Daily Question – 75

Today’s question comes from Meera Krishnaswamy, a long time QFI member, and former semi-finalist on ‘Mastermind India’ (Topics: ‘Friends, the TV show – Seasons 1-6’ and ‘Indian Test Victories Abroad’). A notable feature of her Mastermind adventure was that she scored a perfect 20/20 in her specialized subject round on ‘Friends’, answering blinders such as ‘What is Joey’s last name?’….

Daily Question – 74

Identify both guys. What connects them? ‘Fritz the Cat’. Robert Crumb (Visual 1) created the character and Ralph Bakshi (Visual 2) made the hit 1972 movie based on the comic books. This movie famously turned out to be the first X rated animated movie. I must say it gives me some perverse pleasure to announce…

Daily Question – 73

Name all the the characters, except the robot on the extreme left and the guy in a reclining position. The characters from ‘Clone High’ – John F. Kennedy, Cleopatra, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Cracked by 11 of you! In order – zizzyphus, Thejaswi Udupa, vijaysarathy, Goutham, Ajay Parasuraman, Nidhi, Raghuvansh, Priya,…

Daily Question – 72

Identify both and connect. The visuals showed Matthew Webb and Gertrude Ederle, who were the first man and woman, respectively, to swim across the English Channel. Cracked by 7 of you! In order – vijaysarathy, ixo, Thejaswi Udupa, Raghuvansh, Nidhi, zizzyphus, and Cranial rub.

Daily Question – 71

Portrait of whom, by whom? Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson, by John Singer Sargent. Cracked by 9 of you! In order – zizzyphus, Soda, Ajay Parasuraman, Raghuvansh, Nidhi, Crab urinal, anon-on-narkotix, CR, and Thejaswi Udupa. Two people got all seven answers right this week – Thejaswi Udupa and Crab urinal, whoever that is. Well done,…

Daily Question – 69

Identify the three paintings, recreated using Lego bricks. The three paintings were (1) ‘Las Meninas’ by Diego Velazquez, (2) ‘The Raft Of The Medusa’ by Theodore Gericault and (3) ‘The Third Of May, 1808’ by Francisco Goya. Cracked by 18 of you! In order – Sankhya, Sumant, Dinesh, Thejaswi Udupa, zizzyphus, Raghuvansh, Priyambad, bobo, vijaysarathy,…

Daily Question – 68

Today’s question comes from Gaurav Sundararaman… Connect. Visual 1 shows Tom Cruise on the sets of ‘Tropic Thunder’, shooting for his much-hyped role as a fat, bald studio chief. The title of the movie is a play on ‘Tropic Lightning’, the nickname of the 25th Infantry Division which saw action during the Vietnam War, and…

Daily Question – 67

Today’s question comes all the way from London, from Anjali Ramachandran, who used to be a QFI regular a few years ago, and is now married to another former QFI regular – Vikram Vasu. The two of them could in fact be the first couple ever formed at QFI. ‘Sujiv’, or ‘Rajumo’, didn’t happen until…

Daily Question – 66

Easy one. Connect. Food preparations named after the Australian Opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, the Peach Melba (Visual 1) and the Melba Toast (Visual 2). 16 of you gobbled up the question! In order – TKB, Sankhya, anil raghavan, Thejaswi Udupa, Sumo, Nitish, Arjun Rangarajan, shafeek, bobo, priyambad, Srini, giantrun, Aditya, Raghuvansh, li’l_boy-fat_man, and Crab…