52: Newspaper wallah!

Recall [!] the person above...
Recalled: He is Rupert Murdoch, 'NewsCorp'-wallah!

Miraj, Eldrich and Roshan get it right!

51 : Thats a fifty!!!!

Connect an easy one??


Ans: It is indeed Kerry Packer

We welcome 'Johny Walker' to our blog!

Eldrich, Johny and Rohan get it right.

50: Citrification

Mario Gutiérrez Cotelo daughter ______ Cotelo(The drink was named after her) passed away due Citrus Nutritional Deficiency.His second daughter had the same disease and he attempted to make a citrus drink to save her from the disease.His efforts to save her dint prove succesful.Few days later in family function his citrus drink was served and it was well-appreciated by all family members.His wife started selling these drinks in market & there prodcution as well as sales grew.The drink was later sold to a turkish company (Yildiz Holding S.A.) .Yildiz Holding S.A. sold the drink to An American Giant in 1991.


Ans: The american giant... Pepsi, the drink Mirinda!

49: REDUCING DISTANCES!!!

Identify this logo.


Ans: Look above!

Happy Birthday Sanchit

Happy Birthday Sanchit
Plz convey ur wishes to Sanchit

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I'd like to thank both my colleagues at this blog, for their greetings conveyed via this 'birthday' blog post! Thank you very much guys, for all your kind consideration!

Also, along with them both I also desire to thank Maulik for his greetings. Thank you Maulik, you've bumped into the ice-berg(!) and I'm hopeful of seeing you in the very next Saturday Afternoon Quiz!

♆ Sanchit

48: Print AD

Print AD for what...?

Answer: This is a print AD for TIDE.
Miraj and Maulik have cracked another brilliant answer.

47: Tag line and the company

"Quality Makes It A X™" - Is their tag line.

Give the company name.

Hint :

Answer: The company we are looking at is COLT-Quality makes it a COLT.

Maulik , Rohan , Rohit. k and Arun have cracked the answer.

46: Logo Quiz

Please identify the following logos, each one carries a point:


1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Logo 1: Aston Martin
Logo 2: TNT
Logo 3: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital - (http://www.kokilabenhospital.in/aboutlogo.htm)- A must see
Logo 4: SAAB
Logo 5: Red Dot Award for Product Design
Logo 6: The very first VW logo.

You all have got something or the other correct!

45: Car quiz

NOTE: 2 questions, a point each for both.


1. 'Stinger' is a new model of of an established car in the Indian car market. This model allows for a fair degree of customization as per customer preferences.


Which Car?


P.S.: This car features consistently in the top 10 cars sold (by number) per month in India, as per the data of the Society of the Indian Automobile Manufacturers.




2.

Explain the relevance/importance of this car in context to Indian motoring.

Ans 1: Stinger is a variant of Mahindra Bolero.
Ans 2: The second question is about Morris Oxford, the car which underpins our humble old HM Ambassador!

Most of you have got one or the other question right, score sheet will be updated appropriately after verification.

44: Connect & Please Explain

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2


3


4


Answer: The connect is ' PARLE AGRO '

1. Kenya Airways - The Director of Parle Products Amol Chauhan died on a flight from Cameroon which was Kenya Airways.
2. Limca - An old brand of Parle agro was sold to Coca cola India
3. Hrithik Roshan - Brand ambassador of PARLE PRODUCTS - Hide & seek, Milano
4. Amir khan - Brand ambassador of PARLE PRODUCTS - Parle -g , Monaco.
Darsheel safary - Brand ambassador of PARLE PRODUCTS- Parle -g.

Miraj and Maulik have cracked this answer.

43: X & Y it doesnt get simpler

X was launched in 1986 as an drink in tetra pack after the mega success of Y. But X was not that successful compared to Y. This year we saw the new avatar of X . X changed in to nectar based drink in 1993.X was launched with a new bottle and communication this summer trying its luck in this large Indian market.The image of drink was created as a hangout friend.The voice of Cyrus Broacha was used to imply that the drink is the funny one in the group.

Answer In Comments

Answer:
X : APPY CLASSIC
Y : MANGO FROOTI

Miraj, Rihtwik, Maulik, Eldrich, Nilisha, Shreya, Rohit K., Gaurav and Joe have cracked the answer.

