Results for October

Prateek Vijayavargia is the winner of this month's first prize of Rs. 1,000.  Congratulations Prateek, Keep it up!!!

We would also like to salute Mamta Paul for her determination in answering, and answering correctly at that daily!  We hope to see you as number one the next time round!!!!  As a special gesture, we are happy to present you with a Marchahead T-Shirt to show our appreciation.

There are two monthly lucky winners. 

The first has been chosen from the top 10 finishers of the month.  Actually from 2 to 10 since Prateek has already won a prize.  This prize has been won by Sourabh.

The second has been chosen from persons who have answered correctly a minimum of 20 times in the month.  This definition too has been kept very loosely as even 1 mark out of 5 or 6 as been taken as a correct answer.  This prize has been won by Deepak G

Congratulations to the winners!

The prizes for November will be declared shortly.  All we will say for now is that the total disbursement will be higher next month.  So keep answering regularly and get all your friends to Marchahead with us!!!!

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question and Answer-31st October

Question Of The Day - October 31,2008

Identify all the pictures and explain the connection.

(5 Points)

Picture 1 is the logo of BOAC, a precursor to British Airways

Picture 2 is the logo of Eastern Airlines

Picture 3 is that of the Pulitzer Prize Medal

Picture 4 is that of a Mockingbird

The connect is Harper Lee who won the Pulitzer Prize for an all time great book "To Kill a Mockingbird".  

She had worked as a reservations clerk for both BOAC and Eastern Airlines

17 people answered correctly of which 13 were all correct

Fastest correct answer   :       Chiranjit Mandhata

Lucky Draw Winner        :       Pranav Agarwal

FUN - Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Connect these images to a personality. 3 points

ANSWER:-

1. Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user generated content. 2. She is Gina Gershon, an American Film and Television Actress. Connect:SARAH PALIN (Personality) On September 10, 2008, Gina Gershon appeared in a video on funnyordie.com parodying Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, titled "Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin".

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer:- Deepak G
Lucky Winner:- Anindya Bhattacharjee

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

31st October Question will be uploaded by 12.12am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-29th Oct-Question and Answer

Identify her?

She is Second Subaltern number 230873 in the auxillary terminal services.  She eventually became Queen Elizabeth II.

19 Correct Answers

Fastest Answer  :  Tathagata Mukherji

Lucky Winner    :   Mamta Paul

 

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-28th October-Question & Answer

Question Of The Day - October 28,2008

Identify all the three pictures and explain their connection to a festival.Explain the connection properly.3 points for explaining the pictures and 3 points for the correct explanations.[6 Points]

ANSWER:-

The festival, is ofcourse Diwali/Deepavali. Has a significance in Jainism, Sikhism as well as Hinduism. 1. Lord Mahavira 2. Guru Hargobind 3. Lord Rama Explanations: 1.Lord Mahavira, the last of the Jain Tirthankaras, attained Nirvana or Moksha on this day at Pavapuri on Oct. 15, 527 BCE, on Chaturdashi of Kartika, 2. For Sikhs, Diwali is particularly important because it celebrates the release from prison of the sixth guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, (hence also called "Bandi Chhorh Diwas" or "the day of release of detainees") and 52 other princes with him, from the Gwalior Fort in 1619. 3. Celebrated in Hinduism as the homecoming of Lord Rama of Ayodhya after a 14-year exile in the forest, after he defeated the evil Ravana.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Goutam V.K

Lucky Draw Winner:-Abhishek Chakraborty

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

29TH OCTOBER QUESTION WILL BE UPLOADED BY 12.12AM.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-27th October-Question & Answer

Identify the pictures and connect it.

Clue:-The person in the picture was the chairman of an Indian organisation for maximum number of years.[3 Points]

Pic 1 is of Satish Dhawan who headed ISRO from 1972 till his death.

Pic 2 is that of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre also known as the Shriharikota Space Centre from where the Chandrayan was launched.

We have been very liberal on the connect giving marks for ISRO / Satish Dhawan / Chandrayan. This is in keeping with the spirit of Diwali

33 correct answers of which 31 were all correct

Fastest response : Deepak G

Lucky Winner : Sagar Honnungar

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-26th Oct-Question & Answer

Identify the pictures and explain the connection.Connect it.

