Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Question Of The Day: 30th September, 2009

Good to see lot's of answers (mostly correct) to the previous question. I am expecting a similar performance today as well. Go ahead and connect.

Please leave your answers as comments. They are moderated and will be published along with the correct answer.


And the correct answer is:

Frost/Nixon or Watergate

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Ron Howard (director of Frost/Nixon)

Sir David Frost

Mark Felt (known as Deep Throat in the Watergate episode)

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Question Of The Day: 29th September, 2009

Gauging from the responses over the last few days I shall not term this as easy, difficult or anything in between. Please go ahead and tell me what should come in place of the question mark? [Hint: America]

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And the correct answer is:

Texas. These are the 4 home states of the last 4 US presidents.

(Some of you answered Missouri based on the geographical position of these states (in a general North East direction), had this been a quiz with scores maybe I would have given you half the points.)

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Texas - George Bush Sr.

Arkansas - Bill Clinton

Texas - George Bush Jr.

Illinois - Barack Obama

Monday, September 28, 2009

Question Of The Day: 28th September, 2009

The last 2 questions having turned out to be slightly difficult, please consider this sitter as my Pujo gift! Simple, just let me know what am I referring to? 

Please leave your answers as comments. They are moderated and will be published along with the correct answer.


Wishing everyone a very Happy Dusherra and Shubho Bijoya.



And the correct answer is:

The movie - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Tiffany Brissette (played V.I.C.I in the TV series Small Wonder)

Christina Aguilera (with her son, Max)

Cobi, the mascot of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

Friday, September 25, 2009

Question Of The Day: 25th September, 2009

When I said I expected less than 10 answers to y'day's QOTD I didn't mean 0!  And since Sujasha mentioned the correct answer, I mention her name here:)

Today's question is a much simpler one. The hint I will give is that it's contextual and it's very easy to get into wrong tracks, please do not! Go ahead and connect.

Added hint! This is a pure 'lateral thinking' question. Please think way out of the box!

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And the correct answer is:

They are all vahanas/mounts/vehicles of Goddess Durga & her children

Pictures were as follows:

Top left - Owl (Hedwig from Harry Potter) - Goddess Lakshmi

Top right - Swan (from the movie The Swan Princess) - Goddess Saraswati

Bottom right - Peacock (NBC's peacock logo) - Lord Kartik

Bottom left - Rat/Mouse (Mickey Mouse) - Lord Ganesha

Centre - Lion (Simba from Lion King) - Goddess Durga

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Question Of The Day: 24th September, 2009

With 10 correct answers yesterday, my terming the question as 'slightly on the tougher side' seemed a little off. Today I am almost certain the complete correct answers with explanation will be below 10. There I threw you a challenge:)


Connect. 


Please leave your answers as comments. They are moderated and will be published along with the correct answer.






And the correct answer is:

Dr. Manmohan Singh

All of the above were succeeded by Dr. Singh in different capacities

Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)

A B Vajpayee (PM of India, 1999-2004)



Wednesday, September 23, 2009

We've Moved! + Question Of The Day: 23rd September, 2009

After close to 4 years of contemplating and procrastinating about moving to our own custom domain, we finally took the step yesterday - www.inquizzitivegoogle.blogspot.com is now available at www.inquizzitive.in !

But that's all that has changed, everything else including the format, layout, host (Blogger) and even the links remain the same - so you need not worry! Any links anywhere in the world wide web pointing to Inquizzitive or any of it's specific posts will be auto redirected to the same one in www.inquizzitive.in If you want to subscribe to our feeds you can do so from here.

Special thanks to Sasidhar for helping us with the move.

Would be great if you could spread the word and a link here and there is most welcome:)

Anyway, coming to today's QOTD. It's good old connect. My guess is slightly on the tougher side, but please feel free to go ahead and prove me wrong!



And the correct answer is:

Michael Jackson

Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)

Debbie Rowe (his wife)

Justin Timberlake (from the infamous 'warddrobe malfunction' event at Superbowl with Janet Kackson - his sister)

Bubbles (his pet chimpanzee)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Question Of The Day: 22nd September, 2009

The first cricket question of the season, and an easy one to start off things. Who/what will come in place of the question mark?



And the correct answer is:

Saeed Anwar (these are the highest run scorers in a single innings of an ODI)


Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)

Sanath Jayasuriya (189)

Vivian Richards (189*)

Charles Coventry (194*)

Saeed Anwar has a highest score of 194.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Question Of The Day: 21st September, 2009

After the previous sitter, a slightly harder nut to crack! Connect.



And the correct answer is:

The Shashi Tharoor Tweet controversy.


Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)

Flag of Liberia (the country Shashi Tharoor was going to while sending the Tweet, and where he was when the controversy erupted)

The cover of the novel 'Holy Cow' by Sarah Macdonald (Shashi said that in his tweet)

Logo of The Pioneer newspaper. Kanchan Gupta, the journalist who had asked Tharoor the question over Twitter, to which he sent that now infamous tweet, is from The Pioneer.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Question Of The Day: 18th September, 2009

Thanks for the warm & encouraging welcome to Inquizzitive once again!

Today's question is a little different from the usual format. You need to explain which object of daily use was the keyword whose search trend is shown in the graph. The picture in the right hand bottom corner should serve as a hint. If you are unacquainted with Google Trends, then you may want to refer to this post from 2006.

I have selected 'All Regions' as the geographic setting to generate this chart, which means search data from all countries of the world.



And the correct answer is:



Shoe





The spike in searches was because of the famous shoe-throwing at George Bush incident in Iraq in December 2008. And the picture below is that of Muntezar Al Zaidi, the shoe thrower after he was released last week.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Question Of The Day: 17th September, 2009

Hello there,

If you all are still there, that is:) I checked the previous posts to find out that this will be what can be termed as the 4th comeback for Inquizzitive, since it started back in December 2005. And yes, the blog has been dormant for the better part of the last four years.

The last week has been as good as any to make a comeback, after watching Kim Clisjters' lifting her  daughter and the US Open, I knew it was time to restart Inquizzitive. And two 36 year old men scoring their 44th ODI century and winning the US Open Men's Doubles only added to the motivation.

If you still have some hopes in my commitment to QOTD, then I would urge you to read this post from last year, not much has changed. Yes, with the advancement in technology we have one more way of getting new questions notifications - Twitter! If you want the latest question, you can follow me @suhel.

Starting off the new season (!) with a teaser, doesn't perhaps qualify as a question! I have been somewhat out of touch, but plan to come back to form soon!

Looking forward to some good participation again!

What am I referring to?




And the correct answer is:

The Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift controversy.

Pictures (in clockwise order from top left)

1) Mark Taylor (Hint: taylor)
2) Poster of the movie 'Girl, Interrupted' (Hint: interrupted)
3) Poster of the movie 'Wild, Wild, West' (Hint: west)