kauntest # 49 July 31, 2006
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No clue this time.
Who is this?
Last date: August 7, 2006
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The participation form on the right is out of order.
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Result :: kauntest # 48 July 30, 2006
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India’s first policewoman IPS officer — Kiran Bedi. Her status in India as an inspirational woman is almost legendary. Any biographical write-up on her makes for compelling reading.
Correct answers by:
Bharat Kumar
Supreet Singh
Niyam Bhushan
Balaji Narayanan
(And all those whose entries were lost in transit due to a technical snag. Sincere apologies.)
Image from: www.kiranbedi.com
kauntest # 48 July 23, 2006
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Is this a real policeman? Who is this?
Last date: July 30, 2006
Result :: kauntest # 47 July 23, 2006
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This is the base of the Statue of Liberty, New York! Perhaps one of the most widely recognized visual metaphors for the United States of America.
Correct answers by:
David Livingstone
Milind Ganjoo
Ricky Singh
Colors
Manu
Amisha Gupta
Chiranjeev Singh
Siddhartha Majumdar
Ashesh
Niyam Bhushan
Image from: http://www.new7wonders.com/downloads/USA/Statue_of_Liberty_FREE_l.jpg
kauntest # 47 July 16, 2006
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Let loose your imagination. Which symbolic landmark is this?
Last date: July 22, 2006
Result :: kauntest # 46 July 16, 2006
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Larry Page (left) and Sergey Brin (right) — the duo who as Stanford students, started the revolutionary search service Google. Google has now been accepted as a verb in the English language.
Interestingly a lot of people mentioned Wren and Martin as the answer!
Correct answers by:
Jammy
Milind Ganjoo
David
Bharat Kumar
Balaji Narayanan
Ricky Singh
Manu
Ekta Kaur
Niyam Bhushan
Rahul Maniyar
Lakshmi
Ashesh
Image from: http://vietnamnet.vn/kinhte/thegioi/2006/01/528680/
kauntest # 46 July 9, 2006
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Among other things, the two are known for their contribution to English grammar. Who are they?
Last date: July 15, 2006
Result :: kauntest # 45 July 9, 2006
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This is architect Charles-Edouard Jeanneret better known as Le Corbusier. Seen here with a scale model of one of his popular creations – Villa Savoye, one of the defining works of the modernist style, that Le Corbusier was responsible for developing and popularising. See more of his work here.
And the Kauntextual hint keyword was ‘Chandigarh’ — a city that Le Corbusier planned in post-independence India.
Correct answers by:
Madhulika Mathur
Ruddhi
Lakshmi
Milind Ganjoo
Image from: http://encarta.msn.com/media_461541747_761558071_-1_1/Le_Corbusier.html
kauntest # 45 July 2, 2006
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Yet another creator. Born Swiss, he adopted his mother’s maiden name later on. He died swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.
Kauntextual hint:
Think out of the (comic) box.
Listen to this song (600+kb in RealAudio) for a keyword or go through these lyrics here for the same keyword.
Last date: July 8, 2006
Result :: kauntest # 44 July 2, 2006
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This is Bill Waterson who created the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, in the ten years from 1985 till 1995 when he took retirement. The comic strip appeared in more than 2400 publications and was compiled into 18 books. Check out more wonderful information on Bill Waterson and Calvin and Hobbes.
Correct answers by:
Jamshed Rajan
Madhulika Mathur
Manu
Niyam Bhushan
Milind Ganjoo
Balaji Narayanan
Colors
Supreet Singh
Jeez
Lijo
Rahul
Manvendra
Aparna
Sushmita
Vikas Shankar
Lakshmi
Image from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Billwatterson86.jpg
