Identify both and connect. Visual 1 shows the Scottish band Belle And Sebastian, which takes its name from the French book ‘Belle Et Sebastien’ (Visual 2) by Cecile Aubry. Cracked by 17 of you! In order – zizzyphus, vijaysarathy, Thejaswi Udupa, anil raghavan, Thomas Masun, shabhar, ganesh, RacerX (Anoop), Mouli, citybank(rupt), li’l_boy-fat_man, bobo, Rohan, CR,…
On what is this comic book/graphic novel based? ‘The Fountain’, by Darren Aronofsky. Cracked by 20 of you! In order – ganesh, zizzyphus, bobo, harsha, Sharath, vijaysarathy, CR, li’l_boy-fat_man, Sumo, Thejaswi Udupa, Priya, sai, Venkatesh S (Venky), Philip, Ram Kumar, Apurva, Rohan, ixo, malcaluffin, and Rajiv Rai. Two people got all six this week –…
Connect. Visual 2 shows Hamid and Halil Altintop, twin brothers who represent Turkey and Visual 1 shows a young David Beckham. ‘Altintop’ translates to ‘Golden Ball’ and as there are two of them, it could be taken to mean ‘Golden Balls’, which is also David Beckham’s nickname. Cracked by only two of you! Great work,…
Before we get to today’s question, first an announcement: The Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai is hosting the second edition of ‘Successful Women in Management (SWIM)’, an initiative to create awareness among women about essential traits required to assume leadership roles in different walks of life. The event strives to empower women by providing…
Whose statue is this? European-looking guy, Chinese lettering on the pedestal. Who else? Marco Polo. Cracked by 22 of you! In order – Thejaswi Udupa, TKB, ganesh, Ashwin, zizzyphus, Gaurav, anannyad, Rajagopal, Venkatesh S (Venky), Mouli, Suraj, philip, citybank(rupt), Aamaadmi, li’l_boy-fat_man, Mario, harsha, Rohan, Rajiv Rai, anil raghavan, Sharath, and BoFi.
Identify and connect. Visual 1 shows the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili and Visual 2 shows Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason who wrote the 2004 novel ‘The Rule Of Four’ about Princeton University students trying to decode it. Cracked by 17 of you! In order – Apurva, ganesh, Srikanth, zizzyphus, Priya, philip, vijay, Sumo, Ashwin, Harrysh, Srinivasan Rajagopal,…
The title page from the first edition of the most important work belonging to a famous ‘school of thought’. Name the work and the school of thought. The Zohar, which is the most important work belonging to Kabbalah. Cracked by 21 of you! In order – ganesh, zizzyphus, Sumo, Thejaswi Udupa, Ashwin, Gaurav, Anomander Rake,…
Apologies for the absence of activity on the blog yesterday. Some technical difficulties were to blame. This week will have only six questions! Connect the man with the place. The poet Matthew Arnold (Visual 1) coined the term ‘City Of Dreaming Spires’ to describe Oxford (Visual 2). Cracked by 9 of you! In order –…
Before we get to today’s question, first an announcement: It’s time for the next QFI meeting, and it will be held this coming Sunday at P.S.! This meeting will done by Venkatesh, affectionately known as Matti, and Arun Ramanathan, affectionately known as, well, Arun, I guess! 
This quiz won’t be an ordinary QFI Quiz….