We welcome Joe and Nilisha to our blog.

42: Call it Arrogance Or Attitude

The Dumfriesshire mill was founded by Alexander X, a weaver, and Joseph Y, a draper and financier in 1839. It was bought out from the founding families in the 1930s by Robert Scott Hay who reduced the customer base and concentrated on a limited number of clients to whom he supplied what became one of the best-known fabric labels in the world.He was once asked if he considered XY to be the Rolls-Royce of cloth production, to which he replied: "It’s more likely Rolls-Royce regard themselves as the XY of the motor car industry."

Answer :
X : Alexander ' REID '
Y : Joseph 'TAYLOR'.
XY : REID & TAYLOR.

Miraj , Eldrich and Gaurav T have cracked the answer.

41:Age does matter

Identify the advertiser??

Answer: This is an print ad for OLAY -anti ageing cream.

NOBODY has been able to crack this answer.

40 : TRIVIA!!!!

X was the holder of a world record. In August 1998, they placed an order with Little Caesar's to deliver to all of their employees at all of their United States locations. 13,386 pizzas were delivered to 180 locations across the country . IN 2006 , Y broke the record by ordering 13500 pizza's to be delivered from Papa John's.

Identify X and Y( for one point )

Answer:
X is VF CORPORATION ( NYSE :VFC )
Y is US NAVY , NASSCO

Rithwik , Eldrich , Miraj , Gaurav and Neal have cracked the answer.

(Rithwik,Miraj , Gaurav, and Neal will be given one point,
Maulik and Eldrich will be given half a point ).

We also welcome Neal and Gaurav to our blog.

Now we have to tell u y the answer , how can Y Be US NAVY and NASSCO.

According (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VF_Corp.) - the answer is US NAVY.

According (http://ir.papajohns.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=115556&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=870572&highlight=) - the answer is NASSCO

39: Published With Diffrences

Question

This was intended to be a newspaper started by Biswadip Mitra the current head of Texas Instruments India & Gautham Seth(A Frankfurt based investor).Due to the founders personal diffrences this publication was sold to the PL Investments Ltd which was later sold to a media house in India.Which Publication?

Answer In Comments

ANSWER: 'FRONTLINE MAGAZINE' - owned by HINDU GROUP .

Nobody has cracked this answer too.

38: Bling Bling...

This company is acknowledged by the Guiness Book of World Records for making the 'most expensive and most exclusive' product of it's kind. Only 3 pieces of the product would be sold at 1.3 million each.

Ans: The company GoldVish, the product - their phone Le Million!
Rohan, Maulik and Arun get it.


Mentioning whose logo or the product name would fetch you marks.

37: Simple Connect!

 --- Jacob Jensen

Ans: The connect is of course Bang & Olufsen. Jacob Jensen is one of their cherished designers and Samsung makes the 'Serene' phone with them.

Maulik gets it right!

36: Taxi

Which small car would soon be found running on the streets of Mumbai as a Taxi under the customary Black-Yellow paint scheme by the Mumbai Taxi and Autorickshaw Welfare Sangh?

It's a part of the plan to phase out the existing Premier Padmini's (Fiat!).

Need to tell - The company and the car.


P.S.: Do yourself a favour, don't think of the Tata Nano.

Ans: Hyundai Santro
Rohan , Miraj and Maulik get this one as well...

35: ITs in the'air' !!!!!!!!!!!

:: To Do - Connect them all!
(Up for grabs, an extra point for giving the connection...)

Answer: ' GAS JEANS '
The connection would be as follows:-
1. Gautam Singhania, chairman and MD of raymonds , it had a JV with GAS JEANS to
bring them to India.
2. This is a print ad of GAS JEANS.
3. The movie FASHION - GAS JEANS enterted bollywood with an association with GAS
JEANS
4.BLUE MARTIN- Is a brand by GAS JEANS.
5.HONDA REPSOL MOTO GP - GAS JEANS are the clothing sponsors of Honda Repsol.


Miraj , Maulik and arun have cracked the answer.

(Miraj Will be given be 2 points ,
Maulik will be given be 1.5 points,
and Arun will be given 1 points).

34: LUCKY LOGO !!!!!

The Y logo symbolizes all the fundamental values of the brand - vitality, synergy and finally positivity. It was inspired by the incredible sight of the two rainbows crossing over each other through the sunlight.

