Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Question OF The Day: 31st March, 2010

Another very simple connect. Need to explain the significance of all 4 pictures.

Difficulty Level - Easy

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And the correct answer is:

Dilbert Comics, these are all references to characters from the comics.
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)
Johnny Depp from Alice in Wonderland. Character reference = Alice.
Ashok Kumar. Character reference = Asok
The Elbonians.
Wally Hammond. Character reference = Wally

Special mention - Chocochan, the only person to give the correct answer. 

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Question Of The Day: 30th March, 2010

Sorry for the week long delay. A lollipop as a warm up gift:) Courtesy: Boiledbeans

Difficulty Level - Very Easy

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And the correct answer is:

Android
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)
Philip Dick, author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
Harrison Ford, acted in the movie 'Blade Runner' which was based on the book  "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
A Nexus One phone, which runs on the Google Android Operating System.

[In the book, a bounty hunter named Rick Deckard is charged with a mission to eliminate rogue “Nexus-6″ model androids.]

Monday, March 22, 2010

Question OF The Day: 22nd March, 2010

Almost a direct 'identify' question. Connect the gentlemen in the 4 B & W pictures. The one in colour is your hint and has no direct connection to do with the 4 or the answer.

Difficulty Level - Very Tough

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And the correct answer is:

Warner Brothers
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)
Albert Warner (this is actually Albert Warner Overhauser of the Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy (NOESY) fame., had to include his picture as I didn't get one of the the relevant Albert Warner)
Harry Warner
Jack Warner
Sam Warner
The hint was Andrew Llyod Webber as it was his birthday on 22nd March (the day this question was put up) and the rights to the 'Happy Birthday' song are with the Warner Brothers Corp.

Friday, March 19, 2010

Question Of The Day: 19th March, 2010

Congrats to those who cracked y'day's answer!


A breather to end the week. It's a connection question again and the answer is one person.

Difficulty Level - Easy

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And the correct answer is:

Lalit Modi
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left)
Logo of the BCCI - Lalit Modi is the existing VP of the BCCI
Logo of DLF - prime sponsors of the IPL, where Lalit Modi is the Chairman
Logos of Four Square & I-Gen brand of cigarettes, owned by Godfrey Philips India. Lalit Modi is the Executive Director of GPI, which is owned by his family's Modi Enterprise.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Question Of The Day: 18th March, 2010

One of my most favourite questions of Inquizzitive till date, had immense pleasure framing it, hope to get a lot of answers! Connect.

Difficulty Level - Medium

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And the correct answer is:

The 10 present non-permanent members of the UN Security Council. All the flags and people shown in the picture belong to those countries.
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left) [A1-A2-A3-A4, B1-B2-B3, C1-C2-C3]
Wolfgang Mozart - Austria
Flag of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Kaka - Brazil
Flag of Gabon
Idi Amin - Uganda
Salma Hayek - Mexico
SRK from a scene in RNBDJ, involved in Sumo Wrestling - Japan
Flag of Lebanon
Kanu - Nigeria
Flag of Turkey.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Question Of The Day: 17th March, 2010

After stumbling upon the RISE y'day, I am a little paranoid and have set a 2nd level of connect question. Also, if you're using any RISE do let me know how it changed the experience. Feedback will be important to tailor future Inquizzitive questions. As of now, connect!

Difficulty Level - Tough

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And the correct answer is:

Garuda (the Bird like creature from the Mahabharata)
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):
Cover of the book of fables, Panchatantra. It was written by Vishnu Sharma. Garuda is the vahana (mount) of Lord Vishnu.
The members of the music band - The Eagles, Garuda is said to have an Eagle's face.
Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia. Garuda is the national symbol and national airlines of Indonesia.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Reverse Image Search Engine - A Technological Wonder

Hello Quizzards,

First I would like to take this rare opportunity to thank each and every one of you for the constant support and encouragement that keeps infusing a fresh lease of life into Inquizzitive, time and again!

When I started this blog, in December of 2005, I knew my biggest challenge was my employer. Yes Google. No, they didn't have a problem with my maintaining a little known trivia blog. It's just that Google had killed the joy of online quizzing as any 'dry' text question would just be copied, pasted into the Google search bar and voila you had the answer staring at you in the snippet of search results 1, 2 or at most 3. A big win for Google, a big blow to online quizzing.

