QuizOManiac

2010-08-28T19:48:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)

Happy landings,
Danny AV8R.

Quiz#22

#1) A doodle & a sitter to start with, Identify this Google doodle & on what occasion was this put up?

#2) A trivia for my Chennai makkal :-)

In ancient times, Iyers, along with Iyengars and other Tamil Brahmins, lived in exclusive Brahmin quarters of their village which in sanskrit means Shiva at the end or tip because Shiva and Vishnu temples were usually situated at the ends of such Brahmin quarters & people wash their feet first with water on entering the house. Now my question here is, how do we better know such Brahmin quarters as?

(Courtesy: Cartoon :-) smiley smiley)

#3) A sitter ! Identify this logo

#4) Yet another trivia for my Chennai makkal :-)

Where in Chennai would you have a Hindu shrine, a Buddhist shrine and a church in one place?

#5) Identify this awesome beast colloquially known as the "Queen of skies" & i love to fly it someday :-)

#6) RIM's (Research In Motion) most popular product recently got into a controversy with many countries, including India regarding the data & encryption level. India has given Research In Motion, the maker of this popular product, until Aug. 31 to comply with a request to gain access to encrypted corporate e-mail and messaging services or those services will be shut. What product am i talking about ?

#7) Identify this landmark marked by a red arrow. [Sorry, as i couldn't draw an arrow better that that :-) ]

#8) How do we better know these most famous red busses of London as ?

#9) In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver, a scientist at 3M in the United States, with the help of Jesse Kops, a fellow scientist, accidentally developed a "low-tack," reusable pressure sensitive adhesive. What am i talking about?

(Clue: Refer the pic below)

#10) It is the biggest festival in the Indian state of Kerala. It falls during the first month of the Malayalam calendar (August–September) and marks the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali. Intricate flower carpets, elaborate banquet lunch, snake boat races, Puli Kali, and the kaikottikkali dance all play a part in the festival The festival lasts for ten days. What am i talking about?

2009-07-06T19:36:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)

Happy landings,
Danny AV8R.

Quiz#21

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...

#1) Identify this Google doodle..?

#2) A question for my Chennai makkal as usual..!

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. My question here is quite simple. Why is the road named so? (No, Mr. Cenotaph didn't live there) :-)

#3) Another one for my chennai makkal. (This one is for the delayed quiz post.. :D)

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. Colloquially known as the Radio market then, it's now called as "Narasinghapuram street". How do we better know this place as...? (No more clues :D)

#4) Connect the below pics. (Clue: Think computer)

#5) How do we better know Bayerische Motoren Werke (English translation: Bavarian Motor Works) as..?

#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...? (Clue: Refer the below pic and identify the guy who's getting married)

#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..?

#8) Identify the new logo of an Indian based company..?

#9) You can see the picture of Paramount airway's dolphin shaped aircraft. Can you identify the model of the aircraft..? (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)

#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..?

11) Identify this wonderful piece of architecture..? (Yeah it's in India.. :D)

#12) Identify this device..?

2009-04-02T01:34:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)

Happy landings,
Danny AV8R.

Quiz#20

1) A doodle to start with. Identify..?

2) A question for my Chennai makkal..! As usual... :-)

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..?

3) A sitter..! Identify this person who was shot to fame recently..?

4) Yet another sitter. Expand PHP..? {Quiz can get no easier than this... :-)}

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..?

6) Identify the game being played here...?

7) If A is for Alpha, and B is for Bravo, then what is for :
P ..?
W ..?

8) Identify this logo. (Clue: Think SI units)

9) Which phrase originates from the British Military practice of playing the drums when someone was court marshaled?

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...? (Courtesy: Pratima, Atlanta)

11) Identify this most widely used trainer aircraft..?

2008-11-14T04:04:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody, So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)

Happy landings,
Danny AV8R.

Quiz#19

1) A doodle to start with.. Identify...?

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..?

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 )

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..?

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..?

6) What is depicted in this pic..? Good at words..? Well..Think again...

