Daily Question – 93

What is this a memorial to? It is a memorial dedicated to the memory of the passengers and crew members aboard the two airplanes involved in the 9/11 disaster. It is situated outside Boston’s Logan International Airport. Cracked by 14 of you! In order – zizzyphus, Thejaswi Udupa, Thomas Masun, Andy, Raghuvansh, sindhura, bobo, Sumo,…

Daily Question – 92

Today’s question comes from Anil Kumar. Connect, with details. AC Milan legend Alessandro ‘Billy’ Costacurta (Visual 2) got his nickname because he is one of the biggest fans of the basketball team Olympia Milano, who were sponsored by a fruit drink company called ‘Billy’ in the early 80s. As basketball teams in Italy were known…

Daily Question – 91

Connect.   ‘Adidas by Stella McCartney’ is a special line from Adidas designed by Stella McCartney and the face (and body) of the line is the gorgeous Maria Kirilenko, shown wearing one of the dresses in Visual 2. Stella McCartney’s mom, Linda McCartney is the woman in Visual 1. Cracked by only two of you…

Daily Question – 90

Today’s question comes from Anjali Ramachandran. What is this? What is it inspired by? This is the answer the blog was looking for – it is an ad for Agent Provocateur lingerie, inspired by Peter Paul Rubens’ ‘The Massacre of the Innocents’ and Paul de la Roche’s ‘The Execution of Lady Gray.’ Anything close gets…

Daily Question – 89

Today’s question comes from Meera Krishnaswamy. Identify the symbol and put fundaes. The ‘Trystero symbol’, a muted post horn with one loop, which appears in ‘The Crying of Lot 49’, a novel by Thomas Pynchon. Cracked by six of you! In order – Raghuvansh, sueibo, priyambad, Sakkat Mane Dovv, Dibyo, and Thejaswi Udupa.

Daily Question – 88

What is the name of the technique used here? What does it intend to do? Tilt-shift miniature faking is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is manipulated so that it looks like a photograph of a miniature scale model. By distorting the focus of the photo, the artist simulates…

Daily Question – 87

What is this object called? Where would you see something like this? This is a Sporran, a part of the tradition Scottish Highland dress. It is worn on a chain or belt around the waist, allowing the sporran to lie below the waist of the person wearing a kilt. Since the traditional kilt does not…

Daily Question – 86

Identify and connect. Farley The Fox is the mascot of the Calgary Hitmen ice-hockey team. The team takes its name from legendary wrestler Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart, who also co-founded the team. Cracked by 16 of you! In order – zizzyphus, Atul Mathew, Raghuvansh, Sumo, RacerX, vijaysarathy, ixo, sueibo, Vivek Cheriyan, Dibyo, Ajay Parasuraman, Gokul,…

Daily Question – 85

Connect. The Cabernet Franc (Visual 1) and Sauvignon Blanc (Visual 2) grape varieties were cross-bred to create the Cabernet Sauvignon grape, which is used to produce the Cabernet Sauvignon wine, one of the most popular red wines in the world. Cracked by four of you! In order – Thejaswi Udupa, zizzyphus, Raghuvansh, and vijaysarathy. Good…