Daily Question #144

A was a British land agent.
B was an Anglo-Saxon saint.
C was a British Army officer.
D was supposedly a soldier who served under Napoleon Bonaparte.
E was a famous Oxford lecturer.

What connects?

Cracked by Rithwik, Kamal Rathi, Bad Ass Thambi and Sanjeet!!

Answer : English words named after them

A - Charles Boycott ("boycott")
B - St.Audry ("tawdry")
C - Henry Shrapnel ("shrapnel")
D - Nicolas Chauvin ("chauvinism")
E - William Spooner ("spoonerism")

Daily Question #100

Its the 100th day of the daily question series. We hope you people had as much fun as we did along the journey. We take this opportunity to express our gratitude to all of you from the quizzing fraternity who have actively participated in the blog and made this endeavor of ours a huge success. We do recognize the fact that there is still a lot of room for improvement and in this regard we invite all your valuable suggestions. Thanx again.
Cheers!
Johny Walker
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Todays's question:
Connect! (all examples of something)

Went Uncracked!

Answer: All of them are examples of 'Kangaroo Words'. A kangaroo word is a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning.

- Pantaloons : Pants

-Chicken: Hen

-Container: Can or Tin (Thats a double Kangaroo)

-Equilateral: Equal

-Stockings: Socks

Daily Question #83

Today's question contributed by the one and only Shrey Goyal. Send your questions to johnywalker420@gmail.com

A and B show the most commonly occurring instances of the phenomenon, while C alone shows two such common examples. What phenomenon?
Hint : Nothing scientific!

PS : Check Quiz Bonanza #3

Uncracked!! After a very long time!

Answer : RAS (Redundant Acronym Syndrome) Syndrome

A - HIV Virus
B - ISBN Number
C - ATM Machine and PIN Number

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAS_syndrome

Daily Question #70

Connect.

Cracked by Navin and Rishabh!! Brilliant!

Answer : Word of the Year (chosen by the American Dialect Society)

- Bailout (2008)
- Subprime (2007)
- Pluto-ed (2006)
- Truthiness (2005)
- Red state, Blue state, Purple state (2004)
- Metrosexual (2003)
- WMD (2002)
- 9-11 (2001)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_the_year