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"A" was the screen name of the star who was born "B" Khan. Another actress – let’s call her "C" adopted "B" as the screen name. Identify A, B and C (optional). --Gurubrahma08:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Nope, Tabu is regarded as short for Tabassum anyways. "C" is the real name of the newer actress - Don't bother about C. I'm looking for A and B. --Gurubrahma15:27, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
I give it to LHAB though it is not what I was looking for. My source (I cannot find it now, though) said that Bollywood actress Mumtaz of 1960's-70's was born Nagma Khan. The actress Nagma who acted in Bollywood, Tamil and Telugu films before acting in Bhojpuri films recently was born Nandita. So A, B, C are Mumtaz, Nagma and Nandita. --Gurubrahma17:07, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Q2
Thanks! Another linkage question: Link a para-banking enterprise, a brewer, a textile manufacturer, and a textile and snacks conglomerate. -- Longhairandabeard19:46, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Righto, LHAB - off you go! I find it very amusing that Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have webpages specifically for this purpose. The former even wishes members who celebrate their birthdays on the current date. Their current site layout does not make it any easier to retrieve this information though! :( --ti02:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
That hint really made it easy: Motihari has it all. Regarding my previous guess, the 1984 link was a wild guess; sounds like something what the current British government would love to do. --ti03:36, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Folk legend for y'all. X, upon getting married, stopped caring for his aged parents. He was however shaken by a divine experience later, and turned to being very devoted to his parents.
So devoted infact that when Y visited his house, he was taking care of his parents and placed a Z for Y to stand on. Y is also known by the vernacular word for Z. Identify X (and Y and Z). --ti05:57, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
X is Pundalik, Y is Panduranga also known as Vitthala because of Z - from Marathi/Kannada word "Vittu" for brick - all this info, courtesy Vithoba. --Gurubrahma06:18, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Splendid. I was looking to play cat-and-mouse with LHAB all night, with noone else seemingly around. But now you get to do that. --ti06:25, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this as easy as "Ittiam" (IThink Therefore IAm) - an indian software company who use the initials of Descartes wonderful phrase (in english) as their name? --Irishpunktom\talk10:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Yup, Irishpunktom gets it even without ever stepping in India. The baton passes to him. <note to self>Next question non-googlable</note to self> --Gurubrahma13:07, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Feck, this is more difficult than I thought it would be, prior to being Prez, APJAK's most notable contributions to India where in what field exactly? And where would he learn something like that? --Irishpunktom\talk10:23, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm stumped too. Let me try answering your hint questions: Space Research, ISRO? ISRO researches quantum dots? To make it a little easier, could you tell us what part of quantum dots we should be interested in? Cribananda19:50, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Could be DRDO, I agree, but I doubt if that will still explain the Tamil movie link. Dhanush is the name of an actor, not a movie (as far as I know) and the question says upcoming Tamil movie. Anyway, Irish, any more hints? (please throw us a full toss) Cribananda20:04, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
My bad.. In that case the link could be from Thiruvilayadal to Dhanush the actor to Dhanush the missile to DRDO. That would qualify as an "obscure link", I suppose. -- Longhairandabeard21:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
I guess the link is alumni of Madras Institute of Technology. APJAK is current prez of India, Bala S. Manian founded Quantum Dot Corporation, and Sujatha Rangarajan wrote the screenplay for Sivaji: The Boss. Irishpunktom, let us know who gets the point for this question and who gets to ask the next question. Going by precendence, you have absolute power in making that decision. But here I go again, assuming that I got the answer before confirmation from the quizmaster. -- 216.141.83.2 00:12, 13 November 2006 (UTC) oops! that's me being lazy.. posting without signing in.. -- Longhairandabeard00:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Well it is the level of calorie intake that defines the poverty line. But I think Ambuj should get it, as he was quite close. — Ravikiran23:33, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
