Question For - March 10,2009

Identify this advertisement

The theme for this week is advertising.
[1 Points]

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Question For - March 9,2009

Identify the commercial.

The theme for this week is advertising.
[1 Points]

Answer:
Advertiser - Fevicol

Question For - March 7,2009

Connect these images. Explain the significance of each image to the connection.
[4 Points]

Answer:
The connection is Slumdog Millionaire.
1.Logo of Film4 Productions.It Backed up Slumdog Millionaire by funding and invited Danny Boyle to read its script in 2006.
2.Flag of South Africa.Vikas Swarup on whose book the movie is based is currently posted in pretoria in south africa as India's Deputy High Commisioner.
3.Loveleen Tandon.She was the co-director of the movie and erased all the cultural barriers between cast and crew.

Question For - March 6,2009

Connect the two images.
[1 Points]

Answer:
Lage Raho Munnabhai was the first hindi movie to be screened at United Nations auditorium on 10th November 2006 at NewYork

Question For - March 4,2009

Identify this portrait.

What is he credited with?
[2 Points]

Answer:
This is the portrait of Fr. Luca Pacioli. He is credited with having codified the double entry book keeping system and is widely regarded as the Father of Accounting.

Question For - March 3,2009

Identify the person whose face is blocked out.

Explain the concept of this picture
[2 Points]

Answer:
The blanked face is that of the famous tabla player Zakir Hussain who is part of the Planet Drum Project

Question For - March 2,2009

Identify the three visuals and connect it.Explain the connection.
[4 Points]

Answer:
The connect is Big Brother, the TV reality series.

1) The Rajasthan Royals is partly owned by Shilpa Shetty. Shilpa Shetty was the winner of Big Brother UK 2007.

2) The idea of a show like Big Brother first flashed at brain storming session at the John De Mol productions. John De Mol was one of the co-founders of Endemol.

3) The term Big Brother is inspired by George Orwells novel "Ninteen eighty four" where a guy called Big Brother is a dictator

We have also accepted Shilpa Shetty as a correct answer

Question For - March 1,2009

Identify the Three Images and Explain the Connection.

(This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[4 Points]

Answer:
1) Chandrashekhar number - an important dimensionless number of magnetohydrodynamics, named after Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
2) Yerkes Observatory - Chandrasekhar did some work at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin
3) Chandrashekhar's mother has translated Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House into Tamil Connect - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Question For - February 28,2009

Connect all the three images and explain the connection.

(This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[4 Points]

Answer:
The connect is MS Subhalakshmi.

1. Her guru Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer

2. Alberta Hall where she performed.

3. She is a recipient of the Bharat Ratna

Question Of The Day - March 9,2009

Identify the commercial.

The theme for this week is advertising.
[1 Points]

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Question For - February 27,2009

Identify the three images and explain the connection.

(This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[4 Points]




Answer:
1. Philadelphia Deringer (The gun which was used in Abraham Lincolns assassination by John Wilkes Booth).

2. Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (Abraham Lincolns wife).

3. Lincolns Patented Device to buoy vessels over shoals.

Connect Abraham Lincoln

Question Of The Day - February 26,2009

Identify these images and connect them.

(This week's questions contributed by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[4 Points]

Answer:
1.Luc Montagnier - the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Montagnier for the discovery of HIV
2.Ryan White - became a poster child for HIV after being expelled from school because of his infection.
3.Structure of HIV connect:HIV or AIDS

Question Of The Day - February 25,2009

Identify the two individuals and explain the connection The map at the bottom is a clue. (This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan) [3 Points]

Answer:
1. Frank Baum, the creator of Wizard of Oz.

2. Judy Garland, who played the role of Dorothy in the move "Wizard of Oz".

3. A Map of Kansas City where the "Wizard of Oz" is set.

Connection - "The Movie - Wizard of Oz"

Question Of The Day - February 24,2009

Identify and connect the two persons. (This week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan) [3 Points]

Answer:
On the Left is Raj Reddy,a pioneer in the field of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

On the right is Alan Turing, considered by many to be the father of modern Computer Science. With the Turing Test, he made a significant and provocative contribution to the debate regarding Artificial Intelligence.

