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TCQ-NON-TATA TRACK-BHUBANESWAR-PRELIMS QUESTIONS-2010

2010-09-04T21:27:00.003+05:30

BHUBANESWAR TCQ PRELIMS QUESTIONS:-
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1.who handed over first Maruti 800 car to Harpal Singh?(Indira Gandhi)
2.In mandarin,it is ke-ko-ke-le which means Happy Feelings in your mouth.What am I talking about?(coca cola)
3.What symbol is used in India for a non polluting and environmental friendly product during manufacturing and usage?(Matka or a Pot)
4.In the movie,Dil Se Srk Khan was working with which organisation?(AIR)
5.This term was coined by Ben Hammersely which means "audible revolution" etc.....what am I talking abt?(Podcast)
6.The name of the company comes from a biblical character,it means a container,it is something to do with travel accessaries etc....what is it?(Samsonite)
7.See the USA in your _________.(chevrolet)
8.which is the only state to have three stock exchanges?(Gujurat)
9.Stamped coin in sanskrit is a currency of a nation.What is this?(Taka)
10.Kavita Choudhury acted in the DD serial UDAAN.She is famous in the advertising world as what?(Lalitaji of surf)
11.Maurice Wilks & Spencer Wilks started something in 1947 etc.......(Landrover)
12.We can associate Elliot Handler,Bentley Bradley with this brand of toy,kids love it the most and demand for it from their parents.What is this?(Hotwheels)
13.A wax model of this commercial symbol was first to be placed in Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in 1994.it is the first ever commercial symbol to get a place in tussaud"s....(Singapore Girl of singapore airlines)
14.carta blanca,eristoff vodka,greygoose...which bigger brand name is missing from the group?(Bacardi)
15.Lumix Digital camera,viera plasma belong to whom?(Panasonic)
16.Minister Anand Sharma's picture given and asked to identify?
17.PNX is the ticker symbol of trading?This company is there in India now.Name the huge conglomerate?(Best question..stumped all..the answer is POSCO)
18.Fiama di wills logo was given and asked to identify.
19.I hate Love Story's one of the producer is UTV,Which other production house produced it?(Dharma Productions)
20.Amul advertisement was shown with the pic of P.Chidambaram with a bread n butter.As sweet as ______,is the taste of AMUL.The print ad was shown.(Budget will be the answer)

We missed out some easy questions like Dharma,Samsonite and yet again missed the dias.Kamal Rathi,my partner answered an audience question which was one of the difficult questions and got an audience quiz.I left after the first round of the finals,cause I was about to host a quiz at Confidence Factory at Rotary Club,Bhubaneswar by 5PM.Final questions to be collected and to be posted soon.When I left the hotel,XIMB was way ahead followed by Vizag Steel,Vodafone,IOC.finally heard that XIMB won and Vizag Steel runners-up.Last time the XIMB professors were there in the finals but missed the bus.This time they were in full form.As Giri said beautifully,the quiz was a tribute to Teacher's Day tomorrow.

NOTE:-The questions are not framed properly in a hurry..bye..all the best..excuse me for this.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-18th Oct-Question

2008-10-18T00:31:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-18th-october.html

FUN Contest0-14th-17th October

2008-10-18T00:27:00.001+05:30

14th October:-

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-14th-october.html

15th October:-

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-15th-october.html

16th October:-

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-16th-october.html

17th October:-

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-17th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-13th October-Question

2008-10-13T11:36:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-13th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question

2008-10-11T12:45:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-11th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-10th October

2008-10-11T12:31:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-10th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-9th October-Question

2008-10-09T20:39:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-question-9th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-8th October-Question

2008-10-08T09:42:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-8th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-07th October-Question & Answers

2008-10-08T09:41:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-07th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-06th October-Question & Answer

2008-10-06T23:43:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-06th.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-5th October-Question

2008-10-05T00:57:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-5th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-5th October-Question

2008-10-05T00:57:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-5th-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-4th October-Question

2008-10-04T00:19:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-4th.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-3rd October-Question

2008-10-03T02:26:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-3rd-october.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question-2nd October

2008-10-02T06:39:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-2nd.html

FUN Contest-Question & Answer-1st OCTOBER

2008-10-02T01:28:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-1st-october.html

FUN Contest-Question & Answer-1st OCTOBER

2008-10-02T01:28:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/10/fun-facts-unknown-contest-1st-october.html

FUN Contest-30th September-Question

2008-09-30T06:03:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-30th.html

FUN Contest-29th September-Question & Answer

2008-09-30T06:01:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-29th.html

FUN Contest-26th,27th,28th Questions & Answers

2008-09-29T00:52:00.002+05:30

26th September Edition:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-26th.html
27th September Edition:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-27th.html
28th September Edition:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-28th.html
Visit www.marchahead.co.in regularly.

FUN Contest-25th September-Question

2008-09-25T03:47:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-25th-september-question.html

FUN Contest-24th September-Question & Answer

2008-09-25T03:46:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-24th.html

23rd FUN CONTEST-Question & Answer

2008-09-25T03:44:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-23rd.html

Tata Crucible Honor Roll

2008-09-24T13:05:00.002+05:30

Left : Aniruddha Dutta and M. Sureshkumar- Champions Bombay Edition Tata Track

Right: Tathagata Mukherji - Runners Up Bangalore Edition Tata Track

Fun Contest Salutes you!!!!!

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-22nd September-Question

2008-09-22T10:06:00.000+05:30

22nd September Question:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-22nd.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-21st September-Question

2008-09-21T01:48:00.003+05:30

21st Edition-Quiz Question:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-21st.html

FUN Contest-Question & Answer-20th September

2008-09-21T01:45:00.001+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-20th_20.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question-19th September

2008-09-19T00:37:00.002+05:30

QUESTION:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-19th.html

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-18TH SEPTEMBER-QUESTION & ANSWER

2008-09-19T00:37:00.000+05:30

http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-18th.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-17th Edition-Question

2008-09-17T06:09:00.002+05:30

17th Edition Question:-
http://marchahead.co.in/question.php
All the best.
17th Edition Answer:-
http://marchahead.co.in/answer.php
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-17th.html
ANNOUNCEMENT:-
18th September Question will be uploaded by 1am.

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

2008-09-17T06:05:00.003+05:30

For the question,please click on,
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-16th.html

Answer:-Ramesh J Chauhan, Bisleri.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer-15th Edition

2008-09-15T00:47:00.003+05:30

Connect the all four pictures and explain the connection.No points for identifying the pictures.Question carries 1 point only.Kindly mail your answers at funcontest@gmail.com only.
Level of difficult:-Easy.
ANSWER:-
http://fun-factsunknowncontest.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-15th.html

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer -14th September

2008-09-14T07:46:00.002+05:30

Identify X,Y,Z are three pictures shown respectively.Identify them.What is common to kremlin in moscow,the royal palace in madrid and the structure created by picture-1 and the picture-3.Name it.

For the question,you can also click at http://www.marchahaed.co.in/.

ANSWER:-
1.Gustaf Eiffel2.Elisha Otis3.Washington Memorialkremlin in moscow,the royal palace in madrid and the structure created by (1)Eiffel (the Eiffel tower) and (3)The washington memorial use the elevator made by 2(Otis)
For question,click at http://kwizpakodah.blogspot.com/2008/09/fun-facts-unknown-contest-question-14th.html
ANNOUNCEMENT:- The question for 15th September edition will be uploaded by 1.15am.
For question you can visit www.marchahead.co.in .

RESULTS:-Only 8 all correct answer entries.

Fastest correct answer entry is from Deepanshu Berry.

Lucky Draw Winner is M.Suresh Kumar.

Congratulations to both of you.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-12th September-Question & Answer

2008-09-13T00:06:00.004+05:30

Connect it.Explain the connection of all these pictures clearly.

