How was this island (marked with the red arrow) in the news recently?
Ans. Soofi says -
For nearly 30 years, India and Bangladesh have argued over control of a tiny rock island in the Bay of Bengal. Now rising sea levels have resolved the dispute for them: the island has gone.
New Moore island in the Sunderbans has been completely submerged.
Ans. All the Calcuttans or those who have ever been in West Bengal and follow Indian football, got this one. Pic 3 is the Salt Lake stadium which is the home ground for East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. Traditionally, MB fans celebrate vctory by eating prawns. EB fans by eating Hilsa fish.
The guy (architect) was inspired after he saw that formation on the hill top. So he 'erected' this landmark in this country. Standout feature are those LED lights.
Which famous landmark
Ans. Torre Agbar or the Agbar Tower in Barcelona. The architect is Jean Nouvel who was inspired after seing a natural rock formation at Montserrat.
Ans.The connect is of course Padma Lakshmi (Host of Top Chef) .From wiki - On October 1, 2009, after years of struggling withendometriosis, a condition which causes irregularities in the uterus and has been known to cause infertility, it was publicly confirmed that Lakshmi is pregnant with her first child.Lakshmi has always been coy about the identity of her unborn child's father with reports speculating surroundingTeddy Forstmann (founding partners ofForstmann Little & Company) and friend Adam Dell (brother of Michael Dell). On February 20, 2010, Lakshmi gave birth to a baby girl namedKrishnaThea Lakshmi, however she initially refused to publicly name the father of her daughter. Later, on March 18, 2010, Lakshmi confirmed that her daughter's father is Adam Dell.
Its origins can be traced back to the days of this guy below (A)...
...when he talked about his research on this...(roughly translates to today's idea of B)
...There has been a lot of modifications to the theory. But it was mainly brought to light when he [pic below] (C), who is sometimes considered the father of (B)
...introduced it in the company (D) whose co-CEO is this dude below
What am i talking about? (2points)
Ans. Thunderdog says "A: Carl Friedrich Gauss (of the Gauss theory fame) B: Statistical Quality Control (this was the precursor to Six Sigma)
C: Walter Andrew Shewhart (introduced quality control in Motorola)
D: Motorola
the dude: Sanjay Jha
You are talking about Six Sigma."
Yes, I was talkin about 6σ. Full points for Six Sigma and/or Statistical Quality Control in your answers
Ans. Another one uncracked. Harry Carpenter (famous BBC commentator) and Frank Bruno (former WBC World Heavyweight Champion). Carpenter often conducted post-match interviews with Bruno, whose catchphrase was "know what I mean, 'Arry?", and their relationship helped give Bruno a "cuddly bear" image and a popularity with the British public beyond the boxing fraternity. Harry's specialty was boxing and also covered Wimbledon at times. Harry passed away on 20th March this year.
But this below proved to be a hindrance and so they had to change their name.
What are we talking about?
Ans. The answer is Digg. Pic 1 was the first version they brought out. When they tried to register their domain, they saw that Disney Interactive Group (DIG) had already taken it. So they added the extra G.
Ans. Quoting Anon "She is Boa Sr., the last person who remembered any Bo,who died on 26 January 2010, at the age of approximately 85.Aka-Bo or Bo is an extinct Great Andamanese language, of the Northern group. It was spoken on the east central coast of North Andaman and on North Reef Island of the Andaman Islands in India. The Aka- at the beginning of the language name is a common Great Andamanese prefix for nouns related to the tongue"
Ans. Went uncracked. This is an Amul AD depicting the rising popularity of The Bold and the Beautiful. It used to be aired on the non-Indianised Star Plus around 15 years ago.
'A' (Pic 1) is an endangered species found only in a wildlife sanctuary (pic 2) in the country of 'B'.
It is also the featured in the emblem of their National Sport's Federation.
Recently it inspired the mascot for a major sporting event 'C' held in 'B'. The mascot was called 'D'.
Identify ABCD. all clues in the question.
Ans.A - Giant Sable Antelope B - Malange Province in Angola
C - The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
D - Palanquinha
The Mascot for the Tournament is Palanquinha, which was inspired by the Giant Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger variani), a national symbol and a treasured animal in Angola. In Angola, this animal is found only in the Cangandala National Park in Malange Province.The animal is also featured on the Angolan Football FEderation logo.
Soofi, Ameen, Tania, Anon, Nabhi, Vikrant and Avinash got it right.
Ans. Quoting Soofi (he has made my job easier) "St Patrick's Day celebration on Chicago River 2009
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is a yearly holiday celebrated on 17 March. It is named after Saint Patrick (circa AD 387–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. It began as a purely Catholic holiday and became an official feast day in the early 1600s. However, it has gradually become more of a secular celebration of Ireland's culture."
Ans: Quoting Soofi... "In July 2007, the popular webcomic xkcd published a comic called Wikipedian Protestor,, which showed a political protester holding a “citation needed” sign at a public speech, probably in reference to President Bush’s 2007 Fourth of July speech. This illustration is the earliest known instance of using the Wiki meta-tag outside of its original context"
1)Which international foodcompanyin India uses the originalCoat of Arms of its foundingfamily asits companylogo which consists of a bird feeding its children in a nest?
Ans. Nestle
2)Calvin Klein is owned by which international company?
Ans. Van Heusen
3)Identify her
Ans. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw. India's richest woman and CEO of Biocon
4)Which famous businessman has been ranked as the Businessman of the Century by Fortune magazine?
Ans. Henry Ford
5)Which is the only railway station to be named after a business group?
Ans. Tatanagar
6)Identify the company
Ans. Puma
7)The logo was designed by Carol Davison for a mere fees of $35.The logo is now the trademark of a very famous company. Name the company
Ans. Nike
8)Which city is known as the diamond capital of India?
Ans. Surat
9)Who is the author?
Ans. Robin Sharma
10)Which company’s campaign?
Ans. Idea Cellular
11) Which company makes these products?
Ans. Marico
12)Name the economic daily of The Hindustan Times.
Ans. Mint
13)Which company was known as Racal Telecom in 1984? (Clu: UK based company)
Ans. Vodafone
14)Who is she?
Ans. Carol Bartz (CEO of Yahoo)
15)In 1921 Howdy Chicago became the first to achieve this.It then after set a trend.What was the achievement??
Ans. First movie to be screened in the flight
16)Which brand?
Ans. Nirma
17)This very widely used gadget is manufactured by a canadian company Research in Motion
Ans. Blackberry
18)It was called ‘Pinwheel’ when it was introduced in Dec 1, 1977 and owned by QUBE channel. What’s this kids channel now known as?
Ans. Nickelodeon
19)Which is the largest prescribed drug in India which comes in flavours of mint, mix fruit and orange? (Clu: Choices given: Saradon, Digene, Hajmola)
Ans. Digene
20)Song from Kaminey played. Tell the producer/production house
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