Sunday, May 1, 2011

Question 1103: BAND Baaja aur baaraat

This monument in X was erected over the grave of the Y of X, an elite force comprising of 150 male couples (the logic being that lovers would fight more fiercely than strangers). The Y of X met their destruction at the hands of Z, who upon seeing their bodies, is said to have remarked, "Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly."

Id X, Y, Z.

Answer:X: Thebes
Y: Sacred Band of Thebes
Z: Philip II of Macedon.

11 Answers:

prashanth said...

X - Sacred Band, consisting of 150 homosexual male couples..
Y - Thebes, a Greek City
Z - King Phillip II

wheelsandwings said...

X: Thebes
Y: Sacred Band
Z: Philip II of Macedon

Ameya said...

Thebes
The Sacred Band
Phillip II

Sukanto said...

X- Thebes
Y - Sacred Band of Thebes
Z - King Philip or Alexander I dont remember...

indian said...

Lion of Chaeronea -- The lion erected by Philip of Macedon to commemorate his decisive and final victory over the Greeks.

Rahul Varma said...

Band of Thebes King Philip II,-Z
town of Thebes,-X
All confused ...
But I got the thing ....The one evnt famous for killing some 250 guys for being gay

So i plead for points

Adi said...

Monument erected in memory of the Sacred Band of Thebes,which was destroyed by King Phillip II.

Sabhari said...

X:Sacred Band
y: Thebes
Z: Alexander

Siddarth Pai said...

Y & X: sacred band of thebes

z: phillip 2 of macedon

Stumbler said...

X - Thebes
They are called "the band of thebes".
Z - Philip, father of Alexander the great

Amit Dandekar said...

X = Thebes
Y = Sacred Band

Y of X = Sacred Band of Thebes

Z = Philip II of Macedon