FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-31st August-Question & Answer,Monthly Summary-August

Connect it.Explain the connection.
(clue:-Picture-1 is the flag of a political outfit and the person in picture-2,had recieved the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his public service.The political outfit's flag in picture-1 is not founded by the person in picture-2.Moreover picture-3 is related with picture-1.)
3 points for identifying the pictures and 1 point for explanation.
Mail your answers by 8pm or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-
1. Praja Rajyam Party flag launched by mega star ChiranjeeviIncidently,it is the name of a leadership training programme launched by Dr. Jayaprakash Narayana who founded another political outfit namely Lok Satta in Andhra Pradesh
2. Jayprakash Narayan-famous JP,remembered especially for leading the opposition to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution
3. Lok Satta Party founded by Dr.Jayprakash Narayana.(Both JP & he has same name) Connection : Jay Prakash Narayan
I know,it sounds a stupid connection though....

31st Edition Winner:-Chiranjit Mandhata
There were only 10 correct answers.
Deepanshu Berry 1,Chiranjit Mandhata 1,Tathagat Mukherjee 1,Sylvian Patrick 1,Ninad W 1,Dipankar Ghosh 1,Avijit Khan 1,Swagata Mukherjee 1,M Suresh Kumar 1 & Gaurav Dasgupta 1.
Got an SMS from 09916421710,whose answer is correct.Sir!You forgot to mention your name.

There were 107 participants in total this month(August). Happy to inform you all that,the maximum number of editions are won by Deepanshu Berry.So the highest pocket money this month is earned by him.However,consistent correct answers made Tathagata Mukherjee,the monthly highest scorer.So he will be getting Rs.500/- for being the highest scorer of August month.

Dear Tathagata!Congratulations for being the runner up in TATA Crucible Quiz-TATA Track in Bangalore also.Others please join me to congratulate him for this achievement.

A special ,Big thanks to Quizkreig group through whom I reached at many a quizzers across the globe.Till date,my website is having 14,768 hits since 1st August.My blog had 12,765 hits in the month of August.This is possible only due to Quizkreig.I owe you a lot to the entire team.If I become a professional successful Quizmaster any day,I ll be sincerely grateful to the Quizkreig group.

As many a people's mailbox are flooded with my daily questions and they are getting disturbed,I won't be posting my questions daily in Quizkreig,however will come up with an weekly posting only.

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FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-QUESTION & Answer

Question:-

Easy one.Connect it to a famous celebrity.1 point for the correct explanation of the connection.

Mail answers at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 933722518.

Answer:-
Connection;- Elton John
1.Elton John sang the songs in the lion King
2.Elton John twice owned the club Watford FC
16 all correct answers entry.
Winner:-Deepanshu Berry
Berry 1
Chiranjit Mandhata 1
Siddhartha Biswas 1
Tathagat Mukherjee 1
Sylvian Patrick 1
Ninad W 1
Dipankar Ghosh 1
Avijit Khan 1
Sangram Banerjee 1
Souvik Mandal 1
M Suresh Kumar 1
Shubhendu Saha 1
Ratnakar Sadasya 1
Riju Jacob 1
Paras Malhotra 1
Subhamoy Das 1

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer-29th August

"X" was doing a database project for the organisation "Y" and named it as "Z",which later on became his flagship product which was very successful and he named his company after that.The company was originally founded as "A", putting up a mere $2000 of his own money and renamed as "B" and later to its current name.Like Roman Abromivich,he also owns a yacht.Name the yacht-"C"?(clue:-Steve Jobs was his official wedding Photographer.He took his company public,just a day before Microsoft did so.)
Identify X,Y,Z,A,B & C?It carries 6 points.
Deadline:-On or before 8pm,29th August.
Mail your answers to manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS it to 9337222518.

Answer:-
X=Larry Ellison
Y=he was working for Ampex Corporation, project was for CIA
Z=Oracle
A=Software Development Laboratories
B=Relational Software, Inc
C=Rising Sun,Sayonara

Larry was working with Ampex Corporation,however the database project was for the organisation CIA. Ellison owns the fifth largest yacht in the world named "Rising Sun" which reportedly cost over US$200 million to build.Ellison won the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in his yacht "Sayonara".
16 Correct answer entries.
Winner:- Debashish Misra
Deepanshu Berry 6
Chiranjit Mandhata 6
Aashish Kumar 6
Siddhartha Biswas 6
Tathagat Mukherjee 6
Sylvian Patrick 6
Dipankar Ghosh 6
Avijit Khan 6
Swagata Mukherjee 6
Sangram Banerjee 6
M Suresh Kumar 6
Shubhendu Saha 6
Gaurav Dasgupta 6
Shyam Naren 6
Abhishek Kumar 6
Debasish Misra 6
Nishit Ganatra 6

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer

A (pic-1)'s role was played by D(pic-4),whereas the batsman,B (in picture-2)'s role was played by C(pic-3)in a television mini-series(E).Explain the historic picture-2 also.Identify A,B,C,D & E (5points) and a bonus point for explaining the historic picture-2.Thus the question carries 6 points.

Vintage question.(clue:-ABC,GPO Box no-9994).

Anyone who explain the funda behind the clue related to the question will get an additional point.

Mail your answers by 8pm at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518.

Answer:-

A - Douglas Jardine

B - Donald Bradman

C - Gary Sweet

D - Hugo Weaving

E - Bodyline (The TV series )

Pic 2: The picture depicts Sir Don getting out for a duck in his last innings which held him from getting an average of 100 runs

Clue: That's the address of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.. their PO Box is numbered in the memory of the late Sir Don's batting average

• 26 all correct answer entries.
• Winner:-Deepanshu Berry
• Ghanashyam Malviya78.17am7
• Deepanshu Berry7.04am7
• Chiranjit Mandhata 7
• Siddhartha Biswas 7
• Tathagat Mukherjee 7
• Sylvian Patrick 7
• Ninad W 7
• Dipankar Ghosh 7
• Avijit Khan 7
• Swagata Mukherjee 7
• Sangram Banerjee 7
• Souvik Mandal7.39am7
• M Suresh Kumar 7
• Shubhendu Saha 7
• Gaurav Dasgupta 7
• Abhishek Das 7
• Shyam Naren 7
• Anubhav Chatterji 7
• Dharmatej Mansingh 7
• Anirudh Patil 7
• Vikas Mishra 7
• Riju Jacob 7
• Raghavendra Mishra 7
• Dupati Harikrishna 7
• Sandeep Kumar 7
• Md. Abid Hossain 7
  
  

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-27th August-Question & Answer

"X"(pic-1),a history graduate from mumbai university along with "Y"(pic-2)started "Z",which he edited for a decade."X' started his career as a journalist and later worked as the manager of first Indian publishing house in London."X" himself a cancer surviver,suffered from malignancy lymphoma, a form of cancer that affects the lymph nodes."X" went on to write a book "P",which are series of letters to another cancer patient and telling her how to overcome it and creating hope during the darkest phase of her life."X" was director of a trust for more than a decade namely "Q" of an Indian Business house and also co-founder/chairman of another organisation namely "R",which publishes a bi-monthly journal, 'Philanthropy'.Identify X,Y,Z,P,Q & R.

