Trivially yours.

#210 Beyond spoofs and parodies...

2011-11-01T22:16:00.000+05:30

The above shown pictures are examples of what?
P.S. I am looking for the exact term.

#209 "Run away" success

2011-10-14T21:23:00.003+05:30

How can you relate the above shown three pictures?

Hint: Think cons and frauds.

#208: bill mrs. kate!

2011-04-30T21:12:00.003+05:30

1.
2.

where would you see the (1)?

in which country would (1) be replaced by (2)?

Now that me and nair are finally engineers, we will have lots of time on our hands to put up better questions...

#207 All were deadbeat....

2011-04-19T14:40:00.004+05:30

these 4 villains joined together to form a team to destroy the powerpuff girls. whats the name of the team? name the inspiration to the scenes shown...

#206 Bingo!

2011-04-15T08:58:00.003+05:30

This duo voiced the super awesome, coolest,kickass...etc. (I am lost for words here.) pair of heroes.
Id both the voice actors and the heroes.
Hint:Think classic Cartoon Network.

#205: yada yada yada

2011-04-14T11:54:00.003+05:30

identify this movie and the sitcom from which this scene is inspired...

thanx to moka10 for the video!

craked by anubhav, siddarth pai and nabarun.

answer is sitcom:seinfeld, movie:scott pilgrim vs the world.

#204: is dat all?

2011-04-11T13:01:00.005+05:30

print ad for?

hint: hygiene products...

#203 Bada hai toh behtar hai.....

2011-04-10T09:38:00.003+05:30

These are some pictures from the study of one of the nature's largest and most extra-ordinary events. This event is thought to be the largest of its kind. What event and what kind?

Answer: Humpback whale lunge feeding technique, the largest biomechanical event on Earth.

Cracked by Siddarth Pai and Sketch Munky

#202 Fascinating creature, the ........

2011-04-08T10:34:00.006+05:30

Id and connect.

Answer: Black Mamba

Cracked by Sketch Munky and Siddarth Pai (note the spelling.. :P and u posted the answer for the wrong question but still I gave it to you.)

#201: bleed blue man!!!

2011-04-07T21:31:00.003+05:30

which entertainment group is lego commemorating here?

Answer: Blue Man Group

Cracked by Sketch Munky and Siddarth Pai

#200 A knight in his/her own right.

2011-04-06T13:32:00.007+05:30

The below picture shows the dynamic duo of the city Z . The duo of X and Y was inspired from the dynamic duo of another city, to such an extent that they even had a car and a base of the same sort.
.
In pre-crisis,the first hero who chose the identity of X under special circumstances happens to be a native of the place where Z is located, later "hero"s look-alike assumed the identity of X and then atlast the boy wonder renamed himself as X .
Post crisis too, a lot of characters have assumed the identity of X to fight crime at different places.The current X happens to be the foster son of the "hero".
Based on X's fame and popularity,a monthly solo series was released in which,he patrols Gotham city's neighbouring municipality of B.
Identify X,Y, Z and B.

Cracked by Siddarth Pai

#199: Verdens ende...

2011-04-05T13:27:00.005+05:30

2.
if

red strawberry:1

blue classico:2

mint and choco chip:3

whats 3 and whats the name of the trilogy?

#198 We loves him! We loves him!

2011-04-04T13:19:00.005+05:30

How could these three be connected?

Answer: Andy Serkis, played all the three characters shown above.

Cracked by Sketch Munky.

#197 The aftermath...

2011-04-03T14:25:00.003+05:30

What was the controversy??? What happened as a result??

Answer:

When Indian skipper MS Dhoni complained about inconsistencies about the 2.5m rule in the LBW dismissal appeal for Ian Bell's wicket during the India-England match in the group stage which eventually ended in a tie. The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were given new guidelines. Subsequently, Sri Lanka captain, Kumar Sangakkara criticized the decision to alter 2.5m rule during an ongoing tournament.

We won the World Cup..hurrah!!!!

2011-04-03T12:47:00.003+05:30

Picture perfect.

Congratulations to all the Indians out there, we did it..and we did it in style beating the better sides in the tournament.
Cheers!!!!

#196 Twice bitten but still survived.

2011-04-02T11:55:00.004+05:30

The person in the first picture made a remark about a MAN involved in two very tragic incidents. The items shown in second picture played major role in those tragic incidents. the person in the third picture had to apologise for the remark made on the MAN.

