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Kweezzz Quiz Sep 19: Mega-Connect Quiz

Rajaram S — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:35:17 +0000

The quizzing bug has also hit twitter bigtime. Kweezzz holds daily quizzes on various topics. Check out their facebook page for the complete schedule. Kweezzz was also mentioned on TOI recently and this would have contributed to a big increase in their followers. To participate in their quiz, all you have to do is to follow @kweezzz and start answering questions. That’s it. Many quizzers conducts these quizzes and the questions can be found on the twitter page. But the problem is that almost all the questions have external links and browsing them is difficult. So, the aim of the kweezzz pages is to document each of these wonderful quizzes for all to enjoy.

Mega Connect Quiz conducted by Gaurav Sabnis on Sep 19th.

From the poster of which movie? A: Love Story
The official ________ at a famous event are of the Elsanta variety and are grown in Kent. Fill in the blank. A: Strawberries (at Wimbledon)
Cover of which book? A: Sex, by Madonna
In the movie Baseketball, they make fun of the fact that New Orleans ___ team moved to a location where “They hate blacks and music”. A: Jazz (Moved to Utah)
The cult porno from the 70s was about a girl called Debbie and her friends trying out for which NFL team’s cheerleading squad? A: Dallas Cowboys
Which republic was founded in 1836, was recognized by USA, France, Belgium, Netherlands, but not Britain. Ceased to exist in 1846. A: Texas
Significance of this Marilyn Monroe picture? A: Cover of the first ever Playboy
According to Oxford dictionary of music, this term first meant “appealing to a mass audience”, but now has a general meaning – non-classical. A: Pop Music/Culture
Identify the painter. A: Picasso (painting is Guernica).
What was the most famous project of the InGen corporation? A: Jurassic Park

The theme is “The song Muqabla from Kadhalan”.

Lyrics – Jurassic Park mein sundar se jodey, jazz music gaaye mil ke, Picasso ki painting mera etc

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Preparing for the Tata Crucible business quiz

Rajaram S — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:42:44 +0000

The Annual Tata Crucible Corporate business quiz is underway and the Pune edition is on this weekend (Sep 18th). Amdocs wanted to send teams for the quiz and i conducted an internal quiz for identifying teams to represent us, Given below are questions from that quiz. Answers are below the questions.

There is a song in the movie Dabanng called Munni Badnaam Hui. The song features an Indian brand (not paid for by the brand owners). Name the brand.
The ‘Travel & Living’ channel has been rebranded. What is it now known as?
Which word in the current business world what is derived from Latin for “patere” meaning to lay open?
In mandarin, it is ke-ko-ke-le which means Happy Feelings in your mouth. What is it in English?
To which corporate group does the American coffee brand Eight O’Clock Coffee belong to?
What is the name given to the system of financial incentives designed to keep an employee from leaving the company?
Which brand of tea is named after its founders Mallik and Dilhan?
Kanchan Gupta asked “Tell us minister, next time you travel to Kerala, will it be cattle class” and Y replied “absolutely, in cattle class out of solidarity with all our holy cows”. Identify Y.
On 13^th September 2010, at 9:10 pm, viewers got to see an advertisement for a product across STAR Network channels including STAR Plus, STAR One, STAR Gold, STAR Utsav, STAR Movies, STAR World, Channel V, STAR Jalsha, STAR Pravah, National Geographic Channel and Fox History & Entertainment i.e. the same ad on all these channels at the same time. What is this kind of advertising called and what was the product?
In the early 1900s, a plot of ground was put up by the Bombay Municipality for sale in Bombay and purchased by the Tatas. The building constructed here went on to (and is still) the headquarters of the Tata Group. What is the name of this building?
Oseltamivir is an antiviral drug that slows the spread of influenza virus between cells in the body by stopping the virus from chemically cutting ties with its host cell. What is the trade name of this drug?
Which Tata company produces/publishes educational books?
It is an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries. The name has been derived from a famous chain of restaurants.
The Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, became famous in June-July 2010 due to a particular celebrity resident. Who?
The terms ‘light’ and ‘mild’ were banned in the marketing of which product recently in the US?
“The Game Changers” is a book on IPL. Name the author.

Answers.

Zandu Balm
TLC
Patent
Coca Cola
Tata
Golden Handcuff
Dilmah Tea
Shashi Tharoor. This was the tweet that got him into trouble.
Roadblock Advertising. The ad was for the eco-friendly range of paints from Nerolac featuring Shah Rukh Khan.
Bombay House
Tamiflu
Tata McGraw Hill
The Big Mac Index
Paul the Octopus, who was supposed to be predicting the results of the matches during the 2010 football world cup.
Cigarettes
Fake IPL Player or Anupam Mukherjee.

