Dear Quizzers,
It is with great regret that I announce that the IIT Madras Quiz Blog will be taking a hiatus from the daily question series due to the end semester exams.
However, aforesaid hiatus might continue into the summer holidays as well, and questions will at best be intermittent over the three months of summer.
It will resume normal frequency only in August of 2009.
So, ladies and gentlemen, in the words of Vishal, its been a pleasure quizzing with you. I hope to see you around soon.
Srivats
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Daily Question 133
Connect. Question by JoJo
Susan Boyle
a Scottish amateur singer and church volunteer who came to public attention on 11 April 2009 when she appeared as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent.
Inspired by Ellen Page, sang 'I dreamed a dream' from Les miserables, and earned the nick :The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell
Cracked by Anirudh, Mathew, Vishal, Peregrine and Advaith
Susan Boyle
a Scottish amateur singer and church volunteer who came to public attention on 11 April 2009 when she appeared as a contestant on the third series of Britain's Got Talent.
Inspired by Ellen Page, sang 'I dreamed a dream' from Les miserables, and earned the nick :The Woman Who Shut Up Simon Cowell
Cracked by Anirudh, Mathew, Vishal, Peregrine and Advaith
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Daily Question 132
What is it?
Pirate Bay
Cracked by Abilash, JJ, Noufal, mario, Anirudh, tempo and advaith
Pirate Bay
Cracked by Abilash, JJ, Noufal, mario, Anirudh, tempo and advaith
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Daily Question 131
Connect the first three visuals. For bonus points, connect the fourth
Ira Hayes
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was written by folk singer Peter La Farge. It tells the story of Ira Hayes, one of the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Bob Dylan followed suit by covering the song during his sessions for Self Portrait, though his version did not see release until Columbia used it as part of the Dylan album of 1973.
The song has been recorded many times; the most popular version is by Johnny Cash, whose nickname was 'The Man in Black'
Cracked by Advaith only
Ira Hayes
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" was written by folk singer Peter La Farge. It tells the story of Ira Hayes, one of the five Marines and one Navy Corpsman who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. Bob Dylan followed suit by covering the song during his sessions for Self Portrait, though his version did not see release until Columbia used it as part of the Dylan album of 1973.
The song has been recorded many times; the most popular version is by Johnny Cash, whose nickname was 'The Man in Black'
Cracked by Advaith only
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Daily Question 130
Connect
Josh Blue is an American comedian. Blue has cerebral palsy and many of his jokes center on living with his disability, how he deals with it and how other people view him. Blue appeared on the Last Comic Standing to "make people aware of the fact that people with disabilities can make an impact." He coined the term "palsy punch" during his final set of the final round of the show, when he said that the palsy punch is effective in a fight because "first of all, they don't know where the punch is coming from, and second of all, neither do I.", an obvious reference to Alis famous Phantom Punch
Cracked by Advaith and Alva
Josh Blue is an American comedian. Blue has cerebral palsy and many of his jokes center on living with his disability, how he deals with it and how other people view him. Blue appeared on the Last Comic Standing to "make people aware of the fact that people with disabilities can make an impact." He coined the term "palsy punch" during his final set of the final round of the show, when he said that the palsy punch is effective in a fight because "first of all, they don't know where the punch is coming from, and second of all, neither do I.", an obvious reference to Alis famous Phantom Punch
Cracked by Advaith and Alva
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Daily Question 129
Connect. Question by Aravind
Gerrymandering : a form of redistribution in which electoral district or constituency boundaries are deliberately modified for electoral advantage. Gerrymandering may be used to help or hinder particular constituents, such as members of a political, racial, linguistic, religious or class group.
The term gerrymandering is derived from Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), the governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812. It is a portmanteau of Gerry and salamander; the districts drawn in this case were shaped like a salamander.
Cracked by 10 of you.
Gerrymandering : a form of redistribution in which electoral district or constituency boundaries are deliberately modified for electoral advantage. Gerrymandering may be used to help or hinder particular constituents, such as members of a political, racial, linguistic, religious or class group.
The term gerrymandering is derived from Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), the governor of Massachusetts from 1810 to 1812. It is a portmanteau of Gerry and salamander; the districts drawn in this case were shaped like a salamander.
Cracked by 10 of you.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Daily Question 128
Connect. Question by Sriram
federico "kiko" macheda
Cracked by Mathew, Anirudh and Tempo
federico "kiko" macheda
Cracked by Mathew, Anirudh and Tempo
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Daily Question 127
Art question, straight off the bat.
Connect, theres a similar subject, but the connect goes deeper.
1)The Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna
2)The Intervention of the Sabine Women by the French painter Jacques-Louis David.The work was considered when Jacques-Louis David was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795; he hesitated between representing either this subject or that of Homer reciting his verses to the Greeks. He finally chose to make a canvas representing the Sabine women interposing themselves to separate the Romans and Sabines, as a 'sequel' to Poussin's The Rape of the Sabine Women.