For the 13th edition question,click at http://marchahead.co.in/question.php

ANSWER:-

pic 1: Cover of the Money Magazine, owned by TIME inc., where Aravind Adiga was a correspondent
pic 2: Aravind Adiga's articles have also appeared in the Financial Times
pic 3: The White Tiger, a novel, written by Aravind Adiga,
pic 4: Logo of Man Group , sponsors the Man Booker Prize, Aravind Adiga's novel has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize this year

Connect: Aravind Adiga

RESULTS:-

Only 10 all correct entries.

Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Souvik Mandal

LUCKY DRAW Winner:-Sangram Banerjee

Name	Time	score
Sylvian Patrick		5
Tathagat Mukherjee		5
Souvik Mandal	Fastest	5
Sangram Banerjee	Lucky Draw	5
Shyam Naren Jayraman		5
Ninad W		5
Swagata Mukherjee		5
Deepanshu Berry		5
Abilas J Ram		5
Aniruddha Dutta		5
Lekshmi s		5

ANNOUNCEMENT:-

14th September questions will be posted by 7.30am.

you are requested to send in your answers at funcontest@gmail.com now onwards...

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question-12th September

2008-09-12T08:21:00.002+05:30

QUESTION:-

Yesterday was 11th September, a date that will remain etched in all our minds for what happened in New York in 2001.For "March ahead"(our web site), 11th September also holds special significance in terms of one of the heroes of our web site,who acted as a guiding light for many a Indians and made India famous in the global arena. Tell us what we are taking about?

ANSWER:-

Swami Vivekanada is the person who is actual hero of "March Ahead".His famous saying,'Awake'!'Arise'!Stop not till you reach at your goal.March Ahead....".

On Chicago, Sept 11, 1893, his famous speech which started with "Sisters and Brothers of America" created a special place in eveyone's mind in the world parliament of religions.

However the world trade center mishap also happened on the same date,Sept 11.

RESULTS:-

There are 10 all correct answers.
Fastest Correct Answer Entry:-Aniruddha Dutta
Lucky Draw Winner:-Mahmood Hussain
The 10 all correct entries are from the following people.
Sylvian Patrick 1 Tathagat Mukherjee 1 Souvik Mandal 1 M Sureshkumar 1 Chiranjit Mandhata 1 Mahmood Hussain Lucky Draw 1 Deepanshu Berry 1 Abilas J Ram 1 Aniruddha Dutta Fastest 1 Mamta Paul 1

ANNOUNCEMENTS:-

The 13th September question will be posted in between 12.30am-1am.

FUN - Facts UnknowN Contest - 11th September Edition-Question & Answer

2008-09-11T09:36:00.003+05:30

X launched a boxing ring campain, namely Y featuring A and B, who are arch rivals in tennis. The advertisement was launched during US Open 2008.

The sneaker company enjoys an endorsement deal with both the players. Identify X,Y,A and B.

Answer:-

X==Don King, boxing promoter

Y==Grapple in the Apple

A==Roger Federer

B==Rafael Nadal

Don King was roped in to spice it up between Federer and Nadal during the 2008 US Open. Sadly, the two never met in the finals.

Subhashree Srinivasan 4 Sylvian Patrick 4 Tathagat Mukherjee 4 Souvik Mandal Fastest 4 Aparna Ganesh 4 M Sureshkumar 4 Sangram Banerjee 4 Shyam Naren Jayraman 4 Chiranjit Mandhata 4 Ninad W 4 Ashish Kumar 4 Swagata Mukherjee 4 Ghanshyam Malviya 4 Miraj 4 Paras Malhotra 4 Abilas J Ram Lucky Draw 4 Bipin Banavalikar 4 Anubhav Chatterjee 4 Aniruddha Dutta 4 Sidhartha Sankar Sahu 4

Tomorrow's question(12th September) to be posted by 8am.
www.marchahead.co.in-"only web site which rewards quizzers".
Lucky winner:-Abilas J Ram
Fastest correct answer:-Souvik Mandal

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-10th September-Question

2008-09-10T00:18:00.006+05:30

Identify the picture.It is the logo of a device "A",developed by company "B"of the nation"C".The name of the device is given by a branding company,'D'.It is said so by the head of the organisation that an employee of this branding consultancy company felt the miniature buttons of the device looked likethe tiny seeds of a fruit "E",but as the name of the fruit was sounding very slow,another naming expert of the same organisation came out with its original name which it has right now and that was accepted as "A".

So name A,B,C,D & E?

Answer:-

A. Blackberry
B. Research in Motion
C. Canada
D. Lexicon Branding
E. Strawberry

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer-9th September

2008-09-09T01:06:00.005+05:30

Dear All,

A warm welcome from the Team-March Ahead of www.marchahead.co.in - "The only web site which rewards Quizzers".

Connect the all three pictures.Explain the connection properly.

Answer:-

pic 1: Kishore Kumar

pic 2: poster of the movie 3 Deewarein

pic 3: Teacher's achievement awards ka logo

connect: Nagesh Kukunoor...

judged the show "K for Kishore" on tv..coming up with amovie on Kishoredaa
directed the movie 3 deewarein...also acted as Nagaiya..written the story also
won the teacher's achievement award for creative and performing arts in 2002

Name	Time	score
Sylvian Patrick		1
Tathagat Mukherjee		1
Souvik Mandal	Fastest	1
M Sureshkumar		1
Sangram Banerjee		1
Chiranjit Mandhata		1
Ninad W	Lucky Draw	1
Ghanshyam Malviya		1
Miraj		1
Deepanshu Berry		1
Darshana Parmar		1
Aniruddha Dutta		1

Congratulations to Ninad & Souvik.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-8th September-Question & Answer

2008-09-08T01:25:00.002+05:30

Dear All,

A warm welcome from the Team-March Ahead of www.marchahead.co.in - "The only web site which rewards Quizzers".

Identify all the four logos and explain what connects all of them together.

Dear All,

A warm welcome from the Team-March Ahead of www.marchahead.co.in - "The only web site which rewards Quizzers".

Identify all the four logos and explain what connects all of them together.

ANSWER:-

1. J&K Bank2. Bengaluru International Airport Limited3. Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport4. Canara Bank
The Connection is Ray and Keshavan popularly called Ray+Keshavan, an ad agency now taken over by WPP which has done the designing of the above and were responsible for their re-branding exercises.

9 all correct answer entries.

Sylvian Patrick

5
Tathagat Mukherjee

5
Souvik Mandal

5
M Sureshkumar

5
Sangram Banerjee

5
Chiranjit Mandhata

5
Swagata Mukherjee

5
Miraj
Fastest
5
Anubhav Chatterjee
Lucky Draw
5

Congrats to Miraj & Anubhav.

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-7th Edition-Question & Answer

2008-09-07T07:10:00.001+05:30

Dear All,

A warm welcome from the Team-March Ahead of www.marchahead.co.in - "The only web site which rewards Quizzers".

Identify the first picture(A) and connect it with the picture-2.The picture-1(business group)-'A' originated from which nation,"B" and what does it mean,"C", in its national language.(C-is the meaning of the word.)Who is the largest shareholder of this company?Name the person,"D".Why it was banned in China.Give the funada.(No point for identifying picture-2).The funda and explanation is "E'.5 points for A,B,C,D & E.

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

ANSWER:-

A - Carrefour
B - France
C - Crossroads
D - LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy)
E - It was banned in China because the Olympic torch relay was disrupted in Paris (France) and the Chinese wanted to retaliate against companies with French roots. Also, it was rumoured that its major shareholder LVMH had made donations to Dalai Lama.

The connect with Tour de France is that "Champion" another brand from Carrefour retail group's stable is one of the major sponsor of Tour de France.

Name	Time	score
Sylvian Patrick		5
Tathagat Mukherjee		5
Souvik Mandal	Fastest	5
M Sureshkumar		5
Shyam Naren Jayraman		5
Chiranjit Mandhata		5
Ninad W		5
Miraj		5
Anubhav Chatterjee	Lucky Draw	5

Souvik Mandal fastest correct answer entry.

Anubhav Chatterjee is lucky draw winner.

8th edition question comes your way in an hour's time.

