Question Of The Day: 28th February, 2006

Another connection question, but for a change, for this one I would really appreciate if you do not use GOOGLE.COM or any other search engine to come up with the answer.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Mellinda Gates

She was the unit product manager of MS BOB, Publisher and Encarta. And she is also on the board of directors of Drugstore.com and Washington Post


Total No. Of Attempts: 15

No. Of Correct Answers: 11

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Sumodh T
Arjun K
Vinitha N
Bennet A
Megha G
Radhika S
Sreejita D
Tarun M
Manjusha N
Sriranjini L
Dinesh J

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Bharat Jain
Deepak Karamungikar
Sayan Ghosh
Prateek Vijayvargia

Question Of The Day: 27th February, 2006

Connect the following pictures with the full funda behind it. And I insist that its a sitter thanks to my hint![Hint: Currently in the news]

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Munich (the Movie) Or The Munich Massacre. The person on the left is Avery Brundage, the IOC president then. Then the two men are Eric Bana and Daniel Craig, the two actors of the movie 'Munich' which is made on the incident. Finally the poster of 'Fiddler On The Roof' is provided because the athletes had gone to watch the movie the night before the massacre.

Total No. Of Attempts: 16

No. Of Correct Answers: 14

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Sumodh T
Bennet A
Arjun K
Tarun M
Rubin S
Mandar D
Smitha P
Vinitha N
Jessie R
Sharon A
Shilpa T
Pratibha R
Siddhartha T
Manjusha N

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Mithun Kidambi
Prateek Vijayvargia

Question Of The Day Will Be Back on the 27th

Hello Quizzers,

I am going on a fiveday vacation starting today and so our Question Of The Day series will back on Monday,27th February, 2006. As usual the question will be put up at 12:30 PM IST.In the meanwhile if you have any interesting questions, facts, trivia, pictures do send them over.

Quizzically Yours,
Suhel

Question Of The Day: 22nd February, 2006

Raising the bar a little higher. Hats off to all those who will get this one. The toughest of them all, according to me atleast. Please Connect the following.

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And The Correct Ans. Is
Zen and the Art Of Motorcycle Maintainance

The person on the motorcycle is Robert Pirsig, the author of the book. The happiness symbol is in Zen. And the main character of the book is Phaedrus.


Total No. Of Attempts: 13

No. Of Correct Answers: 10

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Arjun K
Bennet A
Rubin S
Vinitha N
Shyam K
Radhika S
Alekhya H
Tarun M
Shilpa T
Mahendran S
Manjusha N


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Mithun Kitambi
Mainak Mukherjee

Question Of The Day: 21st February. 2006

Could be termed a sitter or a bouncer. Lets see which way this connection question goes. As usual full connection required.

Today's question has been framed by Rubin Shah

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Paul Bettany

He was the actor of the movie Wimbeldon. He is also the husband of Jenniffer Connoly (the actress) and will also play a part in the Da Vinci Code (the author Dan brown's pic is shown) movie.


Total No. Of Attempts: 13

No. Of Correct Answers: 11

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Arjun K
Sumodh T
Bennet A
Supriya N
Smitha P
Vikas S
Mahnedran S
Shilpa T
Mandar D
Tarun M
Manjusha N


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Mithun Kitambi

Question Of The Day: 20th February, 2006

Simple one again. Who or what connects the following three. Give me the full connection please.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Elton John

He sang the song Goodbye Norma Jeanne, for Marilyn Monroe, and Candle In the Wind for Princess Diana's funeral. And the other person is David Furnish Elton John's husband


Total No. Of Attempts: 9

No. Of Correct Answers: 6

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Tarun M
Rubin S
Bennet A
Dinesh J
Sumodh T
Sreejita D


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Sayan Ghosh
Aniruddha Biswas
Deepa Swaminathan
Samik Ghosh

Question Of The Day: 17th February, 2006

A very easily workoutable question to end the week. Who are the following five characters? [Names not required]

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And The Correct Ans. Is

They are the five mascots of the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics. Clockwise from top-left they are:

Beibei, Huanhuan, Jingjing, Nini and Yingying


Total No. Of Attempts: 12

No. Of Correct Answers: 9

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Rubin S
Bennet A
Tarun M
Sumodh T
Shyam P
Vikas S
Smitha P
Mandar D
Tanushree B


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Shashank Rath

Question Of The Day: 16th February, 2006

Connection questions rarely get easier than this! Please give me the answer connecting ALL the three pictures, otherwise it shall not be accepted.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

