General Knowledge QuiZ

Aug. 15, 2010. Basavaraj Talwar.

Paris 17204km, Rome 15558km

Where's This ???

West Aus/South Aus BORDER VILLAGE

"..., which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. "I dont much care where--" said Alice. "Then it doesnt matter which way you go," (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6)

Free for All. Literary Connect

Ack: Subhashini Muralidharan

Free for All. Literary Connect

Ack: Subhashini Muralidharan

Haruki Murakami Kafka on the shore

Winner of the Franz Kafka Prize 2005

Kafka on the Shore is a 2002 novel by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. John Updike described it as a "real page-turner, as well as an insistently metaphysical mind-bender". The novel has received critical acclaim, a spot on The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2005 and the World Fantasy Award. Characters from the book: Kafka, Sakura, the KFC guy, 4 cats
Rent books in Papyrus library, A-Mess. Mon-Fri 7.45 8.45pm, Sat 12.45 - 1.45pm

The IQC Gospel

Saint Nirmal Iyer

Modified infinite bounds Chocolates for anything from a dull right answer to a funny, orthogonal, wrong comment. The Fresher Initiation Guide

a) Yes, I know it, 'That's eeeaasy and other similar signs of exultations before a teams turn is due are just intimidation tactics and do not reflect the persons knowledge of the answer. b) Similar comments post the declaration of the answer are. Oh..I knew it,Extremely good question and so on.

Quiz Masters Knowledge Is extremely dependant on the existence of Wikipedia, Google and similar sites. Questions in no way reflect the supreme intelligence of the QM( if the answers are perceived as difficult) or his absolute ignorance( if the answers turn out to be very easy). They are just a result of the game of chance and probability.

Tardigrades or Water Bears

Microscopic, waterdwelling, segmented animals with eight legs Adults may reach a body length of 1.5 mm, the smallest below 0.1 mm. More than 1,000 species of tardigrades have been described.
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Q. Why are Water Bears unique?

Tardigrades or Water Bears

Tardigrades are polyextremophiles Can survive temperatures of -273C (-460 F), 151 C (303 F), 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, and almost a decade without water. Tardigrades were taken into low Earth orbit and for 10 days were exposed to the vacuum of space. After they were returned to Earth, it was discovered that many of them survived and laid eggs that hatched normally, making these the only animals known to be able to survive the vacuum of space.
What is true of E.coli is true of the elephant --Jacques Monad

What List?

1. General Sherman 2. General Grant 3. President 4. Lincoln 5. Stagg 6. Boole 7. Genesis 8. Franklin 9. King Arthur 10.Monroe
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Clue?

List

1. General Sherman 83.8m 2. General Grant 81.7m 3. President 73.4m 4. Lincoln 78m 5. Stagg 74m 6. Boole 81m 7. Genesis 77m 8. Franklin 66m 9. King Arthur 83m 10.Monroe 75.5m

10 Largest Giant Sequoias on Earth

All are located in California

Giant Sequoia avenue at Benmore Botanic Garden, planted in 1863. These giants are all over 50 m tall. The man who sees, on New Year's day, Mount Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant is forever blessed. -- Old Japanese proverb

East meets West

The Hindu source Jagannath, is a name of the divinity Krishna. One of the most famous of Indian temples is the Jagannath Temple in Puri, Orissa, which has the Ratha Yatra, an annual procession of chariots carrying the murtis of Krishna, Subhadra and Balabhadra. In the festival's past, people were crushed accidentally as the massive 14 meter tall, multi-ton chariot slipped out of control, with others suffering injury in the resulting stampedes. This sight led the Britons of the time to contrive the word "___________".
Q. What english word has the Hindu source Jagannath?

Juggernaut
The english word Juggernaut is a borrowing from Hindi with dramatic roots. In rare instances, people were crushed accidentally as the massive 14 meter tall, multi-ton chariot slipped out of control, with others suffering injury in the resulting stampedes. This sight led the Britons of the time to contrive the word "juggernaut" to refer to examples of unstoppable, crushing forces. This includes British slang for a large lorry.

Do not think by infection, catching an opinion like a cold.

Connect.

More ???

Connect.

Rajkumar Hirani
Munnabhai MBBS: circuit, hippocrates symbol Gandhigiri 3 Idiots Why Fevicol?

If I could remember the names of all these particles, I'd be a botanist. --Enrico Fermi

Connect

Clue?

Connect

Sir Mohammed Iqbal Maa with kids

Sare Jahan se Achcha ( )

Happy Independence Day :) National poet of Pakistan: Sir Muhammed Iqbal's creation. Known as Tarana-eHindi (Anthem of the People of Hindustan), published in 1924 in the Urdu book Bang-e-Dara. The poem was set to music in the 1950s by sitar maestro Ravi Shankar and recorded by singer Lata Mangeshkar. Stanzas (1), (3), (4), and (6) became an unofficial national anthem in India, and were also turned into the official quick march of the Indian Armed Forces. Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian cosmonaut, employed the first line of the song in 1984 to describe to then PM Indira Gandhi how India appeared from outer space. Manmohan Singh, quoted the poem at his first press conference. Deewar (1975): plays in the background :).

