tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62633500549815929052024-03-13T08:21:18.116-07:00QuizOManiacDannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-6694065995207241922013-08-19T02:34:00.002-07:002013-08-19T02:39:26.191-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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plant in Hindu belief. Many Hindus have this plants growing in front of or near
their home, often in special pots or special small masonry structures.
Traditionally, it is planted in the center of the central courtyard of Hindu
houses. Which plant am I talking about?</span><br />
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represents the cabs of the world, identify to which country does the last cab
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domestically built aircraft carrier this month(August 2013), joining the
world’s military elite. The keel of the home-built Indian ship is almost
completely constructed from high-quality, indigenously-produced steel. It has the capacity to hold 36 fighter
planes, with the time interval between take-offs from the vessel as low as
three minutes. Now give me the name of this ship / aircraft carrier?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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know the company founded by this person ‘Thirukkurungudi Vengaramaswamy Sundram
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Chennai makkal. It was started as the south <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>'s
first departmental store in 1863 by Charles Durant and J. W. Spencer, and owned
by Eugene Oakshott in Chennai. In 1983, the original building was destroyed in
a fire. The present building was constructed in early 1990's by the Mangal
Tirth Estate limited. Until recently, it remained the second best place to hang
out, next to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Marina</st1:city></st1:place>
beach. What am i talking about?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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George V and Mahatma Gandhi (and my favourite song as well </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">). It is also often sung at Christian funerals. In the aftermath of the
sinking of RMS Titanic, survivors reported that the Titanic's band played the
hymn as the ship was sinking. Which song am I talking about?</span></div>
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on many mobile phones, smartphones that when activated suspends many or all of
the device's signal transmitting functions, thereby disabling the device's
capacity to place or receive calls or use text messaging – while still permitting
use of other functions that do not require signal transmission. What am i
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starter / entree is a famous dish introduced in 1965 at the Buhari Hotel
(Buhari, Mount Road) in Chennai, by it's founder A.M.Buhari. Though there are
many different stories for how the name came into existance, the hotel director
claims that it was the 65th item on their menu and the fry was made from a
65-day-old chicken. Which dish am I talking about?</span><br />
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commenced its life in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Britain</st1:place></st1:country-region>
as the Morris Oxford car. Eventually, with a quick rechristening the car went
on to become one of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;">(Clue: think IT, think <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"> )</span></span><br />
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Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-62877391505872044802013-06-15T03:13:00.003-07:002013-06-15T09:48:40.388-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="border-spacing: 2px;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as
simple as that...</span><br />
<span style="border-spacing: 2px;"><span style="color: orange;">Rule#1:</span><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> Send in your answers to: </span><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com" style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a><br />
<span style="border-spacing: 2px;"><span style="color: orange;">Rule#2:</span></span><span style="border-spacing: 2px; color: #8e7cc3;"> Never forget Rule#1. :-)<br />
<span style="border-spacing: 2px;">Happy quizzing,<br />
<span style="border-spacing: 2px;">Danny.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI"; font-size: 10.5pt;">#1) During
the English East India rule, this town in Madras was the home of ‘Chrome Leathers’ &
that’s how the town got it’s name. The company is now re-christened as
"Durable Chrome Factory" and is a leading manufacturer and retailer
of fine leather goods & accessories. Now give me the name of that town?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 10.5pt;">#3) A brand new aircraft manufacturer was in the news recently because it had to ground all it’s recently delivered aircrafts owing to some battery issues which was rectified recently & it started operating again. Now give me the name of the aircraft & it’s manufacturer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe UI;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">clue: checkout the song below & now give me the name of this person. It's one of my favorite song & so i've included the lyrics as well. Have fun :-)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 10.5pt;">un azhagiya idhayathil kalandhuvidum endru<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 10.5pt;">I dissolve my heart in those little tear drops<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-4094626678752692052012-03-14T01:05:00.020-07:002013-06-15T03:02:13.707-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em style="color: #9999ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><strong><span style="color: #9999ff;"><em><span style="color: #ffcc33;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Rule#1:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> Send in your answers to: </span></span></em></span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com" style="color: #99aadd;"><span style="color: #9999ff;"><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></span></strong></em></span></a></span></span></span></span></b></span></strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#1) A couple of doodle's & a sitter to start with. Identify & on what occasion were these put up?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#2) This Airline based in India goes by the Callsign "IFLY" & has only Airbus A320 Aircrafts in it's fleet. Identify the Airline ?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#3) This Airline based in India just has only 2 types of Aircrafts in it's fleet of 40 Aircrafts - "Bombardier Dash 8 Q400" & the "Boeing 737". The names of each Aircraft goes like "Ginger, Rosemary, Vanilla, Pepper" & the like. Identify the Airline that flies these birds?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 0;"><br /><span style="color: #ff9900; font-size: 100%;">First officer, Nithin Prashant & yours truly at the Chennai International Airport </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#5) The khadi-duck is an unconventional type of weave that meshes three threads into a weave as compared to two weaves used in conventional weaving. This type of weaving is extremely rare, and there are fewer than a dozen weavers in India professing this skill. The guidelines also state that there should be exactly 150 threads per square centimeter, four threads per stitch, and one square foot should weigh exactly 205 grams. These are the finely crafted measurments of a very famous thing. What am i talking about?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#6) Identify this famous personality?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#7) Air India with the slogan "Your palace in the sky", usually christens it's aircrafts with the names of famous Kings like Emperor Ashoka, Emperor Vikramaditya, Emperor Kanishka & the like or some famous landmarks like "Kanchenjunga", "Konark", "Tanjore [My hometown, i'm proud :-)]".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A very simple question. Air India one or AI 001 (equivalent of Air Force One) is a fleet of 3 aircrafts. Name them ? [I'm not looking for the aircraft make & model here :-)]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#8) A Trivia for my Chennai makkal. Identify the location? (Courtesy: Rajeev - Bonevlion)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#9) Yet another trivia for my Chennai makkal. How do we better know this person Parthasarathy Iyengar M. O. & also his contribution to our city?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">#10) If you were eating a plate of Chicken Biriyani at this location - (17° 27' 0" North, 78° 30' 0" East), where on earth would you be sitting/ standing or whatever :-) ?</span></div>
Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-5239121606491635152010-08-28T19:48:00.000-07:002010-08-28T20:20:21.347-07:00<div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: normal; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hi everybody,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rule#1:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Send in your answers to: </span></span></em></span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(153, 170, 221); text-decoration: none; "><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></span></strong></em></span></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Rule#2:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></span></em></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong></strong></span></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Happy landings,</span></span></strong></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Danny AV8R.</span></span></strong></em></span></span></div></span></span></span></b></span></strong></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Quiz#22</span></span></b></span></strong></em></span></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#1) A doodle & a sitter to start with, Identify this Google doodle & on what occasion was this put up?</span></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67s1IhQlqK6b77TfCoImqnruCNjkcVPA1L0PhSnyoHjsQkW8ugFksQYurr1pRileUv3jww1XiMi732OpGn0Z5XiNq7UHfqlfzU14Csyywbq5hxvjAyYt07FX7UW4dQTsM2dcFjJQ85hO4/s1600/Quiz22_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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font-family:georgia;font-size:16px;">#2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal :-)</span></div></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">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?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF9900;">(Courtesy: Cartoon :-) smiley smiley)</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#3) A sitter ! Identify this logo</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0igfbCZDboVIpJeBv3w1mZuqJCZqFvCNsmqDEyBG9Y05vZRZ8syVzQ9p2nLulMr58pB-MA_eCllYNeX6qM_8gPAH3GjEDSkJRqxvHVv_Jtl3GDhoahPCNDKzG6FPau6SaK-qqFaFKAVK/s1600/Quiz22_03.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0igfbCZDboVIpJeBv3w1mZuqJCZqFvCNsmqDEyBG9Y05vZRZ8syVzQ9p2nLulMr58pB-MA_eCllYNeX6qM_8gPAH3GjEDSkJRqxvHVv_Jtl3GDhoahPCNDKzG6FPau6SaK-qqFaFKAVK/s320/Quiz22_03.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510662222838427602" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#4) Yet another trivia for my Chennai makkal :-)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Where in Chennai would you have a Hindu shrine, a Buddhist shrine and a church in one place?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#5) Identify this awesome beast colloquially known as the "Queen of skies" & i love to fly it someday :-)</span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtDHgOnPpv2CfPmnZassTpGpDyBHp36qWHOhZVadwU5vRwRgG-63HhW5qV8l8MmaNaxAiisZY97pZfBdMuMjS4XVWvQdEwc5DmnH9Z5IcEUQIbpC_pwJQLpYkTT4zmzQiilLDoo8vAkF8/s1600/Quiz22_05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtDHgOnPpv2CfPmnZassTpGpDyBHp36qWHOhZVadwU5vRwRgG-63HhW5qV8l8MmaNaxAiisZY97pZfBdMuMjS4XVWvQdEwc5DmnH9Z5IcEUQIbpC_pwJQLpYkTT4zmzQiilLDoo8vAkF8/s320/Quiz22_05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510661969478697266" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#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 ?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#7) Identify this landmark marked by a red arrow. [Sorry, as i couldn't draw an arrow better that that :-) ]</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EbuwhrkYA64MPVye5M-MnIWMI7vKPQa-Bq-mZ5GLcUWzNaA6OGLO8t19ALj1sdO6QvaBeuDy48bI9SfFsrHyQZhG6vO95lHSX6pswCuU7L4h_hGwL4XZ6bFbMCYsXfMspTXvg2AE2Df/s1600/Quiz22_07.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EbuwhrkYA64MPVye5M-MnIWMI7vKPQa-Bq-mZ5GLcUWzNaA6OGLO8t19ALj1sdO6QvaBeuDy48bI9SfFsrHyQZhG6vO95lHSX6pswCuU7L4h_hGwL4XZ6bFbMCYsXfMspTXvg2AE2Df/s320/Quiz22_07.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510661144462777522" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#8) How do we better know these most famous red busses of London as ?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_9m8NJccRNEEBqkOC9qllWyYwpFH2OtstStnjnbOK32SXj4wu0ftMjLGTw7AwOQY8CfDPBcBec6Hwrnj8nwBx-Zt5tMlFVr1Qk0wskLEx1c0cVJD8YTnV0tQMCPUV1V8tQEftK7YNMsV/s1600/Quiz22_08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_9m8NJccRNEEBqkOC9qllWyYwpFH2OtstStnjnbOK32SXj4wu0ftMjLGTw7AwOQY8CfDPBcBec6Hwrnj8nwBx-Zt5tMlFVr1Qk0wskLEx1c0cVJD8YTnV0tQMCPUV1V8tQEftK7YNMsV/s320/Quiz22_08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510660453454108354" /></a><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#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?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">(Clue: Refer the pic below)</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ8HUrkxpbA_IotKBTew85P0UKK0IiSyUPmx8_GMMOTzMY89PoRnNOAbPAGP1O9CEWB42_oD7g8pL3Z7NV6sgo0HTnRMLKOqNVoOo60FqxeHA9Qt7eXnYi7FFC9yqiy5YDslZdS_ve2sZ/s1600/Quiz22_09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 220px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJ8HUrkxpbA_IotKBTew85P0UKK0IiSyUPmx8_GMMOTzMY89PoRnNOAbPAGP1O9CEWB42_oD7g8pL3Z7NV6sgo0HTnRMLKOqNVoOo60FqxeHA9Qt7eXnYi7FFC9yqiy5YDslZdS_ve2sZ/s320/Quiz22_09.