The Daily Quiz Blog of Peninsular Quizzing Circle

Question # 242 - Take a bow, SACHIN!

2010-02-24T20:26:00.003+05:30

Who? What makes him famous?

One from the world of cricket

Question # 241 - Syringe..

2010-02-20T22:44:00.004+05:30

How have they been im mortalised in the medical field?

Heinrich Kluver and Paul Bucy of the "Kluver-Bucy Syndrome" :)

Uncracked!

-VIK

Question # 240 - CUT_COPY_PASTE

2010-02-19T22:26:00.003+05:30

What process gets its name from this?

GERRYMANDERING !!

Cracked by Rithwik and Captaine

-VIK

Question # 239 - Power is mine.

2010-02-18T22:52:00.005+05:30

What title/position did they all hold? A was the father of B and B was the father of C.
C is the last known person ever.

A

B

C

The title is : THE KING OF ITALY - They are the last three - Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III and Umberto II

Brilliant response! Cracked by Ashu, Malcaluffin, Kaushik, Rithwik, buckingfastard and Captaine!

-VIK

Question # 238 - Constantly Changing

2010-02-17T20:33:00.004+05:30

Think Laterally. Order is quite important. Connect.

Answer: Pandit GANGAdhar VIDYAdhar MAYAdhar OMkarnath Shastri aka SHAKTIMAAN!

Too arbit probably :) .. Uncracked!

Question # 237 - Collage!

2010-02-15T20:06:00.003+05:30

Join them and tell me what do u get ?

You get the infamous painting 'Las Meninas' which translates to 'The Maids of Honour' by Diego Velasquez :)

JUST SUPERB STUFF, CAPTAINE!

-VIK

Question # 236 - Lacerated

2010-02-15T19:34:00.005+05:30

Connect these three gorgeous ladies.

Catherine Keener, Sandra Bullock and Tracey Hoyt have all portrayed HARPER LEE , the author of "To Kill a Mocking Bird" on screen.

Hats off, Captaine!

-VIK

Question # 235 - Slush..

2010-02-14T23:35:00.003+05:30

Just tell me what's this about?

The logo of Vancouver 2010- Inukshuk the Ilanaaq, The Winter Olympic games on top of Whistler mountain in Vancouver, Canada.

Good job Subin, Kaushik!

-VIK

Question # 234 - Hit me baby!!

2010-02-12T22:22:00.003+05:30

Simple one. Who connects?

Connect: Gwen Stefani - She acted in Aviator and Gavin Rossdale(pictured) is her husband .

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik, Hadi and Kaushik!

Question # 233 - Badooom!

2010-02-11T23:15:00.004+05:30

What infamous event happened here?

The Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles . Infamous for the assassination of Robert F Kennedy.

Cracked by Chandrakant , Kaushik, Rithwik and Subin

-VIK

Question # 232 - .. What an Idea sir ji ..

2010-02-10T22:51:00.003+05:30

Just connect..

Connect : Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Laud Montgomery .

First pic shows Evelyn Nesbit on whom Anne's face was based. The second pic shows Ann e herself from an animated series . Third pic shows the Green Gable farmhouse in Cavendish and the fourth pic shows Megan Follows who portrayed Anne on Screen.

The Big two are in full force again. Captain and Rithwik it is!

-VIK

Question # 231 - .. Take a bow...

2010-02-10T00:18:00.004+05:30

Question sent in by the winner of Season I- Captain Chandrakant Nair :)

What in modern fiction was inspired by this?

Quoting Kaushik

"The Helicoradian plants in Avatar were based on Spirobranchus giganteus, a species of tube worm common to many seas on Earth. These worms quickly withdraw into their tubes when disturbed."

Cracked by Rithwik and Kaushik :)

-VIK

Question # 230 - .. Superb ;)..

2010-02-08T22:14:00.003+05:30

Simple one . Enough Clues.

Just tell me who follows them?

The answer is Drew Brees , The MVP of the recently concluded Super Bowl. Hines Ward, Peyton Manning, El Manning and Santonio Holmes are the most recent winners before Drew.

Sorry about the mislead Captain. :)

Hit spot on by Captain and Rithwik, the two are back in action :)

-VIK

Question # 229 - .. Whoosh........

2010-02-07T22:41:00.005+05:30

One of A's works , based on the life of B, X was made into a movie directed by someone not so synonymous with that particular field of cinema .

A's works were mostly based on his life experiences and Y is another work of his based on C .

Identify A,B,C,X and Y. (Half points only if you get two)

A

B

C

One of Jon Krakeur's works , based on the life of Christian McCandless, "Into the Wild" was made into a movie directed by Sean Penn.

Jon's works were mostly based on his life experiences and "Into thin air" is another work of his based on "Devils thumb"(C) and "Mt.Everest" .

Brilliant work by Rithwik!

-VIK

Question # 228 -... Brrrrrrrrrr......

2010-02-05T11:48:00.006+05:30

B now holds the record A held for a long time . Identify them and Put funda. :)

A

B

Tom Kristensen(B) now holds the world record for Most no. of 24 hours of Le Mans wins , a record held for long by Jacky Ickx(A)

Cracked by Captaine( Welcome bac) and Rithwik

Question # 227 - Path less treaded..

2010-02-02T20:13:00.008+05:30

One from the world of Mythology , :)

What is common to these gods/ goddesses from different mythologies?

All I was looking for was the word "Moon". They are all gods representing the moon in various mythologies. They are Artemis , Luna, Chandra and Maya moon goddess.

I will give it to Rithwik. Good work young man !

