Quiz of the Day - 31 October 2012

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Another question from the annals of history.

The photograph on the right hand side shows the remnants of a once legendary fortification, which were destroyed in an epic war.

Identify the site or the war.

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Answer: The ruins are portions of the legendary walls of Troy (VII), identified as the site of the Trojan War (ca. 1200 BC). These are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites and located in the Western Turkey.
Congratulations to Ali for the right answer. :)

Quiz of the Day - 30 October 2012

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Here comes a question from a different time altogether, but relevant as of today.

What you can see on the right hand side is a photograph of one of only four surviving exemplifications of the original text. The texts have long been popularly perceived as the original symbol of freedom.

What is being talked about and shown in the photograph?

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Answer: The answer is Magna Carta, also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England. It is an Angevin charter, originally issued in Latin in the year 1215, translated into vernacular-French as early as 1219, and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. Magna Carta is Latin for Great Charter. The later versions excluded the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority that had been present in the 1215 charter. The charter first passed into law in 1225; the 1297 version, with the long title (originally in Latin) "The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, and of the Liberties of the Forest," still remains on the statute books of England and Wales.

The photo shows one of the only four surviving exemplifications of the 1215 text, Cotton MS. Augustus II. 106, property of the British Library.
Ali cracks this question with elan. :)

Quiz of the Day - 29 October 2012

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I plan to create a series of questions on firearms - 30 questions, one for each day, for the entire month of November. Let's see how it shapes up.

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For the time being, a less explosive question for the day's quiz.
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The picture, which you can see on the right hand side, was taken by a Landsat satellite circa 2000 AD.
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From the image, identify the area.
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Answer: The satellite image is that of Area 51 and it also shows the dry Groom Lake just northeast of the site.
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Area 51 is a military base, and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles (133 km) north-northwest of Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield. The base's primary purpose is undetermined; however, based on historical evidence, it appears to support development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
Ali cracks this question.

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Quiz of the Day - 28 October 2012

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Travel centuries, travel continents for the day's quiz question.

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The picture on the right hand side shows some people engaged in a particular activity. This is considered a historically significant event, which changed history.

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Identify what is going on.

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Answer: The Destruction of Tea at Boston Harbor or "Boston Tea Party". At the time of the incident, the phrase "Boston Tea Party" had not been coined, and it became popular only half a century later.
Kudos to Ali, Souvik Bhattacharyya & Karan Rai for cracking the question. :)

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Quiz of the Day - 27 October 2012

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Sorry for the poor quality of the visual clue. This is from a long - well, not so long actually - back.

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You can see a screenshot of an advertisement, with New Delhi, 5.45 a.m. written across. India Gate can be seen in the background, and a person's upper body is seen emerging from the background.

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You have to identify both the Product and the Person, on whom, the ad was shot.

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Answer: This is one of the advertisements from the golden days of Doordarshan. The ad was for the health drink Boost and the person, who featured in the ad was none other than Kapil Dev. Boost is the secret of my energy, was quite a catchphrase in those times.

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Quiz of the Day - 26 October 2012

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This question comes from the world of movies.

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Right! Five guys in the frame.

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Identify the one whose face has been hidden. Bonus: for what purpose, was this snap taken? 

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Answer: The person is George Lazenby. The occasion was to select the next James Bond for the upcoming film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. The search was necessitated because of the decision of Sean Connery to retire from the role after You Only Live Twice.
Congratulations to Ali! For the names of other actors, please see his comment below. :)

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Quiz of the Day - 25 October 2012

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A tribute question for the daily quiz. 

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The picture on the right hand side is the snapshot of the cover of a novel, published by Penguin. The novel had won the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1986, and is considered as one of the finest examples of contemporary Indian literature.

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Identify the Author and the Novel.

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Answer: The author is Sunil Gangopadhyay, one of my personal favourites, and who passed away recently. The novel is Those Days, translated from the original Bengali work, titled Sei Somoy.

The novel is set in the late 19th Century Bengal, against the backdrop of the Bengal Renaissance and the 1857 Sepoy uprisings. Though a piece of historical fiction, it incorporates the major historical characters from that period, viz. Vidyasagar, Michael Madhusudan Dutt etc. and the author has remained true in his descriptions of those days.
Karan Rai and Ali crack this as usual! :)

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Quiz of the Day - 24 October 2012

One of my favorite characters - real or imaginary - forms the basis of today's quiz question. And, this is related to a current event too.

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You can see the snap of a flag in the picture on the right hand side.

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Simply identify the owner of the flag!

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Answer: That's supposed to be the Flag of Mahishasura, the archenemy of Durga.
Unfortunately, no one came up with the right answer!
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Quiz of the Day - 23 October 2012

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A very recent happening forms the day's quiz question.