X, The company's founder and chairman witnessed this natural phenomenon after a storm in Cape Town where the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean (this natural phenomenon gave way to the logo of his company). The Y logo is the guiding light for the X company.

Identify X and Y
(Two points for answering both X as well as Y)


Answer:
X : CLAUDIO GROTTO-The founder and chairman of 'GAS JEANS.'
Y : THE DOUBLE RAINBOW LOGO ( Of GAS JEANS ).

Miraj , Eldrich and Arun have cracked the answer.
(Miraj will be given 1.5 points
Eldrich and Arun will be given 0.5 points).

33: CHEAPER THAN THIS!!!!

:: Identify the parent brand/company which owns this brand. 

Answer: This is a footwear brand by KOUTONS-The way ahead ...always.

Miraj has cracked the answer.


 

32:Tech Stuff

Question
____ CEO is founder Reid Hoffman. Hoffman, previously an executive vice president of PayPal, also is Chairman of the Board.Jeff Weiner is Interim President. Weiner, previously a Yahoo Inc executive oversees day-to-day operations. Dipchand Nishar is Vice President of Products.____ is located in Mountain View, California, and funded by Greylock, Sequoia Capital,Bessemer Venture Partners, and the European Founders Fund. _____ reached profitability in March 2006.______ also has offices in Omaha, Chicago, New York, and London.

Answer: LinkedIn

31: Which company

______ was established in 1825 . _______ was reincorporated as a mutual assurance company in 1925.The ______ group originally operated only through branches or agencies of the mutual company in the United Kingdom and certain other countries. Its Canadian branch was founded in 1833 and its Irish operations in 1838. This largely remained the structure of the group until 1996, when it opened a branch in Frankfurt, Germany with the aim of exporting its UK life assurance and pensions operating model to capitalise on the opportunities presented by EC Directive 92/96/EEC (the “Third Life Directive”) and offer a product range in that market with features which local providers were unable to offer.In the 1990s, the group also sought to diversify its operations into areas which complemented its core life assurance and pensions business, with the intention of positioning itself as a broad range financial services provider.

Ans: Standard Life Insurance

30: Merged Stuff

What was formed by the merger of Ennia N.V a merger of three companies 1969 & AGO Holding created by the merger of three companies in 1968?

Ans: AEGON

29: Grass-roots level

Del Monte Pacific Ltd. and X are in a joint venture in the agricultural business.

Their JV site says: The company is engaged in providing premium quality fresh produce to the markets worldwide and promotes world class standards for agricultural practices, progressive farming techniques & identification and adoption of appropriate technologies.

The Research & Development work, being undertaken at the model farms, is benefiting a large number of partner & non-partner farmers.

They plan to link the world and the indian fields to to fulfill their vision.

Answer: Bharti enterprise and FieldFresh is the JV.

Maulik , Miraj , Shreya and Ajay Parasuraman have cracked the answer.
We also welcome Ajay to our blog.

28: Gets them together!

On the British Channel islands these 2 fierce competitors in the domestic Indian market, come together in a joint venture to conduct their core businesses.

Which 2 giants (one is a global giant, the other pre-dominantly Indian yet) who are fiercely competitive otherwise have this strange sounding partnership abroad.

Give the 2 companies...

Answer : The two companies are Airtel and Vodafone
www.airtel-vodafone.com

Shreya and Arun have cracked the answer.

27: Learning

This company holding company is named X Resources.

Earlier it was knows as X Learning Systems Ltd.

What is X?

Answer: X is Bharti.

Arun has cracked a brilliant answer. GOOD ONE !!!

26: 'CHANGE' in Bangalore

The Hindu and Jain mythology refer to Mount X as the center of the universe, the abode of Lord Brahma and a pantheon of gods and goddesses. There are many temples in India and abroad, including the famous Angkor Vat in Cambodia, that have been built as symbolic representations of Mount X . According to the ancient texts, X Mountain was the epicenter of the Earth and when the churning of the oceans (Sagar Manthan) took place, Mount X was able to withstand all the resulting turbulence.

Identify this brand X which has brought about change ?

Answer:This is MOUNTAIN MERU , so it is MERU CABS- Rely on us

Miraj and Rithwik.k have cracked a brilliant answer.
We welcome Rithwik to our blog.