-VIK

Question # 226 - .. Cradle..

2010-02-02T19:59:00.004+05:30

Pictured here are 4 of the only 5 people with a unique honor. Just tell me what's the honor being talked of !

They are: E.L Koningsburg, Joseph Krumgold, Lois Lowry and Katherine Paterson- who along with George Elizabeth Speare are the only 4 of the 5 authors to have won the "Newbery Medal" on multiple occasions.

Cracked by Kamal Rathi and Rithwik!

-VIK

Question # 225 - .. Dhum shak Dhum dhum ..

2010-02-01T20:47:00.007+05:30

They are the nearest predecessors. Whose the latest?

( Identify atleast two amongst the given pictures for full points)

The answer I was looking for is "Neil Young" , The Winner of MusiCares Person of the Year 2010 , awarded 2 days ago during the 52nd Grammy awards.

Pictured here are previous winners - Aretha Franklin(2008) , Neil Diamond (2009) , Brian Wilson(2005) and Don Henley(2007) .

Great work Vigneshwar! Half points to Rithwik .

Question # 224 - .. Deep rooted ...

2010-02-01T20:42:00.007+05:30

A relatively easy one,

X was launched in the year of globalisation in some sort of a ground breaking campaign involving A and B(not pictured) . X is actually a venture between two companies , one of which is linked to C , who himself is a famous individual.

What's X ? Who are A, B and C ? ( Half points for X , Full for getting only all 4 correct) .

A

B

"KamaSutra Condoms" (X) were launched in the year 1991 in a ground breaking campaign involving the models Marc Robinson (A) and Pooja Bedi(B) . It's a venture between Ansell. Ltd and the Raymond group . Dr Vijaypat Singhania (C) is the chairman emeritus of the Raymond group of clothing and textiles , and famous for achieveing the highest altitude by anyone on a hot air baloon .

Good try by Ameya . Since the attempts were lack lustre, half points for identifying Marc.

-VIK

Question # 223 - .. Guess whose back ??? :)

2010-01-31T23:43:00.004+05:30

Let's just start on a desi note !

Connect these individuals .. You should get this one if you can identify any of them :)

Connect: 'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' or 'Ek Sur' , the famous song first launched during the Independence day 1988 telecast on DD , which was relaunched in a new version on the occassion of 60th Republic day .

They are Piyush Pandey (lyricist) , Kailash Surendranath ( Director of both editions) and Louis Banks ( composer for both the editions) .

Good work Ameya , Kaushik and Kamal Rathi !!

-VIK

Resurfacing ..

2010-01-31T12:35:00.003+05:30

Hello folks !!

First things first , To all the lovers of the blog.. Sorry for the break , I got tied down by the very deadly drug of laziness and hence could not keep the blog rolling . After a 2 month hiatus, the daily quiz blog of the Peninsular Quizzing Circle shall resurface tomorrow and will be authored by , yours truly, itself. :)

The scoring system shall be same as that was followed since the start of season 2. I'm sure all of you will extend your support , co-operation and love in making season II .. bigger and better .

So, See you all tomorrow , The First of FEBRUARY , 2010 !

Yours truly,

Vikas Plakkot

#222 The last supper !

2009-11-07T08:32:00.003+05:30

What was this piece of document all about ?

De classified documents of project MKULTRA

Cracked by Nakul, Anurag and rumbler

#221 Birdie !

2009-11-04T22:34:00.005+05:30

Which Iconic work connnects ?

The iconic work that connects is Edgar Allan Poe's " THE RAVEN"!!

Cracked by Captain, Abhiram, Nakul, Amith, Malcaluffin and Rumbler

MIND BEND '09

2009-10-25T22:42:00.002+05:30

Peninsular Quizzing circle presents "Mind Bend '09 "- Open Quiz & School quiz

Venue: Madhavaraja Club , English Church Road, Palakkad

Date: October 31st 2009

School Quiz

Prize money worth Rs. 2000 and other prizes.

Prelims starting at 9:30 AM

Quizmaster :Rohit G Jayaraman , 3rd year student , NLSIU -Bangalore

Open Quiz

Prize money worth Rs. 10 , 000 /-

Open to all !!

Prelims starting at 12:30 PM

Quizmaster : Myself :)

No blog updates till the quiz.

See ya all there!

Question # 220 - Phoosh...

2009-10-23T20:42:00.002+05:30

What's A got to do with B?

A

B

Question # 219 - Booda ho gaya main.

2009-10-21T22:19:00.006+05:30

What's with the flags ? B is the clue to work this out .

B

Sir Horatio Nelson's(B) famous signal "England expects every man to do his duty" using flags flying on top of HMS Victory during the bi centenary of Battle of Trafalgar.

Cracked by Malcaluffin and Captain.

Question # 218 - Psycho. Sam .

2009-10-20T20:54:00.004+05:30

217 open for another day.

B ,with a little assistance from A , did a favor to the literary world. C is a big clue, if u can identify.

Identify A , B and what they did.

A

B

C

Christopher Tolkien (B) , the youngest son of J . R . R Tolkien , took a little assistance from Guy Gavriel Kay (A ) to complete JRR's work "The Silmarillion" in 1977.

The band is Marillion and got their name from the book !

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik and Hadi.

Question # 217 - and it doesnt stop.

2009-10-19T21:03:00.005+05:30

Tribute , more of them .

Just tell me what connects them .

Roger Hunt ,Ian Rush and Gordon Hogdson - All time top goal scorers for Liverpool FC

Cracked only by Abhiram ! Salute!

