Who wrote the short story that served as the inspiration for this scene from K.Balachandar’s Ninaithale Inikkum? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrBjBxXvN9E] To QFI’s non-Tamil speaking friends – the narrative itself is very famous and has been filmed at least 3 – 4 times – including Tarantino. Ok, enough clues already.. If you can’t see the Embedded video –…
What connects? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hArUiFv2FaY] Arya Bannerjee model/actress and heroine of LSD is the daughter of Nikhil Bannerjee.
a)What specific achievement connects the four people seen in the picture? b)Also thegentlemen in the last two pictures share yet another unique record.What is it? They are the only writers to win both the Hugo and Nebula awards for a book not once but twice ! . 1) Clarke for Rendezvous with Rama and The…
Take a look @ this fun video and ID the piece playing in the background. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng3XHPdexNM] Both Chotavakil & Raji have a ear for music! Its the Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayaneh by the Armenian composer Aram Kachaturian.
What common link connects these well known writers? Manish & Yogesh made the right diagnosis. Michael Crichton, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle & Robin Cook were all also qualified medical doctors.
What are these people attempting to do? As many of you mentioned, they are trying to recreate Georges Seurat’s painting “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.”
Who designed the original logo/artwork ? Many of you got it right. Its the original 4.3BSD daemon artwork done by John Lasseter (of Pixar fame)
What got its name because of this sketch? T.G. Montgomerie was surveying the mountains of Kashmir. During this survey he saw, in the far distance, a tall and conspicuous mountain in the direction of the Karakorams and immediately named it K1 (‘K’ stands for Karakoram). Later on, it turned out to be the beautiful mountain…
This ad featured a classic tune. ID the composer & the piece.[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VvvAp-2v4o] Hoedown from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo. Listen to this lovely version by ELP.. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCniNYZoFg]
Why would this glum looking couple seem familiar to you? Though some of you may swear that it was Sumo at his wedding reception, the answer, as guessed by many of you painting buffs out there is that they appear in Grant Wood’s American Gothic. The models were Grant’s sis – Nan Wood Graham &…