General Electric Company (GE)

The person in the color photograph is Jeffrey Immelt, the present CEO and Chairman of GE. The sepia picture is that of Thomas Alva Edison who founded the company. And the person in the cowboy attire is the ex-US President, Ronald Reagan, he was the host of a television series called 'General Electric Theatre'

Total No. Of Attempts: 13

No. Of Correct Answers: 8

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Tarun M
Arjun K
Mandar D
Bennet A
Vinitha N
Vikas S
Smitha P
Shyam P
Sriranjini L

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right

Question Of The Day: 15th February, 2006

Another connection question. Hint being those four people do NOT form an exhaustive list.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Joseph Pulitzer

The Pulitzer prize was instituted by him. The medals there are the ones awarded to Pulitzer prize winners. Those four men and women (Clockwise from top left) Harper Lee, Pearl Buck, John Steinbeck and Ernest Hemmingway are some of the notable winners of the Pulitzer Prize. Finally Joseph Pulitzer was accused of starting 'yellow Journalism' so the yellow box.


Total No. Of Attempts: 12

No. Of Correct Answers: 7

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Arjun K
Tarun M
Bennet A
Sumodh T
Rubin S
Vinitha N
Shyam P

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right

Question Of The Day: 14th February, 2006

Perhaps the most random question of this series so far. Connect the following, and to save a lot of time, let me tell you it has NOTHING to do with Valentine's Day!

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Walt Disney

The Oscar trophy in the picture is a special one he recieved for the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, it was one large statue and seven small ones. He was a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest award given by the Boy Scouts of America. And finally he was given the titles of Official Informant and Special Agent In Charge


Total No. Of Attempts: 15

No. Of Correct Answers: 1 [RECORD]

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Ranjana B

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right

Question Of The Day: 13th February, 2006

A toughie after a string of sitters. Please connect the following.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Iris

The woman in the picture is Iris Murdoch, the writer on whose life the movie Iris (played by Kate Winslet) was based. The flower is also called Iris. And in Greek mythology Iris was the God of the rainbow, repeated quite a few times in Illiad (but not in Homer) and Tempest.


Total No. Of Attempts: 16

No. Of Correct Answers: 12

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Rubin S
Arjun K
Ranjana B
Sreejita D
Sumodh T
Vinitha N
Smitha P
Manjusha N
Jyotsna P
Supriya N
Vikas S
Mandar D


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Bharat Jain
Mithun Kidambi

Question Of The Day: 10th February, 2006

Proper Soccer question. Who should be in place of the '?'

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And The Correct Answer Is

Romario

They are the winners of the Golden Ball award in the World Cup tournaments. (clockwise from top left)

Paolo Rossi (Italy) 1982
Diego Maradona(Argentina) 1986
Salvatore Schillaci(Italy) 1990
Romario(Brazil) 1994
Ronaldo(Brazil) 1998
Oliver Kahn(Germany) 2002


Total No. Of Attempts: 15

No. Of Correct Answers: 12

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Tarun M
Vinitha N
Vikas S
Rubin S
Bennet A
Sumodh T
Tanushree B
Arjun K
Megha G
Shyam P
Radhika S
Mandar D


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Bharat Jain
Sayan Ghosh
Deepak Karamungikar
Shashank Rath
Prateek Vijayvargia

Question Of The Day: 9th February, 2006

A slightly difficult one perhaps. Find the connection between the three. [Hint: H. A. Largelamb]

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Alexander Graham Bell

He was among the founders of the National Geographic Society along with his father in law. He also founded the company AT&T. And finally the picture shown in the question is of Antonio Meucci whom many believe to be the actualy inventor of the telephone. (FYI other's believe it is Graham Bell!) H.A.Largelamb was the pseudonym under which Bell used to write for National Geographic magazine, its an anagram for Graham Bell.



Total No. Of Attempts: 16

No. Of Correct Answers: 13

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Supriya N
Rubin S
Bennet A
Tarun M
Sumodh T
Vinitha N
Sharon A
Radhika S
Sasidhar A
Ujjyini R
Vikas S
Mandar D
Tanushree B


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Bharat Jain
Aniruddha Biswas
Deepak Karamungikar
Mithun Kidambi
Abhishek Paul
Vineet Vijayvargia

Question Of The Day: 8th February, 2006

Another Sitter. Please connect the three and give me the whole story.