Question # 216 - and more..

2009-10-18T22:47:00.005+05:30

Symbols of?

They are all signs used to represent pharmacies.

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik, Hadi and Jobin! :)

Question # 215 - Xtra Special.

2009-10-17T22:59:00.006+05:30

It was A who named X in honor of B. C is a clue. Identify A, B and X for full credits.

A

B

C

Captain James Cook (A ) named Sandwich Islands , currently "HAWAII" , to honor John Montague , 4th Earl of Sandwich , the man behind the concept of ' Sandwich '.
Third visual shows a 'Sandwich' board.

Hawaii.. hmm.. :)

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik, Hadi and Malcaluffin( Nice to have ya back buddy!)

Question # 214 - It's all about money !!

2009-10-16T21:10:00.009+05:30

Identify the person pictured. Explain his contribution to the field he is synonymous with .

Second and third visuals are the clues.

Kanwal Rekhi , The man behind "Silicon Valley" .

The second pic shows IIT-B main building which has an IT building named after him . Third pic shows logo of NetManage , for which he served as director for long time .

Cracked by Captain ( It's ok captaine , U have a big lead! )

Question # 213 - :) ...

2009-10-15T20:22:00.004+05:30

Question 212 is also open !! Updating 213 early.

What connects these athletes?

Spanish Golfer Sergio Garcia and baseball star Hanley Ramirez are both nicknamed "El Nino"- a nickname more popularly associated with Fernando Torres.

Uncracked !! :(

Question # 212 - Silence.

2009-10-13T20:46:00.003+05:30

What connects these good looking men?

George Sanders, Val Kilmer , Jean Marais and Ian Ogilvy have all portrayed the role of Simon Templar of ' The Saint ' series.

Cracked by Rithwik and Captain.

Question # 211 - Boom Boom !!

2009-10-13T20:37:00.004+05:30

Just connect. Hopefully an easy one.

FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list - 6 of them shown. 3 captured and the remaining man would be a certain Osama Bin Laden .

Cracked by Captain, Hadi and Rithwik

Question # 210 - base...weak?

2009-10-11T22:52:00.003+05:30

Connect cheeyu. :)

As u guys said, yes. Nobel prize it is!! Cracked by Hadi, Captain, Rithwik...

Question # 209 - grim

2009-10-11T20:45:00.009+05:30

What connects them ?

All of them had deaths caused by Small pox. Cracked by Chandrakanth, Rikky, Hadi and raklodrama.

Question # 208 - Those childhood days..

2009-10-10T22:48:00.007+05:30

Who was modeled on them ?

Indiana Jones

T.E Lawrence , Hiram Bingham III , Giovanni Batista Belzoni and Roy Chapman Andrews along with few others were inspirations behind the character "Indiana Jones" !!

Cracked by Hadi, Rithwik and Vineesh(Via email)

Question # 207 - :(

2009-10-09T23:02:00.003+05:30

Not doing well today. Hence, just putting a simple question.

Who is missing ?

Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan , the missing one , shared the Nobel prize for Chemistry (2009) with Thomas A. Steitz of Yale University and Ada E. Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Good job Rithwik !!

Question # 206

2009-10-08T22:36:00.005+05:30

B began in response to the discontinuation of A in 1987.

Clue: Laughter is the best medicine . ( Think laterally for the clue)

Identify and Explain.

A

B

(Jack) Kirby awards gave way to the (Will) Eisner award and also the Harvery award , given in the world of comics.

Cracked by Captain and Hadi , again.

Blog's been dry for some days now. Poor response. :(

Question # 205 - Vintage..

2009-10-07T22:37:00.005+05:30

Hope this one's easy.

Just Connect.

The Youngest winners of the 4 grand slams (Women's singles )

Monica Seles - French Open
Martina Hingis- Australian Open
Lottie Dod - The Wimbledon
Tracy Austin - The US Open

Good job Hadi and Captain !!

Question # 204- Round and Round..

2009-10-06T22:58:00.004+05:30

B got lucky when A denied the role. In it's later installment, C was offered the role but his denial brought the role back to A . Earth is round indeed.

Identify A , B , C and the role.

A
B
C

Renigald Tate(B) got lucky when Andre Morell(A) denied the role of Bernard Quatermass in the TV series Quatermass Experiment. In its later edition called Quatermass and the Pit , Alec Clunes(C) was offered the role , but he denied it bringing it back to Andre Morell(A).

Went Uncracked !!

Question # 203 - Navigator

2009-10-04T15:45:00.006+05:30

A gained a lot of world attention thanks to B's knowledge. Why? Identify.

A

B

Quoting Captain who in turn quoted Wiki - "Godalming ( A ) came to world attention in September 1881, when it became the first town in the World to have installed a public electricity supply, which made electricity available to consumers. It was Calder & Barnet who installed a Siemens ( B ) AC Alternator and dynamo which were powered by a waterwheel, located at Westbrook Mill, on the river Wey"

Good work Captain and Rithwik(via mail) . Half credits to Vineesh

Question # 202 - Roosevelt!

2009-10-04T15:37:00.011+05:30

Something that represents A created a lot of trouble for B .What?
A
B

Matterhorn(A) in Switzerland is used to represent the popular swiss chocolate Toblerone . Mona Sahlin(B) , who was in running for the prime ministership of Sweden got into an issue known as the Toblerone Affair which lost her the chances of becoming the PM of Sweden. She supposedly used her work credit card for personal use among which were a few Toblerone bars. :)

Cracked by Vineesh and Captain.

