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Saturday, March 29, 2008

73. Kidstuff?



This coat of arms was composed from a design furnished by Mr. Lockwood Kipling, father of the famous Rudyard Kipling.

On the right and left are the Sun and the Moon representative of the Suryawanshi and Chandrawanshi clans of Rajputs. Below are the Panch Ranga,the five sacred colours of the Rajputs,Red,Gold,Blue,White and Green. In the center is a Rajput fort -Two Towers connected by a curtain. On the right stands a Bhil warrior with string bow and a quiver full of arrows. On the left is a Rajput, resplendently armed.

The badge is a peacock, perched on a double edged, two handed Rajputana sword, the Khanda.

Whose coat of arms??

Friday, March 28, 2008

72. Dance Baby Dance

When the Mughals took control of India, they had many of the original Hindu storytellers of the region of Rajasthan, India, brought into the courts as entertainers. In the courts, because stories from Hindu mythology were not of interest to the Mughal rulers, what was once the dance Kathak became infused with fast spinnings, swift movements, and graceful hand gestures of Persian influence. A new dance form was evolved.

Which dance form?

Thursday, March 27, 2008

71. Click-Click!!

The name of this tribe is Khoikhoi meaning 'men of men'. They were traditionally—and are still occasionally in colloquial language—known to white colonists as the _________, a name that is currently generally considered offensive.

This word _________ meant "stutterer" in Dutch and was applied by the colonists because of the clicking sounds typically used in the Khoisan languages.

Just fill in both blanks with the same word.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

70. A twist in the tale?

In 1945, a nameless girl escaped from a displaced person camp in Karylos, Greece. Wandering through post-WW2 Mediterranean and Arabia, she befriended another wandering refugee, a Hungarian scholar named Lob who gave her an education and a name.

Eventually she took control of a criminal gang in Tangier and expanded it to international status as "The Network" where her right hand man was one Willie Garvin. Incidentally he also called her "Princess".

When she felt she'd made enough money, she retired and moved to England; Willie Garvin followed suit. Bored by their new lives among the idle rich, they accepted a request for assistance from Sir Gerald Tarrant, a high-ranking official of the British secret service — and this is where the story really begins.

Whose?

Monday, March 24, 2008

69. Arabic Pepper

What is the plural of the Arabic word for pepper?

Sunday, March 23, 2008

68. National Animal


Its name being derived from the Persian for "Snake Eater" featured alongside is the national animal of Pakistan.


Identify!