7) A question for my dreamzzz.. Which airliner based in India uses only Embraer aircrafts in its fleet..?

8) In media parlance, expand SKG in Dreamworks SKG..?

9) A question for my Chennai makkal.... It was known as (தமிழ்: பொழில் வாய்ச்சி) "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" (தமிழ்: பொருள் ஆட்சி), 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...?

10) Identify this aircraft..?

Best AD of this week. enjoy with your sounds ON :-)

2008-09-18T04:29:00.001-07:00

Hi everybody,

So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)
Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com

Happy landings,
Danny AV8R.

Quiz#18

1) Identify this google doodle..?

2) How do we better know this personality 'Marathur Gopala Ramachandran Menon' as....?

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 ;)}

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 Silicon valley lingo...?[Courtesy: Vaishnavi, Bengaluru for Q's 3,4. Also thanx a ton for guiding me to Yeshwantapur :-) ]

5) Here's a sitter..! Identify this awesome aircraft..?

6) Here's a question for my tamil makkal... :-)

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 South India. What am i referring to..?

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..? (Clue: Think aviation)

8) Yet another sitter..! Identify this logo..?

9) ____ has become a slang reference for a confidence trickster. Section ____ of the Penal Codes of both India and Pakistan 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.. :-( ]

10) Identify this young entrepreneur from south india...?( Hatsoff to him. I wish i could be like this someday)

2008-07-08T03:18:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,

Quiz#17

1) A google doodle to start with. Identify....?

2) How do we better know "First Information Report as"..?

3) According to an ancient treatise, what do you get when the following procedure is followed?
First grind it to minimal, ensure that it is black marble. 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.
(Courtesy: Kcircle / Vaishnavi Subramanian, IIIT, Bengaluru)

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...?

5) Identify this Aircraft...? (Crafted this beast so damn beautifully)

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)

7) A trivia for my Chennai Makkal...!
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.
(A sitter if you are really a chennai makkal. he he.. anybody could guess it for that matter)

8) "We never forget who we're working for." is the Tag line for which company..?

9) Identify the "Complan BOY and Complan GIRL"..? (A very old AD, probably featuring in Doordarshan)

10) "Bellagio, Mirage, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, New York New York, Stratosphere, Treasure Island, Venetian"...... and the list goes endlessly.
What am i talking about..?

2008-06-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)
Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com

Happy landings,
Danny AV8R.

Quiz#16

1) A sitter..!! How do we better know Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India as...??? (No googling please...)

2) Identify this doodle...?? (Hats off to you guys in google. Damn good)

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 )
(Courtesy: MathiPrashu, worst fella (Medvakkm<->HYD<->Budapest) - indirect contribution)

4) Connect both the pics below....???

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..???
(Courtesy: MathiPrashu worst fella (Medvakkm<->HYD<->Budapest) - indirect contribution)

6) We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening. What am i talking about... A Sitter..!!!!

7) Identify this monsterous flight..? (I love to fly this someday... damn creature)

8) A trivia for my chennai makkal...!!!
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)

9) A Sitter...!!! How do we better know "Stanford University Network" as...?

10) Identify this God damn machine...???

2008-05-07T04:43:00.000-07:00

Quiz#15

1) A google Doodle to start with. Identify...?

2) How do we better know the JV between Tata Sons & Volkart Brothers as..?

3) What innovation did Bell systems introduce in the US in the 1960s in terms of directory listing?

4) Identify this structure..? (click on the pic to view a bigger image)

5) A trivia for my chennai makkal..

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..?

6) Identify the logo..? (enough clue given in the picture)

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..?

8) If....
MAA (VOMM) : Chennai International Airport, India :: LAX (KLAX) : ?

9) Identify this marvelous piece of invention..?

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.

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)Quiz quote:

If time doesn't wait for you, don't worry!

Just remove the damn battery from the clock and Enjoy life!

2007-11-19T08:12:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody,
So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)
Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com

Quizically yours,
Danny.