Identify the pictures,the controversy and the MAN.

Cracked by Siddharth Ravi, Siddharth Pai and Goutamjay.

#195: doctor is in the house!!

2011-04-01T14:18:00.004+05:30

identify the person being parodied here.

Answer: Dr. Suess

Cracked by Siddharth Pai , sorry Anubhav even I thought the same but it was Akshay's question.

#194 The sinister man of hollywood.

2011-03-30T12:54:00.005+05:30

This is a famous man ,well known for his serio-comic roles throughout his acting career.
Id the man and tell me how do we know his voice better than his acting skills?

Answer: Vincent Price and we all have heard his voice in MJ's Thriller, in the rap portion.

Cracked by Anubhav,Siddharth Pai and Kaushik(i give it to you for IDing the man).

#193 Every drop counts.

2011-03-29T10:29:00.006+05:30

Id the man and what is he known for?

P.S. question #192 will be open until tomorrow,so try cracking that one too.

Goes unanswered, an insult to the man's efforts and achievements.

He is James Harrison(blood donor). He holds the world record for blood donations by an individual, and his donations have saved over two million babies from Rhesus disease.

#192 And thus we got our Captain.

2011-03-28T11:11:00.006+05:30

Connect these images to one of the most popular characters we have ever seen on the silver screen.

Captain Jack Sparrow: the character developed was based on all the three shown above.

Cracked by Pai,Kapinjal(u almost got it),Sketch Munky and Anubhav.

#191 Side effects of social networking??

2011-03-27T12:13:00.003+05:30

Id and connect the duo.

Cracked by Siddharth Pai and Kaushik.
Check out the comments for the answer.

#190 Women in black!!

2011-03-26T13:02:00.003+05:30

Id the band.

Answer: The Iron Maidens,formed as an all female tribute act to British heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

Cracked by Subin, Siddharth Pai and Kapinjal Chowdhary.

#189 Please stand up! please stand up!

2011-03-25T13:32:00.003+05:30

Identify this controversial piece of art.

Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Draw_Mohammed_Day

Cracked by Siddharth Pai.

#188: you will catch a cold!

2011-03-23T20:04:00.005+05:30

Which famous song are these people performing to in the given scenes?

Answer: singing in the rain
Cracked byanonymous, sketch munky,divit and siddharth pai.

#187 Identify the painting.

2011-03-22T18:19:00.003+05:30

Identify the painting and tell me what it depicts.

Answer: its a painting by Robert William Buss called dicken's dream.

Cracked by: Sketch Munky, V. chandrashekhar, Siddarth pai, indian, brainstormer and Kapinjal Chowdhury

#186 Politics might just be as simple as reading a child's book.

2011-03-17T13:37:00.007+05:30

It all started when A challenged the author for never having written a political book. The author took a copy of one of his books and crossed out "_____ _ ______" from the title of the book and wrote in B's name. Since then C, D, and E , all of them have taken the place of the crossed out name in the title. The last part of the crossed out name rhymes with the name of a very famous English football personality,currently plying his trade with Manchester United FC.
What is the title of the book in question? Who is the author? Who are A and B ?

#185: let the darkness stay forever!

2011-03-16T20:59:00.006+05:30

Which memorable villain played by this guy:

-has lived for 6000 years

-tries to gain control over the world by spreading evil, darkness and hatred

-who's minions include electric man, stone man and plastica

-who receives help from a mad scientist Dr. ****** against the superhero

P.S: question no. 183 is yet to be answered!

#184: go ask the men in black...

2011-03-13T14:32:00.004+05:30

connect the three images to a term which is used to describe special agents of the united states government, specifically FBI operatives in suits and dark sunglasses.

the answer is G man.

cracked by siddarth and Ameya

#183 Just connect.

2011-03-12T18:19:00.004+05:30

These pictures are a part of a series, which celebrates something. What are we talking about?

Vi Hart says Pi is wrong but our Pai is always right.
These are the pictures from Filmfare 2010 annual scan's photoshoot.

#182 Slapstick you say?

2011-03-10T15:16:00.004+05:30

Identify the gentlemen in the 2nd pic and tell me what is the significance of the first one.

Cracked by Mr.Pai , Anubhav and partially by Kapinjal Chowdhury.
Check out comments for answer.

#181 From the "King of cool"....

2011-03-07T22:04:00.005+05:30

1.Connect the pictures above (the order should be helpful)
2. Tell me who is being referred to as "King of cool" in the question.
The second answer is related with the first one.

