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31-Jan-2008

2008-01-30T20:24:00.000-08:00

Q.1 What is being described here ?

Q.2 "Inside Man" movie had one song from a Bollywood movie. Which song ?

25-Jan-2008

2008-01-24T21:38:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Identify the logo.

Q.2 Identify the logo.

24-Jan-2008

2008-01-23T20:55:00.000-08:00

Q.1 These are some of the laws that appeared in IEEE publication :

(a) Everything falls faster than an anvil.
(b) A vehicle's speed is limited only by the size of the numbers written on the
speedometer.
(c) Any body passing through solid matter will leave a perforation conforming to its
perimeter.

What are these 'laws' referring to ?

Q.2 Whose company slogan means "Art for art's sake" ?

23-Jan-2008

2008-01-22T21:17:00.000-08:00

Q.1
This ad was banned. What was the reason ?

Q.2 What term resulted ?

22-Jan-2008

2008-01-21T20:31:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Identify the sport.

Q.2 Connect.

(1)
(2)
(3)

21-Jan-2008

2008-01-20T21:20:00.000-08:00

Q.1 This company's address in every capital city is PO Box. 9994 in honor of the a great
sportsman. Which company ?

Q.2 Name the pic.

18-Jan-2008

2008-01-17T20:22:00.000-08:00

Q.1
Identify the company's ad.

Q.2 Larry Ellison got married to Melanie Craft in 2003. His friend was the
official photographer. Who ?

17-Jan-2008

2008-01-16T20:57:00.000-08:00

Q.1 The number of on-side fielders behind the popping crease at the instant of the
bowler’s delivery shall not exceed two. In the event of an infringement of this
rule by the fielding side the square-leg umpire shall call “No Ball.” The umpire
may elect to stand on the off-side, provided he informs the captain of the fielding
side and the striker of his intention to do so.

What was the "cause" for the above law ?

Q.2 For the first time, International Astronomical Union had to re-define the term
"PLANET". Why ?

16-Jan-2008

2008-01-15T20:16:00.000-08:00

Q.1 This word was introduced in New Oxford American Dictionary for modifying
HTML pages so that they are placed high in Internet search. Which word ?

Q.2 Identify and explain the logo.

14-Jan-2007

2008-01-13T21:34:00.000-08:00

Q.1
Identify the device.

Q.2 Google Vs Wikipedia. What I am talking about ?

11-Jan-2008

2008-01-10T21:03:00.001-08:00

Q.1 Founders of this company say that they chose this name because it means
"rude, unsophisticated, uncouth". The acronym for this company has
"ORACLE" in it. Which company ?

Q.2
Above is the pic of an ad by a company. Which company ?

10-Jan-2008

2008-01-09T21:04:00.000-08:00

Q.1 What was born in a pub in London during a bar room argument on which bird was the
fastest in the British Isles ?

Q.2
Identify the pic.

9-Jan-2008

2008-01-08T20:32:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Identify the character.

Q.2 The name of this particular "thing" in Sanskrit means Fragrance. It has to be atleast
5-6mm long and milky white-pearl white in colour to qualify as this "thing".
Name the "thing" that I am talking about ?

8-Jan-2008

2008-01-07T21:05:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Identify the device.

Q.2
Identify the group of women.

7-Jan-2008

2008-01-06T21:16:00.000-08:00

Q.1
Identify the mascot.

Q.2 X is a game designed by the creators of Apple for Atari.
What is the name of the game ?

4-Jan-2007

2008-01-03T22:24:00.000-08:00

Q.1 This was launched by Henkel in 1969 after the success of Lipstick ?
What am I talking about ?

Q.2
Identify the company of this ad.

3-Jan-2008

2008-01-02T20:08:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Sony lost the trademark right on one of its brands in a Supreme court in Austria.
Which brand ?

Q.2 Hector Garcia Molina had 2 famous groups of Ph.D students working under him.
One of them consisted of 2 people while the other worked alone, on an
independent project.
What was this person's first name?

21-Dec-2007

2007-12-20T20:49:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Identify the pic and a theory behind it.

Q.2 ________ Shantaram Kudalkar + ___________ Ramprasad Sharma

What are the blanks ?

20-Dec-2007

2007-12-19T21:09:00.000-08:00

Q.1

Ricky Ponting is shaking hands with whom ?

Q.2 A company, in 2007, re-defined the concept of volume and capacity by
introducing a Tera-Byte capacity Hard drive. Which company ?

