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Friday, April 25, 2008

92. Italian Fashion?

The name of this Italian island (name masked in red) comes from the Greek for "wild boar". But the island finds significance in the fashion world as a piece of attire is named after it.

Name the island/attire.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

91. Thanks for Thanksgiving.....

According to cursory studies in US, it appears that a very large proportion of practisioners of this profession earmark Thanksgiving Day to get married! This seems to make sense as "work pressure" is considerably low on Thanksgiving.

Which profession?

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

90. Life Imitates Art?

The ______ _____ is a notion that refers to a possible extreme result of a nuclear meltdown in which molten reactor core products breach the barriers below them and flow downwards out of containment.

In 1971, nuclear physicist Ralph Lapp used the term to describe the burn-through of the reactor vessel, the penetration of the concrete below it, and the emergence of a mass of hot fuel into the soil below the reactor.

The dangers of such a hypothetical accident were publicized by the 1979 film, which had the same name as the phrase. The film was released on March 16, 1979, just twelve days before the real-life events at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania.

What phrase?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

89. Motley Crew?

In which country the President has to be a Maronite Catholic Christian, the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim, the Deputy Prime Minister an Orthodox Christian, and the Speaker of the Parliament a Shi’a Muslim?

Monday, April 21, 2008

88. Friendly Islands?

The name of this independent archipelago in the Southern Pacific Ocean means “south” in the native language. The islands are also known as the Friendly Islands, the name given by Captain Cook because of the friendly reception he received. He happened to arrive at the time of inasi festival, the yearly donation of the first fruits and was invited to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner, in reality the chiefs had wanted to kill Cook during the gathering, but had been unable to agree on a plan.

Which archipelago?