Today’s contributor – Srini, in his own words, used to bear the tag of a biz quizzer till corporate realignments forced him to retire. Now he has settled for being called a Kollywood buff, a reputation he maintains by watching sundry B movies and contributing generously to triviapettai.blogspot.com. Here is a question which is far removed…
This question is from a real veteran who, in his own words, predates QFI and misses out on all the fornightly action only because he is a senile old fool without any sense of what’s important. He does seem to remember a few things: Like the time in 1984 in Museum theatre when Ramanan went…
Today’s question is from Samanth. Patient work, but this is no hospital duty; worthy of the Greek Nine themselves, it went on to bring fame to the organisation below. Give me one word. Answer: Quoting Masun, “This is “mosaic.” The word “mosaic,” as referring to the art form — you know, bits of coloured tile…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
