Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Question Of The Day: 13th September, 2006

After a couple of extremely low-scoring questions, time to push the accelerator. This is a sitter by most quizzing standards, but please remember that you will be given points ONLY if you can connect the three men with the lady who is the hint. Get cracking!

PLEASE mail the answer to suhel.banerjee@gmail.com with 'Answer of the Day' as the subject line.

Answers over IM will NOT be considered.





And The Correct Ans. Is

Forrest Gump

These were the three presidents with whom Forrest meets and the lady in question is Robin Wright Penn, the actress in the movie.

The presidents in the pictures are: John F Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson.

Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 2
No. Of Correct Answers: 2

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Vandana M ( 2 points, 10 hours:45 minutes)
Smitha P


Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 20

No. Of Correct Answers: 16

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Rahul Paul ( 2 points, 0 hours :03 minutes)
Bee Gee
Vivek Karthikeyan
Mitesh Vasa
Goutham Lakshminarayan
Amitangshu
Chirag Mutgi
Ashish Agarwal
Shobhit Jain
Arun Warrier
Ameya Mardolkar
Bhavin Vora
Shreyas Joshi
Varun Raina
Abhishek Borah
Harikrishnan Vijayan

Question Of The Day: 12th September, 2006

Sports question but with a difference, just be a bit careful about the hints. So who/what connects the following and how?

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Ayerton Senna

Picture 1) Roland Ratzenberger, who was killed on the same day as Senna during practice.

Picture 2)Logo of the 1994 soccer World Cup, Senna died in 1994

Picture 3) Williams F1 team Logo, the team for which Senna drove in that season.

Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 6
No. Of Correct Answers: 0

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 1

No. Of Correct Answers: 1

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Vinesh Kumar ( 3 points, 20 hours :22 minutes)[LONE WARRIOR]

Monday, September 11, 2006

Question Of The Day: 11th September, 2006

Happy Monday:) The question is a sitter if you can identify these gentlemen, otherwise.... So who/what comes in place of the question mark. Hint: 1980s

PLEASE mail the answer to suhel.banerjee@gmail.com with 'Answer of the Day' as the subject line.

Answers over IM will NOT be considered.

Today's question has been originally framed by Anal Ghosh and modified by yours truly.





And The Correct Ans. Is

The Personal Computer

They were the TIME person's of the year fro 1980-1983

1980- Ronald Reagan
1981 - Lech walesa
1982 - Personal Computer
1983 - Rinald Reagan and Yuri Andropov


Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 1
No. Of Correct Answers: 1

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Arjun K ( 3 points, 9hours :44minutes)[LONE WARRIOR]

Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 18

No. Of Correct Answers: 12

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Vinesh Kumar ( 2 points, 0 hours :13 minutes)
Ravi Ramakanth
Rahul Paul
Rajat Hazra
Vivek Karthikeyan
Bee Gee
Sanjeev Jayakumar
Amit Singh
Shobhit Jain
Arun Warrier
Ashish Agarwal
Anusha Rao

Sunday, September 10, 2006

This Roo Packs A Punch!

The internet unlcoked the entire world's information for all of us, but the only condition was we had to be 'online'. This changed the way we lived and we actually have become so dependent on the net that the little time we cannot access it, e.g. in flights, shopping malls, drive to work etc. we feel helpless.

And that is where help came in, in the form of Webaroo. This product realized the need to make the net available even when we are off-line, and thus in effect get the internet into our machines. To read all about Webaroo you can check out the article on it in wikipedia.

I have personally been using this since it's first version, and found it particularly helpful during the World Cup nights. That was before I got broadband back home, and the webaroo webpacks on World Cup which I downloaded and installed on my machine helped me find answers to the various questions arising as and when the matches were being played.

One of Inquizzitive's regulars, Pratyush Prasanna, is an integral member of the Webaroo team. If you have any questions regarding Webaroo you can send them to me and I will forward them to Pratyush.

This product is definitely worth a try.

Quizzically Yours,
Suhel

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Question Of The Day: 8th September, 2006

It's been a long time since framing a question gave so much satisfaction! Please connect the following, and come to think of it the question is actually quite simple:) Have a great quizzing weekend ahead. See you on 9/11.

PLEASE mail the answer to suhel.banerjee@gmail.com with 'Answer of the Day' as the subject line.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Sherlock Holmes/ Arthur Conan Doyle

They were all names of Holmes' stories/novels.

Picture 1) Devil's Foot (Devil's Advocate - Advocate + foot)

Picture 2 (left hand bottom) The Sign Of Four in Braille

The remaining 6 pictures were those of Napoleon ( The Adventure of Six Napoleons)

Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 8
No. Of Correct Answers: 2

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Arjun K ( 2 points, 12 hours :30minutes)
Jeena J

Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 22

No. Of Correct Answers: 7

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Bee Gee ( 2 points, 2 hours :23 minutes)
Sobhanjeet Rath
Vinesh Kumar
Shobhit Jain
Latish Venugopal
Ashish Agarwal
Ravi Ramakanth

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Question Of The Day: 7th September, 2006

I am having some serious problems with my internet connection, and thus QOTD may be a little irregular over the next few days.