Queston # 201 - Jackeroo.

2009-10-03T23:12:00.003+05:30

Month II is on it's way !

These stadiums have all been/will be a predecessor to another one for different events. Which?

Stadiums are FNB Stadium in Jo'Burg which will host 2010 WC final , Olympic Stadium in London - host of opening and closing ceremonies of 2012 Olympics , Wembley stadium which will host football matches of 2012 Olympics

So the stadium I was looking for is Maracana Stadium in Rio- which will host the final of 2014 WC , All football matches of 2016 Rio Olympics along with opening and closing ceremonies of the same.

half credits to Captaine!

and.. No. 2 0 0 !!

2009-10-01T15:18:00.012+05:30

Blum , Hits another milestone! :)

This is the 200th question , a proud moment for the author , read yours truly . Applause! :D

In celebration , I'm giving you 5 questions to kick start the 2nd month !

By the way, Month I has come to an end- Final scores will be up soon!

Open for 2 days! ..

Q1 . What have they all inspired? (1)

William Randolph Hearst , Samuel Insull - Inspired Charles Foster Kane , of Citizen Kane fame.

Third pic of Charles Murphy , who inspired Kane's boss' character. Nobody noted the anomaly.

Q2. Ouch! Somebody's missing , who? (1)

Missing man is Cristiano Ronaldo. They are the European Golden shoe winners in 2005, 2006 and 2008. CR in 2007 was missing !

Q3. Where? (0.5)

The Taipei 101 , lit up with E= M C^2 on the occassion of International year of Physics 2005.

Q4. A's work on B gave C a name to one of his works. Who is C? (1)

A

B
T.S Eliot's work - The journey of magi gave Chinua Achebe's book " No Longer at Ease" its name!

Noted tat it could be many other stuff. Hence points to all who got the first two parts.

Q5. A , who replaced B as something is the only man with a certain achievement. What? (0.5)

A

B

Damon Hill(A) , who recently replaced Jackie Stewart(B) as head of British Racing Drivers' club is the only son of a formula one champion to win the title himself.

Scores :-

Captain - 4 + bonus of 1 for cracking all the q - 5 points

Abhiram - 3

Rithwik - 3

Hadi - 3

Qn 200 @ 5 PM.

2009-10-01T13:36:00.002+05:30

Question 200 will be put at 5 due as Vikas is unavailable. Will be open till tomorrow night..

# 199 Approching a milestone !

2009-09-28T22:16:00.006+05:30

Today's question comes from Rithwik !

The group in A was founded by the guys B and C.

Solve for A , B and C .

Gorillaz(A) was founded by Damon Albam and Jamie Hewlett , B and C respectively.

Cracked by Captain, Deb, Hadi, Subin and Abhiram

A

B

C

Question # 198 - Set it loose! ..

2009-09-27T19:43:00.005+05:30

Connect .

Scarecrow, Robot, King Tut , Cobra , Puppet- Varieties of the modern dance form called "Popping" .

Din't notice it nearly co incided with Batman Villians. Hence half a credit for all those who said Batman villains.

0.5 each for Captain, Rithwik and Batman Villains!

Question # 197- Inspiron 3.0

2009-09-24T19:58:00.004+05:30

What is this a parodic take on?

* Warning: The following picture contains adult content - Advised to quizzers above 18 years of age.. Rithwik, Stay out *

Little Ego (pictured) is an adult oriented parodic take on the popular series of comic strips "Little Nemo" !

Went uncracked !

Question # 196 - ... Del Vido

2009-09-24T19:54:00.004+05:30

Who are the more popular figures missing from the list?

As Captain puts it, The dudes/ dudettes shown are - Sarath Babu , Ankit Fadia, Rahul Mishra, Ishitha Khanna and Mangesh Hadawale .

Hence the missing ones are Blaaze, MC Mary Kom and Nitish Mishra.

Connect , thus , is - MTV Youth Icons 2008!

Cracked by Abhiram, Captain, Rithwik and Subin (welcome to the blog! .. Keep up!)

Question # 195 - Shh..

2009-09-24T19:38:00.005+05:30

They were all inspirations for creation of something/someone. What/Who?

Predominantly based on Harold Lloyd(A) , Named after Clark Gable(B) and Kent Taylor( C) .. I'm talking of Clark Kent , or better... SUPERMAN!

Cracked by Captain, Deb and Abhiram!

2009-09-24T18:59:00.002+05:30

Announcing the School quiz for Mind Bend '09 .. The annual quiz of Peninsular Quizzing Circle.

Registrations OPEN !!

Open quiz will be announced soon... :)

Vikas P
President, PQC

Question # 194 - History, real history. .

2009-09-21T20:40:00.004+05:30

A and B used C . How?

A
B

C

Martin Wadseemuller(A) and Matthias Ringgman(B) used the name of Amerigo Vespucci (C) to coin the name " AMERICA "!!

Cracked by Captain!

Question # 193- Blum !

2009-09-21T20:39:00.004+05:30

Connect these athletes!

Answer :- Grant Hackett (Australia ) -4 records
Ryan Lochte ( USA) - 4 records
Amaury Leveaux ( France) - 3 records
Aaron Peirsol (USA) - 3 records
Cameron Van der Burgh(SA) - 3 records
Paul Biedermann(Germany) - 3 records

Connect: Most number of world records in swimming after Micheal Phelps!

I'll give it to Captain! :)

Question # 192 - On the trail..

2009-09-21T20:29:00.004+05:30

Who would link these places?

