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….
This was the poster for a musical based on whose life? Tony Blair. This was the poster for ‘TONY! The Blair Musical’ – a satirical comedy on his ten years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It was written and staged in in the U.K. in 2007. I thought the suit+red-tie along with the…
Today’s question comes from Harish Swaminathan, one of Chennai’s leading college quizzers, and most recently winner of the KQA ASKQANCE College Quiz. Identify all of them. Who would best complete this list, and why? Charles Bannerman (Visual 1), Billy Murdoch (Visual 2) and Andy Sandham (Visual 3) scored the first single, double and triple centuries…
Whose statue is this? Which famous structure is in the background? This is a statue of the legendary Norse explorer Leif Eriksson in front of The Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík, Iceland. 7 attempts, and 7 correct answers! In order – Thomas Masun, vijaysarathy, Thejaswi Udupa, Arjun Rangarajan, Sumant Srivathsan, Ranjana Ninan, and ganesh. Well done!
Connect. Visual 1 shows a very scruffy Gregory Peck (*evil grin*) and Visual 2 shows the band ‘Blink-182’. Band members Tom DeLonge and Mark Hoppus founded a clothing brand in 2001 called ‘Atticus Clothing’, named after the lead character in Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, Atticus Finch, most famously played by Peck in the…
Connect. Visual 1 was the cover showing “This Is the House That Jack Built”, a popular British nursery rhyme, first popularized by Randolph Caldecott. Visual 2 showed Yankee Stadium, also known as ‘The House That Ruth Built’, after Babe Ruth. 15 of you managed to crack it! In order – bobo, Thomas Masun, citybank(rupt), Dinesh,…
