Quenching BIT's Quriousity

Daily Trivia #528

2012-01-29T14:03:00.000+05:30

Connect these actors:

Daily Trivia #527 : Redline

2012-01-25T20:53:00.001+05:30

Connect all the above images !!!

(Click on the image to enlarge)

Daily Trivia #526 Filling the void

2012-01-11T11:24:00.000+05:30

No connects this time...just a bunch of questions.

1. These were the top 10 finalists for what? The blackened-out question mark is the famous winning entry.

2. Simple one. What is this plane called?

3. ID this famous Mumbai entrepreneur or ID his business. The stuff in the pic are great hints for his venture.

4. This country's flag is kept strikingly similar to another country because its people believe the other country is indebted for testing a nuclear bomb on its land. Which two countries are we talking about?

5. Goa, Mysore, Kaziranga, Jaisalmer, Pune, Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Angadipuram, Shillong

ID the list of venues. Not in order.

Daily trivia #528 Video killed the radio star...

2012-01-10T21:19:00.009+05:30

Connect these bands. exhaustive list.

Daily Trivia #527 Spotlight of CES, 2012

2012-01-10T16:05:00.003+05:30

Which software is being introduced here?

Daily Trivia #526: And that's when you get scolded!

2012-01-09T11:26:00.003+05:30

What common term came into existence when these three came together?
PS: You do get scolded then also.

Daily Trivia #525 As Donkey said, they never last!

2012-01-04T19:06:00.000+05:30

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Ok...I am a bit late. But better late than never huh?

Connect these hotties!

Gaming Quiz: The Scorecard

2011-12-30T22:07:00.000+05:30

Here are the final scores. Congrats to Shaurya and @sramos. Well done folks!

Gaming Quiz #5 The Boss Level

2011-12-27T19:26:00.003+05:30

Here is the final installment. Hope you enjoyed the quiz as much as we enjoyed making it! Answers and final scores will be provided tomorrow.

1. Connect: (20)

2. This image was at the heart of a famous controversy. What? (20)

3. ID. (20)

4. What is common to the games: Infamous 2, Max Payne Series, Godzilla Unleashed, Ghajini: The Game (Not exhaustive) ? (20)

5. What is: ↑↑↓↓←→←→BA

(20)

Gaming Quiz #4 Zergling Rush

2011-12-26T18:28:00.000+05:30

Click here for Scores!

1. Connect:

a) a legendary 8-headed and 8-tailed Japanese dragon that was slain by the Shinto Storm God

b) a Latin title equivalent to commander in English

c) a genus of extremely poisonous australian snakes
d) a group of highly venomous land dwelling snakes of Africa

(10)

2. Why is this person a part of this Gaming Quiz? (10)

3. What has been erased in the following screenshot? (5)

4. ID the game. (10)

5. In an unusual attempt at a Guinness World Record, a group of students at Brown University installed thousands of light bulbs in their Library windows. They also used data line cables, custom circuits and a Linux computer.

What was the fuss all about? (10)

Gaming Quiz #3 'I came here to chew bubble gum and kick ass... and I am all out of bubble gum'

2011-12-24T23:59:00.000+05:30

Merry Christmas to all! And here is today's dose.

1. X is a famous sci-fi novel by Larry Niven. The storyline of the novel was instrumental in inspiring the video game franchise Y. The game Y has become a cultural phenomenon, the collective group of fans often termed the 'Y Nation'.
ID X and Y. (10)

2.X is the term for a type of movie-making, which uses video game cut-scenes and gameplay; often done by fans. The Y Company is group of X artists, who are credited with inventing the artform, and creating X.com, which distributes such films on the web.
What are X and Y? (10)
(Hint: A famous South Park episode)

3. Due to Nazi symbols such as the Swastika, this game was banned in Germany. Released as a shareware, it is widely regarded as having popularized an early version of the FPS genre. Name the game. (5)

4. Connect these four images: (to gaming, obviously) (10)

5. Who is this person and why is he here? ( I am not sure but I think I also saw him hosting a show on Discovery or somewhere.) (5)

Gaming Quiz #2 'I am in your X, Ying your Z'

2011-12-24T16:29:00.000+05:30

1. In his original avatar, he is a carpenter. In otherversions he is depicted to be a plumber, a doctor, an archaeologist and thepresident of a profitable toy-making company. In different versions, he hasrescued Princess Peach(the most famous), Pauline and Princess Daisy. Who are wetalking about? (5)

2. In January 2011, Shannon Johnson confessed she wasplaying X while she left her one-year old son unattended while he drowned inhis tub. X is a facebook game developed by Y,which was founded by Mark Pincus in 2007 and was named after his bulldog.

Identify X & Y. (10)

3. In 2009, this was inducted into the National Toy Hall ofFame, 20 years after its release. It came prebundled with Tetris and its other launch releases includedAlleyway & Super Mario Land among others.

What are we talking about? (5)

4. Recently, Iwatani described the nature of the enemies in more detail at the 2011 Game Developers Conference. The Red one chases _____, the Pink and Blue ones try to position themselves in front of ______'s mouth. The Orange one's nature is more haphazard. While it chases ______, it also tries to position itself in the lower left corner while ______ is facing a certain direction.

