Answer to Yesterday's question
Calvin Collidge , Herbert Hoover , Gerald Ford. Divya and Kaushik get it right. Won't be posting a question tomorrow due to travel. Will be back on Monday.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
HTNI #18
This is a billboard that recently came up in Pakistan as ad ad for Butterfly Sanitary Napkins. What has been blanked out on the left side of the picture?
Answer to Yesterday's question
Calvin Collidge , Herbert Hoover , Gerald Ford. Divya and Kaushik get it right. Won't be posting a question tomorrow due to travel. Will be back on Monday.
Answer to Yesterday's question
Calvin Collidge , Herbert Hoover , Gerald Ford. Divya and Kaushik get it right. Won't be posting a question tomorrow due to travel. Will be back on Monday.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Aima Quiz 2010 Eliminations Infosys -- Part 2 Answers
A few questions from the Eliminations at Infosys Chennai for the AIMA National Management Quiz (NMQ) 2010. -- Part II Answers
Q1: Isaac Carasso had fled to Spain during the Balkan wars and while setting up his medicinal facility found that many young patients had digestive and intestinal Problems. Inspired by the work of Nobel Laureate Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov , he sold Yogurt as a medicine in Pharmacies. What company did he go on to create?
A1: Groupe Danone
Q2: Sony produced audio recorders in 1950. It was expensive and Japanese courts did not allow mass production. But shortage of something, due to war, led to Japanese courts to allow for production of these recorders, inspite of high costs....what shortage
A2: Shortage of stenographers
Q3: What term used often in management is derived from the Greek word denoting the Leader of Sacred Rites?
A3: Hierarchy
Q4: In 2010 , he became one of the very few video game creators to adapt his own creation as a feature film. His video game was known for its fluid motions and was based on videos and pictures of his brother running and jumping. Who is this person.. And which famous game franchise – now a film was created by him?
A4: Jordan Mechner : Prince of Persia
Q5: The name of which service stems from the colloquial name for an item given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
A5: Facebook
Ameya and Sourabh get three each...
Questions and answers of previous installment
Q1: Isaac Carasso had fled to Spain during the Balkan wars and while setting up his medicinal facility found that many young patients had digestive and intestinal Problems. Inspired by the work of Nobel Laureate Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov , he sold Yogurt as a medicine in Pharmacies. What company did he go on to create?
A1: Groupe Danone
Q2: Sony produced audio recorders in 1950. It was expensive and Japanese courts did not allow mass production. But shortage of something, due to war, led to Japanese courts to allow for production of these recorders, inspite of high costs....what shortage
A2: Shortage of stenographers
Q3: What term used often in management is derived from the Greek word denoting the Leader of Sacred Rites?
A3: Hierarchy
Q4: In 2010 , he became one of the very few video game creators to adapt his own creation as a feature film. His video game was known for its fluid motions and was based on videos and pictures of his brother running and jumping. Who is this person.. And which famous game franchise – now a film was created by him?
A4: Jordan Mechner : Prince of Persia
Q5: The name of which service stems from the colloquial name for an item given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
A5: Facebook
Ameya and Sourabh get three each...
Questions and answers of previous installment
HTNI #17
Since the first publication of Time's Man of the year, only three US presidents have not been featured. Who are they?
Answer to Yesterday's question
The Winklevoss twins or the Winklevii -- they created Harvard Connection based on which Mark Zuckerberg is believed to have created facebook
Cracked left right center by everyone -- vidya,konga, ananthalakshmi , Sudhin Chandy , Padmavathi , Arun R , Kapinjal , Sourabh , Matti , madafterknowledge, vintez,
Answer to Yesterday's question
The Winklevoss twins or the Winklevii -- they created Harvard Connection based on which Mark Zuckerberg is believed to have created facebook
Cracked left right center by everyone -- vidya,konga, ananthalakshmi , Sudhin Chandy , Padmavathi , Arun R , Kapinjal , Sourabh , Matti , madafterknowledge, vintez,
Thursday, December 16, 2010
HTNI #16
These two people , represented US of A in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. They participated in the coxless pair rowing event and promptly finished last in the event. What is however their claim to fame in the world of IT?
Answer to Yesterdays's question
Liu Xiobao and Carlos Saavendra Laamas -- connection being last two people to get the Nobel Prize in Absentia.
Sourabh and Jerin Philip were on the right line. but selected Carl Von Ozzietsky , who won it the year before Carlos Saavendra Laamas
Answer to Yesterdays's question
Liu Xiobao and Carlos Saavendra Laamas -- connection being last two people to get the Nobel Prize in Absentia.
Sourabh and Jerin Philip were on the right line. but selected Carl Von Ozzietsky , who won it the year before Carlos Saavendra Laamas
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Aima Quiz 2010 Eliminations Infosys -- Part 2
A few questions from the Eliminations at Infosys Chennai for the AIMA National Management Quiz (NMQ) 2010.
Q1: Isaac Carasso had fled to Spain during the Balkan wars and while setting up his medicinal facility found that many young patients had digestive and intestinal Problems. Inspired by the work of Nobel Laureate Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov , he sold Yogurt as a medicine in Pharmacies. What company did he go on to create?
