Back to quizzing!

[Vijay Mahadevan]

hello Trishnaites,

Spring is here and its time for Trishna to thaw back to life!
Here are a couple of questions to kick-start the quizzing season
again..

Both questions are eminently guessable, but not very googleable.

V1. This picture first appeared in the Boston Gazette. This gave rise
to a term in the English language frequently heard during elections.
What term?

V2. Identify the guy whose bronze bust is shown in the picture.

Vijay.

[Aneesh Subramanian]

MV....

super! Thanks for starting this again :)

My answers:

V1. Gerrymandering
V2. Karel Capek (the guy whose novel had the word "robot" in it)...

 and one question from me:

V1. Whose statue? Which city?

A.

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From: Vijay Mahadevan <vijay.m...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 1:36:02 PM
Subject: Back to quizzing!

[Mayank Kabra]

Since nobody has answered, I'll go into clue hunting mode:

The crown is for sure european. Very likely to be british. I think it has to do with balancing the empire. Is the sphere earth? Very likely. In that case it feels like it's a funny take on pax britannica. Other clues: Female's attire is not royal, so it must be made after democracy started in europe. Also the female is buxom and clothes tad bit revealing, so its post victorian age. Also it looks like she is getting blown away by wind. No idea what that means.

Those are all the clues I could gather. What's your take?

mayank

[Kowsik Bodi]

Photoshop?

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"Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
 -- Julius Caesar Act I, Scene II

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Nope, not photoshop :)...

 Clue: Character in sculpture is European for sure... Who else would even respect Queen's and Kings these days! :) So I dropped another clue there... the democracy lead was wrong... Kabra.. good going on the buxom and revealing clothes part!! :) But I am not saying if that is useful or not to crack this... but I wouldn't say post victorian for the character in the sculpture, except that the sculpture itself was definitely post-Victorian!

I will give out the answer by tomorrow noon if no one gets it...

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From: Kowsik Bodi <kowsi...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2009 8:20:04 PM
Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Aneesh Subramanian]

 Last clue for the last guess: The statue is somewhere in the US, outside an airport (Pretty windy place, as you guys guessed from the statue! :) )... and yes, it is the statue of a British Queen...

Is Trishna dead before it woke up??

A.

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From: Aneesh Subramanian <anee...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 1:31:28 AM

http://iacs5.ucsd.edu/%7Ekbodi/

[Aravind]

Thanks to Google - Queen Charlotte, Charlotte NC.

Aravind

[Ankit Srivastava]

What's the blacked out word in the pic.?

Ankit

[Mayank Kabra]

were we supposed to not use google?

[Aneesh Subramanian]

I think it is only fair to make all quizzes on this forum google-proof rather than non-googleable...

My guess for the blacked out word: tea since Boston figures in it....

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From: Mayank Kabra <mayank...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 1:48:49 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Another question:

Identify the Cafe in pic 1 which is located inside the place in Pic 2.

If people want clue: Pic 3 with the person standing is a clue....

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From: Aneesh Subramanian <anee...@gmail.com>

To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 1:53:43 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Manish Amde]

Ankit,

My guess: meat/cattle

-Manish

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Ankit Srivastava <ankit...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Aravind]

Cafe at the end of the universe - Griffith Observatory LA.

Aravind

[Mayank Kabra]

pray, how is the hint related?

[Aravind]

Yeah! I didn't see the third pic. :-)

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

hitchhiker fans will recognise the thumbs up symbol to hitch a ride and of course.... Never leave without your towel!!

:)

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From: Aravind <arav...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 2:13:39 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Aravind]

Nice! :)

Aravind

[Aravind]

Connect

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

OK! I thought there was a rule that who ever gets the answer right for a question should post a new question... Much like a hot potato phenomena... Shall we stick to this rule from now on? I shall start this Sai Baba chain mail on this group with this question:

This is an illustration for a particular term or "technique". What?....

Google search maadi!!

A.

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From: Aravind <arav...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 3:12:40 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Manish Amde]

Might be too far fetched but is it something to do with Rasputin and his legendary penis.

PS: Will post questions only when answer confirmed as right or wrong. :-)

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Aravind <arav...@gmail.com> wrote:

Connect

Aravind

[Manish Amde]

Ok, Ankit, after some google search. Is is related to the tarring and feathering of John Malcom, the customs officer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Malcolm_(Loyalist)

[Kowsik Bodi]

Awesome!!! Bamiyan to Rasputin is some connection. No question about the legendary part

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[Manish Amde]

Ankit's answer below to his question. I guess he forgot to send it to everyone.

