Daily Question # 289 July 31, 2009
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A is the vertical variant . The initial prototype of B is the horizontal one .
What are we talking about ?

A

B
A – Saab Viggen , also known as ‘Thunderbolt‘
B – Kamov Ka-50 , initial variants of which were nicknamed ‘Werewolf‘
The connect – The Wolfsangel , vertical variant of which is known as Thunderbolt and horizontal variant as Werewolf .
Goes uncracked . Half credits to Rithwik for the ID .
Daily Question # 288 July 30, 2009
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What term was coined as a result of something inspired by this french harbour ?
Claude Monet’s ‘Impression , Sunrise’ ( Impression , Soleil Levant ) features the Le Havre Harbour in France ( the place in the pics ) . The movement of Impressionism is named after this very acclaimed work .
Cracked by Jithin and Arun Hiregange . Impressive work guys !
Daily Question # 287 July 29, 2009
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Where can one find the more famous namesake of the place pictured below ?
This is the Trafalgar Square in Bridgetown , Barbados . The more famous counterpart , of course , is the Trafalgar Square in London .
Cracked by Hrishikesh Varma , Manjith , Arun Hiregange , Siddharth Jain , Kamal Rathi and Anil Raghavan . Half credits to Subin and Rithwik .
Daily Question # 286 July 28, 2009
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Which list is named after him ?
Craigslist , named so after founder Craig Newmark .
Cracked by Manjith , Nishanth Raman , Siddharth Jain , Deepthi Mani , Mags , Kamal Rathi , Arun Hiregange , Ajay Parasuraman , Johny Walker , Rithwik , Anil Raghavan and RaklodramA .
Daily Question # 285 July 28, 2009
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Find the Monthly Set – 8 here .
Who’s missing from this list ?

A

B

C

D
Jacques Anquetil ( A ) , Felice Gimondi ( B ) , Bernard Hinault ( C ) and Eddy Merckxx ( D ) were the only cyclists to have won all the three Grand Tours of cycling , namely the Tour de France , Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana . With his victory in Vuelta e Espana 2008 , Alberto Contador , who also won the TDF 2009 couple of days back , became the fifth member of this illustrious list .
Goes uncracked yet again !
Appu and Sreeram went for Lance Armstrong , half credits to both of them for the IDs .
Daily Question # 284 July 26, 2009
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Find the Monthly Set – 8 here .
Connect A and B .
( Take C as a clue to work out B ; apologies for the quality of B , it was the only one I could find )

A

B

C
The connect – The planes which dropped the Atom Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
A – Enola Gay Tibbets , mother of Paul Tibbets after whom the B-29 which dropped the bomb over Hiroshima was named ( as Enola Gay )
B – Capt Frederick C Bock , after whom the B-29 which dropped the bomb over Nagasaki was named ( as Bock’s Car ) . He was the actual commander of the aircraft even though he was assigned to another aircraft known as The Great Artiste which accompanied Bock’s Car on the Nagasaki mission .
C is a good’ wagon also known as a ‘boxcar’ and the name Bock’s Car is a pun on this slang and the good officer .
Goes uncracked !!
Daily Question # 283 July 26, 2009
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Find the Monthly Set – 8 here .
It is the only such aircraft to have a unique distinction . What ?
Quoting Deepu ,
“S-3B Viking “Navy One”.
On 1 May 2003, US President George W. Bush rode in the co-pilot seat of a Viking that landed on USS Abraham Lincoln, where he delivered his “Mission Accomplished” speech announcing the end of major combat in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This was the only Navy flight to date to use the callsign “Navy One””
Cracked by Abhi , Arun AS , Arun Hiregange , Deepu , Ameya and Rithwik .
Daily Question # 282 July 24, 2009
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What’s her claim to fame ? Also name her very famous uncle .
Rachel Christie , Miss England 2009 and the first ever black to be crowned Miss England . Her uncle happens to be a gentleman named Linford Christie 🙂
Cracked only by Ijaz Aslam . Great work dude !
Daily Question # 281 July 23, 2009
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Find the Monthly Set – 8 here .
What ‘error’ connects ? ( Not an exhaustive list )

A

B

C

D

E

F
These are the images featured on some of the most famous and valuable stamps ever . The fact that made the stamps valuable was that all the images were inverted .
A – A Rushlight – Featured on the ‘CIA Invert‘
B – Queen Victoria – Featured on the ‘Inverted Head 4 Annas‘
C – Dag Hammarskjold – Featured on the ‘Dag Hammarskjold Invert‘
D – A Black swan – Featured on the ‘Inverted Swan‘
E – A Curtiss JN-4 ‘Jenny’ airplane – Featured on the ‘Inverted Jenny‘
F – The Dendermonde town hall in Belgium – Featured on the ‘Inverted Dendermonde‘
Cracked by Abhi , Ijaz Aslam , Arun Hiregange , Rithwik , Anil Raghavan and Johny Walker . Salut folks !!
Daily Question # 280 July 22, 2009
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Find the Monthly Set – 8 here .
Connect .

A

B

C

D
They are the all-time leading goalscorers in the 4 top soccer leagues in Europe .
Silvio Piola ( A ) with 274 goals in Serie A , Gerd Muller ( B ) with 365 goals in Bundesliga , Jimmy Greaves ( C ) with 366 goals in English top flight football and Telmo Zarra ( D ) with 251 goals in the La Liga are the men featured .
Goes uncracked !
Half credits to Rithwik for the 2 IDs .