Fun Facts Unknown - 6th September Edition-Question & Answer

2008-09-06T09:46:00.002+05:30

He got some money from gold mine stake and invested the quick moneythat he made from the mines in business.This business house is a bigdepartmental store today.This departmental store started as a shoeretailer later on got into clothing also.The moment a new recruiteejoined the company,he/she use to get a gray card of seventy fivewords,which is a handbook.Name the company.Name the person.They alsohave restaurants of various types.One of these restaurants,features anexhibition kitchen and small plates dining service with full tableservice.Name the restaurant.For identifying the founder,name of thecompany and the name of the special restaurant brand,you will getpoints.
All the best.

ANSWER:-

company ---- Nordstrom, Inc.

founder ---- John W. Nordstorm

name of the special restaurant brand - Blue stove

8 all correct entries.

Tathagat Mukherjee 3
M Sureshkumar 3 Sangram Banerjee 3 Shyam Naren Jayraman 3 Chiranjit Mandhata 3 Ninad W- Fastest -3 Miraj- Lucky Draw- 3 Bipin Banavalikar-3

The fastest correct answer entry-Ninad
The luckydraw winner-Miraj

Congrats to both of you.

5th September Question & Answer

2008-09-05T10:05:00.004+05:30

Connect Sridevi, Sourav Ganguly, Renuka Shahane.(Related to which product and brand,answer that.)

Answer:-

This was launched in 1996 for which the advertisers/marketers/brand ambassadors were the three-Renuka,Sridevi and Ganguly

Subhashree Srinivasa 1 Sylvian Patrick 1 Tathagat Mukherjee 1 Shafeeq 1 Souvik Mandal 1 Siddharth Gongala 1 Aparna Ganesh 1 M Sureshkumar Fastest 1 Varun Reddy 1 Sangram Banerjee 1 Raghu Gopalan 1 Shyam Naren Jayraman 1 Chiranjit Mandhata 1 Ninad W 1 Swagata Mukherjee 1 Ghanshyam Malviya 1 Miraj 1 Deepanshu Berry 1 Varun Athreya 1 Kamdar Bhavin 1 Abilas J Ram 1 A Shruti Lucky Draw 1

Souvik Mandal-Fastest correct answer entry

A Shruti:-Lucky winner

FUN-4TH EDITION-QUESTION & Answer

2008-09-04T00:12:00.002+05:30

Connect it.Correct explanation of the picture-1 with picture-2 & 3 is required.Also identify the person in picture-1.

3 points for this question.

ANSWER:-

Pic 1 : Thomas Friedman

Pic 2: Logo of Dell, Friedman updated the Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention

Pic 3: Mac Donalds Golden Arches - The Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention

Connect is : Theory of Conflict Prevention

8 all correct answer entries.

Tathagat Mukherjee- Fastest -3 Souvik Mandal 3 M Sureshkumar- Lucky Draw- 3 Varun Reddy 3 Shyam Naren Jayraman 3 Chiranjit Mandhata 3 Swagata Mukherjee 3 Varun Athreya 3

Fastest correct Answer Entry:-Tathagat Mukherjee

Lucky Draw winner:-M Sureshkumar

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest Third September Edition - Question & Answer

2008-09-03T00:24:00.003+05:30

Connect all the three pictures and explain the connection ? The question carries one point for exact explanation ?

Only three correct answer entries.

Tathagat Mukherjee 1

Souvik Mandal -Fastest -1

Siddharth Gongala 1

Fastest correct answer entry-Winner:-Souvik Mandal

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-2nd September-Question & Answer

2008-09-02T00:07:00.003+05:30

Connect these pictures.These business tycoons are part of an exhaustive list that contains business czars like George Sorus,Alan Greenspan,Warren Buffet,Rupert Murdoch and Hugh Hefner to name a few.

4 points for identifying the 4 pictures and 1 point for explaining the connection.

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

ANSWER:-
Pic-1:-B K Birla
Pic-2:-C P Krishnan Nair
Pic-3:-Keshub Mahindra
Pic-4:-K P Singh
Connect:-They have joined the world's top 50 septuagenarian business heads compiled by US magazine BusinessWeek. They are only four to be included in this list joining the business czars like Rupert Murdoch.

20 All correct answers.

Fastest correct answer entry winner-Blunt Head

Lucky Draw Winner-2ND EDITION-Shyam Naren Jayraman

Sylvian Patrick
5
Tathagat Mukherjee
5
Souvik Mandal
5
Siddharth Gongala
5
Aparna Ganesh
5
M Sureshkumar
5
Varun Reddy
5
Sangram Banerjee- 5
Nishita Ganatra- 5
Raghu Gopalan-5

Shyam Naren Jayraman-5
Chiranjit Mandhata
5
Ninad W

5
Swagata Mukherjee

5
Miraj

5
Blunt Head
12.24am
5
Rahul Singhal
5
Deepanshu Berry
5
Paras Malhotra
5

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer-1st September

2008-09-01T01:38:00.004+05:30

Identify the three pictures and connect it.3 points for identifying them and 1 point for the explanation of the connect.

(Think about a film which is into Guinness World Records-GWR.)

Explain why it is into GWR?(It earns you an additional point)

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

ANSWER:-

Connection:-Film Gandhi

Picture-1 :Ben Kingsley(Title role)

Picture-2: Pt.Ravishankar(Music)

Picture-3: Richard Attenborough(Director)

It is in Guinness Book of Records(GBR) because of the Funeral scene where highest no. of extras were taken(300000 approx).

25 all correct answer entries.
Winner:-Ghanshyam Malviya
Subhashree Srinivasan 5
Sylvian Patrick 5
Tathagat Mukherjee 5
Shafeeq 5
Souvik Mandal 5
Siddharth Gongola 5
Aparna Ganesh 5
M Sureshkumar5
Abhishek Das 5
Subhendu Saha 5
Varun Reddy 5
Prateek Vijayavargia 5
Sangram Banerjee 5
Nishita Ganatra 5
Raghu Gopalan 5
Shyam Naren Jayraman 5
Chiranjit Mandhata 5
Ninad W 5
Ashish Kumar 5
Sridharan Doraivelu 5
Swagata Mukherjee 5
Mahmood Hussain 5
Ghanshyam Malviya 5
Miraj 5

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

2008-08-31T08:00:00.008+05:30

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

2008-08-30T08:01:00.004+05:30

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

2008-08-29T07:19:00.003+05:30

"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

2008-08-28T06:25:00.004+05:30

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

2008-08-27T05:34:00.004+05:30

"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

2008-08-26T07:31:00.008+05:30

"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

2008-08-25T05:47:00.004+05:30

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

2008-08-24T06:18:00.005+05:30

"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

2008-08-23T01:33:00.006+05:30

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

2008-08-22T06:57:00.008+05:30

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

2008-08-21T07:07:00.006+05:30

"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

2008-08-20T05:44:00.010+05:30

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

2008-08-19T00:17:00.007+05:30

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

2008-08-18T00:30:00.004+05:30

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

2008-08-17T07:02:00.005+05:30

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

2008-08-16T06:37:00.004+05:30

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

2008-08-15T07:24:00.004+05:30

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

2008-08-14T05:47:00.007+05:30

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

2008-08-13T00:23:00.017+05:30

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

2008-08-11T23:59:00.006+05:30

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

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

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

2008-08-11T00:32:00.002+05:30

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

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

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

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

2008-08-10T00:22:00.005+05:30

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

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

2008-08-09T07:20:00.004+05:30

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

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-8TH EDITION-QUESTION & ANSWER

2008-08-08T08:02:00.004+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it.Identify the three people in the picture and explain the connection.

