On the Move...

QUESTION

2011-07-06T09:26:00.003+05:30

The Logo plz::

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QUESTION

2011-07-06T09:17:00.001+05:30

THe LOGO PLZ::

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QUESTION

2011-07-06T09:08:00.000+05:30

Connect the two pics above!!!

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QUESTION

2011-07-06T09:04:00.001+05:30

Whats happening here??

People who answered between 16 and 30th June 2011...

2011-07-01T08:08:00.002+05:30

Broteen Biswas---Delhi Belly, Kirloskar

Saish---Delhi Belly

Sayan Samanta(The Guy popping up under weird names)---delhi, Kirloskar, White Star, Nintendo, Computer game

Prashant --- Delhi, Kirloskar, A H Wheeler, White Star, Nintendo,..

Aaghran---Nintendo, Computer game...

Indian (Duno Who you are can you please tell)--- all correct including spaghetti harvest....

Answers for questions posted between 16th June and 30th June

2011-07-01T08:02:00.002+05:30

Amul Pic is Delhi Belly...

Stamp is Laxmanrao Kirloskar..

Emile Moreau founded A H Wheeler and Co.

Flag logo is White Star...manufacturer of Titanic...

Black and White is Electrolux

Text above that is Nintendo...

Above that its an analog tennis game using an oscilloscope as display...

Spaghetti harvest hoax...

QUESTION

2011-06-28T09:21:00.001+05:30

Whats happening here???

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QUESTION

2011-06-26T13:18:00.002+05:30

What is happening here??

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QUESTION

2011-06-26T13:11:00.002+05:30

A Japanese company founded in 1889, this company remained largely in oblivion for nearly a hundred years before in the 1980's they became market leaders in a particular category. Today the companies market cap exceeds $85 billion. Some of the products and services it has tried include handmade playing cards, cab company, hotel etc.

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QUESTION

2011-06-26T11:47:00.001+05:30

The Logo

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QUESTION

2011-06-26T11:33:00.001+05:30

The logo please..

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QUESTION

2011-06-25T09:26:00.001+05:30

Emile Moreau was the founder of which major retail chain???

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QUESTION

2011-06-25T09:16:00.001+05:30

This stamp was issued in whose honor??

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QUESTION

2011-06-22T15:17:00.002+05:30

A reference to what?

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ANSWERS:::

2011-06-21T08:25:00.003+05:30

Answers to questions posted before 15 June 2011

1. India's major ones question--ports and JNPT

2. Connection is Kane and Able....Strauss and pic guy played Kane and Abel while Rakesh Roshan made an Indian version in the film Khudgarz.

3. Pablo Escobar and the organisation is Medellin Cartel.

4. Fifa World Cup mascots

5. Nadia Comencei

6. Tank Man

7. Connect is M.A.Chidambram--- his company made Lambretta scooters in India and MS Dhoni is captain CSK based at MA Chidambram stadium.

Answers will come up fortnightly..

QUESTION

2011-06-21T08:20:00.003+05:30

First example of which instrument...

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QUESTION

2011-06-21T08:14:00.000+05:30

This flower is a tribute from which nation to which person??

QUESTION

2011-06-20T14:09:00.002+05:30

This one is for all Fans of ............!!!

X is the fastest one in Mexico. Y is the cousin of X. Jose and Manuel, (they belong to a variety that is a natural enemy of X and Y) who decide to chase Y instead of X because they think he will be easier to catch. However Y packs 'in heat' and so is dangerous to Jose and Manuel. Who are X and Y?

QUESTION

2011-06-20T07:22:00.000+05:30

What does the above world map shows?

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QUESTION

2011-06-17T23:27:00.001+05:30

In which 'Popular Olympic' sport can you win a 'Box Set' and how?

People who answered till now!!

2011-06-17T23:25:00.001+05:30

Sanu, Priya, Kapinjal and Ameya got the lady and hummers pic correct!!! Congrats folks

Sanu, Prashant, Kartikeya answered the scoreboard correctly

Karthikeya, Aaghran for nailing the Colombian...

Sayan, Kartikeya for the list.....

NICE GOING PEOPLE ANSWER MORE PLEASE!!!!