Cabot Tower in St. John's, Newfoundland

View of rest of Canary Wharf development from Cabot square , London Docklands

Cabot Tower, Brandon hill

Cabot trail in Canada - very popular highway !

All are named after John Cabot, the explorer.

Cracked only by Ricky

Question # 191 - Diamond lads..

2009-09-20T21:52:00.005+05:30

A is now B. How?

Stratemayer Syndicate started by Edward Stratemayer (A) , which gave us series' like Hardy Boys and Nancy drew is now owned by Simon & Schuster (B) .

Cracked by Captain and Rithwik only ! Salute ! :D

Question # 190 - Vijayadashami special :)

2009-09-19T23:22:00.004+05:30

Exploring a different territory. Connect them (specifically) !

P. V Akilan ( Tamil ) , G Sankara Kurup ( Malayalam) , Kuvempu Venkatappa Gowda Puttappa (Kannada) , Viswanatha Satyanarayana ( Telugu ) - First Jnanpith award winners from each of the four South Indian languages.

Tore open by Captain, Rithwik and Sandeep (via e-mail) !!

Question # 189 - Desmondus ...

2009-09-17T22:29:00.005+05:30

Simple. Connect.

Tom Cruse, Stuart Townsend and Hugh Panaro have all played the role of Lestat de Lioncourt, the vampire from Anne Rice's series Vampire Chronicles.

Cracked by Captain, Abhiram, Deb and Rithwik !

Check out : www.ignite-fest.com/quiz ( Vigneshwar's recommendation! )

Question # 188- Navigate...

2009-09-17T22:14:00.003+05:30

Today's question comes from Captain . :) .. Check out his amazing blog here

Google Earth Time . Where would one end up if you take the north-east direction and walk for approx 100 metres from the location shown in the pic ?

The location shown is the HQ of the Mozilla foundation and if you follow the directions , ull end up at the HQ of Google and hence the HQ of Google Earth :-)

No cracks! :D ..

Question # 187 - ReBranding !

2009-09-16T21:57:00.006+05:30

Originally named after A, it got changed to B few years back! - What am I speaking of?

A
B

The technical driving center of the HUNGARORING held former racer Gerard Berger's(A) name from 1998 till 2005 but later it was changed to Allianz ( Shown here is the Allianz Arena)

Too much of arbitness . Hence no cracks. :)

Question # 186 - Antique..

2009-09-15T20:29:00.005+05:30

Who would you connect to them?

The Key word is : Mr. and Mrs. Franz Ferdinand/ Their assasination by Gavilo princip

Governor Oskar Potiorek - In charge of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's safety

The car, 1911 Gräf & Stift Bois de Boulogne tourer, in which he and his wife were travelling at the time of assasination
Artstetten Castle, Austria - Home of Mr. and Mrs. Franz Ferdinand- Seen in the commemorative 10 euro coin.

Full credits to Abhiram, Rithwik, Captain, Kaustuba and Anand Shankar ( Welcome! )

Question #185 - What's in a name?

2009-09-14T21:36:00.004+05:30

B replaced A. How ? Identify .

A
B

The Johannesburg international airport was renamed after Oliver R Tambo(B) from its original name of Jan Smuts(A) airport.

Cracked by Vigneshwar, Captain, Rithwik, Debasish and Kamal Rathi :)

Question # 184 - Over the years..

2009-09-13T21:01:00.006+05:30

Simple one for the day.

A and B brought C's creation alive.

A

B

C

Andrew Llyod Webber(A) and Joel Schumacher(B) brought " The Phantom of the Opera" , a book by Gaston Leroux(C) to visual effect via a musical of 1984 and 2005 movie respectively.

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik, Abhiram , Hadi and Kamal Rathi ( full credits inspite of getting Tim Rice wrong)

Question # 183 - Art Gratia Artis

2009-09-12T22:57:00.003+05:30

Add one more person to them and complete a popular work of art .

Max Jacob , Guillaume Apollinaire - Add to them Pablo Picasso and you get the work "Three Musicians " by him !

Three Musicians is a set of two collage and oil paintings by Pablo Picasso, each of which features a harlequin, a peirrot and a monk - who are believed to be Picasso , Guillaume and Max respectively.

Full marks to Captain (thnx! )

Half credits to Vigneshwar, Kamal Rathi and Rithwik( via email)

Question # 182 - To the last drop..

2009-09-11T17:33:00.006+05:30

Simple one.

An old trophy named after the person pictured. Which? for What?

One of the oldest trophies in professional sport, The Stanley cup , awarded in ice hockey to the winners of NHL play-offs - named after Frederick Stanley or Lord Stanley of Preston.

Cracked by Abhiram, Jobin, Captain, Rithwik(email) , Kamal Rathi and Hadi (welcome!)

Question # 181 - Timeless..

2009-09-09T23:56:00.005+05:30

Delve deep, think and connect.

The connect between the three movies pictured is Gold Coast since all these movies were extensively shot in Gold Coast.
Masks worn during the Carnival of Venice called - Venetian masks
Orson Welles as Long John Silver in Treasure Island
The Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Palm Jumeirah as seen from the International Space Station
Steve Wynn , famous Enterpreuner and Hotel Baron
Sex symbol, Paris Hilton

Connect: Gold Coast, Venetian , Treasure Island, Planet Hollywood , The Palms , Wynn Resorts , Las Vegas Hilton - Highest Earning Independent Casinos in the infamous Las Vegas Strip

Brilliant effort by each and everyone . But the connect was not quiet there .

Half credits to Kaustuba and Rithwik for reaching upto treasure Island .

