Tuesday 25 May 2010

Question for May 25, 2010

What does this map show?

Sunday 23 May 2010

Heritage food ---- Question for May 23, 2010

Posted earlier than usual... will be over the Atlantic soon. Now the Q:

1945 - The soldiers brought with them a taste for X.

1957 - Frozen X were introduced and found in local grocery stores. X soon became the most popular of all frozen food.

December 9, 2009 - The European Union established a ruling to protect a certain type of X. The EU's ruling said that the kind of X was now part of Europe's food heritage, and that all those making X must comply to strict traditional standards...

What is X? Also, any guesses on what kind/type/make of X is protected?

Friday 21 May 2010

Question for May 21 - PS

Connect the following:

1)

2) Milton Sirotta (born c. 1929), the nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner.

3)

4)

(The list is in chronological order)

Thursday 20 May 2010

Question for May 20

The Game: El Superclásico (X vs Y).

The Setting: Home of X (top visual) and Y (bottom visual) on derby day.

The History: The two clubs have origins in the working class dockland area of city Z. Y moved to the affluent district in the north of the city and hence is known by the nickname Los Millonarios. On the other hand X has been known as the working class people's club, with its fans known as Xeneizes.

What They Say: English newspaper The Observer put El Superclásico at the top of their list of "50 sporting things you must do before you die", saying that "Derby day in Z makes the Old Firm game look like a primary school kick-about."

Identify X,Y,Z.

Wednesday 19 May 2010

Monday 17 May 2010

Out of three emerges one- May 18 2010






Connect the three images above. The second image is from last Saturday's Times and the last adorns the walls of an ice-cream joint.

Question for May 17, 2010

The first one reads, "When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong."

The second one reads, "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."

What is the third?

Thursday 13 May 2010

Question for May13th - Dev

What is a popular term used to describe the phenomenon that is common in the following, other than the fact that both have cats in them? Who came up with these specific examples of that phenomenon?







Tuesday 11 May 2010

RIP in 2014 -- Question for May 11


What is X?

Below is a timeline of its pretty long life!

X will finally RIP in 2014.


(Please click on and zoom into image to see clearly.)

Sunday 9 May 2010

Friday 7 May 2010

Question for May 7

The X Baby Syndrome (see visual), is characterized by multiple, symmetric, circumferential skin creases, or bands, on the forearms, lower legs, and often the neck that are present at birth. The creases disappear later in life. They are reminiscent to those of the mascot of X, hence the name of the syndrome.

Identify X.

Thursday 6 May 2010

Wordle - May 6th 2010

This is a wordle from the transcript of a particular movie. The size of each word is proportional to the frequency of it's occurrence in the movie. Which movie?

Tuesday 4 May 2010

AN Attempt at LOG- May 5th 2010

What does the picture above describe?

Monday 3 May 2010

Question for May 4th, 2010

X represents various components of the organization that commissioned it. Influenced by Monty Python's brand of humour, it has the following (not exhaustive):

A half-full box of half eaten Praline chocolates
A series of connected squat toilets
A Dracula style theme park
A piece with priests erecting the rainbow flag of the Gay rights movement
A structure draped over by a banner that says "GRÈVE!", meaning strike
A football pitch with players masturbating with a football
A pool of water with some minarets visible

While X received widespread condemnation, the people who created it expected it to be treated merely as a joke. Some people felt X revealed the lack of humour among those who criticized it. While X was not displayed at the place it was commissioned for, it can be seen on display at the Centre of Contemporary Art DOX in Prague-Holešovice.

What is X?

QOTD - May 3rd 2010 - Hari

Connect,

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