The Zero Point Solution
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Sorry for the delay in posting the answers to Set Zero - as usual I left my packing till the last moment. The answers for Set One should be up by tomorrow (local time), and Set Three will be up the day after that, I guess.
Don't forget to rate the questions after you've seen the answers. For details on the rating system see the post called 'Ground Zero'.
Solution Zero
0.1
The missing word is urn, and these words are found on that most holy of sports objects, the urn containing the 'ashes of English cricket'. What was burnt to get the ashes? Well, that question is still open - it has variously been said to be a ball, bail, or even a veil (someone's mother-in-law's).
Kaushik cracked this with a wild guess, Corpsed got the right word but the wrong idea - he thought a leetle too deeply.
0.2
These words are found on the India Gate in Delhi. The Gateway to India is in Bombay. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is at India Gate, but the words are engraved on the Gate itself. The common error here was mixing it up with the Gateway to India - but Kaushik came close.
0.3
These are the words you will find on the Kohima memorial, near a cemetery where lie the dead soldiers who fought to stop the advance of the Japanese into India during World War II.
And a bingo for Corpsed and Shrey.
0.4
The pictures are of Larry Ellison, Batgirl and Pythia. Ellison is the CEO of Oracle, Batgirl lost the use of her legs after being shot, and reinvented herself as the omnipotent computer expert Oracle, and Pythia was the priestess of Apollo, who acted as the Oracle at Delphi. The connection is the word/name Oracle.
Kaushik grand slammed this after a little checking to get the Batgirl connection. Corpsed recognised Pythia, but failed to see the common thread.
0.5
The pictures are of Carl Lewis and Al Oerter, who each won track and field gold medals in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics. Lewis did it in the long jump, Oerter in the discus throw. The crucial word is 'same event', as there is one other person (Paul Elvstrom) who won individual golds in four consecutive Olympics, but in different events.
No one got this exactly right, I'm afraid.
0.6
The odds were for who would die in the 6th Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'. They (the bookies) stopped accepting bets after they realised that a large amount of money was being placed on one character, and that all the bets came from the town in which the novel was being printed. :)
Kaushik had the right idea but the wrong book - Corpsed and Shrey hit it bang on though.
0.7
The slope is known as Henman Hill, after Britain's long-time best-hope to win Wimbledon. But now it has acquired another possible nickname - Murray Mound, after an enterprising Scotsman.
Corpsed and Shrey do it again!
0.8
Heheh.... the wood-pulp mill is the clue here.... it's the nokia.
And it's ..... Corpsed and Shrey!
0.9
These are the famous Satanic Verses, as it is supposed to be Satan who misled Muhammed into including them. Realizing his mistake, Muhammed later removed them.
0.10
These paintings are by a former Nobel Prize winner. Gao Xinjiang was the first winner for the Nobel Prize in Literature to come from the People's Republic of China. Actually he's in exile. He won in 2002, and his most famous novel is Soul Mountain.
I'm typing this sitting in my sister's house in the UK. I'll post details of the trip later - look out for them at my other blog. This is your last chance to solve Set One, and don't forget to look out for Set Three. And please do send in the ratings.
Adios, Amigos!
PS 0.0
Kaushik and Shrey cracked this in one... it's a Douglas Adams / Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference. I won't spoil it for you. Read it and find out. :) Must say though that I hadn't known about the quote.
Don't forget to spread the word to those who may be interested!
Sorry for the delay in posting the answers to Set Zero - as usual I left my packing till the last moment. The answers for Set One should be up by tomorrow (local time), and Set Three will be up the day after that, I guess.
Don't forget to rate the questions after you've seen the answers. For details on the rating system see the post called 'Ground Zero'.
Solution Zero
0.1
The missing word is urn, and these words are found on that most holy of sports objects, the urn containing the 'ashes of English cricket'. What was burnt to get the ashes? Well, that question is still open - it has variously been said to be a ball, bail, or even a veil (someone's mother-in-law's).
Kaushik cracked this with a wild guess, Corpsed got the right word but the wrong idea - he thought a leetle too deeply.
0.2
These words are found on the India Gate in Delhi. The Gateway to India is in Bombay. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is at India Gate, but the words are engraved on the Gate itself. The common error here was mixing it up with the Gateway to India - but Kaushik came close.
0.3
These are the words you will find on the Kohima memorial, near a cemetery where lie the dead soldiers who fought to stop the advance of the Japanese into India during World War II.
And a bingo for Corpsed and Shrey.
0.4
The pictures are of Larry Ellison, Batgirl and Pythia. Ellison is the CEO of Oracle, Batgirl lost the use of her legs after being shot, and reinvented herself as the omnipotent computer expert Oracle, and Pythia was the priestess of Apollo, who acted as the Oracle at Delphi. The connection is the word/name Oracle.
Kaushik grand slammed this after a little checking to get the Batgirl connection. Corpsed recognised Pythia, but failed to see the common thread.
0.5
The pictures are of Carl Lewis and Al Oerter, who each won track and field gold medals in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympics. Lewis did it in the long jump, Oerter in the discus throw. The crucial word is 'same event', as there is one other person (Paul Elvstrom) who won individual golds in four consecutive Olympics, but in different events.
No one got this exactly right, I'm afraid.
0.6
The odds were for who would die in the 6th Harry Potter book, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'. They (the bookies) stopped accepting bets after they realised that a large amount of money was being placed on one character, and that all the bets came from the town in which the novel was being printed. :)
Kaushik had the right idea but the wrong book - Corpsed and Shrey hit it bang on though.
0.7
The slope is known as Henman Hill, after Britain's long-time best-hope to win Wimbledon. But now it has acquired another possible nickname - Murray Mound, after an enterprising Scotsman.
Corpsed and Shrey do it again!
0.8
Heheh.... the wood-pulp mill is the clue here.... it's the nokia.
And it's ..... Corpsed and Shrey!
0.9
These are the famous Satanic Verses, as it is supposed to be Satan who misled Muhammed into including them. Realizing his mistake, Muhammed later removed them.
0.10
These paintings are by a former Nobel Prize winner. Gao Xinjiang was the first winner for the Nobel Prize in Literature to come from the People's Republic of China. Actually he's in exile. He won in 2002, and his most famous novel is Soul Mountain.
I'm typing this sitting in my sister's house in the UK. I'll post details of the trip later - look out for them at my other blog. This is your last chance to solve Set One, and don't forget to look out for Set Three. And please do send in the ratings.
Adios, Amigos!
PS 0.0
Kaushik and Shrey cracked this in one... it's a Douglas Adams / Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy reference. I won't spoil it for you. Read it and find out. :) Must say though that I hadn't known about the quote.
Don't forget to spread the word to those who may be interested!
posted by Rare Hand Axe at 2:53 PM
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