Quiz S02Q14

We are back with the answers to the Loosers Quiz.
Participation was almost the same as the head count at INOX for RGV ki Aag...but still it was fun exploring the answers.

(Update :
The last date to send in your answers has been extended till 5th march 2010.
Send them to sbadhulika@gmail.com.

After having broken our new year"s resolution  ,we are back with a quiz which we decide to aptly name as "The Loosers."
Questions have been framed from every possible sphere of activity and hence u can expect ambiguity and confusion to the max.
Either case,plz bear with me :)
Kindly restrict your queries about the questions,if any, to the comments page.

Winner gets a belated V-Day gift and ofcourse free publicity.)

All the best :)

1.Identify and connect the three.

Answer: A R Rahman,Pussy cat dolls and Snoop dogg (in clockwise direction).
Jai ho,originally composed by Rahman;a similar version of it featuring pussy cat dolls too was released;the latest to do an imitation of Jai Ho is American rapper Snoop Dogg.


2.Identify this popular cartoon character

Answer: Dora,the explorer(easy one!)


3.You needn"t be that chemistry savvy.
Identify this popular edible chemical from its structure and give its common name.

Answer: Monosodium Glutamate (Ajinomoto);No MSG added( your fav-rite Lays chips reads that).


4.Straight from our history books...
Identify this personality and cite the popular phrase that resulted from one of his blunders.

Answer: Muhammad bin tughlaq.The term being Delhi to Daulatabad.
During his reign he transferred his empire"s capital from Delhi to far off Daulatabad just to relocate it back again to Delhi .This decision of his claimed lives,property and finally the decline to his rule.


5.I hope everyone can click this  one.
Identify the logo

Answer :Kodak


6.Identify this comedy drama and the widely used phrase this movie gave rise to.

Answer: Tom Cruise starrer Jerry Maguire.'Show me the money' is the phrase .

7.Identify this object.(Think a bit hatke )

Answer : Kangri-a pot filled with hot embers used by Kashmiris beneath their traditional clothing to keep the chill at bay .

Now the jokey answer :P First HELMET :D !!!

8.Most  people should be able to decode this ...Identify the symbol

Answer:Priory of Sion

9.Identify the organisation to which this logo belongs.

Answer: National Defense Academy(NDA)

10.A rather easy one
Simply connect

Answer: India Post old and new logo


11.This was the google doodle for which occassion?

(Image is self explanatory)

Answer:United Arab Emirates National Day


12.Beauty with brain.Identify this talented personality and her contribution to the world of science.

Answer: Hedy Lamarr ;co-inventor of the earliest known form of the telecommunications method known as "frequency hopping".This technique used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or to jam. 

Time for the scores:

Harshabardhan Nayak-10

Shuvi Srivastava-10

Ashwini Maharana-7.5

So, the winners are Harsha and Shuvi .Heartiest Congratulations!!!

Harsha,an engg grad  currently works with wipro.He takes interest in quizzing,blogging,body building and community service.Impressive!

And Shuvi  is a 1st year chemical engg undergrad in IIT Delhi.All the best .

The year that was...Quiz S02Q13

Wishing u all a very happy and prosperous new year .
                                                             ~the weekly quiz blog team.
As promised,we are back with the answers,a winner and a gift.


News, views, controversies ,awards ,gossips and scandals...year 2009 had it all.
Before the drift into yet another year of events begins,let"s remember and relish 2009 in our own ishtyle :)

Mail in your answers to sbadhulika@gmail.com latest by 30th dec "09.
Results to be announced on 1st jan 2010( There"s nothing better than being a winner on a new year"s day :)
A surprise gift awaiting as well !

Please restrict all clarifications on the questions to the  "comments" jurisdiction page.


All the best.

1.Identify and connect

Answer:Coat of Arms of Sri Lanka; Killing of LTTE supremo V. Prabhakaran by Sri Lankan Army .

2.Identify and connect both pictures

    

Answer:Michael Phelps contract with Kellog’s  was terminated after he was found taking marijuana.

3.Too creative yet controversial.Identify the retail brand to which these ads belong.

Answer:United Colors of Benetton

4.All that glitters is not gold...easy one...Identify the location ...

Answer:Dubai

 

5.All the best :) Identify  the logo.

Answer:Prometric (CAT 2009 going online)

6.Identify the movie.

Answer:Inglorious Basterds

7.Identify the incident and the popular phrase it created.

Answer:Beer Summit; U.S. President Obama hosted a meeting over beers on July 30, 2009 between a black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates and the white police officer Sgt. James Crowley who arrested him in a sitdown aimed at calming racial tensions and nationwide uproar sparked by the incident.

8.R.I.P. Identify the famous personality

Answer:Dr Norman Borlaug  deemed as the father of Green Revolution.

9.Identify the lady and her overnight claim to fame.

Answer:Rachel Uchitel; The most famous mistress of Tiger Woods

10.Tough fasting times...hungry kya?

simple one....Identify

Answer:Telangana

@Anand...if only u dint think too much :)

11.Unfortunate...

Identify and connect the 2 pictures.

Answer:Air France Logo. Air France plane crashed in Atlantic; the black box (flight Recorder) hasn’t been found yet.

12.Too tech savvy...

Identify each of the 4 images and connect.

Answer:Shashi Tharoor controversial  "cattle class" tweet based on austerity drive of Govt. of  India on Twitter;the party crashing of Tareq and Michaele Salahi at white house that made news after the couple posted the photographs of the party in FaceBook.

13...And finally the award goes to...

Identify the  personality and his reason to fame.

Answer:Ben Bernanke; Chairman of US Federal Reserve; named the TIME magazine"s person of the year 2009.

Time for the scores:
Preetam 10.5

Deepak 8.5

Shruvi 11.5(...almost there,better luck next time :)

Subin 10.5

Anand 12
 
Great show folks!
Congratulations to  Anand Maharana(You get a copy of the best seller "2 States The Story of My Marriage" by Chetan Bhagat)
 
And now let"s make the resolution for 2010...more quizzes and better participation :)