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. --Carl Sagan

Excerpt from a Classic

... X, written by Nandi in 1000 chapters, were reproduced by Shvetaketu, ..., in an abbreviated form in 500 chapters, and this work was again similarly reproduced in an abridged form, in 150 chapters, by Babhravya, .... These 150 chapters were then put together under 7 parts by Suvarnanabha, Ghotakamukha, Gonardiya, Gonikaputra, Dattaka, Kuchumara. Thus the work ... as the parts which were expounded by Dattaka and the others treated only of the particular branches of the subject to which each part related, and moreover as the original work of Babhravya was difficult to be mastered on account of its length, Y, therefore, composed his work in a small volume as an abstract of the whole of the works of the above-named authors.

X is the Classic & Y is the Author

Vatsyayana's Kamasutra

A man skilled in the sixty-four arts is looked upon with love by his own wife, by the wives of others, and by courtesans. -- Kamasutra

This is an incomplete list of ___________.

Al-Azz, Al-Muhaymin, Al-Mu'min, AlMusawwir, Al-Qbid, Al-Hakam, Al-Ghafr, Al-Wsi', Al-Qdir, Al-Bqi, Al-Writh...

A few of the 99 Names of Allah

Al-Azz The Almighty, The Sufficient, The Honorable Al-Muhaymin Al-Mu'min Al-Qbid Al-Hakam Al-Ghafr Al-Musawwir The Guardian, The Protector The Evolver, The Fashioner of Forms The Guarantor, The Affirming, The Restrainer, The Straightener The Judge, The Arbitrator The All Forgiving

Al-Wsi' The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent Al-Qdir The Omnipotent, The All Able Al-Bqi The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. -- Senaca

Identify the Website

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More?

Identify the Website

This article may be Overly American. Brits may not understand humor, only humour. Canadians and Australians may not understand anything at all. Don't not attempt to remedy this. Under User has blessed you with cake for being friendly and/or useful. Eat it quickly before he changes his mind.

This is an edited image that has pixels pasted from ambiguous sources. The edits to this image are hereby released into public domain by the uploader. However, the individual pixels may be a copyright violation. Use for any purpose at your own risk, I care not! This image has been appropriated from wealthy artisans to feed the artistically poor. In all likelihood, someone might be pissed. Good for them, since __________ claims a fair use policy. The Poo Lit Surprise entries have been judged. If you won, congratulations, if you didn't (which, to be honest, is more likely) then you should probably kill yourself.

Uncyclopedia
Wikipedia: Uncyclopedia ("the content-free encyclopedia") is a website that parodies Wikipedia. Founded in 2005, project spans over 50 languages. The English version has over 25,000 pages of content. Uncyclopedia: is an encyclopedia full of misinformation and utter lies. You might say it puts the "psych!" in "encyclopedia". It's sort of like Congress or Parliament, but unlike Congress or Parliament, we do have a sense of humor. Nonetheless, this is one of the only factual pages, before everything turns into a puddle of utter confusion and disarray. Savor it. And for the love of Sophia, we know you like disarray, (and confusion) but stop adding confusion to this non-confusing page which leads to confusion, and possibly disarray. Which we wish to stop. Non-nonconfusion, that is. Not disarray. Or is it the other way around?
Uncyclopedia Rules: 1. Be funny and not just stupid. 2. Don't be a dick. 3. Dance like you've never danced before.

Fear is more pain than is the pain it fears. -Shakespeare

Artists of the World !!! Unite !!!

make hideous amounts of money Chris Ofili (born 10 October 1968) is a Turner Prize winning British painter best known for artworks referencing aspects of his Nigerian heritage. He was one of the Young British Artists, and is now based in Trinidad.

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Q. What is unique in his paintings?

Artists of the World !!! Unite !!!

make hideous amounts of money using crap

Ofili applies elephant dung directly to the canvas in the form of dried spherical lumps, and sometimes, in the same form, uses it as foot-like supports on which the paintings stand.

No Woman No Cry. The painting stands on two dried, varnished lumps of elephant dung. A third is used as the pendant of the necklace.
Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. Anton Chekhov

all your Fantasy are my Reality

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What's the name of this performance art?

Cosplay
A performance art in which participants don costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Inanimate objects are given anthropomorphic forms and it is not unusual to see genders switched, with women playing male roles and vice versa.
It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook. Anton Chekhov

What flag is this?

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The Unification Flag of Korea

Korean reunification refers to the hypothetical future reunification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government. The process towards this was started by the historic June 15th North-South Joint Declaration in August 2000, where the two countries agreed to work towards a peaceful reunification in the future.

I'd rather be led to hell than managed to heavan.

Which Law/Act in the Indian Constitution?