Cracked by Siddarth Pai

#180 The newest member of the gang.

2011-03-01T15:10:00.003+05:30

The first three were the only ones to have achieved the feat. until the person in the last picture joined the gang recently. Which feat. ?

Answer: 500 league points in EPL.

Cracked by surajit.

#179 What might have been, but couldnt be.

2011-02-27T19:34:00.005+05:30

The two images are the cover designs of the books by the same author. The first one is a trilogy, but was supposed to be one of the volumes of a two volume set. The other volume being the second one. The second book was published after the death of the author, by the son based on his father's incomplete work.
Which books and if you dont mind then the author too.

Answer: LOTR Trilogy and the Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Cracked by Siddharth Pai , assuming that you know who the author is.. :P(of course you know it yaar) and yeah The Hobbit was not put up because Tolkien intended to publish the above mentioned two books(LOTR trilogy was supposed to be a single book ) as the two volume set.
Good try Anubhav.

#178: do you swear you are up to no good?

2011-02-26T14:13:00.002+05:30

where would you normally see this written in latin?

never tickle a sleeping dragon.

# 177 Who comes next?

2011-02-25T15:17:00.003+05:30

A particular feat. has been achieved only by three people. The images have been arranged in the order of accomplishing the feat. Who follows and which feat. ?

Answer: The self proclaimed 'special one', Jose Mourinho.

Cracked by Anubhav , Aswin , Siddharth Pai and Ameya.

#176: opposite of the arabian sea

2011-02-23T22:46:00.002+05:30

connect.

hint:

#175: son of james watt!

2011-02-22T22:39:00.003+05:30

the character for whom the appliances are cheering has been blanked out. he is also the undefeated champion of the game show Jeopardy. who is he?

#174 What is it?

2011-02-11T16:03:00.004+05:30

What does the above shown graph represent? Which game is it associated to?

Answer: Its the graph showing all the moves a knight can make on a chess board, a.k.a the knight's tour.

#173 One from Hindu mythology.

2011-02-10T14:22:00.004+05:30

The pictures given above are all connected with the hindu god Vishnu ,but apart from that what is that binds all of these together?

Went uncracked.

Answer: Connect is Jaya and Vijaya , the gate keepers of Vaikuntha.

The first picture is of Jaya and Vijaya sculpted on the doors of some Vishnu temple.

These gatekeepers refused entry to the Sanatha Kumara monks, who, because of their powers and austerity appeared as young children. For their insolence, the monks cursed them to be expelled from Vaikuntha and to be born on Earth.

God Vishnu agreed that they should be punished. They were given two choices, that they could be born about 7 times as normal mortals and devotees of Vishnu, or 3 times as powerful and strong people, but as enemies of Vishnu, for which they chose the latter one.

Ravana and his brother Kumbhakarna were born to fulfill the curse on the second birth as enemies of Vishnu in the Treta Yuga. The curse of first birth was fulfilled by Hiranyakashipu and his brother Hiranyaksha in Satya Yuga when they were both vanquished by earlier avatars (incarnations) of Vishnu and the curse of third birth was fulfilled by Kangsha and Shishupala in the Dwapar Yuga when they were both vanquished by Lord Krishna.

#172 : Go around,come back around.

2011-02-09T14:44:00.007+05:30

From top, the first image shows the inspiration, the second and third images show the "companions" , the fourth image shows the playground(the image has been chosen just for the promotion of what is written and the words around or inside the picture have nothing to do with the question) and the last one(might turn out to be the give away) shows the prize.

Which sporting event are we talking about?

Answer: Jules Verne Trophy
Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar, Arun, Siddharth Pai, appuchin and Kamanasish

#171: go vegan! being vegan gives you super powers!

2011-02-08T19:41:00.008+05:30

Identify this graphic novel.

It was recently made into a movie starring:

Cracked by Anubhav Mehta, Arun, V. Chandrashekhar, AB Kolan and Siddharth Pai.

#170 Angry and insulting..but hilarious.

2011-02-07T19:22:00.006+05:30

A)B)
A is a snapshot from a skit which satirized the real life political event shown in B.

Which event are we talking about??

P.s. Do not miss the skit, watch it and I bet you wont stop laughing.

Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar, Arun and Appuchian

#169 Standing tall.