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

ANSWER:-
-----------

First Picture is of Jack Trout

Second Picture is of Thomas Edison

Third Picture is of Al ries

Connect is--- Both Al Ries and Jack Trout started their business career in the advertising department of General Electric
Thomas Edison founded ---Edison General Electric, merged with Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form--- General Electric

SCOREBOARD:-
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Name Total
Blunt Head 25
Rahul Singhal 29
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 20
Deepanshu Berry 25
Chiranjit Mandhata 25
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 21
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 25
Kamal Rathi 27
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 25
Tathagat Mukherjee 29
Siddharth Gongala 25
Sylvian Patrick 29
Ninad W 20
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 26
Avijit Khan 25
Swagata Mukherjee 17
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 26
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 25
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 14
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 15
Shubhendu Saha 9
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
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 2
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2

There were only 3 all correct entries.
Name Time score
Rahul Singhal 12.45pm 4
Tathagat Mukherjee 11.40am 4
Sylvian Patrick 1.41pm 4

WINNER:-Tathagat Mukherjee

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-QUESTION & ANSWER--7TH EDITION-AUGUST

2008-08-07T07:17:00.004+05:30

"I'm ____Y_____and I've come to say - I offer good nutrition in a simple way - When you eat a ____Y___ you've done your part - To give every single day a healthy start - Underneath the crescent yellow - You'll find vitamins and great taste - With no fat, you just can't beat 'em - You'll feel better when you eat 'em - They're a gift from Mother Nature and a natural additional to your table - For wholesome, healthy, pure _____X___ - look for __Y______'s label!"

Fill in the blanks.Identify "X" & "Y".This is a jingle.

Clue:- Quite Possibly, The World's Perfect Food.

Answer:-

X-Banana
Y-Chiquita Banana

Name Time score
Blunthead 2
Rahul Singhal 2
Jay Chajjer 2
Ghanashyam Malviya 2
Deepanshu Berry 7.37am 2
Chiranjit Mandhata 2
Ravi Arya 2
Ashish Kumar 2
Siddhartha Biswas 7.47am 2
Kamal Rathi 2
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 2
Tathagat Mukherjee 2
Sylvian Patrick 2
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Avijit Khan 2
Swagata Mukherjee 2
Udaibhan Singh 2
Sangram Banerjee 2
Souvik Mandal 2
Varun Reddy 2
M Suresh Kumar 2
Abhishek Das 2
Bhuwan Mahajan 2
Abhishek Sahoo 2
Anubhav Chatterji 2
Pratik Kashiramka 2
Phil S 2
Sridharan Doraivelu 2
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2

WINNER:-Deepanshu Berry

SCOREBOARD:-
Name Total
Blunt Head 25
Rahul Singhal 25
Jay Chajjer 22
Ghanashyam Malviya 20
Deepanshu Berry 25
Chiranjit Mandhata 25
Ravi Arya 25
Aashish Kumar 21
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 25
Kamal Rathi 25
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 25
Tathagat Mukherjee 25
Siddharth Gongala 25
Sylvian Patrick 25
Ninad W 18
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 25
Avijit Khan 25
Swagata Mukherjee 17
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 25
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 25
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 14
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 15
Shubhendu Saha 9
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 7
Aparna Ganesh 7
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 9
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 2
Prodeep Mehta 2
Sonjita 2

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-6TH EDITION-ANSWER

2008-08-07T00:54:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

The person in picture-1(A) was compared with picture-2(B)for his novel"C".The novel was in response to the suicide of his aunt who was deprived of their religious group by her family for sharing a meal with a muslim."A"-an cambridge university alumni also had written his second novel "D" on servitude of a child labour and how he died of tuberoculosis finally."A" was also part of the spanish civil war along with his participation in India's independence struggle.He founded a fine art magazine"E" later. He also had served as fine art chairman at Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Arts for 5years.Identify A,B,C,D & E?(Clue-The so called first child protagonist of in any English novel created by B)

ANSWER:-

A-Mulk Raj Anand
B- Charles Dickens
C-Untouchable (1935)
D-Coolie (1936)
E-Marg

Name Time score
Blunthead 5
Rahul Singhal 5
Jay Chajjer 5
Ghanashyam Malviya 9.07am 5
Deepanshu Berry 5
Chiranjit Mandhata 5
Ravi Arya 5
Ashish Kumar 5
Siddhartha Biswas 5
Kamal Rathi 5
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 5
Tathagat Mukherjee 5
Siddharth Gongala 5
Sylvian Patrick 5
Ninad W 5
Dipankar Ghosh 5
Avijit Khan 5
Udaibhan Singh 5
Sangram Banerjee 5
Souvik Mandal 5
Varun Reddy 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Pavithra Chandrasekaran 5
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5

WINNER:-GHANASHYAM MALVIYA

Scoreboard:-
Name Total
Blunt Head 23
Rahul Singhal 23
Jay Chajjer 20
Ghanashyam Malviya 18
Deepanshu Berry 23
Chiranjit Mandhata 23
Ravi Arya 23
Aashish Kumar 19
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 23
Kamal Rathi 23
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 23
Tathagat Mukherjee 23
Siddharth Gongala 23
Sylvian Patrick 23
Ninad W 18
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 23
Avijit Khan 23
Swagata Mukherjee 10
Udaibhan Singh 22
Sangram Banerjee 23
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 23
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 12
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 13
Shubhendu Saha 9
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 5
Aparna Ganesh 7
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 9
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 8
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 5
Munna 3
Pavitra 3
Dipti Ranjan Mohanty 5
Bhuwan Mahajan 5

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-6TH EDITION-QUESTION

2008-08-06T08:11:00.004+05:30

The person in picture-1(A) was compared with picture-2(B)for his novel"C".The novel was in response to the suicide of his aunt who was deprived of their religious group by her family for sharing a meal with a muslim."A"-an cambridge university alumni also had written his second novel "D" on servitude of a child labour and how he died of tuberoculosis finally."A" was also part of the spanish civil war along with his participation in India's independence struggle.He founded a fine art magazine"E" later. He also had served as fine art chairman at Lalit Kala Akademi (National Academy of Arts for 5years.Identify A,B,C,D & E?(Clue-The so called first child protagonist of in any English novel created by B)

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-5TH EDITION-ANSWER

2008-08-06T00:39:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it?No points for identifying preity zinta.Identify the other two pictures and explain the connection.

Mail your answers by 9pm today at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518.Question carries 3 points.

ANSWER:-

Pic 2: Tea City
(a diversified offering under the Godfrey Phillips India and this Tea City brand is leading to a significant contribution to the Company.)

Pic 3: Funda Mint - "Mint with a twist"
(Confectionary offered by Godfrey Phillips India. A mint that is modern but is essentially "Dil Se Desi".)

These two pictures are the recent products of Godfrey Philips.
Preity Zinta is the Bravery Ambassador of the Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards.

SCOREBOARD:-

Name TOTAL Name
Blunt Head 18
Rahul Singhal 18
Jay Chajjer 15
Ghanashyam Malviya 13
Deepanshu Berry 18
Chiranjit Mandhata 18
Ravi Arya 18
Aashish Kumar 14
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 18
Kamal Rathi 15
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 18
Tathagat Mukherjee 18
Siddharth Gongala 18
Sylvian Patrick 18
Ninad W 13
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 15
Avijit Khan 15
Swagata Mukherjee 10
Udaibhan Singh 17
Sangram Banerjee 18
Amrita Mukherjee 18
Souvik Mandal 18
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 7
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 13
Shubhendu Saha 9
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 5
Aparna Ganesh 5
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 5
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 5
Munna 3
Pavitra 3

WINNER:-Deepanshu Berry

Name Time score
Blunthead 3
Rahul Singhal 3
Deepanshu Berry 8.48AM 3
Chiranjit Mandhata 3
Ravi Arya 3
Ashish Kumar 3
Siddhartha Biswas 8.57AM 3
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 3
Tathagat Mukherjee 3
Siddharth Gongala 3
Sylvian Patrick 3
Ninad W 3
Swagata Mukherjee 3
Udaibhan Singh 3
Sangram Banerjee 3
Amrita Mukherjee 3
Souvik Mandal 3
Varun Reddy 3
Parambrahma Mohapatra 3
Munna Kumar 3
Pavithra Chandrasekaran 3

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-5TH EDITION-QUESTION

2008-08-05T08:27:00.003+05:30

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-4TH EDITION-AUG-ANSWER

2008-08-05T00:04:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Explain the context of each and every picture and connect all of them.(In picture-1,picture-2 there were some text which are erased.)What was the actual profession of the person in picture-3?(1point for this).In total,5 points.

Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 9pm today.

ANSWER:-

First Pic -- Narmada Bachao Andolan logo

Second Pic -- Official logo of the Right Livelihood Award.

Third Pic-- Baba Amte

PROFESSION --he was trained as a barrister and was operating a successful practice at Warora

Connect -- Narmada Bachao Andolan, together with Patkar and Baba Amte as its spokespersons, was the 1991 recipient of the Right Livelihood Award

Name Time score
Blunthead 1.52am 5
Rahul Singhal 5
Jay Chajjer 5
Ghanashyam Malviya 5
Deepanshu Berry 5
Chiranjit Mandhata 5
Ravi Arya 5
Ashish Kumar 1.49am 5
Siddhartha Biswas 5
Kamal Rathi 5
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 5
Tathagat Mukherjee 5
Siddharth Gongala 5
Sylvian Patrick 5
Dipankar Ghosh 5
Avijit Khan 5
Swagata Mukherjee 5
Udaibhan Singh 5
Sangram Banerjee 5
Amrita Mukherjee 5
Souvik Mandal 5
Uma Murthy 5
M Suresh Kumar 5
Shubhendu Saha 5
Abhishek Das 5
Aparna Ganesh 5
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 5
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 5

SCOREBOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Blunt Head 15
Rahul Singhal 15
Jay Chajjer 15
Ghanashyam Malviya 13
Deepanshu Berry 15
Chiranjit Mandhata 15
Ravi Arya 15
Aashish Kumar 11
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 15
Kamal Rathi 15
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 15
Tathagat Mukherjee 15
Siddharth Gongala 15
Sylvian Patrick 15
Ninad W 10
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 15
Avijit Khan 15
Swagata Mukherjee 7
Udaibhan Singh 14
Sangram Banerjee 15
Amrita Mukherjee 15
Souvik Mandal 15
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 4
Uma Murthy 9
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 13
Shubhendu Saha 9
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4
Abhishek Das 5
Aparna Ganesh 5
Prithviraj vasanth 5
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Shyam Naren 5
Ankesh Agarwal 5
Deepjyoti Deka 5
Nikhil Motlag 5

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-4TH EDITION-AUG-QUESTION

2008-08-04T01:26:00.003+05:30

QUESTION:-
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Explain the context of each and every picture and connect all of them.(In picture-1,picture-2 there were some text which are erased.)What was the actual profession of the person in picture-3?(1point for this).In total,5 points.

Mail your answers at manasanayak@gmail.com by 9pm today.

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-3RD EDITION-AUG-ANSWER

2008-08-03T23:10:00.003+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect the three pictures attached here and explain the connection.(The person in picture three worked with punjab railways as a time keeper however later on got name,fame & glory for his contribution to the film industry.)

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

ANSWER:

First Pic - Sharat Chandra Chatterji

Second Pic - Remington typewriter

Third Pic - Kundan Lal (K.L.) Saigal

connect is - K l Saigal --Saigal played the role that would come to define his acting career: that of the drunken title character in Devdas, based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel

He worked as a typewriter salesman for the Remington Typewriter Company.

19 ALL CORRECT ANSWER ENTRIES.

Name Time score
Blunthead 4
Rahul Singhal 4
Jay Chajjer 3.09am 4
Deepanshu Berry 7.37am 4
Chiranjit Mandhata 4
Ravi Arya 8.20am 4
Siddhartha Biswas 4
Kamal Rathi 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 4
Tathagat Mukherjee 4
Siddharth Gongala 4
Ninad W 4
Dipankar Ghosh 4
Avijit Khan 4
Sangram Banerjee 4
Amrita Mukherjee 4
Souvik Mandal 4
M Suresh Kumar 4
Abilash J Ram 4

WINNER:-JAY CHAJJER

SCOREBOARD:-
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Name TOTAL
Blunt Head 10
Rahul Singhal 10
Jay Chajjer 10
Ghanashyam Malviya 8
Deepanshu Berry 10
Chiranjit Mandhata 10
Ravi Arya 10
Aashish Kumar 6
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 10
Kamal Rathi 10
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 10
Tathagat Mukherjee 10
Siddharth Gongala 10
Sylvian Patrick 6
Ninad W 10
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 10
Avijit Khan 10
Swagata Mukherjee 2
Udaibhan Singh 9
Sangram Banerjee 10
Amrita Mukherjee 10
Souvik Mandal 10
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 4
Uma Murthy 4
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 8
Shubhendu Saha 4
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4
Abhilash J Ram 4

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-QUESTION-3RD EDITION

2008-08-03T02:11:00.003+05:30

Connect the three pictures attached here and explain the connection.(The person in picture three worked with punjab railways as a time keeper however later on got name,fame & glory for his contribution to the film industry.)

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-2ND EDITION-ANSWER-RESULTS

2008-08-02T22:49:00.002+05:30

QUESTION:-

"A" created a famous fictional character namely "B".Guiness book of records has consistently listed "B" as the "most portrayed movie character" with over 70 actors playing the part in over 200 films."A" was asked to referee the Johnson-Jeffries fight.('A'was a physician but not a single patient crossed his door. This gave him more time for writing.)-This is what he mentioned clearly in his autobiography."B'has a popular address among all of us which is shown in one of the pictures attached.It is said that "B" is famous for diagnosis through deductive reasoning and observation."A" played football for an amateur side, Portsmouth Association Football Club, as a goalkeeper.He was a cricketer and as a bowler has one first class wicket to his credit."A" also played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).Who is "A" & "B"?A famous book "C" written by "A" was banned in a nation "D" in 1929 for occultism.Identify A,B,C &D.The question carries 4 points only.No points for identifying the pictures.The pictures are the clue given for you.

Mail your answers by 9pm at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9937222518.

ANSWER:-

A: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
B: Sherlock Holmes
C: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
D: Soviet Union

Name Time score
Blunt Head 2.00am 4
Rahul Singhal 2.02am 4
Jay Chajjer 4
Ghanashyam Malviya 2.02am 4
Deepanshu Berry 4
Chiranjit Mandhata 2.08am 4
Ravi Arya 4
Ashish Kumar 4
Siddhartha Biswas 4
Kamal Rathi 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 4
Tathagat Mukherjee 1.59am 4
Siddharth Gongala 4
Sylvian Patrick 4
Ninad W 4
Dipankar Ghosh 4
Avijit Khan 4
Udaibhan Singh 4
Sangram Banerjee 4
Amrita Mukherjee 4
Souvik Mandal 4
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 4
Uma Murthy 4
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 4
Shubhendu Saha 4
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4

WINNER:-TATHAGATA MUKHERJEE

SCOREBOARD:-

Name score
Blunt Head 6
Rahul Singhal 6
Jay Chajjer 6
Ghanashyam Malviya 6
Deepanshu Berry 6
Chiranjit Mandhata 6
Ravi Arya 6
Aashish Kumar 6
Siddharth Parwatay 6
Siddhartha Biswas 2
Kamal Rathi 6
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 6
Tathagat Mukherjee 6
Siddharth Gongala 6
Sylvian Patrick 6
Ninad W 6
Biswadidev Patro 6
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Avijit Khan 6
Swagata Mukherjee 6
Udaibhan Singh 2
Sangram Banerjee 6
Amrita Mukherjee 6
Souvik Mandal 6
Static Sid 4
Abilash J Ram 4
Mit Chowdhury 4
Varun Reddy 4
Uma Murthy 4
Phani Vikranth 4
M Suresh Kumar 4
Shubhendu Saha 4
Gourav Dasgupta 4
Pradeep Rao 4
Kuldeep Singh 4
Prateek Vijayvargia 4

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-2ND EDITION-AUGUST-QUESTION

2008-08-02T01:20:00.003+05:30

QUESTION:-
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"A" created a famous fictional character namely "B".Guiness book of records has consistently listed "B" as the "most portrayed movie character" with over 70 actors playing the part in over 200 films."A" was asked to referee the Johnson-Jeffries fight.('A'was a physician but not a single patient crossed his door. This gave him more time for writing.)-This is what he mentioned clearly in his autobiography."B'has a popular address among all of us which is shown in one of the pictures attached.It is said that "B" is famous for diagnosis through deductive reasoning and observation."A" played football for an amateur side, Portsmouth Association Football Club, as a goalkeeper.He was a cricketer and as a bowler has one first class wicket to his credit."A" also played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).Who is "A" & "B"?A famous book "C" written by "A" was banned in a nation "D" in 1929 for occultism.Identify A,B,C &D.The question carries 4 points only.No points for identifying the pictures.The pictures are the clue given for you.