Question # 180 - Geek !

2009-09-09T21:20:00.009+05:30

Who/Who all would you connect to these?

The world's first wearable computer(A) was designed to predict roulette wheels (B) by Claud E Shannon and Edward E Thorp. The most popular of wearable computers are the one by Steve Mann called Wearcomp , the evolution of which is shown in pic A.

Full credits to Captain .

Half credits for mentioning Steve mann - to Jobin, Debasish and Rithwik( via e-mail)

Question # 179 - Aliyaaa... ;)

2009-09-06T22:47:00.007+05:30

Today's question comes from young Rithwik . Do check out his own blog http://quizshooter.wordpress.com/

Due to the ever disturbing university exams , I could not upload it on time. Hence, am opening it for 2 days.

Again, Explain the connection.

Quoting Captain ,

"HH Munro's ( C ) pen-name 'Saki' is thought to be a reference to a character from Omar Khayyam's ( A ) 'Rubaiyat' or to the Saki Monkey ( B )"

He is the only person to crack it . Starting to sail into a comfortable lead again !

Q 178 - I rule.

2009-09-06T22:38:00.003+05:30

Connect these powerful men.

King David, Julius Ceasar , Charlemagne and Alexander the Great- The four kings in a deck of playing cards.

Brilliant Response - Cracked by Abhiram, Rithwik, Jobin, Captain, Kamal Rathi, Kaustuba, Vigneshwar.

Q 177 - Memoirs..

2009-09-04T19:54:00.005+05:30

Connect them to a blockbuster movie.

The 1997 movie ' Goodwill Hunting' featuring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck , and written by the actors themselves was dedicated to the memory of Alan Ginsberg and William S Burroughs , both of whom died in 1997.

Rithwik, Simply brilliant !!

Full credits to captain as well. Seems like Chappaqua is more of a blockbuster than Goodwill hunting. :)

Question # 176- Fly away..

2009-09-04T19:48:00.004+05:30

Sitter. Connect.

Connect- Marco Polo

Cathay Pacific's frequent flyer program is named after Marco Polo , called the Marco Polo Club.

Pic 2 shows Venice , whose international airport is named after Marco Polo.

Easy one. Cracked by Jobin, Abhiram, Captain and Rithwik

Question # 175 - Dhan te nan...

2009-09-03T21:29:00.003+05:30

Connect these artists.

Lead Singer of Counting Crows - Accidentally in Love , Shrek 2, 2004
Actress-singer Kathleen York - In the Deep, Crash, 2005
Beyonce Knowles - Listen , Dreamgirls, 2006
Amy Adams - Happy Working Song , Enchanted, 2007
Peter Gabriel - Down to Earth , WALL-E, 2008

Performers whose songs lost out on the Academy Award for Best Original Song from 2004-2008.

Went Uncracked. :)

Question # 174 - Booting Season 2

2009-09-02T22:43:00.005+05:30

Welcome to Season 2 of quizzing @ QuIzZiCo 100.00 FM ..

By the way, New scoring system :).. Do not forget!

To kick start the new season, We have a question from the winner of Season I , Captain Chandrakant Nair.

Simple. Just connect .

The Curse of Christmas refers to a trend where the team at the bottom of the table at Christmas has been relegated at the end of the season every year except one (2004/05 West Bromwich Albion) { First pic } since the Premiership started in 1992.
The momentous achievement has since been dubbed 'The Great Escape' { Pic B ] due to its improbability, particularly as West Brom were still bottom of the league on the morning of the last day of the season .

Lots of attempts ! :) ..

Cracked by Debasish, Kamal Rathi and Debasish .

You din't nail it RJN ;) .. and Rithwik, you merely posted the picture after the great escape. Sorry.

Curtains fall.

2009-08-30T16:06:00.004+05:30

Attention , Attention. * Clears throat * :) ...

After one super exciting year of blogging and quizzing , Curtains fall on Season I of quizzing.

I have a zillion people to thank. From a random friend who initiated the thought of a quiz club, my parents for giving me good broadband service :D, my co-authors at various points of time - Sandeep and Rithwik , fellow quizzers who appreciated my efforts and responded to the blog , Wikipedia for enlightening me day in and out , Google for providing image search facilities, magazines like Outlook and India today which have also played a very important role in updating me, my friends as well as dignitaries of THE PQC- Jijith and Rohit , Captain Chandrakant Nair who has been such a role model to look upon , and most of all.... my brother who has always been my lifeline ! I thank you all from the core of my heart . Here, I take a bow !

Now, coming back to the business end of things , These are the standings at the end of Season I( only top 20 mentioned ) .

1. Captaine - 101.5
2. Rithwik K - 81. 5
3. Abhiram - 53.5
4. Jyothi- 38
5. Malcaluffin - 29.5
6. Kamal Rathi - 29
7. Vigneshwar - 22
8. Manjith - 18.5
9. Sreeram - 15
10. Debasish - 13.5 /Bipin 13.5

At 9.5 points , We have Sandeep and Ajay Parasuraman
At 9 points, We have Johny Walker, completebhejafry and Vampire Willy( Vineesh, my bro)
At 8 points , We have Suraj , Jobin, Kaustuba and Shibin Azad.

They complete the top 20. Congrats. You've kept the blog going with ebb . Thanks .

As promised , Captaine and Rithwik will receive awards of Rs. 500 each !!

