Daily Question # 56 November 30, 2008
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The celebrations on us hitting 50 is open for one more day . Find them here and send in your answers by tomorrow evening .
Today’s question – The woman A on the right in X was the only lady with a particular distinction . However , she was relegated to the 2nd spot recently by B .
Identify A and B .
Michael ‘The Baltimore Bullet’ Phelps ( B ) overtook Larissa Latynina ( A ) as the athlete with the maximum number of Gold medals at the Summer Olympics .
Cracked by Deepu , Anoop Koshy , Johny Walker , Nishanth Raman , Jyothi and Kamal Rathi .
Daily Question # 55 November 29, 2008
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What’s happening ?
The Freemasonry Initiation Ceremony .
Cracked by Kamal Rathi , Ajay Parasuraman and Deepu . Good job guys !!
Daily Question # 54 November 27, 2008
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Things they own are in news . Explain .
( Clue to work out the identity of C – In 1971 , D did something and that’s the name of what C owns / runs now )
Quoting Nishanth Raman ,
” A. Chabad House. In this case Mumbai Chabad House, i.e Nariman House (owned by the Chabad Lubavitch Jews shown in A )
B. Ratan Tata, who owns the Taj group of Hotels.
C. P.R.S.Oberoi, who is the Chairman and CEO of Oberoi Group of Hotels.
D. The motif of the Indian Navy, which famously attacked Karachi Harbour, during the 1971 war. The operation was codenamed Operation Trident.
Connection – The Mumbai Terrorist Attack. Nariman House, The Taj Mahal and Palace Hotel and The Oberoi-Trident Hotel ”
Cracked by Manjith , Nishanth Raman , Kamal Rathi , Immigrant Kitchen , Deepu , Anoop Koshy , Sreeram and Varun R .
Daily Question # 53 November 26, 2008
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Claim to fame of the following image ?
Peter Sellers – first man on the cover of Playboy !
Cracked by playboys Johny Walker , Siddhartha Mohapatra , Arun AS , Kamal Rathi , Nishanth Raman , Sana and Ajay Parasuraman .
Daily Question # 52 November 25, 2008
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A said something . B wrote a book based on what A said . C is a movie adaptation of B’s book .
Solve for A , B and C .
Oliver Wendell Holmes ( A ) gave the term ” Clear and Present Danger ” which inspired Tom Clancy’s ( B ) book of the same name and C is the movie version featuring Harrison Ford .
Cracked by Nishanth Raman , Manjith , Siddhartha Mohapatra , Conga , Ajay Parasuraman , Jyothi and partially by Vikas .
Daily Question # 51 November 25, 2008
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A is the only person to have won B , C and D which together constitute E . Identify all .
Graham Hill ( A ) is the only person to have won the Indy 500 ( B ) , the Le Mans 24 hr race ( C ) and the Monaco Grand Prix ( D ) . These three together constitute the Triple Crown of Motorsport ( E ) .
Cracked by Sreeram , Anil Raghavan , Anon , Nishanth Raman , Deepu , Conga and Varma .
50 Not Out ! November 24, 2008
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We’ve hit 50 on the blog . Thanks to everyone who’s made this possible . Find here the celebrations that we’ve lined up for this occasion .
Post your answers as comments or mail them to captain.chandrakant@gmail.com .
Daily Question # 50 November 24, 2008
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What ? Where ?
China Mobile constructed the world’s highest telecommunications transmission tower ( A ) and cybercafe ( B ) atop Mt.Everest in the lead-up to the Beijing olympics to assist in the Torch Relay to the summit.
Cracked ( partially ) only by Deepu .
Daily Question # 49 November 23, 2008
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Connect .
The Biblical Tribe of Judah is represented by The Lion of Judah which is also a representation of Jesus . Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia ( A ) was referred to as the Lion of Judah by the Rastafari . B shows the Lion of Judah on the emblem of Jerusalem . Aslan ( C ) from the Chronicles of Narnia was also a representation of Jesus and hence the Lion of Judah .
Cracked only by Nishanth Raman . Way to go !!
Daily Question # 48 November 22, 2008
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B
Identify A ,B and the woman in C & connect with D .
Quoting Manjith ,
“A=Ottavio Quattrochi
B=Alfred Nobel
C=Chitra Subramaniam.
D=Bofors gun.
A is one of the chief accused in the Bofors controversy.
B founded the company in Sweden. C, a journalist exposed the scam. D is ofcourse the hardware ”
Cracked by Conga , Johny Walker , Manjith , Jyothi , Kamal Rathi , Rajesh M , Varma and Deepu .