2010-09-14T16:12:00.001+05:30

Pictures of which movie's set? It has been kept intact for a long time after the movie has been shot.

Verve X quiz

2010-09-10T12:54:00.000+05:30

Verve 2010 , the annual literary youth fest of National Institute of Technology, Durgapur kick starts today with its online events. Loads of fun , frolic and of course prizes at stake. Over the next two weeks we will be having around 7 online events that will test your knowledge , creativity and ofcourse fun quotient.

Tune into VERVE 2010 at www.literarycircle.in now!

This weeks' events include

1) Online Quiz
Race against time to finish this maze of mind bending questions. Get googling.

2) Oxymoron -
Like playing with words? Meet your favorite companions again, see them jump, dance and play tricks on you.
Not the literary type? Try this event; you might just fall in love with words.

3) Textual affairs -
Go crazy with a keyboard and characters with silently moving lips..
.its the funnier the better as you present your own unique take on popular scenes, events and songs .

4) iRelaxa Blogging contest - Touch the Dream

#168 Licence to thrill !

2010-09-06T11:19:00.004+05:30

This piece of paper is a qualification to what?

Answer: It is the super licence issued by FIA for formula 1 drivers.

#167 Princess or not?

2010-09-04T13:08:00.004+05:30

Connect.

(Think zara hatke for the first pic . ;) )

Answer: Connect is Disney's unofficial princesses, their names being Princess Merida(to be an official Disney Princess after the release of Brave in 2012) , here the name Merida can be deduced from Fran Merida shown in the pic, Alice, Giselle and Tinker Bell.

For more details visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Princess.

#166 Virtual to Real.

2010-09-02T11:10:00.003+05:30

Here are some posters from a list of movies which are connected by a specific link. What connects them?(The list is non-exhaustive.)

Cracked by Rohan, V. Chandrashekhar, and Anshuman.

Answer: Game to film adaptations.. Tomb Raider, Silent Hill and Resident Evil Apocalypse

# 165 Begins...

2010-08-31T09:01:00.003+05:30

Given are two images which connect to a person (he might also be a phenomenon). The second image is the screenshot from his earliest work.

Identify the images and find out the person.

Cracked by V.Chandrashekhar, and gks.

Rohan you made quite a guess but you made a small mistake, the image is from Nolan's first work but it is not Following instead it is Doodlebug. So you will get only half a point buddy.

Answer: Chritopher Nolan, Syncopy is his production company and Doodlebug is his earliest work.

#164 Conceptual art.

2010-08-30T07:50:00.003+05:30

Identify the piece of art and its significance.

Cracked by Rohan, V. Chandrashekhar and Ameya aka Raklodrama.

Answer: Please read the comments for the answer.

#163 Upside down.

2010-08-28T11:56:00.005+05:30

Identify the two images and also tell me how they are different from each other.

Cracked by Rohan, V.Chandrashekhar and gks. Partially answered by anshuman.

Answer :

pic 1--fra mauro map pic 2--ptolemy map in fra mauro map,the orientation is with the south at the top(a convention of muslim maps),in contrast with the ptolemy map, which has north at the top.

# 162 The one and only...?

2010-08-27T08:32:00.004+05:30

Identify the incident.

Give me the name of the kicker and his extra-ordinary achievement.

Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar, Rohan, gks and Anurag alongwith the one and only Leonadro(lol).

Answer:

Leandro Cufre of Argentina became the first player in the world cup history to be red carded after the final whistle of the match.The match being Germany vs Argentina WC 2006 QF and the person who got his balls kicked in Leandro's process of getting famous is Pert Mertesacker .

# 161 So Un"Real".

2010-08-26T11:09:00.002+05:30

Identify the movie and give me the name of the director.

Cracked by Raklodrama, gks, Rohan and V. Chandrashekhar

Answer: Real, the movie directed by Borja Manso.

# 160 Past becomes the future.

2010-08-24T16:08:00.007+05:30

A.)

B.)
C.)
'X' developed a game based on his childhood experiences. Name of 'A' inspired 'X' to name "the game".

The main character of 'B' is named after 'X' as a tribute.

'C' is a parody of "the game".

The game has sold almost 59 million copies ever since its first release.

Name X, A, B, C and "the game".

Cracked by Anurag, Ameya , V. Chandrashekhar, and Rohan.

Answer: X: Shigero Miyamoto, A: Zelda Fitzgerald, B: John Romero's Daikatana and the character is Hiro Miyamoto , C: Legend of Neil and the game is Legend of Zelda.

