Pic Quiz #3

Identify him

Hint:Do you need one???

Connect #3

Connect all the pics above

Hint:

And just try identifying all these dudes

Map Quiz

What does this map show. Give me the full details as in each colour stands for what?

Quickie 2

It was founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. It became part of Kayser-Roth and then Gulf and Western Industries, before being acquired by Donald Trump in 1996. What?

Connect #2

Tuf one maybe...Check it out!!! Connect the 4 pics above with proper explanation

Car Logo

Identify the car logo. Cant get easier than this. The logo is easily visible - just identify which brand

Pic Quiz #2

Identify the comic hero at the bottom...sitter for comic buffs

Pic Quiz #1

Identify her...notice the disheveled look. Looks out of control right?

Connect

Connect these pics!!!

Another one!

Ranbaxy changed the name of their financial biz arm. What is it called? What was its former name?

Question for the day!

Easy one. This word was coined by Deepak Mohoni around 1990 while writing market analysis columns for some of the business newspapers and magazines. It gained popularity over the next year or two.What word???

Quickie

If ‘Fresh’ is the retail chain of Reliance then whose retail chain is ‘Fresh@’?

Answers...

Pic Quiz #1 - Irina Brar - Indian Golfer

Pic Quiz #2 - Chris Evert - Tania and VJ got it

Quickie - Mark Burnett - vj gets it

Pic Quiz #3 - Simon and Garfunkel - Anil and Sudarshan getting it

Question for the Day - Val Kilmer - Khandu

Pic Quiz #4 - John Grisham - Avik

Pic Quiz #5 - It is Valentino Rossi - Marut got it first...Vj too

And Another one!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA...Gotcha!!!

Its Elmer Fudd...Nobody gets it 'wight'

New set...after a long gap!

Here they are!

1)In the mid-80s, the computer-aided search for a new name of the Mutuelles Unies / Drouot entity resulted in short listing of – Argos, ___ and Elanwas. Elan meant ‘moose’ in the native language and Argos was already a popular company name, so both were eliminated. In 1985, Chairman/CEO Claude Bébéar chose ____ as the corporate name.

2)Connect Labs, Scholar, Alerts, Sets and X ?

3)What do you have to do to become a member of "The Mile High Club"?

4)This company is known for selling, among other things, pre-fabricated houses, but its bestseller is Swedish meatballs. In the past few years the copies of its catalog distributed has been more than that of the Bible . Name the company.

5)Identify which company's logo

6)Around the year 2000, an article appeared in the Economic Times whose headline read: "Now there is going to be lot of SEX on clean Singapore roads". What was the article about?

7)Which organization's logo

8)Connect the two people

9)X invented the wireless Y for a Z. His Y used sound to communicate with a Z instead of using light. It used aluminium rods struck by buttons on the device to produce high-frequency tones that would be interpreted to control functions by the Z. In the 1960s, X modified his invention to use ultrasonic signals. X, Y, Z?

10)The following picture shows a person being conferred Honorary Alumnus by University of Florida. Identify him and his creation



Good luck to all of you...

So answers in three days fine with you???

Mail the answers to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Finally the Answers!!!

A good response this time round...

1)Harichandan, Mandar, Surtaru, Parijaata and Kalpaaka Vriksha...
These are the paradise trees mentioned in the Hindu Mythology

2)Steely Dan...tuf one???

3)All were librarians

4)Frigidaire

5)Rape-seed

6)Dashboard

7)Nuova Fiat 500

8)Sir Thomas Cook

9)All played Zorro...hehehehe...u hav seen Navin Nischol playin it????...hillarious!

10)From this we get the phrase Smart Alec



And now the scores -

Khandu - 7points...hehehehe...dat oldie...me at 75??? :) gud try!!

Sudarshan - 7 points

Anil - 5.5 points...for not mentioning Nuova Fiat 500

Avishek - 5points

Vj - 4.5 - wud have given you five but for not mentioning trees...second part of question...0.5 points less wont hurt you :)

Avik - 4.5 again for not mentioning Nuova Fiat 500 lik Anil

Vipul - 4 points

Tania - 3points...guess you didnt google...good job

Now for some particular reason, everyone came up with Kelvinator, no idea why!!!I was looking for Frigidare though.
I guess only one of you got it right...Basically Kelvinator is just one of the brands operated by Frigidaire...

Good Job people...8 people attempted this time...progress eh???

Keep it up!

So Sorry folks!!!

I guess i had to keep you people waiting for so long. Long enough for you all to check, re check and verify the answers you sent me... :)...Man, this freaking dial-up connection...My telefone lines got disconnected...Anyways with no further ado, we move on!!

The Next 10

1)Complete the list Harichandan, Mandar, Surtaru, --------- & --------?

And tell me what’s special about these 5 names.

2)This band that was named after an adult toy mentioned in the William Burroughs novel "Naked Lunch." Just name the band.

3)What common vocation connects Pope Pius XI, Mao Tse Tung and Casanova?

4)This brand name was a synonym for Icebox since the 1820s. In 1918, a small company (owned byGeneral Motors from 1919 to 1979 and now by Electrolux) seized upon the idea of building cold storage device for consumers and became the largest producer of this equipment and a by-word for this category. Which company?

5)The name of this oilseed was changed so that it does not offend any delicate sensibilities. In America it is now called Canola. What is it called in India?

6)What was originally a wooden board or leather screen at the front of a horse-drawn vehicle to protect the driver and those sitting alongside from the mud splashed up by the horse's hooves?

7)On July 4 this year, Fiat will launch a new version of an iconic brand which it first rolled out exactly 50 years back. What's the brand it launched in 1957?

8)Identify him.

9) Connect Tyrone Power, Douglas Fairbanks Sr, Navin Nischol and Anthony Hopkins

10) In the 1840s, Alexander Hoag and his wife Melinda, along with an accomplice, French Jack became famous throughout New York City for his ingenious con games. How do we know him?

Good Luck!

Answers out in two days

Mail to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Another one!!

In 1937, Tex Avery introduced a new character in his cartoon short ‘Egghead Rides Again’. Egghead had a bulbous nose, funny/eccentric clothing, a voice like Joe Penner, and an egg-shaped head. Penner was a zany comic noted for his catchphrase "Wanna buy a duck?" and his low hyuck-hyuck laugh. Many cartoon historians believe that Egghead evolved into X over a period of a couple of years. Who???

Pic Quiz #5

Identify this guy.

Hint:Think Sports

Pic Quiz #4

Identify this famous author

Question for the day!

Reports have classified the two, i.e. X and Tom Cruise as holding a vitriolic hatred of one another, with X even refusing to participate in a charity beach volleyball game starring the movie's cast with Cruise on the grounds that he was "dangerous", after which Tom Cruise and he physically assaulted each other for almost five minutes before it was broken up. Other actors have also noted that he prepares for his roles so extensively and meticulously, it is often done to the chagrin of cast and crew. Warwick Davis, his co-star from the 1988 fantasy ‘Willow’, defended him in his audio commentary for the film, describing X as a very funny man and a hard working, dedicated actor. X is also an avid musician. Who is X

Pic Quiz #3

Identify this famous duo.

The Answers to 25th May Quiz

The answers...

1. The phrase is 'Pass the Buck'

2. Lakme...the brand is also named after it

3. First Graphic Novel

4. Scientists in Minority Report

5. They came up with discllaimer notices saying - No animal was hurt in this movie

6.R.E.M.

