Saturday, August 23, 2008

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

Friday, August 22, 2008

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

Thursday, August 21, 2008

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-Question & Answer -21st August



"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

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

FUN-Facts UnknowN Contest-20th Edition-August-Question & Answer

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

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Mr.Bay Leaf
Manas Nayak
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