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Hi everybody, So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that... Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-) Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com Quizically yours, Danny. Quiz#8 1) A sitter to start with. On what occasion was this doodle put up..? 2) M.H.Hasham lost his family business of rice exports when the Govt. nationalised it in 1940. Unfazed he plunged into the oil business setting up Western India Vegetable Products in 1945. At the time of partition he was invited by Mohd. Ali Jinnah to join his ministry in Pakistan. He refused and chose to stay on in India. His company did not grow too much and at the time of his death in 1967 had just two fairly successful Vanaspati brands Sunflower and Camel. Which company am i talking about..? 3)He was born near the town of Tikrit, to a family of shepherds from a tribal group. His mother named him ______, which in Arabic means “One who confronts.” He never knew his father, who disappeared six months before he was born. He was in the news headlines in recent times. Who am i talking about..?? 4) Can you identify the landmark ....??? 5) Javed Akhtar and Yash Chopra have been directors of this company. Recently, Shah Rukh Khan was also made a director. Which company am i referring to? 6) Which company is listed on the Nasdaq as ERTS? 7) Can you figure out this famous place..???( i need the whole trivia) 8) How do we better know "id est" ? 9) HOw do we better know the "Sleeping Beauty Castle"..?? (Clue: Inspired from the architecture of Neuschwanstein castle) 10) The story of this establishment began more than 150 years ago in 1849 when two scotsman Peter Orr and George Gordon started a partnership company at Broadway Chennai. When Gordon retired, Peter carried the bussiness under his name. It was in 1863 when Peter's two sons James and Robert became partners. Which establishment am i talking about..? (Clue: A famous landmark in chennai)