25: 'Brand' Grand!!

Identify whose brand ????

Answer: F21- Owned by 'GLOBUS'- Fashion for a changing world.

Maulik has cracked the answer.

24: Identify the CEO

Question

____ is of Turkish descent.____ was born 1952 in New York City, New York, USA where his father, Necdet was the Turkish consul-general.After completing the high school at Tarsus American College in Mersin, Turkey in 1971 _____ went to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Hull.He was a graduate in 1978 from the Department of Economics. Subsequently, _____ enrolled in the graduate program in administrative sciences at the City University, London and earned a master's degree in business administration from the Cass Business School of that university._____ returned then to Turkey for active military duty. Following his military service, he returned with a thousand dollars in his pocket to the United States, where he lived with his uncle in New York city.______ found a job at X(The comapny which he is the current CEO of) through a newspaper ad. He toured the country in trucks to sell X`s products, and thereby learned its distribution, marketing and logistics systems.

Answer :Muhtar kent, Chairman of The Coca-Cola Company(Nyse : KO )

Miraj , Eldrich and maulik have cracked the answer.

Roshan has been given half the points but later on we would request to give one answer.


Plzz Dont Google

22: Video AD - Lagaan [Full/Answer]

The answer is: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance

23: Whose print AD

Identify whose print AD?

Arun Balan & Maulik have cracked the answer

Answer-Hotwheels.

22: Video AD - Lagaan

Whose video advertisement is it:

Contributed by Sanchit
Miraj,Maulik & Shreya have cracked the answer.
We would like to welcome Shreya to our blog

Answer-ICICI Prudential life insurance.

:: Quiz & Win ::

Hello,

This bit of news has been held-up for quite a period now!

Having properly set up things such as the score-sheet and having undertaken various other minor changes, we felt that it's time for us to unwrap our idea of awarding the monthly highest scorer with something special from our end. So essentially, this award will reward those who have been consistent in sharing their knowledge with us all, the whole month long.

Trust us, it's not a prank! To the best of our abilities, we'll try to source something that is useful and appropriate. All this is basically backed by our belief that there should be some praise for consistency, and this is our way of recognising and praising all those who visit our blog.

In line with this, we would also like to inform you all about certain guidelines we've thought of:

1. An individual will not be awarded for 2 months consecutively. Instead in the 2nd month, the individual who comes 2nd will be awarded.
2. Part points, to the extent of point 0.5 will be awarded if a consensus is reached amongst all the 3 blog contributors.
3. Answers to a question have to be posted, before the next day's questions are put up. This is irrespective of the fact, whether or not we have published the answers to the previous day's question till that moment of time. As far as possible, we'll try to maintain a gap of at least 24 hours.

That's all from our end. Suggestions/Opinions/Advise/Criticism (if any) are most welcome.

21: Geographically Connected

Connect:

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2


3



4



5




Miraj

Answer In Comments

Answer is Kannur
Miraj Vora has cracked the answer

ANS-Kannur
Indian Coffee House was started A.K.Gopalan who is from the city of Kannur

P.T.Usha got her training in the city kannur

Rediff Ajit Balakrishanan is from kannur

Leela Hotels founder Capt Krishanan Nair is from Kannur

Mutthapan is known living god in the city of Kannur

20: How Much In India & By Whom

Mr Abhinav Mouli is welcome and has begun with exclusive crack

Rs 2,00,000 bicycle by Murgappa TI cycles

Answer In Comments

19: Connect

Connect them all!

PPR is a French multinational, originally called Pinault-Printemps-Redoute.
The person is Francois - Henri Pinault, founder Francois Pinault's son.

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Miraj, Eldrich and Maulik have cracked the answer.

18: Identify the logo

Whose logo?

Hint: It has business interests across varied domains, so it's essentially a group.

Please channelise your opinion using one of the three tick-boxes below!

Answer: This is "THE WADIA GROUP".

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Arun Balan has cracked a brilliant question.

:: Score Sheet ::

An update:

Now onwards the scores won't be put up at the end of the question.
To access the score sheet, please use the link on the right-side menu under the 'SCORE SHEET' section.

Also, to help us maintain scores properly please mention your full name with your answers. It'll greatly aid us in identifying if the answer has been given by Rohit Nair or Rohit Kedia!


