Identify.
Clue: Brownie Wise, who invented the 'party-plan' concept of marketing, developed it for the company founded by this person.
Ans: Earl Silas Tupper, inventor of Tupperware. Party-plan concept of marketing was pioneered by Tupperware.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Daily Quiz: 189
Connect these to a personality.
Ans: The personality I had in mind was Kavitark Ram Shriram, founding board member of Google and one of its first investors. He earlier worked with amazon.com. He was also an member of the Netscape executive team. Viru came up with one more connect John Doerr, venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, who has directed captil funding to some of the most successful technology companies including google, amazon and netscape.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Daily Quiz: 188
Connect.
Ans: C V Raman, S Radhakrishnan and C Rajagopalachari. These three are the first three recipients of Bharat Ratna in 1954. Incidentally, all three are from TamilNadu. Viru got it correct
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Daily Quiz: 187
Identify this compound.
Ans: Cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine, popularly known as RDX.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Daily Quiz: 185
Connect. Clue: Something of national importance for India.
Ans: All are national symbols: The Lotus - National Flower The Tiger (Royal Bengal Tiger) - National Animal The Gangetic River Dolphin - National Aquatic Animal. Viru got it correct.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Daily Quiz: 184
Connect.
Clue: Nobel Peace Prize nominee, accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer.
Ans: Mallika Sarabhai, alumni of IIMA, Padma Bhushan awardee and winner of Theatre Pasta Theatre Award.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Daily Quiz: 183
Connect.
Ans: Mathematicians John Charles Fields, Niels Henrik Abel and Shiing-Shen Chern. All three have mathematics prizes named after them: Fields Medal, Abel Pize and Chern Medal.
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