Raj Reddy is the only Indian to win the Turing Award, an award given for significant contribution of technical importance to computing.

Question Of The Day - February 23,2009

What is historic about this ruined structure?

Hint from QM : "Rush and you shall find"

(The week's questions by Abinaya Surianarayanan)
[1 Points]

Answer:
This is a mill belonging to John Sutter

This is the place where the California Gold rush is supposed to have started

Question Of The Day - February 22,2009

X sang two songs for a movie Y whose music director was Z.

These songs were based on two Ragas namely A & B.

The music director Z used his voice as C's voice in the movie.

X was reluctant to sing for any movies and therefore reportedly charged 50 times the price that other popular singers were commanding at that time just to dissuade the music director Z.

Identify X,Y,Z & A,B,C?
[6 Points]


Answer:
X-Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Y-Mughal-e-Azham Z-Naushad A/B -Sohni & Rageshree C-Tansen Khan was reluctant to sing for films, but sang two songs based on ragas Sohni and Rageshree for the 1960 film Mughal-e-Azam, in which his voice was represented as Tansen's by the music director Naushad. In an attempt to dissuade Naushad by asking an obnoxiously high price, he reportedly ended up charging Rs. 25,000/- per song when the going rate for popular playback singers such as Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi was below Rs. 500/- per song.

Question For - February 21,2009

How would you connect these two images?
[3 Points]

Answer:
On February 17th, 1930, a cow was sent up in an airplane for the first time. The milk that was produced by the cow during the flight was put into containers and parachuted over the city of St. Louis. The name of the cow is OLLIE.
The artist E. D. Thalinger even painted her portrait for posterity.

The Ollie is an aerial skateboarding trick, invented by Alan "Ollie" Gelfand in 1978. When doing an ollie the skateboarder leaps into the air bringing the board into the air without using their hands. The board appears to magically lift with the feet remaining in contact with the board throughout the jump.

Question Of The Day - February 20,2009

Connect the images and explain the connection to each image properly

Contributed by Tathagata Mukherji
[5 Points]

Answer:
The connect is Tata Elxsi

1. Tata Elxsi did the visual effects for Rang de Basanti. This won a screen award.

2. Tata Elxsi also did the visual effects for Road Side Romeo

3. Tata Elxsi designed the logo for Sony BMG

4. Mr. Madukar Dev, the CEO of Tata Elxsi

Question Of The Day - February 19,2009

Interesting Collage of Flags.

Identify each flag and connect them
[10 Points]

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Question Of The Day - February 18,2009

Identify the two individuals and connect them. [3 Points]



Answer:
Khaleel Al Dumaini, the lawyer who represented Saddam Hussain

Muntader al Zaidi the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush

Muntader al Zaidi declined the services of Khalid as his lawyer.

Question Of The Day - February 17,2009

This is the statue of a very famous person who was a political philosopher and writer. Who is he?

The inscription on the statue may give some clue. What does it mean?

Name the book written by him which made him world famous. [3 points]

Answer For -
This is Karl Marx's statue.

The inscription reads "Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!" (Proleterians of all countries unite!)".

The book written by him was Das Kapital. However, we have also accepted The Communist Manifesto

Question Of The Day - February 16,2009

What is being shown here? [1 point]

Answer:
British actor Reg Varney using the world's first ATM in 1967, located at a branch of Barclays Bank, Enfield. The system was developed by De La Rue.

Question Of The Day - February 15,2009

The statue 'A' is located in city 'B' and is dedicated to 'C', 'D' and 'E'

'C' was the first to achieve the feat 'F'.

He managed to achieve this around a fortnight after 'D' and 'E' failed in their attempt to achieve 'F'

Identify A, B, C, D, E and F [6 Points]

Answer:
A. Memorial at Bourget Airport

B. Paris

C. Charles Lindbergh

D. Charles Nungesser

E. Francois Coli

F. Flight across the Atlantic

Question Of The Day - February 14, 2009

Identify these two coats of arms and connect them.