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510659885645789810" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">#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?</span></span></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-65118477714826806432009-07-06T19:36:00.000-07:002009-11-01T22:04:53.083-08:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">Hi everybody,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(204, 204, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rule#1:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Send in your answers to: </span></em></span></strong></span><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(153, 170, 221); text-decoration: none; "><span style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rule#2:</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></em></span></strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span style=" color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family:georgia;"><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><strong></strong></span></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Happy landings,</span></strong></em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Danny AV8R.</span></strong></em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';font-size:100%;color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:13px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Quiz#21</span></span></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Vanakkam Chennai and 'Hello World'. It's been long time since i've posted a quiz. I'm sorry to keep you eagerly waiting. So lets start this quiz with our trademark doodle question...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">#1) Identify this Google doodle..?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXF5iHNc00Z4Z4cGP1_AZKwxcpyH7njZd-mxev4ob8nl8xPdpB581NuM5aurPr4rTdJi6QiFWUvZ_sbIKXsoHEOP9yUDaE8VGLxZSwk8gz7GbYnbrsI-qFhbxxub0_m0_pybt4d9yjCaj/s1600-h/quiz21_01.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXF5iHNc00Z4Z4cGP1_AZKwxcpyH7njZd-mxev4ob8nl8xPdpB581NuM5aurPr4rTdJi6QiFWUvZ_sbIKXsoHEOP9yUDaE8VGLxZSwk8gz7GbYnbrsI-qFhbxxub0_m0_pybt4d9yjCaj/s320/quiz21_01.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562894099129250" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">#2)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">A question for my Chennai makkal as usual..!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">Cenotaph Road is a famous road in Teynampet, Chennai. I'm sure every Chennai vaasii's would be quite aware of that. This road connects Mount Road to Turn Bulls Signal, Kotturpuram and the like. The road has important landmarks like the Russian Trade Embassy, Japanese consulate. ICICI Bank, TPL House (which houses Tamil Nadu Petroproducts Limited, Sasken Communication Technologies, Ernst & Young, etc), a Cafe Coffee Day outlet are other important landmarks on this road.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC33;">My question here is quite simple. Why is the road named so? (No, Mr. Cenotaph didn't live there) :-)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">#3) Another one for my chennai makkal. (This one is for the delayed quiz post.. :D)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">In the 1970s, in the heart of Chennai, adjacent to Mount Road (Anna Salai), a tiny street sprouted with just five shops, dealing with electronic component spare parts. In just five years, this tiny market had 25 shops, with people from all over Tamil Nadu coming here to purchase electronic component spare parts, for assembling various electronic equipments. C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">olloquially known as the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Radio market then, it's now called as "Narasinghapuram street". How do we better know this place as...? (No more clues :D)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#4) Connect the below pics. (Clue: Think computer)</span></div><div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BIP5YepafwICUHT1Y5Ss50piD6o-7676CX8eEOvhDo9GUY7-fJ9QVPj0NL2G3BqO6AswHT3UVgYrgM82RfBelgE38KPEcTFDW1c_DnjO04oUqh9-HbzQla4PrHnQLMdrc3Ab5saTKflo/s1600-h/quiz21_04.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3BIP5YepafwICUHT1Y5Ss50piD6o-7676CX8eEOvhDo9GUY7-fJ9QVPj0NL2G3BqO6AswHT3UVgYrgM82RfBelgE38KPEcTFDW1c_DnjO04oUqh9-HbzQla4PrHnQLMdrc3Ab5saTKflo/s320/quiz21_04.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562895110062690" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#5) How do we better know Bayerische Motoren Werke (English translation: Bavarian Motor Works) as..?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#6) He was born in the northern coastal town of Velvettithurai on November 26, 1954, to Thiruvenkadam Velupillai and Vallipuram Parvathy. Angered by what he saw as discrimination against Tamil people by successive Sri Lankan governments, he joined the student group TIP during the standardization debates.In 1972 he founded the Tamil New Tigers(TNT) which was a successor to many earlier organizations that protested against the post-colonial political direction of the country, in which the minority Sri Lankan Tamils were pitted against the majority Sinhalese people. He was married to Mathivathani Erambu. They had a daughter Duvaraga and two sons, Charles Anthony and Balachandran. Who am i talking about...? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">(Clue: Refer the below pic and identify the guy who's getting married)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUtUKRvQ8y2J6opZI9yROOhCPPiXNIEmegWoO8sHh1UeNLcLdfGqfYxvCg65d-2rP8osi2mp6P7MEA7Y0NcNO1NBCCIS68Ed_PzHrITmK-OJukVaf73tGGktdgPDtelzaXX6nvUTFgpaG/s1600-h/quiz21_06.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUtUKRvQ8y2J6opZI9yROOhCPPiXNIEmegWoO8sHh1UeNLcLdfGqfYxvCg65d-2rP8osi2mp6P7MEA7Y0NcNO1NBCCIS68Ed_PzHrITmK-OJukVaf73tGGktdgPDtelzaXX6nvUTFgpaG/s320/quiz21_06.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562662391678402" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#7) It's a very common misconception that airports use X-rays for scanning baggages and stuff. But unfortunately it's not. What exactly is used for this purpose..?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#8) Identify the new logo of an Indian based company..?</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj485EY56X4KPWaoJU1_ANZXIvqbh-Pc1NysTctX9b88yU3UIQ7H8vBPbJnZrx610llcJ7Ew80yVGPqmLOPSMsiWwp2FoDU2kXyi6jU_oBnXECwFJktfJ8UlMKM6k8JodfDwrk4j5LRLtzE/s1600-h/quiz21_07.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 116px; height: 51px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj485EY56X4KPWaoJU1_ANZXIvqbh-Pc1NysTctX9b88yU3UIQ7H8vBPbJnZrx610llcJ7Ew80yVGPqmLOPSMsiWwp2FoDU2kXyi6jU_oBnXECwFJktfJ8UlMKM6k8JodfDwrk4j5LRLtzE/s320/quiz21_07.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562651419258626" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#9) You can see the picture of Paramount airway's dolphin shaped aircraft. Can you identify the model of the aircraft..?</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC00;">(Clue: Paramount just uses only one model of aircraft in it's fleet, as of now and is now planning to buy 10 Airbus A321 aircrafts)</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR_Lccep3ys4Jrm4EOu8kozSldBcoGokBr93P9YwtI1u_krHnqUdy0ti2SHzJeOdlfstlxxb0e_DxdI7iJqDXUpfKyOGxc46KH0kbNxgEG4jmgSVUqCCU6n2VrW-_EWaJGMCMGWS8M9Wa/s1600-h/quiz21_08.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUR_Lccep3ys4Jrm4EOu8kozSldBcoGokBr93P9YwtI1u_krHnqUdy0ti2SHzJeOdlfstlxxb0e_DxdI7iJqDXUpfKyOGxc46KH0kbNxgEG4jmgSVUqCCU6n2VrW-_EWaJGMCMGWS8M9Wa/s320/quiz21_08.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562643715642002" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#10) They are categorized according to two proteins found on it's surface: hemagglutinin (H) and neuraminidase (N). They contain hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, but the structure of these proteins differ from strain to strain due to rapid genetic mutation in the viral genome. They are assigned an H number and an N number based on which forms of these two proteins the strain contains. There are 16 H and 9 N subtypes known in birds, but only H 1, 2 and 3, and N 1 and 2 are commonly found in humans. what am i refering to..?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">11) Identify this wonderful piece of architecture..? (Yeah it's in India.. :D)</span></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgEfRAuqPg8wDTQkgteKQ97OkpvdLfxOKXFpjwYbk0sWiDoWQMzMqyAhc4FKHUDiMI-VFCz4Fvqcw41trdFRT08jwazQECMccJiv4XgVTeVR4dKKZ1Wn1LEJhpywl4FWi7b_gcLPeqpNg/s1600-h/quiz21_10.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 192px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgEfRAuqPg8wDTQkgteKQ97OkpvdLfxOKXFpjwYbk0sWiDoWQMzMqyAhc4FKHUDiMI-VFCz4Fvqcw41trdFRT08jwazQECMccJiv4XgVTeVR4dKKZ1Wn1LEJhpywl4FWi7b_gcLPeqpNg/s320/quiz21_10.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562638317515426" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#9999FF;">#12) Identify this device..?</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxADepyFdoHKkvHHMAwvN5cGa5JU4qej2skiVH20C4PQQ9ZvlB7xPguuEHO5CyZ7uH3eQDuof8rRhQYb1mQZeZ8VDDAqO7nFUJRO9OfBc2y8xiCf13xVgf1hAs3bEIa_bB5oGcBlUqRmr/s1600-h/quiz21_12.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGxADepyFdoHKkvHHMAwvN5cGa5JU4qej2skiVH20C4PQQ9ZvlB7xPguuEHO5CyZ7uH3eQDuof8rRhQYb1mQZeZ8VDDAqO7nFUJRO9OfBc2y8xiCf13xVgf1hAs3bEIa_bB5oGcBlUqRmr/s320/quiz21_12.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355562633971769282" /></a><br /></div></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-22755009023350336172009-04-02T01:34:00.000-07:002009-04-07T10:58:32.098-07:00<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em>Hi everybody,</em></span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</em></span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc33;">Rule#1:</span> Send in your answers to: </em></span></strong></span><a style="COLOR: rgb(153,170,221); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em><strong>quizblogger@gmail.com</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Rule#2:</span> Never forget Rule#1. :-)</em></span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#9999ff;"><em><strong></strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em><strong>Happy landings,</strong></em></span><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em><strong>Danny AV8R.</strong></em></span></span><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>Quiz#20</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A doodle to start with. Identify..?</span></strong><br /></span><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNs6TAsRXIZ1bO_Nj45rg1qHaAQzBQ06ZR76CH0ZViTr2wNUA-IvI5bBYgJT680ayLQ4VacG2YYxWuo4_gMejhj-QTue6v_-Y0aGjiwKtAKII8iunBlYQhnRyxqVnGemr3Q1q2TdMHEH2/s1600-h/Pic20_01.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320011659788228578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 276px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQNs6TAsRXIZ1bO_Nj45rg1qHaAQzBQ06ZR76CH0ZViTr2wNUA-IvI5bBYgJT680ayLQ4VacG2YYxWuo4_gMejhj-QTue6v_-Y0aGjiwKtAKII8iunBlYQhnRyxqVnGemr3Q1q2TdMHEH2/s320/Pic20_01.gif" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">2) A question for my Chennai makkal..! As usual... :-)</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">X was built initially by the Armenian Merchant Khojah Petrus Woskan connecting Chennai to St.Thomas Mount in 1728 at the cost of Rs. 1 lakh. It was called the Marmalong Bridge then and now it is called the Maraimalai Adigal Paalam, but most of us know it as X. Identify X..? </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">3) A sitter..! Identify this person who was shot to fame recently..?</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></strong></p><strong></strong><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4WHYLtV75hspAbOmohD28Gm2iayl8pkHPIPx5oDDOOrxP6i-vpeOJxXYL3eHlSJpSdB96AFFgSapPKUb6-cGw7KQIhjGxMPF26VntkJdNmx4JTsaEsZYoQS2H8IIkEVnJeiKBOUJEMT_/s1600-h/Pic20_03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320011647027132258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4WHYLtV75hspAbOmohD28Gm2iayl8pkHPIPx5oDDOOrxP6i-vpeOJxXYL3eHlSJpSdB96AFFgSapPKUb6-cGw7KQIhjGxMPF26VntkJdNmx4JTsaEsZYoQS2H8IIkEVnJeiKBOUJEMT_/s320/Pic20_03.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) Yet another sitter. Expand PHP..? {Quiz can get no easier than this... :-)}</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">5) Founded by Ferruccio, it started out as a tractor building company in the Italian village of Sant'Agata Bolognese. However, his priorities changed when he went to meet Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy, to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250. Ferruccio received a dismissive answer from Ferrari, who said that "the problem is not with the car, but rather, the driver," and suggested he look after his tractors leaving sport cars to others. A resentful Ferruccio returned to his factory, and the rest is history... What am i talking about..?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) Identify the </span><span style="color:#9999ff;">game being played here...?</span></span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVDaTWFZaeqNRhDZxIQgQhuQkyyW8cZ-yA4HZMeP0CP4AJxRZHzWus6PuYaWgsdwO6cCftFzL44cRkXUeaiRKQZhL0Y4QbXtFsfrvdmDtsHaR1lLcpTMrSq2S4-h8bf91OCCd9_t-pIWh/s1600-h/Pic20_06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320011645932022722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVDaTWFZaeqNRhDZxIQgQhuQkyyW8cZ-yA4HZMeP0CP4AJxRZHzWus6PuYaWgsdwO6cCftFzL44cRkXUeaiRKQZhL0Y4QbXtFsfrvdmDtsHaR1lLcpTMrSq2S4-h8bf91OCCd9_t-pIWh/s320/Pic20_06.jpg" border="0" /> </a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVDaTWFZaeqNRhDZxIQgQhuQkyyW8cZ-yA4HZMeP0CP4AJxRZHzWus6PuYaWgsdwO6cCftFzL44cRkXUeaiRKQZhL0Y4QbXtFsfrvdmDtsHaR1lLcpTMrSq2S4-h8bf91OCCd9_t-pIWh/s1600-h/Pic20_06.jpg"></a><p align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) If A is for Alpha, and B is for Bravo, then what is for :</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">P ..?</span></strong><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">W ..?