Identify and connect the above ladies
Answer: The connect was The Beatles' first wives- Pattie Boyd (George Harrison) , Cynthia Lennon (John Lennon) , Linda Eastman (Paul McCartney) , and Maureen Starkey (Ringo Starr).
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Daily Trivia #374: The Better Halves
Identify and connect the above ladies
Answer: The connect was The Beatles' first wives- Pattie Boyd (George Harrison) , Cynthia Lennon (John Lennon) , Linda Eastman (Paul McCartney) , and Maureen Starkey (Ringo Starr).
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Daily Trivia #373 A View To A Kill
Identify this famous landmark
(the landmark from where this photo was taken, NOT the one visible through the window)
Answer: Its the Flatiron or Fuller Building. One of the first skyscrapers of New York, and now immortalized in movies such as Godzilla, Spiderman (as the Daily Bugle HQ), etc and series like Friends.
Answer: Its the Flatiron or Fuller Building. One of the first skyscrapers of New York, and now immortalized in movies such as Godzilla, Spiderman (as the Daily Bugle HQ), etc and series like Friends.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
DAILY TRIVIA # 372 Ladiezzz Tailor.
Name the suit that Madhubala is wearing in the above pic.Lower pic gives a better view of the suit design.
Daily Trivia #371
Connect these 4 images
It is austria(Hitler,Archduke Ferdinand,Mozart & Schrodinger)..Cracked by many of u
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Daily Trivia #368
A Boastful Parody !!!
Id these people & mention their individual accomplishments which has brought them in this unique hall of fame.
Answer : These are the only Indians who have received the Ig Nobel Prize, a parody to the Nobel Prize. (1) Chittaranjan Andrade for psychological study of 'Nose Picking',
(2) Atal Bihari Vajpayee for Peace, (3) K. P. Sreekumar for estimation of total surface area of the India elephant and (4) The famous Lal Bihari 'Mritak', who was declared dead by his relatives to wrongfully inherit his property, but fought to prove that he was alive !!!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Mahindra Auto Quotient 2010 Mash Up
Mahindra Auto Quotient concluded here, with an unexpectedly huge participation. Quizmaster Dyu surprisingly rapped up the entire show quite quickly. Lots of audience prizes too...
The 4 stage teams were all from BIT Mesra, with Sidharth Malik and James Jim (Team Scorpio) winning the quiz by a staggering lead of 600 points!
'Twas a proud day for QBIT!!
So, here are the questions of the prelims that I managed to remember. I'll post the stage round questions the next day. So, keep visiting QBIT.
1. Logo of car company displayed at US Open 2010?
2. Which car is advertised as the no-nonsense car?
3. Which automotive company has created the "Dream Job In India"?
4. For a 3-box design in a car, the principle volumes of the car are separated into 3 compartments. Name them.
5. Which company developed the E Locker and M Locker differentials?
6. Which F1 champion recently visited Chennai as a promotional campaign?
7. If China and India are the two fastest growing car markets in the world, which European country comes third in the list?
8. This parameter was initially measured by an indicator, later by a De Prony Brake and lately by an engine dyanamometer. What are we talking about?
9. Which company's idea is "Clean Energy" ?
10. Jingle of Fiat Palio TV Advert.
11. Audio of the TV Advert of another car (I forgot)
12. Audio of Felipe Massa, after his accident.
13. Logo of a company, phased out in 2004.
14. What is the full form of RFT?
15. Which company's logo is an arrow with wings, signifying high productivity and high quality?
16. Photo of an "ancient" car with a boiler in the front. Identify.
17. Identify this car. A japanese guy was standing next to the car in the photo in the quiz.
18. In which race did Shoya Tomizawa die recently?
19. Which Indian bike is advertised as the Muscleman?
20. In F1, what is the area called where after the race the cars are taken into, where no one is allowed entry other than race stewards?
21. Which car by small car by Maruti gives you 9 reasons to buy it?
22. Which bike is advertised as the Lord of the Streets?
23. Which MPV by Mercedes is scheduled for launch in India in November?
24. What is the name of the engine that is used in Nissan Micra and Renault Logan?
25. Which car was launched in India as the Entry Level Car?
The 4 stage teams were all from BIT Mesra, with Sidharth Malik and James Jim (Team Scorpio) winning the quiz by a staggering lead of 600 points!
'Twas a proud day for QBIT!!
So, here are the questions of the prelims that I managed to remember. I'll post the stage round questions the next day. So, keep visiting QBIT.
1. Logo of car company displayed at US Open 2010?
2. Which car is advertised as the no-nonsense car?
3. Which automotive company has created the "Dream Job In India"?
4. For a 3-box design in a car, the principle volumes of the car are separated into 3 compartments. Name them.
5. Which company developed the E Locker and M Locker differentials?
6. Which F1 champion recently visited Chennai as a promotional campaign?
7. If China and India are the two fastest growing car markets in the world, which European country comes third in the list?
8. This parameter was initially measured by an indicator, later by a De Prony Brake and lately by an engine dyanamometer. What are we talking about?
