Answers to Thir13en Ghosts

The answers are:

1. Satyajit Ray (From top left in clockwise manner: Byomkesh Bakshi, Satyajit Ray had made a movie Chiriyakhana based on one of Byomkesh's stories with Uttam Kumar portraying the master detective; Ray Bizarre Font developed by Satyajit Ray; Columbia Pictures, which was supposed to produce the Ray movie The Alien with Marlon Brando and Peter Sellers in the lead, however the movie was never made and the script is rumoured to have inspired Steven Spielberg into making E.T.; the cover of the Sandesh magazine that was revived by Ray; Apu Nahasapeemapetilon from The Simpsons which was a tribute to Ray's character from the Apu trilogy.)

2. PEdestrian LIght COntrolled Crossing (PELICON Crossing), also known as Pelican crossing. ( I got a variety of answers for this but I needed this specific answer so points to only Sabarish and Sandi for this answer)

The Truth Seekers for this round are:

Sabarish Senthil - 3 (early bird)
Sandipan Chakravarty - 2
Prateek Vijayavargia - 1
Santanu Dey - 1
Brian D'Souza - 1
Tathagata - 1
Karan S - 1
Nishanth Raman - 1

Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. I will be back with the next round soon.

Thir13en Ghosts

Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 23rd January, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 23rd Jan.

Here we go...

1. Connect.

2. Name this device/equipment which I think is extensively used in foreign countries but not in India (correct me if I am wrong).

Answers to 12 Angry Men

The answers are:

1. Coca Cola (From top left in clockwise manner: SunTrust Bank in Atlanta which holds the original copy for the formula of Coca Cola; John Pemberton, creator of Coca Cola; Taal which showcased Coca Cola in a in-film branding mold; Pizza-Hut which has a tie up with Coca Cola [this clue was a bit ambiguous because Pizza-Hut also has a tie up with Coke's rivals Pepsico, so sorry for this clue]; Olympic games, Coca Cola was its first ever sponsor and has been sponsoring it till date)

2. Iron Maiden, a historical torture device. The photo shown is the most famous one of Nuremberg.

3. This is a map showing the penetration/maximum usage of social networking sites across the globes. The actual map is shown below. No points have been awarded for answers such as orkut users or orkut density.

The TRUTH-SEEKERs for this round are :-

Pranesh Prakash - 4 (early bird)
Bhavin Vora - 2
Mit Chowdhury - 2
Rajiv D'Silva - 2
Prahlad S - 2
Nishanth Raman - 2
Sabarish Senthil - 2
Sandipan Chakravarty - 2
Sayantan Bose - 1
Sylvian Patrick - 1
Rajkamal Vasu - 1
Anubhav Chatterjee - 1
Niranjan Salimath - 1
Pratik Shukla - 1
Nikhil - 1
Dhruv Mangal - 1

Congratulations to all of you. Check out the updated cumulative scores in the The Cumulative Scores link. The total number of challengers on the podium has gone past 50, so the game is really heating up. I will be back with the next round soon.

12 Angry Men

Well I am back and hopefully this year we will see even better quizzes than last year. Here are the questions for this episode of Retinal Cerebrations. Send your answers to hookonthedot@gmail.com before 16th January, 6:00 A.M.(GMT). Don't forget to read the RULES POST to see how you score points in this quiz before sending the answers. I will be back with the answers, scores and the next quiz on 16th Jan.

Here we go...

1. Connect these.

2. Identify this structure. A generic answer would do. (Clue: Think of a band)

3. Here's a bonus question to start off the new year. What is the map depicting? (Clue: Its got something to do with internet, lookout for some pattern)