Question Of The Day: 30th October, 2009

Not an exhaustive list, but something unique connects these cricketers. Will be tough without a hint, and I won't give a hint:) Go ahead, connect and pat yourself on the back!

Difficulty Level - Tough

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All of them were involved in the last over of the two tied tests in 1960 and 1986
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Maninder Singh

Greg Mathews

Ravi Shastri


Wes Hall

Question Of The Day: 29th October, 2009

Moving to a single image question format for today. What is going on here? Precise answers please.

Difficulty Level - Medium

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J F Kennedy's 'alleged' assassin,  Lee Harvey Oswald, being shot at by Jack Ruby.

Question Of The Day: 28th October, 2009

Had been very caught up all day and thus the late post. Recognise any one of the gentlemen and it's a breeze. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Very Easy

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All involved in the Naxal movement.
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Charu Mazumdar (founder of the movement)

Kanu Sanyal (co-founder)


Kobad Ghandy (recently arrested Naxalite)

Question Of The Day: 27th October, 2009

No hints. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Easy

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All of them have been models for Lux soap.
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Abhishek Bachchan

Shah Rukh Khan

Paul Newman

(Ali Zafar from Pakistan has been the only other male model)

Question Of The Day: 26th October, 2009

Quite a common quiz question. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Very easy

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All of them died in air crashes
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

John Denver

Zia Ul Haq

Ramon Magasasay

G M C Balayogi

Question Of The Day: 23rd October, 2009

The question mark will complete a current exhaustive list. Who will come in place of the ?

Difficulty Level - Tough

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Claire Taylor

They are the 5 Wisden Cricketers of the year for 2009. Claire is also the first woman cricketer to be included in the list.
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Dale Benkenstein


James Anderson


Neil Mckenzie


Mark Boucher

Question Of The Day: 22nd October, 2009

Not an exhaustive list, but what connects them?

Difficulty Level - Medium

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Celebrity Big Brother 2007

These were some of the participants of the celebrity Big Brother show of 2007 which Shilpa Shetty won.
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Danielle Boyd


Jermaine Jackson


Jack Tweed

Question Of The Day: 21st October, 2009

Today's question is slightly generic in nature and that's why the 5 hints. Which theme am I referring to here?

Difficulty Level - Easy

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Scams/Internet security/Viruses etc
 
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Ketan Parekh - famous scamster

Still from movie P.S I Love You - I love you was a malicious internet virus/worm

edited logo of Verisign - internet security company

Picture of Kanu - footballer from Nigeria, and the 419 was a hint for the famous Nigerian 419 scams.

Question Of The Day: 20th October, 2009

Give yourself a pat on the back if you get it. They are all sportsmen from different sports, yet something connects them. Lateral thinking hats and some sports knowledge and a lot of Googling suggested.

Difficulty Level - Very Tough

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Sportspersons who have terms named after them in various sports

Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Alexander Alekhine - Alekhine Gambit in Chess

Dick Fosbury - Fosbury Flip in High Jump

Vinoo Mankad - Mankaded in Cricket

Question For The Day: 19th October, 2009

Another Google Trends question. Which relatively common Indian woman's name generated the graph shown below. If you read the question carefully it's a sitter.

Difficulty Level - Easy

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Savita (of savita bhabhi dot com fame)

Here's the link to the trends chart (no not the site:) )

Question Of The Day: 15th October, 2009

Diwali gift:) Connect.

Difficulty Level - Very Easy

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Wishing everyone a very happy Diwali! Inquizzitive will be back on Monday, 19th October, 2009.

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Wake Up Sid/Iktara

Pictures from top left (clockwise)

Amit Trivedi (music composer of Ikatara, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy composed the rest of the songs)

Ayan Mukherjee (Director of the movie)

A picture of Ektara, the musical instrument.

Question Of The Day: 14th October, 2009

The easiest question of the season. Tell me what does the heat map of the world produced below depict? The break up is a hint.

