Question 41:Calculations gone wrong?

Towards the end of the year-

Sitter for this morning (Identify missing element. It is extremely easy and more so since all elements are arranged alphabetically and very conveniently)

Ab urbe condita-2763

Armenian-1459

Baha'i-166-167

Bengali-1417

Berber-2960

Buddhist-2554

Burmese-1372

Byzantine-7518-7519

Chinese-4646/4706-11-17 to 4647/4707-11-26

Coptic-1726-1727

Ethiopian-2002-2003

X-Y

Hebrew-5770-5771

Hindu-

1.Bikram Samwat-2066-2067

2.Shaka Samwat-1932-1933

3.Kali Yuga-5111-5112

Holocene-12010

Iranian-1388-1389

Islamic-1431-1432

Japanese-Heisei 22

Korean-4343

Thai-2553

Question 39

What?

Question 38

Question 37

Very Important: A new question has been posted BEFORE this question. Do check it out.

Because I have nothing better to post right now:(It is impossible to view the pic clearly like this, so click to enlarge)Read carefully.

What is this all about?

Question 36

What is so special about this NeXT computer?

Clue:The person who used that computer for a very specific purpose was the first ever winner of the prize shown in the pic below.

Answer: The computer used by Tim Berners-Lee while creating the World Wide Web. It thus served as the first Web server.

Tim Berners-Lee is also the first ever winner of the Millenium Technology prize, considered the most prestigious prize in that particular field.

Question 35

THE LONGEST question I have ever posted or rather dared to post. But, what the hell, I'm loving this!

This man clicked what is arguably the most iconic and popular picture of all time. I'm obviously looking for the picture and not the identity of this man. Connect the picture to the text. Read on..

The term X means 'Little war' in Spanish.

The concept of X marketing was invented as an unconventional system of promotions that relies on time, energy, and imagination rather than a big marketing budget. Typically X marketing campaigns are unexpected and unconventional; potentially interactive; and consumers are targeted in unexpected places. The objective of X marketing is to create a unique, engaging and thought provoking concept to generate buzz and consequently turn viral.

It involves unusual approaches such as intercept encounters in public places, street giveaways of products, PR stunts, any unconventional marketing intended to get maximum results from minimal resources. More innovative approaches to X marketing include utilizing cutting edge mobile digital technologies to really engage the consumer and create a memorable brand experience.

X filmmaking refers to a form of independent filmmaking characterized by low budgets, skeleton crews and simple props using whatever is available. Often scenes are shot quickly in real locations without any warning, and without obtaining permission from the owners of the locations. Studios tend not to use X filmmaking tactics because they could be sued, fined, or let their reputation hurt.

X diplomacy is both a method of diplomacy and an alternative approach to international relations designed for the globalization age. It is situated at the far end of the diplomacy spectrum that features traditional diplomacy at one end and public diplomacy near the centre(WHATEVER THAT MEANS)

Answer: It's Guerrilla. The text refers to Guerrilla marketing, Guerrilla filmmaking and Guerrilla diplomacy. The pic is 'Guerrillero Heroico', meaning 'Heroic Guerrilla', referring to Che Guevara, as we all very well know.

Happy holidays

Merry Christmas everyone!! And also wishing you a happy and prosperous new year!
May you have a fulfilling life ahead. Spread the happiness. Cheers and happy quizzing!

Question 34

Patent for what? (Click pic for better view)
Answer: The Einstein refrigerator design

Question 33

Again, just a piece of info from Wiki turned into a question. Please don't Google, because there is no need to; it's a sitter.

Daood Gilani was born in Washington D.C., where his father, Sayed Salim Gilani, worked for the Voice of America. His Maryland born mother, Serrill Y worked as a secretary at the Pakistan embassy in Washington at the time of his birth and was the daughter of former University of Maryland football star L. X Y. He has a younger sister Syedah, and half-brother Danyal Gilani, who was formerly the spokesperson for the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and presently serves as Pakistan's press attache in Beijing.