<br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">8) Identify this logo. (Clue: Think SI units)</span></strong><br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNTJhcnoPEBY05117vkZIGJYOFacQIsl_JP8H1oQXjmat45TyLWuxD2rx27x20NuVyNAAKg_0jKawf_P0UN92Nj_5d-u7HOzt7MNGjMRJsaF7LcLtHlpBOplI-atRl5w7NcZG5SBF98AM/s1600-h/Pic20_08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320011642989838066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNTJhcnoPEBY05117vkZIGJYOFacQIsl_JP8H1oQXjmat45TyLWuxD2rx27x20NuVyNAAKg_0jKawf_P0UN92Nj_5d-u7HOzt7MNGjMRJsaF7LcLtHlpBOplI-atRl5w7NcZG5SBF98AM/s320/Pic20_08.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">9) Which phrase originates from the British Military practice of playing the drums when someone was court marshaled?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) When one is using the Gmail service, they will notice that it has a new option, named "Gmail Autopilot" in which the service would analyse an email. The program could be customised to contain certain types of grammatical or spelling errors, as well as complexity and length of the sentence. It also has a way of responding to relationship related messages, such as if someone spoke aggressively, even in a humorous way, the system would "terminate relationship." What am i referring to...? </span><span style="color:#ffcc00;">(Courtesy: Pratima, Atlanta)</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#ffcc00;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#9999ff;">11) Identify this most widely used trainer aircraft..?</span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#9999ff;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNzvG3Jd9021Th08a4O5dpySzI-315EDYqVRkdptd95muC9rbVCQMPo9DmHbh4yz1Xyh1HZNFyowCOJIW11rBJyaeuKyMlJ5XkVXXvGamg2ELpf__TjpKiGaXqcZrsyKf_kGOn8jOciKe/s1600-h/Pic20_11.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320011630236739362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNzvG3Jd9021Th08a4O5dpySzI-315EDYqVRkdptd95muC9rbVCQMPo9DmHbh4yz1Xyh1HZNFyowCOJIW11rBJyaeuKyMlJ5XkVXXvGamg2ELpf__TjpKiGaXqcZrsyKf_kGOn8jOciKe/s320/Pic20_11.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-72778324762011638882008-11-14T04:04:00.000-08:002008-12-10T05:40:57.995-08:00<div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em>Hi everybody, So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...<br /><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Rule#1:</span> Send in your answers to: </em></span></strong><a style="COLOR: rgb(153,170,221); TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em>quizblogger@gmail.com</em></span></strong></a><em><br /></em><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Rule#2:</span> Never forget Rule#1. :-)<br /><br />Happy landings,<br />Danny AV8R.</em></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">Quiz#19</span></span></strong></div><p><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A doodle to start with.. Identify...?</span></strong></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268484998892002162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhFAgJwML13TXEOk1zf1KxcyNpm_v8_nMPN_Ard1EP-hJF4gxbgKZRF9xmx7XzhnUd5v5TbA2Z6bSnJa5MUgCzd34eSwWcuYSEJ0kqLbiMORoe374BKgLMb8PWlnOl4CXHsD3QWx2pS4e/s400/Pic19_01.gif" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"> </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">2) Hussein, born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended most of his schooling in Jakarta until he was ten years old. He then returned to Honolulu and did the rest of his schooling until his graduation from high school in 1979. Following high school, he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied at Occidental College for two years. He then transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialization in international relations. Then he worked at the Business International Corporation and then at the New York Public Interest Research Group and later moved to Chicago, where he was hired as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization. He was shot to fame recently. How do we better know this person today..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) What is the claim to fame of this picture..? (Clue: think computers.. Probably you can find this on every desk and in every home )</span></strong><br /></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268485004643004802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHX-I5ujFoNv0hCGBAfqNZ3GRYJezInQrgK-KN3fqyuNgwLLmauP9TrRqVPdkob3HxQB2yVC4SggvLB9U1gOLAo0og3DGQzznrjuA0nX-UOH9xWMyoi3kGVbVqJlTACFm1tdsYLFurrqK/s400/Pic19_03.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) George Safford began his career as a teacher of telegraphy. To supplement his teaching income, he started selling pens for the John Holland Pens Company. In fact, his telegraphy students were his main customers. When the pens he sold malfunctioned, he felt obligated to fix them. Soon overwhelmed with repair work, he decided to invent his own version of the fountain pen. Thus, his famous idea of "making a better pen" came to life. How is his invention known to the outside world..?</span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) A dog may be man's best friend but a gleaming new car is often man's pride and joy – and never the twain should meet. But careless canines now face a shock if they do their business over their owner's new car. Electric shock technology unveiled in the latest model of its car should ensure no peeing poodle feels too cock-a-hoop after cocking a leg. A pet who relieves itself over the new model's wheels will get quite a buzz out of it – as an unpleasant 200 volts shoots through its body. Which automobile giant cameout with this innovative concept of keeping the pets at bay..?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) What is depicted in this pic..? Good at words..? Well..Think again...</p><p></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMOiM1rX5ipyLKk4VeLyQwtVSfHpBWtSnQbgWgshXOQT_4JrWjsNqURRh_cALY_PRcQGXNIMlmg6jZK6wVUgjUUiUE3M11F-fHkPGe5XMNm1MY0SPiPdI3-daWYJSlYXiMCDnfpCp0NjZ/s1600-h/Pic19_06.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268485006322366850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglMOiM1rX5ipyLKk4VeLyQwtVSfHpBWtSnQbgWgshXOQT_4JrWjsNqURRh_cALY_PRcQGXNIMlmg6jZK6wVUgjUUiUE3M11F-fHkPGe5XMNm1MY0SPiPdI3-daWYJSlYXiMCDnfpCp0NjZ/s400/Pic19_06.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) A question for my dreamzzz.. Which airliner based in India uses only Embraer aircrafts in its fleet..?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) In media parlance, expand SKG in Dreamworks SKG..?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">9) A question for my Chennai makkal.... It was known as (<span style="color:#ffcc00;">தமிழ்: பொழில் வாய்ச்சி</span>) "Polil Vaichi" in ancient times which means "The land of natural wealth and prosperity". This historic town was once known as Mudi Konda Chola Nallur during the period of Kulottunga Chola III. The Subramanyar temple here is an ancient one, with a history that goes back for about 8 centuries. There is another story with the Origin of name, "Porul Aatchi" (<span style="color:#ffcc00;">தமிழ்: பொருள் ஆட்சி</span>), which means "The land of wealthy Government". Its said that everything is sold/bought in the market(including elephants) except ones parents, in the olden days. In present day, it is a Picturesque town with almost all kinda natural resources like forest, wildlife sanctuary, National parks, Dams within the town and it is picture perfect and worth visiting. What am i talking about...?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span class=""></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) Identify this aircraft..?</span></strong></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268485013681637762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 190px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsNv2IpCCaJioR-Lj0OIcpq1GAcGlByNnJXY7Tj5QK5counaBipEpafISmg_PHRAeBxieAoCgaWywYPtAHofSNRefnOkGWElv5Iugarg1kOkMnzcHxpnTKoVkyd6zqTYV9bloC60tnZXNt/s400/Pic19_10.JPG" border="0" /> </p><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#9999ff;"><p><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffcc33;"><strong>Best AD of this week. enjoy with your sounds ON :-)</strong></span></p></span><p align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M4BJbJPSbkk&hl=" width="320" height="265" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" fs="1&color1=" color2="0x999999" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></p><p></p>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-29428590959579551592008-09-18T04:29:00.001-07:002008-09-18T19:53:41.350-07:00<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>Hi everybody,</em></span></strong><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Rule#1</span>: Send in your answers to: </em></span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(153, 170, 221); text-decoration: none; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>quizblogger@gmail.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); ">Rule#2</span>: Never forget Rule#1. :-)</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: </em></span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/" style="color: rgb(153, 170, 221); text-decoration: none; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>Happy landings,</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em>Danny AV8R.<br /></em></span></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "><em></em></span></strong></p><div style="text-align: center; "><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="font-family: georgia; "><span style="font-size: 180%; ">Quiz#18<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "></span></span></span></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-weight: bold; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; "><span style="font-family: georgia; "><span style="font-size: 180%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; ">1) Identify this google doodle..?</span></span></span></span></strong></div><p></p></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvaJiN7xzTWLlcPxJHcvyzfAu_kyv_wLtnOg23T64yxqK8nqsx2XHfPHT3-5fx0gnqzAypMYymQL7P3Ht5lISHgYQLfZnctJ6pfIN5cqWH2CU8XPWucYmCVUkpR0gdJ5ilw0sdbVJBuYE/s1600-h/Pic18_01.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOvaJiN7xzTWLlcPxJHcvyzfAu_kyv_wLtnOg23T64yxqK8nqsx2XHfPHT3-5fx0gnqzAypMYymQL7P3Ht5lISHgYQLfZnctJ6pfIN5cqWH2CU8XPWucYmCVUkpR0gdJ5ilw0sdbVJBuYE/s400/Pic18_01.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247557009257746226" /></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">2) How do we better know this personality 'Marathur Gopala Ramachandran Menon' as....?</span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">3) I’am sure everyone must have heard of ISBN, the standard book identifier. In this context expand ASIN {the actress is a strict no-no ;)}</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">4) You leave a large Company 'A' to work at smaller Company 'B'; you gain experience at the smaller Company 'B' that is hard to get at large Company 'A'; you stay at smaller company 'B' as it grows; you eventually get rehired at the large Company 'A' several levels above your previous position. So how do you term this one as, in </span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Silicon valley</span></span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> lingo...?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">[Courtesy: Vaishnavi, Bengaluru for Q's 3,4. Also thanx a ton for guiding me to Yeshwantapur :-) ]</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">5) Here's a sitter..! Identify this awesome aircraft..?</span></span></span></span></span><br /></span></p><p></p><p></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GQV3X6Dg7wJ333VNvg5t3sfBYH7IaJkRUydFOMHqv8UooiQZNVuJGGoewHn5k-d0sxjEEtBhJvju5vodYc9A5vYZWThBIw8BBXAIRFqIZ0GnRrEkzotLW2ytvd0JI_mk7BPy0P9dyKNg/s1600-h/Pic18_05.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8GQV3X6Dg7wJ333VNvg5t3sfBYH7IaJkRUydFOMHqv8UooiQZNVuJGGoewHn5k-d0sxjEEtBhJvju5vodYc9A5vYZWThBIw8BBXAIRFqIZ0GnRrEkzotLW2ytvd0JI_mk7BPy0P9dyKNg/s400/Pic18_05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247557013430795346" /></a><div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">6) Here's a question for my tamil makkal... :-)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; "></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">The name of this place is derived from the Tamil words literally meaning 'spearcity' or 'city of spears'. Ancient history shows that it was basically a battle field where the warriors used to fight. Due to the geography of the place, it was always left with the used weapons like spears all around the year. It is considered to be one of the oldest surviving cities in </span></span></span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">South India</span></span></span></span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">. What am i referring to..?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204); "></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">7) _________ is the occurrence of deep vein thrombosis/ deep venous thrombosis in air travelers. It's causes is probably due to a combination of immobilisation, dehydration and underlying factors. Additional environmental factors during air travel may possibly include reduced or sudden decrease in atmospheric pressure with consequent desaturation. Patients with disease that predisposes them for thrombosis, such as antiphospholipid syndrome or cancer, are probably at a much greater risk. The highest risk groups include the elderly, pregnant women, those suffering serious medical conditions such as cancer and those with recent orthopedic surgery. What am i talking about..?</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">(Clue: Think aviation)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">8) Yet another sitter..! Identify this logo..?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0u7h3r4DF2pvTF8u-dRnB5r5ceiBgR1n3K6K9rhpRl_9ORVQVy6fSnlq0RIWl9vMd_cYA4cF8uh9mv_b4wTXmFPCckVom8kjVtaDmb9wsdPRbXJ7-Y5dWIzGJC14oEIjlNEdi41W9AKJ/s1600-h/Pic18_08.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0u7h3r4DF2pvTF8u-dRnB5r5ceiBgR1n3K6K9rhpRl_9ORVQVy6fSnlq0RIWl9vMd_cYA4cF8uh9mv_b4wTXmFPCckVom8kjVtaDmb9wsdPRbXJ7-Y5dWIzGJC14oEIjlNEdi41W9AKJ/s400/Pic18_08.