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A somewhat easy one for the day.

The photo above is a combination of the game “Adventure” (left), released by Atari in 1979-80 for its 2600 video game console. On the right is a hidden room in the game, which shows the words “Created by Warren Robinett”, a bit of code put in by Robinett himself. A probably apocryphal story goes that he thought he would not get credit for his work, and so chose to put this in.

When Atari was finally made aware of this code bya 15-year-old gamer after its release, the company, after considering other options, decided to keep it in the game, and assured customers of more such features in future products.

By and large, what word or phrase is thought to have originated from this entire incident?

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Three answers, and all correct! This incident is indeed the origin of the term “Easter Egg”, as used in the context of electronic media and software.

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A somewhat easy one today, given that the year’s first weekend is starting.

We have the origin of something or someone in this image. Just tell me exactly what it is. That’s it.

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Only one answer here. And Tauseef Warsi is correct! The soft toy is indeed the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.

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Let’s continue with the habit this New Year.

The poem above has been written by an individual named Yuen Ren Chao in Classical Chinese, along with its English translation. What is the claim to fame of these otherwise ridiculous verses? Hint: Think pinyin or Mandarin Chinese.

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Three answers, and all correct! This entire poem, in Mandarin Chinese or pinyin, consists of the syllable or sound “Shi”. As Wikipedia puts it:

« Shī Shì shí shī shǐ »

Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.

Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.

Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.

Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.

Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.

Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.

Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.

Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī shī, shí shí shí shī shī.

Shì shì shì shì.

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Let’s start off the New Year with a slightly difficult question.

The photo above purportedly shows Abyssinian royals in their full regalia. Truth is, these were all British people who presented themselves as emissaries from Abyssinia and tricked the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the battleship HMS Dreadnought, led by Irish poet and noted prankster Horace de Vere Cole. Your job is to identify the individual to the far left.

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Two answers, and both correct. That individual is indeed Virginia Woolf. Yes, THE Virginia Woolf. How many else are there?

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A bit of a lateral connect today.

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4. Look at who is highlighted.

Connect all four photos to a naturally-formed geographical feature that is a famous tourist attraction in southern India. The names that will help the connect are very literal, and very simple. So it shouldn’t be a tough nut to crack.

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Eleven replies, and eight of them have it spot on! Raja, Rani, Roarer and Rocket all come together to make the famous Jog Falls.

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Ought to be interesting.

The photo above depicts an exhibit at Udaipur city palace. All you have to do is tell me exactly what is being highlighted, and what it was used for.

Hint: Look up painted depictions of Chetak, the trusted steed of Maharana Pratap Singh. They should give you a hint.

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Four answers, and all more or less correct. This is an elephant disguise that Rajputs used when their army was fighting opponents that employed the pachyderms. The elephants would often mistake the disguised horses as babies of their own species, and would allow the Rajputs to get closer to their enemies to kill them. In case of Chetak, it is said that he would use to rest his front legs on an elephant to allow his legendary rider, Maharana Pratap Singh, aim and kill enemies riding on the elephant.

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A straightforward one, but may not be so easy for people beyond a certain demographic.

Shown above is the change in hairstyle of a very specific actor, of whom many legends abound. One, which I particularly like, it is said that in one of his roles, he was required to write a letter, and the situation demanded that it be in a very specific style that was as close to a certain periodic calligraphy as possible. Apparently, the director made him practise the style so much, that it changed his handwriting forever!

Years later, when I was still a cub reporter, I got the chance to meet him, and asked him how the incident had affected him. “It improved my handwriting,” he simply said.

Identify this actor.

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Thirteen answers, and all but two are correct. This is indeed Dadasaheb Phalke Award-winner thespian Soumitra Chatterjee.

To give you a better idea of the films, here’s the original image:

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Another post after another gap.

This is a super-easy one. Simply tell me what significance this photo has in the current Indian economy.

Hint: The significance began to gain currency only from about 1996. Since then, it has become a much bigger part of our lives.

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A Round Dozen people have replied, and all are correct! This is indeed the photo that has been used to develop the profile/photo of Mahatma Gandhi on our currency notes.

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Since the previous one went unanswered, here’s a super-easy connect for a lot of you to crack.

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Simply connect them to a single gentleman in the world of entertainment. And I believe I just turned this into a sitter among sitters.

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Rishabh had one clue, but because I haven’t changed the filenames, it was already apparent! No other responses here. The connect is Shah Rukh Khan, because he played the role of Ashoka in the eponymous film, and Mir Ranjan Negi and Ravi Kuchimanchi were the inspiration behind his characters in “Chak De India” and “Swades”, respectively.

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A slightly different connect.

1. Those lyrics and this legend….

2. Marilise…

3. Judge him not by what he has done, but by what he is about to do.

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It’s really easy, actually. Especially if one is able to zero in on the easiest of clues.

Happy quizzing, and have a nice life, folks!

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Looks like nobody attempted this one. The connect is “Mr X”.

1. Kishore Kumar starred in “Mr X in Bombay”, which featured the song “Mere Mehboob Qayamat Hogi”. Hence the reference to the lyrics.

2. Carl Sagan wrote on his experiments with marijuana under the pseudonym Mr X.

3. Imran Hashmi is starring in a film called “Mr X”, which will be released next year.

4. Need we even ask what the name of this character from the “Resident Evil” games franchise is?