7. The 24 people to sign the Buttonwood agreement under the Buttonwood Tree after which the NYSE was established

8. The Golden Arches from Mc.Donalds

9. Silver Ghost/Phantom

10. The International Red Cross Society

And now the Scores

Rahul (Khandu) - 9 points - cud have gievn you a ten but the disclaimer notice was what i was looking for.
Sudarshan - 7 points
Tania - 6 points
Vipul - 6 points
Avishek - 5 points

Congo to all of u...

Quickie

This British television producer is known for introducing reality television as a genre to the USA after meeting UK producer Charlie Parsons who had come up with the idea of the TV show Survivor. Who.

Pic Quiz #2

Identify this sportstar

Pic Quiz #1

Identify this Indian Sportswoman.

Answers...

Kicking off with the bird reloaded question, well Tania you did crack the Guatemala flag and the national bird thingy..you should have gone a step further, the bird was the quetzal and the currency of Guatemala is the quetzal as well

And yea that female in Pic Quiz 1 did look a lot like Whitney Houston but sorry she was Tina Turner

Tania, VJ and Basu all getting the next one - it was Sanjaya Malakar

The guitarist was Yngwie Malmsteen - one of the greatest guitarists in the world. Apparently he idolised Jimi Hendrix and took to playing the guitar after his death

Pic Quiz #3 - Hafeez Contractor

Logo Quiz - Fosters Group

The animal aint a 'Zorse' or a 'Zonkey' - it is an Okapi

Marut got the car logo right - it is the oldsmobile

Avik got Balalaika right

And Marut again gets Paolo Rossi right

Quickie!

The only footballer to win the World Cup, The Golden Boot and the Golden Ball all in the same year is???

Pic Quiz #5

Identify this instrument. Now dont give me modified version of a bla bla bla guitar. I am looking for an exact name.

Car Logo!

Identify this famous car logo. The old one on the top and the new one below.

Hint: This production of this car stopped 2-3 years back

Pic Quiz #4

Sitter. Identify this animal.

Logo Quiz

Identify this famous logo.

Pic Quiz #3

Identify this guy. If i tell you his field, only one name will pop up

Pic Quiz #2

Identify this guitarist who pioneered the shred guitar technique and neo-classical metal genre.

Question of the day!

He was born in the Seattle, the son of a Bengali and an Italian American mother. His parents filed for divorce when he was three years old, and had been separated for a year prior to filing for divorce. When the divorce was filed, the family had almost no money coming in. His mother and the children were living in a Seattle apartment, and her only income was from welfare. His mother remarried, but his stepfather died soon afterwards. In 1995, his middle name was changed to Joseph to honor his late grandfather Joseph Paul Recchi Sr. Although he spent the majority of his formative years in the Seattle area, he has also lived in California and Hawaii where he performed with the Hawaii Children's Theater group. While in Seattle, he spent three years with the Total Experience Gospel Choir. His father is a classical Indian Musician. Other singers in his family include his older sister Shyamali and his cousin Camila Recchi. Who is he?

Temme if you got it without googling!

Pic Quiz

Identify her.

Hint:Music

The Next 10 questions are here!!!

1)X is a marker used in poker. It is placed in front of the player who is to deal the next hand. Which popular phrase/phrases originate from this marker?

2)______ is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille, based on the 1880 novel Rarahu ou Le Mariage de Loti by Pierre Loti. It was first performed in 1883 at the Opéra Comique in Paris.The story concerns ____, a girl who lives in India with her father, Nilakantha, who is a Hindu priest. She falls in love with Gérald, a young British man in the military service and consequently displeases her father. To avoid trouble between her father and Gérald, _____ chooses suicide over dishonor.Name it.

3)Will Eisner,s book "A Contract with God, and Other Tenement Stories" published in 1978 is first of a kind, what?

4)“Agatha”, “Dashiell” and “Arthur” apart from being names of famous
detective writers, are also the nicknames of characters in a sci fi movie.
Which all time great sci fi movie I am referring to and who are these
characters?

5)The 1939 movie Jesse James starring Henry Fonda as
the outlaw became notorious after the death of a horse
on it’s sets. What started as a result of it?

6)The 1999 movie Man on the Moon starring Jim Carey
was about real life American comedian Andy Kauffman.
The movie gets it’s title from a song by a well known
rock band which in turn is taken from the album
Automatic for the People. Name the band.

7)What is the significance of the following list:
Leonard Bleecker, Hugh Smith, Armstrong & Barnewall, Samuel March, Bernard Hart, Alexander Zuntz, Andrew D. Barclay, Sutton & Hardy, Benjamin Seixas, John Henry, John A. Hardenbrook, Samuel Beebe, Benjamin Winthrop, John Ferrers, Ephraim Hart, Isaac M. Gomez, Gulian McEvers, Augustine H. Lawrence, G. N. Bleecker, John Bush, Peter Anspach, Charles McEvers, Jr., David Reedy, Robinson & Hartshorne.

8)Which corporate logo was designed by George Dexter?

9)In 1907, Rolls Royce unveiled a car that was officially called 40/50. What did it come to be known as?Easy if you know Rolls Royce cars.

10) During a business trip in 1859, he was witness to the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in modern day Italy. He recorded his memories and experiences in the book "A Memory of Solferino" which became the inspiration for the creation of what???

Answers out in two days...

Mail answers to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Trivia!

Now you all have seen him in 'How I met your Mother'. But did you know that Neil Patrick Harris aka the womanizing Barney Stinson is gay in reality...

The bird Question (reloaded!)

Remember that bird question???Lets see if you can answer it now!



Connect the two pics and you may have the answer at your fingertips.

New American Idol!

Jordin Sparks, who is aged just 17 and comes from Glendale, Arizona, has become the youngest ever winner of the very popular US television talent show American Idol.

Jordin Sparks defeated Blake Lewis, 25, in the final in the series of American Idol, which received a record 74 million telephone votes.

AC Milan win Champions League finals!

AC Milan were crowned European champions for the seventh time after they edged Liverpool 2-1 in the Champions League final here on Wednesday, taking their revenge for their heartbreaking defeat to the Merseysiders in the 2005 final.

Filippo Inzaghi scored both Milan goals - the first coming off his shoulder after he was struck by Andrea Pirlo's free-kick just before half time - before he netted a second in the 82nd minute after being put through superbly by Kaka.

Dirk Kuyt pulled one back for Liverpool a minute from time with a close range header, but Milan held on to lift the trophy.

For Milan it was pretty much a miraculous victory having originally been expelled from this year's tournament and docked eight points from their domestic championship for their involvement in Italy's match-fixing scandal.

However, they were allowed back into the Champions League and Wednesday saw them culminate one of the more extravagant comebacks since Lazarus was raised from the dead.

Two years ago in Istanbul Milan stormed into a 3-0 half-time lead only to allow Liverpool to draw level within a six-minute second half spell, before losing to the Premiership side on penalties.

But this time there was less drama and no Liverpool heroics as Milan atoned themselves for the worst night in their history.

However, for Milan's hardman midfielder Gennaro Gattuso it was revenge personified

"The defeat in Istanbul will stay with me for the rest of my life," said Gattuso, who briefly had a spell with Scottish giants Rangers.

"But today it's Liverpool who are crying, just like we did two years ago," added the non-compromising World Cup winning midfielder.

Milan captain Paolo Maldini, whose season has been plagued by a left knee injury was passed fit to play, enabling him to equal former Real Madrid midfielder Francisco Gento's record of eight European Cup final appearances.