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The painting on the right hand side is the only known picture of the lady in question. She has been in the news very recently and has achieved a very first in her class.

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Identify her and tell us about her achievement.

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Answer: She is Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, baptised as Catherine Tekakwitha and informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680). Born in present-day New York, she survived smallpox and was orphaned as a child, then baptized as a Roman Catholic and settled for the last years of her life at the Jesuit mission village of Kahnawake, south of Montreal in New France, now Canada. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1980 and canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Basilica on October 21, 2012, thereby becoming the very first Native American to be done so.
Congratulations to Ali and Karan, who have successfully cracked this question.

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Quiz of the Day - 14 October 2012

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One of the places that I would like to visit sometime makes up today's quiz question.

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You can see the picture of a very famous waterfall on the right hand side. Part of a folklore, you need to simply identify the place and why it is famous.

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Answer: Ali is absolutely right.
And, I am only copy-pasting his answer from the comment section below.
Its Reichenbach Falls. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had set the falls as the location of the final fight between Sherlock Holmes with his greatest opponent, Professor James Moriarty in his story, The Final Problem. Apparently, both of them had died in the fight, but as it turned out later, Holmes had managed to vanquish his opponent in the fight to the death.

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Quiz of the Day - 13 October 2012

A logo quiz question up next.

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You can see the logo of the Indianapolis Clowns on the right hand side.

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Just tell me the significance of the team.

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Answer: Indianapolis Clowns were the last of the functioning professional baseball teams from the Negro American Leagues era. While still fielding a legitimate team, the Clowns also toured with several members known for comic acts - sort of a baseball version of the Harlem Globetrotters, including Joe "Prince" Henry. After the decline of the Negro Leagues, the team continued operations on barnstorming tours and the Clowns finally disbanded around 1988.

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The Clowns were also the first professional baseball team to hire a female player. Toni Stone played second base with the team in 1953.

Ali is partially right with the answer.

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Quiz of the Day - 11 October 2012

Here's another visual question for the quiz of the day.

Bit of a shocking visual. It is, or rather, was, a part of a series of advertisement on a particular topic.

What you have to do is identify the topic, on which, the ad was made.

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Answer: Bangalore City Traffic Police ran an outdoor advertising campaign using disturbing photography to shock people out of talking to their friends and families while driving. The campaign, with tag line, “Don't talk while he drives”, was developed by Mudra Group.
Kudos to Ali, as he correctly identified the ad campaign.

Quiz of the Day - 10 October 2012

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For the day's quiz, here's another visual question.

On the right side, you can see the photograph of a historical painting.

Simply identify the painting and the painter.

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Answer: One of the dragons from The Nine Dragons handscroll (九龙图／九龍圖), painted by the Song-Dynasty Chinese artist Chen Rong (陈容／陳容) in 1244 CE. The entire scroll is 46.3 x 1096.4 cm, and is located in the Museum of Fine Art - Boston, USA.
Congratulations to Ali for cracking this question.

Quiz of the Day - 2 October 2012

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A blast from the past for the daily quiz.
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The photo on the right hand side was taken some 3-4 years ago. The lady in the photo had achieved international prominence some times ago.
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Simply identify the lady and tell us about what led to her prominence.
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Answer: Many of my generation would remember her as a real salty character. She is Pamella Chaudry Singh nee Bordes.
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Quiz of the Day - 1 October 2012

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We look up an old archive for the day's question.

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The photo, on the right hand side, is one of the few real ones to have survived the attack of the time. There have been other, more fanciful, clearer and obviously forged photographs of the same aircraft, which have been doing the rounds in the Internet groups and hoax mails, and are described as the ideal vehicle to fight and destroy the Nazi UFO Fighters. The aircraft was designed around 1931 and it was lost during one of the test flights. It's designer was murdered as he fell out of favour with Joseph Stalin during the great purge.

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Internet hoax image of K-7 fighting
a Nazi Flying Saucer!

Just tell me the name of the actual aircraft and the person who designed it.

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Answer: The answer is Kalinin K-7, designed by Konstantin Kalinin. It was supposed to be a heavy aircraft, capable of carrying 120 passengers in civilian configuration, while taking on the role of a heavy bomber in military configuration. However, the only prototype crashed killing all people on-board. In 1938, Kalinin was executed as an Enemy of the State. In recent years, Internet e-mail hoaxes have surfaced claiming the K-7 to be the largest aircraft built till date. In the photos, the K-7 is shown fighting even more bizarre samples of aircraft  like a Nazi Flying Saucer.
Ali, as usual, cracks this!
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