One from me. Connect: Cricket Max and John Nash (Nash Equilibrium fame).

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ankit Srivastava <ankit...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

To: mani...@gmail.com


In a way yes. The answer is 'Tea' from the Boston Tea Party. In fact, on the wiki page of John Malcom, there is a painting of his being tarred and feathered against the backdrop of the boston teap party.

[Aravind]

Some land surveying technique?

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

 Is it lack of a long term strategy? Should we connect Cricket max and John Nash himself or the Nash equilibrium?

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 7:49:40 PM
Subject: Fwd: Back to quizzing!

Ankit's answer below to his question. I guess he forgot to send it to everyone.

One from me. Connect: Cricket Max and John Nash (Nash Equilibrium fame).

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ankit Srivastava <ankit...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!
To: mani...@gmail.com


In a way yes. The answer is 'Tea' from the Boston Tea Party. In fact, on the wiki page of John Malcom, there is a painting of his being tarred and feathered against the backdrop of the boston teap party.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ok, Ankit, after some google search. Is is related to the tarring and feathering of John Malcom, the customs officer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Malcolm_%28Loyalist%29

[Aneesh Subramanian]

 Ok.. clue.. elephant and computers...

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From: Aravind <arav...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 10:23:41 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Manish Amde]

Connect John Nash and Cricket Max. The Nash Equilibrium was just to clarify things as it is a common name.

'Lack of long term strategy' is too abstract. There is a much stronger connection. I will give clues starting tomorrow afternoon if nothing comes up by then.

[Aneesh Subramanian]

:))

  Or is the connect Buddha or Genghis Khan?

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From: Kowsik Bodi <kowsi...@gmail.com>

To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 7:47:27 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Another guess !! :)

 So John Nash was played by Russell Crowe in "Beautiful Mind" and he is the cousin of Martin Crowe who started Cricket Max...

 Is that OK?

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 1:35:30 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Back to quizzing!

[Manish Amde]

Correct. :-)

[Manish Amde]

Is it related to Field Trip Earth.

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Any Clues, Aravind? Or are any of the other guess from mamu, gunti or me right??

 

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From: Aravind <arav...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Friday, April 3, 2009 5:12:33 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

Connect

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Nope! Its more of a fun based term in computer "searching".... thats the last clue! :)

[Aravind]

Buddhism in central Asia - an emperor in Manga

Aravind

[Harish Nagarajan]

Elephant in Cairo?

--
Harish Nagarajan
Graduate Student
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program
University of California, San Diego

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Tejasvi Naa Vadhee Thamasthu Maa Vid Vishaavahai
Om Shanti Shanti Shanti :

[Vijay Mahadevan]

Kanishka.

[Vijay Mahadevan]

The connect is pbly Kushanas

[Aravind]

Right.

Buddhism was popularized in Central Asia by the Kushans - greatest king was Kanishka - the Buddha statues at Bamyan which were destroyed(photo) by Taliban in 2001 - character Ganishka(photo) in the Manga Berserk series is inspired by Kanishka

Aravind

[Manish Amde]

A new one. Connect: Lucille, Blackie and Brownie.

[Aneesh Subramanian]

"Elephant in Cairo" is correct ! :)


From the wiki article:

An elephant in Cairo is a term used in computer programming to describe a piece of test data that is designed to ensure that an algorithm is working. The term derives from a humorous essay circulated on the Internet and published in Byte magazine in September 1989 that described how various professions would go about hunting elephants, with programmers following the algorithm:

1. Go to Africa.
2. Start at the Cape of Good Hope.
3. Work northward in an orderly manner, traversing the continent alternately east and west,
4. During each traverse pass,

   • Catch each animal seen.
   • Compare each animal caught to a known elephant.
   • Stop when a match is detected.

Experienced programmers modify Algorithm A by placing a known elephant in Cairo to ensure that the algorithm will terminate.

1. Go to Africa.
2. Put an elephant in Cairo.
3. Start at the Cape of Good Hope.
4. Work northward in an orderly manner, traversing the continent alternately east and west until an elephant is found,
5. During each traverse pass,

   • Catch each animal seen.
   • Compare each animal caught to the elephant in Cairo.