Question

2011-06-12T08:24:00.003+05:30

Connect the above two pictures to something or someone....

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Question

2011-06-10T21:24:00.002+05:30

This picture is based on whom?

Question

2011-06-10T21:23:00.002+05:30

An immortal picture??

Why?

Question

2011-06-10T21:13:00.002+05:30

A lion

A boy

two boys

3 somethings computer generated

an orange

another boy

a stick figure

a dog

jalapeno pepper

a rooster

.....

...

an incomplete list

What am i referring to?

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Question

2011-06-08T22:53:00.004+05:30

Identify

-Columbian

-Was one of the richest men in this world.

-Made all his money in cash (net worth of 20 to 30 billion $ in cash)

-Once offered to pay off his country's entire international debt of 10 billion $ for some reason

-ran the largest enterprise of it's kind in history (In all probability though very rarely disputed by some sources)

Who and which organisation?

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Question

2011-06-08T22:49:00.003+05:30

Connect Rakesh Roshan with these two gentlemen-

Peter Strauss

and the guy in the picture

Question

2011-06-08T21:58:00.000+05:30

India has 13 (major ones) of these and only one is named after a person? What entity and which person?

Question

2011-06-08T21:55:00.001+05:30

In which popular sport can anyone win a 'box set' and how?

Knock knock, Con Hai!

2011-03-09T12:00:00.000+05:30

Fun question. Long Connect - five questions connecting to a common theme. Exhaustive list (probably with a couple of other things).

1. An English rock band formed in 1990 influenced by shoegazing and space rock.

2. A 1977 Hindi film.

3. A film by Shyam Benegal.

4. A 1933 Czechoslovakian film starring a multifaceted personality who invented a precursor to CDMA technology.

5. It is a regional airline which is a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways. With Tokyo International Airport as its main base, it flies out to isolated islands and covers other short routes. What is it?

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World Cup fundae

2010-07-07T19:55:00.003+05:30

Identify these two people. What connects them?

Another Connect

2010-07-05T15:58:00.004+05:30

What's common between these two people?Ans: Highest margin of victory in an election
Ram Vilas Paswan won by a record 2 lakh votes, while Gaytri Devi enjoys the biggest margin ever in terms of percentage, having won by over 80% votes.

Who am I?

2010-07-01T17:30:00.011+05:30

Identify this great footballing legend. What is his biggest claim to fame?

Ans: Just Fontaine.

He holds the record for most number of goals in a single World Cup: having scored an incredible 13 goals in 1958.

Connect the following four pics

2010-07-01T17:04:00.004+05:30

Ans: The first four avatars of Lord Vishnu.

These are also his only animal avatars: Narasimha, Kurma , Baraha and Matsya

Identify this logo

2010-06-13T10:10:00.000+05:30

This auto brand was in the news last week

Question

2010-06-12T12:06:00.002+05:30

From the tournament's beginning in 1930, the football World Cup trophy has always been transported in an armored metal case. This year it has a new travel case. Which brand?

Identify

2010-06-11T09:20:00.000+05:30

The company has been in the news recently. Why?

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-06-10T09:23:00.001+05:30

Connect him with the pics inset.

2 points...

Who follows???

2010-06-09T09:04:00.001+05:30

In whose memory?

2010-06-08T08:50:00.000+05:30

Clues in the pic...

QOTW #16

2010-06-07T08:45:00.001+05:30

A long break indeed. Thanks for being patient...

Here goes...

Connect the 2 Pics

World Cup fundae

2010-06-06T10:33:00.010+05:30

Brazil did it in 1958 and for 44 long years they were the only nation with this unique achievement. In 2002 it was quite sure that someone would do it , and it was Brazil who did it again. This time around, in all probability, some team is going to achieve this record once again.
What?

(Very easy. Think a bit. You'll get it)

Ans: Winning a World Cup outside own continent.

Shidhaye, Blogbyp and santosh.bhople got it right

The guy in the centre...

2010-05-26T11:07:00.001+05:30

...has recently been roped in to endorse which auto brand?

Ans. It was a sitter i know. Atul Kasbekar and he now endorses Mahindra Xylo.

