Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Whats Your konnection??

QM-Preetam Jena..(Answers also posted)

Guys….I ve tried to compile a quiz.I hope u ppl like it n find it intresting.As I ve alwez wanted I ve made it as indianised as possible.The answers at times r really too easy or very silly.But its never dull.so have fun cracking it.
•The rules are quite simple.Each slide is a connection question.U need to get da connection rite.
•Da 1st 6 connection lead to 1 mega connection.Next 6 one more n last 5 1 more.
•Da mega connections finally have a bumper connection.


Send your answers and queries at preetam.jena@wipro.com

For guessing the connection Correctly-2Marks
mega connection-3 Mark
Bumper connection-5 Mark
Linking every pic to the individual connection -- 2 Marks (Else depends on the QM..)


Happy Googling..It helps

Connect the images ....
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1.
#Vodka
There is an ABSOLUT Vodka's thailand ad.
Potatao whose fermentation leads to vodka fermentation.
The book is "Istoriya Vodki" which is History of Vodka in Roman.
The shaded area in the map is called the "Vodka Belt".
(Easy 1 guessed by many.Subhrajit what made u think they were MAKING vodka in the floating market.Panda brother what exactly is absolute alcohol which comes from potatoes???)

2.

#Pink Floyd or The wall
Rahul Dravid who has this sobriquet of The Wall.
The two gentlemen are Jazz legends Floyd Council and Pink Anderson.Syd Barret named his band Pink Floyd as a dedidcation to these gentlemen.
The logo is of the school where the picturisation for the song was done.


3.



#Call Centre or BPO
Three logos are of Genpact,Nipuna(Satyam BPO) and Progeon(Infosys BPO).
The poster is of the movie "Hello" which is based on the novel "One night @ call centre".
The mythical character on its knees in front of Lord Shiva is Daksha(IBM BPO).
(Subhrajit at it again.God knows how he came to da answer as PROSTITUTION/SATI)
4.

#ICC World Cup
The three logos are of World cup title sponsors Prudential(1974,78,83),Reliance(1989) and Wills(1996).
The 2003 world cup had a Zebra as the mascot named "Dazzler" and the 2007 world cup had a Raccoon named "Mello" as the mascot.
(Maximum ppl had the Zebra style n Reliance as da connection.Dat would ve been a better ans 4 sure.)
5.

#Godhra or Gujarat riots
The Indian railways route for Sabarmati Express which was burnt down in Godhra.
Movie poster of "Parzania" based on the Gujarat riots.
Sabarmati Ashram.
(Subhrajit I ll give it to you for the connections u cited.Panda answered Dandi march)

6.

#IIT school of management.
The 2 gentlemen are Shailesh J.Mehta and Vinod Gupta whose names are the dedication behind The IIT delhi n mumbai SoM.
(Kudos das,nly das cracked it.)

1st mega Connection---Chetan Bhagat.
All the answers from above form the core of the 3 novels of Chetan Bhagat.
From "Five Point Someone" we have Vodka,Pink Floyd and IIT.
From "One Nite @ call centre" we have BPOs.
From "3 Mistakes of my Life" we have Cricket & Godhra.

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7.
#Lakme
Lakme is the french name for Goddess of wealth Lakshmi.
Simone Tata founder of Lakme.
The poster for the famous musical "Lakme".
8.

#Titan
Colossus of Rhodes.
Dale Steyn who plays for Nashua Titans.
The Diamond comics character "Saboo" hails from Jupiter whose biggest moon is Titan.
The Titan theme used for promotions is actually a part of Beethoven's 9th symphony.
 (Thanuj had an intresting ans.He said dese are all south african cricketers well Rhodes n steyn made up his ans I guess.Commendable effort thou.)

9.
#"Taj Mahal" or Simply "Taj"
Zakir Hussain was among the foremost faces of Taj Mahal tea.
This is the layout of Taj Mahal,Agra.
Diddy Kong Racing has a charachter by the name of Taj.
United Breweries lesser known beer brand "Taj"
TEN sports is actually Taj Entertainment Network.
The Jazz singer Taj Mahal.
(Subhrajit had a good answer."The 3rd picture is of Sean Combs.He changed his name to P.Diddy,Hence the Diddy Kong Racing Pic.P.Diddy and Zakir Hussain performing in the same concert (of probably NBA)organised by Ten Sports" Good bit of information.)

