Showing posts with label General. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Friday, March 2, 2012

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This is a new aerosol spray that has been introduced to people aho are aversive to a certain habit. The spray comes in five flavours - Classic Musty Smell, Crunchy Bacon Scent, Eau You have Cats, New Smell and the Scent of Sensibility. It has been found to be compatible with many devices.

Id the purpose for which the spray has been launched..

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

264.

X was invented by the French mathematician Édouard Lucas in 1883. There is a legend about an Indian temple which contains a large room with three time-worn posts in it surrounded by 64 golden plates. Brahmin priests, acting out the command of an ancient prophecy, have been moving these disks, since that time. Therefore X is also named after Brahma. According to the legend, when the last move is completed, the world will end. It is not clear whether Lucas invented this legend or was inspired by it.

There are many variations on this legend. For instance, in some tellings, the temple is a monastery and the priests are monks. The temple or monastery may be said to be in different parts of the world — including _________, and may be associated with any religion. In some versions, other elements are introduced, such as the fact that the tower was created at the beginning of the world, or that the priests or monks may make only one move per day. Some also claim that X was named for the building in the picture.

Identify X.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

248.



Niue is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia ", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Though self-governing, Niue is in free association with New Zealand, and lacks full sovereignty. In 2003, Niue became the world's first "WiFi nation", in which free wireless Internet access is provided throughout the country by The Internet Users Society-Niue.

Niue, a dependency of New Zealand, uses the New Zealand dollar rather than its own specific currency. However, it does issue coins for the collectors market to earn some extra footing.

This is the list of the collector’s coins released by Niue. The coins are shown in the picture.

The images of the reverse of the official set are as follows:

5 CENTS: Two Humpback Whales

10 CENTS: Crab

20 CENTS: Scuba Divers

50 CENTS: Native Outrigger Canoe

1 DOLLAR: Swordfish, in 2010 – image of native plants.

What are the images that is all set to follow the these collector’s edition coins?

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

234.

The Polo Lounge at Lahore is a popular upscale restaurant and a favourite hangout for Polo players. It is located on the Lahore Polo Grounds. This is located along the Jalil Road in Lahore.



The question.. Who owns this place?

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

228.



This was an identity card issued by the United States Government to the soldiers of US Army during the early 1950s for some identification. Identify the blanked out space.

Friday, July 15, 2011

222.

The following are the attempts made to figure out the hidden meaning of this particular piece of “a great puzzle”…

A description of the medieval 'Great' or 'Old Custom' wool tax of 1275, which survived until the fifteenth century. Contrary to some commentaries, this tax did not involve the collection of one-third to the king, and one-third to the church, but a less punitive sum of 6s 8d to the Crown per sack, about 5 per cent of the value. This theory also depends on it surviving unrecorded and even unmentioned in extant texts for hundreds of years.

It is connected to the slave trade. This explanation was advanced during debates over political correctness, but scholars agree that it has no basis in fact. The adjective that offers pretext of slave trade was modified to many other adjectives like “sad, happy, pink and hopping”

What am I talking about?

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

219.



This was the last laugh by the workers at X against X's former boss. During X's last edition, they added a crossword puzzle which had clues like "Woman stares wildly at Calamity", a mention to their chief executive. Also included were clues, "Brook, Stink, Catastrophe and Digital Protection".

Identify X.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

207.

The Summy Company registered for copyright of X in 1935, crediting authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. In 1990, Warner Chappell purchased the company owning the copyright for $15 million, with the value of "X" estimated at $5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claims that the United States copyright will not expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of X are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to it. In one specific instance on February 2010, these royalties were said to amount to $700. In the European Union, the copyright of X will expire on December 31, 2016. The actual American copyright status of "X" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Act in Eldred vs. Ashcroft in 2003, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer specifically mentioned "X" in his dissenting opinion. An American law professor who heavily researched X has expressed strong doubts that it is still under copyright.


Identify X

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

202.



Colonel X was a Welsh surveyor, geographer and Surveyor-General of India from 1830 to 1843. X was largely responsible for completing the section of the Great Trigonometric Survey of India along the meridian arc from the south of India extending north to Nepal, a distance of approximately 2,400 kilometres (1,491 mi). The survey was started by William Lambton in 1806 and lasted several decades. In 1865, Y was named in his honour despite his objections. It was surveyed by his successor, Andrew Waugh.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

199.


Who started and is the chief of this charity organisation?

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

195.



Continuing in the same line...
We all know who's represented in the statue. Tell me where is this located.


Saturday, June 4, 2011

192.



Wikkid, the first TV channel for children in Pakistan, airs a quiz show exclusively for children in schools of Pakistan. It is telecasted every Sunday at 6:30 PM and Monday 9:30 PM. It is titled Mindgrind.
Wikkid

Now, tell me who is the quizmaster of this show.(Really workoutable)



Thursday, June 2, 2011

191.


X is the founder and chairman of this nonprofit organization named NUMA aiming at preserving maritime heritage.

X claims that NUMA discovered, among other shipwrecks, the Confederate submarine Hunley. This claim is disputed by underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence who first reported finding it in 1970 The first expedition to dig into the site and bring back videographic evidence was the 1994/1995 SCIAA/NUMA H.L. Hunley expedition, directed by underwater archaeologist Dr. Mark M. Newell. That was largely financed by X, thus his claim to have discovered it. Based on sworn statements by Dr. Newell, that expedition relied, at least to some extent, on Spence's maps of his earlier work. The dive team that took the video was led by diver Ralph Wilbanks who is on NUMA's Board of Directors.

Important finds by X's N.U.M.A. include

§ The Carpathia. The ship famed for being the first to come to the aid of Titanic survivors.

§ The Mary Celeste. The famed ghost ship that was found abandoned with cargo intact. (The identification of this wreck as the Mary Celestehas since been disputed.)

§ The Manassas. The first ironclad of the civil war, formerly the icebreaker Enoch Train.

Identify X who is famous for something else.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

173.

This is an island named Nurek Abrel located off the coast of Siberia. Recently Russian tourist authorities are reporting a surge in the number of tourists reaching this island. Why?

Friday, April 22, 2011

172.

This is the book "Six Thinking Hats" by Eduardo de Bono. What term did he introduce?