19-Dec-2007

2007-12-18T20:35:00.000-08:00

Q.1 This document contains disclosure statement printed in red ink on the cover. It states that
the issuing company is not attempting to sell its shares. What is the document I am talking
about ?

Q.2 A measurement unit has been defined after Mickey Mouse. What is that ?

18-Dec-2007

2007-12-17T20:24:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Connect Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan , George de Hevesy , philosopher's stone.

Q.2 Identify the image.

14-Dec-2007

2007-12-13T20:46:00.000-08:00

Q.1

Identify the place.

Q.2 It was Roosevelt's 'Sacred Cow', Truman's 'Independence' and Eisehower's
'Columbine'. How do we know it?

13-Dec-2007

2007-12-12T20:44:00.000-08:00

Q.1 In which 1994 John Goodman film did Bill Hanna and Joe Barbara have cameo roles?

Q.2

What is happening in the pic ?

12-Dec-2007

2007-12-11T20:40:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Made his one-day debut in 1988, but Test debut in 1998, Rabindra
Ramnarayan is a respected player and coach. How do we better know him?

Q.2
There is some thing different in this pic from other bond pics. What is that ?

11-Dec-2007

2007-12-10T20:53:00.001-08:00

Q.1
Identify the duo.

Q.2 In his entire life, Elvis Presley promoted only one product in
commercial. What was it?

10-Dec-2007

2007-12-09T21:03:00.000-08:00

Q.1 She was diagnosed with a progressive lung disease at the age of 6. The fight
against that and the ultimate death, in early 2003, of this scott, was almost
as widely publicized, and carefully followed, as her birth.
Who is she ?

Q.2 Identify the logo.

7-Dec-2007

2007-12-06T21:02:00.000-08:00

Q.1 MEIN KAMPF is the autobiography of Adolf Hitler. Which American Industrialist
does Adolf Hitler praise in his book.

Q.2 BMW is the only company to have a penalty like that. What am I talking about ?

6-Dec-2007

2007-12-05T20:40:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Connect Alfred Nobel, Agatha Christie, Isaac Assimov and Star Trek.

Q.2 (1) M.Kothari is the founder and was born in Narali of Gujrat.
(2) Struggled day and night before becoming and distributor for Parle products and
OK soaps.
(3) He saw the potential of great business in Betel Leaf, as a ready-to-consume product.

Identify the company, he founded.

5-Dec-2007

2007-12-04T21:00:00.000-08:00

Q.1 He fixes Asterix's broken chariot wheel in Switzerland. He is also a mascot of
company. Who is the person I am talking about ?

Q.2 Cities like Mumbai, Vadodara, Hyderabad, and institutions like Universities,
the Railways and the Services send their Presidents to cast their vote to elect
office bearers of which institution?

4-Dec-2007

2007-12-03T20:25:00.000-08:00

Q.1 It was signed by 12 countries , including India in 1959. No military operation of
any kind are allowed at this place.
Which place ?

Q.2 Identify the message of this Amazon logo.

3-Dec-2007

2007-12-02T20:56:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Austin based, food products based company, called as Hormel Foods Corp.
owns a famous brand of canned meat, which is now used in IT very frequently.
Which brand ?

Q.2 A boy called "Mike Row" was in news in 2004 and was asked by a IT giant to
do something.
What ?

29-Nov-2007

2007-11-28T21:01:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Its Japanese form of application which is made with a variety of 42 kinds
of needles applied on human body? How do we know this form better?

Q.2 His real name is Chandrashekhar and he is a trained Chartered Accountant.
His father was a Physician to the President of India. He is also related to
Dev Anand. How is he better known ?

28-Nov-2007

2007-11-27T20:48:00.000-08:00

Q.1 He appeared on a postage stamp by Indian Postal Service. His statue has
been erected in Pune. He is also a mascot of an airline. Who is he ?

Q.2 Connect.

27-Nov-2007

2007-11-26T20:37:00.000-08:00

Q.1 What is the man in the picture trying to signal ?

Q.2 On 7 Jan 2004 , Toyota Canada announced the name of a new car, calling it "the new wave of bold style." This Special Edition Celica is a high-performance car, and is available in two colours - red and thundercloud. The original name was dumped when the car was released in January 2005. It is now called the Celica Sports Package. What was the
dropped name?

