Saturday, February 26, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Googled It 1.7
According to the Greek Mythology, X boasted of her superiority to Leto because the goddess only had two children, the twins Apollo and Artemis, while she had fourteen children , seven male and seven female. The number varies in different sources. Her speech which caused the indignation of the goddess was rendered in the following manner:
It was on occasion of the annual celebration in honor of Latona and her offspring, Apollo and Diana, when the people of Thebes were assembled, their brows crowned with laurel, bearing frankincense to the altars and paying their vows, that X appeared among the crowd. Her attire was splendid with gold and gems, and her face as beautiful as the face of an angry woman can be. She stood and surveyed the people with haughty looks.
"What folly," said she, "is this! to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes! Why should Latona be honored with worship rather than I? My father was Tantalus, who was received as a guest at the table of the gods; my mother was a goddess. My husband built and rules this city, Thebes; and Phrygia is my paternal inheritance. Wherever I turn my eyes I survey the elements of my power; nor is my form and presence unworthy of a goddess. To all this let me add, I have seven sons and seven daughters, and look for sons-in-law and daughters-in-law of pretensions worthy of my alliance. Have I not cause for pride? Will you prefer to me this Latona, the Titan's daughter, with her two children? I have seven times as many. Fortunate indeed am I, and fortunate I shall remain! Will any one deny this?
Upon hearing this, using poisoned arrows, Artemis killed her(X's) daughters and Apollo killed her sons, while they practiced athletics, with the last to die begging for their lives.
Who is X?
It was on occasion of the annual celebration in honor of Latona and her offspring, Apollo and Diana, when the people of Thebes were assembled, their brows crowned with laurel, bearing frankincense to the altars and paying their vows, that X appeared among the crowd. Her attire was splendid with gold and gems, and her face as beautiful as the face of an angry woman can be. She stood and surveyed the people with haughty looks.
"What folly," said she, "is this! to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes! Why should Latona be honored with worship rather than I? My father was Tantalus, who was received as a guest at the table of the gods; my mother was a goddess. My husband built and rules this city, Thebes; and Phrygia is my paternal inheritance. Wherever I turn my eyes I survey the elements of my power; nor is my form and presence unworthy of a goddess. To all this let me add, I have seven sons and seven daughters, and look for sons-in-law and daughters-in-law of pretensions worthy of my alliance. Have I not cause for pride? Will you prefer to me this Latona, the Titan's daughter, with her two children? I have seven times as many. Fortunate indeed am I, and fortunate I shall remain! Will any one deny this?
Upon hearing this, using poisoned arrows, Artemis killed her(X's) daughters and Apollo killed her sons, while they practiced athletics, with the last to die begging for their lives.
Who is X?
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Googled It 1.5
I really shouldnt be asking this one.
Venetia Burney a young British girl, aged 11 in 1930, who had lost her father at a young age and was living with her mother and brother at the home of her grandparents in Oxford. On 14th March, as the family was at breakfast, Venetia's grandfather read from the Times newspaper the announcement that Clyde Tombaugh, a young astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, had identified an object. The report stated that a name had not yet been decided upon. Venetia piped up with, "Why not call it ______?"
Venetia Burney a young British girl, aged 11 in 1930, who had lost her father at a young age and was living with her mother and brother at the home of her grandparents in Oxford. On 14th March, as the family was at breakfast, Venetia's grandfather read from the Times newspaper the announcement that Clyde Tombaugh, a young astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, had identified an object. The report stated that a name had not yet been decided upon. Venetia piped up with, "Why not call it ______?"
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Googled It 1.3
According to Norse mythology........................................
X bears at least fourteen names, is the husband of the golden-haired goddess Sif, is the lover of the giant Járnsaxa, and is described as fierce-eyed, red-haired and red-bearded. With Sif, he fathered the goddess (and possible valkyrie) Þrúðr; with Járnsaxa, he fathered Magni; with a mother whose name is not recorded, he fathered Móði, and he is the stepfather of the god Ullr. The same sources list him as the son of the god Odin and the personified earth, Fjörgyn, and by way of Odin, he also has numerous brothers.
Name this Norse God.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Googled It 1.2
Commissioned by the President of France François Mitterrand in 1984, it was designed by the architect I. M. Pei, who is responsible for the design of the Miho Museum in Japan, and Place Ville-Marie in Montreal among others. The structure, which was constructed entirely with glass segments, reaches a height of 20.6 metres (about 70 feet); its square base has sides of 35 metres (115 ft). It consists of 603 rhombus-shaped and 70 triangular glass segments. Name this structure.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Googled it 1.1
Here is the first question of the 'Googled It' series. answers have to be mailed to phsqlog@gmail.com. Correct answer will give you 10 points and wrong one will give you two points.
Question:
We all know about Maradona's Hand of God. What was the name given by the media to a similar incident that took place on the France vs Republic of Ireland 2010 FIFA World Cup Play-Off?
Question:
We all know about Maradona's Hand of God. What was the name given by the media to a similar incident that took place on the France vs Republic of Ireland 2010 FIFA World Cup Play-Off?
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Satyam Scam
mRaju Raju Yes baba
Cheating us No baba
Telling Lies No baba
Open the balance sheet
HA HA HA
Cheating us No baba
Telling Lies No baba
Open the balance sheet
HA HA HA
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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