Okay, last question before the month of June ends.
Identify this lady, and more importantly, identify whom she has replaced and at what global position?
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Question 1158
Question 1157
X grew up as a football fan living in poverty in Mexico. His family escaped to Los Angeles in United States as illegal immigrants. As he became older, he became a busboy at a restaurant, while also working part-time with his father in a gardening business. A former Scottish footballer and scout, spotted X playing for an amateur club in Los Angeles, before offering him a tryout for Y. Despite his talent and the scout’s praises, X’s father did not approve of accepting the offer, claiming that the family business is more important than sports. Without the money to travel, he nearly lost all hope of going for the tryout; however, his grandmother, with her own secret money, purchased X a plane ticket to Y, which he reluctantly accepted. And as they say the rest is history…..
Identify X and Y.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Question 1156: Pulp Non Fiction
The event X is held annually on the last Wednesday of August.
At around 10am festivities begin with the first event of X. The goal of the first event is to climb a greased pole with a ham on top. Once someone is able to drop the ham off the pole, the start signal for the main event X is given. The signal is given at about 11 when a loud shot rings out, and the chaos begins.
Several trucks throw the equipment needed for the event in abundance at the venue. The equipment is brought in from a different place, where it is cheaper and is made specially for this event. Those taking part in the event are permitted to use goggles and gloves.
After exactly one hour, the second shot is fired, announcing the end. The whole venue is in a bad state with the mess created due to the event and fire trucks hose down the streets and participants use hoses that locals provide to remove the mess from their bodies. Some participants go to the pool nearby to wash.
What event?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Question 1155: Direction is not a question
We seem to be having a lot of the "connect" type questions lately, so one more won't do any harm...This one might be a real tough nut to crack.
Connect:
Monday, June 27, 2011
Question 1154: Two paths you can go by
Okay, today we have a guest question from frequent contributor Tejas Gokhale.
Connect:
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Question 1152
Connect:
“A” - is a Japanese word which means "something great is coming", "omen", "sign", or "warning“.
“A” - is a Japanese word which means "something great is coming", "omen", "sign", or "warning“.
“B” - means to reflect a person's overall evaluation or appraisal of his or her own worth.
“X” - a Latin prefix meaning "all" or "every."
“Y” - "To figure out something by meditation or by a sudden flash of enlightenment."
“Z” - is a musical term, derived from the Latin meaning "high", that has several possible interpretations.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Question 1151 : No minors please
First of all, I'd like to thank Rohan for graciously accepting me back inspite of my continuing absence and use of profanities.
I was really touched, that is, until I read the "About Us" section. So guys, all my feelings for you are best described by the answer of the following question....
Earlier on, certain types of X used to be transported by ship.
When dry, it weighs a lot less, however, once exposed to water (in this case, sea water), it not only became heavier, but also began to ferment, thus releasing methane gas.
As X was stored in bundles below deck, methane began to collect under it.
Hence, the moment anyone lit a match, candle, lantern, etc. the whole vessel would blow up into smithereens.
Several ships were destroyed before the causative agent was discovered.
Thereafter, the bundles were marked X, meaning to sailors, "ships high in transit", the reason being that the volatile cargo be stored at a certain height in the ship such that no water came in contact with it.
Identify X. The EXACT word.
Question 1150: Not the pokemon
Before today's question, an announcement. Satyavrat is back! He has decided to become a part of the blog once again and has decided to post questions from now on.
So now we can expect(?) questions from him.
Onward to today's question:
Connect the 2 pics and the video.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Question 1148: I'm not a crook
On the evening of June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a security guard at the X Complex, noticed tape covering the latch on locks on several doors in the complex (leaving the doors unlocked). He took off the tape, and thought nothing of it. An hour later, he discovered that someone had retaped the locks. Wills called the police and five men were arrested inside the ___ office. The five were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications.
This was the a series of unfortunate events leading to what in the early 70's?
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Question 1146: Happy Father's Day!
So it is Father's day, and let's post a question today as a tribute to those brave souls who decided the bring us into this world.
Let's hope that we never hear them utter these words
"Daddy mujhse bola, Tu galati hai meri
Tujhpe Zindagani guilty hai meri"
Anyways, I'm just horsing around. Onwards to today's question:
Identify the advertiser.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Question 1145
This guy here sure doesn't look like much, but he sure has a killer name that caught Y's attention when he was writing his first story. He wrote the following.
ID Y and the name.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Question 1142: Tis a sin to kill 'em!
X, an American writer has published only one novel till date. However, that novel went on to win a Pulitzer, much to the surprise of X and remains a bestseller till date. The novel's plot and background is believed to be loosely autobiographical and based on an incident which happened in X's village when she was pretty young.
Id X and connect X/the novel to:
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Question 1139: The die is cast(e)
X-Y was the founder of the Y Empire. X-Y succeeded in conquering most of the Indian subcontinent. Having defeated the Greek satrap in the Khyber mountains, X-Y was crowned King. As a result, X-Y is considered the first unifier of India and its first genuine emperor. In foreign Greek and Latin accounts, X is known as Sandrokyptos, Sandrokottos or Androcottus.
Z was born in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) and became an ambassador of Syria to the court of Sandrocottus, who possibly is X-Y. However the exact date of his embassy is uncertain. Scholars place it before 288 BC, the date of X-Y's death.
Identify X-Y and Z.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Question 1137: Blood & gore, no more
1 is responsible for creating 2. 2 is hence also know by a different "catchier" name derived from 1's name.
What is this funnier name by which 2 is known?
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Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Question 1136: I FELL for him
Who came out with his own list of "Ten Commandments (for X)"?
- Be a patient listener (it is this, not fast talking, that gets a X his _____).
- Never look bored.
- Wait for the other person to reveal any political opinions, then agree with them.
- Let the other person reveal religious views, then have the same ones.
- Hint at sex talk, but don't follow it up unless the other person shows a strong interest.
- Never discuss illness, unless some special concern is shown.
- Never pry into a person's personal circumstances (they'll tell you all eventually).
- Never boast - just let your importance be quietly obvious.
- Never be untidy.
- Never get drunk.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Question 1134: She sells seashells on the sea shore
The following is an English translation of a Chinese poem called the Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den, and was written by Yuen Ren Chao.
In a stone den was a poet called Shi, who was a lion addict, and had resolved to eat ten.
He often went to the market to look for lions.
At ten o'clock, ten lions had just arrived at the market.
At that time, Shi had just arrived at the market.
He saw those ten lions, and using his trusty arrows, caused the ten lions to die.
He brought the corpses of the ten lions to the stone den.
The stone den was damp. He asked his servants to wipe it.
After the stone den was wiped, he tried to eat those ten lions.
When he ate, he realized that these ten lions were in fact ten stone lion corpses.
Try to explain this matter.
What is unusual about this poem?
Monday, June 6, 2011
Question 1133: First among equals
A guest question after many days...
This one is from Anindita Ravikumar.
These 3 individuals have all achieved a particular feat. (1) is the first man to achieve it, (2) is the first woman to achieve it.
Question: What particular feat? Identify (3) And why is (3)'s achievement even more special than the others?
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
Question 1132: Down with the flu
Meme time.
This is a fake cover of the National Geographic Magazine Cover. What's blanked out?
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