Question #41

They are talking about a very famous holy war.Name it and give funda.

Cracked correctly by vish and Arun Mallya.
Ans: They are talking about the famous editor war, i.e holy war between Vi(m) and Emacs.

Question #40

She became famous after winning a famous lawsuit against the inheritance legislation of her community in the Supreme Court. Who is she?

Cracked correctly by Mridul, Rahul and RIJO P.

Answer: Mary Roy, mother of Arundhati Roy

Question #39

This game is a variation of chess. What is it known as? Also identify the two new pieces.

Cracked by Vish, Drakejuyal, iamayush and Sourav Ray
Answer: Quoting iamayush "This is called " Capablanca Chess " . The two pieces are the "Archbishop" (Left), which is Bishop + Knight , and the "Chancellor"(Right) , which is Knight + Rook". It was introduced by Jose Raul Capablanca to reduce the number of drawn games.

Question #38

What is this strange looking device? What can it do?

HINT: It violates one of the very fundamental laws of physics - conservation of energy and hence cannot exist in reality (though a device which much less powerful than this one does exist and was probably the inspiration for this one)

Answered correctly by Vish and Aviral

Answer: Pinch from Ocean’s 11 where it is used to blow off the electricity of a whole city for 30 seconds. It has been inspired by the Z-Pinch though its capabilities/power are far more than the real life device

Question #37

Identify the logo. This logo has also inspired a well known bicoloured logo. Which logo?

Answer: This is the Square and Compass logo of a Master Mason. It has inspired the famous Superman logo.

Question #36

This isn’t about eating bananas. But it is about something else. What? Give funda.
HINT: If you were to think of the American counterpart to this award, you might want to think of a red coloured fruit atop a film reel.


Cracked correctly by the novice, Harsh and sattepesatta
Answer: The Golden Kela Awards. Awarding the worst in Bollywood. The American counterpart: The Golden Raspberry Award also known as "The Razzies".

Question #35

Happy Holi to all our esteemed visitors. Here is today's question.

This is a photograph of two brothers X and Y who started Z in Wichita Kansas. They borrowed around $600 dollars from their mother to start Z.

This is how Z looked when they started out. Since Z had only as much space for 9 characters, the last 3 letters had to be named after how the building looked. Can you identify X, Y and Z?

Correct answers by Mridul, sattepesatta and the novice
Answer: Dan and Frank Carney who started Pizza Hut