24-05-2005, 08:24 PM
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1. [history]he was an important party member of the communists during the time of Stalin, his name signifies a tool which can be used for hammering nails. we can remember his name in another explosive manner too :wink:
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A: Molotov
clues ..russian name, molotov (the russian word which means a hammer,,tool for hammering
) & explosive (molotov cocktail)
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2. [fiction]this is a boy who specialises in arts which are beyond us. four manuscripts bearing his name have already appeared...and he is not he-whom-everybody-knows
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A: Artemis Fowl
clues ..he-whom-everybody-knows was a parody on he-who-must-not-be-named of harry potter books, boy wizard can be harry, artemis, dragonlance, narnia etc, four books have only been published ..thats only of Fowl
Simon got this right..good answer, i must say
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3. [history] this fellow was a king..however Plato called him "great". his line was defeated by a person, the whole world acknowledges as great now. which king am i referring to ?
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A: Darius the great's line was defeated by Alexander the great
clues ..plato has a "
darius the great" essay in his name. the world acknowledges Alexander as Alexander the great now.
Simon got this right..but this was a great answer..or a very educated guess
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4. [fiction]this author was a thriller writer. his books have a particular way of being titled. only one book is named differently. name the book/author.
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A: Robert Ludlum; the only novel differently titled is Trevayne
Clues ..thriller writer and particular way of being titled..ludlum novels are usually titled "The XX xxxxxx"
a very good guess by
m.james, the magician, the ESG connection was too good..unfortunately, i havent come across a ESG novel that does not start with the words "The Case of...". plz correct me, if i am wrong
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5. [fiction]where would u find the expression "curiouser and curiouser"
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A: lewis Caroll at his creative best in "Alice in Wonderland"
clues..the word curiouser..as she drinks the potion on the table..the world becomes curiouser for alice as she starts reducing/increasing in size.
CATCALL & simon got it right.
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6. [fiction]this pulitzer prize winning author has written a lot about atolls of the pacific. (although his novels are bound to be sweeping historical tomes) he calls these islands "paradise". whom am i talking about?
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A: James A Michener
clues .. the word Atoll and Pacific are dead giveaways to a pulitzer winner. it can only be michener with his "tales of the south pacific", "return to paradise" "rascals in paradise" "fires of spring" etc dedicated to polynesia.
Neeti gave a good answer to it...correct ofcourse
but dunno if she made the connection after the next question or not. anyways..its still a good answer.
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7. [history] probably the most famous mutiny ever on a british ship.origially bound for a cargo of breadfruit saplings, this ship seemed to deadlier cargo in store innumerable books/movies have been made for it..and we still dont know for sure, about the victim/culprit. identify the event.
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A: Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
clues ..a mutiny on a british ship is famous and gets talked about !!! the only answer can be Captain Bligh and his band of merry mutineers led by fletcher christian
their settling on the island
Pitcairn in Polynesia represented a historical first affront to the british govt.
later, this island was converted into a naval base/airstrip by american navy during WWII
neeti & Simon got it right..
folks..u really know what to know in history
A: Pitcairn Island..or broadly speaking Polynesia
he specific answer is Pitcairn which neeti kinda mentioned..so full points to her.
hope u folks enjoyed reading the explanations, though i musta made a bad job of it
and finally
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Originally Posted by thyisthyname
ghosts appear in 4 shakespearean plays - hamlet , macbeth and -- and --
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Othello and... (lets leave this one
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cheers
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