Fill in the blank to get the answer. (10)

5. ID the logo and name the most famous product. (10)

Gaming Quiz #1

2011-12-23T15:41:00.000+05:30

1. This game franchise is credited with revolutionizing the sci-fi gaming genre, the fps genre and breathing new life into the concept of expansion packs. The player plays the role of a nuclear scientist in the original version who fights against aliens and marines. The expansion packs on the other hand are played as a marine and a

security guard.There was also a lesser known co-op split scren version released which didnt recieve as much critical and commercial success as the other titles. Name the very popular game franchise and the

three expansions. (5+5+5+5) (hint: grand daddy of counterstrike)

2. Sitter. ID the game. (5)

3. The game play element of X is based on a similar concept from the game Y, whose screenshot is shown below; many of the members of the DigiPen Institute of Technology who worked on Y were hired by Valve to create the game X. ID the two path-breaking games. (10)

4. The billion dollar enterprise X was divided into 2 separate brands Y & Z in the late 90s/early 2000s. The games for X were released under the older and more popular brand Y on the PC platform. with the advent

of the playstation as a prime gaming device a game was released with the name Z in the ps/ps2 platform. a very succesful game Z got released in different versions every year with better graphics and in
game character updates. after 5 such versions and the rise in popularity of Z as a brand the sixth instalment was named Y v/s Z in 2005 and it is named so ever since. identify X,Y & Z. (hint: here
comes the pain) (20 for all three correct)

5. Give the missing sentence, which became a famous internet meme in the 90's. Also give the funda. (5)

Gaming Quiz Starts Tomorrow

2011-12-22T23:09:00.003+05:30

Daily Trivia #524 Connect

2011-12-09T01:12:00.000+05:30

Question Courtesy: Sneha Roy

Daily Trivia #523 Master of Connects

2011-12-02T19:07:00.000+05:30

You guys are very regular to the posts...so nice!
Next one is by Piyush and its a tough nut to crack.
Connect the pics...

Daily Trivia #522 Revenge Of The Sithudent

2011-12-01T23:44:00.000+05:30

Aditya Tyagi ka bahut bahut dhanyawaad is question ke liye.
कनेक्ट

Daily Trivia #521 Ek hi mara?

2011-11-30T22:55:00.000+05:30

Connect!

DAILY TRIVIA # 520 Mere Rang Me Rangnewali

2011-11-27T13:10:00.001+05:30

Why is she getting painted here?

Daily Trivia # 519: Tan can't wait for Tin

2011-11-19T23:32:00.003+05:30

Connect the given images.

Question courtesy: Piyush 'DotA' Kaul

Daily Trivia # 518

2011-11-16T18:40:00.001+05:30

This is considered one of the most Signature Photographs of India of the 20th century.

Shot by a Magnum photographer.Identify the Model.

P.S.This is not Aishwarya Rai.Though I wish Aish's daughter be a better actor (obviously she's deemed to be) than both her parents. 20 years down the line.My kids and I will go for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus DEVDAS PART 2 starring SRK's son romancing the Bachchan Bachchi while Salman Khan will still be around playing the drunken Chunni Lal.Who gets to play Chandramukhi? Katrina or her daughter? Akon' son will bag a prestigious offer to sing Chhamak Chhallo (remixed and rapped) instead of Dola re Dola..

Daily Trivia #517 Extreme Right

2011-11-15T12:27:00.000+05:30

Connect and feel a chill:

Daily Trivia #516 Wizards of a Wordy Place

2011-11-14T18:17:00.000+05:30

This one comes from a die-hard fan of Harry Potter, SLR:

Non-magic people (more commonly known as Muggles) were particularly afraid of magic in

medieval times, but not very good at recognizing it. On the rare occasion that they did catch a

real witch or wizard, burning had no effect whatsoever. The witch or wizard would perform a

basic Flame-Freezing Charm and then pretend to shriek with pain while enjoying a gentle,

tickling sensation. Indeed, Wendelin the Weird enjoyed being burned so much that she allowed

herself to be caught no less than forty-seven times in various disguises.

A paragraph cited from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, which describes hunting and tracking of the (non-existent) witches in an unmentioned era.

Connect with the above para with the factual description below:

Over 150 people were arrested and imprisoned. All twenty-six who went to trial before this court were convicted.

The two courts convicted twenty-nine people of the capital felony of a particular supposed crime.

Nineteen of the accused, fourteen women and five men, were executed by hanging.

One man, Giles Corey, refused to enter a plea and was crushed to death under heavy stones in an attempt to force him to do so.

The episode is one of the most famous cases of mass hysteria, and has been used in political rhetoric and popular literature as a vivid cautionary tale about the dangers of isolationism, religious extremism, false accusations, lapses in due process, and local governmental intrusion on individual liberties.

Should be a simple google query but, for the sake of quizzing, please comment with your best guess. :)

And best of luck for the end sems to everyone!

Daily Trivia #515 Naam mein kya rakha hai?

2011-11-06T21:53:00.000+05:30

Connect the pics to a recent event!

DAILY TRIVIA # 514 The Three Q-BITyears

2011-11-05T01:40:00.001+05:30

Remember, remember the 5th of November. Happy Birthday Q-BIT. This blog has now quenched the quriosities of the junta for 3 whooping years with an average of ~1 daily trivia every 2 days. So, here I have a fiver for the 5th of November.
You may click on the images to have a better view.

1. The movie Delhi Belly featured a song with the following lyrics:
"Bhaag Bhaag D K Bose,D K Bose,....Aandhi Aayi Hai"
Though it seemed like using a certain name in its lyrics, it turned into a profane word while singing.
Which english term describes this condition where you misinterpret a phrase to a totally different
meaning. Even this term came out of mishearing a particular phrase.

2. Connect.

3. Didn't know earlier that this behemoth corporation also made cars. Identify the logo.
(The company I am referring to is a minority partner in this car venture).

4. Blame it on the internet, it does not have images of Nylon Nandini,Polyester Padmini and Cotton Kamini.It only has that of Silk Smitha. You get the connect :) So, here is an another connect ques. A tougher one though.

5. This Googler suggested the use of a particular symbol to be used for creating a group discussing something on twitter. What is that?

