QOTW #16

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


Here goes...

Connect the 2 Pics

QOTW #15

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.

QOTW #14

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.

QOTW #13

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

QOTW #12

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.

QOTW #11

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.

QOTW #10

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

QOTW #9

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!

QOTW #8

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

QOTW #7

Connect Pic 1 and Pic 2 with Pic 3

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.

QOTW #6

This was one of the first versions brought out.

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.

QOTW #5

Great cracks by people so far...

Try this one...

Connect all this...

Pic 2 gets its name because of this.

Ans. Quoting Vivek...

"the comic strip Doonesbury

Pic 1 - Pillsbury's poppin fresh, the name of the comic strip doonesbury comes from a combination of pillsbury (Charles pillsbury was the room mate of Garry Trudeau at yale university) and the word doone

Pic 2- The comic strip itself

Pic 3- Logo of Yale University

Pic 4 - Garry Trudeau the creator"

QOTW #4

Connect all these pics


Ans. Quoting Anon - 
"1.Rang de basanti
2.roadside romeo
3.sony bmg
4.madhukar dev,MD Tata Elxsi

The connect is Tata Elxsi-it was involved in the production of both the films and the person in question is its MD.As for the connection with sony bmg I guess they must have some sorta tie up."

Tata Elxsi came up with Sony BMG logo

QOTW #3

This company's major product is from this place (also the same name)

Its nestled in here...

They come out with really cool ads like this one...(the idea is conveyed in the below ad, i guess)

Recently after rumours that their product is being considered more than useful, they have stepped into luxury goods...

They also set up a resort out here...something like a spa...

High-end, sometimes pricey, very popular among Hollywood celebs...

Connect all of these pics and give me the company or the brand

Ans - Evian.

Quoting buckingfastard..."near the small town of evian-les-bians(pic 1) from the water sources of lake geneva(pic 2), evian brand launched its major product evian mineral water which is the high end priced mineral water.

They recently started royal evian resort(pic 5) and diversified into cosmetics under brand name evian affinity(pic 6)"

Many got it right...good crack!

Question of the Week #2

What's happening in these pics?

Ans - Dog Day Afternoon Incident

Lokesh, Kaushik, Mainak and buckingfastard have it right.

Info  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon

Question of the Week #1

Makin' an earnest effort to keep this going...here we go rollin' with Weekly questions...


X may have been used for navigation, as a point of reference, In Alsaka they were used for herding this.

X varies in shape and size.

Most common type is a single stone positioned in an upright manner. Its often confused with something else which represents a human figure. More like if a cairn, took the form of a human. Don't give me X, but do tell me how the cairn is a contemporary topic.


Oh yea... X looks somewhat like this!!!

P.S. Answers will be out on Friday for the QOTW!


Ans. Vancouver Olympics Logo. Kaushik gets this one...

Have a look...