A classic and pure trivia connect question. Go ahead.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

Polydactyly (The possession of more that the normal number of fingers/toes.)

All of them have/had extra fingers on their hands.

They are: Gary Sobers, Hrithik Roshan and Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins)


Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 11
No. Of Correct Answers: 6

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Shyam K ( 2 points, 9 hours :17 minutes)
Vikas S
Sumant S
Smitha P
Vandana M
Rubin S

Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 15

No. Of Correct Answers: 12

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Bee Gee ( 2 points, 0 hours:11 minutes)
Vinesh Kumar
Rahul Paul
Mitesh Vasa
Mayur Narasimhan
Vivek Karthikeyan
Pallavi Roy
Amitangshu
Ravi Ramakanth
Shyamal Mishra
Arun Warrier
Archana Satpathy

No QOTD Today

Hello Quizzers,

As it is already very late, I am calling off today's QOTD. Inquizzitive will be back tonight at midnight IST. Hopefully Blogger will be in a position to allow me to upload the picture then!

Quizzically Yours,
Suhel

Monday, September 04, 2006

Question Of The Day: 5th September, 2006

Connect the following to one person. Please don't take the usual route because one of the hints is slightly lateral in nature.

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And The Correct Ans. Is

George Bernard Shaw

Picture 1) Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles where the Oscars are presented. GB Shaw won the Oscar for the best screenplay for Pygmalion in 1938.

Picture 2) 1925 was the year when he received the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Picture 3) Poster of the movie Pygmalion.

Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 9

No. Of Correct Answers: 3

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Shyam K ( 2 points, 11 hours :45 minutes)
Jeena J
Vandana M


Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 22

No. Of Correct Answers: 6

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Bee Gee ( 2 points, 1 hour:49 minutes)
Vikram Hiray
Rajat Hazra
Vikram B
Jitaditya Narzary
Rahul Paul

Question Of The Day: 4th September, 2006

Connect the following three pictures with proper logical backing.

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Answers over IM will NOT be considered.



And The Correct Ans. Is

Blogger/Blogspot

Pic 1: Evan Williams and Meg Hourihan, co-founded Pyra Labs, the company behind Blogger.com.

Pic 2: Google acquired Pyra Labs in February 2003.

Pic 3: Screen shot of 'Inquizzitivegoogle', just a decoy. An example of a blog published on blogspot.com.

Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 12

No. Of Correct Answers: 5

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Rubin S ( 2 points, 0 hours :09 minutes)
Arjun K
Shyam K
Smitha P
Jeena J


Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 21

No. Of Correct Answers: 10

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Arun Warrier ( 2 points, 0 hour:11 minutes)
Bee Gee
Vinesh Kumar
Archana Satpathy
Venkateswaran Vishwanathan
Ravi Ramakanth
Shyamal Mishra
Kapil Kant Kaul
Shyam Naren
Kunal Singh
Pallavi Roy

Friday, September 01, 2006

Question Of The Day: 1st September, 2006

End of yet another week, and this time I am resorting to a purely cryptic (yet quizzing) question after a long time. All you need to tell me is what are these and what's special about them? Happy weekend:)

PLEASE mail the answer to suhel.banerjee@gmail.com with 'Answer of the Day' as the subject line.

Answers over IM will NOT be considered.



And The Correct Ans. Is

These words (read them backwards) have all the five vowels in the order a,e,i,o and u. The words are

Facetious, Abstemious and Arsenious

Inside Google

Total No. Of Attempts: 18

No. Of Correct Answers: 12

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Sumant S ( 2 points, 0 hours :03 minutes)
Vikas S
Shyam K
Nagalakshmi V
Supriya N
Arjun K
Sasidhar A
Smitha P
Ranjana B
Jeena J
Vandana M
Vishal Vignesh


Non Googlers


Total No. Of Attempts: 43

No. Of Correct Answers: 36

List Of Correct Answer Givers

Aneesh Jain ( 2 points, 0 hours :08 minutes)
Bee Gee
Arun Warrier
Ankit Jain
Anal Ghosh
Venkateswaran Viswanathan
Gautham Ravichander
Vikram Hiray
Sanjay Gianchandani
Rahul Paul
Shashank Rath
Rajat Hazra
Vivek Karthikeyan
Prateek Vijayavargia
Vinesh Kumar
Devender Gupta
Deepak Karamungikar
Naveen Venkataraman
Amitangshu
Niranjan
Ravi Ramakanth
Shobhit Jain
Kunal Singh
Ashish Agarwal
Shyamal Mishra
Anusha Rao
Archana Satpathy
Megha Jain
Sobhanjeet Rath
Naseer Ahmed
Kapil Kant Kaul
Ingit Tibrewal
Naveen Nathani
Ishani Chakraborty
Gautham Krishnamurthy
Shreyas Joshi