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 - 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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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 - 20 June 2012

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We travel down the road of history for today's visual question of the daily quiz.
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On the right hand side, you can see the photo of two historical coins, which are approximately 2000 years old.
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Straightforward question. Tell me the origin of these two coins, i.e. who minted these.
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Answer: It's answer time. Sorry, for the delay in publishing the answer.
These two coins are from the Mauryan Empire, during the reigns of Chandragupta Maurya. The coins, with symbols of wheel and elephant, are from 3rd century BCE.
Congratulations to Rakesh Shaw, Dhiraj Bora and Sunayana for getting the answer right.

Quiz of the Day - 5 May 2012

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An old photograph of an historical person for today's daily quiz.

A simple question, going by the track record!

Identify the person in the photograph and tell us about his claim to fame.

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Answer: Apologies for the delay in publishing the answer.
Indeed, he is Charles Ponzi, after whom, the word Ponzi Scheme was invented. Ironically, he died almost penniless.
Congratulations Shray Gupta and Anonymous for cracking this.