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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. :-) Happy landings, Danny AV8R. Quiz#22 #1) A doodle & a sitter to start with, Identify this Google doodle & on what occasion was this put up? #2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal :-) In ancient times, Iyers, along with Iyengars and other Tamil Brahmins, lived in exclusive Brahmin quarters of their village which in sanskrit means Shiva at the end or tip because Shiva and Vishnu temples were usually situated at the ends of such Brahmin quarters & people wash their feet first with water on entering the house. Now my question here is, how do we better know such Brahmin quarters as? (Courtesy: Cartoon :-) smiley smiley) #3) A sitter ! Identify this logo #4) Yet another trivia for my Chennai makkal :-) Where in Chennai would you have a Hindu shrine, a Buddhist shrine and a church in one place? #5) Identify this awesome beast colloquially known as the "Queen of skies" & i love to fly it someday :-) #6) RIM's (Research In Motion) most popular product recently got into a controversy with many countries, including India regarding the data & encryption level. India has given Research In Motion, the maker of this popular product, until Aug. 31 to comply with a request to gain access to encrypted corporate e-mail and messaging services or those services will be shut. What product am i talking about ? #7) Identify this landmark marked by a red arrow. [Sorry, as i couldn't draw an arrow better that that :-) ] #8) How do we better know these most famous red busses of London as ? #9) In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, with the help of Jesse Kops, a fellow scientist, accidentally developed a "low-tack," reusable pressure sensitive adhesive. What am i talking about? (Clue: Refer the pic below) #10) It is the biggest festival in the Indian state of Kerala. It falls during the first month of the Malayalam calendar (August–September) and marks the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali. Intricate flower carpets, elaborate banquet lunch, snake boat races, Puli Kali, and the kaikottikkali dance all play a part in the festival The festival lasts for ten days. What am i talking about?