Question Of The Day - February 26,2009

Identify these images and connect them.

(This week's questions contributed by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[4 Points]

Answer:
1.Luc Montagnier - the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Montagnier for the discovery of HIV
2.Ryan White - became a poster child for HIV after being expelled from school because of his infection.
3.Structure of HIV connect:HIV or AIDS

Question Of The Day - February 25,2009

Identify the two individuals and explain the connection The map at the bottom is a clue. (This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan) [3 Points]

Answer:
1. Frank Baum, the creator of Wizard of Oz.

2. Judy Garland, who played the role of Dorothy in the move "Wizard of Oz".

3. A Map of Kansas City where the "Wizard of Oz" is set.

Connection - "The Movie - Wizard of Oz"

Question Of The Day - February 24,2009

Identify and connect the two persons. (This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan) [3 Points]

Answer:
On the Left is Raj Reddy,a pioneer in the field of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

On the right is Alan Turing, considered by many to be the father of modern Computer Science. With the Turing Test, he made a significant and provocative contribution to the debate regarding Artificial Intelligence.

Raj Reddy is the only Indian to win the Turing Award, an award given for significant contribution of technical importance to computing.

Question Of The Day - February 23,2009

What is historic about this ruined structure?

Hint from QM : "Rush and you shall find"

(The week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[1 Points]

Answer:
This is a mill belonging to John Sutter

This is the place where the California Gold rush is supposed to have started

Question Of The Day - February 22,2009

X sang two songs for a movie Y whose music director was Z.

These songs were based on two Ragas namely A & B.

The music director Z used his voice as C's voice in the movie.

X was reluctant to sing for any movies and therefore reportedly charged 50 times the price that other popular singers were commanding at that time just to dissuade the music director Z.

Identify X,Y,Z & A,B,C?
[6 Points]


Answer:
X-Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Y-Mughal-e-Azham Z-Naushad A/B -Sohni & Rageshree C-Tansen Khan was reluctant to sing for films, but sang two songs based on ragas Sohni and Rageshree for the 1960 film Mughal-e-Azam, in which his voice was represented as Tansen's by the music director Naushad. In an attempt to dissuade Naushad by asking an obnoxiously high price, he reportedly ended up charging Rs. 25,000/- per song when the going rate for popular playback singers such as Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi was below Rs. 500/- per song.

Question For - February 21,2009

How would you connect these two images?
[3 Points]

Answer:
On February 17th, 1930, a cow was sent up in an airplane for the first time. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis. The name of the cow is OLLIE.
The artist E. D. Thalinger even painted her portrait for posterity.

The Ollie is an aerial skateboarding trick, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand in 1978. When doing an ollie the skateboarder leaps into the air bringing the board into the air without using their hands. The board appears to magically lift with the feet remaining in contact with the board throughout the jump.

Question Of The Day - February 20,2009

Connect the images and explain the connection to each image properly

Contributed by Tathagata Mukherji
[5 Points]

Answer:
The connect is Tata Elxsi

1. Tata Elxsi did the visual effects for Rang de Basanti. This won a screen award.

2. Tata Elxsi also did the visual effects for Road Side Romeo

3. Tata Elxsi designed the logo for Sony BMG

4. Mr. Madukar Dev, the CEO of Tata Elxsi

Question Of The Day - February 19,2009

Interesting Collage of Flags.

Identify each flag and connect them
[10 Points]

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Question Of The Day - February 18,2009

Identify the two individuals and connect them. [3 Points]



Answer:
Khaleel Al Dumaini, the lawyer who represented Saddam Hussain

Muntader al Zaidi the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush

Muntader al Zaidi declined the services of Khalid as his lawyer.

Question Of The Day - February 17,2009

This is the statue of a very famous person who was a political philosopher and writer. Who is he?

The inscription on the statue may give some clue. What does it mean?

Name the book written by him which made him world famous. [3 points]

Answer For -
This is Karl Marx's statue.

The inscription reads "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!" (Proleterians of all countries unite!)".

The book written by him was Das Kapital. However, we have also accepted The Communist Manifesto

Question Of The Day - February 16,2009

What is being shown here? [1 point]

Answer:
British actor Reg Varney using the world's first ATM in 1967, located at a branch of Barclays Bank, Enfield. The system was developed by De La Rue.

Question Of The Day - February 15,2009

The statue 'A' is located in city 'B' and is dedicated to 'C', 'D' and 'E'

'C' was the first to achieve the feat 'F'.

