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* The name John Steinbeck gives to the modified camper truck in which he travelled the country in his book Travels With Charley
* The interstellar vessel piloted into a black hole by a man who has fallen for his own misguided interest in it in the two part mini-saga Cygnus X-1 by Canadian progressive rock band Rush
* Julia de Burgos's description of herself in her 1938 poem 'A Julia de Burgos': "que yo soy Rocinante corriendo desbocado" (trans. by Grace Schulman: "I am Rocinante, bolting free, wildly").
* Giannina Braschi's horses are named Rocinante and Clarin in the bilingual novel "Yo-Yo Boing!"
* The ship flown by Cervantes Quinn, a colorful freelance trader, in "Harbinger," the first volume of the Star Trek Vanguard novel series.
* The name "Rocinante" is also the name given to a captured alien ship in Marathon 2: Durandal, and its fan-made sequel Marathon: Rubicon.
* Rocinante is the name of a horse in the Inside Track Betting in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
* Rocinante is the name of a defunct publication from Chile.
* An airplane that crashed while smuggling diamonds in the TV comedy series Psych on the USA Network
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
QuIz O mAnIaC
(1) 'X' collected stones from the Shivalik foothills and neighbouring riverbeds on his bicycle over a period of seven years (1958 to 1965) and created this landmark what would otherwise have been a dumping ground for urban and industrial waste. The creator picked up pieces of foundry lime-kiln and metal workshop wastes and shaped them with his creative genius, resembling human, animal or abstract forms. The layout is based on the fantasy of a lost kingdom. What is 'X' and who created it?
(2) "Defying international law and disregarding the rights of the lower riparian country, India built 'Z' in 1975 on the 'X1' River just 11 miles from the border of 'Y'. The 'Z' diverted 'X1' water into India’s 'X2' River, causing tremendous hardship to 'Y'.One researcher estimates that the water diversion causes annual losses of more than $4 billion in one of the world’s poorest countries."
What is being reported here? [X1, X2 , Y and Z have been intentionally hidden]
(3) 'X' was the first Asian American and Indian American member of the US Congress.Identify 'X'.
(4) 'X' was a pioneer in bringing about a telecom revolution in India; he introduced the Rural automatic telephone exchanges [RAX] to some of the most isolated regions in the country.Accesibility ( and not density ) was his motto.The bright yellow STD PCO boxes in Inida is a direct manifestation of his efforts.He was the Chief Technology Adviser to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
(5) This term 'T' changed its meaning from the name of a Kingdom to a collection of civil and military officers under the 'T' king, all of which were non-hereditary offices. Whats 'T' ? [Hint : The 'T' kings were called Swargadeos]
Answers:
(1) Nek Chand's Rock Garden
(2) India and The Farakka Dam .X1 = Ganges; X2 = Hoogly ; Y= Bangladesh; Z = Farakka Dam.
(3) Dalip Singh Saund
(4) Sam Pitroda
(5) Ahom
Question courtesy : Gyaan.in
(2) "Defying international law and disregarding the rights of the lower riparian country, India built 'Z' in 1975 on the 'X1' River just 11 miles from the border of 'Y'. The 'Z' diverted 'X1' water into India’s 'X2' River, causing tremendous hardship to 'Y'.One researcher estimates that the water diversion causes annual losses of more than $4 billion in one of the world’s poorest countries."
What is being reported here? [X1, X2 , Y and Z have been intentionally hidden]
(3) 'X' was the first Asian American and Indian American member of the US Congress.Identify 'X'.
(4) 'X' was a pioneer in bringing about a telecom revolution in India; he introduced the Rural automatic telephone exchanges [RAX] to some of the most isolated regions in the country.Accesibility ( and not density ) was his motto.The bright yellow STD PCO boxes in Inida is a direct manifestation of his efforts.He was the Chief Technology Adviser to the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
(5) This term 'T' changed its meaning from the name of a Kingdom to a collection of civil and military officers under the 'T' king, all of which were non-hereditary offices. Whats 'T' ? [Hint : The 'T' kings were called Swargadeos]
Answers:
(1) Nek Chand's Rock Garden
(2) India and The Farakka Dam .X1 = Ganges; X2 = Hoogly ; Y= Bangladesh; Z = Farakka Dam.