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247557020609496482" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">9) ____ </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">has become a slang </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">reference for a confidence trickster. </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Section ____ of the Penal Codes of both </span></span></span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">India</span></span></span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> and </span></span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Pakistan</span></span></span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> cover such activity. The Penal Codes of both countries are inherited from the Indian Penal Code of 1860 instituted by the Anglo-Indian government of the Indian subcontinent. Fill in the blank and what am i talking about...? [Sorry; no more clues.. :-( ]</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204); font-weight: bold;font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">10) Identify this young entrepreneur from south </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">india</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">...?( Hatsoff to him. I wish i could be like this someday</span></span></span><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">)</span></span></span></span><br /></span></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa_c7WVhttxD1W8s5WBjxii3oHfCY2sgcyj6wfciGdPMgOLo-Pg6_CesNEQhCI76pNXgGY_sjRzXnmslHFcZd1ysa_rhiP0LuUjVYlTB5okA0yf9ueuMsBivr0ZkHNcZm6KTopRlaB43q/s1600-h/Pic18_10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUa_c7WVhttxD1W8s5WBjxii3oHfCY2sgcyj6wfciGdPMgOLo-Pg6_CesNEQhCI76pNXgGY_sjRzXnmslHFcZd1ysa_rhiP0LuUjVYlTB5okA0yf9ueuMsBivr0ZkHNcZm6KTopRlaB43q/s400/Pic18_10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247557025938578082" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-74673936430631848822008-07-08T03:18:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:34.543-08:00<strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em></em></span></strong><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Hi everybody,</em></span></strong><br /><p><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Rule#1</span>: Send in your answers to: </em></span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>quizblogger@gmail.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Rule#2</span>: Never forget Rule#1. :-)</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: </em></span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Happy landings,</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Danny AV8R.<br /></em></span></strong><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em></em></span></strong></p><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Quiz#17</span></span></span></strong><strong></strong></div></div><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></span></span></strong><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">1) A google doodle to start with. Identify....?</span></strong><br /><strong></strong></div><strong><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span></span></span></strong></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdaJjxki5b5OaF44tBMXbflKm9M3iAVcGTTH_qgDtyDfnWxGRrLtUAcj8wD5EuGujTM4xV0rrxvztjp_XQoEdW3JMxGq0k_sZ8B3Z5Nfjo8L68IzzYKKQ_afhdBevcwhrlS9fowMN3q2U/s1600-h/Pic17_01.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWdaJjxki5b5OaF44tBMXbflKm9M3iAVcGTTH_qgDtyDfnWxGRrLtUAcj8wD5EuGujTM4xV0rrxvztjp_XQoEdW3JMxGq0k_sZ8B3Z5Nfjo8L68IzzYKKQ_afhdBevcwhrlS9fowMN3q2U/s400/Pic17_01.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220586115154614418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">2) How do we better know "First Information Report as"..?<br /><br />3) According to an ancient treatise, what do you get when the following procedure is followed?<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">First grind it to minimal, ensure that it is black marble. </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">Boil nine times in wine. After each boil, dry for three days under the Sun and after skimming and after final boil, dry for nine days.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">(Courtesy: Kcircle / Vaishnavi Subramanian, IIIT, Bengaluru)</span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">4) If you were to develop a program for any PDA's or mobile phones using JAVA technology, which precise technology would you be using...?<br /><br />5) Identify this Aircraft...? (Crafted this beast so damn beautifully)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPfXy6fAcsOPawAegDQIuLTLMp2TjuhIiTaHlVR2JI_s9aN1HKE4yedwg-geDN5ZZ_puPHBg6H223Ci8jn_Gfw7fQrSWgps3-Io3I7ahIlp6COQCjHKILfLXbwHbsA_J0ZIb2AtbwuOFr/s1600-h/Pic17_05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPfXy6fAcsOPawAegDQIuLTLMp2TjuhIiTaHlVR2JI_s9aN1HKE4yedwg-geDN5ZZ_puPHBg6H223Ci8jn_Gfw7fQrSWgps3-Io3I7ahIlp6COQCjHKILfLXbwHbsA_J0ZIb2AtbwuOFr/s400/Pic17_05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220586368733586034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">6) Tube Investments is one of the leading _______ manufacturers in India. Started in 1949 by the Murugappa Group and Sir Ivan Stedeford of Tube Investments Group in UK. They have manufacturing plants at Ambattur near Chennai, Nasik in Maharastra and Noida in Uttar Pradesh. Fill in the blanks and what am i talking about..? (clue: you can use the logo below as the connect)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIigsVyXkvwi5Uf6I5Ocp73Ms7wwxPDu8983ojKrivx9vYDpPTuUWaGGoUr3gdoQIP3bUnW8LRTB755JRHEg6n8hcKgb67hlZvLxtJVs2rCYszvf5SkrfBzY9I1QwSu4iuZ3utajQu_nd/s1600-h/Pic17_03.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIigsVyXkvwi5Uf6I5Ocp73Ms7wwxPDu8983ojKrivx9vYDpPTuUWaGGoUr3gdoQIP3bUnW8LRTB755JRHEg6n8hcKgb67hlZvLxtJVs2rCYszvf5SkrfBzY9I1QwSu4iuZ3utajQu_nd/s400/Pic17_03.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220586120735657570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">7) A trivia for my Chennai Makkal...!<br />The ___________ in Chennai, a station more popularly known as the gateway to the south, celebrated its 100th birthday on June 11th, 2008. Designed by Henry Irwing, a famed designer of the British era, it is one of Chennai's most famous landmarks. In 1908, it costed 17 lakh to build, which is completely with granite and sandstone. The station had its first passenger walked into on June 11, 1908, with four more passengers on that day unlike the present day with madding crowd. What am i talking about/ just fill in the blanks.<br />(A sitter if you are really a chennai makkal. he he.. anybody could guess it for that matter)</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"><br />8) "We never forget who we're working for." is the Tag line for which company..?<br /><br />9) Identify the "Complan BOY and Complan GIRL"..? (A very old AD, probably featuring in Doordarshan)<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGCCKI9HqyN9Um3rfK43tSgwWkAMZ26QkU2BnX_oYhFRJvAeT0c23PxN91brUTbrcwspiBK_kBBtG7wJp9JFfo5zQqa9nEema9FHu9sqy5DIWBtgtBRRUCX13imGQjWPvJq0_Jqs0ARkn/s1600-h/Pic17_09.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLGCCKI9HqyN9Um3rfK43tSgwWkAMZ26QkU2BnX_oYhFRJvAeT0c23PxN91brUTbrcwspiBK_kBBtG7wJp9JFfo5zQqa9nEema9FHu9sqy5DIWBtgtBRRUCX13imGQjWPvJq0_Jqs0ARkn/s400/Pic17_09.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220594135983802786" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">10) "Bellagio, Mirage, </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);">MGM Grand,</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 255);"> Monte Carlo, New York New York, Stratosphere, Treasure Island, Venetian"...... and the list goes endlessly.<br />What am i talking about..?<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-41194449162522953162008-06-19T08:19:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:35.427-08:00<strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Hi everybody,</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">Rule#1</span>: Send in your answers to: </em></span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>quizblogger@gmail.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,204,102)">Rule#2</span>: Never forget Rule#1. :-)</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: </em></span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Happy landings,</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em>Danny AV8R.<br /></em></span></strong><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><em></em></span></strong><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Quiz#16 </span></span></span></strong></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /> </div></span></span></span></strong><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span></span></span></strong><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)">1) A sitter..!! How do we better know Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India as...??? (No googling please...)<br /><br />2) Identify this doodle...?? (Hats off to you guys in google. Damn good)<br /></span><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,153,255);font-family:Trebuchet MS;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></span></span></strong></div><br /><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzCWR4BEgOy64Si8kP1uueEVL0XgmwhhnsJaKFa7l0x1rRxu5ZC3wqqKtpPPk1DiY-fFzxO9xwaHQMYiwkuxls7jPIueJrhbDBQ2HNoEJp-MKqApwz0CkAK72l_pClbBEvubQXyV92bNf/s1600-h/Pic02.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213612707865672578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzCWR4BEgOy64Si8kP1uueEVL0XgmwhhnsJaKFa7l0x1rRxu5ZC3wqqKtpPPk1DiY-fFzxO9xwaHQMYiwkuxls7jPIueJrhbDBQ2HNoEJp-MKqApwz0CkAK72l_pClbBEvubQXyV92bNf/s320/Pic02.gif" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)">3) The first Magyar Nagydíj was held on June 21, 1936 over a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) track laid out in Népliget, a national park in ________. The Mercedes-Benz, Auto Union, and Ferrari teams all sent three cars and the event drew a very large crowd. However, politics and the ensuing war meant the end of it in the country for fifty years. Fill up the blanks and what am i talking about..???? (Clue: The Magyar Nagydíj for 2008 has been scheduled to take place between August 1-3, 2008 )</span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)"><span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="color:#ffcc66;">(Courtesy: MathiPrashu, worst fella (Medvakkm<->HYD<->Budapest) - indirect contribution)</span><br /></span><br />4) Connect both the pics below....???<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1AgPCEpNEfHLgxl7VHMbBnhDq13xkrsqi_bbYWgDxCvRe5_CXA6rBjD6naaYv42PzlTFYDVFS2xAwayjd4VHSFHUhebASbKvg16eemKvzvZ70vH86T3pDYvjNBPBOUOjnF0dfTRqIbyb/s1600-h/Pic04.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213612711635239074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ1AgPCEpNEfHLgxl7VHMbBnhDq13xkrsqi_bbYWgDxCvRe5_CXA6rBjD6naaYv42PzlTFYDVFS2xAwayjd4VHSFHUhebASbKvg16eemKvzvZ70vH86T3pDYvjNBPBOUOjnF0dfTRqIbyb/s320/Pic04.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)">5) If you were to wakeup at Ferihegy International Airport and the airport code reads (IATA: BUD, ICAO: LHBP), in which place are you likely to be in..??? </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)"><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><span style="color:#ffcc66;">(Courtesy: MathiPrashu worst fella (Medvakkm<->HYD<->Budapest) - indirect contribution)</span> </span></p><p><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)"><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span><br />6) We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening. What am i talking about... A Sitter..!!!!<br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)"><br />7) Identify this monsterous flight..? (I love to fly this someday... damn creature)<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi230Eut4d3Xshhh3Zx_ZXQJPThXbOf618bPgFDEK4UUZL8tbv2wCGYamHQBdnKllEt0uGnpI-Ig5C453IK4eYEbgW4KeG_s48DRWg7ieRJDGN-kQj3A086x0ZzBr_HsyTTchkyGEqw07yc/s1600-h/Pic06.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213612715482508194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi230Eut4d3Xshhh3Zx_ZXQJPThXbOf618bPgFDEK4UUZL8tbv2wCGYamHQBdnKllEt0uGnpI-Ig5C453IK4eYEbgW4KeG_s48DRWg7ieRJDGN-kQj3A086x0ZzBr_HsyTTchkyGEqw07yc/s320/Pic06.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,153,255)">8) A trivia for my chennai makkal...!!!<br />The Nawab of Arcot gifted a piece of land to Sayyid Shah Khan (a high-ranking 18-century official of the court of the Nawab of Arcot in 1730.) How do we better know this piece of land in the present day..? (clue lies in the question itself)<br /><br />9) A Sitter...!!! How do we better know "Stanford University Network" as...?<br /><br />10) Identify this God damn machine...???<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisT3yNd4E5lBtM5xW5O61cGTtW_CUHutkTv-y9ooeryKYosGMo7rDzX1jAN1BEXRqH1dTDCeJVZObLM-kUAnCPSKccWqNyMP5PJ0tbPCE9NNfGCzG5WF4JcySyWwE4MjG0OVxPRozFZO6w/s1600-h/Pic08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213612725320132706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisT3yNd4E5lBtM5xW5O61cGTtW_CUHutkTv-y9ooeryKYosGMo7rDzX1jAN1BEXRqH1dTDCeJVZObLM-kUAnCPSKccWqNyMP5PJ0tbPCE9NNfGCzG5WF4JcySyWwE4MjG0OVxPRozFZO6w/s320/Pic08.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-74395565177094420402008-05-07T04:43:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:36.189-08:00<strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>Hi everybody,</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Rule#1</span>: Send in your answers to: </em></span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>quizblogger@gmail.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Rule#2</span>: Never forget Rule#1. :-)</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: </em></span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</em></span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>Quizically yours,</em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>Danny.</em></span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Quiz#15</span></span></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><div align="left"><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A google Doodle to start with. Identify...?</span></strong></div><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONFiUuPYqFHr5_DyJLcb01QqY8DGvCa5GBkb6aMNW8gIkJFxLpvA8zXb2ZGJQsZpIfRIGKw_8sL8CDZE3eq-rX1-UMNQ5o5AzF3u7HNZ1S9aWrYBWDfE-Rz162Hio7KcK7OmX0YBkZj8M/s1600-h/Quiz15_1.