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Sojourn

Posted in Uncategorized on February 25, 2008| 32 Comments »

I’m on my way to a vacation till 29th,so here are a bunch of questions for the next five days:)A point a piece

1)Identify the movie!

2)Identify,the circled person

A question sent in by Rana.

3)What started in 1956 in this ancient hospital-near the parliament of England-as a simple tool for communication which went on to become a rage and quickly gained the “obsolete ” status,but is-still- used in a few circles .Identify the hospital and the tool…

4)These are the only 2 companies left which are doing a particular thing.What is it that they are doing which forms an interesting quiz question

Obtained with permission from Deepak Karamungikar

5)Identify the Logo

The question remains open till the 29th of February,please send in all the answers in a single comment so that moderation becomes easier…& Wish me happy holidays:)

A great response:1. An Inconvenient Truth
2. Adolf Hitler
3. Pagers, St Thomas Hospital
4. Typewriters
5. Cannes Lions

Cracked fully by-Dibyo,A,Shubhendu Saha and Prahlad…The rest cracked but in parts

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Pipers

Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008| 6 Comments »

Identify these great men!

Question sent in by Rana,you too can follow the lead,mail me to shenoyvarun86@gmail.com and you will get a point!

An extremely muted response to a GREAT GREAT question:(,It is Pink Anderson & Floyd council(duh!)

Cracked by -S,Siddharth,Dibyo,Aravinf,Prahalad,Shreyas…Shine on…

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Maquillage

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2008| 28 Comments »

This is the original poster of a French Opera,which famous Indian Brand name was inspired from this?

Check out the New Question Of The week

Easy Pickings for 26 quizzers it is indeed Lakme!

@Ismav just mail them to shenoyvarun86@gmail.com and you will get a point,’cause you will not get a chance to answer on the day your question is up!

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Q of the week Answers

Posted in Uncategorized on February 23, 2008| 1 Comment »

Connect…A toughie sent in by Prahalad

1) The midnight ride of Paul Revere
2) Evangeline
3) The Song of Hiawatha

4) pic is Florence Nightingale and Longfellow popularised the ‘Lady with the Lamp’

So the connect is H W Longfellow

Cracked by-Pradeep P,S,Shreyas,Anubhav Sarathy,Deepa,Tyson MSK, Avais,Rana Kar

PradeepP

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

His works

1) The midnight ride of Paul Revere
2) Evangeline
3) The Song of Hiawatha

His wife

4) Fanny Appleton ?
on February 18, 2008 at 3:54 pm S

1. Paul Revere
2.
3. Hiawatha and Minnehaha
4. Evangeline

All subjects of poems by one long fellow.

Will google for 2 and bbl.
on February 19, 2008 at 12:40 am Shreyas

The works of H W Longfellow…
1. Paul Revere’s ride
2. Evangeline
3. Song of Hiawatha
on February 19, 2008 at 6:56 pm anubhav sarathy

connect is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1st visual : Paul Revere’s Ride
2nd visual : Evangeline
3r visual : “Paul Revere’s Ride”
4th visual : Fanny Appleton Longfellow??? i m guessing..

NIce question…… best of the lot so far……. knew only hiawatha ….. wikied the rest…….
on February 19, 2008 at 7:30 pm abhinav mouli

well the only thing i know about it is the first sculpture is of paul revere by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, probably all the others are sculptures by him as well.. he was in the olympics i think he was a shooter or archer maybe that has something to do with the connect
on February 2008 at 7:43 pm Deepa

The connect is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Paul Revere’s ride,Evangeline ,The song of Hiawatha are his works.
on February 19, 2008 at 8:00 pm Aashish

The Florence Nightingale Effect????
on February 19, 2008 at 11:27 pm Tyson MSK

1.Paul Revere’s Ride
2.Evangaline
3.The Song Of Hiawatha

Connect-Henry Longfellow???
on February 20, 2008 at 6:39 am Avais K

1. Paul Revere statue- “Paul Revere’s Ride”.
2. Hiawatha and Minnehaha- “Song of Minnehaha”.
3. Evangeline Bellefontaine- “Evangeline”.
4. Florence Nightingale- “Lady with the Lamp”.

All poems written by Henry Longfellow
on February 20, 2008 at 6:31 pm S

Modifying the previous post

1. Paul Revere
2. Evangeline
3. Hiawatha and Minnehaha
4.

All subjects of poems by one long fellow.

Will google for 4 and bbl.
on February 22, 2008 at 12:00 pm Rana Kar

got it, the whole thing

paul revere

evangeline

song of hiawatha

florence nightingale

henry longfellow
on February 22, 2008 at 10:01 pm nikhil.s.kaundinya

the first pic is of paul revere…so i guess the connect is the boston tea party..
on February 22, 2008 at 11:23 pm aditi

hmm…the first is paul revere & the last is florence nightingale…wats the connect????cyrus dallin???