26-Nov-2007

2007-11-25T20:24:00.000-08:00

Q.1 They have a new tag-line for each year. Last year's tagline says "This is the season". They
have Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney on this year's main cover. Ally McCoist and John Motson
are the commentators.
What I am talking about ?

Q.2 Identify the device.

23-Nov-2007

2007-11-22T20:36:00.000-08:00

Q. George Daniels had to judge a case where Lewis Purdue, the author of the book called "Daughter of the God", sued some one for plagiarism. Who did he sue ?

Q. Identify the image.

22-Nov-2007

2007-11-21T21:04:00.000-08:00

Q.1 'X' is the only company to manufacture product 'Y'. Manufacturing process is a secret and devised by National Laboratory of India. The product is also exported to other countries like Singapore, Thailand, Nigeria and South-Africa. After every 5 years, the company has significant increase in revenue.

Identify X and Y.

Q.2 Identify the pic.

21-Nov-2007

2007-11-20T20:30:00.000-08:00

Q.1 They have been created and customized for 5 champions. They are:
--- Red Leather Strap
--- White, Blue and Purple leather straps
--- Smokin' Skull
--- Spinner
--- Rated R Spinner

What I am talking about ?

Q.2 Identify the building.

20-Nov-2007

2007-11-19T20:39:00.000-08:00

Q.1
One ___ to rule them all,
One ___ to find them,
One ___ to bring them all
and in the darkness bind them.

Identify the above quotes.

Q.2 Its a Board game. 6 players maximum, 360 miniature pieces, 56 cards.
Its a game of Strategy and Luck and is one of the Bill Gates' favourites.
Its the game of _____ .

19-Nov-2007

2007-11-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

Q.1 At this place, people joke that they may need a passport to move around, but the particles, they work on don't. Which is this place ?

Q.2 There is something special about the image, which is now a tradition in a series.

16-Oct-2007 (Friday)

2007-11-15T20:55:00.000-08:00

Q.1 Identify the image.

14-Nov-2007 (Wednesday)

2007-11-13T20:38:00.001-08:00

Q. Archie, Veronica and Jughead are popular comic characters but they are also vey peculiar firsts.

31-Oct-2007

2007-10-30T22:01:00.000-07:00

Q.1 He suffered from Cancer, but that hasn't stopped him from achieving his goals. He launched a product for Cancer patients. Identify him.

Q.2 Identify the person.

30-Oct-2007

2007-10-29T21:42:00.000-07:00

2 Sitters for the day !

Q.1 "It will take your breath away" was a line used to advertise something. What and under what circumstances ?

Q.2 Identify the image.

29-Oct-2007

2007-10-28T21:07:00.000-07:00

Q.1 He was one the greatest villains in the epics. He was the master of the game X. The instrument, he used for the game, was made from his father's thigh bones. He brain-washed his nephew, which resulted in a destructive war lost by his nephew.

Who is the person in question ?

Q.2 Identify the person in the pic.

26-Oct-2007

2007-10-25T21:46:00.000-07:00

Two easy questions for the day !

Q.1 The name of this company is based on founder's daughter who died in car accident. Selling just 15 packets a day on bicycle, this company is one of the most popular brand. Identify the company.

Q.2 At Harrison street, 2 friends, X and Y, shared a flat. Y had thought to be writter but he gets successful in writting cases solved by X. They buy a car after World War II. While investing for a murder, X gets married. Identify X and Y.

25-Oct-2007

2007-10-24T22:08:00.000-07:00

Q.1 Connect the following images:

Q.2
A sobriquet was given by the press to a person shown in the above figure. What is that sobriquet and why ?

24-Oct-2007

2007-10-23T21:47:00.000-07:00

Q.1 The acronym for "SAT" was changed from 'X' to 'Y'. Why was it changed ?

Q.2 Depict the pic.

23-Oct-2007

2007-10-22T21:47:00.000-07:00

Q. British sailors, on mutiny, used to write down their names in a circle so that one wouldn't be able to figure out who was their leader. What term resulted ?

Q. What do we call images like these ?

19-OCT-2007

2007-10-18T21:33:00.000-07:00

19-OCT-2007

Q. Connect:
Issac Asimov
Sri Lanka
Satellites

Q.
(1) Dirty clothes
(2) Teachers' notes
(3) Human parts and remains
(4) Gambling Items
(5) Military Hardware
(6) Bootleg recording
(7) Crossbow and Knives

Above mentioned things are not ALLOWED.
What am I talking about ?