#159: cat flap = fat clap

2010-08-23T07:49:00.003+05:30

____x____ is the term for accidental or deliberate transposition of corresponding sounds in consecutive words. It is named after the guy in the picture who used to do that a lot.

Give the term, as well as the name of the guy.

#158 The big guns down...

2010-08-21T06:34:00.004+05:30

Connect.

Cracked by Rohan and V. Chandrashekhar

Answer: Bofors Scandal.

Pictures are of N. Ram, the Bofors gun and Chitra Subramaniam(in the middle)

#157 The Escape Route.

2010-08-20T07:04:00.003+05:30

Connect.

Cracked by Prahlad, Ameya, Rohan and V. Chandrashekhar.

Answer: Harry Houdini

For detailed answers please refer to the comments.

#156 Isai Puyal, The storm of....

2010-08-18T06:50:00.004+05:30

Connect the above pictures (answer is very obvious) and explain how (supposed to be the difficult part).

The second picture might seem vague but it is not if you think a little out of the box.

Cracked by Rohan, Anurag and V. Chandrashekhar.

Answer: The one and only A. R. Rehman, pride of our nation. For the detailed answers please read the comments.

#155 Ocean blues!

2010-08-17T12:09:00.004+05:30

Connect the three pics in the only possible way.

(Do not mind the heading, :P)

Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar .

Well tried Rohan and Anurag.

Answer: Quoting Chandrashekhar, who instead has quoted the wiki, "the anime series,samurai champloo,in an episode entitled 'baseball blues' depicts a fictional character named 'admiral joy cartwright' who challenges the japanese locals to a baseball game in order to establish trade relations.the character is named after alexander joy cartwright,the father of baseball and obviously modeled after commodore perry."

pic 1--alexander joy cartwright
pic 2--commodore perry
pic 3--samurai champloo

# 154 And the winners are.....

2010-08-16T07:39:00.004+05:30

The above three pictures connect to one thing and one thing only (hint: a unique feat). What is the connect?

Cracked by V. Chandrashekhar

Answer: Tottenham won the F.A. Cup in 1901 as a Southern League Club, and they are the only non- league (i.e.Premier League) club to have won the cup.

2010-08-16T07:21:00.002+05:30

Sorry for the delay in posting questions. We had been caught up in some other work , you know how a college can be , but we plan to post questions daily from here on.

Have fun and "Stay hungry, stay foolish".

#153 Connect.

2010-08-01T09:07:00.003+05:30

No attempts.

Answer: Onomatopoeia.

For details please check the wiki page of the same.

# 152 A tribute to.... ?

2010-07-30T11:00:00.003+05:30

Connect the two pictures.

Cracked by Rohan and V. Chandrashekhar , Anshuman connected the two pictures but it was not the one I was looking for.

Answer: Chelsea FC's new jersey has a red shade on the collar which is a tribute to the Chelsea pensioner's (shown in the second picture).

#151 Highs and lows.

2010-07-29T08:40:00.006+05:30

The person shown in picture B is the latest reciever of the trophy shown in picture A. The trophy shown in picture A is a mimic of the trophy shown in picture C.

Which trophy does the picture A show and who is it given to?

Cracked by Rohan, Ameya and V. Chandrashekhar.

Answer: Lowsman Trophy given to Mr. Irrelevant, the last man picked during the NFL Draft.

#150: street gang!!

2010-07-24T11:46:00.001+05:30

what busy road is this?

# 149 Claim to fame?

2010-07-23T11:10:00.002+05:30

Who is she and why was she in the news recently?

#148 Logo Mania continues...

2010-07-22T12:00:00.001+05:30

This is the logo of?

147 : Logo time!!

2010-07-19T15:36:00.004+05:30

The above is the logo of ??

Goes unattempted & uncracked. this is the Capello index

#146 : The Game

2010-07-18T16:02:00.003+05:30

Identify this sport.

Bossaball , as cracked by Pranav, V.Chandrasekhar and Rohan. Good going.

#145 : No hints :P

2010-07-17T15:04:00.004+05:30

This still is from which iconic movie?? No extra points for the line. But crack it if you can!

Cracked by Rohan , V. Chandrasekhar and Navin Pai.

Still from " The Shining " , " Here's Johnny!!" is the iconic line.

#144 : Time's moving!

