Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Question Of The Day - January 18,2009

A was the private secretary to B.
A is known as the founder of C which is arguably one of the cornerstones of consumer rights.
He is also regarded as the father of D (a subject) in India.

B was the youngest son of a large family. Having achieved world wide reknown, he was undoubtedly the most illustrious scion of his family.
However, other members of his family too had their own claim to fame. One of his brothers E was famous for a first as an administrator.

Identify A, B, C, D, E

[5 Points]

Answer:
A. P.C. Mahalanobis
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Indian Statistical Institute
D. Applied Statistics
E. Satyendranath Tagore


Question Of The Day - January 17,2009

The three cricketers shown below have performed a unique feat in Indian Cricket.

Actually 3 more players have achieved the same feat.

Identify these three cricketers and name the missing 3.

One point for each name and one point for naming the feat. Totally 7 points.

[7 Points]






Answer:
1) Vijay Hazare 130 and 101
2) S C Khanna 111 and 128
3) S Mushtaq Ali 109 and 130
4) Hanumant Singh 109 and 113
5) Sachin Tendulkar 140 and 139
6) Rohit Sharma 141 and 108
Connect all have scored centuries in both innings in Ranji Trophy finals




Question Of The Day - January 16,2009

Identify and connect all the four to a landmark in India?For identifying each and every picture and expalining each pictures,you get 4 points and 1 point for the overall connect.Contributed by Pragyanand Mishra.
[5 Points]










Answer:
the answer is IISC bangalore.. cv raman was the first indian director.. The land and other facilities for the institution were pitched in from krishnaraja wodeyar 4, the Maharaja of Mysore, jamshed ji tata was involved in settin up the thing..(from a famous conversation with vivekanada) and the other 1 is sir william ramsay(noble gases)..who was deeply associated with the management

Question Of The Day - January 15,2009


What connects the 7 numbered individuals in the picture? (The unnumbered individual may provide a clue)
[1 Points]


Answer:
Julie Andrews posing with the 7 people who played the role of Von Trapp children in the movie 'The Sound of Music'(in the background are the puppets used in a song, 'Goat herd' in the movie)

Question Of The Day - January 14,2009

Identify the visual.During which festival,we see this.
[2 points]


Answer :
The visual shown is Jallikattu a bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu.It is held in the villages of Tamil Nadu on the eve of Mattu Pongal, one of the four days of Pongal festival.

Question Of The Day - January 13,2009

Identfy her. What is her claim to fame?




Answer:
Louise Joy Brown is the world's first baby to be conceived by in vitro fertilisation.

Question Of The Day - January 12,2009

Identify him
[1 point]



Answer :
George Fernandes