Inzaghi was preferred to Alberto Gilardino to play as a lone striker for the Serie A side. Behind him to offer support were attacking midfielders Kaka, the competition's leading scorer with 10 goals, and Dutchman Clarence Seedorf.

Kuyt's header gave Liverpool hope, but Milan clung on to banish those dark memories of Istanbul.

Answers!

Mel Blanc's epitaph read - That's all folks!!! (remember that one...looney toons!) - Tania gets it

The Hansel and Gretel one - the Breadcrumb Trail - Tania again

Well that bridge. Yes, it is the Milau Bridge built by Norman Foster. Good one Khandu. You can read the rest of the facts he has provided in the comment box.


He began his career in his homeland with Aalesunds FK After a single season as senior player for the club, he moved abroad in 1998 and played the formative years of his professional career with French club AS Monaco. He was a regular member of the 1999-2000 Ligue 1 championship-winning Monaco side. However, the youngster fell out of favour with coach Claude Puel after admitting his desire to leave. He was subject of much interest from EPL clubs, with both Blackburn Rovers and Fulham FC trying to sign him. Leeds United were particularly keen, tabling a £4m bid in 2000, though this came to nothing as Monaco wanted £6m for him. Who?

It is John Arne Riise - Tania, Marut and Basu get it right

No one even attempted those two logos. Was in the news 3 days back. They are the logos of Unicredit Bank (Italy) and Capitalia Bank. They merged thus becoming the 2nd largest Bank in Europe, after of course Barclays.

The countdown - well they are the calendar months in reverse. Anil gets it. They just describe the Roman Gods after which they are named, like Janus - two faced, March - Mars - hence war, July August - pretty obvious - Julius Augustus - uncle, nephew

It was Steven Tyler indeed. Waise i heard Mick Jagger might be tying the knot this year. Anil got it first

That old guy - no man...not Rupert Murdoch. He is Peter Drucker

The bird isnt a kookaburra. I'll give a hint later on and publish the question again. Try then.

The tennis dude - James Blake - Tania, Marut and Avik all get it right

Ok someone mistook the comment about this animal being half squirrel, half rabbit. No tricks involved and no it isnt a biproduct of an experiment held in any research lab. It is known as a chinchilla, found in the western coasts of South America. Good tries from everyone

It was Arthur Conan Doyle - and no one googled that thankfully. Khandu, Marut, Basu and Sudarshan all cracked it. Other facts written by Basu in the comment box. Do read it.

The music prize - it is the Polar Music Prize - good one Khandu...

AT&T logo and Star Wars - it is the DEATH STAR - Headshot Ravan aka Khandu

Failed projects??? or rather test versions of Microsoft which were later scrapped...Khandu, Marut and Sudarshan...all there...

Good one folks. Sorry for the delay in posting the questions. Will do it today without fail.

Quickie for Cyber Junkies!

Connect “Nashville”, “Cairo” and “Neptune” with respect to Windows OS.

Quickie for Star Wars fans!

Connect AT&T’s Globe logo with Star Wars series.

Try this one!

It is considered to be the musical equivalent of the Nobel Prize. It was started in 1992 by the late Stig Anderson, the manager of ABBA. In 2001, the honour went to Burt Bacharach, an American songwriter. What is this award called?

Pretty simple!

His first-class career lasted from 1900 to 1907. In all he played 10 matches for MCC - 18 innings, 6 not-outs, 231 runs, highest score 43, average 19.25. He also took one wicket for 50 runs. Identify him. And if you identified him correctly, tell me whose wicket.

Try not to google people. There is no fun then.

Answers to 21st Quiz

So here are the much awaited answers

1)Captain Jack Sparrow

2)Zidane's Headbutt

3)Gabriel Batistuta

4)Lincoln - from Ford

5)Bicycle Kick

6)Jack Welch, General Electric

7)iPod

8)Subway

9)George Best

10)Ravikant Ruia - Chairman of Essar


Scores

Marut - 9 points
Lokesh - 8 points
Sudarshan - 8 points
Anil - 7 points
Avishek - 6.5 points

Ok then... keep quizzing!!

Pic Quiz #5

Dont think i m too much into wildlife today. If you got the earlier question on that bird rite, then just remember this one belongs to that region as well

Looks cute rite - Half rabbit, Half squirrel.

Pic Quiz #4

Very easy to distinguish him from the rest. Identify this upcoming star

Pic Quiz #3

A very common question in many quizzes. Just identify the bird.

Pic Quiz #2

Identify this icon.

Question for the day #2

He is renowned for his wide grin and big lips. During his high energy stage performances, he usually dresses in bright colorful outfits with his trademark scarves hanging from his mic stand. In the band's early days, he was also known for having a bottle of Jack Daniel's on stage with him, a practice he has since discontinued. Identify 'The Demon of Screamin'.

Quickie!

This is no countdown, we’re only suffering reverses! 10, 9, 8, 7, Nephew, Uncle, Ox-eyed Queen, Increase Lady, Opener, War, Purify and Two-face. What?

Answers...

The Car logo - Maserati - Anil gets it right

Relate the two - well no one got it - the guy on the left is Klaus Klinsfield and the guy on the right is Peter Loescher. Basically, Klaus is the outgoing CEO of Seimens and Peter from Merck is gonna replace him

The caricature was Michel Platini - Avik got it

Relate the other two - Well, the guy on top was Zico and the guy below Kiatisuk Senamuang...well i dont expect you to know his name. The latter is a Thai of footballer of great fame, somewhat like Baichung of India. The connect is that both are known by the same name Zico.

And FYI - The original Zico's real name is Arthur Antunes Coimbra

Trivia!

Now this could very well qualify as useless trivia. But the ISD code of Czech Republic is 0420

Pulitzer Prize!

This year's Pulitzer Prize winning photo

A lone Jewish settler challenges Israeli security officers during clashes that erupted as authorities cleared the West Bank settlement of Amona, east of the Palestinian town of Ramallah. Thousands of troops in riot gear and on horseback clashed with hundreds of stone-throwing Jewish settlers holed up in this illegal West Bank outpost after Israel’s Supreme Court cleared the way of demolition of nine homes at the site.

Identify

Identify the two logos

and tell me the significance of me puttin 'em up.

Who?

He began his career in his homeland with Aalesunds FK After a single season as senior player for the club, he moved abroad in 1998 and played the formative years of his professional career with French club AS Monaco. He was a regular member of the 1999-2000 Ligue 1 championship-winning Monaco side. However, the youngster fell out of favour with coach Claude Puel after admitting his desire to leave. He was subject of much interest from EPL clubs, with both Blackburn Rovers and Fulham FC trying to sign him. Leeds United were particularly keen, tabling a £4m bid in 2000, though this came to nothing as Monaco wanted £6m for him. Who?

Hint: He doesnt play for any of the above mentioned clubs.

Pic Quiz #1

Identify this famous bridge.

Very Workable!

This phrase was taken from the story of Hansel & Gretel, who found their way through the forest on their way back home. On a website this phrase is used to denote a navigation tool that allows a user to see where the current page is in relation to the website’s hierarchy. Give the phrase.

Dont tell me you had to google this also. You can crack it if you know your storybooks.

Question for the day!

What is the epitaph that we find on this grave of Mel Blanc and its significance in todays world?

The iPhone Buzz!

So here is some stuff that i gathered and compiled from the net. Hope you like it.

The iPhone

There has been a lot of anticipation for the release of the iPhone, with thoughts of the ultimate multimedia phone from Apple combining the coolest features of a mobile handset with the coolest features of an iPod.