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Cabinet approved bill on 2 July 2009, Rajya Sabha passed it 20 July 2009 and the Lok Sabha on 4th August 2009. Received Presidential assent and was notified as law on 3 Sept 2009. Law came into effect from 1 April 2010. The first time in the history of India a law was brought into force by a speech by the Prime Minister. India became one of 135 countries to enforce this law Lawsuits Miss Mohini Jain v. State of Karnataka (AIR 1992 SC 2100) Unni Krishnan v State of Andhra Pradesh (AIR 1993 SC 2178)

Clue?

Which Law/Act in the Indian Constitution?

Cabinet approved bill on 2 July 2009, Rajya Sabha passed it 20 July 2009 and the Lok Sabha on 4th August 2009. Received Presidential assent and was notified as law on 3 Sept 2009. Law came into effect from 1 April 2010. The first time in the history of India a law was brought into force by a speech by the Prime Minister. India became one of 135 countries to enforce this law. Clue: The Society for Un-aided Private Schools, Rajasthan petitioned the Supreme Court of India claiming the act violates the constitutional right of private managements to run their institutions without governmental interference.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act

Passed by the Indian parliament on 4 August 2009, describes the modalities of the provision of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution. In his speech, Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India stated that, "We are committed to ensuring that all children, irrespective of gender and social category, have access to education. An education that enables them to acquire the skills, knowledge, values and attitudes necessary to become responsible and active citizens of India."

The problem with any unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. -- Glaser and Way

Pwnage Pineapple & Codling Moth

live happily together

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Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a member of the Lepidopteran family Tortricidae. They are agricultural pests, their larva feed on apples.

Q. Connect Cydia and the Pineapple

Clue?

Pwnage Pineapple & Codling Moth

live happily together

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) is a member of the Lepidopteran family Tortricidae. They are agricultural pests, their larva feed on apples.

Q. Connect Cydia and the Pineapple

Pwnage Pineapple (Boot logo of a Jailbroken iPhone)

Jailbreaking is a process that allows iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users to run any software code on their devices, as opposed to only that code authorized by Apple. Cydia is a software application for iOS that lets a user browse and download applications for a jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. It was developed by Jay Freeman.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

-- Arthur R. Miller

_____________.com
Created by John Breen (Berkman Award), donated to UN World Food Programme

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Users play various educational, multiple-choice games in order to fight world hunger. In exchange for advertisements on the website, various sponsors donate the money necessary to pay for the _____. The most common countries receiving _____ are Bangladesh, Cambodia, Bhutan, Uganda, and Nepal as of early 2008). One month after the inception of the viral marketing program, users had earned enough points to feed 50,000 people for one day. As of March 28, 2010 this website has donated enough to provide food for 3,850,000 people for one day. Yahoo! Pick of the Year 2007 Charity Category Winner.

FreeRice.com
Created by John Breen (Berkman Award), donated to UN World Food Programme

For every answer the user answers correctly, 10 grains are donated. In exchange for advertisements on the website, various sponsors donate the money necessary to pay for the rice and website maintenance.

If you didn't have most of your friends, you wouldn't have most of your problems.

Gobbledygook
What are lumi, hanki, iljanne, kide, tykky, pyry, huurre?

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Ack: Gautam Tholpadi

Clue?

Guess the Gobbledygook

What are lumi, hanki, iljanne, kide, tykky, pyry, huurre? Some of them are falling, some are atop large bodies of water, some motionless on the ground.

Ack: Gautam, CSA

Finnish words for Snow :)

there are 58 non-compound words (excluding local dialect words)

lumi - is snow that's still falling, hanki - is snow on the ground, iljanne thin layer of snow on ice, kide - is snow on water, pyry snow shower tykky - is snow on trees, What's huurre??? Most of us have seen it.
Eskimos DONOT have 40 words for snow. It's an urban legend. Ack: Gautam, CSA

Finnish words for Snow :)

I already love Finland

lumi - is snow that's still falling, hanki - is snow on the ground, iljanne - is snow on ice, kide - is snow on water, tykky - is snow on trees, pyry snow shower huurre - is the snow in the freezer of the refrigerator Free for all: What do these snow words mean (they all denote the same): nirskua, narskua, kirskua, nitist, narista
"Protozoa are small, and bacteria are small, but viruses are smaller than the both put together."

Finnish words for Snow :)

there are 58 words (all non-compound)

lumi - is snow that's still falling, hanki - is snow on the ground, iljanne - is snow on ice, kide - is snow on water, tykky - is snow on trees, pyry snow shower huurre - is the snow in the freezer of the refrigerator nirskua, narskua, kirskua, nitist, narista are Onomatopoetic verbs for walking on snow. :)
"Protozoa are small, and bacteria are small, but viruses are smaller than the both put together."

How on Earth ?!?!?!?!? :-o

James Harrison, 74, Australia is credited with saving more than two million lives in the past 56 years. His life is insured for one million Australian dollars.

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He was also nicknamed the man with the golden arm or the man in two million.

