I agree there is too much entertainment & pop culture bias on the latest set of questions. Having said that, just connect these albums. Ans: Vatican’s Top 10 a.k.a The Ten Commandments of Music (?!). Four of you have got it correct. Read Kamal Rathi’s answer. It is as elaborate as it can get.
From X to Y. On the occasion of Z. Who / What are X,Y & Z? 6 People got it right; X=George Lucas; Y=James Cameron; Z=Titanic dethroning Star Wars as #1 Box office movie of all time. This was taken out as a full page ad in Variety. More interesting info here
What originated from the incident depicted in this drawing? The coat of arms of Poland – the White Eagle emblem, originated when Poland’s legendary founder Lech saw a white eagle’s nest. When he looked at the bird, a ray of sunshine from the red setting sun fell on its wings, so they appeared tipped with…
What does this sculpture commemorate? Also identify its sculptor. ‘Nuclear Energy’ by Henry Moore, inside the University of Chicago campus at the site of world’s first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. The location commemorates the exact location where the Manhattan Project team devised the first nuclear reactor to produce the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction. Cracked…
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…
Connect the four paintings providing necessary names. The subjects of the four paintings were Ganymede, Europa, Io and Callisto, all lovers of Zeus (Jupiter). They lend their names to the four largest moons of Jupiter, called the ‘Galilean Moons’ as they were discovered by Galileo Galilei. Cracked by 15 of you! In order – Thomas Masun,…
A version of a famous work, supposedly displayed as its creator had originally intended. The more familiar original is displayed in a slightly different manner. Identify the work and its creator. ‘Les Bourgeois De Calais’ or ‘The Burghers Of Calais’ by Auguste Rodin. This replica at Stanford University is displayed so because Rodin supposedly wanted…
Where would you find these, now or later? An explanation would be nice. Yinka Shonibare’s ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’ (Visual 3) and Antony Gormley’s ‘One and Other’ (Visual 2) are the next two works that will occupy the Fourth Plinth on Trafalgar Square in London. Currently, the work displayed on the plinth is Thomas…
Some people say that before he hit puberty, India occupied 23rd place in the world population rankings. All we know is, his name is Samanth Subramanian and he wants to ask you this question: Which immensely enjoyable work of art includes, among other ‘components’, quotes such as: “There once was a little girl who never…