Steve Jobs announced the name of the new mobile phone from Apple at MacWorld and until that point everyone was with the understanding that it was already trademarked by Cisco for a phone from Linksys and Apple would have a different name for their new hybrid mobile device.

Linksys iPhone family, a series of seven VoIP handsets that support different combinations of VoIP, Wireless-G, Skype and standard telephone services.

The iPhone is a devive that looks like a PDA and has no permanent buttons.

The as iPhone as anticipated b, and its introduction has raised Apple’s share price.

Jobs made a point to mention how smart phones aren’t very smart because of the fixed keyboard and the space that this wastes on most phones. Jobs also mentioned the fact that you can have visual voice mail, meaning you can view your voice mails like your email inbox.

The phone ties in very well to the iPod line of devices. Its screen was very capable of displaying video. Also the iPhone categorizes music very well and allows on screen navigation of music in a very intuitive way.

The iPhone comes with the Safari browser and is a capable of connection to any web based email service like Gmail, Hotmail or even Microsoft Exchange. Yahoo is offering free push email service to iPhone users. This is similar to what Blackberry devices do, they get the email pushed to them instead of the client requesting new mail messages.

The new Apple iPhone has a 3.5 inch Multi-touch screen with a resolution of 320 x 480 at 160 ppi. The Multi-touch screen works by finger touch, not a stylus and can track multiple fingers moving on and across the screen to perform tasks such as resizing an image. It has a 2.0 megapixel built-in camera and a battery that allows 5 hours of talking, watching videos or browsing the web, and up to 16 hours of listening to music.

The service will be provided by Cingular with Quad-Band (850, 900, 1800, 1900) GSM, EDGE, Bluetooth and WiFi. (No 3G listed in the stats). The actual dimensions of the iPhone are 115 x 61 x 11.6mm, which makes it just slightly thicker than the iPod (thicker than the Nano) and roughly the same dimensions as Cingular’s 8525 for height and width, and weighs 136 grams.

Everybody is gaga over the iPhone. It’s sexy, it’s sleek, and it’s definitely all Apple design all the way. Steve Jobs wowed us with his presentation of the iPhone. However, that could have just been the effect of the famous Jobs Reality Distortion Field. The question on our minds is: Is the iPhone a contender in the cut throat mobile phone arena? We look at a few issues that may hinder the fledgling iPhone on its first flight out of the Apple Aerie.

Price

At $500 to $600 the phone is incredibly expensive. You could buy a Nintendo Wii, a few games and still have money left over a good night on the town. Considering some wireless companies give phones away with their plans it might be hard to convince a consumer to part with a months rent for a phone. Also what kind of high priced data, voice, music or text packages will a user be forced to buy in order to take advantage of all the features of iPhone.

Who is the User?

With a device this pricey, thoughts would turn to enterprise corporate users in the Blackberry or Windows Mobile space. However without an enterprise email service it might be hard to sell corporations on laying out the cash for a phone that an employee can use to play music and take pictures instead of getting business emails.

iTunes

Yes you can play and organize music but can you buy songs write from the phone? That is a question that remains to be answered. According to an Apple VP, “iTunes was designed to exist on the Mac and PCs. That’s where the music should live.” So it sounds like no iTunes on the phone. Maybe there is something else for the iPhone? I can’t imagine that Apple would pass up on the huge revenue stream guaranteed by direct iTunes downloads to the iPhone.

Applications

Right now there are a few big smart phone OS players. The iPhone uses OS X as the operating system for the iPhone. So a brand new OS player emerges on the scene and, guess what, Apple is going to be very strict about who gets to create an application for their phone. In other words, Apple owns you, your data and you will be locked in forever and ever, Amen. Compare the software available for OS X and Windows. Windows has a lot, actually a whole lot compared to the Mac. Are we going to see that same trend with an OS X based iPhones? Mobile application publishers will have yet another platform to target if they can get on Emperor Jobs’ phone.

The Touch (Touchy) Screen

This one is pretty obvious. Where do most men put their phone? In their pocket with their keys and who knows what else. Where do women put their phones? In their purse with a whole bunch of other stuff. How well will this screen hold up to daily use. If you have a scratched screen on your $600 sexy phone, you might be a bit upset.

So right now there are a few questions to be answered before purchasing an iPhone. Luckily, you will have plenty of time to wait and see how the details work out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oGaZIKYvo

In this video, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discusses the impact of the Apple iPhone which was unveiled by Steve Jobs at the recent MacWorld keynote address.

Obviously stung when asked whether or not the iPhone took some of the spotlight from the Zune, Ballmer responds that the iPhone is “by far the most expensive phone in the marketplace,” and that “it doesn’t appeal to business customers because it doesn’t have a keyboard”.

Ballmer discusses Microsoft’s mobile strategy and its emphasis on music and entertainment, stating that “right now we are selling millions of phones and Apple is selling zero”. Ballmer acknowledges Apple’s preeminent position in the entertainment domain, but asserts his confidence that Microsoft is very much “in the game” when it comes to mobile entertainment.

February 21st, 2007 - Apple and Cisco eportedly came to an agreement out of court regarding the pesky lawsuit filed against Apple for trademark infringement on the iPhone name. This agreement came after weeks of negotiations with multiple extensions granted by Cisco before Apple had to reply to federal court. In the long awaited agreement, both companies agreed to dismiss any legal actions regarding the iPhone trademark and Apple will be allowed to use the ‘iPhone’ name for its new multimedia device along with Cisco. Both companies will be able to use the name in their products worldwide. In exchange, the companies will continue to explore some “wide-ranging interoperability between the companies’ products in the areas of security, consumer and business communications.”

The different varieties to choose from -

Apple has announced that its iPhone has gotten the green light from the FCC to go ahead with a planned June launch, despite false rumours that the product will be delayed. So June 11^th it is.

Are you game?

Relate these two as well...

You know the guy above...and the guy below is Huddersfield Town's (Yorkshire) latest Asian import and he is set to play alongside Baichung. Just tell me why these pics are together.

Answers to Hi5!

Absolutely easy questions. Hardly any need to google.

Answers:

1)IIT KGP - now Marut you have written Nehru Museum of Science & Technology @ IITKGP, and i dunno about that...but i believe the explanation Lokesh gave is valid :)

2)Mid-Day and BBC

3)Doha Asian Games 2006

4)Getafix

5)Office filled with cubicles

Marut gets all 5 right - but do explain why Nehru Museum

Sudarshan - 3points

Other Answers

First suggested by former Oregon and Yale coach Howard Hobson, it was introduced by Danny Biasone and Leo Ferris at Blodgett Vocational High School in Syracuse in August 1954. This was done because the game had grown accustomed to a host of fouls, especially during the second half. What am I referring to?

24 second shot clock in basketball - Marut

Whose words: "When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either."

Jesse Owens - VJ, Marut

Movie Taglines
The guy next door just became the man upstairs - Bruce Almighty

Run. The truce is ending. - The Village

Born into wealth. Groomed by the elite. Trained for combat. - Lara Croft - Tomb Raider

Marut gets it again...and Mr. Mueja - muy dificil para mi....i m working on it dude...watever it means

The pics were of (in order of publishing)

Queen Rania - abicool and Marut

Vania King - Tania[rhymes too eh..:)] and Marut

Larry Sanger - the spectacled dude- no one went for it - Wiki dude...one of the cofounders of Nupedia and presently working on Citizendium
chk out en.citizendium.org

Socrates - You ppl have seen his wierd style of taking penalty kicks?? Marut and Tania. Waise i put this question to make Mr.Mueja happy(guess he is also brazilian)

Dj Paul Oakenfold - he was in Delhi recently - no one again

Sarinda - no one got it - its not a Stradivarius violin(woah) Sudarshan

Michelle Branch - Anil got that one

Cobie Smulders aka Robin - Marut

And the two ppl - well Robert de Niro and Al Pacino did act in godfatherPart2, never shared screen time. But in the 1995 release Heat, they did. Cant wait for Righteous Kill - releasing in 2008 i believe - Marut and Sudarshan

And the rest, i'll give out later in the day.