Q. How?

SuperMan
you need a PhD in MBU to understand the answer

James Harrison, 74, has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia. Has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now than 984 donations (World Record). His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. His plasma is specifically useful for the immunoglobulin which prevents Rh(D) negative women developing Rh(D) antibodies during pregnancy, which may harm unborn children. His multiple donations have contributed to more than 1 million doses of Rh(D) immunoglobulin.
Research, n.: Consider Columbus: He didn't know where he was going. When he got there he didn't know where he was. When he got back he didn't know where he had been. And he did it all on someone else's money.

This is NOT what the Eagle sees.

The pics are from google maps. (3 examples)

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Q. What is wrong with the pics and What is this effect called?

Don't stare at it for too long.

The pics are from google maps.

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Q. What is wrong with the pics and What is this effect called?

Don't stare at it for too long.

The pics are from google maps.

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Q. What is wrong with the pics and What is this effect called?

Google's Escher Effect

Stitching together satellite pix and aero pics of cities can result in situations where the different aerial vantage points result in buildings' pictures being taken at different angles. Once stitched together, the taller buildings at the edges of each of the pictures appear to be leaning toward or away from one another at pronounced angles. This has come to be known as the "Escher Effect", named after M.C. Escher, an artist who made pictures sometimes with optical illusions inspired by contradictions in perspective. Escher's illustrations of structures with impossible angles had the exact same "feel" as the images.

RAM wasn't built in a day.

First Among Equals

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Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR.

Q. This is in the preface of which classic, by whom?

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.

Connect

B: A place called Kitulgala, in SriLanka

C
Ack: Madhu

A: The current day Bridge over the River Kwai B: Where the movie was filmed C: Alec Guinness, who played the lead role

"Shakespeare written in Arial sounds like a police complaint!" Max Babi

Located in Karlskoga, Sweden, X originated from a hammer mill, known since 1600s. Xs most famous owner till date has been Alfred Nobel. Today X is split in two parts, each acquired by BAE systems, and Saab. Xs name became more widely known in India in the 1980s due to the action/work of Chitra Subramaniam and Y

Ack: Madhu

X Bofors Y N.Ram of The Hindu

"I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in 20 minutes. It involves Russia." Woody Allen

Grand Connect

8 clues

1 guess per clue guess like there's no tomorrow

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Products of DRDO
Defence Research Development Organization
Astra is an active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) Sagarika is a nuclear-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile with a range of 700 kilometres The HAL Tejas is a lightweight multirole jet fighter Rustom (English: Warrior) is a Medium Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) The Shaurya missile is a canister launched hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical missile HAL Dhruv is a multi-role helicopter supplied to the Indian Armed Forces Nag is a third generation "Fire-and-forget" anti-tank missile developed in India. Akash is India's medium range surface-to-air missile defense system Prithvi is a tactical surface-to-surface, short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)
One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic --Joseph Stalin.

Free for All Questions

Have a Break Win a Chuckles, kajoos OR a Kit-Kat t

Modelling ...
Martin ____ was searching for a fairly simple mathematical model for his research work, when his wife Sandra suggested X. The original X was purchased from ZCMI, a departmental store in Utah. It is almost a celebrity example in a particular field today.
Clue: Next Slide
Ack: Madhu

