Monday, July 27, 2009

The Revival

1.This is Sunil Narkar, a US actor of Indian region. Recently, he played X because X was too busy to play himself.
















2. The phenomenon is seen in nearly every species in which it has been tested – whereby males show continuously high sexual performance given the introduction of new receptive females.
The term comes from an old joke, according to which President X and his wife allegedly visited a poultry farm. During the tour, Mrs. X inquired of the farmer how his farm managed to produce so many fertile eggs with such a small number of roosters. The farmer proudly explained that his roosters performed their duty dozens of times each day.
"Perhaps you could point that out to Mr. X," pointedly replied the First Lady.
The President, overhearing the remark, asked the farmer, "Does each rooster service the same hen each time?"
"No," replied the farmer, "there are many hens for each rooster."
"Perhaps you could point that out to Mrs. X," replied the President.

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4. One of the earliest known practitioners of the _______________ was the Roman senator Cato the Younger. In debates over legislation he especially opposed, Cato would often obstruct the measure by speaking continuously until nightfall. As the Roman Senate had a rule requiring all business to conclude by dusk, Cato's purposefully long-winded speeches were an effective device to forestall a vote.
The term X is said to have evolved from the Dutch vrijbuiter (freebooter).

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6.The son of a book printer, Y was born in Essen, then in the Kingdom of Prussia, and started his publishing company in 1827 in Koblenz. In 1832, Y bought another Koblenz publisher which had in 1828 published a handbook for travellers. Soon, the red bindings and gilt lettering soon became the familiar hallmark of Y's guides, and the content became famous for its detail and accuracy. While the travel guide was not a new form, Y's innovation was to include specific details of transportation, accommodations, prices, and so forth. Starting in 1844, he augmented this with star ratings for attractions.
Y was famous for his careful work; when visiting Milan Cathedral in 1847, he was observed to drop a pea at every twenty steps of the staircase to the roof, so as to be able to report the number of steps accurately.

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18 comments:

kicha said...

To get follow-up mails.

Mohawk said...

3) US exported Harleys to India in exchange for Mangoes. Until then mangoes were considered unclean, unripe, unhealthy by the UF FDA dept.

4)Filibuster.

6) it think this is either Baedekar or Michelin.... I'm not sure which. baedekar seems the more German of the two...

The Mudd said...

doood the first guy is the intel rockstar guy...think ajit sharma or somethin..

Ded said...

Coolidge effect for the 2nd one?

kicha said...
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kicha said...

@nachi: 3,4 right. 6 is Baedeker
@ mudd: yeah.. but u got the name wrong.. still open.
@ ded: good answer!!

Shazz said...

Abhay Bhatt? or close i think.

Shazz said...

5. Inspiration for Jeffrey Archer books?

kicha said...

Shazz, its Ajay Bhatt... and answer 5 also is perfect.. care to elaborate for the benefit of others?

Shazz said...

Well, still guessing, but Rupert Murdoch was the inspiration for keith armstrong in The Fourth Estate, Count of Monte Cristo==Prisoner of Birth. And he wrote a book, "The Gospel according to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot".

And... i'm not really sure about George Mallory. What is that about?

Ded said...

For 7 is it by any chance Michael X?

His character appears in Bank job and If i am not wrong John Lennon bails him out after being arrested, Lennon also was a contributor to the the Black House... not sure about how tendulkar comes in the picture!

kicha said...

Shazz...u actually identified George Mallory and didnt know that Archer's latest - "Paths of Glory" - is Mallory's life story.. with Archer's twists, obviously.. nice book da.. vintage Archer..

Sorry Ded, nopes.. 7 remains unanswered..

Shazz said...

Ah... I'm afraid I'm a little behind the times da... Wasn't aware that Archer had released a new book. :)

chicken_dinner said...

ded...for 7... i think its tussauds that is imp not tendulkar...

i think tussauds was a part of the bank job set...

first is sherlock holmes...baker street

beatles..abbey road

all streets in london? lol...arbit da...

kicha said...

close but not quite ..btw, is this palety?

chicken_dinner said...

yeah da..pavan...give the answer age

kicha said...

Answer is Baker Street da.. Sherlock Holmes.. Madame Tussauds was initially on Baker street... That store opened by the Beatles called the Apple Boutique was on Baker street.. and 'Bank Job' was based on the real-life robbery of Lloyds bank's Baker street branch..

chicken_dinner said...

oh ok..nice