Noone got it completely. Alva, peregrine, dinesh and sansaptak got the story. Dinesh came the closest though
Connect, theres a similar subject, but the connect goes deeper.
1)The Rape of the Sabine Women by Giambologna
2)The Intervention of the Sabine Women by the French painter Jacques-Louis David.The work was considered when Jacques-Louis David was imprisoned in the Luxembourg Palace in 1795; he hesitated between representing either this subject or that of Homer reciting his verses to the Greeks. He finally chose to make a canvas representing the Sabine women interposing themselves to separate the Romans and Sabines, as a 'sequel' to Poussin's The Rape of the Sabine Women.
Noone got it completely. Alva, peregrine, dinesh and sansaptak got the story. Dinesh came the closest though
Friday, April 10, 2009
Daily Question 126
Connect to a person. Very specific
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
The great man provided vocals for The Prayer Cycle, which was put together by Jonathan Elias, but died before the vocals could be completed. Alanis Morissette was brought in to sing with his unfinished vocals.
Cracked only by Alva. Strange.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
The great man provided vocals for The Prayer Cycle, which was put together by Jonathan Elias, but died before the vocals could be completed. Alanis Morissette was brought in to sing with his unfinished vocals.
Cracked only by Alva. Strange.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Daily Question 125
Connect
Proposed Mars lander, Beagle 2:Evolution... The Beagle series, made to search for life on Mars, was named after Charles Darwins famous voyage.
Cracked by Tempo, Anirudh, Dinesh, Abhilash.
Proposed Mars lander, Beagle 2:Evolution... The Beagle series, made to search for life on Mars, was named after Charles Darwins famous voyage.
Cracked by Tempo, Anirudh, Dinesh, Abhilash.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Daily Question 124
Connect
Question by Alva
Shoe throwing incidents
Cracked by a multitude of you in a multitude of languages. I'm not even gonna try to list it out
Question by Alva
Shoe throwing incidents
Cracked by a multitude of you in a multitude of languages. I'm not even gonna try to list it out
Monday, April 6, 2009
Daily Question 123
Connect
treaty of versailles
Cracked by Alva, Anirudh, Peregrine, Rithwik, Dinesh, Vishnu and Sansaptak
treaty of versailles
Cracked by Alva, Anirudh, Peregrine, Rithwik, Dinesh, Vishnu and Sansaptak
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Daily Question 122
Connect
The Heart of the Ocean
The Heart of the Ocean is the name of the blue diamond in the necklace featured prominently in the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. It is based on the famous Hope Diamond (which never traveled on the Titanic).
Cracked by vishal, peregrine, anirudh, rithwik, abhilash, uniguru, alva, johny walker and bharath
The Heart of the Ocean
The Heart of the Ocean is the name of the blue diamond in the necklace featured prominently in the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic. It is based on the famous Hope Diamond (which never traveled on the Titanic).
Cracked by vishal, peregrine, anirudh, rithwik, abhilash, uniguru, alva, johny walker and bharath
Friday, April 3, 2009
Daily Question 121
Connect
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World
1) The first page of William Barret Travis's letter
2) The Fall of the Alamo, painted by Theodore Gentilz in 1844
3) "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Huddle
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World is an open letter written on February 24, 1836 by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces at the Battle of the Alamo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_People_of_Texas_%26_All_Americans_in_the_World
Cracked by Ksmsl snd Dinesh
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World
1) The first page of William Barret Travis's letter
2) The Fall of the Alamo, painted by Theodore Gentilz in 1844
3) "Surrender of Santa Anna" by William Huddle
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World is an open letter written on February 24, 1836 by William B. Travis, commander of the Texian forces at the Battle of the Alamo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_People_of_Texas_%26_All_Americans_in_the_World
Cracked by Ksmsl snd Dinesh
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Daily Question 120
Connect.
The connect is a person, he personally mediated between two rivals, 1 and 2 and tried to make them the best of friends; he housed and mentored another better-known character, 3.
Who is X?
Martin Bucer, he personally mediated between two of the best known rivals of the Reformation, Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli and he tried to make them the best of friends; he housed and mentored another better-known Reformation character, John Calvin.
Cracked by Arun and Mario. Dinesh guessed Phillip 1, which was a goog guess, but not the one I was looking for
The connect is a person, he personally mediated between two rivals, 1 and 2 and tried to make them the best of friends; he housed and mentored another better-known character, 3.
Who is X?
Martin Bucer, he personally mediated between two of the best known rivals of the Reformation, Martin Luther and Huldrych Zwingli and he tried to make them the best of friends; he housed and mentored another better-known Reformation character, John Calvin.
Cracked by Arun and Mario. Dinesh guessed Phillip 1, which was a goog guess, but not the one I was looking for
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