ANSWER:-
connect - STARBUCKS

pic 3- Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. - (As the only franchisee of Starbucks,he now owns 58 coffee stores across the country.Starbucks has partnered with Magic Johnson's Johnson Development Corporation to form Urban Coffee Opportunities) pic 1- products of Tazo Tea Company (The company was purchased by Starbucks in 1999 for $8.10 million.) pic 2- Howard Schultz - chairman and CEO of Starbucks

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer:-Srikant Khuntia

Lucky Draw Winner:-Debratna Nag

ANNOUNCEMENT:-
The question for 27th October will be posted after 12.12am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-25/10/2008 Question and Answer

Name these two in the picture?They usually cheer for which cricket team? [2 Points]

These are Max and Molly Mynah who cheer the Yorkshire Cricket Club

There were 11 answers of which 9 were all correct.

Fastest Answer :   Manvendra Singh

Lucky Winner   :   Varun Reddy

FUN-Facts Unknown Contest-24th Oct-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Identify this person.He is infamous for something in the area of finacial investment by investors,what is this fradulent investment operation.Explain it.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer:-Sameer Agrawal

Lucky Draw Winner:-Anindya Bhattacharjee

ANSWER:-

Charles Ponzi.Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves promising or paying abnormally high returns ("profits") to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business.A Ponzi scheme has similarities with a pyramid scheme though the two types of fraud are different.

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

The 25th October question will be uploaded by 01.11am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-23rd October-Question & Answer

Identify the person in the statue?He released his own version of bible.What was it named?

There were more than 30 attempts.However only six all correct entries.

ANSWER:-

The person is Noah Webster. His version replaced archaic words with simpler words and had a few grammatical changes and was called: The Common Version.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Chiranjit Mandhata

Lucky Draw Winner:-Mridul Agarwal

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

Question for 24th October will be posted tomorrow 7.07am

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-22nd Oct-Question & Answer

Identify the person in the second picture.The person in the picture belongs to which outfit/party.Name it.Explain the connection between the two pictures.No points for identifying GM.

Deadline:-10pm

All the best.

ANSWER:-
The person in the second picture is Ralph Nader. He is an independent candidate for the US Presidential elections, 2008. He was a Green Party candidate for the same in 1996 and 2000. He wrote the book 'Unsafe at any speed', a study that revealed that many American automobiles were unsafe, especially the Chevrolet Corvair manufactured by General Motors.
RESULTS:-
Fastest:-Varun Reddy
Lucky:-Bipin Banavalikar
ANNOUNCEMENT:-
23rd Oct question ll be uploaded by 7.07am.

FUN-Facts Unknown Contest-21st Oct-Question & Answer

Connect it.

ANSWER:-

1) Lancia Delta - Parent Company is Fiat Group (Richard Gere has featured in an ad for Lancia Delta) 2) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (Richard Gere's dad, Homer George Gere, worked as an insurance agent for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company) 3) Flag of Tibet (Gere is a practicing Buddhist and an active supporter of the Dalai Lama. Gere is also a persistent advocate for human rights in Tibet; he is a co-founder of the Tibet House, creator of The Gere Foundation, and he is Chairman of the Board of Directors for the International Campaign for Tibet. Because he strongly supports the Tibetan Independence Movement, he is permanently banned from entering The People's Republic of China) Connect: Richard Gere

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Padmini

Lucky Draw Winner:-Deepak G

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

The 22nd October edition answer will be uploaded by 12.00am.

FUN-Facts Unknown Contest-20th October-Question

Question Of The Day - October 20,2008
Name the signature tune of this famous duo?[1 Points]

ANSWER:-

The Cuckoo Song: Laurel and Hardy's famous signature tune, known as "The Cuckoo Song", "Ku-Ku", "Dance Of The Cuckoos", or "The Waltz of the Cuckoos", was composed by Hal Roach Studios musical director Marvin Hatley as the on-the-hour chime for the studio radio station. Laurel heard the tune on the station and asked Hatley to use it as the Laurel and Hardy theme song. Laurel believed the song's main melody represented Oliver Hardy's character (pompus and dramatic), while the harmony represented Laurel's own character (somewhat out of key, and only able to register two notes: "coo-coo"). The original theme, recorded by two clarinets in 1930, was re-recorded with a full orchestra in 1935.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Srikant Khuntia

Lucky Draw Winner:-Nirad Imandar

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

21st October question will be published by 7.07am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer -19th October

Question Of The Day - October 19,2008

Identify the pictures and connect it.Kindly explain the connection.[5 Points]

ANSWER:-

Connection is the Sir Walter Lawrence Trophy: David Gower (Pic 1) is on the panel which adjudicates this award. Pic 2 is that of sir Walter Lawrence himself. Pic 3 is that of tom Moody, the fastest centurion to have claimed the trophy and Pic 4 is of Graham Lloyd, who is the only person to have won it in two consecutive years.

