Hints for Visuals - Quiz 6

1. Crafty, this guy who came up with something pretty fast

4. The connection is a movie. I'm adding another class of snake to the 4 in the collage, this time with the name - Viper.

5. "Don't fight in here gentlemen, it's the war room"

9. The woman in the B & W pic is Audrey Hepburn. The lady in black is a fashionista.

10. Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar


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Correction in Visuals - Quiz 6

Hi !

I've not kept abreast of the updates. So there's a mistake in Question 6.

6. What happened twice a day (once before and once after noon) between 1919 and 2004 at the premises of this firm ? (This firm has stepped out of the business)

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Visuals - Quiz 6

October 18, 2008

Hi !

A motley bunch of visuals again ...

1. What 'term' (now an English word) connects the two pictures ? It features twice on the name board of the bus. I've blanked it out.

Hint - Hawaii

2. The plaque below the sculpture proclaims "Innocent Victims". Which duo does this sculpture depict and where can it be found ?

3. Which character in contemporary Indian cinema was modeled on the person seen in the picture ? The other images are connected to this person.

4. What connects the images in the collage ?

5. Connect the two brands to the person in the picture.

6. What happens twice a day (once before noon and once after) at the premises of this firm ?

7. What is the claim to fame of the cricketer shown below ?

8. Straightforward. Identify this dance form. It's name literally means "song of a nature-spirit".

9. Connect these four women.

10. Identify the person (head encircled with white) in the painting.

(Hint - Priory of Sion in 'The Da Vinci Code')

Have fun !

Zed

Answers - Wikimapia Visuals - Quiz 5

Hi !

These are the answers for the Wikimapia Quiz

1. O2 Arena, London (Formerly the Millennium Dome)

2. Atomium, Brussels

3. Louvre Pyramid, Paris

4. CN (Canada's National) Tower, Toronto

5. Red Square with the Kremlin and Lenin's mausoleum, Moscow

6. Saint Peter's Basilica (in Saint Peter's Piazza), Vatican City

7. Burj Al Arab, Dubai

8. Stonehenge, Wiltshire

9. Tower Bridge, London

10. Marina Bay Street Circuit / Singapore Street Circuit


Here's the gist of the scores,

Prithvi - all correct except for Atomium
Saravanan - all correct except for Atomium
Vasanth - got atomium, louvre, burj, stonehenge, singapore circuit
Venkatesh - all correct except singapore circuit


Zed

Answers to Visuals - Quiz 4

Hi !

Here are the answers for Quiz 4.

1. Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down
The painting is 'Pollice Verso' (Often misspelled as Police Verso. In Latin, this translates to 'with a turned thumb) by Jean-Léon Gérôme. It refers to the hand gesture used by ancient Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated gladiator.

2. Munich Air Disaster of 1958
The British European Airways Flight crashed on its third attempt to take off from Munich Airport. This plane contained the Manchester United Football team along with supporters and journalists many of whom were killed. This team was nicknamed 'Busby's Babes' (hence the clue) owing to the fact they were all hand-picked from various levels by legendary ManU Manager Matt Busby.
The 1st pic shows a young Bobby Charlton recuperating after the crash.
The 2nd pic shows Duncan Edwards who survived the crash but died due to injuries 15 days later. This was the man people still refer to fondly as 'our lone equal to Pele'. In his brief career, he was considered to have been that good.
The 3rd pic shows the journos and supporters about to board the ill-fated flight.

3. Viagra

4. Bruce Wayne (alter-ego of Batman)
Named after Robert the Bruce and 'Mad' Anthony Wayne
The former is probably Scotland's most famous king. He led them in the Wars of Scottish Independence against England and ruled from 1306-1329.
The latter was a 18th century US Army General whose exploits during the American Revolutionary War earned him the nickname 'Mad Anthony'

5. Newman's Own
Paul Newman's food company whose proceeds will go entirely to charity.

6. To Kill A MockingBird (novel by Harper Lee)
The 1st pic shows a MockingBird.
The 2nd pic shows a Woodpecker pecking. The actor Gregory Peck played the role of the novel's hero Atticus Finch.
The 3rd pic shows a Finch.

7. The Coldplay album 'Viva La Vida or Death and all his Friends'
The 1st pic shows Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow (Shakespeare in Love) who is married to Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay.
The 2nd pic shows Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican painter (portrayed in the film 'Frida' by Salma Hayek) who painted 'Viva La Vida'. The painting is used as the artwork for the album cover.

8. South Park

9. Didgeridoo (an Aboriginal wind instrument)

10. Sydney Opera House


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Wikimapia Visuals - Quiz 5

October 11, 2008

Hi !

The last visual from the previous set got me thinking and here it is ... a Wikimapia Quiz

If there are multiple monuments in a screen-shot that you are think are worthy of being named (very unlikely in this set), focus on the ones with an orange border except for the last visual. Those are the ones that I want you to name.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. Probably the most nondescript of the lot. So here's a hint - It's considered an offence to have your hands within pockets when you visit this place.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Have fun !

Zed

Hints (Visuals - Quiz 4)

Hi !

Some hints for Quiz 4.

1. The crowd has an opinon.

2. It isn't often that men are referred to as 'babes'. Try to logically connect pics 1 & 3 !!

3. The pillows say it all.

4. One was a Scot and the other, an American.

5. What we've got here is ... failure to communicate.

6. Passerines, Darwin, Boo !!

7. The answer lies in contemporary Rock Music. The 2nd pic is acually very workable. The woman's profession is shown.

8. There really is only one show that could come up with something like this (contemporary and very famous too !!)

9 & 10. 9 is from the land of the 10th pic. 10 should be workable - Sea etc.

Zed

Answers to Quiz 3

Hi !

Am closing this one sooner than usual. Have a few fresh ones up my sleeve. Here are the answers.

1. They are movies where the directors have cast their own daughters.
Movie/s - Director & Daughter/Actress
Psycho & Strangers on a Train - Alfred & Patricia Hitchcock
Mr & Mrs Iyer & 15, Park Avenue - Aparna Sen & Konkona SenSharma
A Walk with Love and Death & Prizzi's Honor - John Huston & Anjelica Huston

2. Golconda

3. Bose (Amar Bose is the guy in question)

4. They are faunae that feature in the names of brands.
In top-bottom-top flow, the faunae are :
Rhebok (Reebok), Firefox (Mozilla Firefox), Tiger (Tiger Balm), Jaguar (Jaguar), Penguin (Penguin Publishers), Kiwi (Kiwi Shoe Polish), Crocodile (Crocodile), Puma (Puma), Kingfisher (Kingfisher Beer etc)

5. Feral children (i.e. raised by wild animals)
Enkidu - Wild animals (The Epic of Gilgamesh doesn't provide specifics)
Mowgli - Wolves
Tarzan - Apes
Remus & Romulus - Wolves (which is why JK used the name Remus for a character that turns into a werewolf)

6. Layla
The painting is og Nezāmi-ye Ganjavi, who wrote Layli o Majnun(Layla and Majnun).
The four men constitute Derek and the Dominos (featuring Eric Clapton - leftmost) who recorded the song Layla.
The logo featured is Vauxhall (European equivalent of Opel). The guitar riff in Layla was used in the 90s Vauxhall ads.
The girl is Pattie Boyd whom Clapton fell in love with when she was George Harrison's wife. The song Layla is an expression of his love for her. He did marry her later but the couple separated after 10 years.
The artwork (bottom rightmost) is seen on the album of 'Layla'.

7. Sadomasochism (Marquis the Sade -> Sadism and Jean Leopold-Masoch -> Masochism)

8. Aurora

9. Alp

10. Nainital

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