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

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

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

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

27TH EDITION WINNER:-Deepanshu Berry

Answer:-

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

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

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

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

22 all correct answer entries.Winner:-Deepanshu Berry

Ghanashyam Malviya9.12am 5

Deepanshu Berry8.09AM 5

Chiranjit Mandhata 5

Aashish Kumar 5

Siddhartha Biswas 5

Tathagat Mukherjee 5

Sylvian Patrick 5

Ninad W 5

Dipankar Ghosh 5

Avijit Khan 5

Swagata Mukherjee 5

Sangram Banerjee 5

Souvik Mandal 5

Kuldeep Singh 5

Aparna Ganesh 5

Shyam Naren 5

Sonjita 5

Pranav Agarwal 5

Dharmatej Mansingh 5

Navin 5

A.Shruti 5

Riju Jacob 5

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

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

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

ANSWER:-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ANSWER:-

X- Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry

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

Z - EUREKA FORBES LIMITED

P - GOLDMAN SACHS

Q - Sterling & Wilson (S&W)

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

15 All correct answer entries.

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