(P is coincidentally considered as the autobiography of X.)
(clue:-Y's grandfather,founded Swatantra Party that opposed Nehruvian Socialist of Congress party during his time.)

The question carries 6 points.Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518 by 8pm.

27TH EDITION WINNER:-Deepanshu Berry

Answer:-

X= Rusi M Lala,Y= Rajmohan Gandhi, Z= Himmat Weekly, P= Celebration of the Cells: Letters From A Cancer Survivor, Q= Sir Dorabji Tata Trust , R= Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Aug 26th-Question & Answer

"X"(pic-3) was a personal friend of "Y"(pic-2).On Y's request X gave the organisation Z-founded by Y,an amount of Rs. 10,000 annually, for a period of ten years for its welfare work for the weaker sections of the society. A sum of Rs. 75,000 was financed, between 1913 and 1917 by X which led to the archeological excavation of pataliputra.How X is related to the first picture(P)?Explain.P was founded by Q (a master's student of social work)& R(an MBA drop out).Identify X,Y,Z,Q & R?

The question carries 5 points.Mail your answers by 8pm at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518.

22 all correct answer entries.Winner:-Deepanshu Berry

Ghanashyam Malviya9.12am 5

Deepanshu Berry8.09AM 5

Chiranjit Mandhata 5

Aashish Kumar 5

Siddhartha Biswas 5

Tathagat Mukherjee 5

Sylvian Patrick 5

Ninad W 5

Dipankar Ghosh 5

Avijit Khan 5

Swagata Mukherjee 5

Sangram Banerjee 5

Souvik Mandal 5

Kuldeep Singh 5

Aparna Ganesh 5

Shyam Naren 5

Sonjita 5

Pranav Agarwal 5

Dharmatej Mansingh 5

Navin 5

A.Shruti 5

Riju Jacob 5

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-25th August-Question & Answer

One day "X"was waiting for "Y", her husband, to pick her up after office hours. To her surprise she saw "Z"standing next to her. "Young lady, why are you here?" he asked. "Office time is over." X said, "Sir, I'm waiting for my husband to come and pick me up." "Z" said, "It is getting dark and there's no one in the corridor. I'll wait with you till your husband comes." I was quite used to waiting for 'Y', but having "Z"waiting alongside made "X"extremely uncomfortable.
"X" was nervous. X was thinking, "Look at this person. "Z" is a chairman, a well-respected man in our country and he is waiting for the sake of an ordinary employee."X is a good writer and a social worker.Her book written in kannada was translated into english and was converted into a tele serial in Zee tv.
Then "X" saw "Y"and "X"rushed out. "Z" called and said, "Young lady, tell your husband-"Y" never to make his wife wait again."Identify "X","Y" & "Z"?

(clue:-X was livid when a job advertisement posted by a company at the institution where she was completing her post graduation stated that 'lady candidates need not apply'. She dashed off a 'postcard' to Z, protesting against the discrimination.After that,she was called for an interview and finally selected as the first female employee to work on the same company's shop floor.The husband"Y" is now an examplary business thought leader.Y's first job was in Ahmedabad as a systems programmer in a B-School.He recieved the highest civilian award of France recently.)

ANSWER:-

X - Sudha Kulkarni (Murthy),Y - Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, better known as N. R. Narayana Murthy,Z - Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata or J.R.D. TATA

25 all correct answer entries. Winner:-Deepanshu Berry
Berry 3
Chiranjit Mandhata 3
Aashish Kumar 3
Siddhartha Biswas 3
Tathagat Mukherjee 3
Sylvian Patrick 3
Ninad W 3
Dipankar Ghosh 3
Avijit Khan 3
Swagata Mukherjee 3
Sangram Banerjee 3
Souvik Mandal 3
M Suresh Kumar 3
Shubhendu Saha 3
Aparna Ganesh 3
Shyam Naren 3
Ankesh Agarwal 3
Pratik Kashiramka 3
Sridharan Doraivelu 3
Sonjita 3
Pradeep Mehta 3
Dharmatej Mansingh 3
Navin 3
Raghvendra Mishra 3
Akshay Anantharaman 3
Vikas Mishra 3
Sagar Satpute 3
Ojasvi 3
Shreeraj Power 3
Sidhartha Sankar Sahu 3
Rahul Tirukallam 3
Riju Jacob 3
Miraj 3

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-24th Aug-Question & Answer

"X" (24.1-pic)is an Irish citizen now,a business tycoon whose company's brand ambassador is the Indian tele soap opera's popular bahu "Y"(24.2-pic),for his company "Z"'s product.Name "Y".A full-service global investment banking and securities firm "P" had taken minority stake in "X"'s engineering construction firm "Q".

Identify X,Y,Z,P&Q.Connect it.The question carries 5 points only.Explain the connection properly.

(Clue:-His daughter's name is the Hindi of Potato.His business group is usually credited for a mumbai skycraper The Imperial,Mumbai.)

Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

X- Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry

Y - SMRITI IRANI or popular "TULSI"of"kyunki saas bhi kabhi bahu thi"

Z - EUREKA FORBES LIMITED

P - GOLDMAN SACHS

Q - Sterling & Wilson (S&W)

SMRITI IRANI IS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF EUREKA FORBES LIMITED,OWNED BY Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry.Goldman Sachs got a minority stake in Shapoorji Pallonji's engineeringarm Sterling & Wilson for more than Rs 200 crorePallonji Shapoorji Mistry is an Indian entrepreneur and constructiontycoon. With his 18.5% stake in Tata Sons, he is the single largestshareholder in India's largest private conglomerate Tata Group. He isalso the Chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group through which heowns Shapoorji Pallonji Construction Limited and Eureka ForbesLimited. He is also the former Chairman of Associated Cement Companies.

