Saturday, September 4, 2010

Speed, Sharaab and Superwomen

1. Connect













2. What is obtained when fermented wine is packed in a bottle and a second fermentation is induced in it by adding more yeast and allowing it to mature for atleast another 1.5 years?

3. Connect and fill in the last 3 blanks: Eleanor, Bess, Mamie Doud, Jaqueline, Ladybird, Pat, Betty, Rosalyn, Nancy, Barbara, ________, _________, _________

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Amazing, Absurdly Amazing and Downright Atrocious

1. What is this a list of ?

1. Google
2. MakeMyTrip
3. Intel
4. Marriot Hotels
5. NetApp
6. American Express
7. NTPC
8. PayPal
9. Ajuba Solutions
10. SAS (Solutions)




2. What word has been blackened out?






3. Easy to Google. X was established in 1934 and soon grew to have 14 plants all across India. In 1994, the American majority shareholder Y sold off its 50.9% stake in X to McLeod Russell of the Williamson Magor Group which renamed X to Eveready Industries. Identify X and Y

Monday, August 2, 2010

People, Their Power and well.. Phew!



1. Who?












2.Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and _____________ borrowed the original concept of this from the Phillips Exeter Academy which for decades published and distributed a printed manual of all students and faculty. fill in the blank and what product am i talking off ?



3. And finally, What?

Friday, July 30, 2010

Paintings, Plaques and Posters

Been a long time everyone. This post is dedicated to a lady who is an exceptional quizzer herself and with whom i got back in touch after months. Enjoy the post, Wondergirl :)


1. Identify the painting. Hint: Think radio communication












2. What is this?









3. This is a poster for what?










ENJOY!!!!

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

People's Order and Orders for People...

1. In chronological order:

Jigme Wanchuk
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud
Vladimir Putin
Nickolas Sarkozy
NurSultan Nazarbayev
______________

Fill in the blank.. ( he/she is the last in the list )


2.What are the politicans so eagerly looking at? (The second image shows a computer containing the scanned image of the document in the first one.









Btw, its nice to be back doing this... :)

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Money Money Money

1. What comprises of:
  • International Development Association
  • International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • International Centre for Settlement of Investment



2. Identify the organisation ( apologies for my pathetic editing skills, if I can call it that)












3. Identify the movie poster. The name is synonymous with big money.









After ages..of Icons, Imitations and Idiots


1. Identify the lady on the right.. She changed the employee demograpics in Tata Motors.







2.Identify the logo.( Hint: This might nt be the one that you think it is.. think to the East )











3. Identify this man, at the epicentre of a controversy of idiotic proportions.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Scamsters and Saviours...

Been a Long time ... First the damned end-sem exams.. n then the beloved vacations.. :) ..



1. Identify the Duo.






2. Recently shot to fame for taking everyone down with him, from financial institutions to charitable ones... The Baap of all scamsters.. Who is he?









3. This is a pretty old story.. Who is he.. ?









4. Connect them..




















5. This financial institution, was forced to takeover a bank and act the saviour... Which institution's logo is this?

Monday, November 17, 2008

Houses, High Street and Head Servants...

1. Created by P.G. Wodehouse, his first name is Reginald. He is a "gentleman's personal gentleman"or a valet. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of many many subjects and is extremely skillful at a lot of other stuff to. He inspired one of the most famous valet's in internet history, one who "fetched answers to all questions asked". Who is this internets most famous valet?

2. This high street in London can be reached by taping a brick, found by counting three up and two across, three times, of the rear wall of a Bar on the Charing Cross Road. Which place am I talking about?

3. Connect: Knesset, Federalnoye Sobraniye, Diet, Jatiyo Sangshod, Cortes Generales

Friday, November 7, 2008

Cats, Colleges and Carnage

I am sorry about the slow rate of postings. Its getting pretty difficult these days to find new questions with exams killing me.. : ( .. Plus i have to prepare about 100 questions for a quiz is my school, for which i haven;t even started yet and neither do I have any idea as to how to go about it.Justify Full
Anyways, no more rants... here goes..


1. Born in 1974 in Chennai, he migrated to Australia and then to New York. He started off as a financial journalist writing for the Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Money. He subsequently moved on to TIME, where he worked as a South Asia correspondant. He now is a freelance journalist operating from Mumbai. Who?

2. The only colleges eligible to participate in this NCAA Division I athletic conference in the US are - Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, Stanford University, Dartmouth College and University of Pennsylvania. The name of the athletic conference is now not limited to only athletics, but also used to represent the educational philosophy of these institutions. Which term ?


3. Located in Poland about 50 km from Krakow and established on May 20, 1940, this institution is the largest of its kind, with the motto " Arbeit macht frei" crowned on its gate. The attached photo is a horrific part of the institution. What am I talking about ?


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