The data generated from X is as follows

Rim: { 102, 103, 104, 105, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 } Body: { 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 } { 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 } Lid: { 96, 96, 96, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 101, 101, 101, 0, 1, 2, 3 } { 0, 1, 2, 3, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117 } Handle: { 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 } { 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 28, 65, 66, 67 } Spout: { 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83 } { 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 } Vertices: { 0.2000, 0.0000, 2.70000 }, { 0.2000, -0.1120, 2.70000 }, { 0.1120, -0.2000, 2.70000 }, { 0.0000, -0.2000, 2.70000 }, { 1.3375, 0.0000, 2.53125 }, { 1.3375, -0.7490, 2.53125 }, { 0.7490, -1.3375, 2.53125 }, { 0.0000, -1.3375, 2.53125 }, { 1.4375, 0.0000, 2.53125 }, { 1.4375, -0.8050, 2.53125 }, { 0.8050, -1.4375, 2.53125 }, { 0.0000, -1.4375, 2.53125 }, { 1.5000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 1.5000, -0.8400, 2.40000 }, { 0.8400, -1.5000, 2.40000 }, { 0.0000, -1.5000, 2.40000 }, { 1.7500, 0.0000, 1.87500 }, { 1.7500, -0.9800, 1.87500 }, { 0.9800, -1.7500, 1.87500 }, { 0.0000, -1.7500, 1.87500 }, { 2.0000, 0.0000, 1.35000 }, { 2.0000, -1.1200, 1.35000 }, { 1.1200, -2.0000, 1.35000 }, { 0.0000, -2.0000, 1.35000 }, { 2.0000, 0.0000, 0.90000 }, { 2.0000, -1.1200, 0.90000 }, { 1.1200, -2.0000, 0.90000 }, { 0.0000, -2.0000, 0.90000 }, { -2.0000, 0.0000, 0.90000 }, { 2.0000, 0.0000, 0.45000 }, { 2.0000, -1.1200, 0.45000 }, { 1.1200, -2.0000, 0.45000 }, { 0.0000, -2.0000, 0.45000 }, { 1.5000, 0.0000, 0.22500 }, { 1.5000, -0.8400, 0.22500 }, { 0.8400, -1.5000, 0.22500 }, { 0.0000, -1.5000, 0.22500 }, { 1.5000, 0.0000, 0.15000 }, { 1.5000, -0.8400, 0.15000 }, { 0.8400, -1.5000, 0.15000 }, { 0.0000, -1.5000, 0.15000 }, { -1.6000, 0.0000, 2.02500 }, { -1.6000, -0.3000, 2.02500 }, { -1.5000, -0.3000, 2.25000 }, { -1.5000, 0.0000, 2.25000 }, { -2.3000, 0.0000, 2.02500 }, { -2.3000, -0.3000, 2.02500 }, { -2.5000, -0.3000, 2.25000 }, { -2.5000, 0.0000, 2.25000 }, { -2.7000, 0.0000, 2.02500 }, { -2.7000, -0.3000, 2.02500 }, { -3.0000, -0.3000, 2.25000 }, { -3.0000, 0.0000, 2.25000 }, { -2.7000, 0.0000, 1.80000 }, { -2.7000, -0.3000, 1.80000 }, { -3.0000, -0.3000, 1.80000 }, { -3.0000, 0.0000, 1.80000 }, { -2.7000, 0.0000, 1.57500 }, { -2.7000, -0.3000, 1.57500 }, { -3.0000, -0.3000, 1.35000 }, { -3.0000, 0.0000, 1.35000 }, { -2.5000, 0.0000, 1.12500 }, { -2.5000, -0.3000, 1.12500 }, { -2.6500, -0.3000, 0.93750 }, { -2.6500, 0.0000, 0.93750 }, { -2.0000, -0.3000, 0.90000 }, { -1.9000, -0.3000, 0.60000 }, { -1.9000, 0.0000, 0.60000 }, { 1.7000, 0.0000, 1.42500 }, { 1.7000, -0.6600, 1.42500 }, { 1.7000, -0.6600, 0.60000 }, { 1.7000, 0.0000, 0.60000 }, { 2.6000, 0.0000, 1.42500 }, { 2.6000, -0.6600, 1.42500 }, { 3.1000, -0.6600, 0.82500 }, { 3.1000, 0.0000, 0.82500 }, { 2.3000, 0.0000, 2.10000 }, { 2.3000, -0.2500, 2.10000 }, { 2.4000, -0.2500, 2.02500 }, { 2.4000, 0.0000, 2.02500 }, { 2.7000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 2.7000, -0.2500, 2.40000 }, { 3.3000, -0.2500, 2.40000 }, { 3.3000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 2.8000, 0.0000, 2.47500 }, { 2.8000, -0.2500, 2.47500 }, { 3.5250, -0.2500, 2.49375 }, { 3.5250, 0.0000, 2.49375 }, { 2.9000, 0.0000, 2.47500 }, { 2.9000, -0.1500, 2.47500 }, { 3.4500, -0.1500, 2.51250 }, { 3.4500, 0.0000, 2.51250 }, { 2.8000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 2.8000, -0.1500, 2.40000 }, { 3.2000, -0.1500, 2.40000 }, { 3.2000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 0.0000, 0.0000, 3.15000 }, { 0.8000, 0.0000, 3.15000 }, { 0.8000, -0.4500, 3.15000 }, { 0.4500, -0.8000, 3.15000 }, { 0.0000, -0.8000, 3.15000 }, { 0.0000, 0.0000, 2.85000 }, { 1.4000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 1.4000, -0.7840, 2.40000 }, { 0.7840, -1.4000, 2.40000 }, { 0.0000, -1.4000, 2.40000 }, { 0.4000, 0.0000, 2.55000 }, { 0.4000, -0.2240, 2.55000 }, { 0.2240, -0.4000, 2.55000 }, { 0.0000, -0.4000, 2.55000 }, { 1.3000, 0.0000, 2.55000 }, { 1.3000, -0.7280, 2.55000 }, { 0.7280, -1.3000, 2.55000 }, { 0.0000, -1.3000, 2.55000 }, { 1.3000, 0.0000, 2.40000 }, { 1.3000, -0.7280, 2.40000 }, { 0.7280, -1.3000, 2.40000 }, { 0.0000, -1.3000, 2.40000 },

The Utah Teapot / Newell Teapot

3D computer model - a standard reference object in the computer graphics community Considered the equivalent of the hello world" program of the programming world, as a way to create the easiest 3D scene with a somewhat complex model acting as basic geometry reference for scene and light setup.

Counting Problem

Chinese represented Number 1 using a vertical line whereas the South Americans represented Number 1 with a dot. Why?

Ack: Gautam Tholpadi

Counting Problem
Chinese used bamboo sticks as counting devices whereas South Americans used Coffee beans.

