Simple science comic question.
Id the blank.
Id the blank.
Answer: Polar.
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Question 1414: Crikey! That’s a big one!
'X' and 'Y' (both local names) are two kinds of creatures of the ________ order found in India.
The scientific name for 'X' literally translates to "the ________ of the marsh". The local name 'X' is a corruption of a Urdu word which means "water monster". This is in turn is derived from makara, the Sanskrit word for ________.
'Y' originates from the Hindi word for a clay pot with a long neck, much like the snout shape of an adult male in 'Y'. Scientific reference is probably a misspelling of the word 'Y' and it also reflects the nativity to the Ganges. 'Y' is one of the longest of all surviving ________.
X? Y? (all blanks same)
Answer:
X: Mugger (magarmach)
Y: Gharial
Blank is Crocodile or Crocodilia (order).
Friday, April 20, 2012
Question 1399: The Vampires
Funda?
Answer:
pic 1-Dr William Lorenzo Moss
pic 2-Jan Jansky
pic 3-Karl Landsteiner
All of them were serologists who devised various methods to classify blood into various types.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Question 1396: For Guy Fawkes
Connect the actor/director in 1 to the Nobel laureates in 2:
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Answer:
Pic 1-Sheldon Leonard
Pic 2-Robert Hofstadter/Leon Cooper
Their names served as the names of the main characters of "The Big Bang Theory" i.e Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Question 1388: I want that fridge
After a successful career as a drummer and drum teacher of drum technique, X, an electrical engineer by profession, started selling drums, cymbals and drum-related accessories in London. Musicians like Ritchie Blackmore(Deep Purple), Jim Sullivan and Pete Townshend(The Who) suggested he should sell guitar equipment too. As a response, he came up with a product(pic 1) which revolutionized live music and music in general. Identify X or the company he subsequently started.
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Answer: Jim Marshall and Marshall Amps.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Question 1385: Not the end of the world
What connects the following entities?
Answer: Picture1 shows mathematician Edouard Lucas who invented the 'Tower of Hanoi' puzzle which is also known as tower of Bramha, who is shown in the second picture, while the third picture depicts 'Emblem of Hanoi'.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Question 1367: Nice try
What connects the following?
Answer: JD Sallinger, Morarji Desai, Bear Grylls
All have subjected themselves to urine therapy.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Question 1349: Zor ka Zhatka!
Pic shows person 'X' making notes below the machine ___________, which he supposed would be the most valuable of all his inventions. His work on the matter lead to a an open rivalry with another prominent scientist 'Y' working on similar issues.
Some sources have claimed that because of their animosity toward each other neither was given the Nobel Prize in Physics, despite their scientific contributions; that each sought to minimize the other's achievements and right to win the award; that both refused ever to accept the award if the other received it first; and that both rejected any possibility of sharing it.
The character 'X' appears in a 2006 movie 'Z' which also features some sort of a prototype of the machine ___________, albeit used for different purposes. The film also portrays the above mentioned rivalry to considerable extent.
X & Y? What invention? Which movie?
Answer:
X: Nikola Tesla
Y: Thomas Alva Edison
Pic shows Tesla's Magnifying Transmitter.
Tesla and Edison were popularly engaged in the 'War of currents'!
Movie 'The Prestige' shows glimpses of it.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Question 1324:
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Lunar mapping for certain data. 'X' and 'Y' were launched by NASA to study the anomalies in the mapping and were named accordingly. X? Y? Funda for their names.Answer: X: GRAIL A Y: GRAIL B
These are the twin NASA lunar probes. GRAIL stands for Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Question 1308
When the University of Heidelberg hired Robert X in 1852, the
authorities promised to build him a new laboratory building. Heidelberg
had just begun to install coal-gas street lighting, so the new
laboratory building was also supplied with illuminating gas.
Illumination was one thing; a source of heat for chemical operations
something quite different.
Previous laboratory lamps left much to be
desired regarding economy and simplicity, as well as the quality of the
flame for the lamp, for it was desirable to maximize the temperature and
minimize the luminosity. While his building was still under
construction late in 1854, X suggested certain design principles to the
university’s talented mechanic, Peter Desaga, and asked him to construct
a prototype. By the time the building opened early in 1855, Desaga had
made fifty of these devices for X’s students. X published a description
two years later, and many of his colleagues soon adopted the design.
Identify X and his device.
Answer: Robert Bunsen and the Bunsen burner.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Question 1287
This recently launched website has this image as it's header:
It offers the chance to fly in a flight stimulator(Boeing 737) with X, the person behind this venture.
