Sunday, June 26, 2005
2005 Jaldi Quiz - 18
Hi All,
Its answer time yet again. The responses came from far and wide. This week also featured an all correct entry.
Congratulations to Amit Pandey for his perfect score. Jaldi regulars - Anukriti Pandey, Rakesh Taklikar missed the bulls eye by a whisker.
Sanjeev Mittal, Shiva Nath, Gaurav Sabnis - well tried.
As always, keep the responses and your suggestions flowing at aniruddhadutta@gmail.com
Questions:
1. David Cook and Roger Green, the founders of SeaCode have opened up new frontiers in Outsourcing. Programmers to be referred to as "seamen" so that they are protected by international maritime laws will churn out code on board a cruise liner. The ship would be stationed at a distance of 3.1 miles off the coast of El Segundo in California. The question is - What is the significance of these 3.1 miles ?
Ans: Because the international maritime waters start at 3 miles from the coast.
2. In 1900, the Devon City Wanderers, a combination of the old Boys of Blundell's School in Tiverton and Castle Cary CC beat All Paris by 163 runs in a 12 a side Cricket match at the Velodrome de Vincennes in Paris. They then received models of the Eiffel Tower. What was the historical significance of this match ?
Ans: Britain Vs. France Cricket Match at the 1900 Paris Olympics. The only time Cricket featured in the Olympics.
3. One of the oldest trademarks, this was introduced in 1898. It takes its name from the slogan meaning "Now is the time to Drink". It is also used to describe the appearance of someone obsese or wearing comically bulky clothing. Whom are we talking about ?
Ans: Bibendum - The Michein Man.
4. Which company has been the official sponsors of the Tennis balls used at Wimbledon since 1902 ?
Ans: Slazenger.
5. In the 1971 Lok Sabha elections NN Kailas of the Congress (I) won from the Bombay South constituency. Who was placed third after George Fernandes in that election ?
Ans: Naval Tata.
6. Visual Questions
6.1 This restaurant in New South Wales, Australia had to replace its older logo with this new one after protests by Indians. Who / What featured in the logo earlier ? Also identify the name of the restaurant.
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi. Name of the restaurant - Handi Ghandi.
6.2 Identify the movie from the poster.
Ans: Wimbeldon.
6.3 Identify this person who conceived something initially to be used for a memo pad but the creation ended up being something by which we identify the brand. (Hint: Tata Crucible)
Ans: Bobby Kooka - the man who conceived the Air India Maharaja.
6.4 Easy one, from the world of Rajasthani literature, identify the gentleman seated to the right, presently in the news for one of his works.
Ans: Vijaydan Detha - Paheli the film, is based upon his story - Duvidha.
Special Thanks to:
Mukundan Krishnaswamy (aka Thennavan in blogdom) of http://indibloggers.blogspot.com for including this site in his list of bloggers. Thanks are due also to all who have blogrolled me on their blogs.
Its answer time yet again. The responses came from far and wide. This week also featured an all correct entry.
Congratulations to Amit Pandey for his perfect score. Jaldi regulars - Anukriti Pandey, Rakesh Taklikar missed the bulls eye by a whisker.
Sanjeev Mittal, Shiva Nath, Gaurav Sabnis - well tried.
As always, keep the responses and your suggestions flowing at aniruddhadutta@gmail.com
Questions:
1. David Cook and Roger Green, the founders of SeaCode have opened up new frontiers in Outsourcing. Programmers to be referred to as "seamen" so that they are protected by international maritime laws will churn out code on board a cruise liner. The ship would be stationed at a distance of 3.1 miles off the coast of El Segundo in California. The question is - What is the significance of these 3.1 miles ?
Ans: Because the international maritime waters start at 3 miles from the coast.
2. In 1900, the Devon City Wanderers, a combination of the old Boys of Blundell's School in Tiverton and Castle Cary CC beat All Paris by 163 runs in a 12 a side Cricket match at the Velodrome de Vincennes in Paris. They then received models of the Eiffel Tower. What was the historical significance of this match ?
Ans: Britain Vs. France Cricket Match at the 1900 Paris Olympics. The only time Cricket featured in the Olympics.
3. One of the oldest trademarks, this was introduced in 1898. It takes its name from the slogan meaning "Now is the time to Drink". It is also used to describe the appearance of someone obsese or wearing comically bulky clothing. Whom are we talking about ?
Ans: Bibendum - The Michein Man.
4. Which company has been the official sponsors of the Tennis balls used at Wimbledon since 1902 ?
Ans: Slazenger.
5. In the 1971 Lok Sabha elections NN Kailas of the Congress (I) won from the Bombay South constituency. Who was placed third after George Fernandes in that election ?
Ans: Naval Tata.
6. Visual Questions
6.1 This restaurant in New South Wales, Australia had to replace its older logo with this new one after protests by Indians. Who / What featured in the logo earlier ? Also identify the name of the restaurant.
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi. Name of the restaurant - Handi Ghandi.
6.2 Identify the movie from the poster.
Ans: Wimbeldon.
6.3 Identify this person who conceived something initially to be used for a memo pad but the creation ended up being something by which we identify the brand. (Hint: Tata Crucible)
Ans: Bobby Kooka - the man who conceived the Air India Maharaja.
6.4 Easy one, from the world of Rajasthani literature, identify the gentleman seated to the right, presently in the news for one of his works.
Ans: Vijaydan Detha - Paheli the film, is based upon his story - Duvidha.
Special Thanks to:
Mukundan Krishnaswamy (aka Thennavan in blogdom) of http://indibloggers.blogspot.com for including this site in his list of bloggers. Thanks are due also to all who have blogrolled me on their blogs.
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Good quizzes - I will feature a few questions in a future quiz. FYI, my next quiz is up at http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/06/28/080101.php and on my blog at http://selfaudit.blogspot.com/2005/06/its-quiz-time-2.html
Spread the word, try it out - leave a comment or two, esp. on blogcritics
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