Visuals (Questions)

Identify the (controverisal) organisation whose logo is given below.
This is the logo of KBC3. A small, but significant change has been made to the logo of KBC4 -> Nothing related to the number 3/4 or the colour of the logo.
Identify this assistant professor from IIT, Guwahati and what is his claim to fame?
Identify the organisation whose logo is given below.
Identify the logo.
This is the description of the workflow of something. What?
Identify the brand of pens. This is special edition with the inscription of Gandhi’s image. What is the significance of the numbers 4810 and 241?
Identify the car.
This is the logo of a metro Rail system in one of the cities in India. Which city?
Lava B5 mobiles have 2 features which are new in India. What are the 2 new features?
Ad for what?
Identify the author.
Identify the guy and the organisation for which he was the CEO.
This statue is inside a very famous department store. Identify the two people in the statue.
Identify the guy next to Deepika Padukone.

Visuals: (answers)

Wikileaks
The new Rupee symbol was put in place of Rs.
Udaya Kumar, whose design for the Indian Rupee Symbol was chosen.
Logo of the UID project, renamed as Aadhaar
Google Wave
Workflow diagram of Mumbai Dabbawalas
Mont Blanc. 4810 metres is the height of the actual Mont blanc. The Mahatma Gandhi limited edition 241 is a homage to the 241 miles travelled during the Dandi march.
Honda Jazz
Chennai Metro Rail
ABCD Keyboard and also the first mobile to have the India Rupee Symbol
the Axe Effect
barack Obama
Tony Hayward, BP
Inside the Harrods. Dodi Al-Fayed and Diana in the statue.
Siddharth mallya

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Dial A for Aphrodite

Rajaram S — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:01:39 +0000

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Second Google Earth Quiz

Rajaram S — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:24:46 +0000

The landmarks below are as seen through Google Earth. The questions for the individual pictures are alongside the pictures. Click on the images to open a bigger picture. Scroll down for the answers.

1) Identify this beach. Zoom into the pic for clues

2) Identify the city in which this airport is located. If you look at the current picture of this airport, it might look totally different.

3) Identify this landmark.

4) Identify the city in which this street is.

5) Identify this stadium.

6) Identify this landmark.

7) Identify this bridge.

Identify this landmark.

9) What is this a part of ?

10) What was here before ?.

The answers. Highlight between the words ANS for the answer.

1) Identify this beach. Zoom into the pic for clues.
ANSAlang Beach, Gujarat, India. This is the famous ship breaking area , where ships are broken down and sold as scrap.ANS

2) Identify the city in which this airport is located. If you look at the current picture of this airport, it might look totally different.
ANSCould be identified from the context of the question. Beirut Airport, LebanonANS

3) Identify this landmark.
ANSBurj-Al-Arab, Dubai. The 7-star hotel in the shape of a ship’s mastANS

4) Identify the city in which this street is.
ANSSan Francisco. This is called the crooked street and supposedly the crookedest street in the world. Driving on this street is easy, but the approach is tough.
This road goes down from the top of a hill and the approach road up is very steep and often congested because of tourist traffic and u have to be a better-than-average driver to leave a traffic signal smoothly when your car is on a steep slope!ANS

5) Identify this stadium
ANSEden Gardens, CalcuttaANS

6) Identify this landmark.
ANSGateway of India, MumbaiANS

7) Identify this bridge
ANSHoogly Bridge, Calcutta. The colour of the river is the same in questions 5 and 7 ANS

Identify this landmark.
ANSStatue of LibertyANS

9) What is this a part of ?
ANSPalm Jumeirah, Dubai. Palm tree shaped island resortsANS

10) What was here before ?
ANSWorld Trade CenterANS

Thanks to all those who attempted the quiz.

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Google Earth Quiz

Rajaram S — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:22:59 +0000

All you have to do is to identify the landmarks shown below, as seen through Google Earth. This was posted on Quiznet, Qfi and few other quizzing groups, but the pictures are posted here to avoid huge email size. Click on the images to open a bigger picture.

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5)
6)

There is something different/unique about the t-shirt the girl is wearing. What ?

Answers:

1) Arc De triumph, Paris

2) Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

3) Niagra Falls

4) Parliament Building , Delhi

5) Petronas Tower (Can be identified easily from the shadow)

6) Opera House, Sydney

7) Taj Mahal

The Tshirt spells Love when viewed in a mirror.

Thanks to all those who attempted the quiz.

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