Q2: Sony produced audio recorders in 1950. It was expensive and Japanese courts did not allow mass production. But shortage of something, due to war, led to Japanese courts to allow for production of these recorders, inspite of high costs....what shortage
Q3: What term used often in management is derived from the Greek word denoting the Leader of Sacred Rites?
Q4: In 2010 , he became one of the very few video game creators to adapt his own creation as a feature film. His video game was known for its fluid motions and was based on videos and pictures of his brother running and jumping. Who is this person.. And which famous game franchise – now a film was created by him?
Q5: The name of which service stems from the colloquial name for an item given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
Questions and answers of previous installment
Q1: Isaac Carasso had fled to Spain during the Balkan wars and while setting up his medicinal facility found that many young patients had digestive and intestinal Problems. Inspired by the work of Nobel Laureate Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov , he sold Yogurt as a medicine in Pharmacies. What company did he go on to create?
Q2: Sony produced audio recorders in 1950. It was expensive and Japanese courts did not allow mass production. But shortage of something, due to war, led to Japanese courts to allow for production of these recorders, inspite of high costs....what shortage
Q3: What term used often in management is derived from the Greek word denoting the Leader of Sacred Rites?
Q4: In 2010 , he became one of the very few video game creators to adapt his own creation as a feature film. His video game was known for its fluid motions and was based on videos and pictures of his brother running and jumping. Who is this person.. And which famous game franchise – now a film was created by him?
Q5: The name of which service stems from the colloquial name for an item given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the US with the intention of helping students to get to know each other better.
Questions and answers of previous installment
HTNI #15: Noble Men
What connects these two people?
Answer to yesterdays question
The subject is Amrita Shergil.
The first photograph is by her father Umrao Singh Shergill, second is a self portrait and the third is a photo by Vivan Sundaram her Nephew.
Sourabh got closest. Arun and Pinko got the subject right
Answer to yesterdays question
The subject is Amrita Shergil.
The first photograph is by her father Umrao Singh Shergill, second is a self portrait and the third is a photo by Vivan Sundaram her Nephew.
Sourabh got closest. Arun and Pinko got the subject right
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Quiz Bowl 2010 : IBS Bangalore : Mitesh Agarwal
Open Biz Quiz - Quiz Bowl 2010
Date: December 19, 2010, SUNDAY
Venue - IBS Bangalore, # 19/3, Srinivasa Industrial Estate,
Near Metro,Kanakapura Road,
Bangalore - 560 062
Contact:
S. Vismith Bhatt: +91 98862 66678
Shekhar Saraf: +91 95907 01339
E-mail: ibsquizbowl@gmail.com
QM- Mitesh Agarwal
Rules:
Each team consists of 2 members.
Cross college and Cross Corporate teams are allowed.
Participants must produce their ID cards for registration.
Registration:
College: Rs.200 per team.
Corporate: Rs.600 per team.
Prelims - Starts at 2 PM followed by finals.
PRIZES:
Winner – Rs 35,000/- + Gifts
Runners up – Rs 20,000/- + Gifts
Remaining finalists – Rs. 3000/- + Gifts
Date: December 19, 2010, SUNDAY
Venue - IBS Bangalore, # 19/3, Srinivasa Industrial Estate,
Near Metro,Kanakapura Road,
Bangalore - 560 062
Contact:
S. Vismith Bhatt: +91 98862 66678
Shekhar Saraf: +91 95907 01339
E-mail: ibsquizbowl@gmail.com
QM- Mitesh Agarwal
Rules:
Each team consists of 2 members.
Cross college and Cross Corporate teams are allowed.
Participants must produce their ID cards for registration.
Registration:
College: Rs.200 per team.
Corporate: Rs.600 per team.
Prelims - Starts at 2 PM followed by finals.
PRIZES:
Winner – Rs 35,000/- + Gifts
Runners up – Rs 20,000/- + Gifts
Remaining finalists – Rs. 3000/- + Gifts
HTNI #14
The photos and the painting depict the same subject. Whom does it depict? Id two Photographers , and painter and how are they connected?
Answer to Yesterdays Question
The Flag of Kyrgyzthan -- Ratnakar , Sudhin and Sourabh get it.
Answer to Yesterdays Question
The Flag of Kyrgyzthan -- Ratnakar , Sudhin and Sourabh get it.
Monday, December 13, 2010
HTNI #13
The wooden lattice crown of a yurt called shangrak is believed to be sacred , and is generally passed from father to son upon the father’s death. A family's length of heritage could be measured by the accumulation of stains on the shangrak from generations of smoke passing through it. A stylized version of the crown known by a different name forms the center of a flag. What is the stylized version and which flag?
Answer to Yesterdays Question
Inspried the cover of the Queen Album -- News of the World.
Rohit , Arun , Alka and Sourabh got it right. Yo Pai was on the right track..
Answer to Yesterdays Question
Inspried the cover of the Queen Album -- News of the World.
Rohit , Arun , Alka and Sourabh got it right. Yo Pai was on the right track..
Sunday, December 12, 2010
HTNI #12
What did this cover inspire?
Answer to Yesterday's question
kaushik and sudhin get it...
It is Ayrton Senna and Juan Manual Fangio memorial at Donington Park
Answer to Yesterday's question
kaushik and sudhin get it...
It is Ayrton Senna and Juan Manual Fangio memorial at Donington Park
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