Answers to THAT days questions!

Yes here it is...I was supposed to give out the answers earlier

1)Triple H
2)JFK
3)Esteem(no one got it rite)
4)Deadline(no one again)
5)Violin
6)Samuel Longhorne Clemence aka Mark Twain
7)Martin Crowe
8)Types of Beetroot
9)Swami Vivekananda
10)Top Cat

Scores:

Marut - 9points (i hadnt seen ur mail...sorry)
Avik - 8points
Lokesh - 7points
Anil - 6points

Pic Quiz #6

Wierd eh??? Identify him. Think sports.

Relate the two...

Too early to put this as a question. A hint enough. Relate these two pics.

Any of you into cars???

Identify which automobile's logo???

Which movie?

It has been announced. The two icons are gonna act together again in a movie titled Righteous Kill

A very famous pic. Dont tell me who they are. Tell me the name of the only movie where they shared screen time together.

Identify

________ is the parent company of a group of three digital marketing service and technology companies: Avenue A | Razorfish, Atlas, and DRIVEpm.

Based in Seattle, Washington, the company was founded in 1997. According to Advertising Age magazine in 2005 it ranked 14th in terms of revenue among advertising agencies worldwide.

A low profile company, but very much in the news. Name it.

World Stunt Awards!

Actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stands on the red carpet as FMX rider Robbie Maddison goes airborne during a stunt at the 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles May 20, 2007. The show honors the most outstanding stunt professionals from all over the world for their extraordinary performances.

Easy one!

You have all seen her on TV. Name her.

Pic Quiz #5

Identify this music artist.

Musical Instrument!

Identify the instrument in the pic.

Pic Quiz #4

Who is this dude???was in the news recently...

Pic Quiz #3

One of the Top 125 Living footballers. He was known for his blind heel pass. Who?

More questions!

Dont curse me if you find the previous questions easy...just encouraging you all to google less... moving on...

Here are the next 10

1. Voted as the 79^th best onscreen character. Jim Carrey, Christopher Walken and Michael Keaton were some of the choices to play the role. WWE wrestler Kurt Angle is also said to have auditioned. Keith Richards of Rolling Stones fame along with Pepe le Pew of Looney Tunes are said to have been key inspirations. This character has now been compared with Bugs Bunny. Which character?

2. Apart from the song ‘Coupe de Boule’ circulating around the net these days, this incident has become an internet phenomenon and has gone a long way ahead with various parody videos cropping up, especially animated GIF’s such as, Ryu (Street Fighter), Raiden(Mortal Kombat), Sam Fisher(Splinter Cell), Sonic the Hedgehog and Mario. Even Fidel Castro hasn’t been left behind. Others have modifies the situation where Castro is ‘knocked’ out of the way of a sniper’s bullet. Hmmm…what incident?

3. Born in Santa Fe, Argentina this footballer played for Fiorentina for most of his career. In 1993, even after the club was relegated, he stayed and helped it return to top-flight league within 2 years. The Fiorentina fans in return erected a life size bronze statue of him in ’96. he had an unsuccessful stint as Roma during the ’01 – ’03 season and faded away after that playing his last matches for the Qatar club Al-Arabi before retiring in 2005. Who?

4. It positions itself as an American Luxury Automobile Brand. Founded in 1917 and later acquired by its now parent company. It has been manufacturing vehicles intended for the upscale markets since the 1920s.It has had a long history of providing limousines for the US President. The first was a convertible called the 'Sunshine Special' for Roosevelt. Then the 'Bubble top' for Truman. The continental convertible was used by the Kennedys. It was in use from 1961 to 1977, having undergone extensive alterations which made it an armor-plated sedan after Kennedy's assassination.which car?

5. It is known as Chilena or Chalaca in most of Latin America. Leonidas, the “Black Diamond” credits another Brazilian called Petronilho de Brito for this. Ramon Unzaga, a Spaniard player, who played for Chile has also been credited with this innovation. What innovation are we talking about?

6. Fill up the missing four words(for two names) from the following base line of Thomas O' Boyle book 'At any cost': '___ ___,___ ___ and the Pusuit of Profit.'

7. The Economist magazine uses McDonald's burger Big Mac to compare purchasing power across countries. What does Australia's Commonwealth Bank use to compare the same?

8. It was founded in 1965 by Fred de Luca and Peter Buck. The corporate name is Doctor's Associates, Inc. The company has over 27,200 franchised units in 86 countries and is the fastest growing franchise in the world. This rapidly growing chain added over 2,000 locations in 2005.Which one.

9. “They say I slept with seven Miss Worlds,” he once said. “I didn’t. It was only four. I didn’t turn up for the other three.” Immortal words of?

10. And the Last one. Identify this guy

Answers out in two days...

Mail to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Who is he?

Identify the gentleman.

More Trivia!

We get cotton/cotton fibre from the gossypium shrub!!!

Hi 5!

1)The British started the Hijli detention camp to accommodate the large number of youth who took part in the non co operation movement. This bears a very significant part in our historic freedom struggle. Two unarmed detainees were shot here on the 16th of September 1931 and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came personally to take the bodies away. What stands at this site now?

2)Radio One Fm 94.3 is a joint venture between .....???What?

3)An Oryx, an extinct animal from Arabia, which has been reintroduced, thanks to preservation. How has “orry” (an oryx) come in the news last year? Clue: Think sports

4)Asterix: who was originally named Panoramix in the French version of the comic and later changed to what he is now?

5)If you know Dilbert, you would know all about cube farms. What is a cube farm?

Easy ones!!!

Work them out easily...and do tell me honestly where you had to google...

Pic Quiz#2

Not very famous in her field, but then why did i put her pic.

Pic Quiz!

Identify this lady.
Clue:Appearances may be deceptive...everything that glitters is not gold

Pirates 3 Worldwide Release!

The Plot

In the follow-up to the record-breaking smash 2006 hit Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest , Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) are allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker - while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas.

Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Chinese Pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat).
Now headed beyond the very ends of the earth, each must ultimately choose a side in a final, titanic battle - as not only their lives and fortunes, but the entire future of the freedom-loving pirate way, hangs in the balance.


Keith Richards of Rolling Stones' Fame plays Jacks dad in the movie


Views from people who have seen the movie


"It could’ve stood to lose 30 minutes or so, but for the most part, it was enjoyable. It doesn’t stand up to the first but it surpasses the second."





Boom, short and sweet.


"I wont give too much away, except to say --- its much darker and really lacks the humor found in the first two."






So there you go. Two early Pirate-watchers kinda liked it. Does that have any bearing on whether or not you'll see it?

Movie Taglines anybody?

Lets see how you folks are good at this...

Identify the movie:

The guy next door just became the man upstairs

Run. The truce is ending.

Born into wealth. Groomed by the elite. Trained for combat.


Pretty simple ones...Workable (maybe)

Answers tomorrow

Trivia!

