Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Question For - March 10,2009

Identify this advertisement

The theme for this week is advertising.

[1 Points]



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Monday, March 9, 2009

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