Friday, October 15, 2010

Question 847

This question is contributed by Soumya.

X has been designed by Y. It is a triangular section of aluminium twisted into a helix shape and then coated with coloured soils. A jewel-encrusted box was used to house a message, which was laser-engraved onto a miniature 18 carat gold leaf—representative of the ancient Indian 'patras. X has a number of technological features like ability to capture images and sound, a GPS technology, Embedded LEDs which can change into the colours of a country’s flag and a text messaging capability.

X reached India on June 25th.

Identify X and Y.
Answer: X: The Queen's Baton for the 2010 CWG Y: Michael Foley

16 Answers:

Sukanto said...

Commonwealth Baton..

Pavan Kumar Kaushik said...

its CWG 2010 baton made by BEL

indian said...

X - QUEEN'S BATON OF COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Y - MICHAEL FOLEY.

Ameya said...

Queen's Baton was designed by Michael Foley, a graduate of the National Institute of Design

Aditthya said...

queens baton

varun said...

Queen's baton by michael foley

Ankit Maheshwari said...

Queen's baton
Foley an NID alumnus

Unknown said...

X- THE QUEEN'S BATON (for the Relay)for the DELHI 2010 COMMONWEALTH GAMES.
Y-MICHAEL FOLEY

Gursheel Sahni said...

It's the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games

Unknown said...

It's the Queen's baton relay, designed by Michael Foley.

Beamer said...

The CWG 2010 baton

amit(encycs) said...

X - Commonwealth Baton for Delhi 2010
Y - Michael Foley

Kapinjal Chowdhury said...

queens baton

Kapinjal Chowdhury said...

queens baton

Unknown said...

The Queen's baton designed by Michael Foley.

Matthew said...

X-
Commenwealth Baton,y-Michael Foley