Sunday, November 05, 2006

Answers to Part Deux

The answers are :-

1. The connection is Adolf Hitler.
( From top left: Charlie Chaplin whose character in The Great Dictator was a parody of Hitler, Eva Braun who was Hitler's girlfriend and Yertle the Turtle, a cartoon character based on Hitler)

2. The connection is only three Indians featuring in the 20 most influential Asians of the 20th century declared by TIME magazine.
( From left: Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore and M.S. Swaminathan, the person behind the Green Revolution)

3. The connection is the only Indians to take all the 10 wickets in an innings on Indian soil.
( From left : Anil Kumble, Debashish Mohanty and Subhas Gupte)

The truth-seeker for this quiz -
Golak Bihari Sarangi - 2.

Friday, October 13, 2006

Part Deux

"What is common to Taurus, the famous nickname of the subordinate of many Fictional villains, magic number in science, helium, Ten Commandments and @ symbol?"

Two... Not only the essence of phrases such as "Two to Tango", "Two is company" etc but also symbolising the truth that an individual is always alone and he needs company to survive. ( Ans - second sign of zodiac, Number Two, first magic number, atomic mass, Ten Commandments were given in the form of two tablets and @ symbol and 2 are present in the same key in a keyboard )

This week's questions are comparitively easier than last time (aimed at getting more replies :D ). Send your mails to
hookonthedot@gmail.com . Answers will be out on 4th November. At the end of the month I will also announce the month's cumulative score which will be carried forward to next month.
So what are you waiting for ? Get Rolling...

1. Connect these with a single person.


2. Connect these three persons. (Hint: Think of some achievement)

3. Connect these three cricketers.





Answers to Numero Uno !!!

Phew!!! Got lot of hits on my page after the First quiz but only 4 replies. Well if that's how every great thing begins then I am OK with it... :)

Here are the answers:

1. Connection - Popeye
(From bottom left in clockwise manner) - Elzie Crisler Segar, creator of Popeye the sailor; King Features Comic where Popeye the sailor appeared in the thimble theatre strip for the first time; Paramount Pictures , Popeye cartoons appeared for the first time on TV adapted by Fleischer Studios for Paramount Pictures; and Gene Hackman whose oscar winning character in The French Connection was famously nicknamed Popeye.

2. Connection - George Lucas
(From top left in clockwise manner) - THX , rade name of a high-fidelity sound reproduction system which was develeped at George Lucas' Lucas Films and also the name of Lucas film THX 1138; Skywalker Sound owned by Lucas(sound division); Industrial Light and Magic owned by Lucas(visual effects division); and the Golden Guy logo of Lucas Arts owned by Lucas(gaming division).

3. Connection - These were the Nominees for the wax statue dedicated to Bollywood at the Madame Tussauds in London. Finally Amitabh Bachchan won.
(From top left clockwise manner) - Aishwarya Rai, Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Kapoor, Shahrukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit.(This turned out to be a RIPPER!!!)

And the successful TRUTH-SEEKERS with their scores are :

Priyambad Pattanayak - 2 (well I wanted to put Robin Williams in here too but didnt and outstanding guessing for the Amitabh Connect though incorrect)
Nishad Musthafa - 2
Sai Ganesh - 1
karthik Narayan - 2

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Numero Uno

" What is common to 'The Magician', Aries, Car of previous champion in Formula One racing, the saviour in the series 'The Matrix' , Hydrogen and God? "

One ... Not just a symbol of brilliance and extraordinaire but also the answer to the above question ( Ans - first one in tarot card, first sign of zodiac, number inscribed on the car, Neo was referred as this in the series, atomic number and there is only one God )

So with this we start the first quiz of Retinal Cerebrations. The pictures aren't of excellent quality this time but I'll try to improve upon it for the next quiz. There are three visual treats to be decrypted within 7 days. The truth-seekers' names will be out on 13th Oct. Reach me before that on this id hookonthedot@gmail.com . So here we go...


1. Connect these images.

2. Connect these logos with a single person.


3. Connect these persons by something unique.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Here We Go !!!

Quizzing is not just about competition, it is more about sharing the enormous amount of knowledge spread across the living and non living world around us. It is more about putting your knowledge to practical use through calculative guesses and innovative co-relations. It is my humble attempt to share with all of you my passion for quizzing and instantiate the dream of a world where knowledge knows no boundaries and knowledge is free.

So charge up your batteries and get your grey cells to work because we are ready to blast off this series of connections that can be decrypted by only those who have a proper synchronisation between their cerebral and occular armory. The goal is to decrypt the images in each of the questions and to find out how each of them is related to the invisible answer. You have seven days to search for the truth and if you succeed your name will be glorified by finding a place among the greatest truth seekers for the whole world to see.

So what are we waiting for ? Let the questions roll and here we go !!!