Difficulty Level - Very Easy

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It is the heat map of all Nobel winners till date.

The break up was of Males, Females and organisations

Special thanks to Amit Agarwal (better know as Labnol) who allowed us to use the pictures from his blog.

Question Of The Day: 13th October, 2009

I have been proved to be a bad judge of difficulty level of these questions, so take it with a pinch of salt. Once again, lateral thinking. Broad domain - tech.

Difficulty Level - Medium

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Code Names of MS Windows versions

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Daytona - Windows NT 3.5

Memphis (Elvis Presley at Graceland) - Windows 2000

Longhorn (Texas Longhorn) - Windows Vista

Blackcomb - Windows 7

Question Of The Day: 12th October, 2009

Slightly esoteric. From the world of entertainment. Lateral thinking to be applied. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Tough

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How I Met Your Mother (TV series)

These are all names of the primary characters from the series.

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Marshall (that's an F1 Marshall)

Lilly (that's Lilly Allen)

Robin (that's Robin from Batman)

Ted (that's Ted Turner)

Barney [in the center] (that's Barney & Friends image)

Question Of The Day: 9th October, 2009

Steer clear of obvious traps and the answer is staring at you. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Medium

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Mont Blanc (Pens)

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Sonam Kapoor (girl in the centre, Mont Blanc's brand ambassador along with Dad, Anil Kapoor)

241 (number of Gandhiji edition Mont Blanc pens launched, because there were 241 people with Gandhiji in the Dandi March) Correction: Actually 241 is the number of the miles they walked in the Dandi March and hence 241 Pens. Thanks Prateek.

Tushar Gandhi (Gandhiji's great grandson, also one of the first recipients of the 11 lakh INR pen)

Question Of The Day: 8th October, 2009

As someone's mom said "Life is a box of chocolates". Today you get a lollipop. Connect the three gentlemen.

Difficulty Level - Very Easy

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Apollo 11 (the three men were the first to go to the moon)


Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Neil Armstrong

Edwin Aldrin

Michael Collins

Question Of The Day: 7th October, 2009

A little surprised to see everyone stumped with y'day's question. Today's could go either way, and with my hint I think it should be a sitter. All I will ask you to do is go back to your Indian childhood. That's it, connect

Difficulty Level - Easy


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Chacha Chaudhry (Indian comicbook hero)


Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Pran (creator of the series)

Rocket (name of Chacha Chaudhry's dog)

Diamond Comics logo (publishers of the series)

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Question Of The Day: 6th October, 2009

Today's question is what they call 'domain specific'. If you aren't interested in soccer/non-American football, then maybe it's not for you. Yes, please let me know who should come in place of the question mark.

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Pierluigi Colina (Italian soccer referee)

These were the referees of the World Cup Finals from 1994-2006


Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Sandor Puhl (USA, 1994)

Said Belqola (France, 1998)

Pierluigi Colina (?) (Japan/Korea, 2002)

Horacio Elizondo (Germany, 2006)

Question Of The Day: 5th October, 2009

The only hint for today's question is that it has very little to nothing to do with Geography. Go ahead and connect.

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Tintin (these are all places mentioned in the titles of Tintin comics)

Pictures from top left (clockwise):

America (Tintin In America)

Congo (Tintin In The Congo)

Soviet Union (Tintin in the Land Of Soviet)

Tibet (Tintin in Tibet)

and the picture in the centre was obviously the moon ( Destination Moon)

Question Of The Day: 1st October, 2009

A much asked for change has come about - the background colour is the more pleasing white! With that please connect the three pictures below, enough hints there. Also, the next QOTD will be on 5th October, as 2nd October (Mahatma Gandhi's birthday is a national holiday in India).

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Microsoft
 
Pictures from top left (clockwise):

Matthew Perry, who played the role of Chandler Bing in FRIENDS (Bing is MS' Search Engine)

Jerry Seinfield (acted with Bill Gates in MS ads last year)

Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect of MS (also the creator of Lotus Notes, and thus the BJP flag)