Question - 645

Who was fined and why? When and how was the fine repaid?

Answer: To quote giant amoeba, The US was fined for littering when parts of the skylab fell over Esperance, western Australia. The fine was paid in April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners, and paid the fine on behalf of NASA. Iam, Saket, Swapnaa, Jamie, Raghu, giantamoeba, Divya, Matti and Krithi got it. Well done.

Question - 567

Connect.

Answer: The only winners of both the "Best Play" Tony award and "Best Picture" Oscar. From top left (clockwise): A Man For All Seasons, My Fair Lady, Amadeus, and The Sound of Music. Dinesh, matti tapaninen, and Krithi got it.

Question - 451

The animal shown in the bottom plays an important part in Japanese mythology where they are believed to be reincarnations of the warriors who died in a major battle in Japanese history. As such these animals are revered in Japanese culture and this has led to an interesting biological phenomenon. What?

Answer: These are Heikegani crabs also known as Samurai crabs for the resemblance of their shells to human faces. Fishermen often throw these crabs back into sea if they are caught. This has led to those crabs whose shells more strongly resemble human faces surviving more often resulting in an artificial (or) unnatural selection process. Manix, Rajesh, Adi, DrDate, Matti Tapaninen, Aparna, Hirak, Iam and Swapnaa got it. Well done all.

Question - 354

To end the weekend.

Painting shows succumbing to the temptations of what?

Answer: Absinthe, also known as the Green Fairy.

Answered by: Hari, Srivats, Dinky, Iam, K, Amru, Ashwin

Question - 353

This pet belongs to which children?

Answer: Sasha and Malia Obama

Answered by: Ramji (walk over to Mountain View and complain), hotManoj, Schmetterling, Manix, nicetry, Shweta, Anonymous, raklodrama, Amru, Meenakshi, Iam, Rajesh K, K, Mekie, Debashish, Karthik and Jaggi.

Question - 341

A) A very famous:
A1 b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 / a b A2 / a b A1 A2


B)  ________________: Who or what is missing that connects A to C?

C)

Answer: Welsh poet - Dylan Thomas. A) is the rhyming scheme for a villanelle. Dylan's Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night is a textbook example of this beautiful form. Bob Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmermann, was so inspired by Dylan Thomas that he took up his first name as his last.

Answered by: Iam + KungFuPanda, Rajesh, Dinky and Jaggi.

Question - 335

Connect the two pictures.

Answer: The game of Rock-Paper-Scissors was played between Christie's and Sotheby's to obtain the rights to auction of a collection of Impressionist paintings including the one shown about by Cezanne.

Answered by:
Mihir, Rajesh K, Iam, Ravi Handa, Anon, Rajesh, Raghu, Dinesh, Jaggi, Ramji, Anand and Srivats

Note:
Feedback on the question is appreciated. I am trying to find out if such a mildly-easy-to-Google question from one of the clues is interesting. Or do people prefer visuals with less workable clues.

For those of you attempted to find the answer but didn't, let me know where you got stuck.

Question - 333

What are these collectively? Or what is this collection used for? (Question by: Swapnaa)

Answer: Psychotropic drugs to get H-I-G-H! Ecstasy pill, mushrooms, marijuana, etc.
(PS: Contact Swapnaa for details)

High five! Rajesh K, Rajesh, Srivats, Paddy and Jaggi.
Valiant attempt by Iam who lives in an alternative universe at times.

Question - 327

What or who is/are shown in these pictures (Question: by Ramji)

Answer: I was looking for 'Dervish'. The top shows the famous Whirling Dervishes of Turkey.

Answered by: Karthik, Mohan, Vetti, Raghu, Mekie, niceTry, Ramanand, Keshav, Paddy, Manix, Sinndhuja, Trevor, Srivats, Iam and Jaggi.