15 All correct answer entries.

WINNER:-Deepanshu Berry
Deepanshu Berry 7.39am 5
Chiranjit Mandhata 5
Siddhartha Biswas 5
Tathagat Mukherjee 5
Sylvian Patrick 5
Ninad W 5
Dipankar Ghosh 5
Avijit Khan 5
Swagata Mukherjee 5
Sangram Banerjee 5
Souvik Mandal 7.48am 5
M Suresh Kumar 5
Shubhendu Saha 5
Gaurav Dasgupta 5
Ramaswamy 5

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-23rd August-Question & Answer

Connect all the three pictures and explain the connection properly.

(Clue 1.1:-"Be more." & Clue 1.2:-The person in the second picture is an alumni of Oxford University.He was here on a scholarship of a business house,that he joined later and turnaround its business successfully leading by example .)

The question carries 4 points.Once you identify the pictures,the connection would be easier.3 points for identifying the picture and one point for explaining the connection properly among them.

Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm today or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-
Pic 1: Titan, or Saturn VI is the largest moon of Saturn Pic 2: Xerxes Desai, MD of Titan Industries Pic 3: Logo of TIDCO(Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation )
Connection: Titan Industries, which is jointly held by Tata Group & TIDCO. XD launched the country's premier watch company in 1986 and today it is one of the few really global Indian brands.
12 All correct answer entries. Winner:-Sidharth Biswas
Mandhata 4
Siddhartha Biswas10.13am4
Tathagat Mukherjee 4
Sylvian Patrick 4
Dipankar Ghosh 4
Avijit Khan 4
Swagata Mukherjee 4
Sangram Banerjee 4
M Suresh Kumar 4
Shubhendu Saha 4
A.Shruti 4
Harshvardhan Bhatkuly 4

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-22nd August-Question & Answer

India's participation in the first of these, the London Olympics of 1948, was in doubt till the last minute for financial reasons. X met the then prime minister and somehow convinced him that it was in newly independent India's interest to have her hockey team take on the world.X was the administrative head of the game in India when the country won gold in three successive Olympics.It is said ,it as the gloden period of Indian hockey.Identify him?He belongs which Indian business house?

send your answers at manasnayak@gmail.com by 8pm or SMS it to 9337222518.

Question carries only 1 point.

ANSWER:-
Naval Hormusji Tata, ( Naval H. Tata joined the Tata Group in 1930, and by 1933 he was the secretary of the Group's Aviation division. In 1939 he was made the Managing Director of the Group's textile companies and in 1941 was made the Director of Tata Sons. Mr. Naval Tata was actively engaged with the Tata Charities and served as the Chairman of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust from 1965 to the time of his passing. He was the founder President of the Indian Cancer Society and held the position from 1951 through 1989.)


Easy question!However,only 13 correct answer entries.WINNER:-DEEPANSHU BERRY(Yet again.)

NameTimescore
Ghanashyam Malviya7.44am1
Deepanshu Berry7.38am1
Chiranjit Mandhata 1
Aashish Kumar 1
Siddhartha Biswas8.06am1
Tathagat Mukherjee 1
Sylvian Patrick 1
Dipankar Ghosh 1
Avijit Khan 1
Swagata Mukherjee 1
Udaibhan Singh 1
Souvik Mandal 1
Pratik Kashiramka 1
Sangram Banerjee 1

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer -21st August

"A" serves on the Foundation Board of the "B"and the governing board of a world class business school "C"."D"- a professor of Business Administration at the University of Geneva, gathered European business leaders in Davos, Switzerland, for a discussion on global management practices. The success of this first conference led Professor to create "E", which in 1987 changed its name to "B".Kofi Anan,Nandan Nilekeni,Rajat Gupta are also the part of the foundation board along with "A".Listen,solve & Impact are the steps followed by the organisation founded by "A" which believes in business innovations."A"'s wife created a unaffordable fashion label "F".Identify A,B,C,D,E &F?(A & F are closely associated with George W.Bush and played a vital role during the presidential election contest against Al Gore.)

(Clue:-This famous Indian field hockey playerin the picture-1 is a student of this Business School-"C" as asked in the question.)

The question carries 6 points.Send your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm today or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

A - Michael S. Dell

B - World Economic Forum.

C- Indian School Of Business (ISB) , Hyderabad

D - Klaus Martin Schwab

E - European Management Forum

F - PHI is the name of the fashion label.
Susan Dell is wife of Michael S. Dell.Her luxury clothing company is Susan Dell Inc.
Its fashion brand is called PHI.
Viren Rasquinha is the hockey player and alumni of ISB,Hyderabad.

SCOREBOARD:-

Name Total
Blunt Head 35
Rahul Singhal 55
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 56
Deepanshu Berry 67
Chiranjit Mandhata 70
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 41
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 71
Kamal Rathi 32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 41
Tathagat Mukherjee 75
Siddharth Gongala 44
Sylvian Patrick 61
Ninad W 57
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 72
Avijit Khan 71
Swagata Mukherjee 57
Udaibhan Singh 67
Sangram Banerjee 68
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 68
Static Sid 6
Abilash J Ram  4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 20
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 55
Shubhendu Saha 24
Gaurav Dasgupta 28
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 22
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 15
Aparna Ganesh 30
Prithviraj vasanth  5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 20
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 8
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 6
Munna 3
Pavitra 3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5
Bhuwan Mahajan 7
Abhishek Sahoo 2
Anubhav Chatterji 4
Pratik Kashiramka 8
Phil S 2
Sridharan Doraivelu  10
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2
Santanu Dey 1
Harish 3
Pradeep Mehta 3
Kshira Saagar 3
Jacob Dijo 3
Rajkamal Vasu 3
Ramaswamy 15
Pranav Agarwal 19
Dharmatej Mansingh 5
Muthu Kumaran Raj 31
Abhishek Kumar 4
Vivek MN 3.5
Sujit Mishra 16
Mahmood Hussain 4
Anubhav Chatterjee 4
Anirudh Patil 4
Merben M 2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee 2
Anubhav Chatterjee 2
Abhra Das 2
Debasish Misra 8
Navin 4
Sandip & Jaya mukherjee 4
Varun Arthatreya 11
Ratnakar Sadasya 7
Anant Singhania 5
Siddhartha Mohapatra 7