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197602719337531714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONFiUuPYqFHr5_DyJLcb01QqY8DGvCa5GBkb6aMNW8gIkJFxLpvA8zXb2ZGJQsZpIfRIGKw_8sL8CDZE3eq-rX1-UMNQ5o5AzF3u7HNZ1S9aWrYBWDfE-Rz162Hio7KcK7OmX0YBkZj8M/s320/Quiz15_1.gif" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">2) How do we better know the JV between Tata Sons & Volkart Brothers as..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) What innovation did Bell systems introduce in the US in the 1960s in terms of directory listing?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) Identify this structure..? (click on the pic to view a bigger image)</span></strong></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpEI97jfRDVFkiuskunX8cR0NB_wIllixiEo9uWd11VjtwUfa050Xih-KVi4UJkjGMFRsz8cD4U-VEmPOaWQz1roO0SyQA0wtrAMFXpYJf7CxTIN3UXFiIYSuTACQ-rBVDbEC0O279BqS/s1600-h/Quiz15_4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197602642028120370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 370px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="112" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpEI97jfRDVFkiuskunX8cR0NB_wIllixiEo9uWd11VjtwUfa050Xih-KVi4UJkjGMFRsz8cD4U-VEmPOaWQz1roO0SyQA0wtrAMFXpYJf7CxTIN3UXFiIYSuTACQ-rBVDbEC0O279BqS/s320/Quiz15_4.jpg" width="420" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) A trivia for my chennai makkal..</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">It all started way back in the 1960s when Krishna Rao proposed for the first drive-in restaurant in India. And so it was opened on April 15, 1962, and became a runaway success. It remained as a popular destination in this city where restaurants have mushroomed. Unfortunately it was forced to close on April 11,2008 but the gates were reopened on April 13 and locked again the same night once for all. what am i referring to..?</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) Identify the logo..? (enough clue given in the picture)</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197604664957716818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrjg2WHp0kngBM8VSa8yGa5fl6D_R8A6YrMIK2YUk8PfjlGDCEmD1wXMutqtbt52D662n8_H6oWd-2y1XndWoUfdUeR0hb80lZlgoKidtuq5sO5iR3qgdg4APTuc05NnoxVWdIJJ73RpV/s320/Quiz15_6.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) HP Labs announces the creation of a ______, the fourth basic element of electronic circuits with the resistor, capacitor, and inductor. What am i talking about..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) If....</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">MAA (VOMM) : Chennai International Airport, India :: LAX (KLAX) : ?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">9) Identify this marvelous piece of invention..?</span></strong></p><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweH5yg3vXbIO1ZJlK32OIyGxPHOPQ1lnnhBLiI7pwiFsr9avd8y3plinffoFrVo62dLy3yfHytFpVenJBFuMSSzsBwvUlvhP-3s77JYz9FR9Ckn4LmYChqk7rkWAbMqGd06VHL3_87mFc/s1600-h/Quiz15_10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197602208236423426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjweH5yg3vXbIO1ZJlK32OIyGxPHOPQ1lnnhBLiI7pwiFsr9avd8y3plinffoFrVo62dLy3yfHytFpVenJBFuMSSzsBwvUlvhP-3s77JYz9FR9Ckn4LmYChqk7rkWAbMqGd06VHL3_87mFc/s320/Quiz15_10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) How do we better know the strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Myanmar (also known as Burma) on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and nearly 22,500 fatalities, with a further 41,000 people still missing and supposedly the deadliest named cyclone in the North Indian Ocean Basin.</span></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">11) From 12:00 a.m. on March 29, 2008, the Google homepage in the United States, Colombia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland and the UK was turned to a black background. Their tagline is, "We've turned the lights out. Now it's your turn" . On what occasion was this done..?(Clue given in the picture below)</span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197609191853246818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3Sbf9z_n2AXxA19a70vbkw5He5uRYLJnNlLTFWDOr8Dy3OcSniPcSGsi0AUqf8LPVwopY5y4j96XA-j4EnhRIXVrsClZtSqJqsK0bJURmp0TJt-d5NUSi7ExnWm5egqfmG0JM5qqJ5EL/s320/Quiz15_11.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Quiz quote:</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"><em>If time doesn't wait for you, don't worry!</em></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;"><em>Just remove the damn battery from the clock and Enjoy life!</em></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuVeM68QKO5acigYq3KRj_mjtrwdilyuhs12U1UxgDT8SYc2BKmZqHZ81soO5Dvb3hBY4gVGhh4hMZKgGQW3v4TjGSAz9N3jq_nkOrFAkrrqlrwffFc6bhPyjplTqA1OqCMnHapniGozt/s1600-h/Quiz15_11.jpg"></a></div></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-53666642407218550912007-11-19T08:12:00.000-08:002008-11-12T18:21:37.066-08:00<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em><strong>Hi everybody,<br />So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#a0b638;">Rule#1:</span> Send in </strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong>your answers to:</strong> </span></em></span><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong><em>quizblogger@gmail.com</em></span></strong></span></a><em><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong><br /></strong></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#a0b638;">Rule#2: </span>Never forget Rule#1. :-)</strong></span></em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><strong><br /><em>Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: </em></strong></span><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><strong><em>QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</em></strong></span></a></div><div align="left"><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><em>Quizically yours,<br />Danny.</em></span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><div align="center"><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><p>Quiz#14b</p></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">1) A Google Doodle to start with...</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">On what occasion was this Doodle putup..?</div><p></p></span></strong><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n88FCHNy0EW37dUM7ccHAr5QuSU_hPmXQevd7FU_ptVS5_u_clFmXAJt3zf3a_P7dIRd-LwbxrCOXyba1cZfXB_Tx83M6owEoAFWRH9k3rwCSd8-KIC9TRdKwrrWylPk0iplFGl3O4KR/s1600-h/Pic14b_01.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134589954138584578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5n88FCHNy0EW37dUM7ccHAr5QuSU_hPmXQevd7FU_ptVS5_u_clFmXAJt3zf3a_P7dIRd-LwbxrCOXyba1cZfXB_Tx83M6owEoAFWRH9k3rwCSd8-KIC9TRdKwrrWylPk0iplFGl3O4KR/s320/Pic14b_01.gif" border="0" /></a></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p>2) A Trivia for my Chennai Makkal as usual.. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">The name comes to the store from the looks of the store. They keep the store as it is from the date they started. There is no electrical lamp or even a Board display to show the shop name. It was made famous by a Marwari family which settled there more than 300 years ago. The original shop started by them is the Lakshmi Vilas. Slowly others borrowed the formula from them and now it has become a synonym for this city. What am i talking about..?</p></span></strong><br /></p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p>3) Identify this logo...?</p></span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuUDJHf8ainLQuS6gW-sldAkENSqOy5R7vonxOnEPAY7FD-MkVo0dlUF0Cl4sgc6MG-ToMj2TX_6dDo_eVLueBTxMk7l-NgB2dB7exPqQelGnK4MA8cQum76idwL_asp0zNvVwAujpU6X/s1600-h/Pic14b_03.jpg"></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134589872534205938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGuUDJHf8ainLQuS6gW-sldAkENSqOy5R7vonxOnEPAY7FD-MkVo0dlUF0Cl4sgc6MG-ToMj2TX_6dDo_eVLueBTxMk7l-NgB2dB7exPqQelGnK4MA8cQum76idwL_asp0zNvVwAujpU6X/s320/Pic14b_03.jpg" border="0" /></a><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) How do we better know Birmingham small arms in recent days..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p>5) If you were to dial "007", to which country is the call likely to land..?</p></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p>6) This company based in Louisville was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1952, with the abbreviated form of its name adopted in 1991. It's a wholly owned subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. since 2002. What am i talking about..?</p></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) Identify this Google Earth image..?</span></strong></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkIiXJJrq1QWfJgJ1oOiDuVDYDHvIRpuE92I0xCuqiTBF4PnvkCYBccojv5lL8UdT3BHLWzChjcwcYL4BMx4dR2QwSOxsB3ShEoDmWZyd3xezqDx8e7P4XhUKkwffaOSuBI3b0dqNuMkh/s1600-h/Pic14b_07.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134589786634860002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQkIiXJJrq1QWfJgJ1oOiDuVDYDHvIRpuE92I0xCuqiTBF4PnvkCYBccojv5lL8UdT3BHLWzChjcwcYL4BMx4dR2QwSOxsB3ShEoDmWZyd3xezqDx8e7P4XhUKkwffaOSuBI3b0dqNuMkh/s320/Pic14b_07.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p>8) ____X_____ is one of the main banks in Europe and France. It was created on 23 May 2000 through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris and __Y___. Together with Société Générale and Crédit Lyonnais now LCL, it is part of the "three old" banks of France. Identify X and Y ..?</p></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">9) Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. How do we better know them as..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) If WinCE:Microsoft::Android: __X__</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">(Clue: The pic below is the CEO of X). Find X..?</span></strong></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CZ1SvsgkMD1rkPowjnI7P1tw6H6JJFkqt9Y1QV27fRES7usBa2aJRU68Vz9UTPGes5moJBGFchKXn4qt5oN1Y6Ne6RT41WjQXq-e96VfiOl2iWB6xdm2vvdXeXfAk9dSEcGPiE0JYZez/s1600-h/Pic14b_10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134589297008588226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3CZ1SvsgkMD1rkPowjnI7P1tw6H6JJFkqt9Y1QV27fRES7usBa2aJRU68Vz9UTPGes5moJBGFchKXn4qt5oN1Y6Ne6RT41WjQXq-e96VfiOl2iWB6xdm2vvdXeXfAk9dSEcGPiE0JYZez/s320/Pic14b_10.jpg" border="0" /></a>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-74403081595810122882007-09-05T19:20:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:38.359-08:00<span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Hi everybody,</strong><br /><strong>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</strong><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#a0b638;">Rule#1:</span></em> Send in your answers to: </strong></span></span><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#a0b638;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /><strong><em><span style="color:#a0b638;">Rule#2:</span></em> Never forget Rule#1. :-)</strong><br /><strong><em>Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</em><span style="color:#a0b638;"> <a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></a></strong></span><br /><br /></span><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong></span><br /></em><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#14a</span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A trivia for my Madras Makkal...(No more cluezzz) </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Connect all these...</span></strong></span></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kiran Reddy, the young and dynamic entrepreneur heads this venture as its Managing Director.</span> </span></strong></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106914999189270610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaomI0MCwc_ywzBs9j3Nm_OGGzIi_kwe4hx-KSofRaKKlFwkYLAykvF32dcKG9l2q6B8zuR8HScQFs-pj-Bd3EKNCxIMtIbYNiAuYucomj8V9NMtOZPro4DpvnHQDBsCIHPrvU_aH4VFE/s320/Pic14a_01.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">2) Identify the logo..?</span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106915274067177586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMy7CpYJGm_GORKiFYT72sT8FBom_wMv5gpRhLXJHd7ogf2bGwTXfYEKcLnSq57NDRTQvWVE-2hjHRa_AL0u2om1x35AoUvC1sWlI5vWtXXjtzjKQOGIqvJLiWCK4eczVfGmdxPKvrq1N4/s320/Pic14a_02.png" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">3) __X__ started a company named Softronics, founded in 1976 in Pune. It was an IT consulting firm. He shut it after a while and took up a job at __Y__ Computer Services as the head of its software business. He was arrested for talking to a passenger about capitalist ideas while travelling on a train through Bulgaria, and was put in jail. After some years he founded a new company again, in which "Nadathur Sarangapani Raghavan", or NSR was employee#1. Identify X, Y and the company he started finally..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">4) Identify this personality..?</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><br /></span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p></span></strong></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106915140923191394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRxQhEmS5hbMP0Swd1-iTEDVHE4s4f5yk8qUKWcA9qxgv6smF7vBK__Ugfe6lUAJo47_-1uzPQoiIp1cN4tMm-DZt4ir9zQ4wBuBe1GuHr631LvlAzH41f3-hq9wXTP_MPvfS1pu1MW24/s320/Pic14a_04.JPG" border="0" /> <p><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">5) This company was founded by Tsutomu Kato and Tadashi Osanai in 1962 as Keio Electronic Laboratories. In1963, the company's first product, an electro-mechanical rhythm device called the Donca matic DA-20 was released. Identify this world famous brand..? (Clue: The connect here is A.R. Rahman)</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">6) If you were to use this kind of Power socket, which country would you be in..?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106915355671556226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2A0jjoIXAoyL75Mzax2RluLhwVFTcSolUDoffkMcdc1QaZ4oXCh750ODjIgAD8SpI5FxAwt9Tf2tMJjwguVWQ4PEXalkLOrwtxQSmI1haaZ5Zfuu-rNDjdZFznGLKYPk31zDsHXphr6aT/s320/Pic14a_07.