This is an image from the cover of the May 2013 edition of an American city-oriented magazine. This was photographed by Mitchell Feinberg. To whom do these shoes belong to?
This day last year: Q.578Apr 30, 2013
Apr 29, 2013
Q.942
For today's question, we will delve into the past: in November 2010, which footballer was nicknamed "The Cannibal of Ajax" by a Dutch newspaper after an incident in which he tried to take out a piece of the PSV Eindhoven player Otman Bakkal with his teeth?
Apr 28, 2013
Q.941
Which party?
Apr 27, 2013
Q.940
The 2013 edition also featured an article about the South African cricketer Hashim Amla, by Brian Carpenter. This was the culmination of something that was done for the first time (in 2012).
How was this article different from others in Wisden?
Apr 26, 2013
Q.939
A visual from an election polling station from a European national election in February 2013. Why were the news media (some of it international) interested in this person casting his vote?
Image: The Hindu
Apr 25, 2013
Q.938
Apr 24, 2013
Q.937
The novel's title is translated into English as "Froth on the Daydream". The film, however, is being called something else in English. Jazz enthusiasts will recognise the title instantly as a kind of blues song, while students in India will know it for some other reason.
Which two word title?
This day last year: Q.572Apr 23, 2013
Q.936
"As more information on the origin of the alleged perpetrators is coming to light, I am concerned to note in the social media a most unfortunate misunderstanding in this respect. The X and Y are two very different entities - the X is a Central European country; Y is a part of the Russian Federation."Which two entities is he talking of here?
Apr 22, 2013
Q.935
In April 2013, he attempted to run for election from constituencies in Karachi, Kasur, Islamabad, and Chitral. Only the administration in Chitral accepted his papers, but even that was eventually disallowed.
Who?
Apr 21, 2013
Q.934
Featuring some top Indian players from this sport, for which sport is this league organised?
Apr 20, 2013
Q.933
What's all this nonsense about?
Apr 19, 2013
Q.932
However, what Oscar distinction did it gain by being nominated?
Apr 18, 2013
Q.931
That New York giant now owns it completely, and in the end of 2013, will start calling it "The International New York ____", reflecting its heritage and its ownership.
What are X, Y, and the New York giant?
Apr 17, 2013
Q.930
Who?
Apr 16, 2013
Q.929
In 2013, she became associated with another sport (from the Summer Olympics side, it can be said) for other reasons; her appearance at one of the four major annual tournaments in that sport (held in April 2013) also made news.
Why this attention?
Apr 15, 2013
Q.928
In April 2013, Walt Disney Pictures announced a sequel to the Pixar hit "Finding Nemo". It's called "Finding ____", and will be centred around an important character seen in the previous film. It'll release in 2015 - since we're telling you two years in advance, try not to forget.
Fill in the blank to complete the title of the movie.
Apr 14, 2013
Q.927
Which show?
Apr 13, 2013
Q.926
Image: FIDE
Apr 12, 2013
Q.925
- Ian Khama, the current President of Botswana
- Joseph Kabila, the current President of the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Jean-Claude Duvalier, the former President of Haiti
- Megawati Sukarnoputri, the former President of Indonesia
- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the former President of the Phillipines
- Bashar al-Assad, the current President of Syri
- John Quincy Adams, the 6th President of the USA
Apr 11, 2013
Q.924
Which Nobel Prize winning literary giant is this?
Apr 10, 2013
Q.923
The third ad in this series showed someone who is no longer at the wheel in the career he is best known for. Who is this?
Apr 9, 2013
Q.922
What kind of units are these?
Apr 8, 2013
Apr 7, 2013
Q.920
In January 2013, the publishing house Penguin reissued a series of five classic books by an author. These came with newly designed covers created by the designer David Pearson. This cover was the most striking of the lot, and came in for much deserved praise.
Who is the author, and which is the book?
Image: Creative Review
Apr 6, 2013
Q.919
(Bonus: The world's highest ranked island was Ambergris Caye. In which Central American country - also considered part of the Caribbean - does this belong to?)
Apr 5, 2013
Q.918
* A Gujarati novel by Govardhanram Tripathi
* A 1968 Hindu film by Govind Saraiya featuring Nutan in the lead, for which Kalyanji-Anandji won a National Award for Best Music
* A 2013 TV serial created by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Apr 4, 2013
Q.917
What is the first word, also the subject of the project?
Apr 3, 2013
Q.916
Over a thousand people have been 'found' as a result of the show. If you have been featured on it, a lot of people would certainly like to know your current whereabouts.
Which show, which also (infamously) had a trendsetting Indian version over a decade ago?
Apr 2, 2013
Q.915
Such a list in March 2013 ran into trouble after a company objected to an inclusion that had their name in it (the word meant you couldn't use them). Which company and what could you not do?
Apr 1, 2013
Q.914
Which democratic country renewed a state of war with its neighbour in March 2013, thus ending sixty years of uneasy ceasefire, also taking such steps as cutting off all official communications between the two?