RESULTS:-

Fastest:-Varun Reddy Sewa
Lucky winner:-Sangram Banerjee
ANNOUNCEMENT:-

next edition question will be posted by 12.30am

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question-18th Oct

Question Of The Day - October 18,2008

Identify the pictures and connect it.Explain the connection.

Deadline:-1OPM.[4 Points]

ANSWER:-

1.liberian national flag 2.burma(Myanmar) national flag 3. US national flag connect : only three countries - Burma, Liberia, and the US - have not adopted the International System of Units (SI, or metric system) as their official system of weights and measures.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Akshay Vats

Lucky Draw Winner:-Arnab Chowdhury

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

19th October question ill be published by 12.30am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question and Answer-17th October

Idemtify the people in the pictures and explain the connection.(Search...).Deadline:-10pm

Picture 1 is Rajit Kumar.  Picture 2 is Uttam Kumar.  Both of them played the character of Byomkesh Bakshi, Rajit Kumar on TV and Uttam Kumar on the silver screen.

Swagata Mukherjee (welcome back after a long time!) also points out that both of them won National Awards for Best Actor.  However, Byomkesh Bakshi was the connect we were looking for.

44 people answered correctly of which though, only 36 were all correct.

Fastest Correct answer :  Gobinda Burman

Lucky Draw Winner       :  Viraj Manvatkar

Tomorrows question is at 12.12 am.

Thanks for answering! Keep Marching Ahead and having FUN

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer-16th October

Identify the pictures and Connect it.The question carries 2 points.

Deadline:-10pm

ANSWER:-

1. Logo of the Naz Foundation, a delhi-based NGO spreading HIV- AIDS Awareness

2. Anjali Gopalan, who founded this NGO. So the connect should be - Naz Foundation.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Mamta Paul

Lucky Draw Winner:-Akshay Vats

Announcement:-

17th edition question will be posted by 6.36am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-15th October-Question & Answer

Identify the pictures and connect it.

The question carries 4 points.

This question is contributed by Rahul Singhal.

ANSWER:-

Connect: Black Movie by Sanjay Leela Bhansali Pic 1 - Ayesha Kapoor, is an award winning Indian film actress who is best known for playing young Michelle McNally in the Bollywood movie Black Pic 2 - Applause Entertainment, Production House, produced the Movie Black Pic 3 - LVMH, world's largest luxury goods conglomerate. Ayesha Kapur's dad, Dilip Kapur owns the Hidesign leather store chain. LVMH has a stake in Indian leather goods maker Hidesign.

RESULTS:

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Anindya Bhattacharjee

Lucky Draw Winner:-Padmini

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

16TH OCTOBER QUESTION TO BE UPLOADED BY 7AM.

FUN-Facts Unknown Contest-14th October-Question and Answer

Identify the pictures.Explain the connection.Connect it.

The connect is Verghese Kurien the founder of the AMUL movement.  

Picture 1 is that of John Mathai who is a former finance minister of India.  He is Verghese Kuriens uncle.

Picture 2 is that of the Amul model

Picture 3 is the badge of Loyola College where Verghese Kurien studied.

A total of 33 people got scores.  However, only 14 people got the maximum marks

The fastest answer came from Sourabh

Todays lucky winner is Prateek Vijayvargia

A lot of people identified Picture 1 as Verghese Kurien.  This could easily have been averted with a little care.  While it may have taken a while to identify John Mathai, it was easy to figure out that the picture was not Verghese Kurien.

4 Marks are not that easy to earn.  You must give us credit for making you think!!!

Tomorrows question at midnight

 

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-13th October-Question & Answer

Question Of The Day - October 13,2008

Look at the picture.What is this specialized form of feeding or animal's alimentary behaviour is known as?

Results:-

Lucky Draw Winner:-Smriti Mahale

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Manvendra Singh

Answer:-

Ophiophagy - Ophio means snake and phagy means eating...