Mail your answers by 9pm at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9937222518.

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-1ST EDITION-AUGUST-ANSWER

2008-08-02T00:43:00.000+05:30

QUESTION:-

Identify him.A famous satirist,writer,lecturer.He is the 6th of seven children.Very popular in the American society.An asteroid is named after him even.Only three of his siblings survived their childhood.What his actual name is though he is more popular among us by his pen name.Give me his original name and his popular pen name also?The question carries 2 points.

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

ANSWER:-

Original name : Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Pen name: Mark Twain

There were 24 correct answer entries.

Name Time score
Blunt Head 1.49am 2
Rahul Singhal 2.08am 2
Jay Chajjer 2.51am 2
Ghanashyam Malviya 2
Deepanshu Berry 2
Chiranjit Mandhata 2
Ravi Arya 2
Aashish Kumar 2
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 2
Kamal Rathi 2
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 2
Tathagat Mukherjee 2
Siddharth Gongala 2
Sylvian Patrick 2
Ninad W 2
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Avijit Khan 2
Swagata Mukherjee 2
Udaibhan Singh 2
Sangram Banerjee 2
Amrita Mukherjee 2
Souvik Mandal 2

WINNER-Blunt Head
SCOREBOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Blunt Head 2
Rahul Singhal 2
Jay Chajjer 2
Ghanashyam Malviya 2
Deepanshu Berry 2
Chiranjit Mandhata 2
Ravi Arya 2
Aashish Kumar 2
Siddharth Parwatay 2
Siddhartha Biswas 2
Kamal Rathi 2
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 2
Tathagat Mukherjee 2
Siddharth Gongala 2
Sylvian Patrick 2
Ninad W 2
Biswadidev Patro 2
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Avijit Khan 2
Swagata Mukherjee 2
Udaibhan Singh 2
Sangram Banerjee 2
Amrita Mukherjee 2
Souvik Mandal 2

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-1ST EDITION-AUGUST-QUESTION

2008-08-01T00:59:00.002+05:30

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-JULY-RESULTS-31ST EDITION-ANSWER

2008-08-01T00:09:00.003+05:30

Question:-

A term "W' was coined by a brand "X"of company "Y"."Z" is a director of this company who is an Indian.(Clue:-The first picture-"V" is associated with a new term which redefined the product category in total and helped it to differentiate.X-The company is created by the merger of "T" and "U".Connect V,W,X,Y & Z properly and explain the connection.)Identify "T" and "U" also.The question carries 7 points.The second picture is another clue.)

ANSWER:-

V : Logo of Philadelphia Phillies, baseball team based in Philadelphia.
W : "B.O.", short for "body odor"
X : Lifebuoy soap
Y : Unilever
Z : N. R. Narayana Murthy
T : Lever Brothers
U : Margarine Unie

Connection : When the Philadelphia Phillies played at the Baker Bowl during the 1920s, an outfield wall advertisement for Lifebuoy stated, "The Phillies use Lifebuoy". One night a graffiti artist sneaked in and added to the ad, "And they still stink".

There were only 3 all correct answers.

Name Time score
Dipankar Ghosh 3.56pm 7
Swagata Mukherjee 1.18pm 7
Siddhartha Biswas 3.14am 7

WINNER:-SWAGATA MUKHERJEE

FINAL SCOREBOARD AT THE END OF JULY MONTH:-
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Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 87
Rahul Singhal 76
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 27
Souvik Mandal 51
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 31
Sangram Banerjee 77
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 84
Sylvian Patrick 59
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 39
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 57
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 35
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 63
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 18
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 18
Tathagata Mukherjee 82
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 26
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 86
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 9
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 33
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 38
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 65
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 31
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 43
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 18
Prithviraj Vasanth 7
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2
Millan Patnaik 4
Ranadurjay Talukdar 1

The monthly highest scorer is Wasi Manazir(87 points).You get Rs.500/- prize money for that.

July monthly winner is WASI MANAZIR.
However,it was tight,nail biting finish as Dipankar Ghosh just missed it by a point only.He scored 86 points.

Regards,

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-31ST JULY-QUESTION

2008-07-31T07:14:00.003+05:30

QUESTION:-

A term "W' was coined by a brand "X"of company "Y"."Z" is a director of this company who is an Indian.(Clue:-The first picture-"V" is associated with a new term which redefined the product category in total and helped it to differentiate.X-The company is created by the merger of "T" and "U".Connect V,W,X,Y & Z properly and explain the connection.)Identify "T" and "U" also.The question carries 7 points.The second picture is another clue.)

mail your answers by 10pm today at manasanayak@gmail.com or SMS at 9337222518

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-30TH EDITION-JULY-RESULTS-ANSWER

2008-07-31T06:57:00.003+05:30

Dear All,

One of my relative expired last night and I was there for the cremation.Just returned by 6.30am.Thus posting of yesterday's results and today's question will be delayed.The deadline will be extended upto 10pm for today.

QUESTION:-

Identify the pictures and explain the context.Explain the connection between the three pictures.The question carries 4 points.

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

ANSWER:-

pic1: Shilpa Shetty in a "Boycott the Circus" campaign issued by PETA

pic2: A parody logo created by PETA in their ad campaign against Burger King

pic3: PETA's Grrr! magazine cover.

Connection is PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) .

Winner:-

WASI MANAZIR

SCOREBOARD AT THE END OF 30 EDITIONS OF JULY:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 87
Rahul Singhal 76
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 27
Souvik Mandal 51
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 31
Sangram Banerjee 77
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 84
Sylvian Patrick 59
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 39
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 57
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 35
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 63
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 18
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 18
Tathagata Mukherjee 82
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 26
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 79
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 9
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 26
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 38
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 58
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 27
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 43
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 18
Prithviraj Vasanth 7
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2
Millan Patnaik 4
Ranadurjay Talukdar 1

There were 16 all correct answer entries.

WINNER:-Wasi Manazir

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-"A novel way of earning pocket money"
POCKET MONEY CALCULATOR LEADERS:-(Till the end of 30th edition)
WASI MANAZIR:- Rs.700
Rahul Singhal:-Rs.600
Tathagata Mukherjee:-Rs.400
However,for the monthly highest scorer reward,it is a very close fight between Wasi Manazir,Jay Chajjer & Tathagata Mukherjee.Watch out for the results tonight.

The prize money will be sent by today late evening.In a week's time,you will be recieving it.Kindly acknowledge after you recieve your prize money.

Regards,

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-30TH EDITION-JULY-QUESTION

2008-07-29T23:51:00.002+05:30

QUESTION:-

Identify the pictures and explain the context.Explain the connection between the three pictures.The question carries 4 points.

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-29TH EDITION-JULY-ANSWER-RESULTS

2008-07-29T23:05:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it.Explain properly how the two pictures are related to eachother.2 points for identifying the pictures and 1 point for the explanation of connection.Totally,it carries 3 points.

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

ANSWER:-

First Pic -- Late Rai Bahadur Shri Jankidas Kapur

Second Pic --The Farnese Atlas sculpture depicts Atlas, the Titan of Greek mythology, shouldering the weight of the globe.

