Pictures from a five-day battle fought between the forces of the United States 7th Army and Nazi Germany during WWII which happened at _______, Germany. Battle that took place from 16th April -20th April 1945 saw some of the fiercest urban combat of the war. The capture of the city by the US forces meant a virtual surrender by Germany in WWII as the city was a center of the Nazi regime.
Well a footballing landmark that happened in 2006 gets unduly connected to the above event because of the nature of the incident and of course the German connection.
What am I talking about?
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Answer: The Battle of Nuremburg
It is a nickname for a match played at the 2006 football world cup between Portugal and Netherlands where a record 4 red cards and 16 yellow cards were issued.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Question 1406: Bad boys corner ..
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Question 1361: War & Peace
Following list shows various code-names adopted for certain war-time activity 'X'.
1. British Army: 'Boniface' (X as Forecaster of good future; benefactor)
2. U.S. Army against Japan: 'Magic' (mysterious and powerful nature of X)
3. British Military against Germany: Y (referring to X's 'most secret' nature)
'Y' eventually became the standard designation among western allies in WWII. As is evident the name 'Y' arose because it was considered most important than that designated as highest by British services.
Winston Churchill famously remarked "It was thanks to Y that we won the war."
X? Y? Funda?
Answer: X: Enigma code decrypting
Y: Ultra
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Question 1332: Forever.......?
'X' is a West African city which previously served as a slave market. It was settled by 400 formerly enslaved black Britons as the 'Province of Freedom' in 1791. The name 'X', though, hardly reflected the turmoil and bloodshed pertaining in the nation in the 1990's.
The turmoil is speculated to be supported and funded by it's neighbor 'Y'. Incidentally, 'X' & 'Y' are named in a similar sense. Certain elements in 'Y' are supposed to have provided weapons and training to the rebels in exchange of diamonds.
Large atrocities followed with civilians being at the core of it. The term _______ _______ was coined reflecting nature of the pertaining conflict.
The backdrop was captured by a 2006 political thriller film also named _______ _______. The 2008 video game 'Z' also portrays an African nation at war using diamond as currency.
X? Y? Z? What am I talking about?
Answer:
X-Freetown (capital of Sierra Leone)
Y-Liberia
Z-Far Cry 2 (supposedly based on Sierra Leone)
X & Y get their names from the notion of freedom.
The bloodshed funded by the diamond trade gave rise to the term 'Blood Diamond' or 'Conflict Diamond'.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Question 1297: He doesnt hyde
Connect the images to a certain rather notorious person X:
1. The album "It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah" by the Britpop band Black Grape
2. A still from the film True Lies
3. His most famous film role
4. This novel
Y does not connect to X like the images do, but he has a direct relation to X. So serves as a big clue here:
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| Y |
So identify X and connect.
Answer: Carlos the Jackal aka Ilich Ramirez Sanchez.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Question 1277: Elephants, always trust them to....
Connect the following images to an event which happened on this very day. And explain every element , no points for just the overall connect. 3 points up for grabs. One for each element.
Answer:
1st pic: Ancient Chinese rockets which probably were the first applications of gunpowder
2nd pic: Albus Dumbledore, who has a pet phoenix named "Fawkes". JK Rowling named the character after Guy Fawkes.
3rd pic: Hugo Weaving, who played the protagonist named "V" in the film "V for Vendetta" based on the comic book of the same name. The character "V" wears a Guy Fawkes mask and follows Fawkesian principles.
Connect: The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, was carried out by Guy Fawkes who attempted and failed to blow up the British Parliament on 5th November(today). He was hanged, and thus in his memory, Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night is celebrated on 5th November every year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night
P.S. Do watch the movie V for Vendetta.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Question 1216
X is a major public town place in ____. The place was originally called Midan Ismaileyya after the 19th-century ruler Khedive Ismail, who commissioned the new downtown district's 'Paris on the Nile' design. At the centre of X is a large and busy traffic circle. On the north-east side is a plaza with a statue of nationalist hero Omar Makram, celebrated for his resistance against Napoleon I's invasion of the country, and beyond is the Omar Makram Mosque.
The place is the northern terminus of the historic Qasr al-Ayni Street, the western terminus of Talaat Harb Street, and via Qasr al-Nil Street crossing its southern portion it has direct access to the Qasr al-Nil Bridge crossing the nearby Nile River.
X, please.
Answer: Tahrir Square