DAILY TRIVIA #513 Let Buddha Laugh

2011-10-30T22:10:00.000+05:30

1) Something first in its kind in F1?

2) claim to fame?

3) Speed thrills but also kills.
who ?

4) Who is this man from history?

5)We have been "Wowed" by him. but who is he?

6) The person above owned the this car?who or what am I referring to?

7) how could this post not have a lady.

who is she?

Daily Trivia #512

2011-10-29T16:43:00.000+05:30

Who is this Guru?

Daily Trivia #511 Bhag Daaru!

2011-10-24T12:33:00.001+05:30

So, Pantheon is over. But getting back to business,
connect!

DAILY TRIVIA # 510 Senior.One

2011-10-23T00:57:00.000+05:30

Disclaimer: This post has not been sponsored by Red Chillies Entertainment as part of their 50 cr marketing blitz for Ra.One :(
Finally saw this movie which credited SRK just as a senior student! Name this movie.

DAILY TRIVIA # 509 Electronic Voting Machine

2011-10-16T15:45:00.000+05:30

The following device is used to measure what?

DAILY TRIVIA # 508 BhaiSahab, Zara Ticket Dikhayiega.

2011-10-09T22:59:00.000+05:30

We have got used to computerized railway tickets like this

But what is the name given to the following kind of tickets which the coming generations will not get to see.

Daily Trivia #507 Obituary Trivia

2011-10-06T22:28:00.000+05:30

This one had to come right? RIP Steve Jobs! Cancer gets to the best of us but you fought it for so long and so well no one even knew.
Aditya Tyagi sent us this one and it requires a bit of googling.

Daily Trivia #507 Watch your step

2011-10-04T21:47:00.000+05:30

Connect these!
Hint: The Zebra!

Daily Trivia #506 Samay Guzarta Hai

2011-10-03T00:22:00.000+05:30

Give funda for this image. If you know the guy's name, do let me know also!

Daily Trivia #505 : Live Hard

2011-10-01T11:13:00.001+05:30

Click on the image to enlarge !!!

Connect all the above images.
(Hint : If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein.)
The hint makes it pretty obvious...bt make sure you connect all the images. No incomplete answers please !!!

Daily Trivia #504 The Hiatus Ends

2011-09-29T22:17:00.001+05:30

My god, it's been long since I posted! First exams, then facebook gets blocked and then Technieek's Tech Quiz takes over...but the break is over!
This one is contributed by Aditya Tyagi (2010 batch) and involves an interesting piece of trivia.
Connect and explain the middle pic.

Brand Equity Quiz - 2011 Pune Edition

2011-09-24T17:56:00.001+05:30

Its been raining quizzes here in Pune.The Westin hosted the Pune edition of Brand Equity Quiz,2011. Derek O Brien conducted the quiz. Ramanand has posted the questions from the prelims here. I have posted here the questions from the finals except the ones from the buzzer round. Infosys did superbly in the buzzer round to beat us and finally qualify for the National finals. Final standings for the quiz:
1st : Infosys : Pratyush and Mehul
2nd : ZS Associates : Prabhakar (Yours truly!) and Jaipal
3rd : Advinus Therapeutics : Suraj Menon & Shariq
4th : TCS : Abhishek and Suchir
5th : Indira School of Business: Professors from the college!
6th : ZS Associates : Bharat and Anand Vishwanathan

Round 1

1. The concept of mass distribution of condoms was introduced by an IIM graduate through which product?
Nirodh
2. I you are wearing a Macfarlane, then what is it? Coat
3. If your railway reservation ticket shows the code CA over it, you have booked your ticket under which category? Tatkal
4. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Woodruff declared company's wartime policy: "We will see that every man in uniform gets a bottle of _____ for five cents wherever he is and whatever it costs". Fill in the blanks. Coke
5. Mullet is associated with which profession? Hair Cutting
6. Tresskilling Yellow is considered as the most expensive piece of what? Postage Stamp

Round 2

1. The Vickers scale is used to define the hardness of materials. Which company uses this scale to describe one of the qualities of its product? Rado
2. William Painter was the inventor of Crown Cork, he advised one of his friend to come up with this product which can be used by men and then thrown away. Which product? Shaving Blades
3. Mukti Dham and Moksh Bhavan in Varanasi was founded by Dalmia Charitable Trust. What are they known for? People on the verge of death visit this place to pass off their last days
4. Cupcake, eclairs, honeycomb and gingerbread are related to what? Android
5. In USA, who are known as ambulance chasers? Lawyers
6. Which extremely high profile person once endorsed Callaway golf clubs? Bill Gates

Round 3

1. This is the headquarters of which company. Boeing

2. An ad for Microsoft Azure.
3. Identify the person. Pulitzer

4. Identify the lady. Savitri Jindal

5. What was the official name of the football used during 2010 FIFA World Cup. Jabulani
6. Identify the ad. Karnatka Tourism

Round 4

1. What was introduced by the Government of India on 1st April, 1957 ? Naya Paisa
2. What is copyleft? Allowing people to copy one's content.
3. What are Pinot Noir, Sciacarcello, Schiava ? Grapes used for wines.
4. What is Shopper Lifting? When the barcode shows up more price than it actually is.
5. What is french for small shop which caters to a specific group of customers? Boutique
6. Which vechicles sport a pattern called 'Sillitoe Tartan' over them? Police vehicle

Round 5

1. Which brand was founded by her grandfather? Prada

2. Identify the voice behind a jingle. - Prasoon Joshi
3. Name the sponsors of the football club Inter Milan. Pirellli
4. The track 'Aam Aadmi' was played. Which movie based on a serial had this song? Office Office
5. The track 'My Hometown' was played and the singer was to be identified. Bruce Springsteen