Ack: Gautam Tholpadi

Another Counting Problem

Base 5: Use fingers from one hand for counting Base 10: Use fingers both hands to keep count Base 20: Use fingers, toes. Base 8: ??? Base 60: ???

Ack: Gautam Tholpadi

Another Counting Problem

Base 5: Use fingers from one hand for counting Base 10: Use fingers both hands to keep count Base 20: Use fingers, toes. Base 8: Use spaces between fingers to count. Base 60: (Non-Anatomical. Think properties of 60.)

Ack: Gautam Tholpadi

Another Counting Problem

Base 5: Use fingers from one hand for counting Base 10: Use fingers both hands to keep count Base 20: Use fingers, toes. Base 8: Use spaces between fingers to count. Base 60: Traders used a lot of fractions. 60 seemed to fit the requirement. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30 parts in 60)

Ack: Gautam Tholpadi

Office Jargon
A term that denotes the error caused during use of technological gadgets, due to reasons that are usually not attributable to the equipment and/or manufacturer but to specifically something else... The user. (Particularly used by support / call centre staff as part of lingo)

Ack: Madhu

PEBKAC Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair aka ID10T error !

Denotes very silly errors that even a luser (user, who is also a loser !!) can figure out.

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The logos (rather billboards) of Orange mobile, as well as that of FedEx, appear in black, on a green background at some event / place. Where ?

Ack: Madhu

At the French open

Ack: Madhu

By the way, can you spot the arrow in the FedEx logo ?

Ack: Madhu

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The dog is not important. Clue?

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Use Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Einstein
mini-horse named Einstein. The worlds smallest horse was born in late April, 2010 on a farm in New Hampshire. No. 99 Einsteinium The Albert Einstein Medal is presented to people who have "rendered outstanding services" in connection with Albert Einstein each year. 1st recipient: Stephen Hawking (1979) Disney learning software named Baby Einstein
"I have become a lonely old chap who is mainly known because he doesn't wear socks and who is exhibited as a curiosity on special occasions." - Albert Einstein

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CLUE?

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Clues to Connect

The Four Great Chinese Inventions

The Compass Gunpowder Papermaking Printing

Until lions have their own historians ... tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

What is this?

Why so Yellow?

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Why so Yellow?

Io (one of 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter)

Io it's not Europa, Ganymede nor Callisto

Diameter of 3,642 kilometres , the 4th largest moon in the Solar System. Over 400 active volcanoes, volcanoes produce plumes of sulfur and sulfur dioxide that climb as high as 500 km above the surface. Its volcanic plumes and lava flows produce large surface changes and paint the surface in various shades of red, yellow, white, black, and green, largely due to allotropes and compounds of sulfur. More than 100 mountains, some peaks are taller than Mount Everest Is primarily composed of silicate rock surrounding a molten iron or iron sulfide core. Most of Io's surface is characterized by extensive plains coated with sulfur and sulfur dioxide frost.
knowledge, n.: Things you believe.

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Clue to Connect
An _____ _______ Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (the onscreen title is simply Burn Hollywood Burn) One of the worst films of all time, and scooped five awards (including Worst Picture) at the 1998 Golden Raspberry Awards. Its plot (about a director attempting to disown a movie) eventually described the film's own production; director Arthur Hiller requested that his name be removed after witnessing the final cut of the film by the studio.

All movies are disowned by Director

Alan Smithee (also Allen Smithee) is an official pseudonym used by film directors who wish to disown a project, coined in 1968. Until its use was formally discontinued in 2000, it was the sole pseudonym used by members of the Directors Guild of America (DGA). When a director dissatisfied with the final product proved to the satisfaction of a guild panel that he or she had not been able to exercise creative control over a film. The director was also required by guild rules not to discuss the circumstances leading to the move or even to acknowledge being the actual director.
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

Grand Connect
7 Questions... One Connect...

1 Guess per Clue Answers to the following 7 questions are clues

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Identify
Early 19th Century Novelist & Playwright

One of the founders of realism in European literature His writing influenced Marcel Proust, mile Zola, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, William Faulkner, etc. Frequently punished and sent to the dungeon during his boyhood he wrote about this and other aspects of his life and the lives of those around him into La Comdie Humaine. Unsuccessfully attempted suicide at the age of 15. Victor Hugo said at his funeral Today, we have a people in black because of the death of the man of talent; a nation in mourning for a man of genius. 25

Clue 1: Honor de Balzac

20 May 1799 18 August 1850

French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels, short stories and plays collectively entitled La Comdie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napolon Bonaparte in 1815.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity. Honore De Balzac

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Identify the Composer

One of the great masters of Romantic music.

Died 17 October 1849 of pulmonary tuberculosis. His heart preserved in Warsaw within a pillar of the Holy Cross Church Child-prodigy pianist and composer. Settled in France as part of the Polish Great Emigration. Invented the Instrumental Ballade Innovations piano sonata, mazurka, waltz, nocturne, polonaise, tude, impromptu and prlude. Works: Sonatas, the four scherzi, the four ballades, the Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, and the Barcarole in F-sharp major, Op. 60, polonaises, mazurkas, waltzes, impromptus and nocturnes.