Connect

2010-05-25T17:15:00.004+05:30

Ans: K'naan
Tejas got it right. Blogbyp said "Wavin' flag" but that's not quite the answer.
Let's see if anyone can explain the connect

Who is he?

2010-05-25T10:56:00.005+05:30

Exactly 3 weeks back he was in the news. Who is he?

Ans. Nitin Nohria who will be New Dean of Howard Business School from July1,2010.

QOTW #15

2010-05-24T11:17:00.001+05:30

Identify him

Major Hint :

Ans. Charles Simonyi - the guy who came up with the Hungarian Notation. He engaged to Marta Stewart for a considerable amount of time till they broke up recently. He was also one of the first space tourists.

Identify the brand

2010-05-23T10:48:00.008+05:30

A new drink has been introduced in CCD and Mocha which changes colour when stirred. Which brand is being promoted through this drink?

Ans. Its the twister. Axe Twist is being promoted through this. Many of you got this right. Good going!

Identify

2010-05-22T10:34:00.004+05:30

The unveiling of something. What?

Ans. I was looking for Rohit Bal's collection known as the Outlander, after the Mitsubishi SUV. Only Outlander / Mitsubishi Outlander won't fetch you points.

Connect

2010-05-21T10:29:00.005+05:30

Ans. Micromax

Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna for Micromax

Pic 2 - Micromax character from DC comics

Mahaquizzer 2010

2010-05-20T10:23:00.000+05:30

Registrations open till 23rd May

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-05-20T10:15:00.006+05:30

Recent News. 1 belongs to parent company 2. They recently bought majority stakes in the agro entity of 3's company. Identify 1, 2 and 3.

(3 points)

Ans. Quoting Saish

"E.I.D Parry
2.it is the Murugappa group
3. founder of GMR, Mr G M Rao"

Identify

2010-05-19T09:55:00.001+05:30

Football - who gets his nickname from this character

Ans. Sergio 'Kun' Aguero

QOTW #14

2010-05-17T13:24:00.002+05:30

Connect him with the two pics below

Ans. Bisleri

Pic 1. Signor Felice Bisleri, the Italian who had the idea of selling packaged water in Asia
Pic 2. Ferro-China Bisleri, a type of Amaro-the herbal after-meal digestif, the likes of Jaagermeister, though not that strong and has properties of Ferro(Iron) and China(clay) in it

Pic 3. Sorgente Angelica, the mineral water

All connects to Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.

Connect

2010-05-13T17:19:00.004+05:30

Ans: Samsung.

P.S: Read Pranav's comment for an explanation ( and leave the 'maybe' out of it)

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-05-13T09:54:00.009+05:30

Found this question recently somewhere. Pic 1 will replace Pic 2. Identify / Connect

Ans. Pic1 - James Webb
Pic2 - Edwin Hubble

James Webb space telescope will soon replace the Hubble Telescope

v Chandrasekhar, vish and Nihar got it right

QOTW #13

2010-05-10T09:16:00.002+05:30

Connect

Ans. 1. The DC design nano

2. Dilip Chabria, who owns DC Design

3. The Aston Martin Vanquish of James Bond fame : designed by Dilip Chabria

Stuntman Mike, Blogbyp, Tania, vish and Dolphin got it right

Connect the following pics (Summer Bonanza Part 1- Contd.)

2010-05-09T12:08:00.007+05:30

Ans: ARTHUR ROAD JAIL in Mumbai.

Pic 1. The Road

Pic 2. Jail

Pic 3. Arthur Conan Doyle

Only Blogbyp got it right.

Summer bonanza Part 1

2010-05-09T11:47:00.008+05:30

X was an ancient indian sanskrit grammarian from Pushkalavati, Gandhara (around 4th century BC). X's comprehensive and scientific theory of grammar is conventionally taken to mark the end period of Vedic Sanskrit,hence introducing classical Sanskrit.

Identify X.