His parent's marriage broke in the mid-1960's , and he returned to Pakistan along with his father and sister. There Daood attended a preparatory boy's high school for the military. In 1977, when the Government of Pakistan was overthrown in a coup, he returned to America with his mother and grew up over the bar that his mother owned in Philadelphia. In 1985, he married a Pennsylvania State Universuty student, but got divorced in 1987 due to cultural conflicts. How is he better known today? (The use of swear words to answer the question is permitted)

Answer:David Headley

Question 32

Warning sign at the border of what?

Answer: Area 51 it is.

Question 31

This book was the third largest bestseller of its time. It influenced a large number of intellectuals and appears by title in many of the major Marxist writings of the day.

It is said and I quote here "It is one of the few books ever published that created almost immediately on its appearance a political mass movement."

The book tells the story of a Julian West, a young American who, towards the end of the 19th century, falls into a deep hypnosis induced sleep and wakes up one hundred and thirteen years later. It is the year 2000, and while he was sleeping, the US has been transformed into a socialist utopia. The remaining of the book outlines Bellamy's thoughts about improving the future.

Major themes in the book are the dangers of the stock market, benefits of a socialist legal system, music, and the use of an "Industrial Army" to make tasks smoother. In the book, Bellamy has also predicted sermons and music being available at home through "cable telephone"

Although Bellamy's book did not discuss technology or the economy in detail, commentators frequently compare the book with actual economic and technological developements, the most important being the first ever mention and introduction of X, by virtue of which all citizens receive equal "credit". For example, those with difficult, dangerous jobs work less hours. A remarkable book considering the time when it was written. Identify both X and The book.

Answer: Looking Backard, in which the term Credit card is first mentioned.

Question 30

Answer: The Red sea, Yellow sea, Black sea and White sea.

Question 29

X was founded in 1796 by a group led by Jebediah X. After misinterpretating a passage in the bible, the group left Maryland, trying to find the "New sodom". After X refused to found a town where men were free to marry their cousins, half of the group left. The dissenters founded Y, named after fellow pioneer Y Manhattan, and the two cities remain rivals to this day. X reached its pinnacle in the mid-20th century, when it became the home of the world's first Aquacar factory, one half of the country was said to wear X galoshes and X's streets were literally paved with gold. The city's prosperity faded; a Time cover story on X called it "America's Worst City" and Newsweek called the city "America's Crud Bucket"

Answer: Springfield

Question 28

This is the largest surviving medieval manuscript today, and a very popular one at that, for a number of reasons.Identify.

Answer: The Codex Gigas, aka The Devil's Bible

Question 27

Very simple.Identify.

Answer: Julian Assange indeed.

Question 26:Hue and cry

People with red-green colour blindness have difficulty discriminating red and green hues. There are various forms of this condition such as:

Protanopia:Lacking the long wavelength sensitive rental cones, those with this condition are unable to distinguish between colours in the green-yellow-red section of the spectrum. They have a neutral point at greenish wavelength around 492 nm, which means that they cannot discriminate light of this wavelength from white. For the protanope, brightness of the red, yellow, orange colours is much reduced as compared to normal brightness. The dimming can be so pronounced that reds can be confused with black or dark gray, and red traffic lights appear to be extinguished. Violet, lavender, purple are indistinguishable from blue because their reddish components are so dimmed that they are invisible.

For example, pink flowers, reflecting both red and blue light appear just blue to a protanope. Unilateral dichromats report that with only their protanopic eye open, they see wavelengths below neutral points as blue and wavelengths above neutral points as yellow.

Another form is deuteranopia, where people, lacking the medium wavelength sensitive rental cones, suffer from the same hue discrimination problems, but without the abnormal dimming. Some other forms are protanomaly and deuteranomaly.

So after all this hue and cry, just connect the text (after reading it carefully) to the pic.

P.S. People who are bored and tired of reading the entire text, just read the first line. That should be enough.

Answer: Yes, Zuckerberg has Red-Green colour blindness, which results in Facebook's most prominent colour being Blue.