Hint : The date of this question should provide a clue
[3 Points]



Answer:
1. Coat of arms of the Montagues

2. Coat of arms of the Capulets

Romeo was a son of the Montagues and Juliet was a daughter of the Capulets in the play Romeo and Juliet.

A tribute to one of the best known romantic couples on the occasion of Valentines Day Their romance

Question Of The Day - February 13,2009

The two men shown are both very famous writers. Identify both and connect them

Note : The pictures are not co contemporaneous.

One point for each individual and One point for the connect
[3 Points]

Answer:

1. Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

A humorist who has brought laughter to millions of people on the planet with his characters especially "Bertie Wooster" and his valet "Jeeves"

2. C. Northcote Parkinson

He has published over 60 books of which 'Parkinsons Law' is the most famous. He was also a British Naval Historian and is considered a scholar in the field of Public Administration.

C. Northcote Parkinson wrote a book "Jeeves, the Gentleman's personal gentleman" in which he penned a biography of Jeeves, the inimitable valet to Bertie Wooster.

Question Of The Day - February 12,2009

Connect these visuals to a sportsman. Explain the connection. [1 Points]



Answer :
Michael Owen, Owen starred in a series of adverts that charted his life, and rise to fame.In 2001, he was the advertising face of breakfast cereal "Nestlé Sporties". He also appeared in several adverts for the washing powder Persil, in a contract worth £1,000,000.Owen was selected as one of the two cover athletes for Pro Evolution Soccer 2008.He has been an ambassador of the Swiss watchmaker Tissot since 1998 and has a contract with car manufacturer Jaguar.

Question Of The Day - February 11,2009

Identify all the visuals.

Connect them to an organisation.

(Several well known people are part of this organisation.)
[1 Points]

Answer :
The American presidents who were famous civitians of civitian international. Several well-known individuals have been Civitans, including: Thomas Edison President Calvin Coolidge President Franklin D. Roosevelt, charter member of the New York Civitan Club President John F. Kennedy President Harry Truman U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ed Sanford General John Pershing Cornelius Vanderbilt IV, charter member of the New York Civitan Club Richard Petty Bo Jackson Frank Thomas Richard Rohmer, who served as a Civitan district governor and international treasurer. Richmond H. Hilton, Medal of Honor recipient.

Question Of The Day - February 10,2009

Identify the cricketer and his speciality

Answer:
Anil Dalpat

The first Hindu to play test cricket for Pakistan

Question Of The Day - February 9,2009

Identify the person in the picture

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Question Of The Day - February 8,2009

A was heavily publisiced by media and quizzers all over India.

But actually it was B, according to the director C of the movie D who was the inspiration to the story of the blockbuster D.

The director C made his debut into Bollywood (as a director) with the movie E.

The movie E was based on the real life character F, whose record "score" is around 110, as against the figure claimed in the movie E.

Identify A,B,C,D,E,F
[6 Points]



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Question For - February 7,2009

Each part of the visuals is having a crypting connect to a famous person in bollywood.Identify the person and explain the connection to each picture.
(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)
[6 Points]





Answer:
A.R.Rehman. References to his movies Rose – Roja Turbaned Sardarji – Indian Indira Gandhi – Indira Lee – Jeans Taj Mahal

Question Of The Day - February 6,2009

Identify these personalities and explain the connection between them?
(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)
[4 Points]

Answer:
All potrayed Kasturba Gandhi on silver screen. pic-1:-Pallavi Joshi - Making of Mahatma pic-2:-Rohini Hattangadi - Gandhi pic-3:-Shefali Chhaya - Gandhi My Father

Question Of The Day - February 5,2009

What is the unique feature about this song?
(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)


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Answer:
A.R.Rehman composed music for the Mandarin movie "Warriors of Heaven & Earth". This song is sung by Sadhna Sargam and is the only hindi song to be included in the OST released worldwide.

Question Of The Day - February 4,2009

What is the significance of this song in Bollywood history?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wqMgwco7vPU


Answer:
Rail Gaadi, Singer – Ashok Kumar, Movie – Aashirwad Funda – First RAP Song of Bollywood

Question Of The Day - February 3,2009

Identify the poster.

