Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Daily Quiz: 156
Identify the car and its specialty.
Ans: Bugatti Veyron, fastest production car in the world. It was recently launched in India. Asif, Jaiprabhu & Johind got it correct.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Daily Quiz: 155
Identify.
Ans: Mrs. Anuradha J. Desai, Chairperson of Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group which is buying the EPL team Blackburn Rovers. Asif got it correct.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Daily Quiz: 154
Connect.
Renault F1 Team. Toleman Motorsport was a F1 team which was active between 1981 and 1985. Toleman was later bought by Benetton clothing company which later sold it to Renault in 2000. Renault renamed the team as Renault F1 for 2002 season. The legendary F1 driver Ayrton Senna made his debut with Toleman. Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Daily Quiz: 153
Connect.
Ans: Michael Bloomberg. He is the mayor of New York. He founded Bloomberg L.P. Michael Bloomberg was a general partner at Salomon Brothers and when he was fired in 1981, he was given a $10 million severance package, which he used to found Bloomberg. Arvinth got it correct.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Daily Quiz: 152
Identify this logo (badge).
Ans: Ford's leaf road badge. Ford's alternative fuel and hybrid models are identified by Ford's leaf road badge. Asif & Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Daily Quiz: 150
Connect.
Ans: Perkins and will. Antilia of Mukesh Ambani, Boeing Headquarters and Chase tower. All are designed by Chicago based architects Perkins and Will.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Daily Quiz: 149
Which dubious record these three share?
Ans: Sachin Tendulkar and Englishmen Colin Cowdrey & Herbert Sutcliffe. Ten bowlers have claimed these three as their First Test Wicket, a record. Goes uncracked.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Daily Quiz: 148
Identify the mascot.
Ans: Jumbo, the mascot of ICC World Cup 2011. Asif & Jaiprabhu got it correct. @Asif: I forgot to edit the picture.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Daily Quiz: 147
Connect.
Ans: Cadillac. Pictures of Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Sieur de Cadillac, Henry Ford and flag of Detroit. Cadillac was formed from the remnants of the Henry Ford Company. The Cadillac automobile was named after Antoine Laumet de la Mothe Sieur de Cadillac who founded Detroit in 1701. Asif & Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Daily Quiz: 145
Connect.
Ans: Columbia Pictures. Columbia pictures is now owned by sony. The predecessor of Columbia pictures is CBC and it was once owned by Coca Cola. Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Daily Quiz: 144
Connect.
The movie 'The Social Network'. The film distributed by Columbia Pictures is about the founding of facebook and is based on the book 'The Accidental Billionaires'. Jaiprabhu and Arvinth go it correct.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Daily Quiz: 143
Identify these entrepreneurs. Clue: Famous for VoIP services.
Ans: Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, Skype founders. Arvinth & Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Daily Quiz: 142
Identify. Clue: Founder of a telephone equipment manufacturing company.
Ans: Lars Magnus Ericsson, founder of Ericsson. Arvinth & Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Daily Quiz: 141
Identify the logo.
Ans: Singapore Telecommunications Limited or Singtel. Arvinth, Asif and Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Daily Quiz: 140
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Daily Quiz: 136
Continuing with mascots. Identify this one. Clue: Belongs to the best of its kind in India, which is also one of the oldest in Asia.
Ans: Baggu, mascot of Mohan Bagan AC, regarded as the best football club in India and also one of the oldest football clubs in Asia.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Daily Quiz: 135
Identify the mascot.
Ans: "Modhesh", Arabic for amazing, mascot of Dubai Summer Surprises. Jaiprabhu got it correct.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Daily Quiz: 134
Identify this music director. Clue: A great sportsperson is named after him.
Ans: Sachin Dev Burman. Sachin Tendulkar is named after him.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Daily Quiz: 133
Identify the logo.
Ans: Logo of the new party All Pakistan Muslim League, launched by former president of pakistan Pervez Musharraf.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Daily Quiz: 132
Connect.
Ans: Coat of Arms of Torino, Italy, symbol of seoul and coat of arms of Helsinki, Finland. Torino, Seoul and Helsinki have been named world design capitals by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design for the years 2008, 2010 & 2012 respectively. Asif got it correct.
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