Question # 29

Presenting Random Question of the Day

This is an exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution. Put funda. 

[Think current current affairs]

Question # 28

Connect: 

Credits : Mr. BK

Question # 27

A pretty arbitrary question. [I'm getting rusty]

Connect maadi!
[Hint: Think technical]

Question # 26

The classic interpretation of X is that of German tactical and operational methodology in the first half of the Second World War that was often hailed as a new method of warfare. The word, meaning "lightning war", in its strategic means is associated with a series of quick and decisive short battles to deliver a knockout blow to an enemy state before it could fully mobilize.

The tactical meaning involves a coordinated military effort by tanks, mobilized infantry, artillery and aircraft, to create an overwhelming local superiority in combat power, to overwhelm an enemy and break through its lines. X as used by Germany had considerable psychological, or as some writers call, "terror" elements, such as the noise-making sirens on the Junkers Ju 87 dive-bombers to affect the morale of enemy forces. The devices were largely removed when the enemy became used to the noise, after the Battle of France in 1940, bombs sometimes having whistles attached instead. It is also common for writers to include psychological tactics behind the line, using Fifth columnists to spread rumors and untruths among the civil population in the theater of operations.

X?


Ans : Blitzkrieg

Question # 25

The Tiger's back. 

Starting off with some more Google Doodles. This time with a literary theme. Put Funda. 

Answers :

1. Jane Austen / Pride and Prejudice
2. Bram Stoker / Dracula
3. Agatha Christie / Hercule Poirot
4. Robert Louis Stevenson / Treasure Island
5. Mark Twain / Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Question # 24

This is a histogram. The red bars represent frequency of a particular thing denoted on the X-axis.
What do the two arrows represent?


Hint. Sports.

Answer:

Batting averages in tests and one day internationals. Don Bradman and Michael Bevan. Slightly outdated info. With regards to ODIs

Question # 23

The term was coined in 1688 by Johannes Hofer (1669–1752) in his Basel dissertation. Hofer introduced X or mal du pays for the condition also known as mal du Suisse "Swiss illness" or Schweizerheimweh, because of its frequent occurrence in Swiss mercenaries who were in the plains of lowlands of France or Italy. Symptoms were also thought to include fainting, high fever, indigestion, stomach pain, and death.

In the eighteenth century, scientists were looking for a locus of X, a X-ic bone. By the 1850s X was losing its status as a particular disease and coming to be seen rather as a symptom or stage of a pathological process. It was considered as a form of melancholia and a predisposing condition among suicides. X was, however, still diagnosed among soldiers as late as the American Civil War.

X please?

[Not a very well framed question I feel. Comments?]

Answer :

Nostalgia

Question # 22

Non exhaustive list. Connect:

Credits : Ramakrishna Sameer

Answer : Movies described to be Kafkaesque

Question # 21

Funda behind the following Google Doodles.

Ans : 

1. Harry Houdini

2. Michael Jackson

3. Alam Ara

4. Akiro Kurosawa

5. Edmond Halley

Question # 20

Minimal posters of some TV shows. Identify them. 

Ans :

1. The Simpsons
2. Dexter
3. Wire
4. House
5. 30 Rock

Question # 19

In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a chemist at 3M in the United States, was attempting to develop a super-strong adhesive, but instead he accidentally created a "low-tack", reusable, pressure-sensitive adhesive. For five years, Silver promoted his invention within 3M, both informally and through seminars, but without much success. In 1974, a colleague of his, Art Fry, who had attended one of Silver's seminars, came up with the idea of using the adhesive.

The most famous color is because the lab next door had scrap material that was used to develop the product.

Name the invention.

Ans : Post-it notes

Question # 18

Most random question you'll find.

2008 - Julie
2009 - Kate, Kate's Dirty Sister
2010 - Luscious Liz, Randy Mandy
2011 - Kinky Kylie
2012 - Abbey

Names of something.

Ans : Sebastian Vettel's F1 cars.

Question # 17

A few minimalist posters. Id the movies. 

Ans : Highlight below to see the answer.

1 - Reservoir Dogs
2 - Usual Suspects
3 - 300
4 - Senna
5 - Memento