Question 1335: Well, I am!

Still from a popular TV show being aired on BBC One. Well, it's a cell-phone asking for an unlocking-password.

As it turns out, the said password is so much in sync with the show and it's characterization. Interestingly, it has also become a craze on the Internet for it's clever play of words and the teasing pun played at the viewers.

Which TV Series? What's the 4 character password? Funda?

Answer: *SPOILER ALERT* The TV series is Sherlock(This is from the episode 1 of season 2). The 4 character password is SHER, thus reading the entire sentence as I am Sherlock-ed.

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Question 1334: Signature

 Give Funda :

Answer: The Special Effects team tried to make their mark and wanted "SFX" to appear in that particular scene from Lion King. This has been misinterpreted in many different ways because it ended up looking like "SEX".

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Question 1333

 Put funda:

X-Men - hotdog stand vendor
Spider-Man - saves a little girl
Spider-Man 2 - saves an innocent stranger
Fantastic Four - mailman
X-Men: The Last Stand - Jean Grey's neighbour
Spider-Man 3 - reading a news flash about Spider-Man
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - himself
Iron Man - person Tony Stark mistakenly identifies as Hugh Hefner
The Incredible Hulk - person who dies after drinking soft drink contaminated by Bruce Banner's blood



Answer: Cameos by Stan Lee in movies based on Marvel comics.

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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?

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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'.

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Question 1331 : You get high after this.

Sitter, identify.

1.Knowledge of Literature - Nil.

2.Knowledge of Philosophy - Nil.

3.Knowledge of Astronomy - Nil.

4.Knowledge of Politics - Feeble.

5.Knowledge of Botany - Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium and poison generally. Knows nothing of practice gardening.

6.Knowledge of Geology - Practical, but limited. Ability to differentiate between different soils.

7.Knowledge of Chemistry - Profound.

8.Knowledge of Anatomy - Accurate, but unsystematic.

9.Knowledge of Sensational Contemporary Literature - Immense.

10. Plays the violin well.

11.Expert boxer.

12. Has good knowledge of law.

P.S I would just like to emphasize that, yes, Rohan Danait is indeed an ungrateful prick.

Answer: Sherlock Holmes.

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Question 1330: What happened to shouting?

Prior to World War I, the doctrine regarding the weapon X was largely centered around the concept of 'reach'; that is, a soldier's theoretical ability, by use of an extremely long rifle and fixed X, to attack an enemy soldier without having to approach within reach of his opponent's blade. A combined length of rifle and X longer than that of the enemy infantryman's rifle and attached X, like the infantryman's pike of bygone days, was thought to impart a definite tactical advantage on the battlefield, and military authorities engaged in endless discussions over the supposed advantages of longer rifle/X combinations.

It's name supposedly originates from the town of Bayonne in South Western France where they were first made.

Identify X.


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Answer: Bayonet.

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Question 1329: He was here too

According to a Abrahamic legend, A used X to reach his destination Y where he stood repentant on one foot for 1,000 years, leaving a large hollow mark resembling a footprint. X and Y both are named after A.

According to Hindu mythology, X has an alternate name which  is attributed to 1.
According to Buddhist mythology, Y also has an alternate name which is attributed to 2 and the hollow mark is believed to be 2's footprint.

1

2

The footprint mark located at Y

Identify X and Y.
Pseudo-bonus points for 1,2 and A.


Answer: X: Adam's Bridge/Ram Setu Y: Adam's Peak/Sri Pada
1: Ram
2: Gautam Buddha
A: Adam

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Question 1328: No highway option

India's first aqueduct was constructed over the Solani river, near Roorkee, part of the Ganges canal project, which itself was India's first irrigation work in North India, started by the British in 1845. The Ganges Canal also led to another first.

The Solani viaduct had 15 arches and spanned the 4km-wide Solani valley (about 14 km north-east of New Delhi). Earth for the approach embankments was transported from Piran Kaliyar, 10 km away from Roorkee. Standard gauge wagons were used for the purpose, built from parts brought over from England, and hauled by men and later horses along the 'sundry lines of rail at Dhunnowree, Peeran, Kulleear, Mahewar and Roorkee' (as stated in the Administration Report 1851-52). The number of wagons in use needed to be tripled leading to the introduction of ___X___.

Assembled in Calcutta (todays 'Kolkata'), ___X___ obviously came from England, possibly second hand. It is described in a contemporary account as "a small but compact machine, with both driving mechanism and tender on one frame and to be able to transport 200 tons on the level at four miles per hour". The Bengal Sappers of the Indian Army operated it for the first time on 22/12/1851 for carrying earth to the duct.

X? What distinction does it hold?

Answer: Thommason- the first steam engine to haul any train in India. Arguably it was India's first train, running before the much-famed Bombay-Thane passenger train which ran in 1853. A prototype of Thomasson is on display at Roorkee Railway station.

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Question 1327: Is this some kind of a joke?

The opening verse of this song has been connected with the lynching of the three black men in Duluth, Minnesota in 1920. The 3 men were employees of a travelling circus and had been accused of raping a white woman. On the night of June 15, 1920, they were removed from custody and hanged on the corner of First Street and Second Avenue East. Photos of the lynching were sold as postcards.


Duluth was the birthplace of the artist/singer who has written the song. At the time of the lynching, the singer’s father, Abram, was eight years old, and lived two blocks from the scene of the lynchings. Abram passed the story on to his son.

The postcard

Which song/artist?

Answer: Bob Dylan's "Desolation Row"

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Question 1326: Follow Douglas Adams's advice

Hey guys!
A Happy new year to everyone!
Apparently, our hangover lasted longer than we had anticipated and hence the 5 day new year break :). We are resuming our normal posting schedule, from today.
Also, last 2 days to answer all the previous questions. All past questions will only be open till Sunday. 

So here's today's question:
Put funda/fill in the blank.

Answer: Blank: 2012 Funda: The "End of the world" conspiracy which says that the Mayans predicted the end of the world and hence their calendar ends on 21st December 2012.

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