Thursday, October 27, 2011

Daily Quiz: 195















Which company's new logo is this?

Ans: PwC

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Daily Quiz: 194





















Identify

Ans: Louis Vuitton

Friday, September 23, 2011

Daily Quiz: 193












Connect.

Ans: Rajit Kapur,  Darshan Jariwala and Ben Kingsly.  All three have played the role of Mahatma Gandhi. the movies are Rajit Kapur - The Making of the Mahatma, Darshan Jariwala - Gandhi, My Father and Ben Kingsly - Gandhi. Viru got it correct.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Daily Quiz: 192
















Identify.

Ans: French aviator Roland Garros. The tennis centre which he attended religiously when he was studying in Paris, was named after him. The stadium accommodates the French Open. Consequently, the tournament is officially called Roland Garros.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Daily Quiz: 191





















Identify.

Ans:
Circuit outline of Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida, which will host the inagural Formula One Indian Grand Prix.  Viru got it correct again.

Monday, August 29, 2011

Daily Quiz: 190















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.

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

Daily Quiz: 186





















Identify.

Ans: Anna Hazare. Viru got it correct again.