From the world of fiction

Which fictional military wing will you find in a building in Washington, D.C. entitled "Department of Health and Human Services."

Ans:NEST from transformers

Id the plcae marked in green.-It has a huge significance by itself

Ans : Lichtenstein 

An apt question for the day-Id him

Ans:Ratan Tata

This is the logo of 2013 depicted as the year of "X" by the UN.Id X

Ans:Intl year of water conservation

A christmas spcl-Who or what is this

Ans:Sinterklass

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas

Claim to fame of this pic

Ans:This pic holds the world record for the largest picture ever taken.(It shows the entire city of Seville)

Connect

Courtsey-Abhijith Menon

Ans:Silvio Berlusconi

   Recently I have got many comments under the name anonymous about publishing the list of those who attempted it correctly.
Please bear with it, since i am quite held up these days, i barely get time to put questions.So once I am back on routine I will be putting the list
Nevil

X was once restricted entry into one of the cites grandest hotel, the Watsons Hotel, because it was restricted to whites only.This resulted in him starting anew hotel of his own which is now one of the worlds biggest hotel chain with hotels all over the world.
Id this hotel group started by X(X's name if given will be a giveaway)

Ans :Taj hotels and the person was Jamshetji Tata

Again a small but good question

What was special about the christmas greeting by Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis of  in 1992

Ans:Worlds first SMS

Give Funda

Ans:The sanfrice Hiroshima eteam celebrating fter winning their match in the 2012 club football match in Japan

This man in the pic named Kalyansundaram is a social worker who spends all his his salary for charity.Apart being honoured by many international organisation, he is the adopted father of somene.Whom????

Ans:He has been adopted by Rajanikanth as is father

A short and interesting question

Who is the worlds largest consumer of silver??????????

Ans:Kodak

Connect

Ans:they have al portrayed Batman

 If this is a segway

What is this??

Ans:I know it feels stupid but the ans is a Unicycle

Give Funda

Ans:A map showing India during Diwali

(Cities are lighted up)

X's recipe comes from Occitan cuisine. The French word  means to toss food.Xis usually served as a side dish, but also may be served as a meal on its own (accompanied by pasta, rice or bread). Tomatoes are a key ingredient, with garlic, onions, courgette (zucchini), aubergine, bell peppers, marjoram and basil, or bay leaf and thyme, or a mix of green herbs like herbes de Provence..
X is actually considered to be a peasnt dish.
American chef Thomas Keller popularized a contemporary variation of X, confit byaldi, for the 2007 animated film by the same name.
Id X which is a dish and also  animated film
Ans : Ratatouille 

Connect these musicians

Ans:They have all sung for the james bond intro music

YW 2012 Finals preparaion started at Prep corner

As per requests of finalists we have started a special page for the finalists of YW 2012 to prepare.Check the page to kno more.
Heres the first extract

Events

• 43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.
• 1696 – Connecticut Route 108, third oldest highway in Connecticut, is laid out to Trumbull.
• 1724 – Tumult of Thorn – religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
• 1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
• 1776 – Marquis de Lafayette arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
• 1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1862 – US Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
• 1869 – American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
• 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• 1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts broadcasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The broadcast also includes the firsttelevision commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
• 1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
• 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States. Japan also invades Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, thePhilippines, and the Dutch East Indies at the same time (December 8 in Asia).
• 1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The government of Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei.
• 1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
• 1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during an Army–Navy game.
• 1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
• 1970 – The first ever general election on the basis of direct adult franchise is held in Pakistan for 313 National Assembly seats.
• 1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.
• 1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
• 1975 – Indonesia invades East Timor.
• 1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
• 1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid Barajas International Airport, killing 93 people.
• 1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
• 1988 – Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills nearly 25,000, injures 15,000 and leaves 400,000 homeless.
• 1988 – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
• 1989 – Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran complete their trilogy of boxing fights nine years after their first two fights, at the opening of the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada; Leonard retains his WBC world Super Middleweight title by a 12 round unanimous decision.
• 1993 – The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
• 1994 – Norfolk Southern ends its steam excursion program. This is the last time that Norfolk and Western 611 is under steam.
• 1995 – The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
• 1999 – The Recording Industry Association of America files a lawsuit against the Napster file-sharing client alleging copyright infringement.
• 2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially recognized after the merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• 2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
• 2005 – Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police.
• 2006 – A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
• 2007 – The Hebei Spirit oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge that had broken free from a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.
• 2008 – The first NFL game is played in Canada at Rogers Centre in Toronto as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Miami Dolphins 16–3.