Q. This very famous author changed the name because of the thought that target audience might not read the book due to author's gender. Author was in news for suing a religious event.
Who is the author ?

18-OCT-2007

2007-10-17T21:43:00.000-07:00

18-OCT-2007

Q. 'X' was initially 115 mm, but then increased by 5mm for 'Y'. Some people say that, it was increased by company B, so as to beat the rival company A, who was already manufacturing it. And now, it has become a standard.
Identify X, Y, A, B.

Q. Connect the following images.

17-OCT-2007

2007-10-16T21:27:00.000-07:00

17-OCT-2007 (Wednesday)

Question:

Q.

Connect the 4 images given.

Q. It was introduced as an experiment in Delhi with the support of the UNESCO, Philips and the US Govt. in 1959. It was delinked from its mother organization in 1976 and given the status of an independent corporation.
It was raking in Rs. 10 billion in ad revenue by 1987.
Which company are we talking about?

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iQuiz

2007-10-08T03:30:00.000-07:00

Starting Series of Questions in this BLOG.
I will keep on updating this blog.
Please leave your comments, as the feedback.

Thank you people for your response.

16-OCT-2007 (Tuesday)

Question:

Q. David Beckham, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Sarah Jessica,
Shilpa Shetty, Shah Rukh Khan are some of the people. What does these people
have in common ? (Other than they are celebrities !)

Q. Starting in the late 1880s, European representatives of Thomas Edison recorded the voices of famous people to publicize the newly-invented phonograph. Not long after, this famous person became first one, whose voice was recorded when alive and heard after his death.

Name the person.

Fact: Have you ever thought why there are no 'B' drive in our computer ?

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15-OCT-2007 (Monday)

Question:

Q. "X" is an anagram of "Y", the title of the book on which the movie is based. A research done by Universal Pictures showed that women over 30 would not go to see a movie titled "Y" so Universal Pictures changed the title to be more inviting to a wider audience. The book was later re-released with the name X in order to capitalize on interest in the movie.

Identify X and Y.

Q. An European company, into forest products for the first 130 years of its existence, diversified into Television manufacturing in the eighties, but lost money there; burnt its fingers making computers and ultimately sold the computer division, faced a slump during the Russian recession of the early 90's, went deep in the red, and its CEO committed suicide. The new CEO decided to change the business they were in, and virtually reinvented the company. The company got its name from a river where they got relocated.

Name the company.

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12-OCT-2007 (Friday)

Question:

Q. Software 'X' is intended to play on words. 'Y' is said to have played his lyre as the city 'Z' burned. The program LOGO is historically inaccurate, where it shows a historical structure on fire.
Identify X,Y,Z.

Q.

Given is a pic from a cartoon series called as "ROAD RUNNER". Every product displayed in this cartoon has a label called "ACME" (like the rocket above).
What is ACME ?

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11-OCT-2007 (Thursday)

Question:

Q. KABUL (June-11-2004) : Don't telephone an Afghan at 8.30 in the evening. Chances are, he or she will be settled down and doing "some thing" ? What is that "something" in which the Afghans dont want be disturbed during that time ?

Q. On whose Epitaph it says "I lie somewhere over here".

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10-OCT-2007

Question:

Q. Two friends Frank and Tony live 15 miles apart from each other in England. They frequently come down to a bar midway between their towns to have a talk over drinks. These talks are by no means ordinary ones and every time one is held, a significant decision is brought about in the sporting world. How do we know them ??

Q. What is the full form of 'GNU' used in LINUX ?

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9-OCT-2007

Question:

(1) "Saat Swaad me LIJJAT LIJJAT papad" was the song of LIJJAT Compnay TV ad.
Why the "saat" (7) swaad ?

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8-OCT-2007

Question:

(1)He has been a prof of Electrical Engg and Computer Science at the Massachussetts Instt of Technology for 35 years
(2) His products are used in GM Cars, Zenith and Phillips TV divisions, NASA space shuttles, the Queen Elizabeth liner, and Broadway theaters.
(3) His father fled from Calcutta where he was wanted by the British police for revolutionary activities.

Identify the person.

Fact:

"Ctrl + Atl + Del" combination of keys was invented by Dave Bradley who was an Engineer in IBM. Ctrl+Alt+Del is also known as "Three Finger Salute" and was used to reboot the computer.