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz,2011-Pune

2011-09-18T01:08:00.002+05:30

Being the Q-BIT correspondent from Pune, here are the questions(which as Pickbrain said were on the tougher side. According to him, Pune is at the 3rd position among the cities as far as the level of questions are concerned) from the quiz.Samrat Mukherjee and Ashish Singh from DCB Bank finished as the winners while the team from ECLERX ended up as runners-up. The other teams which reached the finals were Mindtickle,Cognizant, John Deree and Amdocs. While in the Tata Track, Tata Chemicals became the winners for the first time in Pune. There were more than 200 teams in the prelims and it was a hard fought battle with five among the six finalists being at the same score. We missed the finals by 2 points and returned home with the audience prize(me and my partner Jaipal adding a crucible bag to our collection).

1."Garv Se Kaho Ki Hum Kanjoos Hain"- This is a quote by which famous businessman.
2."Wear The Pants"- tagline of which brand.
3.Which famous businessman led the restoration of Statue of Liberty by the private sector in 1986 on request from Ronald Reagan.
4.The online game "Urban Thrill" is owned by which company.
5.Demi Moore spends around 36000 dollar per year on this particular product for grooming her hair.Which product.
6.This famous chain of environment friendly cosmetic products collaborated on working for the safety of whales.Which company.
7.Which famous fashion designer claims direct desendence from Scottish poet Robert Burns and opened his first store under the name The People's Place.
8.Identify this personality.

9.The MTV movie awards are designed after what?
10.Which bank became the first bank to achieve 1 billion dollar in assests in 1919.
11.What is FILOFAX.
12."Inside Magic Kingdom" is a book based on which comapany.
13.This company was founded in 1953 in collaboration with Oerlikon Machine Tools Works, Buchrle & Co., Zurich. Aftab Rai was its first MD. Which company.
14.This company which had about 40% market share in wireless handset market recently renamed its music and maps offering service to the name of the company.
15.The first colour TV in India was produced by which company.
16.Identify this famous strategic consulting guru.

17.This company was founded by Alvin B Philps, a Motorola employee in 1970.It rapidly became a speciality semiconductor maker. Its first product in the market was WD1402A UART.
18.What does NEO stand for in the Airbus A320 NEO planes which have been recenlty been in news for being ordered by Spicejet.
19.This is what the website of this corporate enitity says about its logo-
"As a corporate entity, our new logo reflects our new mission... smoother, seamless, and efficient, whichever way you look at it." Which entity.
20.Identify the logo.

21.Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit on this company over a product for it being similar to its Ipad in design. Which product.
22.What do you call a person who is a minority invetsor in a private equity fund or a venture capital fund.
23.This company had about 80% of the market share in gaming but its fortune dwindled once it came up with a game based on the movie E.T.
24.FreshHome, Birds & Blooms and Best You are some of the magazines from which famous publishing house.
25.Which prime minister led the nationalization of banks in India in 1969.

Questions from the finals.....in my next post.

Daily Trivia #503 Of Extinct Volcanoes

2011-09-17T17:14:00.000+05:30

Identify and connect the images to a person.

DAILY TRIVIA # 502 Pataka Chai

2011-09-16T02:29:00.000+05:30

Like Brian Lara, Q-BIT too got stuck at 501 for a lot many days. So, here comes a sitter just to outdo Lara.

Identify the man with the flowing beard.

Daily Trivia #501: Solve the question with ease and grace, lest they vanish without a trace!

2011-08-30T00:58:00.005+05:30

Question courtesy: Sparsh Sinha

TATA CRUCIBLE JAMSHEDPUR EDITION 2011

2011-08-28T19:03:00.006+05:30

Being a Sunday the event saw a good turnout with over 120 teams participating.

The quiz started at 11 with pickbrain emphasing the power of "one" Refering to Anna Hazare .

Extoling the Tatas he made a point there .Tata Crucible is one mega Jamboree for quizzers where they earn quality prizes and goodies without even shelving off a penny.Spare a thought and contribute for the Tata Cancer foundation hospital . The prelims Questions were comparatively easier than last years.

The cut off was very high.

6 teams on stage 1 Team from Jusco,1 from Tata Motors, 4 from Tata Steel. ( Fortunately I was there too with my teammate Abhishek Padhye. We scored 17/20)

Winning team was from Tata Steel,the team of Mr.Sidhharth and Mr.Amit and runners up were the very consistent Runners-UP Mr.Nirmal and Mohit from Tata Steel 3rd spot was a tie between Tata Motors and Tata Steel.

Ladies and Gentlemen..Put yours hands together and take a dekko at the questions below!!

1) X set up Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, an educational institute which runs a chain of schools and colleges in Western India.Which female Indian citizen?

2) Which brand has launched a merchandise called SUBSTORE?

3) With which company would you associate ANTRIX (controversial in the last year)?

4) What is this

5)For which entity is ANAND famous?

6)Which brand of shoes was common for Pele,Lothat Matheus,Diego Maradona?

7) What was introduced by French engineer Louis Réard and fashion designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946?Named after an Island.

9) An Italian brand of scooter manufactured by Piaggio. The

It has evolved from a single model motor scooter manufactured in 1946 by Piaggio & Co. S.p.A. of Pontedera, Italy—to a full line of scooters and one of seven companies today owned by Piaggio—now Europe's largest manufacturer of two-wheeled vehicles and the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer by unit sales

10)Which metal gets its name from the roman God of trade?

11)What analysis was named after this Italian gentleman?

12) Which game means “number place” ?