19 ALL CORRECT ANSWER ENTRIES.

Name Time score
Ghanashyam Malviya 8.09am 6
Deepanshu Berry 8.01am 6
Chiranjit Mandhata 6
Siddhartha Biswas 6
Tathagat Mukherjee 9.22am 6
Sylvian Patrick 6
Ninad W 6
Dipankar Ghosh 6
Avijit Khan 6
Swagata Mukherjee 8.46am 6
Udaibhan Singh 6
Sangram Banerjee 6
Souvik Mandal 9.07am 6
M Suresh Kumar 6
Aparna Ganesh 6
Pratik Kashiramka 6
Sridharan Doraivelu  6
Pranav Agarwal 6
Muthu Kumaran Raj 6

WINNER:-DEEPANSHU BERRY

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-20th Edition-August-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

This year was very interesting. Black pearl,scored his 1,000th goal,the Boeing 747 made its debut flight and man landed on the moon for the first time. "A" was all of 22 years old.A's father was a farmer,however he was a chemist.He first worked with a company B's textile mills as a lab technician which had given lands for starting up a world class educational institute of India namely "C"."A" later on worked with the Geology & mining department of the state government.His salary was very less and thus after the office hour,he would bicycle through the neighbourhoods selling the product-"D" door to door. At a price,one third the price of leading players, it was an instant success.What is this product-"D"?He branded "D" as "E",named after her own daughter "F".F is name of her daughter.This entrepreneur is a great philanthropist who had established educational institutes,was awarded an honorary doctorate by "G", recognizing his exceptional entrepreneurial and philanthropic accomplishments.G is the name of the university.Identify,A,B,C,D,E,F & G?

(Clue:-The popular sita of tele serial "Ramayana" endorsed one of it's popular brand.)


The question carries 7 points.Mail your answers to manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm or SMS it to 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

A- Karsanbhai Patel
B- New Cotton Mills, Lalbhai Group
C- IIM-A
D- Detergent Powder/washing powder
E- NIRMA
F- Nirupama
G- Florida Atlantic University

All correct entries are:-

Ghanashyam Malviya 6.58am 7
Deepanshu Berry 6.44am 7
Ashish Kumar 7
Siddhartha Biswas 7
Tathagat Mukherjee 7
Avijit Khan 7
Swagata Mukherjee 7
Udaibhan Singh 7
Sangram Banerjee 7
Souvik Mandal 7
M Suresh Kumar 7
Shubhendu Saha 7
Ramaswamy 7
Muthu Kumaran Raj 7
Ratnakar sadasya 7
Dipankar Ghosh 7
Sylvian 7
M Sureshkumar 7
Chiranjit Mandhata 7
Aparna Ganesh 7
Siddharth Mohapatra 7
Varun Arthatreya 7

WINNER:-DEEPANSHU BERRY

SCOREBOARD:-

Name Total
Blunt Head 35
Rahul Singhal 55
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 50
Deepanshu Berry 61
Chiranjit Mandhata 64
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 41
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 65
Kamal Rathi 32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 41
Tathagat Mukherjee 69
Siddharth Gongala 44
Sylvian Patrick 55
Ninad W 51
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 66
Avijit Khan 65
Swagata Mukherjee 51
Udaibhan Singh 61
Sangram Banerjee 62
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 62
Static Sid 6
Abilash J Ram  4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 20
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 49
Shubhendu Saha 24
Gaurav Dasgupta 28
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 22
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 15
Aparna Ganesh 24
Prithviraj vasanth  5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 20
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 8
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 6
Munna 3
Pavitra 3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5
Bhuwan Mahajan 7
Abhishek Sahoo 2
Anubhav Chatterji 4
Pratik Kashiramka 2
Phil S 2
Sridharan Doraivelu  4
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2
Santanu Dey 1
Harish 3
Pradeep Mehta 3
Kshira Saagar 3
Jacob Dijo 3
Rajkamal Vasu 3
Ramaswamy 15
Pranav Agarwal 13
Dharmatej Mansingh 5
Muthu Kumaran Raj 25
Abhishek Kumar 4
Vivek MN 3.5
Sujit Mishra 16
Mahmood Hussain 4
Anubhav Chatterjee 4
Anirudh Patil 4
Merben M 2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee 2
Anubhav Chatterjee 2
Abhra Das 2
Debasish Misra 8
Navin 4
Sandip & Jaya mukherjee 4
Varun Arthatreya 11
Ratnakar Sadasya 7
Anant Singhania 5
Siddhartha Mohapatra 7

--
Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-19th August-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-
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Connect picture-1,2,3,4 & 5.(No points for identifying picture-1,2 or 3)

Explain the connection.The question carries 1 point for the connection.Another point for filling up the blank given below.


SHE IS OUR OWN, the darling of our hearts, __________.
Our dreams are rocked in her arms.
Her face is a fresh wonder of love every time we see her,
For she is our own, the darling of our hearts.

In the shadows of her trees we meet,
In the freedom of her open sky.
Her mornings come and her evenings
Bring down heaven's kisses,
Making us feel anew that she is our own,
the darling of our hearts.

The stillness of her shades is stirred by the woodland whisper;
Her amlaki groves are aquiver with the rapture of leaves.
She dwells in us and around us, however, far we may wander;
She weaves our hearts in a song making us one in music,
Tuning our strings of love with her own fingers,
And we ever remember that she is our own,
the darling of our hearts.

The question carries total 2 points.
Mail your correct answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm today or SMS at 9337222518.

(Clue:-Think about an institute where the world makes a home in a single nest)

Answer:-

Santiniketan
Vishva Bharati University
Indira Gandhi, Amartya Sen, Satyajit Ray are some of famous alumni of the University.
PM of India (now Manmohan Singh) is the by default chancellor of Vishwabharati.

Picture 4 is of Rabindranath Tagore who coined the name Vishva Bharati, which means the communion of the world with India.


