Who follows?
Answer: Neil Nitin Mukesh, preceded by Nitin Mukesh and Mukesh. Cracked only by Rohit. Well done!!
P.S. Attemp the annual set here.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Question 376: Legacy
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Question Set 351 to 375: Annual Celebrations
Quizlexic has completed one year of quiz-blogging and to celebrate we have compiled 25 questions for you.
Answers are to be mailed to quizlexic@gmail.com and not to be left in comments.
Question set open till the 30th of May.
GET SET GO!!
1)This company's name can be split into 2 parts meaning three and rhombus, which is reflected in the company's logo. Which company?
2)This brand receives its name from the Biblical character Samson, renowned for his strength. Which brand?
3) X was a hydrographer and officer in British Royal Navy. He created the scale for indicating ____ force. That scale is based on the formula:
v=0.836 B3/ 2m/ s
where v is the equivalent _____ speed at 10 meters above sea surface and B is X scale number. Name X.
4)At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a prosperous middle-aged meat-packer in Troy. He obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which he shipped in barrels. The barrels, being government property, were branded with the initials "U.S." Over time, it is believed, anything marked with the same initials (as much Army property was) also became linked with his name. How do we know him better?
5) The poet X was moved by Y's accomplishments to write the famous epitaph:
Identify X and Y. Hint:Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night;
God said "Let Y be" and all was light.
7)Connect again:
8)Connect:
9)Connect:
10)Guess the word which is blanked out and give funda:
11)Identify the 2nd and 3rd person from the left in the lower row and guess what they all were accused of?
12)Identify and explain what he is doing:
13)Google doodle commemorating whom?
14)Who?
15)What?
16)Which award? Awarded for what reason?
17)Who in his childhood days?
18)Who?
19)What?
20) Put fundae:
21) What?
22) Who?
23) This is an image of a dead Japanese soldier. It was an inspiration for which famous mascot?
24) What?
25)What?
Happy Quizzing.
Questions compiled by Rohan, Sanket and Rohit.
OPEN TILL MAY 30th.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Question 350
X wrote about this event in his diary:
".....I was sitting writing in my textbook, but the work did not progress; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were gamboling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by the repeated visions of the kind, could not distinguish larger structures of manifold combination; long rows sometimes more closely fitted together all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the ______ had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes. As if by a flash of lightning I awoke, and this time also i spent the rest of the night in working out the consequences of the hypothesis."
Identify X, the event and its consequences.
Answer: Friedrich Kekule on his dream of snake with its tail in its mouth leading to the structure of Benzene. Cracked only by Johny Walker !! Well done !!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Question 349
X is the Italian word for God.
X is also a heavy metal band formed by Ronnie James X, who has also performed in the bands Elf,Rainbow and Black Sabbath.
X is also a popular mode of transportation (specific name), whose tagline is, "get noticed". X is most popular with Indian youth, owing to its light-weight fibre body and enhanced performance.
Y is a homophone of X, but has a completely different meaning. Y is an abbreviation of YZW, which has an etymological meaning. YZW is generally used by males emitting Z.
W is a particular insect of the family Formicidae, a particular subspecies realising formic acid on its bite.
Identify W,X,Y and Z
Answer:
X: Dio
Y: Deo
W: Odour
Z: Ant
Cracked by Rohan and Alok
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Question 348
In December 2008 most of the area was captured due to militant insurgency and it is now too dangerous for tourism. The Islamist militant leader Maulana Fazlullah and his group Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi have banned all illegal acts, that are against the humanity. These days again this region has emerged as a cause of concern and international deliberation. Which place am I talking about?
Answer: The swat valley in Pakistan which is in Taliban hands.
Cracked by Adi, alok and Rohan.
Question 347
Although there is no official record of such an incident ever taking place,the story goes that in the third century BC,the roman emperor,Claudius II,imprisoned a young priest guilty of secretly conducting the marriage of several roman soldiers.The priest was executed for his crimes.Before being executed,the young priest sent a message to his beloved,reaching out to her with his love.
In reality,nothing is known of him except his name and the fact that he was buried at the Via flaminia north of rome on a particular date and that a feast is given in his name on that particular date.It is unclear,however whether the feast of that day celebrates one saint or more saints of the same name.
How is this person remembered widely even today?
Answer:Saint Valentine,remembered through the celebration of love on Feb 14, Valentine's day.
Cracked by all(9 people)!!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Question 346
Born in 1963 in Delhi, India, XY studied at the prestigious St.Joseph's College, Nainital. He attended Duke University in the United States, graduating in 1986 with a degree in marketing.
He is the scion of Y Enterprises, a multi-billion dollar group, the industrial conglomerate founded in 1933; it has interests in agro-chemicals, steel, tobacco, tea and beverages, education, entertainment and Real estate. He also sits on the board of Godfrey Philips, one of India's tobacco companies.
XY was charged and pleaded guilty to possession of 400 grams of cocaine, assault and kidnapping in 1985 while he was a student at Duke University, USA. He pleaded guilty on all charges and was sentenced to two years in prison. However, he did not serve any prison time and came back to India in 1986 after being released on probation.
Who?
Answer: Lalit Modi
Cracked by all(10 guys)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good response guys, keep the good work going...........
Monday, May 11, 2009
Question 345
The following people(although last one is a company) have something in common and it is related to the words written above their photos.
What is it?
(Don't think sports and you will get it!)
English
Russian
Catalan
Portuguese
Italian
Answer: The pics are of Graemme Smith, Svetlana Kuznetsova, David Ferrer, Paulo Ferreira and Ferrari.
Their names(Smith, Kuznetsova, Ferrer, Ferreira and Ferrari) literally mean "blacksmith" in the respective languages.
Cracked only by Johny Walker. Well done!
Question 344
Connect the above pictures, one of the pictures is unique, but contributes to the connect in a similar way..........
explain both and give me the freaking theme!!!
Connect is the word "juggernaut". Cracked only by Alok!
Question 343
In architecture, a X is a carved stone grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building.
The term originates from the French X, originally "throat" or "gullet";,and similar words derived from the root, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water
What is X?
Answer: Gargoyle. Cracked only by Johny Walker
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