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Clue 2: Frdric Franois Chopin

1 March 1810 17 October 1849

Frdric Franois Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage.

Play Mozart in memory of me. --Chopin

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Identify the Mathematician

Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences, Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Credited with the discovery of the greenhouse effect. Went with Napoleon Bonaparte on his Egyptian expedition in 1798, and was made governor of Lower Egypt and secretary of the Institut d'gypte. Presented his work on heat flow in Thorie analytique de la chaleur, in 1822. His observation that some discontinuous functions are the sum of infinite series was a breakthrough. He died in 1830 when he tripped and fell down the stairs at his home.
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Clue 3: Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier

(21 March 1768 16 May 1830)

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (21 March 1768 16 May 1830) was a French mathematician and physicist best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their application to problems of heat transfer. The Fourier transform and Fourier's Law are also named in his honour.

Fourier's tomb decorated with an Egyptian motif to reflect his position as secretary of the Cairo Institute, and his collation of the landmark Description de l'gypte. It would save me a lot of time if you just gave up and went mad now. 25

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Clue 4: Oscar Wilde

(16 October 1854 30 November 1900)

Dorian Gray Movie adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray Girl kissing Oscar Wilde's grave Original production of the play The importance of being earnest Oscar Wilde at Oxford

My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go. --Oscar Wilde

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Clue 5: Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

6 December 1778 9 May 1850 He is known mostly for two laws related to gases, and for his work on alcohol-water mixtures, which led to the degrees Degree Gay-Lussac used to measure alcoholic beverages. Co-discovered Boron, Discovered Iodine Improved the Burette design

Don't despise your poor relations, they may become suddenly rich one day. -- Josh Billings 20

Identify the Author

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Directed HWY: An American Pastoral (1969) and A Feast of Friends (1970). Died on July 3, 1971, he was found in a Paris apartment bathtub.

Clue 6: Jim Morrison

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. -- Bill Vaughn

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Identify the Aviator

Born in Paris, France to Suzanne "Sooni" Brire. Educated in France, Japan and England before being drafted into the French army for a mandatory one-year period.

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Took to flying inspired by aviation pioneer Louis Blriot, obtained pilot licence in 1929. Tony Jannus Award for his distinguished contributions to commercial aviation in 1979. Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. UN Population Award for his crusading endeavors towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India Died in Geneva, Switzerland on November 29, 1993 at the age of 89. On his death, the Indian Parliament was adjourned for an hour.

Clue 7: Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

July 29, 1904November 29, 1993

Legion d'honneur, by the French Government in 1954. Tony Jannus Award for his distinguished contributions to commercial aviation in 1979. Guggenheim Medal for aviation in 1988. Bharat Ratna in 1992 for his service to industry and nation building. United Nations Population Award for his crusading endeavors towards initiating and successfully implementing the family planning movement in India in 1982.
Oh! God, why me? -- J.R.D Tata while receiving the news of Bharat Ratna 10

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So far...

1. Honor de Balzac 2. Frederic Francois Chopin 3. Joseph Fourier 4. Oscar Wilde 5. Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac 6. Jim Morrison 7. J R D Tata

Clue: What unites all men regardless of race, color, status, language?

Q. Name the famous cemetery located in the 20th arrondissement in Paris.

Cimetire du Pre Lachaise

of those who have enhanced French life. Site of 3 WWI memorials.

Final Resting Place had been an acceptable answer.

What do these stamps commemorate?

is not the Question.

Name the awesome foursome

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[Ref] Editorial, P Balram, Current Science, Vol. 95, No. 12, 25 Dec, 2008.

Name the awesome foursome

Burjorji Padshah (1864 1941) Morris Travers (1872 1961)

G N Ramachandran Satish Dhawan ... contributed to its reputation as a centre for research ... C. V. Raman, Satish Dhawan, G. N. Ramachandran and Homi Bhabha. Featured on the top ... key figures in the history of the Institute Burjorji Padshah (18641941) and Morris Travers (18721961) the first Director... Padshah corresponded with Viceroys from Curzon to Willingdon, Gokhale, Gandhi, Ratan and Dorab Tata ... encyclopaedic knowledge and his courteousness ... proposed University or Institute of Research included a Medical Department and a Philosophical and Educational Department ... Travers had launched the institution towards its eventual focus of science and engineering ...

Name the museum piece.

name the museum piece (the one on the left hand side)
_____ ____ was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in Newcastle Upon Tyne at the Forth Street Works in 1829.

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Was the first steam locomotive to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day, and the template for most steam locomotives since. Standard steam locomotive design is called the "________" locomotive.