Quiz#14b
1) A Google Doodle to start with...
On what occasion was this Doodle putup..?

2) A Trivia for my Chennai Makkal as usual.. :-)

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..?

3) Identify this logo...?

4) How do we better know Birmingham small arms in recent days..?

5) If you were to dial "007", to which country is the call likely to land..?

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..?

7) Identify this Google Earth image..?

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 ..?

9) Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. How do we better know them as..?

10) If WinCE:Microsoft::Android: __X__
(Clue: The pic below is the CEO of X). Find X..?

2007-09-05T19:20:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)
Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com

Quizically yours,
Danny.

Quiz#14a

1) A trivia for my Madras Makkal...(No more cluezzz) Connect all these...

Kiran Reddy, the young and dynamic entrepreneur heads this venture as its Managing Director.

2) Identify the logo..?

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..?

4) Identify this personality..?

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)

6) If you were to use this kind of Power socket, which country would you be in..?

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)

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..?

9) Identify the kind of aircraft shown in this picture?

10) Identify the place shown in these picture..?

2007-08-02T18:27:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
So here's the rules for the Quiz. It's as simple as that...
Rule#1: Send in your answers to: quizblogger@gmail.com
Rule#2: Never forget Rule#1. :-)
Complete Quiz-O-Maniac archives: QuizOManiac.googlepages.com

Quizically yours,
Danny.

Quiz#12

1) A Google doodle to start with.. On what occasion was this doodle putup..?

2) The history of this company dates back to 1987 where this company began its business from a small retail shop in London, when the demand for Tamil films within the community of the Tamils in UK increased to a huge extent and which prompted this company to acquire the rights of many Tamil films that became block busters and also proclaimed the audio/ video DVD and VCD rights. It also owns theaters overseas which are focused to canvas Tamil films, like the two theatres in Singapore Golden Village, Yishun and Plaza Entertainment affiliated with twenty theatres in France, Srilanka, Dubai and Canada and an exclusive agreement with Cineworld Cinemas in UK to screen Tamil Films and Franchisees in Malaysia, Australia, Europe, USA and South Africa. What am i talking about..?

3) A Trivia for my Chennai makkal...! Identify this logo ? (Clue: This recently celebrated it's Golden jubilee)
4) The term __X__ was coined by Jorn Barger on 17 December 1997. It's short form was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke theword __X__ into the phrase we __Y__ in the sidebar of his Peterme.com in April or May of 1999. This was quickly adopted as both a noun and verb.(Clue:- After a slow start, it rapidly gained in popularity: the site Xanga, launched in 1996, had only 100 diaries by 1997, but over 20million as of December 2005. Identify X and Y...???

5) Connect these...??

6) He studied in Loyola College, Chennai. He was chairman and managing director of ProLease India and InterPro India. He left both these companies in 2005 and has now started his own organisation. He has starred in few Maniratnam's movies. He is currently the Chairman and MD of Talent Maximus. Who am i talking about..?(Courtesy: Sreeman)

7) Who (or which organization) is advertising here...?

8) ___X___ is a renowned architect of British India, born on 21st January, 1841, in Tarbett, Kerry County, Ireland. He is mainly known for his works in Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. He was a member of the Institution of Engineers. He died on 5th August, 1922, at Ooty, India. He had joined Public Works Department (PWD), India in the year 1886. He was a very active architect of India during the last quarter of the 19th century. His most significant works include:

Madras & Maratha Railways Headquarters Building. (now Chennai Central station)
Viceregal Lodge, Shimla.
Madras High Court, Chennai.
Law College Buildings, Chennai.
State Bank of Madras (now State Bank of India) Headquarters, Chennai.
Government Museum, Egmore, Chennai.
Ambas Vilas , the Maharaja's Palace in Mysore.

(Clue:- The pic of X is putup below) Identify X...?

9) Bernard Lassimone, a French mathematician, applied for the first patent (French patent #2444) on ___X____ in 1828. In 1847, Therry des Estwaux invented the manual ___X____. John Lee Love invented the portable ___X____ originally made for artists. One source claims that the Hammacher Schlemmer Company of New York offered the world's first electric ___X____, as designed by Raymond Loewy, sometime in the early 1940s. What am i talking about..?