Ans: PANINI

Apart from formulating the laws of modern Sanskrit, many of his concepts hold true for most other languages as well.
For example:
" less-syllabled words precede more-syllabled ones"
holds true for 'stri-purusha' just as well as for 'lock, stock and barrel'

Congrats Dolphin, Tania, Santosh.Bhople, vish, Sridhaye, Bijeet and Blogbyp for getting it right.

SUMMER BONANZA

2010-05-09T11:37:00.003+05:30

Summer Bonanza questions for the summer of '10 will be up shortly.

The competition will run from 8th May till 9th July. Exciting prizes to be won

Who is he?

2010-05-09T09:56:00.001+05:30

Old pic of this guy. Identify

Ans. James Earl Jones. This is an early video of him on Sesame Sreet where he was reciting the alphabet. You should check this out on Youtube.

Which place?

2010-05-08T09:08:00.001+05:30

Ans. Audioslave Nation. Created during one of their promotion campaigns for one of their albums.

Only vish got this one right

QuizInc Blog turns 3 today

2010-05-07T16:55:00.001+05:30

So yea, its the 3 Logo...no points for guessing. I just picked the first pic from google which showed the number.

Its been 3 long years now. So many things have happened. Some for the good, some for the bad...but we have pulled through...

I was just going thru some of the archives, and i realised that the first comment / correct answer to this blogs' very first question was given by Abinandhan (abicoolinc)

Miss ya Abi!!!

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-05-06T09:09:00.001+05:30

Identify the duo.

Think startups (fast becoming a rage on the internet)

Ans. Uncracked. The answer is Spotify which is a P2P music streaming service. Yet to be a rage in India, probably coz of all the piracy. But if it does become one, you know where you heard of it first :)

Id the doodle

2010-05-05T09:05:00.001+05:30

Ans. Doodle to celebrate Miguel Cervantes (author of Don Quixote) Birthday.

No points for Don Quixote :)

AD for?

2010-05-04T10:15:00.001+05:30

Identify the brand?

Ans. Nivea for men (for sensitive skin)

QOTW #12

2010-05-03T10:34:00.001+05:30

Question from one of our readers...

This one is from Avinash Papisetti aka papi

I have modified the question slightly.

How were these two gentlemen in the news during WW1

Ans. Quoting the only cracker of this question...blogbyp... (who again quotes wiki... )

1.H.H.Asquith
2.Lord Kitchener

Quoting Wikipedia--
"At the outset of World War I, the Prime Minister, Asquith, quickly had Lord Kitchener appointed Secretary of State for War; Asquith had been filling the job himself as a stopgap following the resignation of Colonel Seeley over the Curragh Incident earlier in 1914, and Kitchener was by chance briefly in Britain on leave when war was declared. Against cabinet opinion, Kitchener correctly predicted a long war that would last at least three years, require huge new armies to defeat Germany, and suffer huge casualties before the end would come. Kitchener stated that the conflict would plumb the depths of manpower "to the last million."

Kitchener is also famous for his mass recruitment poster, more or less same as Uncle Sam's poster for recruitment drive.

Connect

2010-05-02T10:15:00.002+05:30

Connect these pics

Ans. Quoting Zish...

"Connect - Name of Linkin Park's albums

1) Minutes to midnight (the graph is dooms day clock graph, the lower the graph goes the higher the probability of catastrophe is deemed to be)
2) Meteora - named after meteora monastery in Greece
3) Hybrid Theory - (Darwin's caricature showing his hybrid)"

vish, Zish, blogbyp, Bijeet and Santosh have it right.

Identify him

2010-05-01T10:08:00.001+05:30

Try to work it out from the image. Clues embedded

Ans. Nowroz Mangal - captain of Afghanistan Cricket team.

Cracked by all.

Connect / Identify

2010-04-30T10:24:00.002+05:30

There is a connect between these pictures. Identify it.

Ans. The connect is Pakistan

Pic 1 - Chukar (type of partridge) - national bird of Pakistan
Pic 2 - Markhor - national animal

Some more info from blogbyp... "Both animals are endangered. Bird almost extinct"

Bijeet and Blogbyp got it right.

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-04-29T10:07:00.002+05:30

Identify the kid using the pic (inset) as a reference

2points at stake!

Ans. Elian Gonzalves.