In 1941, Alfred Hitchcock directed a comedy called 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'. The story bears no resemblance to the recent 'Brangelina' flick titled 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith'. In Hitchcock's flick, Robert Montgomery and Carole Lombard played Mr. David Smith & Mrs. Ann Smith. While in the 2005 blockbuster, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie play Mr. John Smith & Mrs. Jane Smith. Angelina accepted the role that Nicole Kidman refused.

Quickie!

Whose words: "When I came back to my native country, after all the stories about Hitler, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go to the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. I wasn't invited to shake hands with Hitler, but I wasn't invited to the White House to shake hands with the President, either."

Question for the Day!

First suggested by former Oregon and Yale coach Howard Hobson, it was introduced by Danny Biasone and Leo Ferris at Blodgett Vocational High School in Syracuse in August 1954. This was done because the game had grown accustomed to a host of fouls, especially during the second half. What am I referring to?

Polanski's Tantrums!

Slamming journalists as unthinking drones, Roman Polanski has stormed out of the Cannes film festival's biggest media conference - a gathering of 32 of the world's top directors.

"This is a rare and unique opportunity to see a gathering of such important directors and it's a shame to have such poor questions," he said as he prepared to leave.

"It's the computer that's brought you down," he sneered at the gathered rows of reporters and critics.

"You're not interested in cinema - you don't even type. You just transfer things from your computer.

"I suggest we go for lunch," he said, and left.

The other directors sat on.

The queries by the journalists ranged from the banal - "how long does it take to make a short?" - to the culturally indignant - "why aren't more films made in Arabic?"

The question that preceded Polanski's dramatic exit was directed to New Zealand director Jane Campion (whose 1993 The Piano also picked up a Palme d'Or).

Sicko!

"Sicko," Michael Moore's ferocious and funny attack on the US health care system, got a warm welcome at the Cannes Film festival yesterday. At home, it has started a firestorm.

Moore's previous films were praised and reviled in equal measure. Americans will likely be just as divided by "Sicko" - especially scenes in which Moore takes the sick 9/11 rescuers to Cuba for treatment.

At Last!

We have the answers to the pic quiz...finally...The dame is Carrie Underwood (last yr's American Idol and winner of Country Music Awards this year),
And the rapper is Timothy Mosley aka Timbaland...

And Anil is our man...he's cracked 'em all

Football Frenzy!

This week...well a lot has happened in the world of football...

Here's a roundup...

EPL

Manchester United have clinched their first Premiership title since 2003 following Chelsea's 1-1 draw against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Ferguson added: "The Premier League is such a competitive league and the focus and the pressure on the big clubs makes it a focus for us.

"I used to have an obsession of winning in Europe but the Premiership has become a priority."

FA Cup

Didier Drogba's 33rd goal of the season, four minutes from the end of extra-time, was enough to secure the FA Cup for Chelsea in the first final at the new Wembley yesterday. Just as it seemed a third successive final would be resolved by penalties, the Ivory Coast striker picked up a pass from Mikel John Obi, found Frank Lampard on the edge of the area and and burst into the box to meet the return pass with the most delicate of finishes over the sprawling Edwin van der Sar.

Bundesliga

Stuttgart lifted the Bundesliga title for the fifth time in its history on Saturday at Gottlieb Daimler Stadion after recording a 2-1 win against Energie on the final day of the season.

It is the first league crown in 15 years for Stuttgart, but it did not come easily.

UEFA Champions

Sevilla won a penalty shoot-out to lift the UEFA Cup for the second successive season on a heartbreaking night for Espanyol.

The outcome was hard on the Catalans, who had defied the odds to equalise for a second time with five minutes of extra-time to play.

But the Andalucians were left stunned when Jonatas let fly from 25 yards and found the bottom corner to send the match to penalties.

Italian Liga

AS Roma players celebrate winning the Italian Cup at the end of their second leg final soccer match against Inter Milan at the San Siro stadium in Milan May 17, 2007.

Answers to the 'googlable' questions...

Iman, Etmaad and Nazaam are on the national emblem of Pakistan - gud work Marut

They have pointed, upturned fronts and measure 180-210cm in length, about 90 mm in width up at the front and are slightly wider in the front than at the end. What sporting accessory are we talking of?
Hmmm...wat could it be...cue sticks...ummm...close to 2m long and 9cm wide...dats one bulky cue stik man...i aint cue ball after that...Good try though

The answer is skiis

The brand was FORD... Marut and Avik have it there

The old question...everyone got it...the pouch for the ipod...bla bla...
Transistor for Space shuttle...gotta give it to ur imagination dude!!! :D...1/2 point

And the quickie...Bayer it is...Marut yet again!!

Awesome man...lol...

"phew..seems marut is making up for all his bunks in the quiz :D
gud work dude!!" says Lokesh...very tru man.

Keep up the good work

And all of you too...

Answers to yesterday's Pic Quizzes!

Apparently, you people dont prefer the pic quizzes. I guess the 'wordy' questions are easier to google rite??? :)

Anyways, answer to the one featuring 'the chap who became famous thanks to another guy' - heard of Daan Van Bunge??? No i aint giving you the details. Google it yourself. Think World Cup

And the other guy was indeed our very own Parnab Mukherjee. And sorry to disappoint you Marut but he is the guy who provides us people with all the contacts of celebrities. Even we had thought of it previously, but what to do dude...

And not so fast...

I aint telling you the hiphop artist is or the lovely dame is today...

Think people, think. When you guys listen to PCD or Nelly Furtado, dont you all look at the rap artist featured as well??? And what about American Idol, you aint interested? Some of the products are real good. eg. Kelly Clarkson..(she's got an attitude prob though....majorly!!!)

Think over this.

Answers tomorrow...

Sionara!!!

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz leaves his house in the Washington suburb of Chevy Chase, Maryland, May 17, 2007. Wolfowitz said on Thursday he was resigning as of June 30, ending a protracted and tumultuous battle over his stewardship, sparked by a promotion he arranged for his companion.

Up, up and Away!

Space shuttle Atlantis rolls-out to launch pad 39A aboard the shuttle transporter at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida May 15, 2007. Atlantis is scheduled to launch in early June with a crew of six on a 11-day mission to the International Space Station.

Who is this Dame???

Isnt she pretty? She is a performer. She came in the news recently. Who is she, or for what reason she became popular...

But seriously, she is way prettier than Lindsay Lohan. Forgive me folks, i have this thing against Lindsay...something botherin' me. she doesnt deserve that coveted award/recognition at all...

What say???

A Quickie!

If EBAY is the code of eBay on Nasdaq, whose code is BAY on NYSE?

Try cracking this without google...you all know the company very well...at least its products.

HipHop anyone???

If you not into hiphop you are gonna have a tuf time figurin' out who is this nigga (No Offence!) ???

Another Question!

The brand won its second Brandcameo Award for Overall Product Placement. Of the 41 films that earned the No. 1 slot at the box office in 2006, this brand appeared in 17, including films like The Departed. Which brand?

An old question!

This was asked probably during one of the verves...Lets see how many of you get it right without googling???

What's unique about Levi's Red- Wire DLX jeans?

"Hottest" on the planet!

Lindsay Lohan is the "hottest" woman on the planet. The 'Georgia Rule' actress finished top in Maxim magazine's annual 'Hot 100' poll, ahead of Jessica Alba in second, and Scarlet Johansson in third.

Maxim magazine's 2007 Hot 100 top ten:
1 Lindsay Lohan
2 Jessica Alba
3 Scarlett Johansson
4 Christina Aguilera
5 Jessica Biel
6 Ali Larter
7 Eva Mendes
8 Rihanna
9 Eva Longoria
10 Fergie

I would still go for Jessica Alba...