10) Identify this location..?

2007-08-02T18:17:00.000-07:00

Quiz#11

1) To start with a bang....
He used to work with Raja Bahadur on 'Route# 10A' that plied between Majestic and Srinagar. Whom am i talking about..? (No more cluezzz)

2) Connect these...?

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..?

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?

5) Connect these..? (Clue: A Truly global issue). A sitter..!

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..?

7) Identify the logo. (Clue: The World is not enough)

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)

9) How do we better know Dieter Hallervorden..?

10) Identify this location... (Clue: A song in the movie Shivaji was shot at this location.... no more cluezzz)

2007-08-02T17:35:00.000-07:00

Quiz#10

1) Can you identify the logo..?

2) Identify this personality who was(and is) in news recently..?

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.)

4)Identify this famous landmark and also it's location..?

5) Lets get down to business.....
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..?

6) Can you make a connect among these four pics below..?

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..?

8) Yet another sitter.... Connect all these..?

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..?

10) Can you identify this landmark..?

2007-08-02T17:16:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#9

1) To start with a sitter, Connect all these four...?

Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny ; Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

2) A Trivia for my Chennai makkal...!
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..?

3) It's cricket time..!NEO sports: India :: _____________ : Pakistan.
(Clue: As you might be aware of the controversy between Nimbus communications and Doordarshan about the 7-min delay in cricket match telecast)

4) Connect all these....?(Clue:The pic on the last is of a famous railway station)

5) Flock : Sheep :: ________ : Ferrets.

6) Can you identify to which country this registration plate belong to..?

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)

8) Yet another connect:
Italian word meaning 'to rock, roll'.

9) How do we better know Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jung-mok..?

10) A Connect to end with... Connect these...?

Lalbagh Road,Bangalore, India.

2007-08-02T16:51:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#8

1) A sitter to start with. On what occasion was this doodle put up..?

2) M.H.Hasham lost his family business of rice exports when the Govt. nationalised it in 1940. Unfazed he plunged into the oil business setting up Western India Vegetable Products in 1945. At the time of partition he was invited by Mohd. Ali Jinnah to join his ministry in Pakistan. He refused and chose to stay on in India. His company did not grow too much and at the time of his death in 1967 had just two fairly successful Vanaspati brands Sunflower and Camel. Which company am i talking about..?

3)He was born near the town of Tikrit, to a family of shepherds from a tribal group. His mother named him ______, which in Arabic means “One who confronts.” He never knew his father, who disappeared six months before he was born. He was in the news headlines in recent times. Who am i talking about..??

4) Can you identify the landmark ....???

5) Javed Akhtar and Yash Chopra have been directors of this company. Recently, Shah Rukh Khan was also made a director. Which company am i referring to?

6) Which company is listed on the Nasdaq as ERTS?

7) Can you figure out this famous place..???( i need the whole trivia)

8) How do we better know "id est" ?

9) HOw do we better know the "Sleeping Beauty Castle"..?? (Clue: Inspired from the architecture of Neuschwanstein castle)

10) The story of this establishment began more than 150 years ago in 1849 when two scotsman Peter Orr and George Gordon started a partnership company at Broadway Chennai. When Gordon retired, Peter carried the bussiness under his name. It was in 1863 when Peter's two sons James and Robert became partners. Which establishment am i talking about..? (Clue: A famous landmark in chennai)

2007-08-02T16:31:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#7

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..)

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?

3) Identify the Doodle..?

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...
Good morning to you,
Good morning to you,
Good morning, dear children,
Good morning to all.
What is the claim to fame of this piece of ditty..?
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)
6) How do we better know NXP Semiconductors as..?
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..?
8) What is the contribution of Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University to everyday usage in the world of "communication"?

9) Can you identify the person in the bottom left corner(extreme left) and the company he started..?? (A sitter)

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.