2010-07-16T14:55:00.003+05:30

Who is this on the TIME cover?

Updates!

2010-07-15T14:58:00.003+05:30

Great news folks...jackandlagoon are now on twitter too!

Follow us at :

http://twitter.com/jackandlagoon

We will try to put up some trivia questions every day!

Cheerio.

#143 : Doodle !

2010-07-15T10:52:00.003+05:30

Google doodle for?

Andy Worhols' birthday.

Cracked by Pranav, V.Chandrasekhar , Navin Pai and Anonymous.

#142: 142-100...

2010-07-14T14:06:00.004+05:30

this guy claims to have owned the second Macintosh computer sold in the UK. who is he and who owns the first? you are free to google. (hint the guy who owned the first said the answer is the title)

cracked by super awesome quizzing site, kaushik. partially by rohan.

answer stephen fry and douglas adams. the hint in the title is 42 which is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything, in hitch hikers guied to the galaxy.

#141 : What on earth...?

2010-07-13T11:15:00.001+05:30

Logo of..?

Cracked by Pranav.

its the logo for the burning man festival.

#140: i like the hudson hornet better...

2010-07-12T10:48:00.006+05:30

a:
b:

if a:1 then b:?

Hint:

only one try by rohan. 0.5 to you for identifying a and b.

answer: ? is bruce lee

seth rogen is going to play the super hero green hornet based on a tv serial of the same name. this role was played by van williams in the tv series.

jay chou is going to play kato, green hornets martial arts expert sidekick. this role was played by bruce lee.

#139: lord of the world...

2010-07-09T13:47:00.005+05:30

A word for, a powerful, unstoppable force or entity which crushes anything in its way, is derived from the temple shown above. They have a chariot pulling ceremony, in which people have been killed by either coming under the wheels or stampede caused. what is the word? for 0.5 extra identify the temple.

Cracked by everyone who attempted. Rohan, Pranav, Anshuman, Crime master gogo, V. chandrashekhar, Kaushik, Karna.
I think V chandrashekhar is safely keeping himself in the lead.

Answer is juggernaut. its derived from the diety Lord Jagannath. jagannath means lord of the world in sanskrit (correct me if im wrong).

Not worth numbering

2010-07-08T19:29:00.003+05:30

Hey guys , girls and stalkers

The blog has been on for almost a year now and well past 137 questions ( 138 :P) , and we would love to hear from you . Tell us what you like about the blog, and what you don't . What you detest and What you want ? Should we go for theme based every week ? Offer you sincere lads prizes ?

P.S. Mrinalini , we miss you at the blog .

Drop in your views as comments or mail them to jackandlagoon[at]gmail.com

#138: maybe one shoots lasers and the other can see through walls...

2010-07-08T11:09:00.003+05:30

Connect.

No one answered :(

Kate Bosworth, Jane Seymoour, Dan Aykroyd, Mila Kunis, Christopher Walken, they are all actors with hetero chromia. they have different colored irises in each eye.

#137: Hell's Angels

2010-07-07T10:53:00.001+05:30

Easy one for today. again!
connect these people. the list is non exhaustive.

only try by rohan. but not correct. i thought this one was easy.

Viggo mortenson - the prophecy

Al pacino - the devils advocat

Liz hurley - Bedazzled

Peter Stormare - Constantine

All have played the devil in movies

#136 : Mug-shot tuesday

2010-07-06T11:44:00.002+05:30

Who is this ?

cracked by rohan (with this he leaps to 2nd place). its larry king, one of the greatest interviewers ever!

#135: Monday morning sitters!

2010-07-05T09:05:00.004+05:30

Connect,the above three pictures ( non-exhaustive connect) .

Apoint each to kaushik and rohan.

Fictious movies / movies within movies (or series) . Simple ain't it ?

p.s. do not google.its' darn easy then

# 134 Identify who?

2010-07-02T08:23:00.002+05:30

Cracked by Rohan.

Answer: Pamela Anderson.

Thank god she decided to change her looks.

# 133 Which Cup?

2010-07-01T07:53:00.004+05:30

A)

B)

C)

An indirect hint.
A was inspired by B and C to start something very popular. What is it?

Spot on V. Chandrashekhar and good try Rohan.

Answer: The Thomas Cup sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships. It is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of Badminton World Federation (BWF).

A= Sir George Alan Thomas
B=Davis Cup
C=Jules Rimet Trophy, given to the FIFA World Cup winner upto 1970.

