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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
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16 comments:

  1. SukantoOctober 15, 2010 at 3:27 PM

    Commonwealth Baton..

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  2. Pavan Kumar KaushikOctober 15, 2010 at 3:36 PM

    its CWG 2010 baton made by BEL

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  3. indianOctober 15, 2010 at 4:12 PM

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

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  4. AmeyaOctober 15, 2010 at 4:55 PM

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

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  5. AditthyaOctober 15, 2010 at 6:17 PM

    queens baton

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  6. varunOctober 15, 2010 at 7:06 PM

    Queen's baton by michael foley

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  7. Ankit MaheshwariOctober 15, 2010 at 8:42 PM

    Queen's baton
    Foley an NID alumnus

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  8. UnknownOctober 16, 2010 at 12:51 AM

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

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  9. Gursheel SahniOctober 16, 2010 at 8:35 AM

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

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  10. UnknownOctober 16, 2010 at 11:48 AM

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

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  11. BeamerOctober 16, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    The CWG 2010 baton

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  12. amit(encycs)October 16, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    X - Commonwealth Baton for Delhi 2010
    Y - Michael Foley

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  13. Kapinjal ChowdhuryOctober 17, 2010 at 2:34 AM

    queens baton

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  14. Kapinjal ChowdhuryOctober 17, 2010 at 2:34 AM

    queens baton

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  15. UnknownOctober 17, 2010 at 11:56 AM

    The Queen's baton designed by Michael Foley.

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  16. MatthewOctober 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    X-
    Commenwealth Baton,y-Michael Foley

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