13) Ownership has changed many times, past owners including the Scottish publisher A & C Black, Horace Everett Hooper,Sears Roebuck and William Benton. The present owner of this Encyclopædia. is Jacqui Safra, a Swiss billionaire and actor.

14)Who is psephologist?

15) Yahoo mail logo?

16)What is a Japanese for “FAIL SAFE”?

17)Tiger Airlines is a part of which airlines?

18)He was a Scottish-American industrialist, businessman, and entrepreneur who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was also one of the most important philanthropists of his era.

Also founded a famous institution.

19)

Google doodle for what?

Answers:
1 pratibha patil 2 Subway 3 ISRO 4 Android 5 AMUL 6 Puma 7 Bikini 8 Ingvar Kamprad 9 vespa 10 mercury 11 Pareto 12 sudoku 13 Brittanica 14 election results analyser 15 LIAM 16 pokayoke 17 singapore airlines 18 Andrew Carnegie 19 Jules Verne

Some questions asked in the Finals

1)which place witnessed fall in real estate prices and was named after Major James Abbott?

2)Only LUX model to become a Chief Minister?

3) Who was born as Rama Krishna in Haryana and started Patanjali Life Sciences?

In whose honour ? This person has a company named after him?

John Harmsworth designed something in distinctive green bottles. The shape was that of the Indian clubs Harmsworth used for exercise.What?

6)THE face was airbrushed.Which first male model of Christian Dior?

7)Which unlikely agency designed this game for kids

8)which brand?

9)Connect of FIREFOX

10)Connect on RBI governors

11)Connect on Mobile Operating systems

12)connect on ITC products

13)connect on apple

14)connect on AR Rahman

15)What new product is TVS King?

16)which brand gets its name from sandal and turmeric?

Answers:
1) Abbottabad 2) Jayalalitha 3) Ramdev Baba 4) Chase of JPMC 5) Perrier 6) zenedine zidane 7) NASA 8) Godiva 15) 3 wheeler 16) Santoor
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Daily Trivia #500 - A The Slash+RitaHayworth+Nightrod Post!

2011-08-28T00:58:00.001+05:30

5 questions for today's special post...look for a bigger connect from the answers to these 5 connects. Inception style!

1st Connect:

2nd Connect:

3rd Connect:

4th Connect:

5th Connect:

Remember, look for the connect between the answers of these connects to get the larger connect!

By Praanshuman, Utsav & Vrashank

Daily Trivia #500 - B With Love From Tatanagar

2011-08-28T00:58:00.000+05:30

The special number deserves special attention...so we have divided the 500th post into several parts. This one is by Sneha Ranjan aka shrill! She wishes you a healthy quizzing session with these questions!

1. He started an Indian cosmetic company. Name the company.

2. Connect:

3. What is going on in this image?

Daily Trivia #500 - C Ignoramus Quizzer

2011-08-28T00:57:00.000+05:30

And like the previous post, this one is contributed by Prabhakar Kumar aka Ignoramus!
He still finds a lot of time from his job for quizzing which is fantastic. Infact, the 500th Daily Trivia poster was his idea!
Try his questions out too while we sing happy 500 to us!

1. Hrithik,Abhay & Farhan had their version of this in ZNMD.Here, who are making the people run for their lives here?

2. Identify the person on the right.

3. This image was recreated in the building of this company which showed their fear of getting knocked out by the other giant. It also served as the codename for the project which they thought would help me counter the giant.Name this company and the project.

4. When somebody told me that she would have been hot in her college days, I came up with this. Identify her.

5. Which company started with this story?

6. Identify this game and the company which has started it.

7. This image features a cameo by which personality?

500 Days of Trivia!

2011-08-27T21:52:00.003+05:30

Wait for the 500th Daily Trivia post! We're trying to make it sound like Slash, look like Rita Hayworth and feel like the Harley Nightrod!
Tab tak ke liye dekhiye yeh poster, 500 days of summer se inspired :)

Another Quiz In The Hall

2011-08-22T00:55:00.000+05:30

We don't need to educate you about entertainment. Bring all your dark sarcasm in the CATroom.Hey! Quizzers.All in all you be there for Another Quiz In The Hall!

Daily Trivia #499

2011-08-20T19:39:00.003+05:30

Daily Trivia #498 The hound of autoville!

2011-08-19T00:20:00.000+05:30

via Pranshuman.
Give funda!

Daily Trivia #497 From the vaults of Quark

2011-08-14T11:06:00.000+05:30

This one is from the Quark on 13th August.
Courtesy: Abhishek Kumar

Connect:

DAILY TRIVIA # 496 Numb3rs Ke Dhandhe

2011-08-13T17:07:00.001+05:30

Connect(A common funda connects them).

DAILY TRIVIA # 496 If life throws you a Bel, make Sharbat!

2011-08-10T11:30:00.001+05:30

A sitter. Identify the advertiser.

Daily Trivia #495 Bring it on Guido

2011-08-10T11:29:00.001+05:30

From New Jersey to Miami to Italy... Id these fascinating ppl(No reverse image search plz)..

Although highly improbable.. still beating abt the bush?? Hint : House on rent!!

Daily Trivia #494 Connect...thanks to SP

2011-08-08T19:34:00.000+05:30

Courtesy: Swasti Padhi
Ok...so these guys are contributing big time! Thanks to them, we can focus on the quizzes in the campus.
Oh btw, we're nearing DT 500! Planning chal rahi hai for a mega post. Inshallah, aayega!
This question might seem like a repeat. But, newer facts I guess about the same thing.
Connect.

Daily Trivia #493 Butterfly!

2011-08-04T10:43:00.000+05:30

Contributed by Swasti Padhi...simple one this is.

Daily Trivia #492 Index Blues

2011-08-02T17:56:00.000+05:30

Contributed by Pranshuman! Life saver!

