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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#12 1) A Google doodle to start with.. On what occasion was this doodle putup..? 2) The history of this company dates back to 1987 where this company began its business from a small retail shop in London, when the demand for Tamil films within the community of the Tamils in UK increased to a huge extent and which prompted this company to acquire the rights of many Tamil films that became block busters and also proclaimed the audio/ video DVD and VCD rights. It also owns theaters overseas which are focused to canvas Tamil films, like the two theatres in Singapore Golden Village, Yishun and Plaza Entertainment affiliated with twenty theatres in France, Srilanka, Dubai and Canada and an exclusive agreement with Cineworld Cinemas in UK to screen Tamil Films and Franchisees in Malaysia, Australia, Europe, USA and South Africa. What am i talking about..? 3) A Trivia for my Chennai makkal...! Identify this logo ? (Clue: This recently celebrated it's Golden jubilee) 4) The term __X__ was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. It's short form was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke theword __X__ into the phrase we __Y__ in the sidebar of his Peterme.com in April or May of 1999. This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb.(Clue:- After a slow start, it rapidly gained in popularity: the site Xanga, launched in 1996, had only 100 diaries by 1997, but over 20million as of December 2005. Identify X and Y...??? 5) Connect these...?? 6) He studied in Loyola College, Chennai. He was chairman and managing director of ProLease India and InterPro India. He left both these companies in 2005 and has now started his own organisation. He has starred in few Maniratnam's movies. He is currently the Chairman and MD of Talent Maximus. Who am i talking about..?(Courtesy: Sreeman) 7) Who (or which organization) is advertising here...? 8) ___X___ is a renowned architect of British India, born on 21st January, 1841, in Tarbett, Kerry County, Ireland. He is mainly known for his works in Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. He was a member of the Institution of Engineers. He died on 5th August, 1922, at Ooty, India. He had joined Public Works Department (PWD), India in the year 1886. He was a very active architect of India during the last quarter of the 19th century. His most significant works include: Madras & Maratha Railways Headquarters Building. (now Chennai Central station) Viceregal Lodge, Shimla. Madras High Court, Chennai. Law College Buildings, Chennai. State Bank of Madras (now State Bank of India) Headquarters, Chennai. Government Museum, Egmore, Chennai. Ambas Vilas , the Maharaja's Palace in Mysore. (Clue:- The pic of X is putup below) Identify X...? 9) Bernard Lassimone, a French mathematician, applied for the first patent (French patent #2444) on ___X____ in 1828. In 1847, Therry des Estwaux invented the manual ___X____. John Lee Love invented the portable ___X____ originally made for artists. One source claims that the Hammacher Schlemmer Company of New York offered the world's first electric ___X____, as designed by Raymond Loewy, sometime in the early 1940s. What am i talking about..? 10) Identify this location..?