That's what prompted me to start the pictorial connection of quizzing in Inquizzitive. However, I always knew that this format too would be 'cracked' one day, and the tool that would help in doing so would be a RISE (reverse image search engine). Yes, a search engine where you can somehow upload an image and it magically tells you what the image is. I knew it was a few years away, how many I didn't know. Today I do.

A friend and fellow quizzer, KingM (he prefers to be a little anonymous online) answered today's 'very tough' question by first looking for a RISE and then by using it smartly to get the clues. When I learnt about this, I was quite shell shocked and wanted to get into denial by moderating his comment where he has mentioned the product. Then I realised what a brilliant technological advancement this is and instead of trying to suppress information and innovation (in vain) let me introduce you to TinEye.

Let's say we take this picture of Mahatma Gandhi from this Wikipedia article.

Now let's assume you

1) know the url from where I took this image and
2) You just have the image but not the url

All you need to do is go to www.tineye.com and in case of

1) Just paste the url  or 2) just upload the picture in the search field and the reverse search engine will throw up a result as shown below



Yes, it's that simple!

As of now it has some teething problems, and doesn't recognise all images as smoothly as it should but I am sure in the coming days this will become a technology as solid and reliable as search is today. As a technology enthusiast I applaud this achievement! As the owner of Inquizzitive, I take this up as a challenge to continue giving you questions that will keep you engaged in spite of the new tools at hand!

With that I introduce TinEye to you!

Question Of The Day: 16th March, 2010

The two gentlemen shown in the picture (top right and top left) have a very unique distinction. You need to tell me what is it. The gentleman in the bottom left should act as a hint because he also almost falls in that category, but not quite. And for very different reasons.

Difficulty Level - Very Tough

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And the correct answer is:

People who have rejected the Nobel prize.
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):
Jean Paul Satre
Le Duc Tho
The hint was Boris Pastern who was asked by the soviet union to decline the prize.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Question Of The Day: 15th March, 2010

This could have been a tough question, but I decided to make it a medium one by giving hints in the pictures. Connect the people shown in  images below.

Difficulty Level - Medium

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And the correct answer is:

Kite Runner
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):
Khalid Abdalla (actor who played the protagonist in the movie)
Khaled Hosseini (author of the book)
Marc Foster (director of the movie)

Friday, March 12, 2010

Question Of The Day: 12th March, 2010

A slight deviation from the usual connect format. What does this heat map of the world depict? The more details you can provide, the better.


Today's QOTD has been framed by Aniruddha Biswas.

Difficulty Level - Medium


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Picture courtesy Wikipedia

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And the correct answer is:

Heat map of participation in the Kyoto Protocol
Green:Countries that have signed and ratified the treaty
Grey:Countries that are not yet decided
Red:Countries with no intention to ratify the treaty

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Question Of The Day: 11th March, 2010

A tough one to follow the 'try balls'. Hard core cricketing trivia. Exclusive bunch of gentlemen from the world of cricket. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Tough


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All pictures courtesy Cricinfo.


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And the correct answer is:

All of them scored double centuries on Test cricket debut.
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):
Tip Foster (England)
Lawrence Rowe (West Indies)
Brendon Kuruppu (Sri Lanka)
Jacques Rudolph (South Africa)
Matthew Sinclair (New Zealand)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Question Of The Day: 10th March, 2010

Stunning response to the previous question! Another sitter as a follow up, obviously can't give any clues this time. Connect.

Difficulty Level - Very Easy


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And the correct answer is:
Twitter

They are the co-founders of the microblogging site Twitter.
Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Biz Stone

Evan Williams

Jack Dorsey

Monday, March 08, 2010

Question Of The Day: 8th March, 2010

Wanted to cash in on the Oscar buzz before it dies! Who should come in place of the question mark?

Difficulty Level - Easy


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And the correct answer is:
Paris Hilton (2008)

These are the actresses who won the Razzie for Worst Actress between 2005-09.

Pictures in clockwise order (from top left):

Jenny McCarthy

Sharon Stone

Lindsay Lohan

Sandra Bullock