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 QFI stalwarts Gopal Kidao and Deviprasad Viswanathan. It promises to be loads of fun, so don’t miss this one for any reason!! The details…
What is named after these people? The Shoemaker-Levy comet, named after the Shoemaker couple (Eugene and Carolyn) and David Levy who discovered it. 12 of you discovered the answer yourselves. In order – Thejaswi Udupa, vijaysarathy, Chris Pearson, Dinesh, anannyad, citybank(rupt), Ananth, Thomas Masun, Vivek, Akila, Venky and CR.
What does this map show? The map shows the number of times different countries have won the Miss Universe title. 25 of you know your world beauties! In order – Diwakar Pingle, vijaysarathy, Chris Pearson, Gaurav, Thomas Masun, Vivek Cheriyan, Thejaswi Udupa, Venkatakrishnan.A.J, ganesh, Rajiv Rai, Ashwin Prabhu, Srinivasan Rajagopal, Rajesh M, Aamaadmi, TKB, citybank(rupt),…
What does this sculpture symbolise opposition to? This is a sculpture called the ‘Broken Chair’ in Geneva. It symbolises opposition to land mines and cluster bombs. Cracked by a mammoth 35 of you!! In order – Thejaswi Udupa, ganesh, Diwakar Pingle, Akila, Vivek Cheriyan, vijaysarathy, Thomas Masun, ba_ku_69, Gaurav, TKB, Venkatakrishnan.A.J., CR, anannyad, Ramkey, Sylvian…
Identify both women. How are they connected? Country singer Loretta Lynn and Sissy Spacek, who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1980 for her role as Lynn in the movie ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’. Only four people were able to get this right! In order – vijaysarathy, Thomas Masun, TKB and CR. Well done!
Identify both of them. What achievement connects them? Ernst Happel (Visual 1) and Ottmar Hitzfeld (Visual 2) are the only two managers to have won the European Cup (now UEFA Champions League) with two different clubs. Cracked by 12 of you! In order – harish, Diwakar Pingle, Thomas Masun, vijaysarathy, The Clueless Anon, Anil, Atul…
The entity in the second visual was intentionally ‘not named’ for the entity in the first. Name both and connect. The Hoa Lo Prison (Visual 1), later known to American prisoners of war as the ‘Hanoi Hilton’, was a prison used by the French colonists in Vietnam for political prisoners and later by North Vietnam…
Today’s question comes from Gaurav Sundararaman, who is, in his own words, “a sports buff whose love for sports range from T20 cricket all the way to 9-Ball pool. He is also (rather unusually) a very big fan of the Australian cricket team. His big dream is to win an open sports quiz if there…
What are they carrying in the wagon, and to whom did they finally deliver it? The Budweiser Clydesdales have been a symbol for the Anheuser-Busch company since 1933, when company president August Busch sent a case of Budweiser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a carriage drawn by a team of Clydesdales. The horses are…
Earlier this year, he became the first person from his country to receive a certain honour. Who is he and which honour? The man in the visual was Ji Xianlin, the first person from China to be awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian Government. Cracked by 14 of you! In order – Thejaswi Udupa,…