Fill In the blanks: Shanitiniketan.
SCOREBOARD:-

Name Total
Blunt Head 35
Rahul Singhal 55
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 43
Deepanshu Berry 54
Chiranjit Mandhata 57
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 34
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 58
Kamal Rathi 32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 41
Tathagat Mukherjee 62
Siddharth Gongala 44
Sylvian Patrick 48
Ninad W 51
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 59
Avijit Khan 58
Swagata Mukherjee 44
Udaibhan Singh 54
Sangram Banerjee 55
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 55
Static Sid 6
Abilash J Ram  4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 20
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 42
Shubhendu Saha 17
Gaurav Dasgupta 21
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 22
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 15
Aparna Ganesh 17
Prithviraj vasanth  5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 20
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 8
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 6
Munna 3
Pavitra 3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5
Bhuwan Mahajan 7
Abhishek Sahoo 2
Anubhav Chatterji 4
Pratik Kashiramka 2
Phil S 2
Sridharan Doraivelu  4
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2
Santanu Dey 1
Harish 3
Pradeep Mehta 3
Kshira Saagar 3
Jacob Dijo 3
Rajkamal Vasu 3
Ramaswamy 8
Pranav Agarwal 13
Dharmatej Mansingh 5
Muthu Kumaran Raj 18
Abhishek Kumar 4
Vivek MN 3.5
Sujit Mishra 16
Mahmood Hussain 4
Anubhav Chatterjee 4
Anirudh Patil 4
Merben M 2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee 2
Anubhav Chatterjee 2
Abhra Das 2
Debasish Misra 8
Navin 4
Sandip & Jaya mukherjee 4
Varun Arthatreya 4

23 ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.


NameTimescore
Deepanshu Berry6.51am2
Chiranjit Mandhata 2
Bitmap Siddhartha Biswas
6.50am2
Tathagat Mukherjee 2
Bitmap Sylvian Patrick
2
Ninad W 2
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Avijit Khan 2
Swagata Mukherjee 2
Udaibhan Singh 2
Sangram Banerjee 2
Souvik Mandal 2
M Suresh Kumar 2
Shubhendu Saha 2
Gaurav Dasgupta1.31am2
Abhishek Das 2
Aparna Ganesh 2
Parambrahma Mohapatra1.58am2
Anubhav Chatterji 2
Ramaswamy 2
Navin 2
Sandip & Jaya mukherjee 2
Varun Arthatreya 2


WINNER-GAURAV DASGUPTA

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-18th August-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-
------------
Identify the pictures.
Connect it.Name the Indian business group.
(Clue:-Think 'Glamourooms'& 'stainzfree')
It carries 3 points.

Easy sitter!

Mail your answer to manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm today or SMS at 9337222518.

Answer:-

Murugappa industries(it owns the following)
Picture 1:-Logo for Parry Agro
Picture 2:-Logo for Coromandel fertiliser
Picture 3:-Logo for AMM foundation- a charitable society by Murugappa Group

SCOREBOARD:-
NameTotal
Blunt Head35
Rahul Singhal55
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya43
Deepanshu Berry52
Chiranjit Mandhata55
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar34
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas56
Kamal Rathi32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava41
Tathagat Mukherjee60
Siddharth Gongala44
Sylvian Patrick46
Ninad W49
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh57
Avijit Khan56
Swagata Mukherjee42
Udaibhan Singh52
Sangram Banerjee53
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal53
Static Sid6
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy20
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar40
Shubhendu Saha15
Gaurav Dasgupta19
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh22
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das13
Aparna Ganesh15
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra18
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1
Harish3
Pradeep Mehta3
Kshira Saagar3
Jacob Dijo3
Rajkamal Vasu3
Ramaswamy6
Pranav Agarwal13
Dharmatej Mansingh5
Muthu Kumaran Raj18
Abhishek Kumar4
Vivek MN3.5
Sujit Mishra16
Mahmood Hussain4
Anubhav Chatterjee4
Anirudh Patil4
Merben M2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee2
Anubhav Chatterjee2
Abhra Das2
Debasish Misra8

19 All correct answer entries.

NameTimescore
Rahul Singhal 3
Ghanashyam Malviya1.19am3
Deepanshu Berry6.19am3
Chiranjit Mandhata 3
Siddhartha Biswas
3
Tathagat Mukherjee 3
Sylvian Patrick
3
Ninad W 3
Dipankar Ghosh 3
Avijit Khan 3
Swagata Mukherjee9.02am3
Udaibhan Singh1.28am3
Sangram Banerjee 3
Souvik Mandal 3
M Suresh Kumar 3
Aparna Ganesh 3
Parambrahma Mohapatra 3
Ramaswamy 3
Muthu Kumaran Raj 3


Winner:-Ghanshyam Malviya

Regards,

Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
9337222518
www.marchahead.co.in
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-17th Aug-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Connect all the four pictures.Explain all the four fundas in each context.For the connection(1point).For the 4 contexual explanations,4 points.For identifying A,B,C in the question below,another three points.

In total,the question carries 8 points.

Clue:-"I am because we are"

"A" signed an endorsement deal with soft drink manufacturer "B". The song, "C" was used in it's commercial and also made a music video for it. The video, which features many Catholic symbols such as stigmata and burning crosses, was condemned by the Vatican.Since the commercial and music video were nearly identical,the people were confused and considered it as religious in nature.Thus the company revoked the commercial and cancelled their sponsorship contract with "A".Identify,A,B & C?

Mail your answers by 9pm today at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS me at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

Connection is Madonna
1) Madonna has her own entertainment company, Maverick, consisting of
a record company (Maverick Records) and a film production company
(Maverick Films)
2) She sung the title song for DIe another Day and also had a cameo in it
3) Her song Ray of Light was used by Microsoft in its advertising
campaign to introduce Windows XP
4) In 2006, Madonna became the worldwide model for H&M
A - Madonna
B - Pepsi
C- Like a Prayer

SCOREBOARD:-

NameTotal
Blunt Head35
Rahul Singhal52
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya40
Deepanshu Berry49
Chiranjit Mandhata52
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar34
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas53
Kamal Rathi32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava41
Tathagat Mukherjee57
Siddharth Gongala44
Sylvian Patrick43
Ninad W46
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh54
Avijit Khan53
Swagata Mukherjee39
Udaibhan Singh49
Sangram Banerjee42
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal50
Static Sid6
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy20
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar37
Shubhendu Saha15
Gaurav Dasgupta19
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh22
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das13
Aparna Ganesh12
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra15
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1
Harish3
Pradeep Mehta3
Kshira Saagar3
Jacob Dijo3
Rajkamal Vasu3
Ramaswamy3
Pranav Agarwal13
Dharmatej Mansingh5
Muthu Kumaran Raj15
Abhishek Kumar4
Vivek MN3.5
Sujit Mishra14
Mahmood Hussain4
Anubhav Chatterjee4
Anirudh Patil4
Merben M2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee2
Anubhav Chatterjee2
Abhra Das2
Debasish Misra8