9. Which company's idea is "Clean Energy" ?
10. Jingle of Fiat Palio TV Advert.
11. Audio of the TV Advert of another car (I forgot)
12. Audio of Felipe Massa, after his accident.
13. Logo of a company, phased out in 2004.
14. What is the full form of RFT?
15. Which company's logo is an arrow with wings, signifying high productivity and high quality?
16. Photo of an "ancient" car with a boiler in the front. Identify.
17. Identify this car. A japanese guy was standing next to the car in the photo in the quiz.
19. Which Indian bike is advertised as the Muscleman?
20. In F1, what is the area called where after the race the cars are taken into, where no one is allowed entry other than race stewards?
21. Which car by small car by Maruti gives you 9 reasons to buy it?
22. Which bike is advertised as the Lord of the Streets?
23. Which MPV by Mercedes is scheduled for launch in India in November?
24. What is the name of the engine that is used in Nissan Micra and Renault Logan?
25. Which car was launched in India as the Entry Level Car?
Daily Trivia #367
Ans: Peugeot. Check http://www.peugeot.com/en/history/the-lion's-story/the-metamorphoses-of-the-lion.aspx
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Daily Trivia #366 Through the looking glass
CONNECT these popular vehicles. You might want to think a bit laterally at some place.
Answer : The connect is Popemobile, the vehicle used by The Pope to travel around on his world-wide visits. First image is the latest Popemobile, a Mercedez MPV. The 2nd royal carrier used to be the Popemobile centuries ago. The lateral connect was the Batmobile(Third pic)
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
DAILY TRIVIA # 363 Paisa Vasool.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
TATA CRUCIBLE JAMSHEDPUR CORPORATE EDITION 2010
The Quizzing was a regular affair here at jsr with as many as 80 teams turning up being a Saturday.The questions were workable and easy compared to the other towns hosting it uptill now.The cutoff was somewhere around 12-13 in prelims of 20 questions.
The stage had 3 teams from TATA Motors( first time motors outnumbering TATA STEEL on stage)and 2 teams from TATA STEEL and 1 from TELCON.
After a rivetting and roller coster show the untenable winners of the jsr tata track were Shankha Mishra and E.G Khan from TATA STEEL.
The runners-up were the very Mr.Mohit and Mr.Nirmal also from TATA STEEL
The audience (that included me ) turn out was ardent and there were practically no questions unanswered by the house.A special mention to the Loyola School Kids who were an outstanding audience and gave Pickbrain some food for thought to start with a Crucible school round.
Here are some Qs of the prelims. Finals will follow in a day or 2.
With that "Happy Ganesh Chaturthhi"!!
1) Which word in the current business world what is derived from latin for “patere” meaning to lay open?
2) Which retail giant is Asda in UK and Seiyu in japan?
3) The chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra landed up in trouble because of his association with Bhopal Gas Tragedy?
4) Logo of
5) Who according to forbes is the richest African American ?(hint:a lady from entertainment)
6) Which antiseptic cream was started by launched in 1929 in Kolkata by GOUMOHAN DUTTA a Bengali merchant?
7) Which organisation has the catchline “edge is efficiency”?
8) Signifies what
9) Who designed the logo MRF tyres?(very famous in advertising)
10) Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voices to many ads..(but its has always been sung by voice-likes).The first ad he sang was for a company in 2009.which company?
11) Which ketchup company had a tagline “weight watchers”?
12)
He came up with a publishing house(with a cute name) and changed from hard bound covers to paper back.which company?
13) What resulted Maastricht treaty in the year 1992?
14) Which clothes brand often mistaken as an international brand actually is an INDIAN
Brand known as Charlie clothing company initially? Is publicised by the symbol K
15)which calendar started in 1964 was brought as a sensational one by one of very famous tyre companies?(the tyre company even wanted to patent the smell of the tyre manufactured by it)
16)what is this a joint venture of Microsoft and HP called
17)logo of google wave
18)kamasutra is a 50:50 joint venture between 2 companies. One is J.K ANSELL pharmaceuticals.the other??
19)which Indian online travel company started online holiday reservation packages with a DESIRE to bring people back home to India?
20) photo of
1) patent
2) Walmart
3) Keshubhai Mahindra
4) samsonite
5) Oprah Winfrey
6) Boroline
7) BSE
8) Silk mark
9)Alyque Padamsee
10) Humani navratna tel
11) heinz
12) penguin publishing
13) What resulted Maastricht treaty in the year 1992?
14) koutons
15)pirelli
16)slate
17)logo of google wave
18)raymonds
19)aarzoo.com
20) photo of
C.B bhave
some of the Questions from the Finals
Crossword: bracketed indicate letters
1)what product till 1990 was not not available in the spray form?(5)
2)What product was withdrawn during world war 2 for consumption by US army(10)
3)Desert brand of stationery?(6)
4)headquartered at vevey. identify this bird?(6)
5)A cavalry man carrying a pole: which brand?(6)
6)A Padmashree winner who "let her daughter take over"?
Picture round:
7)connect albert einstein and a Gandhi picture
8)logo of hooters
9)savitri jindal's picture
10)Turing test illustration
11)swiss guards in their uniform
TATA round on buzzer
12) TATA launched economical housing project?
13)who designed current tata logo?
14)Question on Jagriti Yatra
14)which company was earlier known as "little woods"?
Friday, September 10, 2010
Daily Trivia - 360. Life comes a full circle
Identify this metal plate. God knows where it is now...
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
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