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">7) If you were celebrating this festival, which place would you be in..? (I need the country as well as the place. So please be precise)</span></strong></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106915450160836754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBKtXy0-TXpqVDVjgrAIZcWvwuzDUM7ZoZrINMWlzutUQatFOp8Oe3dViQp4h7rtX2YdzgMGLSdXW3XVvu2F10CjWVgqX-foMsT39-MaIUKFuUYvJNCsZaUrP5i91WTyLfgUG71eSJX-K/s320/Pic14a_08.JPG" border="0" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">8) ______ in American usage since the late eighteenth century, denotes a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two (twi- "double") or more warp fibers, producing the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes it from cotton duck. It was traditionally colored blue with indigo dye. The contemporary use of jean comes from the French word for Genoa, Italy, from which the first _______ were made. Fill in the blanks..?</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><strong>9) Identify the kind of aircraft shown in this picture?</strong></span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106915557535019170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVwBwj9DKU6lvIpXlQRKsQlJDYllKgJXa61nLQ-y1eYlqTqytY36aVZjzA6uhyphenhyphenZO6FlqGlJzonbL-i7ORzdNoRkVo453endbeB6H0oqTmb4NETEru_4FayLfXH3R55LeaSdX44Mru_Nb1/s320/Pic14a_09.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;">10) Identify the place shown in these picture..?</span></strong></p><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106915729333711026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhk0XSQ_Wmx-Wh3RBrFYygGXtphgzvqNhdBt59697VkSruvCvnBOzZWUSs_i_8kmFsgtmqIB5-9D9iyWGZLRbtHUnhbSpdEELiqr4_IsOYUISN5iUeZ5enGEhz1zdfzCtL3IZusPmo4_p_/s320/Pic14a_10.jpg" border="0" /></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-19880020927802109722007-08-02T18:27:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:39.456-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> </span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"></a><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></a><br /></a><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#12</span></strong><br /></div><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A Google doodle to start with.. On what occasion was this doodle putup..?<br /><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094280142654754994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXkoG4WXBsKyZJfiMWm8aUK3W0tcsmlauIC0AnesRVTMYXmQTmtAUKQroWuohijUiweg6s4P0TtmI3TOWoSOR6Xj3R5SPzSXuW0zWyDAqTt2AFBL2_u0ADgJ7f1IQgfWAoEQF4yCZkxiO/s320/Pic12_01.jpg" border="0" /><br />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..?</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) A Trivia for my Chennai makkal...! Identify this logo ? (Clue: This recently celebrated it's Golden jubilee)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094280280093708482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMkrFTOjh2zVwCeOkn3DI1-aEccXmeChvUksRmkghRXNzbI-OkHUZ4enjPUd43rmJr_godL6XC0kmMNxh5y8CmNDMkeLR9ylNMS54RcehHMParWHjqSfAoEiGa6kSFC_e7vLQa53KVzmOr/s320/Pic12_03.jpg" border="0" /><br />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...???</span></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) Connect these...??</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094280537791746258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggyaV8KhlDLL5wGIfzNXaGCA2pN9WTg5s6IWhMzTCGPkQd7QMTdFBjiCgXrPCdjr3Davg307U-6PaCDSdDBwaIQQ0cWC_LJ9O0t_199_iotkdqQ6C81TLZTByG51535bpJt3DSaSowOwdR/s320/Pic12_05.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">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)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />7) Who (or which organization) is advertising here...?</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094280795489784034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisplfWvQ74wBCxQV_vPFCSmYRxm6KswrsX0sCLJP-9RWnQxSfJ5rbbYyEeRqLURdi2cdxextMRNB2PZcWwXBha2pTUnWFouXtPWFbbctLbkoHnrz3jFdDvazSmATqGUmgi_KTfdjija-Zn/s320/Pic12_07.jpg" border="0" /> </span></strong><br /><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">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:</span></strong></p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><blockquote><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Madras & Maratha Railways Headquarters Building. (now Chennai Central station)</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Viceregal Lodge, Shimla.</p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">Madras High Court, Chennai.</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">Law College Buildings, Chennai.</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">State Bank of Madras (now State Bank of India) Headquarters, Chennai.</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">Government Museum, Egmore, Chennai.</span></p><p></span><span style="color:#9999ff;">Ambas Vilas , the Maharaja's Palace in Mysore.</span></strong></span></strong></p></blockquote><blockquote><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></p></blockquote></span></strong><p></p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p></span><span style="color:#9999ff;">(Clue:- The pic of X is putup below) Identify X...?</span></strong></p><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094281091842527474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhELs37fqLZtPG3Vmn16wmgnjw3st1hh6YS80h695AlLyRYug-syrqJa0imiiCk-Wai4H9v9YyeQVDJ9ecA7BDPFCwbBokCxrAcdTN3PVG3Hc1twCmQs-1bMKWBpspTwsux0ea6XoAWs0PE/s320/Pic12_08.jpg" border="0" /><br />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..?<br /><br />10) Identify this location..?<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094281246461350146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPvxa61LaYkQVTGcXVJdkv_UIlRwoJ686nfV1WgJpPGUGfDHKwSCvGYhYF42Mx2dvEgpwNQlpiclNKGE_2oHSERtqCujjYJn4ke3DELIXys2HgvwxWnSDO02Y7Nfon3JESIEXqLd8Vc-eU/s320/Pic12_10.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-24435724517638264182007-08-02T18:17:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:39.934-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> </span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"></a><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></a><br /></a><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#11</span></strong></div><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><div align="left"><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) To start with a bang....<br />He used to work with Raja Bahadur on 'Route# 10A' that plied between Majestic and Srinagar. Whom am i talking about..? (No more cluezzz)</span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />2) Connect these...?</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094277505544835186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhld6RmAfKVZss0vqDExjgIcGhog3YfYdbOe3z8bSugV_EJ-VVAp4UaPQvHdc0J1odyHppXNlGkWoz5n4KBSJOiyltPtOmOotE7Qn5XSKOEBTa7ApuDmTbWu687C42-BZXi-V35H184FnWS/s320/Pic11_02.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) Invented in 1946, it was named after _______ Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the site of the first atomic bomb testing, and designed by two Frenchmen named Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. What am i referring here..?<br /><br />4) Research in Motion (RIM) is a Canadian wireless device company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie. What is their most famous product?</span></p><p></span><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) Connect these..? (Clue: A Truly global issue). A sitter..!</span></strong></p><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094277574264311938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4SOGYVDPv7pBKxekGB0-ed7FsjnPLao9pYrdyulJ5tbEaB_MUBtR1qRaYrudrSs2meCxZVGgym2telAO8z2hdCdXuujWUPib6Kz1rVdOfflToOoZIi_EW-RRNZsfXUKWB2gNyh9fHlxK/s320/Pic11_05.jpg" border="0" /><br />6) With the Indian Economy booming drastically in all sectors, and the mad rush among people in acquiring property and real estates..... A very basic question pertaining to loans. Expand EMI..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />7) Identify the logo. (Clue: The World is not enough)</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094277638688821394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzUqRRG3QJIjJ5vLHdLfk3vRtArMWaA3W4iJmkfx0fQf4kQZfyS97v_VvSaACTf8Nh-qjX9YdLWlkt_wjLXsVGpLna9jmfq_BVuGtDaFjSPBkMkCSSBOAWhxq5PKBvawa5mw2SV66VCeT/s320/Pic11_07.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) The Strip (a.k.a Arrowhead Highway, Salt Lake Highway, U.S. Highway 91) was reportedly named by police officer Guy McAfee, after his hometown's Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles. (Clues: Stratosphere, Treasure Island, The Mirage, The Venetian, Tropicana, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, MGM Grand)</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><div><br />9) How do we better know Dieter Hallervorden..?</div><div></div><div>10) Identify this location... (Clue: A song in the movie Shivaji was shot at this location.... no more cluezzz)</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094277698818363554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeHmOG3joo8F55llSq7t9zG_thuIhJ7QUNOtyfEBDzWu3HPoQkz6tl0Vw_vfY41aB9cnpCf9FLzyFEtU7Z7dBv1CN1hb1un6eTCxizeCYHC_XDPnb0hCBxAdyExrDhhgJ2edVZ5LGt8X4T/s320/Pic11_10.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-81162460027808062792007-08-02T17:35:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:40.584-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> </span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"></a><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></a><br /></a><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div><div><div><div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#10</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) Can you identify the logo..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094266755241693202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqF0M6j8C5R_VPYt5nSu3wy-lAKy5RrbEG0g8n_rvMmF8FB0IetQ5eqkck_9CW3TOTKYSzLQxhXYGR-_rb75Uy7AeXhtsIAXYb0n4_DFS_9aW0ChPyssD2fvdYSkUMhC8Q76BbEoBIAvt/s320/Pic10_01.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">2) Identify this personality who was(and is) in news recently..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094266828256137250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Yqjj7WTrv5044nN8ChW5ajZzsFn9GIMHNYghm4Nm10PmQstHYkoNWXzd5Kg0k1MZtfc2ZFYbN5EXIm2KQ6J7bTMBj3G2LM-5-d723589qXcOQzf7mCBqBk5pbkYkUHKyQt9BUTAxINS5/s320/Pic10_02.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) It's a fast food restaurant chain based in Louisville and is now a division of Yum! Brands. The company adopted the abbreviated form of its name in 1991. Three reasons are commonly speculated: de-emphasis of chicken, as the chain was moving to offer other foods; the unhealthy connotations of "fried"; or a shorter name that would be considered more appealing to youth. What am i talking about..?(A clue for my Chennai makkal...! It's recently opened it's outlet in chennai.)</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><div><br />4)Identify this famous landmark and also it's location..?</div><div></span></strong> </div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094266901270581298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic79OA6ZxmQPDzg7-7qqXvioHUO55egLtuEzJ-o5qrvVRbTdKY0oYWsVxoNuwSnWaU5A0PuZeEsvx04oMiBwPiuAJ7QWc4twiXQQp1GK37YE_PgZXlr6ojdd2jHsEelwsx-m-q4O4DT7ba/s320/Pic10_04.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><br />5) Lets get down to business.....<br />Established in 1946 by K. M. Mammen Mappillai, the company has grown to become a INR 30 billion enterprise. It's a major manufacturing company located in Chennai, India and is mainly involved in making vehicle tyres. It is India's largest tyre manufacturing company, and also exports to more than 75 countries worldwide. It is also involved in a range of other activities via subsidiaries. Funskool India, a major toy manufacturing company is a joint venture between them and Hasbro. Which company am i talking about..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />6) Can you make a connect among these four pics below..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094266978579992642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilCdTalYovaXIDugCQVIyfnZ7bAm9XbVB8sKCJ0R_MzZ381ffDF4-XT2kh-4pixmzWg7LHl2A5F4Rxk0erlJ_wbGQVFtVfeK3HhXqdBK_8DcZg-Mrq3SXqqjsu5-3ZiwHgbbZLfRqw2CHF/s320/Pic10_06.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) The idea came to Georges de Mestral, a Swiss engineer after he took a close look at the Burdock seeds which kept sticking to his clothes and his dog's fur on their daily walk in the Alps, during the summer. Georges de Mestral examined their condition and saw the possibility of binding two materials reversibly in a simple fashion. As a result he developed something which is still in use. What am i talking about..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />8) Yet another sitter.... Connect all these..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094267124608880722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwOPOapNCRwcwMeJsMgng7z9TAyf5M4yabKPV28AzPaAckMJr_OXwfdhbzByvljgGbzWZFDqOvsj-PodwBYtTnBysyLqxBs1e6pnoupOlAzyKAr_7s9qWDh3qBHTGbCKaLhVj0tY06-5D/s320/Pic10_08.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong> </div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">9) The khadi-duck is an unconventional type of weave that meshes three threads into a weave as compared to two weaves used in conventional weaving. This type of weaving is extremely rare, and there are fewer than a dozen weavers in India professing this skill. The guidelines also state that there should be exactly 150 threads per square centimetre, four threads per stitch, and one square foot should weigh exactly 205 grams. These are the finely crafted measurments of a very famous thing. What is that..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />10) Can you identify this landmark..?</span></strong></div><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094267197623324770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqXCqeX-qX7cqXUllK89V0qhyphenhyphenNkf_rX08Bclw9VtFShYhyi6uY8k3vqAZEFMfGwUVMjyAS0z1D6Cxeq3RqlB0dyic3VbwZVAOUSjz6nJ2JgKjfwrFozmPAMmk7UgwpuspqhMNO31zrVLe/s320/Pic10_10.