The X Index is a guide published by The Economist magazine to compare the currencies of different countries.It does so by looking at the price of a X, which is available in more than 100 countries. Thus, a X in the U.S. costs $4.07 whereas in China it costs $2.27, using nominal exchange rates. After 25 years, India has finally made it to the X Index. X index is a simplistic way to demonstrate purchasing power parity, a theory that says that the exchange rate between two countries should move toward “correct value,” which would make the price of a basket of products the same in both countries.

Interestingly, X is not available in India, probably because it may 'hurt' some people. Instead, it is replaced here by Y.
ID X and Y.

For the number cruncher types, here are a few graphs.

Daily Trivia #491....Weapons of Mass Attraction can burn a hole in ur pocket

2011-07-29T22:49:00.001+05:30

Connect

Daily Trivia #490 Happy Santa

2011-07-28T23:38:00.000+05:30

Back after so long...placement season taking all our time. Thanks to SLR for this one.
Connect the ladies!

Daily Trivia # 489 Racing Na Milegi Dobara.

2011-07-17T23:21:00.000+05:30

A post on Q-BIT exactly after 4 months!!! Identify the drivers.

Daily Trivia #488

2011-07-15T03:16:00.002+05:30

Connect the films to a person

Since no one has attempted yet, a lateral clue:

Daily Trivia #487: Double Bluff

2011-07-13T13:07:00.008+05:30

connect

Ans: Agatha Christie it is...(@player all being poirot novels/plays was a happy coincidence,thank you for pointing that out!)

Daily Trivia #486: Kissa kursi ka

2011-07-10T19:12:00.004+05:30

Connect:

Answer: The connect is Kaun Banega Crorepati

Amitabh Bachchan and SRK have hosted the Hindi version of the show while 'Shotgun' Shatrughan Sinha and Sourav Ganguly are currently hosting the Bhojpuri and Bengali versions. Anil Kapoor has done the same in the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

Daily Trivia #485 De ghuma ke!

2011-07-09T23:41:00.000+05:30

Connect ze cricketers!
Question courtesy: Debjit Roy

Daily Trivia #484 Ode to a diva..

2011-07-05T22:48:00.010+05:30

Connect.

ans. it is Florence Brudenell Bruce,for more read Aparajita's/Saket's answer.

QFW 4 - Fashion Finale

2011-07-04T20:36:00.009+05:30

This is the last post for QFW and it has been a great series of fashion quizzing. It made me realise there is quizzing in every category possible. Scoreboard looks all tied up at the moment. [If there are any scoring errors, please comment and tell us]. So, this post should serve as a cool tiebreaker with 100 points. No wonder than that some connects might seem a bit cryptic or on multiple levels too. We saw some new people giving answers on our questions and that's what this series was meant for. Great going. Now, to see who comes out on top, answer these:

1. Connect. [30 points] Full description shall be most appreciated. :)

2. This dress needs the model to strip down to bare naked and was made famous by the supermodel Giselle Bundchen. To create the dress, the company used simulation and rendering softwares like Maya. Name the dress. [10 points]

3. Two fashion houses lost similar battles against these 2 companies [logos given]. Id the two fashion houses and the reason. [10 points]

4. Connect to a brand. [30 points]

5. Connect to a celebrity. [20 points]

After the 4 posts of QBIT Fashion Week, as per the points tally, gold goes to abhishek, silver to vendetta and bronze to DJ! Woohoo! And as always, well done to whoever answered!
For this post particularly, the answers I was looking for were:
1. Adidas:
Adidas bought Reebok, who's original logo was the Union Jack along with the text Reebok. The characteristic 3-stripes logo of Adidas was bought from a little known Finnish company called Karhu (which means bear in Finnish) for I think 1600 dollars and 2 bottles of whiskey. Adidas has a close relationship with the band Run DMC and it also produces a Starship Trooper among other versions of Star Wars special merchandise.

2. Water Dress

3. Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana for the domain names lv.com and dg.com

4. Brook Brothers. Quoting Aprajita here, "The Brooks brother Luxottica owns this brand. Barack Obama wore their brand's clothes on the inauguration day. In the movie up in the air George Clooney wore suits of this brand. And for the oscars the brooks brothers clothed the young stars of the movie slumdog millionaire."

5. Jennifer Aniston:
She has been the brand embassador of Loreal Elvive and started off with a permanent character in the TV Show Molly. Her haircut in early seasons of Friends got famous as the Rachel Haircut (Here shown Geri Willis sporting the look). Her fragrance is called Lolavie and she dated John Mayer.

By Vrashank

QFW 3: Mutton Dressed as Lamb

2011-07-03T15:03:00.002+05:30

Continuing on our fashion posts, here is the 3rd post for the week. A mix of dry and connects worth 80 90 points. Great to see the leaderboard being populated! A lot of places got shuffled after the previous post. So, its never too late to start!
Go!

1. Connect the people and the logo. Apologies for the bad quality of the logo. [20 points for full connect. Part marks on Quizmaster's discretion]

2. X is popuarly used for hair styling and was first made in England. It was advertised by a very famous jingle on TV. Y was an extremely succesful radio announcer and voice over artist. Y's mother loved X's jingle so much, she made Y change his script and give rise to one of the most famous shouts, Z in television history. ID X, Y and Z. [ 7 points for each ID but 20 for all]

3. Connect [25 points]

4. Another XYZ question. :) Princess X carried a bag and appeared in a famous magazine trying to hide her bump. The bag as then renamed as the X bag. The company, Z that made this bag, after 28 years, made named another famous bag Y after actress Y. Variants of Y reaches costs of $150,000 and uses reptile skin. Z apparently used Pakistani buffalo skin to make its handbags too. Z opened shop in India in 2008 at The Oberoi, Delhi. ID X, Y and Z. [5 points for each ID]

5. It became the national dress of a country, announced by the its founder. The richest man in the world during the 2nd World War always wore this dress. A modified version of this dress was named after a famous politician, popularized by a Hippie band and was famously worn by Steven Seagal. Which dress am I talking about? [10 points]

QFW - 2: Connecticut

2011-07-02T01:28:00.000+05:30

Post 1 was exciting with 60 points...this one has 75. So, those who missed the last one can still catch up. Instead of 1, this one has 3 visual connects, thats why the post's name is Connecticut. The scoreboard is up and full of steam. Keep it running!