The main picture shows Elián González, a 11-yr old Cuban boy who was the centre of controversy between govt. of Cuba and USA in year 2000.(Also, can be seen in the picture is Fidel Castro, though out of focus). Elián's mother tried to immigrate to USA illegally with him and her boyfriend. When she drowned, Elián was initially kept with his paternal relatives in Miami, who sought to keep him in the United States against his father's demands that González be returned to Cuba. After a district court's rulling that only Elián's father could petition for the asylum on the boy's behalf and not his extended relatives was upheld and when US Supreme court declined to hear the case, the boy was returned to his father in Cuba. Elián considered Fidel Castro as "not only as a friend but as a father".
The South Park Romania Episode has a scene in it where US forces enter Kenny's house to take him to his father alive, but accidently kill him.

Only Blogbyp and Dolphin have the connect

Identify

2010-04-28T10:00:00.002+05:30

Guest Question from one our readers... this one is from Arjun Mehra

What is being transported in this pic?

Bijeet has all the details...

IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) Hard Disk Drive.
The HDD weighed over a ton.
Max Capacity: 5 MB.

I guess the picture is circa 1956.

Pan American Airlines the airline in the picture was a customer and a partner of IBM. IBM almost exclusively used PanAm to move its hardwares.

Chitananda, Bijeet, vish, Zish, Bhople, Blogbyp and guessthelogo got it correct

What is he talking about?

2010-04-27T10:00:00.005+05:30

Probably one of the only pics available on the net as of yesterday night. What was it all about?

Ans.
UIDAI's (India's Unique ID card program)
new identity and logo.

It will now be known as "AADHAAR"

Goutamjay, Bijeet, Dolphin, guessthelogo, Pranav, Zish, Blogbyp, Nazar, V Chandrashekhar and Karthik Narayan got it right

QOTW #11

2010-04-26T10:29:00.002+05:30

What is this type of architecture called?

Clockwise from top left
1. Pantheon in Rome
2. Beehive Govt. Bldg. in Wellington, NZ
3. London BFI IMAX Theater, Waterloo, London
4. The Baptistery at Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa,Tuscany, Italy(site which also has Leaning Tower in its compound)

ARCHITECTURE- Rotund style buildings(though Pantheon is also famous for its Corinthian Columns)

Bijeet and Blogbyp nailed it.

Cookies...

2010-04-25T10:46:00.001+05:30

Tribute to somebody. What are these cookies called?

Ans. Lady Gaga Cookies.

Only Dolphin got this one.

Identify the brand

2010-04-24T10:29:00.003+05:30

New brand. New product. Making news in India. Identify

Ans. Aqua Montana India subsidiary of Aqua Montana Getranke Import GmbH, Germany.
India is the first country outside Europe they are foraying into.
They sell sell diet beverages and energy drinks. Sim being one of them. They also have an Energy drink series called 'Explode'

Bijeet, Blogbyp and Zish have it right

Who is she?

2010-04-23T10:17:00.001+05:30

In the news for all the wrong reasons. Identify her (should be a sitter)

Ans. A Sitter indeed. Everyone got this one. Poorna Patel (daughter of Praful Patel) embroiled in the latest IPL controversy. Wonder how many more names are gonna pop up.

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-04-22T10:00:00.002+05:30

Connect these pics (for 2 pts)

Ans. Picture shows poster of Hangover, Ocean's 11(1960,Rainman movies and logos of Harrah's (old logo) and TPG Capital.

Caesers palace is a casino owned by Harrah's entertainment. It is shown in movies Hangover, ocean's 11(2001)and Rainman. TPG Capital(TPG) owns majority stake in Harrah's entertainment.

Marvelous crack by the following - Bhople, Bijeet, buckingfsatard, uma and blogbyp

AD for?

2010-04-21T10:00:00.001+05:30

Ans. Amnesty International. Everyone got it!

Connect

2010-04-20T10:19:00.004+05:30

Ans. Pic 1: Ayman Abu Aita

Pic 2: Insignia of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

Pic 3: King Julien XIII, the Lemur from Madagascar the movie.

Connect: Sasha Baron Cohen/Bruno

Ayman Abu Aita was a part of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (Pic 2) a Palestinian terrorist organization under Hamas.

