Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Daily Quiz: 51











Find the connect.

Ans: James wilson. He is the founder of 'The Economist' and the 'Standard chartered Bank". He also wrote articles for 'the manchester guardian' British daily which is owned by ' the guardian' media group.  Magesh cracked this one.

Daily Quiz: 50








Identify the logo.  Clue: Clothing brand again.

Ans: Fruit of the loom.  Magesh gets half a mark for this. ;)

Monday, June 28, 2010

Daily Quiz: 49













Identify the brand for which this controversial print ad was published.  Clue: Clothing brand.

Ans:  United Colours of Benetton.  Arvinth and Magesh got it correct.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Daily Quiz: 48









Identify the trio and the companies they founded.

Ans: Henry Wells, John Warren Butterfield, William Fargo. They founded the American Express Company and the Wells, Fargo & Company.  Magesh & Abheek got it correct.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Daily Quiz: 47








Find the connect.

Ans: Uday Kotak, MD of Kotak Mahindra, Director Mani Ratnam and Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI.  All are alumni of Jamlalal Bajaj Institute of Management (JBIMS).

Friday, June 25, 2010

Daily Quiz: 46











Identify the logo.

Ans: Chase Bank, now a part of J P Morgan.  Magesh got it correct.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Daily Quiz: 45

Identify the logo.  Clue: A pharma major.

Ans: Novo Nordisk.  Abheek got it correct.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Daily Quiz: 44

Identify this famous photographer.

Ans: Ansel Easton Adams

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Daily Quiz: 43

Find the connect.

Ans: Top 3 in the "Best companies to work for" in India according to ET survey.  Magesh got it correct.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Daily Quiz: 42











Identify.

Ans: Vinod Dham, the Father of Pentium Chip.  Magesh got it correct.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Daily Quiz: 40













Identify the ship.

Ans: Knock Nevis, the longest ship ever built.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Daily Quiz: 39















Identify.  Clue: Member of the management board of one of the top European Banks.  Likely to be its next CEO.

Ans: Anshu Jain of Deutsche Bank.  Abheek got it correct.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Daily Quiz: 38












Identify the logo.

Ans: Iran Air.  Magesh got it right.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Daily Quiz: 37











Find the connection.  (Apart from height)

Ans: Samsung C&T Corporation.  Petronas Towers, Burj Khalifa and Taipei 101, all built by Samsung. Abheek & Magesh got it correct.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Daily Quiz: 36








Identify the logo.

Ans: Boeing

Monday, June 14, 2010

Daily Quiz: 35











Identify the duo and their contribution.

Ans: Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau, the duo who developed the 'World Wide Web'.  Magesh got it right.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Daily Quiz: 34



















Identify.

Ans: Bernard J. Ebbers, the co-founder and former CEO of WorldCom.  Magesh got it correct.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Daily Quiz: 33




















Identify this.

Ans: Coat of Arms of BBC.  Magesh, Purushoth and Red Devil got it correct.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Daily Quiz: 32











Find the connect.

Ans: Al-Waleed Bin Talal.  He is known as the 'Arabian Warren Buffet'.  He graduated from Menlo College and he bought the famous Savoy Hotel in London in 2005.  Magesh, Purushoth and Red Devil got it right.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Daily Quiz: 31






















Identify.

Ans: Bill Clinton at the age of 4.  Abheek and Magesh got it right.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Daily Quiz: 30















Identify.

Ans:  Google Trike, which Google uses to solve the problem of capturing images of car-free roadways for its Street View service.  Abheek, Red Devil and Magesh got it right.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Daily Quiz: 29












Identify.  Clue: Both are connected with an important US Legislation after the corporate scandals like Enron and WorldCom.

Ans: Paul Sarbanes and Michael G. Oxley, the co-sponsors of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  Abheek, Magesh, Purushoth and Red Devil got it right.

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Daily Quiz: 28








Identify the logo of this luxury brand.

Ans: Hermès, French high fashion house.  Abheek got it correct.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Daily Quiz: 27


















Find the connect.

Ans: The connect is Nandan Nilekani.  He is the inspiration for the book 'The World is Flat' by Thomas L. Friedman.  He graduated from IIT, Bombay and co-founded NASSCOM.  The man in the picture is Joseph Schumpeter and Nandan Nilekani received the 'Joseph Schumpeter Prize' for innovative services in economy, economic sciences and politics - 2005.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Daily Quiz: 26


















Identify.

Ans: Statue of Fred Perry at Wimbledon.  Fred Perry is the last British male player  to win any of the grand slam events and one of the 6 male players in history to win all the grand slams.  Purushoth and Red Devil got it correct.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Daily Quiz: 25





















Find the connect.  Clue: 'Rejoice' or 'Celebrate'

Ans: Adidas Jabulani, the official match ball of 2010 FIFA World Cup.  Jabulani in Zulu means 'Rejoice' or 'Celebrate'.  The picture in the top right is the shield of Loughborough University, UK.  The ball was developed in partnership with researchers from Loughborough University. AP, Purushoth and Red Devil got it right.  One more interesting fact:  The balls are made in China, using latex bladders made in India, thermoplastic polyurethane-elastomer from Taiwan, ethylene vinyl acetate, isotropic polyester/cotton fabric, glue, and ink from China.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Daily Quiz: 24


















Identify.

Ans: Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov, the famous designer of AK-47.  Arvinth, Pratheep and Purushoth got it correct.