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div></div></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-13210006186415221192007-08-02T17:16:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:41.232-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> </span><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"></a><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></a></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div><div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#9</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) To start with a sitter, Connect all these four...?</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></div><div align="left"><br /></span><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny ; </span></strong><strong><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Kensington Oval, Bridgetown</span></strong></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094262507519037378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEviGYcskP08mYSOEWwL5cdEgp55n7RFyzHemErKASSwR_IHqGniRcjwyv4_A4g-wq5DNrFgcYxHak_U9sn2KlTkR8ZWe0HuoPsqQ1oMSTrIL-bjeRMwr9aiH3DVTvmenfiOlu-Bw6VATP/s320/Pic09_01.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><div align="left">2) A Trivia for my Chennai makkal...!<br />The name is derived from the TODA word "othakal-mund" which means house in mountains." It stands at 7,347 feet above sea level. It was founded in the 19th century stands at 7,347 feet above sea level, and served as the summer headquarters of the Madras Presidency. What am i talking about..?</div><div align="left"><br />3) It's cricket time..!NEO sports: India :: _____________ : Pakistan.<br />(Clue: As you might be aware of the controversy between Nimbus communications and Doordarshan about the 7-min delay in cricket match telecast)</div><div align="left"><br />4) Connect all these....?(Clue:The pic on the last is of a famous railway station)</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094263044389949394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqIn4oT5MMbA6Oe6dmXnzf1uFTeldexfsUSXiIY22cftf8nWzThgdqietudLDEYCrLAOXW1RPP8KuPKiu19JPRxp1QHAXSuT5MJubif22qiBwnnyaUk4_nSNRh5WD9Uu-OKQH3dBDck4ve/s320/Pic09_04.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="left"><br />5) Flock : Sheep :: ________ : Ferrets.</div><div align="left"><br />6) Can you identify to which country this registration plate belong to..?</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094263100224524258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1f2cbFhtf8q7HHDr4iXTci62GtCYTIi1Q6A80b9AzBfQ7FPsiDyXIX8wbLXCOtht7TD4Nltn510j9B-CLXZsXfSP5Lw6aKxJpMvDgGyK72ZdDQHScd3oFzB9DZGdctpQHjnZWifkwaY4k/s320/Pic09_06.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="left"><br />7) It all began in 1924 with the establishment of the Mavalli Tiffin Room, on Bangalore, India by the Maiyya family. This restaurant is a city landmark today and people still stand in queue to savour its unique, completely authentic dishes. It was once featured on the Discovery Channel series Globe trekker. What am i talking about..? (No clues)</div><div align="left"><br />8) Yet another connect:</div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Italian word meaning 'to rock, roll'.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span> </div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094263164649033714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRu8_0JvtV9MLuok9cHoXjCClP43Ip9bfQiSV8_8hrR7WOP7ftwUhFeDf0BAMx2ppR7rH1Ja7meIFQnKP2zfppsJELCBf_W1b-AlWX7o3qib3cz-9ES_oXCa2TFRGTgPKKTvaue7LqxyI0/s320/Pic09_08.jpg" border="0" /><br />9) How do we better know Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jung-mok..?</div><div align="left"><br />10) A Connect to end with... Connect these...?</div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Lalbagh Road,Bangalore, India.</span> </div><div align="left"> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094263220483608578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMNiRCM1H_FXjUStY2__nsqPsjm0FGj70lM6R7iPkQPQEOPSMyo938DEEYBO654grsZ-4yy48Id-e0yruRMtNedAtSWEoNJuNpysaI-pD086zTnnWPq6rMT-neHqwE4ignAbuzdas61bpJ/s320/Pic09_10.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong></div></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-66817238133370824782007-08-02T16:51:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:41.624-08:00<span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Hi everybody,</strong></span><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> </strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></a></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> <a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#8</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A sitter to start with. On what occasion was this doodle put up..?</span></strong><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094256541809463186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKs8V9du0f6ZwTmnxvcWyM7EhgyCiJsxMH2C1F7fsAcTBbBuzFVmpbfuzO-HF3ozK4Co12y816KcXgkmOepf313mvo9sTg02V1irwdc00sH-APisI7ROIxEmrdl36FHVGmJIS2O9Dkrlk/s320/Pic08_01.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">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..?</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />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..??<br /><br />4) Can you identify the landmark ....???<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094256623413841826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG-XcUa8xo13iY3vCFCS-RGSYjISZK1ki_JpVGjvAHoUtSv0r5Pmp_AUcWOEuwKyLSagMYkQJdTiTZG7jARCgtCi55vp_qBd1hlhuVePQEChcRrxO5wzSEzlpbYLi_i_mO3zgWatxFVRpy/s320/Pic08_04.jpg" border="0" /><br />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?<br /><br />6) Which company is listed on the Nasdaq as ERTS?<br /><br />7) Can you figure out this famous place..???( i need the whole trivia)<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094256687838351282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfdfcmLE5Pv29veO6zpJbS_7iDXcaxZ-hKDcw001nlypm_7kRk3_-mCDk4GbMy_v2iI7Keuq3ezZuKr-GVVOAEVcfOtrSDE4bl_rRVD6lf6Qcs-bWB3_gd5Tq35hVTLQY-QkRTfMcCDCr/s320/Pic08_07.jpg" border="0" /><br />8) How do we better know "id est" ?<br /><br />9) HOw do we better know the "Sleeping Beauty Castle"..?? (Clue: Inspired from the architecture of Neuschwanstein castle)<br /><br />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)</span></strong><br /></span></strong>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-47001487489625607352007-08-02T16:31:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:42.287-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> </span></strong><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;">Quiz#7</span></strong></div><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) On November 19, the ____ Trust launched a National Right To Information Act (RTI) helpline that will help people across the country in using the Right To Information Act. Inaugural Calls were made by Mr.N.R.Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor,Infosys and Ms.Kiran Bedi. What am i referring here...?(Clue: We still remember you machan..)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />2) A Tech trivia... What was co-founded along with Jack Smith at Firepower Systems that influenced millions of users all over the world(and also microsoft) in a big way?<br /><br />3) Identify the Doodle..?<br /><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094250893927468914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cz9ZVRX4XfKTmj3IK8WomxdYsoSuMQAA7hiIqP_rQmCiXLSbhRS7XConustirBDQ2GqOSfHxblsbc8LW3T4TFAN60XL3SDZwKSntx4DUxAs1bwmbi_WT4Dg-ZqqQaU7X8Oz5-H-yxQ9q/s320/Pic07_03.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) This four-line song was written as a classroom greeting in 1893 by two Louisville teachers, Mildred J. Hill and her sister, Patty Smith Hill. This is how it goes...</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#9999ff;">Good morning to you,</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#9999ff;">Good morning to you,</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#9999ff;">Good morning, dear children,</span></p><p align="center"><span style="color:#9999ff;">Good morning to all.</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">What is the claim to fame of this piece of ditty..?</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) The Nawab of Arcot gifted a piece of land to Syed Khan in 1730 which literally means Syed’s domain. How do we better know it in the recent times..? (A Clue: Very close to our Alcatel-Lucent,chennai) (Courtesy: QFI chennai quiz)</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) How do we better know NXP Semiconductors as..?</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) What did newly wed Earl G Dickson, employee of _______ come up with in1920 because his wife, who was inexperienced in the kitchen kept burning and cutting herself?(i need both the company and the idea he came up with..?<br />8) What is the contribution of Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University to everyday usage in the world of "communication"?</span></p><p></span><span style="color:#9999ff;">9) Can you identify the person in the bottom left corner(extreme left) and the company he started..?? (A sitter)</span></strong></p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094250984121782146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7vESiOfQXzVfKvhu6zP-iA0xDO_QGGTtEUHBgVDnPDOtcjOE9QIaz99Gqp6NEH4tZBdE0Auu-b4r83F5k-JPFPxOc6eRi8AqblQLqughgyHDKyFutz-tQBgbRufTJ6Y_NPzbc2ETRWKm/s320/Pic07_09.jpg" border="0" /><br />10) This phrase was taken from the story of Hansel & Gretel, who found their way through the forest on their way back home. On a website this phrase is used to denote a navigation tool that allows a user to see where the current page is in relation to the website’s hierarchy. Give the phrase.</span></strong>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-50622781819262501922007-08-02T16:10:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:42.798-08:00<strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,<br />So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to: </span><a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)<br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> QuizOManiac.googlepages.com<br /><br />Quizically yours,<br />Danny.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;">Quiz#6</span></span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br />1) A Google Doodle to start with. Identify..?<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094245246045474626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="90" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQDXwJRC9hB0L8OCZaN-Yjnuj4RPqU42wyfEVSH3OUSuTZiIv3MGi-_xhHmnDweaZGj4l3yTOXzxxdWf0QzIwFhvzOhZJp9MSqseg8h-sjm4mQSSUJdvrCQHSj4xR2JlBWJ2ty8ftcW0k/s320/Pic06_01.jpg" width="288" border="0" />2) Born on January 3, 1969, in Hürth Hermülheim, near Cologne. He was the son of a bricklayer. His mother worked in the canteen.He married Corinna Betsch in August 1995. They have two children together, daughter Gina-Maria (b. 1997) and son Mick (b. 1999), and reside in Gland, Switzerland, near Lake Geneva. Who am i talking about..? <p><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) Connect: Clippit, The dot, F1, Merlin, Mother Nature, Links, and Rocky( A sitter for Tech Geeks)</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) In the movie Titanic the nude portrait of Kate winslet (Rose DewittBukater) was sketched by X. Also in the screen it was X's hand shown drawing and not De Caprio's as we visualize. Identify X.</span></p><p></span><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) Identify the most famous painting.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094245349124689746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HpGap8Ph_7k3pSY8EF7K5pwzt-nkCKH-4ImPFKm9P_qkKXBYX-Wjn5KAj4tIQbHdO5NQ9NTIw21RosMIzzPdfq26HuPz_4R1_wA0nn6LjEelNe9tPxKx1BeieqOQrMCHCleCNwC3mkVC/s320/Pic06_05.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) It is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. It was originally named "Grande Valse" but was changed to ____. What am i referring to..?</span></p><p><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) Identify the logo...? (No clues..)</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094245413549199202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 73px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="89" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TP4yLUvEXMKUTH02VvdQpZu5vfTnVcbzZ5vJ5i1AITzpgZ0nD6WEQ79wAX5Isrr4SbKsRxZuBQxfRfk01ysxLvVHnBNH_VTC2vCpFTB7V0z1gk2p86X8hyphenhyphenPQ4azXQsPz3lZinJwE4g_r/s320/Pic06_07.jpg" width="150" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) Aibo and Qrio. What are they? (For all Techno-junkiezz)<br /><br />9) Which company is listed on the NYSE as DWA?</span></p><p></span></strong></p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) An F-1 question to end with. Who is a "lollypop man" in Formula One..?</span></strong>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-21531880477859612492007-08-02T15:41:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:43.611-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> <a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span></strong> </span><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">com</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny</span></strong><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>Quiz#5</strong></span></div><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A tech trivia to start with… Why did Bill Gates took everyone into a submarine, during the launch of Windows 95…???</span></strong></div><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">2) Identify the Google Doodle which was there recently..?</span></strong><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094238739170021106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlDZ1sDvsPlW-00OgQVvkXVh82GegvJasG3lCL07SauYKIB3wdcfin995MjY-YiCLyJznw42TwxOpDJhqoaaIX9utc_ookJPz76jX8YJ3yAB9qzP9TfNLX5zE_oxS73ZlhH8NwkBM6bwj/s320/Pic05_02.jpg" border="0" /> <strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) This company was started in Ponzano, which was once a sleepy little village, half an hour drive from Venice. It is where Luciano and Guiliana, the world’s 35th richest family’s descendants have laid down their roots. Their global empire, now 40 years old spans continents and products-from the high street label which retails at 5000 outlets in over 120 countries to nearly two-thirds of Italy’s motorways and a chain of roadside restaurants. What am I talking about..???