19 All correct answer entries.

Winner is Ghanshyam Malviya

NameTimescore
Rahul Singhal 8
Ghanashyam Malviya7.53am8
Deepanshu Berry7.56am8
Chiranjit Mandhata 8
Siddhartha Biswas 8
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 8
Tathagat Mukherjee 8
Ninad W 8
Dipankar Ghosh 8
Avijit Khan 8
Swagata Mukherjee 8
Udaibhan Singh 8
Souvik Mandal8.26am8
M Suresh Kumar 8
Gaurav Dasgupta 8
Pranav Agarwal 8
Muthu Kumaran Raj 8
Sujit Mishra 8
Debasish Misra 8

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-16th Aug-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Name the popular mascot(X)of the popular brand(Y).

(Clue:-In 1991,it is said that the 5-6 year old kids recognised X easily than barbie or mickey mouse.)(SATISFY LONGER,WITHOUT BEING LONGER)

Identify X & Y?

It carries 2 points.Mail at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518 by 8pm today.

ANSWER:-

X= Joe Camel (officially Old Joe)
Y= Camel Cigarettes

SCOREBOARD:-
NameTotal
Blunt Head35
Rahul Singhal44
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya32
Deepanshu Berry41
Chiranjit Mandhata44
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar34
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas45
Kamal Rathi32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava33
Tathagat Mukherjee49
Siddharth Gongala44
Sylvian Patrick43
Ninad W38
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh46
Avijit Khan45
Swagata Mukherjee31
Udaibhan Singh41
Sangram Banerjee42
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal42
Static Sid6
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy20
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar29
Shubhendu Saha15
Gaurav Dasgupta11
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh22
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das13
Aparna Ganesh12
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra15
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1
Harish3
Pradeep Mehta3
Kshira Saagar3
Jacob Dijo3
Rajkamal Vasu3
Ramaswamy3
Pranab Agarwal-Satyam-BBSR5
Dharmatej Mansingh5
Muthu Kumaran Raj7
Abhishek Kumar4
Vivek MN3.5
Sujit Mishra6
Mahmood Hussain4
Anubhav Chatterjee4
Anirudh Patil4
Merben M2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee2
Anubhav Chatterjee2
Abhra Das2

NameTimescore
Rahul Singhal 2
Ghanashyam Malviya8.13am2
Deepanshu Berry 2
Chiranjit Mandhata8.38am2
Siddhartha Biswas
7.46am2
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 2
Tathagat Mukherjee 2
Siddharth Gongala 2
Ninad W
2
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Avijit Khan 2
Swagata Mukherjee 2
Udaibhan Singh 2
Souvik Mandal8.23am2
Static Sid 2
M Suresh Kumar 2
Shubhendu Saha 2
Gaurav Dasgupta 2
Kuldeep Singh 2
Muthu Kumaran Raj 2
Sujit Mishra 2
Merben M 2
Suraj Srivathsan 2
Deepak Karamungikar 2
Dr.Jaya Lahiri-Mukherjee 2
Anubhav Chatterjee 2
Abhra Das 2

WINNER:-SIDDHARTH BISWAS
--
Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-Facts Un knowN Contest-15TH AUGUST-Independence Day-Question & Answer

Dear Fellow Indians!!

Happy Independence Day.Let us pay some respect to all the freedom fighters who lost their past for our better future.Let us not disappoint them by involving ourselves in destructive politics on the basis of religion,cast or community.

Jai Bharat.

QUESTION:-
-----------

Identify these three revolutionary freedom fighters and they were instrumental in which historical event/episode of Indian freedom struggle.Name the event/episode masterminded by them?

It carries 4 points.Mail back your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 8pm today or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

first Pic Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil

Second Pic Chandrasekhar Azad

Third Pic Ashfaqulla Khan

Kakori train robbery is the historic event.

SCOREBOARD:-

Name Total
Blunt Head 35
Rahul Singhal 42
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 30
Deepanshu Berry 39
Chiranjit Mandhata 42
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 34
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 43
Kamal Rathi 32
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 31
Tathagat Mukherjee 47
Siddharth Gongala 42
Sylvian Patrick 43
Ninad W 36
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 44
Avijit Khan 43
Swagata Mukherjee 29
Udaibhan Singh 39
Sangram Banerjee 38
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 40
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram  4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 20
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 27
Shubhendu Saha 13
Gaurav Dasgupta 9
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 20
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 13
Aparna Ganesh 12
Prithviraj vasanth  5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 15
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 8
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 6
Munna 3
Pavitra 3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5
Bhuwan Mahajan 7
Abhishek Sahoo 2
Anubhav Chatterji 2
Pratik Kashiramka 2
Phil S 2
Sridharan Doraivelu  4
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2
Santanu Dey 1
Harish 3
Pradeep Mehta 3
Kshira Saagar 3
Jacob Dijo 3
Rajkamal Vasu 3
Ramaswamy 3
Pranab Agarwal-Satyam-BBSR 5
Dharmatej Mansingh 5
Muthu Kumaran Raj 5
Abhishek Kumar 4
Vivek MN 3.5
Sujit Mishra 4
Mahmood Hussain 4
Anubhav Chatterjee 4
Anirudh Patil 4

25 all correct entries.Winner is Ghanashyam Malviya

Name Time score
Rahul Singhal 4
Ghanashyam Malviya 7.49am 4
Deepanshu Berry 9.02am 4
Chiranjit Mandhata 4
Ashish Kumar 4
Siddhartha Biswas 8.39am 4
Kamal Rathi 4
Tathagat Mukherjee 4
Siddharth Gongala 4
Sylvian Patrick 4
Ninad W 4
Dipankar Ghosh 4
Avijit Khan 4
Swagata Mukherjee 4
Udaibhan Singh 4
Souvik Mandal 8.12am 4
M Suresh Kumar 4
Shubhendu Saha 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Muthu Kumaran Raj 4
Abhishek Kumar 9.10am 4
Sujit Mishra 4
Mahmood Hussain 4
Anubhav Chatterjee 4
Anirudh Patil 4

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-14th Edition-August-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-
-----------
Identify picture-1,2,3 and connect it.What was the first business of this company?(1point for this)

The question carries 4 points.