1. Connect these brands. [20 points]

2. Connect these celebrities. Think laterally. [10 points]

3. Simple one. Id the red substance. [5 points]

4. Connect these seemingly unrelated images. [30 points]

5. Initially gaining popularity during the Great Depression due to efficiency and elegance, its reign grew as technicolour filmakers starting gorwing more dependent on them. Even though the American Vogue is said to be the birthplace of this, it was Audrey Hepburn who made it a wardrobe essential. What are we talking about? [10 points]

QFW - 1 : Devil Wears Kolhapuri

2011-06-30T23:37:00.001+05:30

Starting today, we present a 4-post series of posts on Fashion! Each post will have 5 questions like this one. Each question's points are given next to it. I'll maintain a scoreboard for this one. Get cracking guys!

PS: With Google's reverse image search all the more powerful than Tineye now, I hope you wont ruin the feeling and not reverse search these images.

1. See image. Which famous former first lady inspired these sunglasses? [ 10 Points]

2. Identify the shoe brand. The color says it all. [10 Points]

3. He featured in Boom in 2003 and True West in 2002. He also played a cameo in Fashion. ID this gay fashion designer, who is based out of Colvale, Goa. [5 points]

4. Connect these hitherto unknown geniuses. [15 points]

5. There is something bizarre in terms of clothing in this image. This clothing company uses this concept to sell its products and has turned into a $40 million company! Id this brand. [20 Points]

Daily Trivia #483 No way out

2011-06-26T15:35:00.003+05:30

Connect the posters with the person for a term.

Answer: The Mexican Standoff

Daily Trivia #482 Answer=?

2011-06-24T22:16:00.004+05:30

Where would you see this?

Daily Trivia #481 Kissa Kursi Ka...

2011-06-22T22:24:00.005+05:30

Id this super mom(in news recently)

ans.Michele Bachmann,in the running for the Republican Party's nomination for next year's presidential election. More here

Daily Trivia #480 The Nice Guy Who Finished First

2011-06-21T04:57:00.000+05:30

Whom is this tribute for, and where will you find it?

Daily Trivia #479: One and a half men

2011-06-19T13:34:00.006+05:30

An easy one: ID the two gentlemen

Daily Trivia #478

2011-06-18T21:56:00.001+05:30

in news recently

Daily Trivia #477 Jungli

2011-06-14T23:52:00.000+05:30

Swasti Padhi's "2nd attempt at Daily Trivia". Girl's getting good!

Connect!

Daily Trivia #476

2011-06-12T22:12:00.000+05:30

Connect.
Hint: The last image is related to Audi.

Daily Trivia #475 No Google or Tineye will help you with this!

2011-06-09T22:25:00.002+05:30

Connect these images. Do think laterally. The order matters...

Question Courtesy: SWASTI PADHI of 2k10. She labeled it as her "first attempt at Daily Trivia". Jolly good attempt this is I would say!

Daily Trivia #474 I thought I thought and then I thunk!

2011-06-05T21:22:00.000+05:30

Connect these famous companies!
Note: List may not be exhaustive. Its the to the best of my knowledge.

Daily Trivia #473 The One with the Diplomat

2011-06-05T20:58:00.001+05:30

Connect to a person!

Last Minute Reminder for WQC 2011, to be held on 4th June 2011

2011-06-03T19:37:00.002+05:30

Sorry folks, this is quite late in the day I guess, but for those who still can make it, the World Quizzing Championships 2011 will be held tomorrow on the 4th of June 2011 across the world including 12 venues within India. Though they haven't mentioned the time on their website, upon contacting one of the organizers, I was told to reach by 3.30 PM.

Official Website: WQC 2011

Format of the Quiz:
120 Questions covering 8 topics (Culture, Entertainment, History, Lifestyle, Media, Sciences, Sport & Games, World) to be answered in 2 hours.

Source

Details of Indian Venues:
Bangalore
Venue: Auditorium,Command Hospital Air Force, Old Airport Road, Bangalore.
Contact: Ashwan
Email: anurakshat@rediffmail.com

Calicut
Venue: Malabar Christian College, Calicut.
Contact: Snehaj Srinivas
Email: quiz4dreamz@gmail.com

Chennai
Venue: Department of Management Sciences, IIT Chennai.
Contact: Jaikar Pandurang
Phone: 9884029844

Coimbatore
Venue: PSG Institute of Management, Avinashi Road, Coimbatore.
Contact: Senthil
Email: senthil2play@gmail.com

Goa
Venue: International Centre, Goa.
Contact: Tallulah Silva
Email: tallulahdsilva@gmail.com

Guwahati
Venue: Department of Physics, Cotton College, Guwahati.
Contact: Manimughda S SHarma
Email: quizzicalguy@gmail.com

Hyderabad
Venue: Landmark Bookstore, Somajiguda, Hyderabad.
Contact: Lathish Venugopal
Email: lathishdavinci@gmail.com

