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Connect him with the pics inset.

2 points...

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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"

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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

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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 :)

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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

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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

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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.

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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). 

A

B

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

C

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

F's CEO is G (below)

G

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 :)

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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.

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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

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4 points at stake

'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.

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 am starting this new series. These questions will be worth more points than the usual one pointers (sometimes more than the QOTW). Points will be mentioned at the start of the question. So watch out :)


This question is worth 2 points

Connect all the pics and what do you get?


Ans. Gr8 crack by Anerudh. The connect is Precious - based on the novel Push by Sapphire
Pic 1, 5 - Mariah and Lenny Kravitz acted in the movie
Pic 2 - Oprah was one of the producers
Pic 3 - Geoffrey Fletcher - wrote the screenplay
Pic 4 - Sapphire - wrote Push on which movie is based