Whats your take on this ppl???

Question for the day!

Where would you find “Iman, Etmaad, Nazam”?

Shirasagi no Mai !!

Women dressed in white heron costumes perform the "Shirasagi no Mai" traditional dance during a parade through Asakusa district at Sanja festival in Tokyo May 18, 2007. The three-day festival, which originated in the Edo period, is one of the three major festivals in Tokyo and attracts thousands of visitors every year.

Solar Flare?!?!

The exhaust from the engines of a commercial aircraft create the illusion of a solar flare as it flies in front of the sun in Wilmington, Delaware, May 18, 2007.

Todays Trivia!

Dunno how many of you all know this.

Nintendo is composed of 3 Japanese Kanji characters, Nin-ten-do, which can be translated to 'Heaven blesses hard work'.

Answers to Friday's Questions for the Day!

#1 Swahili for "cramp like seizure caused by evil spirit" is Dengue. Avik got that one rite.

#2 As Lokesh rightly said, way to go Marut - you cracked that one as well (Did you Google it?). Even Avik got it right. It is indeed the order of the Star of India.

Bond Twins!!!

Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are set to be the first Bond girl twins. The two sisters are in talks to appear in the next 007 adventure, tentatively titled 'Bond 22', starring Daniel Craig as the suave British spy. In a bid to secure the 20-year-old sibling stars, producers are offering Mary-Kate and Ashley a clause in their contracts stating they will not have to strip off or shoot any sex scenes. If the twosome accept the offer they will reportedly play characters who help Bond with his mission. Other beauties rumoured to be starring in the hotly anticipated film include Dutch actress Carice van Houten and Australian star Abbie Cornish, who recently appeared with Russell Crowe in 'A Good Year'. 'ER' actor Goran Visnjic is mooted to be playing a villain, while Dame Judi Dench and Giancarlo Giannini will reprise their roles as M and Rene Mathis respectively. Shooting on the movie is due to start in 2008.

Mobile Camera Man!

Philippe Kahn


The man widely credited with inventing the camera phone in 1997



Inventor Philippe Kahn feels a bit like a proud father when he sees people holding up their cell phones to snap pictures.

Question for the Day!

They have pointed, upturned fronts and measure 180-210cm in length, about 90 mm in width up at the front and are slightly wider in the front than at the end. What sporting accessory are we talking of?

'Bee'Ware!

U.S. actor Jerry Seinfeld, dressed in a bumble bee costume and suspended by wires in the air, arrives for a photocall for DreamWorks Animation?s "Bee Movie" during the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2007.

Another chap!

Now who is this guy. It may surprise you...

Who?

Who is this chap who became famous recently (thanks to some other guy)?

The Next set of Questions!

1)How do we better know Paul Michael Levesque in the world of WWF/ WWE?

2)Who famously once said - "Let us never negotiate out of fear; but let us never fear to negotiate."?

3)This word actually means “value/ respect” but another origin could be that it means the person who mints money, so as to mean someone wealthy/ valuable. What word?

4)This word comes from the Civil War prison system where a prisoner would be shot if he crossed a particular boundary. What word?

5)What type of musical instruments are made in fractional sizes? Like for example - 3/4ths, 1/16ths.

6)Who said, “The only reason why God created man is because he was disappointed with the monkey”?

7)OUT ON A LIMB is the autobiography of which famous cricketer, the hero of one edition of the cricket world cup?

8)What are Red Ace, Bull’s Blood, Chioggia and Lutz GreenLeaf varieties of?


9)Which famous Indian was moved by the spirit of America’s Declaration of Independence and dedicated a poem, “To the Fourth of July” to them on one of their Independence Days (July 4)?

10)Easy One. In the world of animated cartoons, who is the leader of Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny, Brain and ChooChoo in Manhattan?You dont need to google this one.

Ok then ppl. This is it. The next set of questions. keep those answers coming

mail to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Answers out in 2 days

Andy Murray

Yes, it was Andy Murray who was the other guy who beat Federer in 2006.

The pic quizzes

The answer to the first pic was indeed Gateway of India - many got that one right

The other one was Pearl Jam - cool band...listen to their latest World Wide Suicide

Answers to Thursdays Quiz

The Answers were:
1)Trailer
2)Pussy Galore
3)Contact Lenses
4)Nagaland
5)___Know what you did Last Summer (The movie)
6)First match to be played in floodlights
7)Kabaddi
8)Mozilla Firefox
9)Def Leppard
10)Malcolm X


And Now the scores:

Lokesh - 10points - congo dude (i see Google did come in handy)
Marut - 9points - MCA eh??You ppl should start attending our quizzes. Never seen you all there
Avishek and Tania - 8 points
Avik - 7 points
Sudarshan - 7points - some well tried guesses as well
Abhinandan - 6points - answered thru gtalk but never mailed me

Keep up the gud work ppl

Answer to Pic Quiz

Well this is the answer to the first pic quiz which was published in this blog. No one got it right though...

The Answer is Vodafone

Red Hot!

A model is reflected on a Ferrari car as car owners meet in Budapest May 17, 2007 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ferrari.

Question of the Day #2

Bear with me folks!!! I tried putting some pic quizzes too just to give the blog a better feel, but my net speed is terribly slow (Darn this dial-up... the pics aint loading)

Anyways another one.

The BCCI logo is derived from the emblem of India’s highest order of chivalry (during the days of the British Raj) founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. What was the order called?

Mail me your answers at dj.spartacus@gmail.com [i.e. if you don't want others stealing your answers from the comments box!.... :) ]

All Answers out tomorrow!!!

Question for the Day

What is Swahili for "cramp like seizure caused by evil spirit"? Its pretty weasy....commonly asked in many quizzes...no credits for googling.

Good Response!!!

Considering the good response i received, i m planning to give out the answers tomorrow itself.
And do try cracking those pic quizzes...

Unifying the Koreas!

A train passes the gate for the Demilitarised Zone as South Korean soldiers stand guard near Dorasan Station near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom, in Paju, north of Seoul May 17, 2007. Two trains from North and South Korea crossed the heavily armed border on Thursday, restoring for the first time an artery severed in the 1950-1953 fratricidal war and fanning dreams of unification. It took the two Koreas 56 years to send the trains -- one starting in the South and one in the North -- across the Cold War's last frontier for the runs of about 25 km (15 miles).

60th Cannes Film Festival Opening Day!

The term pop star turned actor has become almost a cliché in modern parlance but rarely does success in music translate to success on the screen. Just ask Madonna.

This year Cannes Film Festival kicked off with the screening of "My Blueberry Nights" by Chinese director Wong Kar Wai with Norah Jones as the central character alongside Jude Law and Rachel Weisz.

Jones plays a recently heartbroken young woman who meets and befriends English café owner Jeremy (played by Jude Law) in New York.

She then embarks on a road journey across the US from east to west, healing her heart along the way.

While her performance was described as a success not everyone was convinced by the film as a whole.

Many critics said its "slow atmospheric" pacing was reminiscent of his other films as was the "beautiful" cinematography. Others, however, described it as "boring".

But hey, doesn't she look gorgeous???

Who??

Only two players beat Federer in 2006. One was Rafael Nadal. Who was the other???

Trivia for the day!

The lowest string on a violin is called the G-string!

Pic Quiz #2

Who are these dudes???

Pic Quiz

Sorry for the bad quality pic....

Identify the place...

So here it goes....again!!!

