Around the last quarter of 2013, its parent company is expected to undergo a change in name. Why?
This day last year: Q.701Aug 31, 2013
Q.1066
Aug 30, 2013
Q.1065
The US President is being played by Carlos Estevez, who is being 'introduced' in the film. However, we have already been introduced to this actor. How?
Aug 29, 2013
Q.1064
What is this about?
Aug 28, 2013
Q.1063
A second reason for the Potter comparison is because this will also be a seven book series. Finally, Shannon's UK publisher also published the Harry Potter series. Who is this publisher?
Aug 27, 2013
Q.1062
What is common to the roles played in this film by Robin Williams, John Cusack, James Marsden, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman, and Eric Street? (If fictional versions in 2013 can be included, add Jamie Foxx and Aaron Eckhart to this list.)
Aug 26, 2013
Q.1061
Who and where are they advertising?
Aug 25, 2013
Q.1060
Vincenti is doing this in a quest to find the true identity behind which famous figure in art?
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Aug 24, 2013
Q.1059
In June 2013, the new government of Pakistan also appointed him the caretaker head of another organisation, which has usually been a high-profile and somewhat thankless job.
Which organisation?
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Aug 23, 2013
Q.1058
In this book, Kerman speaks of her experiences of being in which situation?
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Aug 22, 2013
Q.1057
- Oprah Winfrey, media person
- Bill Clinton, politician
- Daniel Kahneman, scientist
- Sally Ride, astronaut
- Gloria Steinem, activist
- Ernie "Mr.Cub" Banks
Aug 21, 2013
Q.1056
This has led to suggestions that the award be shared by Sodhi and Poonia, though the Indian Sports Ministry has a policy of not making the award to more than one sportsperson, except in certain cases. One such deviation occurred in 2003, when the athlete K.M.Beenamol was given the award, but later another shooter was added to the list.
Incidentally, this shooter was now part of the jury for the 2013 awards. Who?
Aug 20, 2013
Q.1055
Which character/author?
Aug 19, 2013
Q.1054
The word was made famous by a now-successful animation franchise, one film of which appeared in 2013. Which word?
Aug 18, 2013
Q.1053
- Canon
- Today
- Barclays
- Endsleigh
- Nationwide
- Coca-Cola
- npower
- Sky Bet
Aug 17, 2013
Q.1052
This Bengali film is titled "Satyanveshi" ("The Truth Seeker") and releases in the end of August 2013. Whose last directorial venture is this? Who is playing the lead role? Who does the title refer to?
Aug 16, 2013
Q.1051
Aug 15, 2013
Q.1050
Aug 14, 2013
Q.1049
Image: The National Gallery
"____ and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure" is a 2013 exhibition at the National Gallery in London. The exhibition explores the use of musical themes in Dutch painting in the 17th century, particularly seen in the paintings of one Dutch artist (the blank is his name). Many of his thirty-odd paintings featured a musical connection.
So who is this artist?
This day last year: Q.684Aug 13, 2013
Q.1048
If the badger came second, and the oak tree came third (other losers being the likes of the lady bird, the otter, and the robin), which literally not-so-cuddly species won?
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Aug 12, 2013
Infinite Zounds 2012 - A compilation of sports questions
Q.1047
Now, this 2013 website turns out to be a fictionalised account because it's part of a reality game by the same organisation, in particular by its Imagineering R&D group. The game is called "The Optimist".
Which company?
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Aug 11, 2013
Q.1046
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Aug 10, 2013
Q.1045
This story has inspired something that has made waves in Indian cinema in 2013. What?
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Aug 9, 2013
Q.1044
Which film?
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Aug 8, 2013
Inviting Your Questions for Infinite Zounds
(Have you participated in our Mark Antony week? If not, please see this.)
We are now inviting your contributions to Infinite Zounds (to be published from September 2013). Here's how to contribute:
- Use this form to submit your question. The form will make life very easy for use, so no submissions via email or other platforms unless this form is inadequate for your submission.