He was interviewed by Bruno (played by Baron Cohen) in the movie "Bruno".

He is threatening to sue Sasha Baron Cohen right now for using misrepresentation to obtain his interview.

The last pic is of the character King Julien XIII, a Lemur from Madagascar the movie, his voice overs were done by Sasha Baron Cohen.

Bijeet, Blogbyp and Dolphin with the crack. Great one!

QOTW #10

2010-04-19T10:32:00.002+05:30

Connect

Ans. Luminous (brought to you by SAR group) has decided to enter the telecom market. Their venture will be called Wynncom (logo) whose brand ambassador will be Saif Ali Khan.

Correct answers by Ameya, Blogbyp, Bijeet and Vikrant

Identify this place

2010-04-18T10:48:00.002+05:30

In the news these days...identify!

Ans. Eyjafjallajökull- translated as "island-mountains glacier" in Iceland,its eruption threw volcanic ash several kilometres up in the atmosphere which led to air travel disruptions in northwest Europe starting on April 14th 2010, including the closure of airspace over most of Europe.

Mr. Anonymous is DOLPHIN!

2010-04-17T20:48:00.001+05:30

The secretive Mr. Anon has finally revealed his identity. He will now be referred to as DOLPHIN on our leaderboard.

Identify

2010-04-17T10:34:00.001+05:30

In the month of February, this place was in the news in India... in a way. How?

Ans. Complete Answer by Bijeet -

The map shows Thuringia one of the states or "Launde" of Germany, it also lends its name to the city Thuringia.
Connect: Bacillus Thuringiensis.
In February 2009 The Govt. of India said no to growing BT Brinjal.
BT stands for Baccilus Thuringiensis.
The bacteria was discovered by japanese biologist Shigetane Ishiwata he named it Bacillus Sotto but was forgotten. The bacterium was rediscovered in 1911 by German biologist Ernst Berliner, who gave it its current name after the German town of Thuringia, his home town.

Pranav, Chithananda, Bijeet, Tania and Dolphin were the only ones to get this correct

Who is this?

2010-04-16T10:00:00.001+05:30

Kinda direct. Identify.

Ans. Barbara Mori. She had shaved her head for the film Cosas Insignificantes to express solidarity with her son who loses hair in the film due to cancer.

Santosh, Blogbyp, Sijut Mehta, Avinash, Venkat S Murthy and Hrishikesh have the right answers.

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-04-15T10:00:00.001+05:30

4 Pics, 2 Points, 2 Word Answer, Connect

Ans. The connect is the Death Star

Quoting Santosh Bhople

Picture shows Saturnine moon Mimas and logos of American Idol, Enron and AT&T

1.There are 2 photographs of Saturnine moon Mimas captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft, first showing surface of Mimas and 2nd showing temperature map showing video game character Pacman eating dot. Surface of Mimas looks like Death Star.
2. In the US, networks that compete with Fox refer to American Idol as the 'Death Star' due to its destructive effects on their schedules and ratings.
3. Enron labeled one of the false companies used in its fraudulent manipulation of the California power grid as 'Death Star'.
4. The logo of AT&T has been compared to the 'Death Star'.

Santosh, Goutamjay,sunny,buckingfastard, blogbyp, Anon (who i believe is dolphin), Bijeet, Avinash and Tania know their Star Wars.

Identify

2010-04-14T10:05:00.002+05:30

The guy on the left is pretty famous. What is this couple fondly known as?

Ans. Uncle and Aunty Pai of Amar Chitra Katha fame

Uncle Pai - Anant Pai
Aunty Pai - Lalitha Pai

Only v. chandrasekhar got it right

Connect

2010-04-13T10:38:00.005+05:30

Question by one of our avid followers... this comes from Avishek Ray (aka Stuntman Mike)

Connect the following pics -

and in a way...

Ans. No one got this right. Great question by Avishek Ray...i mean Stuntman Mike

So here is what...

Let me identify the pics for you...

