
6)Prahlad Kakkar
7) Agumbe. Malgudi days was shot here.
11)Mahavira
Dasavataram it seems, vaguely though.
6) prahlad kakkar
7) R.K.Narayan’s Malgudi Days
9) some kind of a board game like ludo
10) vishnu.
I am separately keeping a tag on my score. I’ll help in cross-verifying
Enjoying anyway…
1. D.K. Pattamal and some kinda Hare Krishna album
2. Legolas and Gimli
3. 3.1 is a menhir quarry and 3.2 are Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
7. Malgudi from Malgudi Days fame
9. Tortoise containing numbers 1-9 on its shell
11. Vishnu
Theme = Dasha Avatars
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say, where are the correct answers?!!?
sorry, my bad…didn’t check…