Thursday, December 4, 2008

Pic & Guess

And we are back.....

Send in your entries to deepakdondas@gmail.com before 9.12.2008 (Tuesday ) Evening ..
Important hint : The Pics are quite large and need to be opened in a new window or tab for better viewing..That would help.
1.Connect the 2 pics..


Answer :1st pic of the funerary monument at the Brompton Cemetery of Major general sir Andrew scott waugh, the person who named Mount Everest after his predecessor .. 2nd pic of Mt. Everest...Hence the connect.
 

2.Whats the significance of this Pic?


Answer:The anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as seen by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe after five years of observations, projected from the full sky using theMollweide projection. The CMB consists of electromagnetic radiation in the microwave region which pervades the universe. Most cosmologists consider this radiation to be the best known evidence for the Big Bang.

3.Identify the place..


Answer :Temple Of Saturn

4.We have all seen it.Just Identify the Pic..

Answer : Sir John Tenniel's illustration of the Caterpillar for Lewis Carroll's classic children's book, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The illustration is noted for its ambiguous central figure, which can be viewed as having either a human male's face with pointed nose and protruding lower lip or as the head end of an actual caterpillar, with the right three "true" legs visible.


5. Beautiful View !!Name the type of rays that makes the view doubly beautiful..

Answer: Crepuscular Rays


6.Identify the man on the left..


Answer : Benito Mussolini


7.The left pic is the side view and the right pic is the top view . What is it?A landmark event considering the present situation in the world.



Answer : Trinity test. First testing of nulcear weapon in the world.

8.Which first of its kind event is depicted in the pic?



Answer : Lyndon B. Johnson being sworn  aboard on Air Force One


9.Identify the symbol.


Answer : International Symbol Of Marriage

10.Identify the Band..

Answer: The Cranberries

11.Identify what is going on? Sometimes People got drunk to avoid the pain .

Answer : Trepanation

12.Connect the 2 pics..Hint being Our childhood.

Answer : Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, characters by Mark Twain

13.Identify the pic or just tell its significance.


Answer : The famous telegram sent by Samuel F. B. Morse from the Capitol in Washington to Alfred Vail in Baltimore in 1844: "What hath God wrought".

14.What is this old man wearing?Be specific..

Answer : Keffiyeh

15.Connect the 2 pics..
Answer : Connection is Edison.First Pic is of Edison Cylinder Phonograph.And second pic is the seal of Edison Township,New Jersey.

16.Identify the mesh like structure..

Answer : Internet nodes in www or rather "Visualization of the various routes through a portion of the Internet." 

17.Which country's currency?

Answer : Zimbabwe

18.Connect the pics.


Answer : Hitman,Max Payne,Resident Evil & Silent Hill. All Games made into movies.


19.Identify the Star.


Answer : Frank Zappa

20.Identify the famous location.


Answer : Husband Hill is one of the Columbia Hills in Gusev crater, Mars. It was named in honor of Rick D. Husband, an astronaut and commander of the Space Shuttle Columbia during its final mission, during which it disintegrated upon reentry .


And for the scores :

Anirudh Patil --------- 3
Dipti Ranjan Behera ---8
Udit Anand------------5
Paul Atreides ---------7.5
Subrajit---------------7
mps-------------------14.5
preetam---------------14
manas--13
Pradeep pati-12.5

7 comments:

Preetam Jena said...

Hints plzzz...
N kindly frame the question in a less generic way.
Every question is Identify.It makes it really tough.

Don Z said...

Ok . Point noted..


BTW..qhich questions u need hints??

Pradeep Pati said...

No Hints please
sala PJ , nije karunu
sala nihati sahaja Q guda

Preetam Jena said...

Smart ass Pati rola kari dauchu ta...
Sala me aint able to get many of dese.
Das can V have some hints for 8,9,14,18,20 plz.

Don Z said...

8.Hints in the Pic itself..Some first of its kind event..
9.Funny Symbol..Relate to everyday life.Doing the rounds in emails ..
14.Specific arabic name for the head gear...
18.Pic on the top left was in the new recently..Puzzling??..Just Play it correct..And you get the answers..
20.Its so barren i doubt you would find life here...

♫♥♥MANAS♥♥♫ said...

if u are givin away hints like this then plz giv hints to 2, 10, 11 and 19.. ya i dnt knw 10 and 19 as i am not such a gr8 rock fan..

Don Z said...

2.Evidence for the way the world was born..Obvious hint..
10.Irish Band..Thats It..
11.Kind Of Surgery..
19.His kind of music was Jazz,Rock,electronic,orchestral.He dabbled in almost all kinds of music