6. If the elephant is in Cairo, you put it there.

This simplifies the algorithm a little. It dates back to the 1970s.

To the computer programmers....! :)

A.

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From: Harish Nagarajan <nagaraja...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 2:43:45 PM

[Kowsik Bodi]

Apparently they are all guitar names. Atleast, that's what searching Lucille in wikipedia told me.

[Manish Amde]

That is right. However, I hope someone had figured out the other two. Lucille is the legendary B.B. Kings guitar. And Blackie was the one Clapton used to play (the back up was called Brownie).

Good crack Gunti. I thought the questions was wiki/google proof.

[Kowsik Bodi]

serendipity happens :)

[Aneesh Subramanian]

:)

 Adai Gunti! good crack! ... Its your turn for a question now... :)

A.

[Kowsik Bodi]

Connect:
             Barbarossa, Caesar, Chengiz Khan

[Manish Amde]

Guess - All 3 Nazi operations.

[Kowsik Bodi]

Almost. The first two were. Any further guess?

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Operation Chengiz Khan - Pakistani Operation of air strike against India in 1971 war....?

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From: Kowsik Bodi <kowsi...@gmail.com>

To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:34:26 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

serendipity happens :)

http://iacs5.ucsd.edu/%7Ekbodi/

"Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
 -- Julius Caesar Act I, Scene II

--
http://iacs5.ucsd.edu/~kbodi/

"Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
 -- Julius Caesar Act I, Scene II

--
http://iacs5.ucsd.edu/~kbodi/

"Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
 -- Julius Caesar Act I, Scene II

[Kowsik Bodi]

So, what's common between the three? Trivial, now that the context was cracked by Mamu.

Me signing off for the night!

[Manish Amde]

Operations that were based upon the element of surprise/stealth went awry. Okay?

[Manish Amde]

Another one. What connects hippopotamus, elephant and Napoleon ?

[Aravind]

Failed covert operations.

This should be an easy connect. I will give the next clue if not solved by noon tomorrow.

Aravind

[Aravind]

Connect

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Metal Hammer and Black bird... Must be some rock music connect??

Aneesh

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From: Aravind <arav...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 12:01:31 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Aravind]

Almost there. Another clue.

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Beatles albums :)!!

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From: Aravind <arav...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 12:09:42 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Beatles songs... sorry! :)

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From: Aneesh Subramanian <anee...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 12:12:24 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Manish Amde]

Cool.

[Manish Amde]

Extension. What connects hippopotamus, elephant, Napoleon and Vienna ?

[Aneesh Subramanian]

One from me (This is a recycled question but good funda!).. :) :

Identify the man in the first pic and connect:

A.

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 12:16:10 PM

Subject: Re: Back to quizzing!

[Manish Amde]

First pic: Murray Gell-Mann
He coined the term "quark" after some phrase in Finnegan's Wake.
The duck might be related to "quack" or some sound similar to it but I am not sure.

PS: All thanks to Ankit who told me about this over coffee a few days ago. :-)

[Aneesh Subramanian]

Yup!!! Full points to you and T2 (ankit) :)...

Quarks, named by Gell-Mann after the sound made by ducks, gets its spelling from “Three quarks for Muster Mark!” quote from Finnegan’s wake

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 12:31:59 PM

[Aneesh Subramanian]

 Anything to do with the Napoleonic wars?? Or waterloo? Wild guess.. I don't have a connect though...

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 12:19:55 PM

[Manish Amde]

Unfortunately not. I will extend the items to be connected by two this time: hippopotamus, elephant, Napoleon, Vienna, Lopez and Indian.

[Aneesh Subramanian]

 Openings in Chess?? ...

A.

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2009 7:42:45 PM

[Manish Amde]

Yes. Correct.

[Aneesh Subramanian]

 One more from me:

What does this map of mumbai depict?

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From: Manish Amde <mani...@gmail.com>
To: trishn...@googlegroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 12:05:04 AM

[Aravind]

! :-)

Aravind

[Aneesh Subramanian]

OK! Clue.. Since no one has taken a dig yet... It was not a government based division... and also think 1980s - 90s....

[Vijay Mahadevan]

Its the divisions controlled by various mafia dons:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9FiapjOaxGk/SWVlJR3ashI/AAAAAAAABNw/yZCAIGzWMcE/s400/Mafia-Control-of-Mumbai-by-area.jpg