Quiz of the Day - 1 August 2012

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A sitter to start the daily quiz for August 2012.

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The iconic picture on the right hand side was taken during a live event, that was responsible for changing the course of the world history.

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Simply identify the event that is captured here.

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You can leave your answer as a comment below this post. You can also mail your answer to shovon76[at]gmail[dot]com. The comments will be moderated till tomorrow and will be published along with the answer.

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Answer: This photo was captured near the coast of Normandy in France, on 6th June 1994, the D-Day, during last phases of the second World War. The photograph shows Allied soldiers getting down from the landing vessel in their march towards the beach at Normandy, during the Operation Neptune (popularly called Normandy Landings. Actually, the entire battle plan was divided in to multiple operations and responsibilities distributed to different task groups). After this successful operation, the tide of the WWII totally turned in favour of the Allied nations, as the Axis powers gradually started to lose their hold.
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Congratulations to Ali, Sonkar and Rajib for the correct answer. :)
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Quiz of the Day - 28 April 2012

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Another visual clue. The question has two parts and one needs to answer both.

You can see the actual photographic capture of an iconic event in the history of the world. Many films, over the years, have used this event as a backdrop in their story. The event has also been dramatically reenacted in numerous feature films, documentaries and TV shows.

For getting the full credits, you'll need to identify the event depicted in the photograph and tell me the name of the Oscar winning film released in 1998, which started with the dramatic representation of this particular event.

Send in your answers to shovon76[at]gmail[dot]com.

The answers will be published tomorrow.

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Answer: As usual, my anonymous friend is absolutely right. The photograph shows the action on D-Day in 1944, when the Allied troops landed at Normandy in France. This actually started a chain reaction and was the first time during WWII that the Germans lost in mainland Europe.
The 1998 Oscar winning film is Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg. The film opened with the D-Day scene when a group of US soldiers landed on the Omaha beach and their fight with the entrenched Germans.