(Clue:-"Rock...Paper...Scissors"are the three words used by the person in it's commercial)

Mail your answers by 8pm today at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS me at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

1 - Satoshi Tajiri - GAME CREATOR OF POKEMON,who worked for NINTENDO
2.Nicole Kidman's NINTENDO DS Commercial playing the "Rock...Paper...Scissors" game
3- Nintendo is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners.MASCOT IS Mariner Moose.

Nintendo was started as a Japanese business by Fusajiro Yamauchi near the end of 1889. It was originally called Nintendo Koppai. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called Hanafuda.

Thus the first product was handmade playing cards.

SCOREBOARD:-

NameTotal
Blunt Head35
Rahul Singhal38
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya26
Deepanshu Berry35
Chiranjit Mandhata38
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar30
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas39
Kamal Rathi28
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava31
Tathagat Mukherjee43
Siddharth Gongala38
Sylvian Patrick39
Ninad W32
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh37
Avijit Khan39
Swagata Mukherjee25
Udaibhan Singh35
Sangram Banerjee38
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal36
Static Sid4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy20
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar23
Shubhendu Saha9
Gaurav Dasgupta9
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh16
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das13
Aparna Ganesh12
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra15
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1
Harish3
Pradeep Mehta3
Kshira Saagar3
Jacob Dijo3
Rajkamal Vasu3
Ramaswamy3
Pranab Agarwal-Satyam-BBSR5
Dharmatej Mansingh5
Muthu Kumaran Raj1


There were no all correct answer entry.So no winner for this episode.

The three pointers were:-

NameTimescore
Chiranjit Mandhata 3
Siddhartha Biswas7.38pm3
Tathagat Mukherjee3.19PM3
Siddharth Gongala11.57am3
Ninad W12.00pm3
Avijit Khan 3
Swagata Mukherjee3.30pm3
Sangram Banerjee3.28pm3
Kuldeep Singh 3

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-13th Edition-August-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-
------------

Identify the person in the picture-1.Connect it with the other three pictures and explain the link.

You can mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518 by 8pm today.

Question carries 5 points only.

ANSWER:-

1. John Davison Rockefeller, the oil magnate (Rockefeller as an industrial emperor, a cartoon from Puck magazine in 1901)
2. Standard Oil Company (founded by Rockefeller)
3. University of Chicago (a private university founded by Rockefeller)
4. Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, the last Nizam of the Princely State of Hyderabad (the fifth richest person in the world, while Rockefeller clams the top position. Time magazine called the Nizam the richest man in the world in 1937, same year Rockefeller died. Rockefeller purchased the 'Rockefeller sapphire' from Osman Ali Khan)
Connection: John D. Rockefeller

10 all correct entries.many others scored 4 points.

NameTimescore
Siddhartha Biswas 5
Tathagat Mukherjee 5
Dipankar Ghosh 5
Avijit Khan 5
Udaibhan Singh 5
Souvik Mandal8.37am5
M Suresh Kumar 5
Kuldeep Singh 5
Pranab Agarwal-Satyam-BBSRSMS5
Dharmatej Mansingh 5


Souvik Mandal wins today's editon.

SCOREBOARD:-
NameTotal
Blunt Head35
Rahul Singhal38
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya26
Deepanshu Berry35
Chiranjit Mandhata35
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar30
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas36
Kamal Rathi28
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava31
Tathagat Mukherjee40
Siddharth Gongala35
Sylvian Patrick39
Ninad W29
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh37
Avijit Khan36
Swagata Mukherjee22
Udaibhan Singh35
Sangram Banerjee35
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal36
Static Sid4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy20
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar23
Shubhendu Saha9
Gaurav Dasgupta9
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh13
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das13
Aparna Ganesh12
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra15
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1
Harish3
Pradeep Mehta3
Kshira Saagar3
Jacob Dijo3
Rajkamal Vasu3
Ramaswamy3
Pranab Agarwal-Satyam-BBSR5
Dharmatej Mansingh5


Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-12th Edition-Aug-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Identify the two people in the picture.(Mention who is at the left & right in the picture).One of them is connected to the picture-2.Explain the connection.

(Clue:-Finding Nemo is an animated movie produced by a company which was bought out by one of the two people in the first picture and he also served as the CEO.)

Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 09337222518 by 8pm today.

It carries three points.

ANSWER:-

Left- Steve Jobs
Right- John Sculley

Apple's Dynamic Duo

John Sculley started the "Pepsi Challenge" campaign when he worked for Pepsi...and Steve Jobs is the CEO of Pixar..which produced "Finding Nemo".Walt Disney company bought Pixar in 2006.


SCOREBOARD:-

NameTotal
Blunt Head31
Rahul Singhal34
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya26
Deepanshu Berry31
Chiranjit Mandhata31
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar26
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas31
Kamal Rathi28
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava31
Tathagat Mukherjee35
Siddharth Gongala31
Sylvian Patrick35
Ninad W25
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh32
Avijit Khan31
Swagata Mukherjee22
Udaibhan Singh30
Sangram Banerjee31
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal31
Static Sid4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy20
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar18
Shubhendu Saha9
Gaurav Dasgupta9
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh8
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das11
Aparna Ganesh12
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra15
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1
Harish3
Pradeep Mehta3
Kshira Saagar3
Jacob Dijo3
Rajkamal Vasu3
Ramaswamy3


30 all correct answer entries.
WINNER:-Blunthead

NameTimescore
Blunthead12.19am3
Rahul Singhal 3
Ghanashyam Malviya 3
Deepanshu Berry12.24am3
Chiranjit Mandhata 3
Ashish Kumar 3
Siddhartha Biswas 3
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 3
Tathagat Mukherjee 3
Siddharth Gongala 3
Sylvian Patrick 3
Ninad W 3
Dipankar Ghosh 3
Avijit Khan 3
Swagata Mukherjee 3
Udaibhan Singh12.30am3
Sangram Banerjee 3
Souvik Mandal 3
Varun Reddy 3
M Suresh Kumar 3
Kuldeep Singh 3
Abhishek Das 3
Aparna Ganesh 3
Parambrahma Mohapatra 3
Harish 3
Pradeep Mehta 3
Kshira Saagar 3
Jacob Dijo 3
Rajkamal Vasu 3
Ramaswamy 3


