Today’s question is from Shiv. Samuel Maverick was one of the signatories of the Texas Declaration of Independence and famous for not branding his cattle – an act which is said to be the origin of the word ‘maverick’ as it is used today. His grandson Maury Maverick was a 2 term Democratic Member of the…
Today’s question is from Venkatesh. Give the fascinating story behind this picture and the relation to the book. Quoting Dinesh, the first visual is the Ulam spiral discovered by mathematician Stanislaw Ulam that reveals surprising and as yet not completely understood patterns in prime number spirals. A couple of years before the discovery of the…
What? Where? The Paradesi Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations, in Kochi.
Relatively simple one to start off the week. What could possibly be the connection? Hot chocolate, black and white TV, iPod Classic, A New Hope, acoustic guitar – all are instances of retronyms – “A retronym is a type of neologism coined for an old object or concept whose original name has come to be…
“There’s also a negative side.” Connect this video to the guy here. “What Just Happened?” and David Mamet – in the movie, Bruce Willis’ character is based on Alec Baldwin’s antics during the shooting of “The Edge” written by Mamet. Baldwin supposedly turned up a with a paunch and a beard and behaved not unlike…
Identify this pastiche from the 70s, the three actors and the characters they’re playing. “The Seven Percent Solution”, a Sherlock Holmes tale based on a Nicholas Meyer pastiche-novel of the same name. L-R : Nicol Williamson as Sherlock Holmes, Robert Duvall as Dr. Watson and Alan Arkin as Sigmund Freud. Answered by a whole lot…
Spin a yarn. Pratapgad fort, where Shivaji killed Afzal Khan using a Bagh Nakh (tiger’s claw). Answered by Anirudh Patil, Udupa and Raghuvansh.
Today’s question is from QFI regular “Rey de Vaqueiros”. Identify and connect. Barracuda and Maverick – nicknames of Palin and McCain. Was unanswered.
Some people have all the ideas. Explain. (Clue.) Answer: Kramer, in the TV show Seinfeld, had the idea of a coffeetable book which itself is a coffeetable. Not much unlike Helmut Newton’s Sumo, supposedly the most expensive book production of the 20th century, each copy weighing 30 kg with a table built in to it….
Identify and connect these nobodies. Quoting Meera, (who also had the most comprehensive answer) “Billy Wilder, Anthony Lane and Marlee Matlin Billy Wilder’s biography is called Nobody’s Perfect, by Charlotte Chandler Anthony Lane has written a book called Nobody’s Perfect as has Marlee Matlin (with Doug Cooney) Of course Nobody’s perfect is the memorable ending…