How did he make news recently and what very unique distinction does he hold

Ans:He is the first grenadierguard to guard outside the Buckingham with a turban instead of the traditional cap

Connect

Ans:Logo of ManU

Id her or just tell me why he was in the news recently

Ans:She is Chitra  Ramakrishna(New MD of NSE)

X airport is located in Boscobel, Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica, 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Ocho Rios, in northern Jamaica. The airport provides service to the United States and to other Caribbean islands.
It is named after a famous person who is in a way connected to Jamaica. 
Id the person or the airport(both are the same)

Ans:Ian Fleming Intl Airport

Logo of?????(Hint:Its the first & only one of its kind in India

Kochi Muziris Beinelle 

id

Ans:Google Fibre

Latest from YW preparation corner

A new update has been posted.Check the page to know more

Give me the consequences caused by this cartoon

Ans:She is Toms houseoner in the cartoon Tom and Jerry

After this cartoon her face has never been showed again due to racist criticisms 

Give Funda

Ans:The poster pu up in Brazil before the pole race in brazil

Questions from YW 2012 Kochi regionals

This contains assorted questions from both finals and prelims
1)"To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
With vinegar and brown paper."
Id the nursery rhyme
2)What does the saffir-simpson scale measure?
3)Where is the automobile company FIAT headquartered?
4)Whre will you find the following 
"You will never walk alone"
5)Largest tyre producing company in the world?
6)Id the scientist who was bron 200 years ago and whose google doodle is shown below

7)Id the country and its capital which made a lot of news recently

8)Where does Queen Elizabeth 2 keep her jewels?

9)Id this Barath Ratna

10)Which instrument does Indian grammy winner Vikku Vinyakram play

11)Longest lake in India

Answers

1)Jack and Jill

2)Hurricanes

3)Turain

4)Liverpool

5)Lego

6)Bunsen

7)South Sudan and Juba

8)Tower of London

9)Satyjith Ray

10)Gadham

11)Vembanad

Give Funda

Ans:First patent for the barcode

Logo of which social Network???

Ans:Google Buzz

Id the book

Ans:Total Recall

Latest from YW 2012 preparation corner

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Taurus
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Gemini
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Cancer
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Leo
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Virgo
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Libra
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Scorpio
October 23 -
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Capricorn
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Aquarius
January 20 -
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Pisces
February 19 -
March 20

Id the poem the name of which is starred and also the poet!!!!!!!

Teri aankhon ki namkeen mastiyan
Teri hansi ki beparwaah gustakhiyaan
Teri zulfon ki leharaati angdaiyaan
Nahi bhoolunga main
**********************

Tera haath se haath chhodna
Tera saayon se rukh modna
Tera palat ke phir na dekhna
Nahin maaf karunga main
**********************

Baarishon mein bedhadak tere naachne se
Baat baat pe bewajah tere roothne se
Chhoti chhoti teri bachkani badmashiyon se
Mohabbat karunga main
***********************

Tere jhoothe kasme vaadon se
Tere jalte sulagte khwabon se
Teri be-raham duaaon se
Nafrat karunga main
*****************************

Ans:Poem-Jab Tak Hai Jaan
Poet-Yash Chopra

YW mock prelims

Here is  mock YW prelims.Due to lack of time I am stopping with 10 questions.Send in your answers by any of the three methods shown above.Answers will be posted tomorrow.

1)Who or what won the first Millennium Technology prize.(Think about the usual trend of first questions in YW)

2)If Nicholas Copernicus were to create a website of his own what would be the extension?

3)How do we better know Arthur Stanley Jefferson?

4)If Harry Potter looked up his zodiac sign, what would it be?

5)What distinction does Linus Pauling old in respect to Nobel prizes.

6)What is Epistemophobia.(None of you should probably have this).

7)If it is Matt Murdock to Daredevil, who is Britt Reid to?

8)What does the EPL tems Stoke city,Bolton Wanderers,Hull City and Arsenal have in common

9)If it is Mahatma Gandhi to India,Mujibur Rehmaan to Bangladesh and Simon Bolivar to Bolivia and Columbia, who is it to Pakistan.

10)Which book starts thus- "Call me Ishmael."

Ans:
1)Tim Berness Lee for the Internet
2).pl(For poland)
3)Stanley Laurel(From Laurel and Hardy)
4)Leo
5)Winning the Nobel Prize twice individually
6)Fear of Knowledge
7)Green Hornett
8)They have their home stadiums named aftr their sponsors
9)Muhammad Ali Jinhah
10)Mobby Dick