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And The Correct Ans Is

Yahoo

The two persons in the picture are Jerry Wang and David Filo, the founders of Yahoo! Inc. The Indian actor is Shammi Kapoor who made the term 'yahoo' very popular in the song 'chahe koi mujhe jungli kahe' from the movie Junglee and Johnathan Swift in his book Gulliver's Travels, describes Yahoo as a vile and savage creature, filthy and with unpleasant habits, resembling human beings far too closely for the liking of , who finds the calm and rational society of the Houyhnhumans far preferable.


Total No. Of Attempts: 16

No. Of Correct Answers: 14

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Tarun M
Vinitha N
Sumodh T
Arjun K
Aditya D
Radhika S
Tanushree B
Rubin S
Bennet A
Mandar
Shyam K
Aswathi J

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Deepak Karamungikar
Mithun Kidambi
Prateek Vijayvargia
Abhishek Paul

Question Of The Day: 7th Febraury, 2006

A sitter of a question. So I will be strict with the answers, please give me the specific connection for these three pictures.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Evita (Eva Peron)

The woman in the picture is Madonna, who played the part of Evita in a movie by the same name, based on the life of Eva Peron. The person in the black and white picture is Juan Peron, the ex-dictator of Argentina, and the husband of Eva Peron. And Andrew Lloyd Webber is the director of a musical called Evita which again was based on the life of Evita.

Total No. Of Attempts: 8

No. Of Correct Answers: 6

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Supriya N
Sumodh T
Arjun K
Manjusha N
Mandar D
Tanushree B

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Narayan Subramanian

Question Of The Day: 6th February, 2006

Please connect the following three personalities? [Hint: Think Fiction]

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Calvin and Hobbes (the comic strip).
The gentleman below is Bill Watterson, the creator of the strip. And the other two are the philosophers John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes, who inspired Watterson to create these characters.


Total No. Of Attempts: 10

No. Of Correct Answers: 6

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Arjun K
Sumodh T
Rubin S
Mandar D
Vinitha N
Bennet A

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Mithun Kidambi
Bharat Jain

Question Of The Day: 3rd February, 2006

A simple visual question for a change. Identify the person alongside Mahatma Gandhi.
[Hint: Think about the world of entertainment and be ready for a surprising answer]

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Charles Chaplin or Charlie Chaplin. That picture was taken at London on September 22, 1931.

Total No. Of Attempts: 19

No. Of Correct Answers: 13

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Vinitha N
Arjun K
Sasidhar A
Rubin S
Sharon A
Bennet A
Alekhya H
Mandar D
Sumodh T
Tarun M
Shyam P

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right


Mithun Kidambi
Narayan Subramanian
Prateek Vijayvargia

Question Of The Day: 2nd February, 2006

Question remains the same connection one.

On a personal note, one suggestion from the friendly neighbourhood quizmaster. If you don't mind oodles of inspiration and lots of goose bumps, RDB is a must watch :)

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Prasoon Joshi

He is with McCann Erickson India (Advertising Company) and his ad campaign, Coca Cola's 'Thanda Matlab Coca Cola' won the Golden Lion Award in Cannes in 2003. Then there was ME's logo. And finally Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics for the movie Rang De Basanti


Total No. Of Attempts: 19

No. Of Correct Answers: 13

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Arjun K
Supriya N
Rubin S
Sumodh T
Aditya D
Vijayaraghav R
Vinitha N
Sasidhar A
Dinesh J
Darshana S
Radhika R
Shyam P
Mandar D

Non-Googlers Who Got It Right

Kalyan Bhandari
Sivakumar MPT
Mithun Kidambi
Narayan Subramanian
Neelanktan E

Question Of The Day: 1st February, 2006

Connect the following pictures and remember its a sitter, just don't think about Football!

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Orkut.com

The person is Orkut Buyukkokten, the founder of Orkut.com, and Turkish by birth. Orkut in Turkish means 'Holy Meeting Place' and Brazil has the largest no. of members in orkut (above 70% acoording to latest records)

Total No. Of Attempts: 20

No. Of Correct Answers: 15

List Of Correct Answer Givers


Tanushree B
Sumodh T
Rubin S
Bennet A
Shyam P
Tarun M
Sasidhar A
Ranjana B
Vinitha N
Alekhya H
Dinesh J
Aditya D
Mandar D
Sriranjini L
Arjun K


Non-Googlers Who Got It Right

Prateek Vijayvargia