(3) Dalip Singh Saund
(4) Sam Pitroda
(5) Ahom
Question courtesy : Gyaan.in
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Daily Trivia #38
A + B + C will give you X and the charcter Y was based on X.Identify A-C & X-Y.
(Here Y is potrayed by a famous actor..)
A
B
C
Y
Vito Corleone of The Godfather fame was based largely on those of Frank Costello, Vito Ciancimino, and Carlo Gambino and character Carmine Falcone is loosely based on Vito Corleone.
Cracked only by Abhiram!!! Hats Off!!!
Chech new blog of SharpShooters HERE
(Here Y is potrayed by a famous actor..)
A
B
C
Y
Vito Corleone of The Godfather fame was based largely on those of Frank Costello, Vito Ciancimino, and Carlo Gambino and character Carmine Falcone is loosely based on Vito Corleone.
Cracked only by Abhiram!!! Hats Off!!!
Chech new blog of SharpShooters HERE
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Daily Trivia #37
X was the first reciepent of an award named after Y who was rather a well known person and Z ably assisted Y in his later years.For your sake a popular term is named
after Z.Identify X-Z.
X
Y
Z
Ans :
Elenor Roosevelt was the first reciepent of Nansen Award named after Fridtjof Nansen
and Vidkun Quisling who ably assisted him in later years have the word Quisling named
after him.
Went Uncracked!!!!!
after Z.Identify X-Z.
X
Y
Z
Ans :
Elenor Roosevelt was the first reciepent of Nansen Award named after Fridtjof Nansen
and Vidkun Quisling who ably assisted him in later years have the word Quisling named
after him.
Went Uncracked!!!!!
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Daily Trivia #36
# Daily Trivia is back.Today onwards questions will be updated daily.And a seperate
Leader Board will be there.But you can still attempt the Weekly Set.
Todays question..Just connect..(enough & more clues r dere in d images)
A
B
C
Cracked only by Captain.Hats off!!!!
Quoting Captain
"
Connect-Magenta
A - Magenta is a color trademark of Deutsche Telecom , parent company of T-Mobile
B - Leonard Fuchs , after whom the colour Fuchsia is named . Fuchsia n Magenta r d same
C - A painting of the Battle of Magenta , after which the colour is named"
Leader Board will be there.But you can still attempt the Weekly Set.
Todays question..Just connect..(enough & more clues r dere in d images)
A
B
C
Cracked only by Captain.Hats off!!!!
Quoting Captain
"
Connect-Magenta
A - Magenta is a color trademark of Deutsche Telecom , parent company of T-Mobile
B - Leonard Fuchs , after whom the colour Fuchsia is named . Fuchsia n Magenta r d same
C - A painting of the Battle of Magenta , after which the colour is named"
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Weekly Trivia #4
# This set is really a sitter one.You van still attempt the Music set .There are 15 qstns in the set covering various fields,The scorings are decided later.The ans will be uploaded in a week time.
1.Letz begin with a sitter.Just Connect these Cricketers,
A
B
C
A-Fred Spofforth(first test hatrick)
B- Jalaludheen (first wc hatrick)
C- Brett Lee (first t20 ht)
Connect - First Hat Tricks in each version of cricket....
2.X was a boxer.The boxing brothers Y and Z were often nicknamed X.The band A was inspired by something related with X.And moreover X was potrayed by B in the screen.Identify X-Z & A-B.
Y-Z
A
B
X-Ivan Drago of Rocky
Y,Z- Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
A-If He Dies He Dies
B-Dolph Lundgren
3.How was this young chap immortalized soon after his death???
Ans : Stanford University was named after this kid
4.Identify the logo.
Ans: ICC U/19 World Cup 2008
5.An intresting question.Just connect the 3 images.
(Connect to a world famous person)
A (Logo of an indian org)
B (Which famous incident)
C (A famous character)
It was toughie ..Perhaps
Connect-Aldous Huxley
He was very well associated with Vedanta Society(Logo 1)
John F Kennedy Assasination on Nov 22//he too died on d same day..Beside C S Lewis,
famous writer also died on the same day...
