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

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

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

ANSWER:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANSWER:-

X- Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry

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

Z - EUREKA FORBES LIMITED

P - GOLDMAN SACHS

Q - Sterling & Wilson (S&W)

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

15 All correct answer entries.

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

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

Connect all the three pictures and explain the connection properly.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Question carries only 1 point.

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


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

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