Daily Question #379

Yesterday’s question, with apologies. Persons having resided in Portland, Oregon during any period of their life need not apply

Who’s missing?

 

Quoting  Rithwik ,

“Dougie Brown ( England and Scotland) – C

Clayton Lambert ( West Indies and USA ) – B

Anderson Cummins ( Canada and West Indies ) – A

Keppler Wessels ( Australia and South Africa) –  The  missing  guy

They are the only cricketeres to have played ODI’s for 2 countries”

Cracked  only  by  young  Rithwik . Super  job !

Daily Question # 378

This is today’s question. Yesterday’s comes next

A  wrote  something  about  the  general  B . How  is  this  related  to  the  world  of  music ?

A

B

In  his  book  The  City  of  God , St. Augustine ( A )  described  the  execution  of  Marcus  Atilius  Regulus ( B )  by  Carthaginians  as  follows : “packed  him  into  a  tight  wooden  box, spiked  with  sharp  nails  on  all  sides, so  that  he  could  not  lean  in  any  direction  without  being  pierced” . This  was  supposedly  the  inspiration  for  the  Iron  Maiden ( the  torture  device  ie ) and  the  music  connection  we  are  looking  for  is , of  course , Iron  Maiden .

Goes  uncracked . Half  credits  to  Anil  Raghavan  for  the  Id .

Daily Question # 377

The Monthly set  closes  attempt  on  the  1st  of  November  . Find  it  here  and  send  in  your  attempts  asap .

We are lazy and drunk tonight. So a simple one for the night. Significance of this act? (Eminently tin-eye-able so please don’t strain your grey cells, if any)

Quoting from The Hindu, as well as their Chief Correspondent in Yangon, Mr. Hiregange:

HOMAGE: President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam pays homage at the Bahadur Shah Zafar’s mazar in Dagon township of Yangon on Thursday. — PHOTO: PTI

Manjith, Arun, Anil Raghavan, V Chandrasekar, Kamal Rathi, saiganesh2000, abhishek chakraborty, Freestyler, Mann and the Scuba Diving correspondent got it dead right. Read abhishek chakraborty’s comment for details>

Daily Question # 376

The Monthly set  closes  attempt  in  couple  of  days . Find  it  here  and  send  in  your  attempts  asap .

Connect .

A

B

Quoting  Arun  Hiregange ,

“Simpson’s  Eternal  Moonshine  episode ( A ) , named  after  Eternal  Sunshine  of  the  Spotless  Mind , which  is  taken  from  Alexander  Pope’s  Eloise/Abelard:  the  lovers  whose  monument ( B )  is  shown”

Cracked  by  Nitish  Khadiya , Kamal  Rathi , CATD , Arun , Rithwik , and  Arun  Hiregange . Half  credits  to  Subin .

Daily Question # 375

Whats  the  occasion ?

Quincy  Jones  presenting  platinum  copies  of  Fly  Me  To  the  Moon to  John  Glenn  and  Neil  Armstrong  at  the  50th  Anniversary  Gala  of  NASA .

Cracked  by  Rithwik , Subin , Arun , Nishanth  Raman , CATD  and  Arun  Hiregange .

Daily Question # 374

Find  the  Monthly  Set  here  and  send  in  your  attempts  asap .

These  Euro  coins  are  a  tribute  to  who / what ?

Gustav  Klimt . The  first  pic  depicts  his  ‘Beethoven  Frieze‘  and  the  second  one  ‘The  Kiss‘ .

Cracked  by  Freestyler , Arun , Deepthi  Mani , Arun  Hiregange , Yogesh , JK , Anu Reloaded , Anil  Raghavan , CATD , Abhishek  Chakraborty , Sai Ganesh , Jyothi  and  Nishanth  Raman .

Daily Question # 373

Find  the  Monthly  Set  here .

Very  simple . Whose  statue ?

Carlos  Valderrama .

Cracked  by  Rithwik , Ajit , Ijaz  Aslam , Freestyler , V Chandrashekar , Abhijeet , Siddharth  Jain , Arun , Manjith , Anil  Raghavan , Arun  Hiregange , CATD , Ohmygodtheykilledkenny , Bobby , Sandeep , Jyothi , Dileep  Premachandran ( Welcome ! )   and  Naveen  Giles .

P.S . @ Ajit : Thanx  a  ton  bud !

Daily Question # 372

Find  the  Monthly  set  here .

Shown  below  are  screenshots  from  certain  films . Which  biblical  character  can  one  link  these  films ( and  many  more )  to ?

A

B

C

D

The  images  are  of ( Thomas  Edison’s ) Frankenstein ( A ) , Clara  Bow  in  Wings ( B ) , William  Shatner in  Incubus ( C )  and  Boris  Karloff  in  The  Ghoul ( D ) . All  of  them  are  movies  which  were considered  lost  but  rediscovered  later . Such  movies  are  referred  to  as  “Lazarus”  films  after  the  eponymous  biblical  character who  is  restored  to  life  by  Jesus .

It  took  the  blog  topper  to  crack  this  one . All  hail  Anil  Raghavan ! I’ll  give  half  credits  to  CATD  for  getting  the  funda  correct .

Daily Question # 371

Find  the  Monthly  Set  here .

What  in  India  is  named  after  him ?

Connaught  Place , New  Delhi  after  Prince  Arthur , the  1st  Duke  of  Connaught .

Cracked  only  by  Sai  Ganesh . Take  a  bow , dude !!

Daily Question # 370

Find  the  Monthly  Set – 11  here .

What / who  connects  these  people ?

A

B

C

D

E

Christopher  Marlowe ( A ) , Fulke  Greville ( B ) , Francis  Bacon ( C ) , Edward  de  Vere ( D )  and  Elizabeth  I ( E )  are  all  thought  to  be  authors  of  works  attributed  to  William  Shakespeare .

Cracked  by  Vijay , Arun  Hiregange , Arun , Anil  Raghavan , Abhishek  Chakraborty and  Rithwik .