But I don't see how this is better than your previous answer. Recommended/ minimum nutritional requirement, no matter in what calculation it is used, has to be the same. Doesn't it? And I don't see how that alone can define the poverty line. Cribananda06:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the reference. I probably should have made my previous point clearer. I don't doubt your answer, in fact, what I am saying is that your first answer should have taken the prize. Your reference shows a person using the recommended minimum calorie intake to calculate his version of the poverty line. My point is that whether it was used to calculate the poverty line or not 2100 and 2400 are still the recommended calorie intake. Anyway, hope LHAB confirms your answer so you can ask the next question before I fall asleep... Cribananda08:02, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
(deindenting) Apologies for the delay. I am in a conference and only occasional internet access. Here's the quizmaster's decision: Ravikiran's answer is more specific than Ambuj's. The recommended dietary intake varies with gender, age, body weight, level of activity, and for women, during pregnancy and breast-feeding. See here, for example. The figures in the question, on the other hand, are the minimum caloric requirements that are used to define the poverty line in India. The two references above have a good deal of discussion on how this single figure was achieved and whether it is fair to define poverty on the basis of this figure. Ambuj and Ravikiran both get half a point each, and whoever is first can ask the next question. (Red links from this question: Poverty line in India and Recommended dietary intake for Indians. For the second one, this book should be useful, if someone in India can lay their hands on it.)-- Longhairandabeard15:50, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Q9
Ambuj Saxena forcibly grabs the mike. Okay, I am going ahead with the next question. Here's another simple one. In fact its so easy it would qualify as a G.K. question. The question is: Who are all those who are allowed to travel by the Indian railways from any place in India to any other, in the class of their choice, without possessing a valid ticket or pass. (This question is from the Railway Recruitment Board Interview) — Ambuj Saxena (talk) 17:25, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Excellent answer! :-) I guess all they need to possess is their guardians to take care of them (and several sets of diapers of course...)Cribananda23:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
OK, there is a Wikipedia entry for the name of this person, but not for the person himself. Indian and a king, his kingdom was not in India. He is said to have married the daughter of a naga. Who was he, and where was his kingdom? --BostonMAtalk17:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
X was created in the UK in the 19th century, but today it is more popular in India than in the UK. X provided essential services during The Blitz of London in 1940. Early advertisements for X relied on the sailor's fear of stormy weather at sea. What is X? --ti19:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks ti! Very interesting question indeed.. We haven't had a mythology question in a while, so here goes: X is a process described in one of the great epics. It involved ghee, and could not be done for the sake of pleasure, only righteous Dharma. Some of the most important characters in the epic utilized this process. What is this X? -- Longhairandabeard04:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks LHAB, a very interesting concept indeed. Ofcourse I did not know it offhand, I looked it up. Niyoga definitely could use some formatting. Does anyone know if there is a portal/category for Hindu Mythology on the Hindi/Sanskrit Wikipedia? Next question coming up in a couple of hours. --ti16:30, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Q13
Here's a somewhat loosely framed question: A and B took part in a race, starting from opposite ends. Midway through the race, B was stranded and could not proceed, but A magnanimously helped him out and ended up losing the race. B went on to gain top military accolades, while A is a common household name. Who are A and B, and what race are we talking about? --ti18:45, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
A very good guess. But not what I was thinking. I will give what I think is a big hint. The same fact can be expressed either scientifically or poetically. --BostonMAtalk12:38, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
The only verse I found that can be remotely related to the concept of mitochondrial eve (and Y-chromosome Adam, for that matter) is "Red Earth and Pouring Rain" from Kuruntokai. If this is not it, then more hints please. -- Longhairandabeard15:47, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
OK, another hint. The most famous translation of this verse into English was made by the same person who is responsible for one of the earliest and best known translations of Thirukkural into English. --BostonMAtalk17:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes it could! The concepts of Mitochondrial eve (and Y-chromosome Adam) express scientifically the fact that we are all kin. Kanniyan Poongundran's famous verse in Purunanuru 192 expresses the same fact poetically. The translation by G. U. Pope begins:
To us all towns are one, all men our kin,
Life's good comes not from others' gifts, nor ill,
Man's pains and pain's relief are from within,
(The verse has also been translated in a gender neutral fashion!) I continue to be surprised in my predictions about which questions will be found to be difficult and which easy. :-(. Oh well. Gurubrahma has guessed right and gets the baton! --BostonMAtalk13:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Hmm.. Just thought of it.. There are actually two connections. Any one will get you points, getting both will get you extra kudos from me.. :) -- Longhairandabeard03:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Obvious connect is that the college was named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and located on the road honouring Bahadur Shah Zafar, viz., Bahadur Shah Zafar marg. A less obvious connect is that the MAMC is located near Bahadur Shah Zafar's hiding place during 1857 revolt and at the place where his sons were murdered [5]. --Gurubrahma03:35, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks LHAB. Here is a straight-forward "Who am I." In a previous edition of an international event (the latest edition is to happen in Qatar in a few days), I won a Gold medal representing India. I also won an Arjuna award. I played a villain in movies and one of the heroes in a successful TV series. I have been kind of active in politics as well. Who am I? --Gurubrahma08:49, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Badly phrased question about an athlete who should have an article : He was one of the top sportsmen of his time. In a European meet a week before a particular Olympic games, he defeated the person who would win the silver a week later. But he picked up an injury just before his event in the Olympics and had to sit out. Had he repeated his performance of the previous week, he would have won the gold easily. Tintin (talk) 09:32, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
It is. Well done. (The article says that Rebello's monster jump was a foul. I should read sources properly before framing questions :-/ ) Tintin (talk) 11:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Q20
In this beautiful hill station and the capital of a state, an institution was established in 1932. Out of its first class of alumni, three of them went on to become the chiefs of their countries' armies. Who are these three and which were the countries? No credit for getting the institution and the hill station. --Gurubrahma02:48, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Hehe, such a long time since I found the last answer! Looks like the quiz has moved beyond my intellectual (googling?) abilities! Well next question in a couple of hours -- Lost(talk)05:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Q21
OK, should be easy for the history buffs. This British army officer was instrumental in setting up a school, but was notorious for many reasons. One of the main reasons was shooting of some high profile people. Is this vague enough? If 10 minutes pass without an attempt, then I'll make it more concrete (evil grin) -- Lost(talk)08:16, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, never mind. I forgot that if the answerer doesn't pose a new question in 24 hours, the asker of the previous one gets to ask again. Answer my question for fun if you want to.Dv vignesh05:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
Since Tintin has offered up the baton, I would say your question can be counted as a legitimate question. I don't have any guesses to offer yet, though. -- Longhairandabeard08:09, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
An Azhvar called as "A", was born in town "T". There is a common instrument "I" that is used in temples, and is used at the temple in town "T". However, the instrument "I" in the temple in town "T" is very unusual. It is made from a material "M" that is very atypically for such instruments. Name "A", "T", "I", and "M". --BostonMAtalk02:51, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Medicine and writing ( of all sorts, poetry, songs, fiction etc.)? (If I win, someone else needs the baton, as I will be gone for 2 days) --BostonMAtalk16:29, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
Yup, you got it, BostonMA. Medicine is the link I was looking for: they are all doctors who are/were more successful in other professions. I guess Nichalp can ask the next question for trying. :) -- Longhairandabeard17:15, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
I come from Afghanistan. I roamed across the mountains to preach a sect of Buddhism and casting out demons. I have the world's tallest statue of me somewhere in India. Who am I, and where is my statue? =Nichalp«Talk»=03:09, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks! It wasn't easy.. But the association of Buddhism and demons was unique enough to get to the person after a bit of googling. Btw, I found it quite interesting to read about Padmasambhava. It seems though that the article can be expanded easily from material on the net. Next q in a couple of hours. -- Longhairandabeard16:24, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
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