According to wiki, " The Thomas Cup competition was the idea of Sir George Alan Thomas, a highly successful English badminton player of the early 1900's, who was inspired by tennis's Davis Cup, and football's (soccer's) World Cup first held in 1930."

#132: where does their allegiance lie?

2010-06-30T09:52:00.008+05:30

identify these 2 footballers and the feat they achieved...

Good try Rohan, you could identify only one of them. No points.

Answer:
Luis Monti (top) and Attillio Demaria (bottom) are the only footballers to represented two different national teams, namely Argentina and Italy, at two different World Cups ,that of 1930 and 1934. Luis Monti has a distinction of being the only footballer to play in the final matches of both the editions representing two different nations.

#131: much obliged...

2010-06-29T09:35:00.004+05:30

Connect.

Cracked by shiva. excellent work!

Answer: quoting shiva's answer - Connect is jeeves...ask jeeves was the original version of ask.com which was based on jeeves Bertie Wooster's fictional valet from the works of P. G. Wodehouse....n d Cheshire cat's voice in alice in wonderland was given by stephen fry who also played jeeves role in jeeves n wooster TV series..n den in that alan moore's league of extra ordinary gentleman jeeves's character appears in a segment...

#130 : What on earth....?

2010-06-28T08:44:00.004+05:30

What does this picture depict?

P.S. The big bang theory enthusiasts will have it easy.

Cracked by:
rohan, navin pai, anshuman, v. chandrashekhar, kar295rocks, pranav.

easy one this. its schrodinger's cat experiment. for further reading go to wikipedia.

#129: I am your daddy...

2010-06-27T11:43:00.003+05:30

When Linda Blair did the girl The Exorcist, they hired Mercedes McCambridge to do the voice of the devil coming out of her. And there was controversy as to whether Mercedes should get credit. I was one who thought no, she was special effects. So when it came to Darth Vader, I said, no I'm just special effects. But it became so identified that by the third one, I thought, OK I've been denying it, I've been saying it sounds like uncola nut guy HolderGeoffrey Holder! ... But for the third one, I said OK, I'll let them put my name on it.]

who said this when asked why his name wasnt included in the credits of one of the most famous movies of all times?

Cracked by: Anshuman, Rohan, Nihar

Answer: James Earl Jones, for the voice of darth vader.

#128: speed is relative...

2010-06-26T10:25:00.003+05:30

A was developed to dethrone B as the fastest X. B was named after Y which was the fastest airplane then. Identify A, B and Y.

cracked by Anoop and pranav.

Answer:

(A)suzuki hayabusa (japanese for peregrine falcon) which was aptly named because it ate the (B)honda blackird for dinner, when it came to being the fastest production motorbike.

the honda blackbird had been named after theSR-71 blackbird by lockheed martin.

#127 The Beautiful Game

2010-06-25T11:37:00.003+05:30

Connect the pictures shown above.

Hints:

The band shown below were the creators of the original one.
The person shown in the picture below is involved with the latest version.
Cracked by sumo_ftb, Shiva, Rohan and Anshuman.

Answer: The connect is "Three Lions" , a song released in 1996 , the official anthem of English Football Team for that year's European Championship. The song was re-recorded in 1998 and 2010 for the respective World Cup campaigns.
The song featured on the CD of the The Beautiful Game—Official Album of Euro 96. Hence the title for the question.

# 126 The FIFA mania continues...

2010-06-24T08:44:00.004+05:30

Simply Connect.

Cracked by Anshuman (assuming that you meant 2018 and not 2012) , while sumo_ftb has got only half of it and will get only half a point.

Answer: These are the logos presented by various nations bidding to host either of the 2018-2022 FIFA world Cup. All of the nations's named below have placed their bid for both the editions in the hope of getting any one.
The nations are as follows(in the order of the given pictures from top to bottom):
1. Portugal and Spain(combined bid)
2.USA
3.Russia
4.England
5.Belgium and Netherlands (combined bid)
6.Australia

#125 The _____city has come alive.

2010-06-23T10:24:00.005+05:30

An inspiration for what?
(The question is easier than you imagine.)

Cracked by sumo_ftb , anonymous , Shiva and Anshuman.
Answer: Soccercity Stadium at Johannesburg, the design is inspired by Calabash (shown above.)

#124 : Dead or Alive?

2010-06-22T09:48:00.004+05:30

This gave rise to ?