The website states:
"X has arranged for members of the ______ Fan Club the get the first chance to not just be a passenger, but to actually fly a Boeing 737, in a state-of-the-art full motion 737 flight simulator with personal instruction from X! This full motion flight simulator has recently been purchased by X and one of his work colleague as part of their aviation business, training and checking pilots and crews.The simulator is located at Heathrow Airport, London. This experience is available over a span of 12 days this December. All participants will be given a personally signed commemorative certificate as a souvenir of their experience. This costs £666 +vat (at 20%) for one hour of simulator time with X"
Identify X/website. Answer: Bruce Dickinson, frontman of Iron Maiden. Apart from being a musician, he is also a professional pilot. The website is named www.bruceair.co.uk.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Question 1285
Connect image 1 and 2 to a certain person X, and put complete funda regarding X's thesis which related 1 to 2. (No need to identify the individual images)
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Answer: 1. Angraecum sesquipedale(Darwin's Orchid)
2. Xanthopan morgani The connect is Charles Darwin. The orchid,endemic to Madagascar, was first discovered in 1798. It is noteworthy for its long spur and its association with the naturalist Charles Darwin who surmised that the flower was pollinated by a then undiscovered moth with a proboscis whose length was then unprecedented. His prediction had gone unverified until 21 years after his death when the moth was discovered and his conjecture vindicated. The story of its postulated pollinator has come to be seen as one of the celebrated predictions of the theory of evolution.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Question 1274: Helping students pass since...
You must have encountered this guy in your maths textbooks. Identify.
Answer: Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital of the L'Hospital Rule fame used in calculus.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Question 1262: Li8!
0. ______ : -26.74
1. ______ : -1.76
2. Canopus : -0.72
3. Arcturus : -0.04 (var)
4. Regil Kentaurus : -0.01
5. Vega : 0.03
6. Regal : 0.12
7. Procyon : 0.34
8. Betelgeuse : 0.42 (var)
.........
[non-exhaustive list]
FIB. Funda for the 'peculiar' ranking?
Note: Unit of given numbers is magnitude (m)
{could be used as a hint!}
Answer: 0.The Sun and 1. Sirius. These are the brightness of stars as viewed from earth. The list is mainly for stars visible in the night sky. So Sun is at the '0' position.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Question 1261: What you gonna do when they come for you?
Sorry for yesterday's no show. Here is today's question:
Tom Swift is the protagonist in five series, totaling over 100 volumes, of American juvenile science fiction and adventure novels that emphasize science, invention and technology. Most of the various series focus on Tom’s inventions, a number of which anticipated actual inventions.
X was a NASA researcher who developed the tool/weapon Y in 1969. By 1974, X had completed the device, which he named after his childhood hero Tom Swift(specifically the book Z).
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| X with his invention Y |
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| Z |
Answer: TASER short for Thomas A Swift and his Electric Rifle.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Question 1260: There's space for everything!!
ID. What will it possibly replace in the near future?
Answer: The James Webb Space Telescope which will most probably replace "The Hubble Space Telescope".
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Question 1258: The detective road
A X's Y contains 1 unit more than the standard Y. The earliest reference, but doubtful explanation for the term X's Y dates to the 13th century when Xs who were found to have given a less quantity to customers were punished severely. To guard against such a punishment, Xs would give 1 unit more in whatever they were selling, to ensure not being known as a cheat. More importantly, the practice of making 1 item more was insurance against "short measure", on the basis that one of them could be lost, eaten, burnt, or ruined in some way, thus making it an original legal Y. Thus the origin of the term and the practice.
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| 2 methods of packing for X's Y |
Identify the term "X's Y". No half points.
Answer: XY: The Baker's Dozen. It consists of 13 items instead of the 12 in a regular dozen.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Question 1239: Ready for battle
Connect the following elements X, Y and Z to one single entity:
1)In 1932, Forrest X, the son of an American business magnate, rented a factory and began manufacturing a chocolate bar having the ingredients nougat, caramel and milk chocolate. Today the basic recipe remains the same but the size and specifications of the bar have changed frequently. In 2002, the recipe was subject to minor changes in the proportions of the ingredients, but was met with strong criticism. Identify X.
2) Y means "I roll" in Latin which is a reference to ball bearings. Y was originally registered and was meant to be used for a special model of ball bearings, but this idea was only used for a short period of time.
3) The female and male counterparts of a certain name Z.
Answer: X: Mars(Mars Bars) Y: Volvo Z: Iron Man and Iron Lady/Woman. So the symbol of masculinity: a circle with a arrow protruding from it diagonally is used as the symbol for the planet Mars, as a part of the logo of Volvo as well as the ancient symbol of Iron metal.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Question 1229
Looks like we are having a few votes for the "un-tineyeable photos" in the poll...So here's one for today:
Identify the dude and the company he co-founded.
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