10.
#Sania Mirza.
Tetly tea was bought by Tata tea whose brand ambasdress is Sania.
Gemini,Chakra n Agni are some of the brand names under Tata Tea.
Shahar Peer is the doubles partner of Sania.
(Exact answer was cracked only by Thanuj)

11
#Honorary Citizens
Dalai Llama---Paris,France
Brangelina kids---Nice,France
Hayden,Gibbs---St.Kitts
Mother Teresa---USA
Nelson Mandela---Canada
12
#Jaguar
BSA cycle is Birmingham Small Arms Company which used to own Jaguar.It sells cycles under the name BSA-SLR
Thats a jaguar as in the animal.
Monty Panesar is the brand ambassador of Jaguar in England.
Thats Elizabeth with young prince Charles.Jaguar Cars holds Royal Warrants from HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Charles.
(Subhrajit at his best.The cycle for him was Puma cycle.N u cn xpect dis frm Nandie,his answer was TABU cycles :)


2nd Mega Connection---Tata
Lakme used to be a part of Tata inc.
Titan belongs to Tatas.
Sania Mirza is the brand Ambassador for Tata tea.
Ratan Tata is an Honorary citizen of Singapore.
Jaguar was recently acquired by Tata motors.

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13
#Columbia Pictures
Thats the lady Venabel Evelyn whose seen holding a torch in the columbia picture presentations.
Sawariya was produced by Sony-Columbia pictures


14

#Aishwarya Rai-Bacchan
Portrait of Jodha whome Ash played in Jodha Akbar.
Still from Devdas whose 2000 remake she acted in.
Still from the Deepika-Upendra Kannada movie "Aishwarya".
Pink Panther,Ash is gonna act in the sequel.
Canara Bank.Started in a town called canara where from Ash's roots are.
Longines logo.Brand ambassador.
15
#Disney's movie "Cars"
Dino co. logo.lightening mcqueen wanted to join it.
Jay leno,Schumi gave voices.
John Retzenberger who voices a certain character all Pixar movies.
Route 66 made of part of the plot.
(I would like to know from Thanuj how did he come up with Flintstones)

16
#Parle
Kambli n Sachin appeared in a ad for Melody toffees.
Shaktiman appeared as himself in Parle-G ad campaigns.
Still from Marie Poppins.Name same as one of the candies from Parle.
Marie biscuit was created by an English bakery Peek Freans in London in 1874 to commemorate the marriage of the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia to the Duke of Edinburgh.
(Thanuj what made u think the lady in da portrait n cartoon character were both HEROES :)

17

#Coca Cola
George fernandez played a key role in kicking out coke from India during 70s.
Cricket World cup 96,ambush marketing war between coke n pepsi."Nothing official about it" campaign.
Coke bottle was part of the plot in the movie.
Thats the hobble skirt,inspiration for the coke bottles.

3rd Mega Connection--as stated in the hints same as ans#17...coke
Coke had stakes in columbia pictures.
Ash is a brand ambassador for coke.
Coke bought Thums Up n Limca from parle agro.
Coke is the sponsor of NASCAR which was the base plot of the movie Cars.

Bumper Connection---Aamir Khan
Coca Cola n TataSky brand ambassador.
Aamir is slated to act in a movie "3 IDIOTS" based on Chetan Bhagat's novel 5 pt. someone



Answers On Monday(6th October)Morning...And a brand New Quiz too..

Well the same set of guys turned up and the usual suspects were missing..Some attributed it to the fact that Blogs are blocked ..Well may be we can send a document to all those who need it..

Now for the scores:

on a scale of 10 I have given marks to people.
Subhrajit...5.5
Thanuj....5
Deepak Das...8
Debasis Sahu...5
Nandie...7.5
Panda...1
Team Hyd...0.5

3 comments:

Don Z said...

Hints needed!!

Preetam Jena said...

Hints...
1...Screw it
2...do v need it???
3...Think hot chix,late nites n easy money.
4...dazzler,mello
5...too easy
6...Get the mega connection 1st,u cn easily work out from here.
7...Your gf loves it
8...Move on man
9...Too easy
10...Think Tennis and Tea
12...Current affairs
13...U ve probably seen the 1st lady a million times.
14...Bangalore guys shud know da hero in da pic.
15...Rust-eze
16...Too easy
17...dis answer is the mega connection as well :) sorry for this goof up.

Don Z said...

chacha chaudhry playing for SA..[:D]

Dandi march is a nice guess tho PANDA..