So,an easy question gets everyone's tails up!

It is indeed the Ashes,which originated from a satirical obituary of English Cricket which was published in the English newspaper.

Cracked by 8 of you!

V. Chandrashekhar ,sumo_ftb,Pranav,shiva,escapist,Kaushik,Rohan,Anshuman!

#123: let the force _____ be with you

2010-06-21T10:20:00.006+05:30

what does the map show?

red: have done it.

green: doing it.

yellow: will do it in near future.

answered by anshuman.

answer: countries which have, are and will be hosting F1 championships.

122: A remind point...

2010-06-20T12:45:00.001+05:30

X was a painter famous for his paintings, which consisted of white back ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colors. These paintings inspired the designs for the uniform of the cycling team (b).
Y designed his 1965 collection (b) based on the X's paintings which proved to be quite popular.

Identify X and Y.

(a)

(b)

cracked by navin and v. chandrashekar.

answer is piet mondrian (X) and yves sain laurent (Y). the title is an anagram of piet mondrain.

#121: its shocking!

2010-06-19T10:46:00.001+05:30

announcement:
1) the weekend high five will be open till Monday.
2) we here at jack and lagoon encourage the use of google and tineye. the purpose of this blog is to increase knowledge.
3) in the q. (4) of the weekend high 5, we all know that its a , but whats special about it? look at it.
Connect these great men.

cracked by v chandrashekhar
they are: ohm, volt, ampere, watt. connect them yourself.

#120 : Weekend High-fives!

2010-06-18T10:10:00.003+05:30

We will celebrate our revamp with a set of five questions

Crack them and drop in your answers as comments and do let us know what you think about the revamp + the questions !

1) Whats' the significance of this movie??

2) ID the logo (A part of the name of the car shown in question no 119 can be used as a hint.)

3) Tell me where this can be found

4) Identify the car!

5) Who is this bugger? (Use question number 116 as your hint)

Send in your answers by comments.

Happy quizzing!

Scoring :

5/5 : 6 points ( +1 : bonus)
4/5: 4.5 points
3/5 : 3
2/5 : 2
1/5: 1

here go the points:
anshuman: 2
rohan: 1
shankha: 1

Answers:
1) its the poster for disney's The Princess and the Frog. its the first disney movie with an african american protagonist.
2) the logo belongs to National instruments. its a company which produces softwares for circuit making etc. (apologize for the geekiness)
3) its a painting in obama's presidential office.
4) its a Ferdinand 911 GT3 RS (rumored to be the slowest porsche). The wrinkly bodywork is attributable to the fact that it is made of metallic foil draped over a PVC pipe spaceframe. it is powered by a man on a bicycle.
5) Dr. Andy Harland, the man who designed the controversial jabulani ball.

#119: its like a pin in ______

2010-06-17T13:56:00.002+05:30

Identify the logo.
hint:

Cracked by navin pai. the only person who seems to visit our blog. none the less we will soldier on in the face of adversity.

Answer: the logo is of pininfarina. the italian design house which has designed cars for ferrari lamborghini, alfa romeo, cadillac etc. and also the torch for the torino winter olympics as stated by Navin pai.

the car is an austin a40 farina. so pin in farina :P

Announcement:

2010-06-17T13:56:00.001+05:30

1) Check out the spanking new Scoreboard.
2) Navin Pai is the 50th person to answer on our blog.
3) This is question number 119 because we noticed that we have given the number 72 to two questions, and we are too lazy to change all the question numbers.

#117: cannons! can u believe it?

2010-06-16T09:31:00.001+05:30

Identify the piece of music being discussed...

cracked by navin pai.

answer: tchaikovsky's 1812 overture. remember the tune in v for vendetta when he blows up the building? thats the one.

#116 Sitter. Identify the ball.

2010-06-15T10:37:00.000+05:30

Give me the name of the ball.( No points for telling which tournament it is being used in.)

Come on people.
Lets see some points on our scoreboard.
Answer:
Thank you for attempting Lionel,escapist and Navin Pai.
The question was a tricky one, and as expected everyone seems to have fell for it, but Naveen earned half a point for being the closest.

This is the Adidas Jo'bulani to be used in the world cup final match in 2010. Built with the same advanced construction as the Jabulani, the Jo'bulani ball has a golden colour scheme to match the trophy, and in homage to the "City of Gold" - Johannesburg, where the Final will be held - the date - July 11th 2010