Keep Quizzing!

17: Brand Ambassador

______ has been roped in as a brand ambassador by Dabur FMCG major and will be endorsing Dabur Glucose`s new ‘Sar Se Panv Tak Zabardast Energy’ campaign?

Answer: Zaheer Khan

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Maulik and Eldrich have cracked the answer.


:Google for personal dissatisfaction

16: Transformation,Change,ETC....

Connect it to a company?

Answer : The connecting company is PEUGEOT .

Roshan Swamy has cracked the answer.

15 : An Indian ?

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace is a formally private, nonprofit organization, in practice closely associated with the United States Department of State, many US presidents, "numerous private foreign affairs groups" and the leaders of major US political parties. The organization describes itself as being dedicated to advancing co-operation between nations and promoting active international engagement by the United States. Founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, its work is not formally associated with a political party and it says that it is dedicated to achieving practical results.Which Indian has recently joined it?


Answer - Sunil Bharti Mittal , Chairman and CEO of Bharti Airtel.

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Nobody has cracked the answer.

:Google for personal dissatisfaction

14 : Brand Knowledge

X is a family owned private company and was founded in Germany in 1886 by the Spiesshofer and Braun families who are still actively involved in its management. The first foreign subsidiary was established in Zurzach , SWITZERLAND which has become the company’s headquarters.It is one of the leading underwear producers in the world had an annual turnover of 1.6 billion Euros, and 38,691 employees. Their successful brands till date are Sloggi , X , Valisere , Amo.

Identify this famous brand ?

Answer - Triumph International.

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Eldrich, Roshan & Maulik got it right.

13 : Going To Be Famous!!!!!!

Who is he?

Answer - Ajit Jain.

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Maulik has cracked the answer.

12: UB City & DLF Emporio

Whose logo?

Answer - This is TOD'S (has retail outlets at UB City, Bangalore and at DLF Emporio, Delhi).

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Rohit and Roshan have cracked the answer.

11: Give funda

Its a phone number : '98450123293'

GIVE FUNDA !!!!!!

Answer: Basically the funda is that this is the number 11 digits long (observe carefully), this refers to DoT's (Department of Telecom) new numbering policy as per which all mobile numbers starting from this august will have 11 digits . The existing 10 digit number series will be exausted by august 2009.

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Maulik will be given a point as he was very close.

10 : Plz dont GOOGLE!!!!!!!!!!

This fitness commune is owned by which group ???

The group is 'Parle Agro'

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Maulik and Roshan have cracked the answer.

9 : Give funda

A business daily, recently carried the headline:

"1 A or 2 A, Pantaloon is mine..."

Answer - It's about the dispute amongst Reliance ADAG and Future Group over the brand name registered by Reliance ADAG "Big Bazar"! Future Group uses "Big Bazaar"...

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Arun and Maulik have cracked the answer.

8: Retail Chain

This retail chain gets its name from its open hours. But after that began in diffrent models and started off with 24Hrs stores. In 1987, John Philp Thompson, the CEO of _____ completed a $5.2 billion management buyout of the company his father had founded. The buyout suffered from the 1987 stock market crash and after failing initially to raise high yield debt financing, the company was required to offer a portion of the company's stock as an inducement to invest in the company's bonds.

Answer - 7/11

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Maulik, Rohit Kedia, Roshan Swamy, Parag Jhawar have cracked the answer.

7: DryWeb

In 1998, former North Carolina State University professor Marshall Brain started the site as a hobby. In 1999, Brain raised venture capital and formed ___. In March 2002, _____ was sold to the Convex Group.The headquarters moved from Cary, North Carolina to Atlanta, Georgia.The domain _______ attracted at least 58 million visitors annually by 2008, according to a Compete.com survey.___ puts out an educational magazine called "____ Express" for middle school students.____ recently acquired Mobil Travel Guide and Consumer Guide.Premiering in November 2008, ___ became a hit television series that is watched by around 12 million people.


Answer - HowStuffWorks.com

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Maulik, Roshan Swamy, Parag Jhawar have cracked the answer.

6: Identify the Car

Ans: Tata Prima
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Rohit Kedia has cracked the answer.

5: Identify The CEO

He is: Lloyd Blankfein's,
CEO, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS)

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Miraj Vora has cracked it!!!