Kolkata
Venue: IBS Kolkata, J-3, Block GP, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-700091 (nearr RDB Boulevard and Infinity Benchmark).
Contact: Gautam Ghose
Email: gautam08@gmail.com

Lucknow
Venue: Career Launcher, Hazratganj, Near Gomti Hotel, Lucknow.
Contact: Arvind Srivastav
Phone: 9956118311

Mumbai
Venue: Pinstorm Agency Office, Santa Cruz West, Linking Road, Mumbai.
Contact: Vibhendu Tewari
Email: vibhendu@gmail.com

New Delhi
Venue: 2 LT-1, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.
Contact: Anurakshat Gupta
Email: bshriram@gmail.com

Pune
Venue: Seminar Hall II (Next to main Auditorium), College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), Shivajinagar, Pune-5.
Contact: Amit Patil
Email: amitpatil2020@gmail.com

Source

Daily Trivia #472 Million Dollar Baby

2011-06-03T02:35:00.001+05:30

What does this map describe? Also name the location marked as "Final Destination"

Daily trivia #471 The call of "OM"

2011-05-28T04:15:00.002+05:30

Which exhaustive list is it??

Daily Trivia #470 Sofa Hyatt

2011-05-24T18:44:00.000+05:30

Connect!
Question Courtesy: Sneha Lakshmi Roy
These people are really piling it on! Thanks to them, we have a regular stream of good questions...kudos to SLR and Pranshumaan!
If you have a question you think should be put up and shared with, do what these two do: Mail us at mail2qbit@gmail.com!

Daily Trivia #469 Connect as I don't know the answer

2011-05-23T19:13:00.002+05:30

Connect these pics.

Question Courtesy: Praanshuman/Pranshumaan/Pranshuman/Praanshumaan [I get confused oh Agent Provocateur!]

Daily Trivia #468 Logo ka Punchnama

2011-05-21T00:22:00.001+05:30

Daily Trivia #467 Pop goes the Arsenal

2011-05-19T22:31:00.000+05:30

Cracker of a question by Pranshuman. You might just see it in seconds or take a day or two!
Crack eet guys!

Daily trivia #466 "Freshen" up

2011-05-18T17:41:00.003+05:30

Connect & explain......
The subway guy(Jared Fogle), Family guy's Peter Griffith(Subway ads), Scrabble(instant win competitions based on the game Scrabble as promotional tools), Chuck(the campaign by fans to popularize the series by advertizing with the footlong sandwich) and Milford, Connecticut its HQ

Daily Trivia #465 Tol Mol Ke Bol

2011-05-17T17:40:00.000+05:30

Simple, Identify!

Daily Trivia #464 Step aside Frank & Tony, Enter ________

2011-05-15T19:28:00.001+05:30

Identify this (relatively unknown) gentleman and his claim to fame/contribution

Daily trivia #463 Who stole my post?!

2011-05-13T22:29:00.001+05:30

Courtesy: Sneha Laxmi Roy

For some reason, I do not see my earlier post, the original #462 who's answer was Darwin Awards. Khair...blogger also goes crazy sometimes.

Connect this one in that case.

Daily Trivia #462 Hackman!

2011-05-12T22:36:00.000+05:30

Connect!

Daily Trivia #461: The English One

2011-05-11T20:31:00.006+05:30

Connect the following:

Daily Trivia #460

2011-05-09T00:55:00.018+05:30

much along the lines of vrudi's question,id the location of these famous statues.

P.S:it might help to know these guys..

ans:1.MJ's statue at Craven Cottage,home of BPL team Fulham FC

2.Jerry West's statue at Staples Center,LA

3.Bill Shankly, Anfield

4.Jock Stein,Celtic Park

5.Rene Lacoste's statue at Roland Garros,home of the French Open

Daily Trivia #459 The Royal Colaba

2011-05-08T00:35:00.001+05:30

Identify and connect:

Daily Trivia #458:In Demand

2011-05-07T16:49:00.005+05:30

Given here are 4 of the Top-10 gentlemen from a particular list while the most prominent one is missing (for good reasons). ID the missing person as well as the 4 over here.

Answer: Given here are Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar, Semion Mogilevich and Matteo Messina Denaro from the Forbes' list of 10 most wanted criminals. And the missing person is, of course, Osama Bin Laden.

Daily Trivia #457 Main Kidhar Hun?

2011-05-05T02:02:00.000+05:30

Think laterally and connect to a place!

DAILY TRIVIA # 456 Main kaun hun ?

2011-05-04T23:44:00.003+05:30

Identify ?

Daily Trivia #455 The most famous of them all

2011-04-29T23:29:00.001+05:30

After a loooooooooong hiatus, here is a sitter to start the proceedings.

Answer: Black Eyed Peas : Will I Am

Globe Theater related to William Shakespeare

Logo of BMW Williams F1 Team

William "Bill" Clinton

Connect: William! And the most famous of them all currently: Prince William

DAILY TRIVIA # 454 The Five With The Harmonica.

2011-04-16T18:47:00.004+05:30

1.These two albums are connected in a way that they came up with a unique business model to counter the music piracy market.What did they come up with?

2.In order to promote their new album this band circulated this newspaper.Name this band.

3.Connect this Delhi based duo with the other three images.

4.Connect.

5.Identify the band.

By Prabhakar

Trivia #453 : "Awe-inspiring"

2011-04-16T04:58:00.004+05:30

The title of my last post, ie, the Liverpool one was an anagram for the phenomenal LFC club anthem YNWA. Take a look at the inspiring lyrics @ http://www.totalfootballforums.com/forums/topic/28134-liverpool-anthem/

As usual, connect all the above images !!!

(Specify the importance of each image in the given context, no incomplete answers)