The blog shall re surface for Season II from September 3rd, 2009. As mentioned earlier, it will be under the new monthly scoring system . Top 5 at the end of each month will get 5,4,3,2 and 1 credits each respectively , which will add up to their season score . That way, we have monthly champions and Season Champs. Season II will award top 3 instead of two. :-) .. and the currencies dispatched "could" be more if economy doesn't further melt down !

So dudes and dudettes , It's been fun .. and I promise it's only going to get better!

So the 3rd of September it is. Till then, Keep quizzing , Rock on . Peace.

Yours truly .

Q 173 - Power Supreme ..

2009-08-28T19:44:00.006+05:30

The blog is gonna resurface under the new rules from September 4th onwards. Post onam :)

Who ? Connection?

NBA Commissioners - Maurice Podoloff, Walter Kennedy , Larry O' Brien and David Stern .

Fittingly, Captaine is the only one to crack this. SALUTE!!

Q 172 - Familia..

2009-08-26T22:54:00.002+05:30

What connects?

Former President of the USA - William Howard Taft

Author of "The Da Vinci Code" - Dan Brown

Space tourist Dennis Titto

Director Michael Bay

- They are all notable alumni of the college fraternity "Psi Upsilon"

Cracked by Kaustuba, Captain, Rithwik and Kamal Rathi!

Q 171- Random. Very Random.

2009-08-24T22:47:00.004+05:30

Sorry for being so arbit . Spare with me and find a connection between these structures.

Casa De Fierro in Peru , Konak Pier in Turkey, The Garabit Viaduct in Massif Central (France) , Nice observatory in France have all been designed by Gustav Eiffel, more famous for the designing of The Eiffel Tower.

Cracked by Rithwik and Kamal Rathi :)

Question # 170 - Beyond the horizon..

2009-08-23T23:29:00.006+05:30

According to A, X is the only one of its kind to appear on the B-C diagram.

Crack the unknowns/knowns :)

A

B

C

According to Terry Prachett's (A) Discworld series of books, Great A'Tuin(X) is the only turtle to have featured in the Hertszprung-Russell diagram [ Ejnar Hertszprung(B) and Henry Norris Russell(C) ]

Kaustuba is on a roll here. Credits to Vigneshwar as well.

Q 169 - OMG!

2009-08-22T23:46:00.004+05:30

Inaugrated few days back, Where would you find this amazing view point?

The skydeck on level 101 of the Sears Tower, Chicago. Too Sexy.

Cracked by Kaustuba only!

Q 168 - Media hussle ..

2009-08-21T22:53:00.003+05:30

Link them.

Richard Lintern , Christopher Lee and Vladek Sheybal have all portrayed Muhammad Ali Jinnah on screen. Dedicated to Jaswant Singh and Bharatiya Janata party :)

Dracula Society's Hamilton Deane award would have been the connect had Richard won it too! :)

Cracked by the comeback kid, Abhiram :)

Q 167 - So Sweet..

2009-08-20T17:24:00.003+05:30

Sitter for the day, What connects?

Stephen Fry, Al Gore, Britney Spears and Ashton Kutcher are the most followed individuals on Twitter , after Barrack Obama ofcourse.

Cracked by Debasish and Captain.

Our revered Captain has hit a ton on the blog. Take a bow for this whiz wonder. :D -- HATS OFF!

Officially, you have now won the first season of the PQC Blog quiz. Currencies shall arrive :)

Q 166 - Inspiron 2.0

2009-08-19T22:54:00.004+05:30

Coat of arms of a city that inspired something much more popular. What?

Coat of arms of Manchester City council inspired the logo of Manchester United Football Club.
Dedicated to all the United fans across the globe, with much hatred. :)

Cracked by Vigneshwar, Debasish, Rithwik and Kaustuba.

Q 165- United we stand. Divided we fall.

2009-08-18T20:47:00.002+05:30

Identify these morons. Together , they are ?

Kim Philby, Anthony Blunt, Guy Burgess and Donald Macleam- along with John Cairncross, they form the Cambridge five- Spies who passed on secrets of the UK to Russia.

Cracked by Debasish and Kaustuba.

Q 164 - Art Galore..

2009-08-16T22:49:00.004+05:30

What was A's claim to fame, brought to the light of the current generation by B.

A

B
The 2008 Oscar winning documentary , Man on Wire , directed by James Marsh(B) is about the death defying act done by Philippe Petit (A) by walking on a wire between the WTC buildings in the 1974.

Kaustuba , all the way again. Salut!

Q 163... Oh goshh..

2009-08-16T00:25:00.004+05:30

This year, A and B will be what C and D were last year.

Identify and Explain.

A

B

C

D

Billy Bush(A) and Claudia Jordan(B) will be the Master of Ceremonies at Miss Universe 2009 to be held this week at Nassau, Bahamas.
Jerry Springer(C) and Melanie Brown(D) were the MoC's during the last edition .

Brilliant work by Kaustuba. Take a bow. Please check out his blog ( link in comments)

New scoring system - From Sep 1 2009

2009-08-14T22:48:00.002+05:30

Hey fellow bloggers and quizzers ,

With effect from September 1 , 2009 - The blog shall have a new scoring system .

Most importantly, August 31st 2009 marks the end of season 1. As it was promised, attractive prizes shall come home to the top 2 quizzers , mostly in the form of paper(s) with the face of our beloved Mahatma engraved on it .. :D .

As for Season 2, there shall be a completely new scoring system. Each month shall be treated seperately. At the end of each month , The top 5 will get 5, 4 , 3 , 2 and 1 credits each . When the season terminates , the person with most credits walks away gets the honours ! Take it like the formula-1 scoring system . As for the monthly winners , they shall be treated with due reverence in the blog :D

Opinions welcome . :)

Yours truly

Luv.