Stephenson's Rocket
Robert Stephenson and Company (1829)

Robert Stephenson (1803 1859) "Buy land. They've stopped making it." -- Mark Twain

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Tour de France Jersey Colors

1. Maillot jaune: General classification, Winner of the Tour de France 2. Maillot vert: Points are given for high finishes in a stage and for winning intermediate sprints. 3. Maillot blanc: Official competition for young riders. 4. The King of the Mountains classification: cyclists receive points for reaching a mountain top first. The leader of the classification wears the polka dot jersey (French: maillot pois rouges), a white jersey with red dots. 5. Classement d'quipes: The best team. 6. The combativity award, (The most aggressive rider prize). 7. (Defunct) The red jersey was awarded to the leader of the intermediate sprints classification.
Many people resent being treated like the person they really are.

___________ Award
Examples of _________ award winners: * Juggling active hand grenades (Croatia, 2001),

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Those who "do a service to Humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool"

* Leaving a lit cigarette in a warehouse full of explosives (Philippines, 1999) * Using a lighter to illuminate a fuel tank to make sure it contains nothing flammable (Brazil, 2003), * Attempting to play Russian roulette with a semi-automatic pistol that automatically loads the next round into the chamber, * Crashing through a window to demonstrate that the window is unbreakable. Honorable Mentions: Larry attached helium filled weather balloons to a lawn chair and floated far above California. He reached an altitude of 16,000 feet and was fined for crossing controlled airspace.

Darwin Award
service to Humanity by removing themselves from the gene pool

According to Wendy Northcutt, author of the Darwin Award books: "The Awards honor people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashion." The Darwin Awards site does try to verify all submitted stories, but many similar sites, and the vast number of circulating "Darwin awards" emails, are largely fictional.

People who have what they want are very fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they don't want it. -- Ogden Nash

Name the Song

This is the last stanza

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... ... ... ...

Raatri Prabhatilo Udilo Rabichhabi, Purbo Udayo Giri Bhaaley Gaahey Bihangamo Punyo Samirano, Nabo Jibano Rasho Dhaley Tabo Karunaaruno Ragey,Nidrito Bhaarato Jagey Tabo Chorone Noto Maatha

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Jana Gana Mana

Jana Gana Mana (Bengali: , Jno Gno Mono) is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn composed and scored in a highly Sanskritized Bengali by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. The first stanza of the song has been adopted as the National Anthem of India.
... ... ... The night is over, and the Sun has risen over the hills of the eastern horizon. The birds are singing, and a gentle auspicious breeze is pouring the elixir of new life. By the halo of Your compassion India that was asleep is now waking On your feet we lay our heads Victory be to You, ...
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -- William Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice"

For the Thrills of It.

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Sparked by a $25 bet, Australian stockbroker Michael O'Brien created history during a rugby match at England's Twickenham Stadium. O'Brien's seemingly innocent act launched a phenomenon that (happily) remains with us today. What phenomenon ???

Streaking

I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem. -- Ashleigh Brilliant

Shores of Silence: ______ ______ in India

Dir: Mike Pandey, http://www.mikepandey.org/

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Is a landmark film which brought about major legislative changes to protect _____ _____ worldwide. Depicts needless killing and harvesting by poor Indian communities In response to the film, the Indian government declared them endangered species and gives them same status as tigers and rhinoceroses. Internationally, the film helped to bring the ______ ______ global protection under CITES. The film won 11 international awards including The Wildscreen Panda, also known as the Green Oscar.
Which Animal?

Shores of Silence: Whale Sharks in India

Dir: Mike Pandey, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZVZ_jOoaWk

Also, the Scots are said to have invented golf. Then they had to invent Scotch whiskey to take away the pain and frustration.

What Symbol?

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The symbol preserves unique and essential features of Devanagari script. It clearly distinguishes itself from other symbols and establishes a sign of Indian origin. It explicitly states the Indianess of the symbol. The two horizontal lines with an equal negative white space between them create a foreground and background effect of three strips (tricolor). The strips subtly represent the tricolor of our Indian national flag flying at the top. The horizontal lines also denote the arithmetic sign equal to. The symbol is designed with minimal of three strokes. It also makes it very easy to write, construct, reproduce and design. Embedding Devanagari and Latin script makes it convenient to write for both national and international users.

The Rupee Symbol

D Udayakumar

If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it. -- Stanley Garn

Name the YouTube Video Channel

___________ ______ of Videos

Series of videos featuring professor Martyn Poliakoff at the University of Nottingham. Collection includes videos for 118 known elements + additional chemistry videos. The videos feature various experiments and demonstrations of the elements. Most popular videos: sodium, potassium and uranium. Producers of the videos have received praise from Nobel Laureates, chemistry professors, and the general public. Video library is extended to include topical videos on molecules of general interest. The first of these new videos was on carbon dioxide and methane. 40

Periodic Table of Videos

We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.

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8 Clues 1 Attempt per Clue

United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181 Future Government of Palestine

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1947

The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 29 November 1947. Prussia as a state was abolished de facto by the Nazis in 1934 and de jure by the Allies of World War II in 1947. Books published in 1947 December 1947: Bardeen and Brattain created a pointcontact transistor. Born in 1947: Salman Rushdie, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Raj Shankar (biochemist), Rakhee AK 47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947) Partition and Independence

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