Pic 1 - A type of interceptor aircraft
Pic 2 - Pele - nickname Black Pearl
Pic 3 - Ford Endeavour
Pic 4 - Queen / Empress Victoria
Pic 5 - Princess Diana
Pic 6 - The Dauntless dive bomber
Pic 7 - Dennis Bergkamp - (wat a playa!) - nickname Non Flying Dutchman as he had fear of flying.

So there you have it...

the connect was - Names of ships mentioned on the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

Went uncracked!!

QOTW #9

2010-04-12T10:03:00.001+05:30

Connect the following and give me just one word

Ans. Diesel.

Shaq 'O Neill - nickname 'Diesel'

Dark Fury - Chronicles of Riddick game. Voice given by Vin Diesel (starred as Riidik in both Pitch Black and Chronicles...)

The weird looking guy is Glen Jacobs popularly known as Kane (Undertaker's bro kayfabe in WWE). He had a small gimmick as the Fake Diesel when Kevin Nash and co left WWE for WCW.

Kevin Nash (Diesel), Scott Hall (Razor Ramon) and Hulk Hogan were the founding members of the NWO (New World Order) considered as one of the best acts in professional wrestling.

Final Pic - Wilbert Das - Dutch Fashion designer and creative director of Diesel - the brand.

Long wordy answer.

Only Bijeet got this correct. Way to go mate!

Connect

2010-04-11T10:25:00.001+05:30

Connect reveals recent development

Ans. Cipla sold its iPill manufacturing rights to Nicholas Piramal Pharma.

The 1st pic has the Piramal Pharma Logo and the 2nd shows Yusuf Khwaja Hameid, Chairman, Cipla group. There is also a refrence to the iPill. The pill seen in the pic is the Philipps iPill.

Bijeet, Anon, Soubhagya and Blogbyp got this correct

Identify

2010-04-10T10:01:00.003+05:30

Economics Everyone. Identify.

Ans. The Next 11 or (N-11) countries identified by Goldman Sachs as having a high potential of becoming the world's largest economies in the 21st century

Identify

2010-04-09T10:00:00.002+05:30

Pic 1 got its name because of Pic 2.

Identify both.

Ans. Interlagos, Sao Paulo home of the Brazilian GP
The name is derived from the words inter-lagos or "between lakes" The circuit is built between two artificial lakes Guarapiranga and Billings. Pic 2 shows Interlakken which also derived its name because of the same fact and inspired the name for the race track.

Anon, Bijeet, Zish, Blogbyp, Screwloose, Avinash and Vivek getting this one

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-04-08T09:45:00.004+05:30

Now WIHOUT googling or using all that technology used these days to crack online quizzes, try and work out this question the way you would do in a quiz. All clues given. Very Very workable :)

SEVEN BIG POINTS AT STAKE HERE!!!!!

A (Pic1) was a subsidiary of B(Pic2).

After going through a brand re-jigging, wihch involved a name change, A bought C (Pic3)'s company and formed D

Later C left and formed his own company E, which is very much a competitor to D to this date. You have all heard of D and E. Pretty sure.

E by the way is one of the brands of F

F's CEO is G (below)

Too many variables...one point for each...A to G, go on, identify and make hay!

Explain the connect.

Ans. I like it when i get answers this way ;)

Chk out Zish's reply

A (Western Electric) was a subsidiary of B(AT&T). After going through a brand re-jigging, which involved a name change, A (Western Electric) bought C (James Bullough Lansing)'s company and formed D (Altec Lansing).

Later C (James Bullough Lansing) left and formed his own company E (JBL), which is very much a competitor to D (Altec Lansing) to this date. You have all heard of D (Altec Lansing) and E (JBL). Pretty sure.

E (JBL) by the way is one of the brands of F (Harman International Industries), F's CEO is G(Dinesh Paliwal)

Only Zish and Sudipto Basu managed to get this. 7 points to both of you :)

Connect

2010-04-07T10:41:00.002+05:30

Ans. Aston Martin.

Quoting Santosh Bhople - "Company Name 'Aston Martin' is taken from the "Aston Hill" races (near Aston Clinton) where the company was founded, and the surname of Lionel Martin, the company's founder."