2007-08-02T16:10:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#6

1) A Google Doodle to start with. Identify..?
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..?
3) Connect: Clippit, The dot, F1, Merlin, Mother Nature, Links, and Rocky( A sitter for Tech Geeks)
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.

5) Identify the most famous painting.

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..?

7) Identify the logo...? (No clues..)
8) Aibo and Qrio. What are they? (For all Techno-junkiezz)

9) Which company is listed on the NYSE as DWA?

10) An F-1 question to end with. Who is a "lollypop man" in Formula One..?

2007-08-02T15:41:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#5

1) A tech trivia to start with… Why did Bill Gates took everyone into a submarine, during the launch of Windows 95…???

2) Identify the Google Doodle which was there recently..? 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..???

4)Identify this picture..???

5) Whose ticker symbol on NYSE is ACN?

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..???

7) Identify the logo..???

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..??

9) Identify the personality..?

10) A sitter to end with….

Dimensions:
Overall length 3335 mm
Overall width 1440 mm
Overall height 1405 mm
Wheelbase 2175 mm
Minimum turning radius 4.4 m
Ground clearance 170 mm
Seating Capacity 4 persons

What am i referring to here...?

2007-08-02T07:58:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#4

1) A Google Doodle to start with... Identify it..???

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...)

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 ______?

4) Connect these:

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.

6) What does TIMES stand for in the name of TIMES Television, the Television division of Bennett and Coleman Ltd?

7) What is the claim to fame of this piece of poem below....???

I used to live in an Orphanage.
It was dark and cold and lonely.
At night, I looked up at the sparkly sky and felt better.
I dreamed I could fly there.
In America, I can make all my dreams come true.....
Thank-you for the "Spirit" and the "Opportunity"

----Sofi collis, Age 9.

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?

9) During Wimbledon 1995 Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played a mock tennis match at Trafalgar Square in London. Why?

10) What was launched in 1959 in Kansas by the Carney Brothers?

2007-08-02T07:33:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#3

1) Identify this Google Doodle..?

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..?

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?

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?

5) Identify the person here..?

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?

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..?

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"

9) Identify this building which was there in the news very recently..?

10) Celine Dion - "A new day has come"-- whats the controversy???

2007-08-02T07:01:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#2

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..?

2) How do we better know Rowan Atkinson as...?

3) Identify the Company and it's headquarters...?

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.

5) Identify the google doodle...?

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?

7) Ofcourse it's Air Deccan's logo... Who designed this logo and gimme the funda of it's name..?

8) What's MMR Vaccine..? Expand..?

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..)

10) A sitter... Identify the dudes and the organization they started..?

2007-08-02T06:27:00.000-07:00

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Quiz#1

1) Ofcourse a FIFA question to start with....How do we better know the football used in this world cup 2006...?

2) Identify the google doodle...?

3) Jon Rubinstein assembled a group of engineers to design and build the first ------- with Tony Fadell and Michael Dhuey as the principal hardware engineers. Vatican Radio presented this ------ to the Pope who loves listening to music. What are we talking about...?

4) The picture below is a satellite image of which, widely used and famous landmark...?

5) A sitter..! Identify this bridge and the place...?

6) Yet another sitter..! Identify this famous place with winding streets..?

7) What connects Charlemagne, King David, Julius Caesar and Alexander...?

8) What is the epitaph that we find on this grave of Mel Blanc and its significance in todays world...?

9) What do the colours blue, yellow, green and orange have to do with the world of computers...?

10) Identify the logo...?

2007-08-02T04:06:00.000-07:00

Answers for Quiz-o-maniac series are as follows:

Quiz#1

1. Teamgeist.
2. The indian festival 'Holi.'
3. The i-Pod.
4. Kansai international airport view, Japan.
5. Milau Bridge, France.
6. Lombard street, San Francisco.
7. Charlemagne, King David, Julius caesar and alexander.(The four kings in a deck of playing cards)
8. Melblanc and the epitaph is "That's all Folks" (...Remember this in looney tunes).
9. Microsoft.
10. Carrefour logo.

