More Casino games - easy one

The name of this game is got from the French word meaning small wheel.Legend has it that one of the earliest promoters of this games is believed to bargained with the devil for the secrets of the game. This legend is believed to have arisen from the fact that the addition of all the numbers in the game gives a total of 666. What game is this?

Yeah Partha got it - It is Roulette.

Still in Casino mood

Sticking to card games...why do Aces in a pack of card have higher value than King, Queen or Jack in some card games.

Yaggy got it right...This started as a result of the French Revolution where the lowest number card (the Ace) was placed above the King to represent the victory of the common man over the monarchy.

Who it is?

Born in 1926 , he was awarded an Honorary position at HM treasury in United Kingdom.He served as the corporate director for Alcoa , ADP , JP Morgan , Mobil and a couple of more companies. He is married to Andrea Mitchell - a journalist and television commentator. His honorary titles include the Knight Commander of the British Empire and the Commander of the Legion d'honneur. He recently released his memoirs . Who is this person and what is the name of the new book that was released?

Yep It is Alan Greenspan and the name of the new book is The Age Of Turbulence

For the roadies

US Route 91 until 1974...Large parts of this road has been decommissioned since then and it currently exists only in Utah and Idaho. One particular decommissioned stretch is very popularly known to us by some other name. What name??

No correct answers...so here it is...US route 91 in Las Vegas is currently known as Las Vegas Boulevard which is more popularly known as 'The Strip'.

Brand Ambassador

Who was recently chosen as the Indian Brand Ambassador for Police fashion wear? There was also a recent fashion show of all the Police collection in India and this person was there to launch the show. Who is this person?

Yep Isha Kopikkar is right. Partha got that right. Btw how many spelling does she have for her last name . weird - it seems to change every year

Easy one

This card game originated in France as 'vingt-et-un'. The game was not popular in US initially so gambling houses tried offering various bonus payouts to get the players to the tables. One such bonus was a 10-to-1 payout if the player's hand consisted of the ace of spades and either the 'X' of clubs or the 'X' of spades. This made the game popular and it received a specific name in US. The rules have changed now and the 10:1 bonus is no longer present but the game retained its popularity in US Casinos. Which game?? Am not revealing 'X' as that will give the answer!!

Spot on again...BlackJack it is!!

Claim to fame

This is a painting on the walls of Ajanta Caves from a 2nd century BCE,Buddhist Vihara. What is the claim to fame of this painting?

This was the painting that was the basis for the Miss World Competition Logo in 1996. THis is the logo

question

Count Louis Zborowski was a racing driver and automobile engineer of Polish-American descent.Louis Zborowski's career as an amateur racing driver encompassed a wide experience of marques and events.He was an early patron of Aston Martin, and raced for them at Brooklands and in the 1923 French Grand Prix.In the 1923 Indianapolis 500 he drove a Bugatti.He drove in the 1923 Italian Grand Prix at Monza in a car designed by American engineer Harry Arminius Miller, the single seat "American Miller 122".Louis Zborowski joined the Mercedes team in 1924 but died in one of their cars, after hitting a tree during the Italian Grand Prix. He was just 29 years old.Zborowski designed and built four of his own racing cars in the stables at Higham Park, assisted by his engineer and co-driver Captain Clive Gallop. What were these cars called which later on inspired something?

which former footballer?

This former footballer was recently arrested for a break in at a Las Vegas hotel room and snatched memoribilia of his own sports achievement. Earlier in his life , he had been in a long drawn lawsuit over the death of his wife? Who is this?


Yep Prash is right , it is O.J.(Orange Juice) Simpson

My bit of contribution

In Ocean's Thirteen, Danny Ocean and Rusty refer to Dunes and the good old days. Now what was the exact significance of making this comment at that point of time in the movie?

On the spot...Rusty (Brad Pitt) makes this comment while looking at the Bellagio fountains in Vegas...Bellagio Hotel and Casino was built in 1998 after demolishing Dunes Casino which stood there.

Connect the three pictures

Connect these three pictures to a movie that created a social phenomenon at the time of the release. Give me the connection apart from the movie also


No guesses - The answer is Fatal Attraction. Glenn Close and Michael Douglas were the lead characters in the movie. The guy on the right is Giacomo Puccini - who was the composer of the Opera - Madama Butterfly. The original ending of the movie Gleen close , cutting herself up to the music of Madama Butterfly but had to be changed as it was not felt to be the right ending. Even during the movie , Michael Douglas mentions this opera a couple of times as the first opera that he watched

What it is?

The name stands for Selenological and Engineering Explorer, while its nickname Kaguya, selected by the general public, derives from the name of a lunar princess in the ancient Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. What is it?

Yeah. Ratti is right - It is Japan's Moon Mission - SELENE

Gen fundaes...

This mag was founded by George Newnes. It was started in 1891. The sole claim to fame for this mag is that Sherlock Holmes short stories first appeared in this mag and therefore its circulation grew bigger. While at its peak, a picture drawn by Queen Victoria appeared in this mag. Popular authors who contributed to this mag include Agatha Christie, P.G. Wodehouse, Rudyard Kipling and even Winston Churchill. Even after all this, the mag dropped out of favour around the 50s. Name this mag.

PS: Junta, IIT Open is around the corner...put enthu...put more qs. :-P

Spot on..its the Strand Magazine!!!

What do the arabic letters of the opening phrase of Koran sum to ???

Identify the building

Posting after quite a long time. This building was completed in 2001 and is on the shores of Lake Michigan. Identify the building and the Architect who designed this building. (hint: This incidentally was his first assignment in North America).


Akshay got this right - It is the Quadracci Pavilion of the Milwaukee Art Museum.. Designed by Santiago Calatrava.