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Last question of July’s competition, and this time it is Ravi Ramakanth and Reghu Ram who are fighting it out for the top spot.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 28

Marilyn Monroe

Clue1> A character in Phantom was inspired by Marilyn’s face.

Clue2> The first stamp from USPS “Legends of Holywood” series was of hers.

Clue3> Elton John’s “Candle in the wind” was originally for Marilyn Monroe.

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 5. Learn about difficulty level here

Who are these people and what is the connection? A hint is that all these people are big names in the field of entertainment.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/31/2006 10:59:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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Towards the end of this month’s competition, we have 2 people sharing the leader spot. Today’s question is again a very interesting connection and is a pure photo connection question.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 27

Bikini

Clue1> Bikini Atoll. This country was the inspiration behind the naming of Bikini.

Clue2> Spongebob Squarepants, who lives in a place called Bikini Bottom

Clue3> The X is Ursula Andres, the famous scene in Dr. No, and made Bikini such a popular costume

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Connect figures 1, 2 & 3 to someone.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/28/2006 09:33:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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Again today is another toughie. Again, I will award 2 points for all who get it. All should attend this question, especially guys, it leads to a very interesting connection.

Today’s question is contributed by Reghu Ram.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 26

Salma Hayek

Clue1> In an episode of The Simpsons called Girls Just Want to Have Sums, the school becomes segregated by gender and the girls' side includes a painting of Frida Kahlo on its wall. Salma played the role of Frida in the movie Frida

Clue2> She played the role of Teresa a successful telenovela (Mexican soap opera) which earned her star status in her native country

Clue3> Julianne Moore co-hosted nobel prize 2005 with salma hayek

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Clue1> Figure 1 - This is the flag on an unoccupied island. (a portion in the flag has been masked out)

Clue2> Figure 2 - Identify the character.

Clue3> Identify the person X. The introduction scene of X in the movie Y became one of the iconic moments of Hollywood cinema and it was voted as #1 in the “100 greatest Z moments”. The scene was also reenacted recently in another movie.

Connect clues 1, 2 & 3 to something very very interesting.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/27/2006 10:59:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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OK today is another toughie. I will award 2 points for all who get it.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 25

HBO

Clue1> It was the first film to be aired on HBO

Clue2> Thriller in Manila was the boxing match, and it was the first program to be aired via satellite.

Clue3> NewYork Rangers vs Vanouver Canucks was the first program to be aired over a pay channel

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Clue1> Figure1 - Name the Latin-American painter, somehow associated with this painting. Note I said associated, not necessarily “created”.

Clue2> Figure 2 – Who is this. The final connect is not directly connected to this clue. It’s a criptic clue.

Clue3> Is this the lady who won a nobel-prize in 2005? Think people. Who is this?

Connect clues 1, 2 & 3 to a famous dashing female.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/26/2006 11:26:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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I was really surprised to see only 3 correct answers for yesterday’s question. Cricket is a religion in India and was expecting more answers. Today’s question should again be a very interesting one and I want everyone to make an attempt for it. It’s again something that everyone knows about.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 24

BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India)

Clue1> The Order of Star Of India, from which the BCCI Logo is derived

Clue2> The Flag is of the NCP, a political party launched by Sharad Pawar, the current chairman of BCCI.

Clue3> Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, was a founder member of BCCI.

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Clue1> Figure1

Clue2> Figure 2 – It’s touted as one of the greatest boxing match to have happened between two of the greatest boxers of all time

Clue3> There are 2 logos of 2 different teams. Name the teams.

Connect clues 1, 2 & 3 to a famous company/brand.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/25/2006 11:10:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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Today’s question should be a very interesting one and I want everyone to make an attempt for it. Its something that everyone knows about.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 19

Ben Kingsley

Clue1> Charles Dickens & Kingsley acted in Oliver Twist (written by Charles Dickens)

Clue2> He portrayed Gandhi

Clue3> He acted in “Without a Clue”

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Clue1> what is in figure1?

Clue2> What is this flag? One more piece of info is it, that it belongs to a political party.

Clue3> Maharaja of Patiala.

Connect clues 1, 2 & 3 to a famous organization.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/24/2006 11:12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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Very surprised to see a huge number of incorrect answers! Today’s question is a very interesting connection question. Hope you enjoy it.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 18

Pepsi

Clue1> Dyspepsia

Clue2> John Sculley (former CEO of Pepsi and Apple) & Steve Jobs (of Apple)

Clue3> Wilson, sports manufacturers were a part of Pepsi.

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 3. Learn about difficulty level here

Connect clues 1, 2 & 3 to a person.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/19/2006 01:48:00 PM | Permalink | Comments

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Very surprised to see a huge number of incorrect answers! Today’s question is a very interesting connection question. Hope you enjoy it.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 14

Mossad – Israeli intelligence agency.

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Clue 1> It’s a common stomach ache condition due to indigestion. What is it?

Clue 2> Who are the people in the figure1?

Clue 3> Figure 2

Connect clues 1, 2 & 3 to a super famous company.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/18/2006 11:56:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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I felt yesterday’s question was one of the easiest I posted. But was surprised to find only few answers coming and with a lot of wrong ones.

Today’s question format is slightly different and is spread across 2 days. I will give 2 clues at a gap of 1 day each. Each of these clues becomes progressively easier. Clue2 is easier than clue1. All the clues point to the same answer.

Clue1 is posted now. (July 14, 2006)

Clue2 will be posted on Monday (July 17, 2006).

Points are awarded as follows

2 points when you give your answer before clue2 is posted.

