Ziuq It..

Last week saw gr8 response to a gr8 Quiz by PJ..Well thanks to all...We appreciate your response everytime..But we would also like some QMs from among you guys...

Without much Ado , lets begin ....

Rules are Simple :
---Answer Completely or try and be as close to get full marks...(Wikipedia helps coz i lift the Pics directly from it..This time I am not..So Google would certainly help...)

---Send in you answers to deepakdondas@gmail.com ...before Tuesday Evening..(23/12/2008)


Q1. Identify the Airlines ..




Answer : Singapore Airlines..

2.The Four leaders came forward for the first time to star in a Ad.As it is very clear they had no idea they would be starring in it(They were all dead at the time)...Just tell me what is it that brought these leaders together..Answers that are remotely close are fine .

Answer : "Fur-wearers don’t have respect for life".Award winning print ad campaign for the animal rights association »Noah«. Each single ad was printed in German high-fashion magazines. [Anyone who has given Animal rights/Peta as answers is given full marks..]

Some Answers were :
---The Book "Saddam, Stalin, Hitler and History"?? [None other than Subrajit..]
---Gillette Shaving Kit Ad [By Abhishek..Nice one.]

3. Four historic places in the UK. Identifying them is not diffcult i hope..Just Connect the places or where would you find them all together at the same place at a given time.

Answer : Trafalgar Square , Kings' Cross Station , Marylebone Station , Liverpool Station ..You would find all these places in the Monopoly UK version..

4.A landmark picture that became the face of a landmark period in World History. What ??

Answer : The Great Depression... Dorothea Lange's photo Migrant Mother (1936) was the iconic image of the Great Depression..

5 . Identify the Writer .Quite a famous one this man is..

Answer : Fyodor Dostoevsky ... Indian Connection --> Movie Sawaariya was inspired by his short story ' White nights' .

6.A complex Math equation when plotted gives a graph that look like the Picture show below..It is named after an Indian GOD . Name the God or the graph.. Answer : Buddhabrot .It is a special rendering of the Mandelbrot set which, when traditionally oriented, resembles to some extent certain depictions of the Buddha .

7.Child's Play : Connect the 7 interative toys (They interact with the hosts on TV shows).Or rather who brought them into the market.


Answer : Microsoft . ActiMates were a series of interactive toys released by Microsoft in February, 1997, which were in the form of licensed dolls which could interact with certain episodes of their respective television series .Microsoft released seven characters including Arthur, his sister DW, the four Teletubbies and Barney.

8. Identify the Ad ...Some kind of Command Prompt errors but enough hint in them...


Answer : Absolut Vodka Ad .(Absolut Hacker).

Trojan Condoms???What an Idea by Gagan..

9. Identify the brand ..From its distinctive style of Advertisements..

Answer: Johhny Walker .

10 . Where have all the Goddesses gone ? Another great ad from an Indian Giant.. I want a specific answer for this one..


Answer : The ad from BIG BAZAAR for Womed's Day Bonanza..

Preetam answered "AXE" . Nice Guess..

11. "Not Every Connect is as simple as it seems " . Identify and Connect..[Hint : Names are more important than the actual entity...]


Answer : iPod Classic ,Cafe Coffee Day , Next , Smile, Recording Studio...All are channels from Zee TV.

12. Identify the Mascot of a Food-Chain . Its was sadly replaced though ..



Answer : McDonald's old mascot Speede..

13 . Identify the Man . He has shed lots of weight and looks quite in shape .


Answer : Bibendum ,The Michelin Man ..

14 . "How far would you go for your Love? "...Identify the Movie .


Answer : The Golden Globe Nominee , Slumdog Millionaire ..

15 . An easy One.. Connect the 3 Pics..
Answer : Connect is Shantaram .The Pentridge Prison is where Gregory David Roberts stayed, Johnny Depp playing shantaram in the movie, Leopold cafe was frequently visited by him and has got the special mention in the book.

16.After creating ripples in the Box-Office in "Finding Nemo " ,it is back to make a special appearance in the Quiz..Identify the kind of Fish.


Answer : Clownfish..

17 . Identify the rather famous painter.


Answer : CONGO ,The Chimpanzee . Quiz regulars must have come across this previously..

18 . Three Ads..All saying the same thing..The new age is slick and stylish ..While the old age is boring...Whose ad is it or which Product is it for?


Answer : The ad by Apple " PC v/s Mac" . Apple Mac is good enough for the marks..
19 . Not a connect actually because all are the same thing shown differently...What ?


Answer : Big Brother Versions in different Countries..


20 . Fun Ending : Whats missing in the 3rd pic??



Answer : Google Chrome..


The Scores for this week read as :

Soumya Kar----------11
Vicky Rout-----------6
MPS Das------------13
Gagandeep Bhatia---7
Preetam------------13
Subrajit--------------6
Manas---------------10
Abhishek sharma----4

This week's QM is Manas Sahoo .. Quiz to be uploaded soon...