Connect is:-Atlas Cycles Haryana (ATLAS) is a manufacturer of bicycles and bicycle components and parts. Founded by the Jankidas Kapur
SCOREBOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 83
Rahul Singhal 72
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 23
Souvik Mandal 47
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 31
Sangram Banerjee 73
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 80
Sylvian Patrick 59
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 39
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 53
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 35
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 59
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 18
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 78
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 26
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 75
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 4
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 22
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 34
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 54
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 27
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 39
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 18
Prithviraj Vasanth 7
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2
Millan Patnaik 4
Ranadurjay Talukdar 1

16 ALL CORRECT ANSWER ENTRIES.

WINNER:-SANGRAM BANERJEE

Name Time score
Wasi Manazir 3
Rahul Singhal 3
Kamal Rathi 3
Sangram Banerjee 1.17AM 3
Jay Chhajer 3
Subhendu Saha 3
Ninad 3
Karthik GB 3
Tathagata Mukherjee 3
Dipankar Ghosh 3
Swagata Mukherjee 9.11am 3
Ravi Arya 8.55am 3
Siddhartha Biswas 3
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 9.31am 3
Millan Patnaik 3

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

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-ANSWERS-RESULTS-29TH JULY

2008-07-29T00:12:00.001+05:30

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-ANSWERS-RESULTS-28TH LULY

2008-07-28T23:12:00.002+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it.Explain the connection properly.(Ponder over their unique cricketing performances)

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

ANSWER:-

pic1: Saqlain Mustaq

pic2: Wasim Akram

pic3: Chaminda Vaas

Connection: The only three bowlers to have achieved 2 ODI Hat-tricks.

SCOREBOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 80
Rahul Singhal 69
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 20
Souvik Mandal 48
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 31
Sangram Banerjee 70
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 77
Sylvian Patrick 60
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 36
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 51
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 22
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 33
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 59
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 19
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 75
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 26
Akshay Anantharaman 6
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 72
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 14
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 4
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 20
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 32
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 51
Deepjyoti Deka 18
Nikhil Motlag 27
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 37
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 18
Prithviraj Vasanth 7
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2
Millan Mohapatra 1

There are 26 all correct answer entries.

Name Time score
Wasi Manazir 12.13am 1
Rahul Singhal 1
Souvik Mandal 1
Udaibhan Singh 1
Sangram Banerjee 1
Jay Chhajer 12.21am 1
Sylvian Patrick 1
Ninad 1
Kshira Saagar 1
Karthik GB 1
Ashish Kumar 1
Abhishek Das 1
Tathagata Mukherjee 1
M Suresh Kumar 1
Akshay Anantharaman 1
Dipankar Ghosh 1
Prateek Vijayvargia 1
Deepanshu Berry 1
Swagata Mukherjee 1
Ravi Arya 1
Siddhartha Biswas 1
Deepjyoti Deka 1
Nikhil Motlag 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 1
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 1
Ghanm Malviya 12.16am 1
MILLAN KUMAR MOHAPATRA 1

WINNER:-WASI MANAZIR
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FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-28TH EDITION-JULY-QUESTION

2008-07-27T23:52:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it.Explain the connection properly.(Ponder over their unique cricketing performances)

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FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-QUESTION & ANSWERS-RESULTS-27TH EDITION

2008-07-27T01:14:00.005+05:30

Note:-

Dear Mr.Sangram Banerjee,

Missed out a point that you deserve for 26th edition.Made necessary changes.Sorry for the mistake.

QUESTION:-

Easy one.
Connect it.Explain the connection.(Clue:-Think about player who endorsed for both Nike & Adidas)For identifying all the pictures,you ll get 5 points and 1 point for explaining the connection.

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

ANSWER:-

Connection: Baichung Bhutia. He played for the these football clubs.

1> Kingfisher East Bengal Football Club

2> JCT Football Club

3> Bury Football Club

4> Football Association of Perak

5> Mohun Bagan Mascot Baggu

15 ALL CORRECT ANSWER ENTRIES.

WINNER:-TATHGATA MUKHERJEE

Name Time score
Wasi Manazir 6
Rahul Singhal 1.50AM 6
Souvik Mandal 6
Udaibhan Singh 2.22AM 6
Sangram Banerjee 6
Jay Chhajer 6
Sylvian Patrick 6
Tathagata Mukherjee 1.24AM 6
Dipankar Ghosh 1.39AM 6
Ravi Arya 6
Siddhartha Biswas 6
Nikhil Motlag 6
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 6
Ghanm Malviya 1.42AM 6
Prithviraj Vasanth 6

Scoreboard :-
--------------
Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 79
Rahul Singhal 68
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 20
Souvik Mandal 47
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 30
Sangram Banerjee 69
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 76
Sylvian Patrick 59
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 36
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 50
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 32
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 58
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 18
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 74
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 25
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 71
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 3
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 19
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 31
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 50
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 26
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 36
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 17
Prithviraj Vasanth 7
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2

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FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-JULY-26TH EDITION-ANSWER-RESULTS

2008-07-26T23:08:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Jawaharlal Nehru is associated with picture-2.(Clue).Now think ..How it it related tp picture-1 and picture-3.

Explain the connection.4 points for the correct answer.

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Answers of edition-25 along with results following shortly.

ANSWER:-

First Pic- Joshna Chinappa

Second Pic--Harrow School

Third Pic-- A double yellow squash ball.

Connect is --- Squash historians assert that the game originated in the 19th century at the Harrow School

Jawaharlal Nehru is an alumni of harrow school

Joshna Chinappa is the very first Indian girl who won the British Squash Championship and The youngest woman National Champion of India

ONLY 3 ALL CORRECT ENTRIES.Many a people failed to identify Joshna Chinnappa,or else the tally would have gone up to 20.

Name Time score
Rahul Singhal 01.12am 4
Tathagata Mukherjee 12.52am 4
Ravi Arya 4

WINNER:-Tathagata Mukherjee

SCOREBOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 73
Rahul Singhal 62
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 20
Souvik Mandal 41
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 62
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 70
Sylvian Patrick 53
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 36
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 50
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 32
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 58
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 18
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 68
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 25
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 65
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 3
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 19
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 25
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 44
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 20
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 30
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 11
Prithviraj Vasanth 1
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2

Mr.Bay Leaf
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FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-JULY-26TH EDITION-QUESTION

2008-07-26T00:30:00.001+05:30

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-25TH EDITION-QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-JULY

2008-07-25T07:59:00.003+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it?Easy one.(Explain the connection between the picture-1 & picture-2).The question carries 2 points.

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

ANSWER:-

1. Drawing from Gillette safety razor patent.

2. King Camp Gillette

Connection : The safety razor was invented by King Camp Gillete. This was the design of his proposed safety razor which uses an inexpensive, steel disposable blade.

SCOREBOARD AFTER 25TH EDITION-JULY

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 70
Rahul Singhal 58
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 17
Souvik Mandal 41
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 59
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 67
Sylvian Patrick 53
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 36
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 47
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 32
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 58
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 18
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 64
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 25
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 62
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 3
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 19
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 21
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 44
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 20
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 27
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 11
Prithviraj Vasanth 1
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3
Sujit Patnaik 2

12 ALL CORRECT ANSWER ENTRIES.
WINNER-SAUGATA MUKHERJEE

Name Time score
Rahul Singhal 2
Souvik Mandal 2
Sangram Banerjee 2
Jay Chhajer 2
Ninad 10.49AM 2
Abhishek Das 2
Tathagata Mukherjee 2
Dipankar Ghosh 2
Swagata Mukherjee 8.55AM 2
Siddhartha Biswas 2
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 10.03AM 2
Sujit Pattanaik 2

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-24TH EDITION-JULY-ANSWERS

2008-07-25T00:08:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect the picture-1 with picture-2.Picture-2-this person's father was blacksmith and mother a teacher.He was rebelious since childhood.After his death...His body was hung upside down at a petrol station for public viewing and to provide confirmation of his demise.In an age old film festival,the best film awardee use to get a cup of his name.However it was later withdrawn and the name was changed.

