FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-QUESTION & Answer

Question:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer

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

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

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

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

Answer:-

A - Douglas Jardine

B - Donald Bradman

C - Gary Sweet

D - Hugo Weaving

E - Bodyline (The TV series )

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27TH EDITION WINNER:-Deepanshu Berry

Answer:-

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