(The theme for this week is Bollywood. Contributed by Kamal Rathi)
[1 Points]

Answer :
Movie - Aag

Question Of The Day - January 31,2009

"A" is a renowned politician.

He is also highly respected in country "B". In fact so much so that when he died, B lowered its flag as a mark of respect to A.

He leaves behind an illustrious family.

His son "C" has followed in his footsteps as a renowned politician himself.

His daughter "D" is a famous author.

Identify A, B, C and D
[4 Points]

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Question Of The Day - January 30,2009

Identify these people. They have a connect between them which may not necessarily be restricted to just the two of them. What is the connection?2 points for identifying them and 1 point for the connection.
[3 points]

Answer:
Pic1 Dr.Ramakant Panda
Pic2 Dr. Chitranjan S. Ranawat
Dr.Ramakant Panda Operated PM Manmohan Singh for Heart Surgery
Dr. Chitranjan S. Ranawat Operated PM Atal B Vajpayee for Knee Surgery

Question Of The Day - January 29,2009

Identify these images and connect them to a famous individual.
[4 Points]

Answer :
Pic 1 Logo of Civitian international
Pic 2 - Logo of March of Dimes an organisation that works against infantile paralysis
Pic 3 Silver Buffalo medal awarded by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) - their highest award for adults, which is conferred in recognition of distinguished support of youth on a national level

Connect - Franklin D Roosevelt

- FDR was a Civitian
- A victim of infantile paralysis himself, FDR was one of the founders of March of the Dimes
- The BSA conferred this award on FDR

Question Of The Day - January 28,2009

These two individuals are very famous and easily identifiable. Furthermore, they have a bond between them which some of US may call intimate. What is that bond?

No points for identifying them. We want a specific answer. A hint lies in the question itself.
[1 Points]



Answer:
They were quizzing partners at IIT Mumbai

Question Of The Day - January 27,2009

Identify this person. What unique record he is credited with? [2 Points]

Answer:
The player is Ryan Giggs
Record of having scored in every edition of the Premier League since its inception.

Question Of The Day - January 26,2009

Identify the reciter? [1 point]
(You are requested to kindly stand up to pay respect to our national anthem.)

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Answer:
Rabindranath Tagore

Question Of The Day - January 25,2009

A is known for his great literary work B.

Most of the characters of B were based on real life people known to A. Two important characters of B were based on his father & mother. Two other characters resemble A himself. Another character was having striking similarity with his wife & sister-in-law.

Before the first version of B was ready, one third of the whole book had been published in a magazine under the title C.

The book B also highlights the contrasting styles of operation of two historic generals, D & E. The character D was from the author's nation and his modest, but effective style actually rescued his country from the aggressive invasion of E.

Identify A,B,C,D & E.
[5 Points]


Answer:
A-Leo Tolstoy
B-War & Peace
C-1805
D-Napoleon
E-General Kutuzov

Question Of The Day - January 24,2009

Identify the famous personality who is singing (she is not known as a singer). Who is she wishing?



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Answer:
Singer is Norma Jean Baker popularly known as Marilyn Monroe. She is wishing John F. Kennedy on his birthday.

Question Of The Day - January 23,2009

A sight a lot of us would love to see!!! The question is.....Who is hiring?
[1 point]

Answer:
YouTube.

Question Of The Day - January 22,2009

Name the people circled in ghis group. What is the connection between all the members of the group?

[3 points]

Answer:
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar & Nathuram Godse
The people in the group were accused in the Mahatma Gandhi assissination case.

Question Of The Day - January 21,2009

Who is the player? What is his claim to fame?
[2 points]

Answer:
Bernard Tomic. He became the youngest ever male tennis player to win a match at the senior tournament at the Australian Open by beating Potito Starace of Italy two days ago

Question Of The Day - January 20,2009

Identify this famous ad legend? [1 Point]

Answer:
William (Bill) Bernbach, a legendary figure in the history of American advertising. One of the three founders of Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB) and directed ad campaigns such as "Think Small" for Volkswagen Beetle.

Question Of The Day - January 19,2009

Connect these companies. The list is not exhaustive. 1 point
[1 Points]

Answer:
All these Indian companies have been featured in Harvard Business School case studies.