Daily Question #140

The man in the pic was the defendant in a case that resulted in a landmark decision. The decision resulted in the mandatory X (named after him) to protect the rights of individuals. Identify X.

Cracked by karmany and aamaadmi!!

Answer : Miranda warning (X) is a warning given by United States police to criminal suspects in police custody, or in a custodial situation, before they are interrogated. The Miranda warnings were mandated by the 1966 United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Miranda v. Arizona as a means of protecting a criminal suspect's Fifth Amendment right to avoid coercive self-incrimination. A typical warning goes like this -

"You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney present during questioning. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?"

Daily Question #128

Where would you find these symbols?

Cracked by flashodin, Navin and Chithananda!!

Answer : Pirate flags ("Jolly Roger")

Daily Question #124

Identify the technique A, whose mis-spelt version was supposedly used during the famous incident B.

Cracked by 9 of you!!

Answer : Bartitsu (Baritsu) used by Sherlock Holmes in his struggle with Moriarty.

Daily Question #111

A became infamous due to his creations which emerged in the late '70s and continued till the '90s. B is a recreation of one of his creations. By what name do we know him?

Cracked by Chithananda, Shrey, Rithwik, saurabh, triviafreak and Madhu!!

Answer : Theodore Kaczynski aka Unabomber who carried out a campaign of mail bombings. From 1978 to 1995, Kaczynski sent 16 bombs to targets including universities and airlines, killing three people and injuring 23. In his Industrial Society and Its Future (also called the "Unabomber Manifesto"), he argued that his bombings were extreme but necessary to attract attention to the erosion of human freedom necessitated by modern technologies requiring large-scale organization. Before Kaczynski's identity was known, the FBI used the handle "UNABOM" ("UNiversity and Airline BOMber") to refer to his case, which resulted in the media calling him the Unabomber.

Daily Question #6

Simply connect to a person.

Uncracked!

Answer : Al Capone

- Bugs Moran, his arch rival

- Peter Stormare i.e John Abruzzi of Prison Break is a member of Chicago outfit which was led by Al Capone

- Only real life character featured in Tintin

- Robert De Niro played Al Capone in "The Untouchables"

- In The Godfather novel, Al Capone finds a mention in the fictionalized "Salvatore Maranzano and mob war"