Monday, March 17, 2008

kwiz pakodah-16/03/08-answers

  1. Anupam Kher,Johnny Lever, Kapil Dev,Paresh Raval,Vivian Richards & Karisma Kapoor.Connect them.(All of them are the celebrities who endorsed Rasna products)
  2. Kerala Tourism, They used this popular phrase, 'God's own country' .This phrase was first used by an alumnus of IIT, Mumbai & Carnigie Mellon University, who used this phrase first time while creating the first-ever webpages on Kerala and Malayalam in 1993.Who is this person? Identify him?(Dr.Vipin Gopal from calicut coined the phrase)
  3. Dasani brand of water bottle belongs to whom? (Coca-Cola)
  4. Lunsford Richardson named this product which was also the name of his brother-in-law. It was short and easy to remember. He came out with a popular commercial product. Name it. (Vicks)
  5. What is Kerala Varma credited for in print media? (The name Malayalam Manorama was chosen by the poet, Kerala Varma. Malayala Manorama is a popular Malayalam daily newspaper in Kerala, India. This is India's largest circulated "regional newspaper".)
  6. Akash Bhatia faced difficulty in getting tickets for a movie. This led to an idea of launching a movie ticketing website with his wife. Name the portal? Clue:-Prahlad Kakkar and Kiran Bedi are the brand endorser for this.(kyazoonga.com)
  7. "Be Inspired" is an employee magazine of SSL international. Which global brand of condom they are credited for?(Durex)
  8. X is planning an 11 days in 11 cities tour to promote this album Y. The first song released from the album is called "I Thought I'd Seen Everything". He supports Chelsea F.C. and the song "We're Gonna Win" from his album 18 Til I Die is dedicated to the football club. Identify X & Y? (Bryan Adams, 11)
  9. Time Warner's television service HBO stands for __________? (Home Box Office)
  10. While issuing tickets as a B.E.S.T. bus conductor, Badruddin Jamalludin Kazi used to entertain passengers aboard with some antics. These antics caught the attention of actor and script-writer Balraj Sahni in 1950 while he was once traveling in a B.E.S.T. bus on which Badruddin, was working as a conductor. Sahni was penning at that time the script for the movie, Baazi (1951), and introduced Badruddin to Guru Dutt as a candidate for a role. Badruddin's screen test consisted of acting as a drunk, and he did it so well that Guru Dutt gave him the screen name, "X", after the famous Scotch whisky brand. (Interestingly, he was always a teetotaler.)Identify X. (Johnny Walker)

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