Quiz#2

1) The combination of Ctrl+Alt+Del keys that causes the system to retart.
2) Mr.Bean.
3) Nokia.
4) The Hollywood sign.
5) Winter Olympics.
6) SPA FRANCORCHAMPS(Belgian Grand prix).
7) R.K.Lakshman's common man.
8) Measles, Mumps, and Rubella.
9) Lamborghini.
10) Infosys. (Dedicated to all our infy guys of our college)

Quiz#3

1) Teacher's Day.
2) The mouse.
3) Rule of Thumb.
4) Michael Moore (Director of Fahrenheit 9/11).
5) Larry page and sergey brin.(Founders of google)
6) Thinking out of the box.
7) When viewed from the top, the building represents Dubai written inArabic.
8) Original passages from which Kavya Vishwanathan has been accused ofcopying. (Plagiarism)
9) Turning Torso, Sweden.
10) first Cd to come with copy protection i.e. it cannot be played orcopied on the PC.

Quiz#4

1) Leap year.
2) Google.
3) Volkswagen Factories.
4) All werew bus-conductors at some point of time.
5) Blockbusters6) Television for Information, Music, Entertainment and Sports (TIMES)
7) The Spirit and Opportunity rovers were named through a student essaycompetition. The winning entry was by Sofi Collis, a third grade RussianAmerican student from Arizona.
8) Japan conquered Korea and made it K so that in all International listsKorea would appear after Japan.
9) To shoot a commercial for Nike.
10) Pizza Hut

Quiz#5

1) Because Bill G wanted to show everyone, how the world would be withoutwindows. (That's why he took them into a submarine during the Windows 95release)
2) Google's 8th birthday.
3) Luciano Benetton and Guiliana Benetton of Benetton family who startedthe United colours of Benetton.
4) The (Oresundsbron) Oresund Link is a bridge tunnel connecting Sweden toDenmark.
5) The ticker symbol on NYSE for ACN is Accenture.
6) It's Alcatel.
7) Hilton group of Hotels.
8) The Singer sewing machine.
9) Patricia Cecile Dunn, a.k.a. Patricia Cecile Dunn-Jahnke, is theformer chairman of the board of HP, a position she held between February2005 and September 2006. She succeeded Carly Fiorina as chairman.
10) It's the tech spec of a Maruti 800.

Quiz#6

1) Louis Braille's Birthday. (The man who invented Braille for the blind)
2) Michael Schumacher. (Hats off to you Schumi....)
3) Microsoft Office helpers.
4) James Cameroon.
5) Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt.
6) The ringtone "Nokia tune."
7) Corus, which was recently taken over by the TATA steel.
8) Sony's robot models. (Aibo is Sony's pet robo-dog while Qrio is thehumanoid robot.
9) DreamWorks Animation.
10) The man who hold a sign of stop and 1st gear in the pit to let off the car.

Quiz#7

1) Manjunath Shanmugam Trust which recently launched RTI helpline.
2) Hotmail.com
3) Albert Einstein's Birthday.
4) This was how the world famous "Happy birthday song" came intoexistance.
5) Saidapet which literaly means "Syed-oda-petai."
6) Philips.
7) Band –Aid.
8) Smileys / Emoticons.
9) Yes. That is Bill Gates and Microsoft's early crew.
10) breadcrumb trial.

Quiz#8

1) Birthday of Edward Munch, a Norwegian Symbolist painter for his most famous painting Scream.
2) Wipro
3) Saddam Hussain
4) Gate way of india, Mumbai.
5) Jet Airways (Javed Akhtar, Yash Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan are among its directors)
6) Electronic Arts
7) Platform 9¾ at Kings cross.(King's Cross features in the Harry Potter books, by J. K. Rowling, as the starting point of the Hogwarts Express. The platform actually used for filming at King's Cross Station is Platform 4.
8) i.e "that is" Abbreviation for id est.
9) Neuschwanstein served as the inspiration for the Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland.
10) The 150 year old P.ORR & SONS at Broadway, Madras(Chennai).