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Q.1043
Which brave man was yellow at the finish?
Aug 7, 2013
The 2013 Mark Antony Week
It's 2013, and this blog is past a thousand days and thus a thousand questions. Mark Antony, an Times Old Roman of our acquaintance and self-confessed publicity hound, asked us: why not ask readers to give us some free footage?
And we thought it was a good idea.
So here's Mark Antony(*why him? see below) week. Where we ask you, O dedicated reader, to put in some coins in the donation box of social media, and help spread the IZ-virus far and beyond your six degrees of separation.
If you've liked what Infinite Zounds has been up to for the last almost-three years and think it's worth a few pats on the back, here's what you can do to show us your appreciation (one or more of the following):
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If you are too lazy to do any of the above, well, what can we do? Just think of us before you go to bed, and we'll take that. Sweet dreams.
Thanks again for all your encouragement and contributions. Look out for the rest of Mark Antony week. And why Mark Antony? Surely you remember this oration from Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'?
Q.1042
Who?
Aug 6, 2013
The 2012 Infinite Zounds Survey results
1. What do people think of IZ?
(thanks! even to the person honest enough to admit s/he hated it!)
and are the questions interesting?
3.50% of you showed interest in getting a weekly email digest. That's something we will offer soon.
4. About 60% of you also said you'd like to to contribute guest questions to the blog: watch out for an announcement on this later this week.
5. About 2/3rds of respondents would like a copy of the year's questions - that is also something we should be able to offer this year.
And now for some user questions:
- Why are the questions only about current affairs? Um, this is a current affairs quiz blog, isn't it? Tautological answers aside, topics from recent times are a good lens to learn about the world, past-present-future, and even non-quizzers relate well to topical events. Hopefully, other forums, online and offline, can fulfill your need for topics from other timelines.
- Is there a better way to post the questions on Twitter & Facebook? Yes, the daily automated postings on Facebook and Twitter are truncated and don't look very good. I'm working on a better way to deliver these snippets there. Ideas welcome too.
- And the mobile version of the site sucks. Yes. Working on that too.
- Can you do more than one question per day? Not for now. I think a question a day suits most people's information dietary needs for now!
- Can you not post the answer until the end of the day?/I'd like to attempt the question without having access to the answer: The blog has been deliberately designed this way because most people don't like having to come back another time for the answers. But perhaps some day, we will have a “Game” mode complementing the current design.
- Why is there no “did not like it” option on the blog? We assume that if you were not moved to click the “like” option for a question, you either didn't like it or didn't find it remarkable. For us, that's all we want to know. So if you did find it remarkable, go ahead, click that option.
- Do live quizzes. But I already do them, don't I? Unless you meant a live IZ quiz. Perhaps some day.
- Do you know your questions are plagiarised by other people? Yes, despite the fact that the questions are anyway free to be used provided due credit is given to this blog (see this post). But content plagiarism is so prevalent on the web that it's taken for granted. So the only thing we do is to try and call it out whenever we see it.
What next? I'm putting up a simplified version of the survey as a permanent feedback form (you can find it on the right sidebar of the blog). Use it to comment, observe, vent, praise, frown, reward, and much more.
And there's Mark Antony week coming up. Starting tomorrow.
Once again, thanks for all the time.
Ramanand
Q.1041
This was the second time this side has featured in the friendly competition, but this time they were invited as part of a deal earlier in the year that saw their best player transfer to FC Barcelona.
Which club?
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Aug 5, 2013
Q.1040
This is the flag of a political party established in 2001, whose raison d'etre now looks to be months away from being achieved. What does the shape in the middle represent?
Image: Wikipedia
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Aug 4, 2013
Q.1039
So who is Cumberbatch playing?
Aug 3, 2013
Q.1038
The sixth is the only one among the lot to have never won a World Cup, but is considered one of the greatest in the sport. Who?
Aug 2, 2013
Q.1037
Aug 1, 2013
Q.1036
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