The question carries 3 points.

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ANSWER:-

first Pic -- National Fascist Party

Second Pic-- Benito Mussolini

Connect is ---The National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF) was an Italian party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Fascism

Mussolini cup was awarded earler in Vanice film festival.Later on,it was stopped.

24 ALL CORRECT ANSWER ENTRIES.

Name Time score
Wasi Manazir 3.01am 3
Rahul Singhal 3
Sangram Banerjee 3
Ankesh Agarwal 3
Jay Chhajer 3
Sylvian Patrick 3
Subhendu Saha 3
Ninad 3
Karthik GB 3
Ashish Kumar 3
Balaji Sarathy 3
Tathagata Mukherjee 3
Dipankar Ghosh 3
Debasish Mishra 2.59am 3
Sandeep Manoharan 3
Swagata Mukherjee 3
Siddhartha Biswas 3
Nikhil Motlag 3.00am 3
Sandeep Kumar 3
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 3
Chiranjit Mandhata 3
Ghanm Malviya 3.02am 3
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3

WINNER:-DEBASISH MISHRA

SCORE BOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 70
Rahul Singhal 56
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 17
Souvik Mandal 39
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 57
Ankesh Agarwal 38
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 65
Sylvian Patrick 53
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 36
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 45
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 32
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 58
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 16
Balaji Sarathy 28
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 62
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 25
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 60
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 10
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 8
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 3
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 17
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 21
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 42
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 20
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 4
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 25
Chiranjit Mandhata 20
Ghanm Malviya 11
Prithviraj Vasanth 1
Murali Ramaswamy 3
Husain Poonawala 3

--
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FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-24TH EDITION-JULY-QUESTION

2008-07-24T02:11:00.004+05:30

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-23RD EDITION-RESULTS

2008-07-24T01:56:00.001+05:30

QUESTION:-

Connect it.Connect the three pictures and explain.It carries 4 points(3 for identifying the person in all 3 pictures,1 point for the explanation.(Clue:-A revolution in India connects them also a prize given to them for their contribution for their community leadership)

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

ANSWER:-

First Pic- Dara N. Khurody

Second Pic- Tribhuvandas K. Patel

Third Pic --Verghese Kurien

Connect is The 1963 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership
and all the three were pioneers of Operation Flood/Milk Revolution/White Revolution.

SCORE BOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 67
Rahul Singhal 53
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 17
Souvik Mandal 39
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 54
Ankesh Agarwal 35
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 62
Sylvian Patrick 50
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 33
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 42
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 29
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 55
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 16
Balaji Sarathy 25
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 59
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 25
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 57
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 7
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 10
Abhishek Das 4
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 7
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 5
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 3
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 14
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 21
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 39
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 17
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 1
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 22
Chiranjit Mandhata 17
Ghanm Malviya 8
Prithviraj Vasanth 1

16 all correct answers for this edition.

Name Time score
Wasi Manazir 4
Rahul Singhal 9.43am 4
Souvik Mandal 2.37am 4
Sangram Banerjee 4
Ankesh Agarwal 4
Jay Chhajer 2.17am 4
Subhendu Saha 4
Ashish Kumar 4
Tathagata Mukherjee 4
Dipankar Ghosh 4
C Ganesh 4
Swagata Mukherjee 4
Ravi Arya 4
Siddhartha Biswas 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 4
Chiranjit Mandhata 4

WINNER:-JAY CHAJJER

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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
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FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-23RD EDITION-JULY

2008-07-23T01:49:00.002+05:30

FUN-FACTS UNKNOWN CONTEST-22ND EDITION-JULY-ANSWERS

2008-07-23T00:39:00.003+05:30

QUESTION:-

Note:-The picture used are very much necessary for the question.So if anyone is upset or hurt,extremely sorry.Don't have any malafied intention except the objective of quizzing.

Identify the three people in the picture and explain the context properly.3points for identifying and 1 point for the explanation.

The person marked in a photoframe(centre)is connected to the second picture(22.2) and third picture(22.3).Identify these two people and explain the connection with the photoframed person in the first picture.This also carries another 3 points.

Therefore the question carries in total,7 points.

All the best.

ANSWER:-

England cricketers Stuart Broad, James Anderson and Alastair Cook posed for Cosmopolitan Centrefolds to raise awareness for the Everyman Campaign, the UK's leading male cancer campaign. A marvellous effort that for a very worthy cause.

On 19 September 2007, Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes from one Broad over in a Twenty20 International match at Durban, South Africa.This was the fourth time the feat had been performed in senior cricket, the first in Twenty20 cricket, and the first time in any form of international cricket against a bowler from a major cricket country. (Garfield Sobers and Ravi Shastri did it in first-class matches; Sobers, as captain of Nottinghamshire, in 1968 off Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan and Shastri in 1984 playing for Bombay against Baroda. Herschelle Gibbs did it in a 2007 World Cup match against Dutch Daan van Bunge.)

CONNECTION:-All of them were victims of 6 sixes in a over in the history of any form international cricket.

SCORE BOARD:-

Name TOTAL
Wasi Manazir 63
Rahul Singhal 49
Bhuwan Mahajan 10
Gaurav Dasgupta 16
Vishnumohan Menon 12
Kathakoli Dasgupta 7
Kamal Rathi 17
Souvik Mandal 35
Naimisha 18
Udaibhan Singh 24
Sangram Banerjee 50
Ankesh Agarwal 31
Jayanthan 6
Munna Kumar 11
Jay Chajjer 58
Sylvian Patrick 50
Siddharth Gongala 44
Krishna Kumar 7
Ashish Sharma 61
Subhendu Saha 29
Bhrumics S 14
Preshant Sampath 8
Ninad 42
Jayant Mukherjee 11
Amit Pandeya 7
Ankit Kothari 7
Abhishek Kumar 9
Kshira Saagar 21
Bharath 10
Karthik GB 29
Ramchandran V 6
Karthikeya Tripathy 22
Siddharth Gaurav 7
Ashish Kumar 50
Aravind Ghosh 1
Sunil Singh Rana 1
Kashturi 1
Abhishek Das 16
Balaji Sarathy 25
Aparna Ganesh 16
Tathagata Mukherjee 55
Rahul Tirukallam 6
M Suresh Kumar 25
Akshay Anantharaman 5
P Deepak 1
Dipankar Ghosh 53
Parambrahma Mohapatra 5
Debasish Mishra 7
Avijit Khan 7
Aashish Agrawal 2
Vikas Mishra 9
Abhishek Das 1
Sonjita 4
C Ganesh 3
Prateek Vijayvargia 13
Sandeep Manoharan 5
Antony Pidiath 1
Sridharan Doraivelu 9
Deepanshu Berry 3
Anirudh Patil 2
Jacob dijo 1
Swagata Mukherjee 10
Bhavin Kamdar 1
Ravi Arya 17
Senthil Kumar 1
Akshay Bhagotra 1
Siddhartha Biswas 35
Deepjyoti Deka 17
Nikhil Motlag 17
Ashish Lath 3
Biswajit Pattanayak 3
K Ravi Chand 1
Abhishek Sahoo 4
Sandeep Kumar 1
Mehar Sridhar 1
Sumant Srivatsan 1
Pradeep Nayak 1
Prithviraj Vasanth 4
Shrinidhi Ray 1
Harish 4
Shaaam 4
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 18
Chiranjit Mandhata 13
Ghanm Malviya 8
Prithviraj Vasanth 1

13 ALL CORRECT ANSWERS WERE THERE.

Name Time score
Wasi Manazir 7
Souvik Mandal 7
Jay Chhajer 7
Sylvian Patrick 7
Ashish Sharma 1.52am 7
Ashish Kumar 1.01am 7
Tathagata Mukherjee 7
Dipankar Ghosh 1.14am 7
Siddhartha Biswas 7
Nikhil Motlag 7
Siddharth Mukund Srivastava 7
Chiranjit Mandhata 7
Ghanm Malviya 7

WINNER:-ASHISH KUMAR

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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
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