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Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-11th August-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Identify the brand advertised here.
The question carries one point only.
(Clue:- Think optimum utilisation of available resources.Think about a magazine)

For clear picture,log on to www.kwizpakodah.blogspot.com

Mail your answers to manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-
The Economist

SCOREBOARD:-

NameTotal
Blunt Head28
Rahul Singhal31
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya23
Deepanshu Berry28
Chiranjit Mandhata28
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar23
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas28
Kamal Rathi28
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava28
Tathagat Mukherjee32
Siddharth Gongala28
Sylvian Patrick32
Ninad W22
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh29
Avijit Khan28
Swagata Mukherjee19
Udaibhan Singh27
Sangram Banerjee28
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal28
Static Sid4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy17
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar15
Shubhendu Saha9
Gaurav Dasgupta9
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh5
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das8
Aparna Ganesh9
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra12
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag6
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1


20 All correct answer entries.

Winner:-Varun Reddy

NameTimescore
Blunthead12.39am1
Rahul Singhal 1
Ghanashyam Malviya 1
Deepanshu Berry 1
Chiranjit Mandhata 1
Ashish Kumar12.40am1
Siddhartha Biswas 1
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 1
Tathagat Mukherjee 1
Siddharth Gongala 1
Sylvian Patrick 1
Ninad W 1
Dipankar Ghosh 1
Avijit Khan 1
Udaibhan Singh 1
Sangram Banerjee 1
Souvik Mandal 1
Varun Reddy12.37am1
Nikhil Motlag 1

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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-10th Aug-Question & Answer

QUESTION:-

Identify the advertiser in this innovative outdoor campaign?(Clue:-Ti

ckle your brain)

This question carries 1 point only.

Mail your answers to manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518.

ANSWER:-

The job portal www.monster.com.

SCOREBOARD:-
NameTotal
Blunt Head27
Rahul Singhal30
Jay Chajjer22
Ghanashyam Malviya22
Deepanshu Berry27
Chiranjit Mandhata27
Ravi Arya25
Aashish Kumar22
Siddharth Parwatay2
Siddhartha Biswas27
Kamal Rathi28
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava27
Tathagat Mukherjee31
Siddharth Gongala27
Sylvian Patrick31
Ninad W21
Biswadidev Patro2
Dipankar Ghosh28
Avijit Khan27
Swagata Mukherjee19
Udaibhan Singh26
Sangram Banerjee27
Amrita Mukherjee18
Souvik Mandal27
Static Sid4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury4
Varun Reddy16
Uma Murthy9
Phani Vikranth4
M Suresh Kumar15
Shubhendu Saha9
Gaurav Dasgupta9
Pradeep Rao4
Kuldeep Singh5
Prateek Vijayvargia4
Abhilash J Ram4
Abhishek Das8
Aparna Ganesh9
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra12
Shyam Naren5
Ankesh Agarwal8
Deepjyoti Deka5
Nikhil Motlag5
Munna 3
Pavitra3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty5
Bhuwan Mahajan7
Abhishek Sahoo2
Anubhav Chatterji2
Pratik Kashiramka2
Phil S2
Sridharan Doraivelu 4
Prodeep Mehta2
Sonjita2
Santanu Dey1

20 All correct answer entries.

NameTimescore
Blunthead1.12AM1
Ghanashyam Malviya 1
Deepanshu Berry 1
Chiranjit Mandhata 1
Ashish Kumar1.27AM1
Siddhartha Biswas 1
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 1
Tathagat Mukherjee 1
Siddharth Gongala 1
Sylvian Patrick 1
Ninad W 1
Dipankar Ghosh1.33AM1
Avijit Khan 1
Swagata Mukherjee 1
Udaibhan Singh1.13AM1
Souvik Mandal 1
Varun Reddy 1
Gaurav Dasgupta 1
Parambrahma Mohapatra 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 1


WINNER:-Blunthead
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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-QUESTION & ANSWER-9TH AUGUST

QUESTION:-
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Identify the brand advertised here?The brand name is erased from the picture.(clue:-after Insulin, the light bulb and the telephone, but ahead of the pacemaker,it finds it's place among greatest inventions of this country according to a survey by a TV channel.)

It carries only 1 point.

Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518 by 8pm today.

ANSWER:-

Wonder Bra

SCOREBOARD:-

Name Total
Blunt Head 26
Rahul Singhal 30
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 21
Deepanshu Berry 26
Chiranjit Mandhata 26
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 21
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 26
Kamal Rathi 28
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 26
Tathagat Mukherjee 30
Siddharth Gongala 26
Sylvian Patrick 30
Ninad W 20
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 27
Avijit Khan 26
Swagata Mukherjee 18
Udaibhan Singh 25
Sangram Banerjee 27
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 26
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 15
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 15
Shubhendu Saha 9
Gourav Dasgupta 8
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 5
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 8
Aparna Ganesh 9
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 11
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 8
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 5
Munna 3
Pavitra 3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5
Bhuwan Mahajan 7
Abhishek Sahoo 2
Anubhav Chatterji 2
Pratik Kashiramka 2
Phil S 2
Sridharan Doraivelu 3
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2
Santanu Dey 1

There were 21 all correct answers.The winner is Deepanshu Berry.

Name Time score
Blunthead 1
Rahul Singhal 1
Ghanashyam Malviya 8.04am 1
Deepanshu Berry 8.03am 1
Chiranjit Mandhata 8.04am 1
Siddhartha Biswas 1
Kamal Rathi 1
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 1
Tathagat Mukherjee 1
Siddharth Gongala 1
Sylvian Patrick 8.05am 1
Dipankar Ghosh 1
Avijit Khan 1
Swagata Mukherjee 1
Udaibhan Singh 1
Sangram Banerjee 1
Souvik Mandal 1
Varun Reddy 1
Kuldeep Singh 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 1
Santanu Dey 1



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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/
manasanayak@gmail.com