Daily Question # 198

X , in the  state  of  Y  is  named after  A , the  wife  of  B .  Solve for all .
 Quoting  Arun  Hiregange ,
“ Ledikeni ( X ) , a  popular  sweet  in  West Bengal  ( Y ) aka  Pantua,  after  Lady Canning ( A ),  wife  of  Lord  Canning ( B ) “
Cracked  by  Jyothi [...]

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Daily Question # 197

Attempt  the  Monthly  Set – 5  here .
A , B and  C  are  connected  by  a  medical  condition / term  X . D  shows  Y  ’infected’  with  X . 
Solve  for  A , B , C , X  and  Y .
 
The  connect  is  Plague .
A – Daniel  Defoe ; wrote  the  novel ” A  journal  of [...]

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Daily Question # 196

Attempt  the  monthly  set  here .
What ? Take  the  last  pic  as  a  clue .

 
Quoting  Deepu ,
“A  modified  Mil  V-12  helicopter (the  largest  helicopter  ever  built) that’s now  called  “The Hotelicopter” and  is  being  hailed  as  the  first  flying  hotel. It  was  later  revealed to be  a marketing  hoax .
Nickname  of  Mil  V-12  was  Homer [...]

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Daily Question # 195

Who / What  is  the  missing  member  in  this  list ?
 
A – The  Retreat  Building , Mashobra , near  Shimla
B – Rashtrapathi  Nilayam , Secunderabad
The  missing  one  is  Rashtrapathi  Bhavan , New  Delhi . All  are  the  Presidential  residences  of  the  President  of  India .
Cracked  by  Jyothi , Kamal  Rathi , Anil  Raghavan , Arun [...]

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Daily Question # 194

A’s   most  famous  creation  X  served  as  an  inspiration  for  another  character  Y . The  movie  adaptation  of  Y  has  something  which  has  attained  iconic  status  and  is  supposedly  inspired  by  B’s  most  famous  work .
Solve  for  A, B , X  and  Y .
 
Quoting  Jyothi ,
” Sax  Rohmer (A) created  the  character  Dr. Fu [...]

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Daily Question # 193

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 5  here .
Who  is  he ? Where  can  one  find  him ?

The  demon  Apasmara  who  symbolises  Epilepsy  and  Ignorance . He  is  the dwarf  on  whom  Shiva  dances  in  his  Nataraja depiction. In  most  Nataraja depictions ,Apasmara  is  shown  as  being crushed  by Shiva’s  foot . However , the  image [...]

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Daily Question # 192

What  was  named  after  B  by  the  man  in A?
 
Carlo  Collodi’s ( A )  character  Pinocchio  translates  into  ’Pine  Nut’ ( B )  in  Tuscan .
Cracked  by  Jyothi , Arun  Hiregange , Varun , Anil  Raghavan , Moid  Siddiqui  and  Ajay  Parasuraman .

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The Monthly Set – 5

Presenting  The  Monthly  Set – 5 .
FIND  IT  HERE .
All  the  best !!

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Daily Question # 191

What  connects ?
 
Quoting  Arun  Hiregange ,
“Douglas  Adams  ( B ) suggested  the  album  name  Division  Bell  to  Pink  Floyd’s  Dave  Gilmour  on  condition  that  a  donation  be  made  to  the  Save  The  Rhino foundation ( A ) which  he  had  co-founded, and  the  Ely Cathedral ( C )  can  be  seen  on  the  cover  of  the [...]

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Daily Question # 190

Which  world  famous  location ?

The  Rock  and  Roll  Hall  of  Fame .
Cracked  by  Deepu , Jyothi , Error 404 , Abhi , Nishanth  Raman , Arun  Hiregange , Arun  Warrier , Anil  Raghavan , Arun AS , Varun , Hrishikesh  Varma , Moid  Siddiqui  and  Ajay  Parasuraman .

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