Quiz#9

1) The connect is as simple as that. It's the ICC circket worldcup 2007. The pic on the right is the ICC circket worldcup 2007's logo and the pic on the left is 'Mello', mascot for ICC circket worldcup 2007. The Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica will host the Opening Ceremony on 11 March and the Grand finale will be hosted at the celebrated Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados an april 28.
2) Ooty, short for Ootacamund (an anglicized name for Udhagamandalam), is a popular hill resort in the state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. The name Udhagamandalam is derived from the TODA word "othakal-mund" which means "house in mountains".
3) Neosports:India::Geosuper:Pakistan
4) The connect is St.Petersburg. Pic#1 is St.Petersburg railway station, which is the starting point of the most famous 'Trans siberian railway.' Pic#2 is the most famous "Bronze Horseman" statue, depicting Tsar ' Peter the Great', who founded St.Petersburg. Pic#3 is the flag of St.Petersburg.
5) Business of Ferrets
6) Karlsruhe, Germany. (As you can notice the letter 'D' visible in the registration plate refering to Deutschland. You can also very well see the EU flag right there.)
7) That's how the renowned MTR entered the instant food business, selling ready-to-eat snacks such as chutneys and rasams.
8) It's Gondala. (Obvious from the pic)
9) Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jung-mok is a graphic artist who designs the festive logos or the holiday logos for Google on special days.
10) The Mavalli Tiffin Rooms (also commonly known as simply MTR) is a restaurant on Lalbagh Road, Bangalore, India. The Pic on the left is of MTR's log. The pic on the right is the logo of Orkla Group, which is a Norwegian industrial conglomerate which has recently taken over MTR.

Quiz#10

1) Guriji
2) Malcom Speed, CEO of the International Cricket Council.
3) KFC
4) Grand Canyon Skywalk
5) MRF or Madras Rubber Factory
6) The connect is "Spam".
The first pic (Clockwise) is Spam from Hormel Foods.
The second pic is the album cover of song by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of R.E.M.'s song Stand. It is mostly an ode to the canned lunch meat SPAM. The lyrics describe a person who loves to eat spam at his house, at work, or for just a snack.
The third is "Electronic mail" which also connect spam and the last pic is the team of a popular Monty Python sketch. In the sketch, two customers are trying to order a breakfast from a menu that includes the processed meat product in almost every dish. The term spam (in electronic communication, and as of 2006, general slang) is derived from this sketch
7) Velcro
8) The connect is "Balckforest". The first pic(Clockwise) is a Balckforest Cake. The second pic is a cuckoo clock, famous in Balckforest region and the last pic is the map of Germany with the Balckforest region marked in red.
9) The Indian National flag.
10) The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue stands 38 m (125 feet) tall and is located at the peak of the 710-m (2330-foot) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking the city.

Quiz#11

1) Superstar 'Rajinikanth', who worked as a conductor alongside with Raja Bahadur, the driver and his intimate friend.
2) The connect is Ghajini. A small part(shown in the video) was inspired from the movie 'Amelie'. The next pic is from the movie "Memento", whose theme was also inspired by the director Murugadoss and used in his movie 'Ghajini' and the last pic is the director himself.
3) Bikini
4) Blackberry communication device
5) The pic on the left is the poster of a documentary "An Inconvenient truth", which throws light on the harmful effects of Global Warming, and presented by Al-Gore. The pic on the right is Al-Gore himself.
6) Equated Monthly Installments
7) Punj Lloyd and it's punch line is " The world is not enough".
8) The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) of Las Vegas Boulevard South. This is where almost all the famous casinos and hotels(given in clues) are located.
9) Didi (famous for his Didi's comedy show or the non-stop nonsense show)
10) Guggenheim-bilbao Museum, Spain.

