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

QUESTION:-

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

In total,the question carries 8 points.

Clue:-"I am because we are"

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

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

ANSWER:-

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

SCOREBOARD:-

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


19 All correct answer entries.

Winner is Ghanshyam Malviya

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

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

QUESTION:-

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

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

Identify X & Y?

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

ANSWER:-

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

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

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

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

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

Dear Fellow Indians!!

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

Jai Bharat.

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

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

ANSWER:-

first Pic Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil

Second Pic Chandrasekhar Azad

Third Pic Ashfaqulla Khan

Kakori train robbery is the historic event.

SCOREBOARD:-

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

25 all correct entries.Winner is Ghanashyam Malviya

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

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

QUESTION:-
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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