</span></strong></div><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">4)Identify this picture..???</span></strong><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094238863724072706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBe4S3knPw4Dnga1RxclmdWfERlcD5FjMMZhzQQeJqVBpfsOwmT8BE2Kmph7mV-2gjZ631Pszb7DGUwE47xvNXjjwic2EGiGuwF_0mVH5i8lfoBkE3SBxQfIM8hw8HuXdXKEmtE456FlQA/s320/Pic05_04.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) Whose ticker symbol on NYSE is ACN?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />6) Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) was started in May 31, 1898, by a French engineer Pierre Azaria with the aim of of taking on the likes of AEG, Siemens and General Electric. Which company am i referring here..???<br /><br /><br />7) Identify the logo..???</span></strong><br /></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094241170121510706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP80jTOCfUKs03P7jR4IWQ5gXi0JKENgAnLF8su92O7g6ISMZpUubWtGbB6IKls9yn8ji1EIAYPnjx-egF-aaq5PQOTqXH7aop6nADiIgPUwc8QqwW1a1XZKAz6v0hgzYd9Plg9W-TJWvT/s320/Pic05_07.jpg" border="0" /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) By 1861, this product produced in USA, enjoyed higher sales abroad than in the USA. In Africa salesman had to customise the machine because the tribesmen wanted it to be noisier, because they believed ‘good iron made more noise’. Mahatma Gandhi described it as ‘One of the few useful things ever invented. What am I talking about..??</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />9) Identify the personality..?</span></strong><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094239091357339426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpQ5_YwgLkQJ3C8HCW6R7HlxmBbYKw4UMrwrE4xG_kBw1slBr4pN5DiK3ROG3YvU34vQkmW8Rxw4j5ZUVHBgweQdT8Ew13cmq3e9nqikLrhyUGHXMe7Cg7IkuA4hKUi-VseIsY8c0m7hn/s320/Pic05_09.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) A sitter to end with…. </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /></span><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Dimensions:</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Overall length 3335 mm</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Overall width 1440 mm</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Overall height 1405 mm</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Wheelbase 2175 mm</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Minimum turning radius 4.4 m</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Ground clearance 170 mm</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Seating Capacity 4 persons</span></strong><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">What am i referring to here...?</span></strong>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-13789559963450096072007-08-02T07:58:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:43.892-08:00<span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Hi everybody,</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> <a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>Quiz#4</strong></span></span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) A Google Doodle to start with... Identify it..???</span></strong></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094118926762331858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9_u0BjDwsDPkzOZR3mBJmk6FkyYWg1eGrRYW2clqTbl8w35PR5Fm_kPZ5kN3P39xPmQM1YyEUywty4Jgyn4Yu3fHBwQZEtQ4jqZG5SKproH4rP66sAE1SPkXpUG27U1Izwtg5GwPITok/s320/Pic04_01.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">2) When ____ was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance. Identify it... (Very famous and people use it often...)</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /><br />3) Wolfsburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on theRiver Aller, northeast of Braunschweig (Brunswick). The city is very young, since it was planned by the Nazis in order to build a town for the workers of ______?<br /><br /><br />4) Connect these:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094119089971089122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGPHE0NbLDIWDkNMXaOEr5EvJlaTHqbXQ7sQvs3krRDM5e2Xi3uTm4AC9ilUME9uOW3ZEwV921j-YOAGt0M-GnSw6qDNHCpOYKPQifU4cOUBWMi1zlr3UKrysVjKw7e2dUohvJFjA4EKF/s320/Pic04_04.jpg" border="0" /><br />5) By what common name are the large bombs developed in the early years of World War II by the Royal Air Force known? They weighed around 4000 pounds and were carried by Wellington and Lancaster bombers on raids into Germany.<br /><br />6) What does TIMES stand for in the name of TIMES Television, the Television division of Bennett and Coleman Ltd?<br /><div align="left"><br />7) What is the claim to fame of this piece of poem below....???</div><div align="center"><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I used to live in an Orphanage.<br />It was dark and cold and lonely.<br />At night, I looked up at the sparkly sky and felt better.<br />I dreamed I could fly there.<br />In America, I can make all my dreams come true.....</span><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Thank-you for the "Spirit" and the "Opportunity"</span><br /></div><div align="right"><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">----Sofi collis, Age 9.</span></div><br /><br />8) Korea was originally spelt with a `c' and there has been a recent move to revert to this, why was it earlier changed to K?<br /><br />9) During Wimbledon 1995 Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played a mock tennis match at Trafalgar Square in London. Why?<br /><br />10) What was launched in 1959 in Kansas by the Carney Brothers?</span></strong></span>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-71320565095755967032007-08-02T07:33:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:44.432-08:00<strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> <a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Quizically yours,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">Danny.</span></strong><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>Quiz#3</strong></span></div><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) Identify this Google Doodle..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094112772074196642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLDLUWenoM2a1VGRpEL3zOyJZjfEsIS32y_Kpqh_R_FjubQo9BzeVCKG7OPJjZyzbizgWWARwSkT6y4jrJZ8xrlbs4O-HALmEUP2U0euR5GyY1-enSPem_r3O6pRgN6p5r7hXcgWx7Ht0/s320/Pic03_01.jpg" border="0" />2) Douglas Engelbart received patent US3541541 on November 17, 1970 for an "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System". How do we commonly know this patent as..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">3) This phrase has been derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. Which phrase?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">4) On September 12th, 2001, the day after the September 11th terrorist attacks against New York City and Washington, DC, a person posted a message on his website that included the passage: "Many families have been devastated tonight. This just is not right. They did not deserve to die. If someone did this to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, DC, and the planes' destination of California — these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!" Who posted this message?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">5) Identify the person here..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094112849383607986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pycoBuxCb8-rYmN6MoujEXvhthRnam_gMDtbQcqtiPrIAodvxa8_2oJRdvuA_7bqXHxVrPJnIBDEkOymceCUM8TtUmmmFYtgU8V6n_iZH2sXMEjYvBoI7vpSOIuEm0CyaI5ZxMQyCzcN/s320/Pic03_05.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) Which famous phrase (clue: linked to creativity) originated from a puzzle where one has to connect 9 dots arranged in a square grid with 4 straight lines drawn continuously, without your pen leaving the paper?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) The Architecture of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai is unique in a way, i.e the structure/layout of the building represents something. What..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) What is the claim to fame of the line below..? (along with many other dialogues) ----"Bridget is my age and lives across the street. For the first twelve years of my life, these qualifications were all I needed in a best friend. But that was before Bridget's braces came off and her boyfriend Burke got on, before Hope and I met in our seventh grade Honors classes" </span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />9) Identify this building which was there in the news very recently..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br /></span></strong><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094112930987986626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfUeW6X4DQfLU3oS4igs4Tb0sm7j7fUtQcNnD6oUENVU6vFoqSFK7cBUwCL6wwivC5ITXAFL0aIWsf70l4FTAI8oOppwsZsxL0cOOKiMh3GHZGRiaI4pMNzX2qlTmD19_r5lGrYoIc6Da/s320/Pic03_09.jpg" border="0" /></span></strong> <strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) Celine Dion - "A new day has come"-- whats the controversy???</span></strong>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263350054981592905.post-78229530167052058802007-08-02T07:01:00.000-07:002008-11-12T18:21:45.346-08:00<strong><span style="color:#009900;">Hi everybody,</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#009900;">So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#1:</span> <span style="color:#009900;">Send in your answers to:</span> <a href="mailto:quizblogger@gmail.com"><span style="color:#9999ff;">quizblogger@gmail.com</span></a></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Rule#2:</span> </span><span style="color:#009900;">Never forget Rule#1. :-)</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives:</span> </span></strong><a href="http://quizomaniac.googlepages.com/"><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">QuizOManiac.googlepages.com</span></strong></a><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong>Quizically yours,</strong><br /><strong>Danny.</strong><br /></span><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span><div align="center"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"><strong>Quiz#2</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#9999ff;"></span></strong><strong><br /></div></strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">1) 1) David J. Bradley of IBM took just 5 mins to code a chunk of program called the "Three Fingered Salute" in 1981. Millions use it today in case of desperation. What are we talking about..?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"><br />2) How do we better know Rowan Atkinson as...?<br /><br />3) Identify the Company and it's headquarters...?<br /></span></strong><br /></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094103280196472418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvM8Bn7GCt2sLQnGtG2lG5EKswxp60YVneVzWGD7rs5gV4OcJhPYi9v5V_6ZH7BXLoYUvXEXQciG9pJ-HM3_oaP7yj1eE_88Bu32Ey3QCIEF1fUfvbFKjMH6xXlu3wEn7iccCKfx2MpzW/s320/Pic02_03.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong>4) ----- is a famous landmark in Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in 45-foot high white letters. It was created as an advertisement in 1923, but garnered increased notoriety after its initial purpose had been fulfilled. In 1932, actress Peg Entwistle committed suicide by jumping to her death from the letter "H". The sign is a frequent target of pranks and vandalism, and has undergone periodic restoration over the years. The sign is now a registered trademark and cannot be used without the permission of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which also manages the Walk of Fame. </strong></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#9999ff;"><strong>5) Identify the google doodle...?</strong></span><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094103366095818354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vBVKpKyqWnHUYfhXf9yCmcpykzk32sMSsDYBhaGQHSF3A_5bW0ZUjbL_RUNe6Lm3az7Fx_kNvwo9VHYNLlZoUYSJiPD1_eoGYo0DjJn8ItfoiUHXf7cYaJqHWSimxSu2nS5H0MYoxnzU/s320/Pic02_05.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">6) Michael Schumacher made his formula 1 debut, driving for Jordan, a green car in 1991. The Grand Prix circuit where he made his debut was also the one where he won his first GP a year later. Which circuit am I talking about?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">7) Ofcourse it's Air Deccan's logo... Who designed this logo and gimme the funda of it's name..?</span></strong> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094103460585098882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4-2UK6k_E98jhi_CqsJuzqTn_QRphiU2eNoXELVh_v6_uJ5pYFGNb68K7mhrStS_T5yEWpvNMs1F7e6Qq-LIl9HSm7Zo4NgKGw2wYrRz3vQAoWAmbAhpbIc1XwvZvu0ptzjF3HWIP56E/s320/Pic02_07.jpg" border="0" /><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">8) What's MMR Vaccine..? Expand..?</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">9) ---- was an enthusiastic owner of sports cars, including a Ferrari. There are several versions of why ----- started his own company, all of them involving a conflict between himself and Enzo Ferrari. ----- went to meet Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari factory to complain about the quality of the clutch in his Ferrari 250 GT. Enzo Ferrari sent him away telling him to go and drive tractors because he was not able to drive cars. ---- went back to his factory, had his Ferrari's clutch dismantled and realized that the clutch manufacturer was the same who supplied the clutches for his tractors. In his warehouse he found a spare part which he thought suitable, and when it was installed the problem was solved. Who are we talking about..? (Given ample of clues..)</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#9999ff;">10) A sitter... Identify the dudes and the organization they started..?</span></strong> </p><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094103572254248594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOWnc6G2n6ueg9qHMFzLGapiM7979kWxEuHEWHsr5Tjh0iIIx5I5q95y0z1mWD3GQqarhe-20DJoR9loM0ZETTNVae_jL4qNZ_YzWIOUKRcOfKqcRjuK7CWuWfRHAiiI0umbWydneosFl/s320/Pic02_10.jpg" border="0" />Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02131388303961031362noreply@blogger.com0