Quiz#12

1) Earth day.
2) Ayngaran International (NRI movie maniac's God).
3) TNEB or the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.
4) X = Web log ; Y = blog.
5) The picture on the left is the logo of "Direction software solutions" which is run by Arun Nair. The pic on the right is the poster of the movie "Bedazzled" in which Arun nair's wife Liz Hurley acted.
6) Arvind Swamy.
7) UNICEF.
8) Henry Irwin, famous for designing the Chennai Central Station and premises.
9) pencil sharpener.
10) Kremlin Russia.

Quiz#14a

1) The connect is Satyam cinemas; Kiran reddy is it's MD; The pic on the left is the logo of The Alive foundations, which is a trust established by "Sathyam Cinemas" and "Ecotone" to facilitate environment education through films; The pic on the right is the COO of Satyam cinemas, Tan Ngaronga.
2) It's the logo of BSD or FreeBSD, called the BSD daemon.
3) X is NR Narayana Murthy, Y is Patni Computers and the company he started is Infosys.
4) Michael Bay, the director of the newly released movie 'Transformers'.
5) Korg (makers of musical Instruments); Even A.R.Rahman uses that brand.
6) Australia.
7) The pic given below is of the festival, 'La Tomatina' held on a the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Buñol in the Valencia region in Spain.
8) Denim
9) ATR's
10)British Airway's London Eye.

Quiz#14b

1) Halloween's day 2007.

2) The famous "Iruttu kadai"(dark shop) Halwa from Tirunelveli.

3) World bank's logo.

4) BSA motorcycles and bicycles company.

5) 007 is the calling code for Russia. That's the trivia for James bond 007.

6) KFC or The Kentucky Fried Chicken.

7) Google earth image of the Hoover Dam.

8) X = BNP Paribas; Y = Paribas.

9) The United Arab Emirates(UAE)

10) Google through the 'Open Handset Alliance' (OHA), which's a business alliance comprising Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and NVIDIA.

Quiz#15

1) Earth day.

2) Voltas.

3) Yellow pages.

4) Falkirk wheel.

5) Woodland's Drive-in.

6) Etihad's logo.

7) Memristors.

8) Los Angeles International Airport ? Los Angeles, California, United States.

9) Zeppelin.

10) Nargis(cyclone).

11) Earth Hour.

Quiz#16

1) ICICI. A Sitter..!

2) 25 Years of TCP/IP which also happened to be the very start of the year 2008. i.e., January 1, 2008; Belated Happy Newyear.... :-)

3) Budapest( Or even just Hungary'd do) and that was where the first Grand Prix took place, which led to the development of the Hungaroring circuit.

4) The pic on the left is 'The Beluga Whale' or 'White Whale'. The pic on the right is the logo of Airbus which inturn produces the Airbus Beluga, the design of which is inspired from the above said whale. Airbus Beluga or 'The Super Transporter' is basically a cargo carrier which is specialised in carrying aircraft parts to & from assembly line.

5) Ferihegy International Airport - Budapest, Hungary.

6) The Happening directed by M. Night Shyamalan

7) Airbus Beluga or 'The Super Transporter'. Refer Question#4 for more details.

8) Saidapet, derived from the Tamil word "Syed-oda-Paetai" which literally translates to "syed's land".

9) SUN Microsystems.

10) DODGE TOMAHAWK.

Quiz#17

1) Invention of the First Laser - May 16, 2008.

2) A First Information Report or FIR is a written document prepared by the police in India and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of any offence.

3) That's the Procedure followed to get the "Sand for the hourglass".

4) J2ME.

5) The Boeing 747 Large Cargo Freighter (LCF), known as the Dreamlifter, is a modified Boeing 747-400 used exclusively for transporting aircraft parts to Boeing from suppliers around the world.

6) Tube Investments is none other than TI cycles which manufactures bicycle and bicycle parts.

7) Chennai Egmore is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai, South India. This station is known in Tamil as Ezhumbur.

8) Lockheed Martin.

9) Complan Boy(Shahid Kapoor) and Complan Girl (Ayesha Takia).

10) They are some of the best Casino's in Las Vegas.

Happy Quizzing,
Danny.