Q 162- Honourificus..

2009-08-12T11:48:00.004+05:30

Connect!

Dilip Kumar, Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani , King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz and Hu Jintao- The latest foreign receipents of Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest Pakistani honour.

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik and Debasish.

Q 161 - Amorous ..

2009-08-12T10:28:00.005+05:30

Identify these medals/orders , and connect to the person pictured.

Victoria Cross, The Order of the bath , Most Eminent order of the Indian empire were medals held by George MacDonald Fraser's creation Brigadier General Harry Paget Flashman VC KCB KCIE

Captain and Kamal Rathi gets full credits .

Debasish, Vigneshwar and Raklodrama gets half a point each . Good effort guys. :)

Q 160- Rarity..

2009-08-11T18:03:00.007+05:30

A for B and C for D - The only instances of _________ . Id A-D and fill the blank .

A

B

C

D

1920 and 1956 Olympics were the only two instances when Events of the same Olympics were held in two different countries.

1920 - Antwerp olympics , finals of the sailing event was held in the Netherlands as the only two competitors were from that country.

1956 - Equistranian event was held in Stockholm instead of Melbourne due to quarantine regulations.

Cracked by kamal rathi, Kaustuba and Captain!

Q 159 - Babble , Gabble !

2009-08-11T18:00:00.003+05:30

What would you link the following visuals to?

Connect is NTT Docomo

Docomodake, the official mascot of Docomo , now a celebrity in Japan
JRD Tata, the connect to which is obviously Tata Docomo
Official Govt. seal of Japan , also known as Nippon for which N in NTT stands for!

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik, Kamal Rathi, Debasish and Vampire Willy !!

Q 158 - Erudite and Savant..

2009-08-11T10:05:00.004+05:30

Along with few others, what did they give rise to?

Richard Branson , Deepak Chopra, Enterpreneurs Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan - along with Sekhar kapur and enterpreneur Suresh Seetharaman gave birth to Virgin Comics

Cracked by Captain, Debasish, Rithwik and Kaustuba ( Welcome!! )

The blog will be updated on a daily basis from now..

Q 157 - Bang ur heads..!!

2009-08-08T21:46:00.004+05:30

( Open for another day , thanks to the wiki-whacki quiz engaging everyone!! )

What unique , bewildering , awe-inspiring record do these heavily popular bands share? ( Id them too! )

Dave Mathews Band and Metallica- the only groups who have had 5 consecutive albums to debut at no.1 on the Billboard 200

Cracked by Captain and Vigneshwar..

-VIK

Q 156.. Seriously old.. !

2009-08-06T22:48:00.002+05:30

Connect maadi . :)

Sergio leone's directorial debut " Il Colossus de Rhodi" (1961) was based on the Colossus of Rhodes . The map is one of the earliest known maps of the island of Rhodes!

Cracked by Captain, Rithwik, Vigneshwar and Debasish. :D

-VIK

Q 155 - Spanish.. English !

2009-08-04T21:27:00.003+05:30

Connection? :)

Connect: Porto Bello

A painting showing the Battle of Porto Bello , which forms a part of the War of Jenkins' Ear
One of the earliest animated movies, Bedknobs and Broomsticks which involves Portobello Road to a great extent.
Ruth Rendell, her 2008 book is called "Portobello"
Portobello market- The board game

Uncracked!!

-VIK

Q 154- Slumdog Millionare..

2009-08-03T10:03:00.003+05:30

Who? The subject of a novel and then a movie.

Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved the lives of 1200 jews during Holocaust by hiding them in ammunition factories was the subject of the Novel "Schindler's Ark" by Thomas Keneally and was later filmed into "Schindler's list" , an Oscar winning movie by Steven Spielberg.

Cracked by Captain and Rithwik .

-VIK

Q 153 - From No man's land ..

2009-07-30T11:28:00.004+05:30

What distinction connects these athletes?

Clue: One more person is present in this exclusive list, too old for a good pic :)

Mats Wilander , Gustavo Kuerter , Gastion Gaudio and Marcel Bernard(Pic not shown) are the only "Unseeded winners at Roland Garros" :D

Cracked by Rithwik and Captain. Good try Amit.

Q 152 - Tata Young.. :)

2009-07-30T11:10:00.003+05:30

Connect maadi.

Connect: Editors of Vogue magazine - Diana Vreeland , Grace Mirabella and Anna Wintour

Cracked by Captain( But then, in spite of less q ..why low? .. Majorly, followers have lost track of the blog :( !! )

Q 151.. Work it out.. :)

2009-07-26T23:21:00.003+05:30

This one is different. It can be worked out. What connects?

They are movies that have used ' Mount Rushmore ' in their defining scenes.

Cracked by Rithwik..

Getting disappointed by the lack of any response to the blog after the break. :(

-VIK

Q 150- Hit or miss!

2009-07-26T23:08:00.003+05:30

He was in the newspapers recently. What's his claim to fame?

He has the ability to talk to birds. He threatened the Nepal Goverment that if they do not help him in getting to the guiness book of world records, he would block airports by using his ability. Name Sampokta.

Went uncracked again.

-VIK

Q 149 - Suno Sunao.

2009-07-21T21:28:00.003+05:30

Connect. Really, Just connect! :)

Quartz, Corona , Polaris and Aurora - Codenames of Windows Media player Series :) ..

I did give you a lot to think on. :D Went Un Cracked

-VIK