1 point when you give your answer between the time when clue2 and clue3 are posted.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 13

Brazil & Spain

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy presented to countries from 1994 to 2006

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 3 Learn about difficulty level here

Clue1> What does this symbol in figure 2 represent? (Posted on July 14, 2006)

Clue2> Checkout figure 1 represent. The answer may not be obvious. (Posted today)

Earn 1 point by answering before tomorrow 10 A.M.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/14/2006 11:30:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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OK after yesterday’s answering fiasco, I request everyone to be very careful while mailing your answer. That’s the reason why I would not recommend you replying to the mail I send to the groups and would strongly recommend writing a new mail with the subject “ANSWER OF THE DAY”

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 12

Sir Ben Kingsley

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 3 Learn about difficulty level here

Just tell me what will come in place of the question mark. The answer has got something to do with the world’s favorite game.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/13/2006 11:03:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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I am back after a 5 day time off.

Today’s question format is slightly different and is spread across 3 days. I will give 3 clues at a gap of 1 day each. Each of these clues becomes progressively easier. That is clue3 is easier than clue2 which is easier than clue1 to crack the final answer. All the clues point to the same answer.

Clue1 is posted now.

Clue2 will be posted tomorrow (July 13, 2006).

Clue3 will be posted on July 14, 2006.

Points are awarded as follows

3 points when you give your answer before clue2 is posted.

2 points when you give your answer between the time when clue2 and clue3 are posted.

1 point when you give your answer at any time after clue3 is posted.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 5

Chelsea Football Club

Clue 1> Roman Abramovich the owner of the Chelsea FC. Abramovich sold 72.663% of Sibneft to the Russian-government controlled Gazprom.

Clue 2> José Mourinho is the current Manger of the club who has helped Chelsea win the FA cup.

Clue 3> Ruud Gullit. Gullit guided Chelsea to an FA Cup trophy in 1997, the club's first major trophy for 26 years. In doing so, Gullit became the first non-British manager to win that trophy.

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 5 Learn about difficulty level here

Clue1> He is an Oscar winner

Clue2> One of his parents has a lineage to India

Clue3> He is a Sir. (You know what I mean )

Answer to these clues before 11 A.M tomorrow and earn 3 points.

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Well, Rick and Reghu are setting the early trends this month. Check out the scoreboard.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 4

Pink Floyd

Clue1> Adams included a direct reference to Pink Floyd in the original radio version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which he describes the main characters surveying the landscape of an alien planet while Marvin, their android companion, hums Pink Floyd's "Shine on You Crazy Diamond".

Clue2> Alice In WonderlandOne other interesting synchronization occurs when The Wall and the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland are played simultaneously. Certain songs, such as "The Thin Ice", "Mother", and "Run Like Hell", seem to fit the images on the screen extremely well. Interestingly, "Comfortably Numb" must be skipped in order for the synchronicity to work; there is actually a minus sign next to the song time on the back cover of the remastered CD edition of The Wall.

Clue3> NYSE - The bizarre link between Pink Floyd albums and bear markets began in June 1968 with the release of A Saucerful of Secrets. Within days the Dow Jones Industrial Average of shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange suffered a 6 per cent slump. The title of the next album, was a warning in itself: markets were already declining, but once that record was out, they went into free fall. The damage was even worse when Ummagumma came out in October 1969. The market, which had been enjoying a mild recovery, instantly dived 12 per cent and remained low for a year.

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 2 Learn about difficulty level here

It’s a pure picture based connection question of the inquizzitive google type. Just connect these pictures.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/05/2006 11:02:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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Good Start for this month’s competition. Check out whose setting early trends for this month’s competition in the scoreboard.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – July 3

The first Prime Ministers of respective countries.

Clue1> Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine

Clue2> Tansu Ciller of Turkey

Clue3> Indira Gandhi of India

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 4. Learn about difficulty level here

Well, I wanted to give text based clues, but I guess all the pictures have enough text clues to find the answer. The final answer is something related to the world of music.

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/04/2006 10:52:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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We have 2 people, on the top of the scoreboard, with the same number of points. Winners for June are Reghu Ram and Rick Banerjee. Ravi Ramakanth zoomed into the 2^nd place from 5^th with a super answer for yesterday’s question. Vikram Rai is at 3^rd place. This month has/had a lot of exciting days of Treasure Quizzing and let’s hope to continue with the same enthusiasm this month also.

Yesterday’s question with difficulty level 6 is by far the toughest question posted by me and we had 2 correct answers from Anusha G Rao and Ravi Ramakanth respectively. Kudos to both of them. Also check out the final scoreboard for the month of June.

From today we have a new monthly competition starting for the month of July. From this month we will have a new scoring system, where the first correct entry will receive 2 points and the rest of the correct entries will receive 1 point.

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Answer to Treasure Quiz – June 30

Tracy Ullman – is a British comedian and actress and also arguably the most famous TV personality in the west. Her show “The Tracey Ullman Show” first aired the smash hit cartoon “The Simpsons” before it started to be aired independently.

Clue1> Dinah Shore – did a cameo in the movie and Tracey has to surpass Dinah’s record of 9 EMMY awards.

Clue2> She had given her voice in the movie Corpse Bride.

Clue3> Allan McKeown has acted in the show “Birds of a feather”

Treasure Quiz of the day

Today’s difficulty level is 2. Learn about difficulty level here

The stunner in figure1, the calm yet docile person in figure2 and the lady in the salwar from figure3 – Who are they and how are they connected?

Posted by Karthick Viswanathan at 7/03/2006 11:08:00 AM | Permalink | Comments

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