Quiz of the Day - 30 April 2012

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Another visual question for the daily quiz.

Take a look at the picture on the right hand side. This artwork captures a historical event. There's a Hollywood blockbuster of the same name, but the movie is based on a different incident which happened much later.

By what name do we know this incident?

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Answer: Anindya has successfully cracked this! It is Thin Red Line. Awesome answer!!
The battle scene shown in the painting was part of the Battle of Balaclava in Crimean War. You can see the infantry-men wearing red tunics and standing in a two deep formation to take on the cavalry of the Imperial Russian forces. The general practice in those days were to have the infantry stand in at least a four deep formation, in case they were deployed in a line. That's why it was called the Thin Red Line.
The Hollywood movie of the same name is based on a later incidence, which happened during the Pacific campaign of WWII.

Quiz of the Day - 29 April 2012

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Here's another visual question for the daily quiz.

The picture on the right hand side depicts something. All you have to do is identify what is being depicted in the picture.

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Answer: Anonymous bhai, you are absolutely correct again! :)
It is Buddh International Circuit promoted by Jaypee Group and operated by their subsidiary Jaypee Sports International Ltd.
The circuit was designed by Herman Tilke. The clockwise circuit employs the Graywacke surface, has a total track length of 5.137 km and 16 turns.

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.

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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.

Quiz of the Day - 27 April 2012

Another visual question from the filmdom.

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Identify the movie from the poster. The movie is named after the chosen profession of its main protagonist.

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Answer: It is El Mariachi indeed!
It is a 1992 Mexican-American action film that is the debut of writer/director Robert Rodriguez. The Spanish language film was shot in the northern Mexican bordertown of Ciudad Acuña with a mainly amateur cast. The US$7,000 production was originally intended for the Mexican home video market, but executives at Columbia Pictures liked the film so much that they bought the American distribution rights. Columbia eventually spent several times more than the 16 mm film's original budget on 35 mm transfers, promotion, marketing and distribution.

Quiz of the Day - 26 April 2012

A dry question.
This animal derives its name from a Sanskrit word literally meaning "variegated body". It was a favourite pet of many rulers of yesteryears, who used it for hunting wild games. Identify the animal.
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Answer: It is Cheetah indeed! The animal got its name due to the spots on its body. Unfortunately, due to unchecked hunting and poaching, this beautiful animal is on the endangered list now.

Quiz of the Day - 25 April 2012

A visual question for today.

From the movie poster, identify the cult film.

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Answer: As Aniruddha has already cracked it, it is Machete, the Robert Rodrigues directed, Dany Trejo starrer.

Quiz of the Day - 24 April 2012

They were active during the early 19th Century India

Identify both the persons. 

Their activities were interrelated and both of them had been active in India during William Bentinck's reign as the Governor General of India. One of these men was a prolific exponent in his chosen profession and if the quasi-historical statistics are to be believed, would rank at the very top among his fellow professionals in the entire world. It is argued that his exploits introduced a new word to the English vocabulary.

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Answer: The person on the left side of the photo is Colonel William Henry Sleeman, who had effectively neutralized the threats posed by the thuggee cult in India.
The person on the right hand side is Thug Behram, arguably the most prolific serial killer in the world with 931 murders to his credit according to various sources.

Quiz of the Day - 23 April 2012

His father was an Indian Civil Services officer and mother was the daughter of an Indian railroad engineer. He was conceived in India, but born in England. A brilliant mathematician, his death has resulted in analogies being drawn to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It has also been suggested that Apple's logo, in actuality, is a tribute to him. Identify the person.
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Answer: It is Alan Mathison Turing indeed.
A mathematical genius, probably he changed the final outcome of WWII by deciphering the German Enigma codes. Prior to that, the U-boats were having a free run in the Atlantic. Known for Halting problem, Turing machine, Cryptanalysis of the Enigma, Automatic Computing Engine, Turing Award, Turing Test, Turing patterns, his  homosexuality resulted in a criminal prosecution in 1952, when homosexual acts were still illegal in the United Kingdom. He accepted treatment with female hormones (chemical castration) as an alternative to prison. On 10 September 2009, following an Internet campaign, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology on behalf of the British government for the way in which Turing was treated after the war.
On 8 June 1954, Turing's cleaner found him dead; the cause of death was later determined to be cyanide poisoning. When his body was discovered an apple lay half-eaten beside his bed, and although the apple was not tested for cyanide, it is speculated that this was the means by which a fatal dose was delivered. David Leavitt has suggested that Turing was re-enacting a scene from the 1937 film Snow White, his favourite fairy tale, pointing out that he took "an especially keen pleasure in the scene where the Wicked Witch immerses her apple in the poisonous brew." It has also been speculated, but officially denied, that Apple's logo was designed as a tribute to Touring.