6.Identify the two nobel winners.
Nikolay Semyonov & Pyotr Kapitsa
7.Connect A and B to the field of Comics.
A
B
Ans :John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes lend their name to the famous comic strip characters CALVIN N HOBBES
8.Connect A and B to C and D.(Connect the places to persons)
A
B
C
D
Connect-Fantastic 4 series....
A-42nd Street
B-Madison Avenue
Their head quarters were located here..
They were created by Stan Lee(D) and Jack Kirby(C)
9.Connect
A
B
C
Connect-Benjamin Franklin
Join, or Die: This political cartoon by Franklin urged the colonies to join together during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War).
Bifocal Lens and Glass Harmonica created by him...
10.Google Doodles celebrating what ?
A
Ans : Birthday of Dr Suess
B
Ans : Charles Darwin
11.What was the claim to fame of this book????
The first book Amazon.com sold - Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.
12.Connect with one word.
A
B
C
Ans : All are named after TANTALUS
A-Element...B-Special jar of the same name..
(Tántalo, by Goya...Painting)
13.Connect to legendary personality.
A
B
C
D
Connect-Rudyard Kipling
"IF" world famous poem was inspired by Dr Leander Starr Jameson(A) who in 1895 led a raid by British forces against the Boers in South Africa
He sat in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammeh(B) on her old platform, opposite the old Ajaibgher, the Wonder House, as the natives called the Lahore Museum.---KIM
Kim Philby,famous spy named after Kim
Coat of Arms of Mayo College designed by Kipling's father John Lockwood Kipling
14.Whose Memorial???
Ans : P B Shelly
15.A sitter to end the set.Again just connect...
A
B
C
Connect - Nautilus
Robert Fulton who invented the first submarine named "Nautilus"
The Nautilus, as pictured in The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
A Mollusc named Nautilus
SCORES
Jyothi-10
Abhiram-7.5
Incognito-9
Johny Walker-4
Vikas-4
1.Letz begin with a sitter.Just Connect these Cricketers,
A
B
C
A-Fred Spofforth(first test hatrick)
B- Jalaludheen (first wc hatrick)
C- Brett Lee (first t20 ht)
Connect - First Hat Tricks in each version of cricket....
2.X was a boxer.The boxing brothers Y and Z were often nicknamed X.The band A was inspired by something related with X.And moreover X was potrayed by B in the screen.Identify X-Z & A-B.
Y-Z
A
B
X-Ivan Drago of Rocky
Y,Z- Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko
A-If He Dies He Dies
B-Dolph Lundgren
3.How was this young chap immortalized soon after his death???
Ans : Stanford University was named after this kid
4.Identify the logo.
Ans: ICC U/19 World Cup 2008
5.An intresting question.Just connect the 3 images.
(Connect to a world famous person)
A (Logo of an indian org)
B (Which famous incident)
C (A famous character)
It was toughie ..Perhaps
Connect-Aldous Huxley
He was very well associated with Vedanta Society(Logo 1)
John F Kennedy Assasination on Nov 22//he too died on d same day..Beside C S Lewis,
famous writer also died on the same day...
6.Identify the two nobel winners.
Nikolay Semyonov & Pyotr Kapitsa
7.Connect A and B to the field of Comics.
A
B
Ans :John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes lend their name to the famous comic strip characters CALVIN N HOBBES
8.Connect A and B to C and D.(Connect the places to persons)
A
B
C
D
Connect-Fantastic 4 series....
A-42nd Street
B-Madison Avenue
Their head quarters were located here..
They were created by Stan Lee(D) and Jack Kirby(C)
9.Connect
A
B
C
Connect-Benjamin Franklin
Join, or Die: This political cartoon by Franklin urged the colonies to join together during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War).
Bifocal Lens and Glass Harmonica created by him...
10.Google Doodles celebrating what ?
A
Ans : Birthday of Dr Suess
B
Ans : Charles Darwin
11.What was the claim to fame of this book????
The first book Amazon.com sold - Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought.
12.Connect with one word.
A
B
C
Ans : All are named after TANTALUS
A-Element...B-Special jar of the same name..
(Tántalo, by Goya...Painting)
13.Connect to legendary personality.