Vikrant, Zish, Santosh Bhople, Arjun, Pranav, Buckingfastard, blogbyp, Sudipto Basu, Screwloose and JW got it right

Connect

2010-04-06T10:03:00.002+05:30

What do you get if you connect all these three pics

Ans. The World's fastest Indian.

Pic1 - Burt Munroe (Pic1) - character is played by Anthony Hopkins (Pic 2) in the movie. Pic 3 is one of the very first Indian Bikes.

Avishek Ray, Buckingfastard, Santosh Bhople, blogbyp, Sudipto Basu and JW

QOTW #8

2010-04-05T10:45:00.001+05:30

Give me the connect!!!

Ans. The Connect is our good 'ol 'Old Monk'

But, Mohan Meakin Breweries is also accepted as a answer.

Quoting Anon (always gives the best answers...still hasnt revealed his name)

"1.Logo is of Mohan Meakin Limited
2.Picture of Kasauli Hill Station
3.Picture of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial
4.Picture of Gen. Dyer

Gen Dyer(4.) was the guy responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre(3.).Edward Dyer was responsible for setting up of the first brewery in India at Kasauli,Himachal Pradesh (2.) by founding the Dyer Breweries.Mohan Meakin Company (1.) was the new name for the Dyer breweries from 1967.
The company (now taken over by Shaw Wallace) makes Old Monk which has been the biggest Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brand for many years."

Zish, Bidyut, Prasad Bandarkar, RIJO P, Avishek Ray, Soofi, blogbyp, Bijeet, Santosh Bhople, Sudipto Basu, Vikrant Sihag, Thunderdog, Screwloose all get the QOTW right

Identify

2010-04-04T10:52:00.002+05:30

I somehow remembered this question recently. Akshay Anantharaman had first told me about this after we had won the college level quizzing circuit back in 2006. Nair was by my side. Akshay, if you get this right...no points :)

How would you connect the two pics.

(Pic2 - Guy on the left is important)

Ans. The guy in Pic1 is Sairaj Bahatule. He was in the same car as Jagjit Singh's son which met with an accident. Unfortunately, the latter died. Everyone cracked it.

Identify this character

2010-04-03T10:00:00.002+05:30

Ans. Michelle Obama.

Identify this structure

2010-04-02T10:00:00.002+05:30

This structure is the brainchild of the fellow below.

Which structure is this?

Ans. The Arcelor / Mittal Olympic Tower in London. Designed by Anish Kapoor - the man below. Pic 1 is an artistic rendition of the tower to be built. Somehow the English want to show the French (Parisians in particular) how they snatched London bid for the 2012 olympics right from Paris' nose... that too by erecting an iron structure a la Eiffel.

Connect

2010-04-02T00:09:00.009+05:30

Connect the following pics

Connect the blacked out content....

with the logo here...

and something that this dude invented (as most people believe)

Should be straightforward..this one...

Ans. Good question by Avik. Many seemed to have cracked it. The connect is Lalit Modi (Exec Director of Godfrey Phillips - Pic1, studied in Duke's university - Pic2 and Pic 3 is stuart Robertson - 'Inventor' of T20, and you dont want me to get started on Modi's connection to that)

Mid Week Bonus Q

2010-04-01T10:48:00.004+05:30

So here is what...Read the following carefully!

The origins of this band starts like this...

They are known as the Godfathers of that genre

But then some went on to record sessions with others disbanded, and formed this group...

They later thought about changing their name. they used this playa's name below, played around with it...

They started out well.. But then were criticised for copyrights.

(band name smudged)

So they finally called themselves X, and thats how we know them today. But it doesn't end there yet. They named their first album after that playa's jersey number (which has been blackened out)

Who is X? And who is that playa?

(Part points for the answers)

All clues in this pic...if you have got the genre (which i am sure you have) you know the band

Ans. X is Pearl Jam. Malfunkshun initially were known as the godfathers of Grunge. They disbanded and some of their members went on to found Mother Lovebone band. They later called themselves Mookie Blaylock after the basketball player. But due to copyright issues, after he started endorsing Nike, they changed their name to Pearl Jam. So when they brought out their first album, they called it 'Ten' after his jersey number.