Identify this logo

This auto brand was in the news last week

Identify

The company has been in the news recently. Why?

Who follows???

In whose memory?

Clues in the pic...

The guy in the centre...

...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.

Who is he?

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.

Identify the brand

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

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.

Identify

Football - who gets his nickname from this character

Ans. Sergio 'Kun' Aguero

Mid Week Bonus Q

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

Summer bonanza Part 1

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.

Who is he?

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?

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

Only vish got this one right

Id the doodle

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

No points for Don Quixote :)

AD for?

Identify the brand?


Ans. Nivea for men (for sensitive skin)

Identify him

Try to work it out from the image. Clues embedded


Ans. Nowroz Mangal - captain of Afghanistan Cricket team.


Cracked by all.

Identify

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?

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

Cookies...

Tribute to somebody. What are these cookies called?


Ans. Lady Gaga Cookies.


Only Dolphin got this one.

Identify the brand

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