A
B
C
D
Connect-Rudyard Kipling
"IF" world famous poem was inspired by Dr Leander Starr Jameson(A) who in 1895 led a raid by British forces against the Boers in South Africa
He sat in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam-Zammeh(B) on her old platform, opposite the old Ajaibgher, the Wonder House, as the natives called the Lahore Museum.---KIM
Kim Philby,famous spy named after Kim
Coat of Arms of Mayo College designed by Kipling's father John Lockwood Kipling
14.Whose Memorial???
Ans : P B Shelly
15.A sitter to end the set.Again just connect...
A
B
C
Connect - Nautilus
Robert Fulton who invented the first submarine named "Nautilus"
The Nautilus, as pictured in The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
A Mollusc named Nautilus
SCORES
Jyothi-10
Abhiram-7.5
Incognito-9
Johny Walker-4
Vikas-4
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Weekly Set #3-Music
1.The band X was supposed to be named after Y.Thier debut album A was inspired by the album B of the band C.Identify X-Y & A-C.
X
Y
A
B
C
The band Rosseta(X)does not come from the Rosetta Stone, but was chosen rather for its femininity and beauty.[4] It is also, coincidentally, the name of a satellite used to study comets and an orbit type Rosseta(B)Their debut album The Galilean Satellites(A) was inspired by Neurosis(B) album Times of Grace(C).
2.Accordind to X the band Y got its name from a book written by Z.Identify X-Z.
X
Y
Z
#According to Joey Kramer(X)the band Aerosmith(Y) got its name from the Sinclair Lewis(Z) novel Arrowsmith.
3.Connect these venues.(The list is not exhaustive)
W
X
Y
Z
W-Madison Square Garden
X-Radio City Music Hall
Y-Shrine Auditorium
Z-Beverly Hilton Hotel
The connect is pretty simple that all these manors have hosted Grammy Awards.
4.Only person to achieve it.What?????
Christopher Cross (1981) is the only artist to receive the "Big Four." He won the Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist Grammys in a single ceremony.
5.Connect these bands.
A
B
C
D
--All Metal Bands With Names Taken From JRR Tolkien Characters/location.More info
HERE
Scores
very few response..
Abhiram-3
Abhijeet-2
X
Y
A
B
C
The band Rosseta(X)does not come from the Rosetta Stone, but was chosen rather for its femininity and beauty.[4] It is also, coincidentally, the name of a satellite used to study comets and an orbit type Rosseta(B)Their debut album The Galilean Satellites(A) was inspired by Neurosis(B) album Times of Grace(C).
2.Accordind to X the band Y got its name from a book written by Z.Identify X-Z.
X
Y
Z
#According to Joey Kramer(X)the band Aerosmith(Y) got its name from the Sinclair Lewis(Z) novel Arrowsmith.
3.Connect these venues.(The list is not exhaustive)
W
X
Y
Z
W-Madison Square Garden
X-Radio City Music Hall
Y-Shrine Auditorium
Z-Beverly Hilton Hotel
The connect is pretty simple that all these manors have hosted Grammy Awards.
4.Only person to achieve it.What?????
Christopher Cross (1981) is the only artist to receive the "Big Four." He won the Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist Grammys in a single ceremony.
5.Connect these bands.
A
B
C
D
--All Metal Bands With Names Taken From JRR Tolkien Characters/location.More info
HERE
Scores
very few response..
Abhiram-3
Abhijeet-2
Connect #1
Identify Each and Connect.(0.5*6=3+1 For the Connect)
A
B
C
D
E
F
Ans :
A-The Blob
B-Mr. toad from Wind in the Willows
C-Avalanche
D-Domino
E-Quicksilver software from Mac OS X
F-Rogue
Connect -They are the mutants from X-Men sereis.
Pefectly cracked by Abhiram and Incognito(Welcome to the blog)
A
B
C
D
E
F
Ans :
A-The Blob
B-Mr. toad from Wind in the Willows
C-Avalanche
D-Domino
E-Quicksilver software from Mac OS X
F-Rogue
Connect -They are the mutants from X-Men sereis.
Pefectly cracked by Abhiram and Incognito(Welcome to the blog)
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