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Kauntest Admin — Sat, 12 May 2007 15:38:24 +0000

All the best

Milestone break

Kauntest Admin — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 13:20:00 +0000

Having completed 50 editions, Kauntest is on a short-break and will be back soon.

If you wish to receive an alert once fresh kauntests resume, send an email to kauntest(at)gmail(dot)com

Result :: kauntest # 50

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:55:00 +0000

If you identified the singer correctly as Enrique Iglesias, you would know that the mole is in centre square – E. Incidentally, he had to get the mole removed on the advise of his doctors, who cautioned that it could turn cancerous.

Correct answers by:
Shirish
Lakshmi
Supreet Singh
Bala
Nupur Barua
Ricky

Image from: http://www.showbizireland.com/images/stars/met-enrique03.jpg

kauntest # 50

Kauntest Admin — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:05:00 +0000

With ‘moles’ occupying centre-stage in recent times, we bring out the original mole man. On which square from A to I does this crooner have a mole?

Please use the ‘Comments’ section below to respond

Last date: August 12, 2006

Result :: kauntest # 49

Kauntest Admin — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:13:00 +0000

That was the reflection of the Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar!

Thanks everyone for putting up with the participation inconvenience. Working on a new solution.

Correct answers by:
Balaji Narayanan
Jamshed Rajan
Anonymous on Aug 1
Gejoy
Shyam V
Anonymous on Aug 4

Image from: http://www.rediff.com

kauntest # 49

Kauntest Admin — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:24:00 +0000

No clue this time.
Who is this?
Last date: August 7, 2006

(Note:
The participation form on the right is out of order.
Please use the ‘Comments’ section below to respond)

Result :: kauntest # 48

Kauntest Admin — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 15:48:00 +0000

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: http://www.kiranbedi.com

kauntest # 48

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:36:00 +0000

Is this a real policeman? Who is this?

Last date: July 30, 2006

Result :: kauntest # 47

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:35:00 +0000

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

Kauntest Admin — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:29:00 +0000

Let loose your imagination. Which symbolic landmark is this?

Last date: July 22, 2006

Result :: kauntest # 46

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:53:00 +0000

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

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 20:07:00 +0000

Among other things, the two are known for their contribution to English grammar. Who are they?

Last date: July 15, 2006

Result :: kauntest # 45

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 18:55:00 +0000

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

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:01:00 +0000

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

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 18:55:00 +0000

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

kauntest # 44

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 20:00:00 +0000

He is the creator of perhaps the most precociously complex and hyper-imaginatively paranoid six-year old kid.

Last date: July 1, 2006

Result :: kauntest # 43

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:55:00 +0000

Was it so difficult for people to associate the word ‘satirist’ with Scott Adams — creator of the popular cartoon strip Dilbert? (And even those of you with an eye for detail missed the striped curling tie in the picture!) Adams subsquently has written more than half a dozen books. Read more about him on Wikipedia.

Adams runs his own blog.

Correct answers by:
– NO ONE –

Image from: http://www.igt.com/NewsRoom/Images.asp?pid=8.46.244.216

kauntest # 43

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:00:00 +0000

One of the more popular modern-day satirists. And even though you may have read a lot of him, writing is not his first claim to fame. Who is he?

Too tough? Ok here is the hint: Answer kauntest # 44 to get oriented…

Last date: ~~June 24~~ June 27, 2006

Result :: kauntest # 42

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 18:55:00 +0000

Arguably India’s most useful cricketer in recent times — Rahul Dravid. These and more interesting facts in his appropriately titled biography: The Nice Guy Who Finished First by Devendra Prabhudesai

Correct answers by:
Jammy
Madhulika Mathur
Lakshmi
Deepak Abbot
David
Ekta Kaur
Taranjeet
Vaibhav
Vikas Shankar
Piyadasi
Mistu

Image from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/photo_galleries/4387137.stm

kauntest # 42

Kauntest Admin — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 20:00:00 +0000

He played his first Test because Sanjay Manjrekar had an injured ankle
The first bowler he faced in Test cricket was Ronnie Irani
On his first Test dismissal he ‘walked’ without waiting for the umpire’s decision

Who is he?

Last date: June 17, 2006