He managed to achieve this around a fortnight after 'D' and 'E' failed in their attempt to achieve 'F'

Identify A, B, C, D, E and F [6 Points]

Answer:
A. Memorial at Bourget Airport

B. Paris

C. Charles Lindbergh

D. Charles Nungesser

E. Francois Coli

F. Flight across the Atlantic

Question Of The Day - February 14, 2009

Identify these two coats of arms and connect them.

Hint : The date of this question should provide a clue
[3 Points]



Answer:
1. Coat of arms of the Montagues

2. Coat of arms of the Capulets

Romeo was a son of the Montagues and Juliet was a daughter of the Capulets in the play Romeo and Juliet.

A tribute to one of the best known romantic couples on the occasion of Valentines Day Their romance

Question Of The Day - February 13,2009

The two men shown are both very famous writers. Identify both and connect them

Note : The pictures are not co contemporaneous.

One point for each individual and One point for the connect
[3 Points]

Answer:

1. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

A humorist who has brought laughter to millions of people on the planet with his characters especially "Bertie Wooster" and his valet "Jeeves"

2. C. Northcote Parkinson

He has published over 60 books of which 'Parkinsons Law' is the most famous. He was also a British Naval Historian and is considered a scholar in the field of Public Administration.

C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a book "Jeeves, the Gentleman's personal gentleman" in which he penned a biography of Jeeves, the inimitable valet to Bertie Wooster.

Question Of The Day - February 12,2009

Connect these visuals to a sportsman. Explain the connection. [1 Points]



Answer :
Michael Owen, Owen starred in a series of adverts that charted his life, and rise to fame.In 2001, he was the advertising face of breakfast cereal "Nestlé Sporties". He also appeared in several adverts for the washing powder Persil, in a contract worth £1,000,000.Owen was selected as one of the two cover athletes for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.He has been an ambassador of the Swiss watchmaker Tissot since 1998 and has a contract with car manufacturer Jaguar.

Question Of The Day - February 11,2009

Identify all the visuals.

Connect them to an organisation.

(Several well known people are part of this organisation.)
[1 Points]

Answer :
The American presidents who were famous civitians of civitian international. Several well-known individuals have been Civitans, including: Thomas Edison President Calvin Coolidge President Franklin D. Roosevelt, charter member of the New York Civitan Club President John F. Kennedy President Harry Truman U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ed Sanford General John Pershing Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, charter member of the New York Civitan Club Richard Petty Bo Jackson Frank Thomas Richard Rohmer, who served as a Civitan district governor and international treasurer. Richmond H. Hilton, Medal of Honor recipient.

Question Of The Day - February 10,2009

Identify the cricketer and his speciality

Answer:
Anil Dalpat

The first Hindu to play test cricket for Pakistan

Question Of The Day - February 9,2009

Identify the person in the picture

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Question Of The Day - February 8,2009

A was heavily publisiced by media and quizzers all over India.

But actually it was B, according to the director C of the movie D who was the inspiration to the story of the blockbuster D.

The director C made his debut into Bollywood (as a director) with the movie E.

The movie E was based on the real life character F, whose record "score" is around 110, as against the figure claimed in the movie E.

Identify A,B,C,D,E,F
[6 Points]



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Question For - February 7,2009

Each part of the visuals is having a crypting connect to a famous person in bollywood.Identify the person and explain the connection to each picture.
(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)
[6 Points]





Answer:
A.R.Rehman. References to his movies Rose – Roja Turbaned Sardarji – Indian Indira Gandhi – Indira Lee – Jeans Taj Mahal

Question Of The Day - February 6,2009

Identify these personalities and explain the connection between them?
(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)
[4 Points]

Answer:
All potrayed Kasturba Gandhi on silver screen. pic-1:-Pallavi Joshi - Making of Mahatma pic-2:-Rohini Hattangadi - Gandhi pic-3:-Shefali Chhaya - Gandhi My Father

Question Of The Day - February 5,2009

What is the unique feature about this song?
(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)


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Answer:
A.R.Rehman composed music for the Mandarin movie "Warriors of Heaven & Earth". This song is sung by Sadhna Sargam and is the only hindi song to be included in the OST released worldwide.

Question Of The Day - February 4,2009

What is the significance of this song in Bollywood history?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wqMgwco7vPU


Answer:
Rail Gaadi, Singer – Ashok Kumar, Movie – Aashirwad Funda – First RAP Song of Bollywood

Question Of The Day - February 3,2009

Identify the poster.

(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)
[1 Points]

Answer :
Movie - Aag