Announcement:-

14TH OCT QUESTION WILL BE UPLOADED BY 7AM.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-12th October-Question & Answer

Identify the artist who created these paintings and name the style he originated.Explain the incident depicted in the first two pictures.

Results:-
Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Manvendra Singh
Lucky Draw Winner:-Aninndya Bhattacharjee

ANSWER:-
The painter is Pablo Picasso. pic1 depicts Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. The painting is called guernica. pic2 depicts the Korean Civil War. The painting is Massacre in korea Picasso originated Cubism style of painting.

ANNOUNCEMENT:-
The 13th October edition question will be posted by 12.12am.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-11th October-Question & Answer

X writes for education supplements of a national daily "y" and a magazine related to carreers namely "Z".X is a self-proclaimed techie working as a technical consultant in a MNC in Bengaluru.In her blog she talks about topical issues related to information technology.This is a virtual charcter created by an IT education company "W" as their innovative marketing strategy who is knowledgeable,credible and accessible to the youth.Her orkut profile gets so many requests for dating and her expert advice for career planning.Identify X-the character.Y-The newspaper,Z-the magazine and W-The company. X is in the picture."

ANSWER:-
W-NIIT
X-Preeti Technani
Y-Times of India
Z-Career Success Review

RESULTS:-
Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Deepanshu Berry
Lucky Draw Winner:-Kuldip Chandi
ANNOUNCEMENT:-
12th October Question will be uploaded by 12.12am.

The Radio Mirchi clash of corporates-Business Quiz

Dear All,

The Indian Quizzing League (IQL) will be conducting the 'The Radio Mirchi Clash of Corporates'  in Chennai on the 18th and 19th of October.

This is a great chance for all of you living in the area to participate in a live quiz and also watch quite a few of the regular quizzards Sylvian,Karthik & Vinod in action.  All in all, it will be an enriching experience.

So don't miss the event.Participate and tickle your brains with the trio.
All the best to the TRIDEVs of quizzing blogosphere on behalf of all the participants of FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest.
Rock on...

For details refer to the original post from the IQL published below.

Regards,
March Ahead Team
www.marchahead.co.in
"The site that rewards quizzers daily for their efforts'

Hi,
The Radio Mirchi clash of corporates has a variety of events catering with the motto "get back two days of your college life" - as part of the cultural events like dance, adzap, music, there would also be a Business Quiz open to all corporates...

• Prelims would be on 18th Oct 2008 - 12.00 PM and the Finals would be on 19th Oct 2008 (10.00AM to 12.00PM). Date : 18th and 19th of October 2008...
• Venue : Kalaivanar Arangam (opp Triplicane police station) Wallajah road, Triplicane, Chennai
• Teams of 3 each.
• After written prelims on saturday, six teams to take the finals on Sunday.
• Quizmasters for the event: Vinod Hariharan, Sylvian Patrick and Karthik Narayan.

Thanks and regards,
Karthik Narayan
Ob Qns
1. What is the expansion of "CIPLA"?
2. Which Indian company's headquarters is Statesman House, Barakhamba Road (12 pillars), New Delhi?
Answers:
1. Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories
2. BSNL
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FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-10th October-Question & Answer

Connect it.

3 points for explaining each picture and 1 point for the final connection.

ANSWER:-

The connection is orenthal james simpson. the first pic. is of hertz rental car corporation for which oj. simpson was a spokesman. the second pic is of hiesman trophy which he won in 1968 the third pic is of espn monday night football for which he was a commentator.

Results:-

Fastest Correct Answer:-Deepak G

Lucky Draw Winner:-Srikanta Khuntia

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

11th October edition answers will be uploaded by 7am.

FuN- Facts UnknowN Question & Answer- 9th October

Connect the images below and explain the connection (2) points.

Contributed by Rahul Singhal

ANSWER:-

Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE./Walt Disney & Mickey Mouse

pic1- Ariel view of Disneyland in USA created by Walt Disney

pic2- The first basic model of a computer mouse

Walt Disney known for the famous creation of Mickey Mouse.

RESULTS:-

Fastest Cotrrect Answer Entry:-Smita Subhadarshini Sahoo

Lucky Draw Winner:-Kamal Rathi

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

The 10th October answer will be uploaded tomorrow 8am.