1)To understand this word, one has to go back to the days when movies were shown continuously in theaters and the audience was allowed to sit through multiple showings of the same movie – the start times were published, and if you came in late you simply sat through the next showing until you came to the point "where you came in". The coming attractions reel would be spliced onto the end of the last reel of the movie. What word is derived from the above-mentioned practice?

2)Bond: Who are you?
Girl:My name is _____ ______
Bond : I must be dreaming.
Fill in the blanks.

3)What are Adolf Eugen Fick, Eugene Kalt and August Muller credited with?

4)Which state in India has its only official language as english?

5)Connect "I","I still" and "I always".

6)What happened for the first time on 27th November 1979 in Sydney between Australia and West Indies?

7)BQC Type question. It is Hadudu in Bangladesh, Do Do in Nepal. What is it in India?

8)What was initiated by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross and was originally titled Phoenix, but was renamed because of trademark issues. Today it bears a completely different name. What?

9)Originally known as 'Atomic Mass', they changed their name to '____ _______' when Joe Elliott joined as a vocalist (which Elliott had thought of in school). The band changed the spelling to its current one, since they thought the original name might lead people to believe they were a punk band. Their first released single 'Women' featured a video of a futuristic comic book world in which women were invented by men as subservient androids with the acronym W.O.M.E.N. standing for "Worship Our Master's Every Need". Identify the band.

10)He once explained his unusual surname thus: "To take one's ___ is to take on a certain mystery, a certain possibility of power in the eyes of one's peers and one's enemies ... The ___ announced what you had been and what you had become: Ex-smoker, Ex-drinker, Ex-Christian, Ex-slave." Who?


Best of luck to all you fundoos out there!!!

Well the answers for the previous set of questions...

chk this link which lokesh gave me... http://members.tripod.com/gopalhome/quiz10.html

And abi - good job man, you correctly copy pasted the answers :)

Good luk with this one...

3 days...email it to dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Good Work Lokesh!!!

Rather than googling out the answers, you'll googled out the entire quiz page itself...Marvelous!!!

Ok then, i promise you a fresh set of questions this time...

Forgive me once...

Trivia!!!

The Apollo 11 plaque left on the Moon says, "Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND."

Easy BizzY!!!

1)Which Indian businessman was part of the design team at Intel that designed the Intel 80486 microprocessor?

2) In which merchant bank did P.G.Wodehouse work for two years?

3) To which company did the shipment of tea destroyed by the American colonists during the Boston Tea Party in 1773 belong?

4)What was advertised with the slogan “You press the button and we do the rest”?

5) What is an unrhymed Japanese poem of 3 lines, containing 17 syllables called? It is also the name of an Indian saree range.

6)Honda advertised in the 1960s with the line “You meet the nicest people on a Honda”. Which Indian automobiles advertised two decades later with the same line?

7)In the 1880's a person by the name Richardson sold his ointment in USA. It was named after his son-in-law. What???

8)During Wimbledon 1995 Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played a mock tennis match at Trafalgar Square in London. Why?

9)Which Indian brand combined the Coke and Pepsi ad slogans to come up with the line “The real thing is the choice of the new generations”?

10)Easy one. What was launched in 1959 in Kansas by the Carney brothers?

You have been given the privilege of googling...

Lets see how u folks fare!!!

All the Best!!!

Mail ur answers at dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Answers will be out in 3 days!!!

The Answers

Well its time for the answers now. Not many tried though, only Abhinandan and Avik looked interested.

Well it was indeed 'Wii' Move You - Abi got it right (1 point)

Zune:iPod::SOAPBOX:Youtube - And yes Abi(May the Force of Google be with you - 1point)

Well no one even cared to attempt the AD BUZZ. Anyone's heard of Mrs. Marino - tht hair care product frm Paras Labs

The next was indeed a tuffie - AVIK came closest. Actually they are plagiarized works of Shakespeare

Plautus’ work Menaechmi and Amphitruo - The Comedy of Errors

Thomas Lodge work Rosalynde - As You Like It

William Painter’s work Palace of Pleasure - All’s Well that Ends Well

Avik gets a 1/2 point

Standard question - was too simple i believe - WIPRO it is!!(Both of you a point each)

The Ambush Marketing Pic wasnt a question Avik. It was just to 'amaze' you and yes abhinandan i just found this pic somewhere. Dont ask me about the authenticity. Not sure dude.

So no points for anyone there...:)

And yes the mobile music pic

Well i'l like to wait for some more time till someone can finally crack it.

New questions gonna be put up soon...

And lik Avik put it, mail me the answers at dj.spartacus@gmail.com

Happpy quizzing!!!

Whose ad???

Blow up the image and you may get the clues???Identify which company.(In the news recently)

Standard question!

I know this for a fact you may be googling to get the answers to previous questions, and i aint stopping u. But if you are a quiz freak, this should be a piece of cake...

M.H.Hasham lost his family business of rice exports when the Govt. nationalised it in 1940. Unfazed he plunged into the oil business setting up Western India Vegetable Products in 1945. At the time of partition he was invited by Mohd. Ali Jinnah to join his ministry in Pakistan. He refused and chose to stay on in India. His company did not grow too much and at the time of his death in 1967 had just two fairly successful Vanaspati brands Sunflower and Camel. Which company am i talking about..?

Dont tell me, you are going to google this as well...come on!!!

Ambush Marketing...cool eh???

A Tuffie...

Connect the following plays:

• Plautus’ work Menaechmi and Amphitruo
• Thomas Lodge work Rosalynde
• William Painter’s work Palace of Pleasure

Lets see how many of you folks are good at Arts and Literature???

AD BUZZ

'Jab Chhuo, Kachhu Hoye Baalam' and 'Jab Chhua, Kuchh Hua' (Just to tell you folks, no innuendos here...pls) are the two parts of the (I think) one of the most brilliant ad campaigns on TV currently. Give me the brand. No Points for the guessing the parent company.

Do 'you' know this one???

Agreed WE as in 'YOU' is/are the TIME Person of the year for the year 2006. Partly coz of the youtube rage. And i tell you, these Microsoft ********(fill in appropriately) - well you just cant keep them down. If Zune is to I-pod, then ________ is to youtube? What???

Hmm...

'Move on' i say...
But which companies baseline is 'Move you'???

Ok then...

Well this blog is basically for all u collegiates who have nothing else to do than while away timein your rooms. Ans yes...you all do come up with excuses for not attending the quizzes which we people conduct (you have your reasons too, and rightly so in some cases!!).Well problem solved, coz what we have here is our college's very own Quiz blog. And like any other blog, we too plan to have weekly, fortnightly and monthly quizzes. The blog will be strewn with loads of trivia (useful and useless) but good enough to amaze you. Questions from various quiz blogs and college quiz sites - all rolled into one...

This blog is the biggest step QuizInc has taken so far to popularise quizzing in our college which for so many years has been a dying sport, much like Hockey is in India (cliche?!?)

And so with the "public's" active cooperation
We Move on...

Are you ready???

Quizzing is not just about competition, it is more about sharing the enormous amount of knowledge spread across the living and non living world around us. It is more about putting your knowledge to practical use through calculative guesses and innovative co-relations. It is our humble attempt to share with all of you our passion for quizzing and instantiate the dream of a world where knowledge knows no boundaries and knowledge is free.So charge up your batteries and get your grey cells to work because we are ready to blast off this series of connections that can be decrypted by only those who have a proper synchronisation between their cerebral and occular armory.

So what are we waiting for ? Let the questions roll and here we go !!!