The Quiz Forum

Ad Mad - 1

2010-11-26T01:25:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Yaggy for pulling me in to this forum to contribute questions. Dunno whether I can give some justice to it. Here goes my first question. Identify the brand that is being advertised here. This is a launch ad and created quite a controversy in it's country of origin.

Translation : He who loves me, follows me

Double Trouble

2010-11-23T17:58:00.000-08:00

This was a question that I had earlier posted in a different blog. Kid had answered it then.. so will request him to not answer

This was an ad carried out without VW consent and VW sued the company that ran this ad.

Question 1:What was the headline of this ad
Biz Question 1: -- The print of this ad also has a very famous slogan of another brand. Which brand

War in the Air?

2010-11-23T10:33:00.001-08:00

The United States Congress has officially declared war only 5 times so far. If two of those are the World Wars.. what are the other three instances?

2010-11-23T10:22:00.000-08:00

Shown above is Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay in Singapore. What nickname does it get due to its resemblance to a certain fruit ?

Ans - The Durian. Lone crack by Sylvian

Who designed this?

2010-11-09T10:33:00.000-08:00

Who designed this poster for the film Les Amants Du Pont- Neuf?

Pinko gets it right...

Juliette Binoche.. designed the poster for this movie..

Burp

2010-10-30T07:49:00.000-07:00

What nickname does this plant get, owing to its resemblance with something from the animal kingdom?

2010-10-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

The fan-art below depicts a certain actor portraying various characters from a certain director's oeuvre.
Actor and director ?
And if enthu, try naming the characters as well.

Ans : No takers for this question :(
Bill Murray and Wes Anderson

who? where? what?

2010-10-28T21:12:00.000-07:00

Welcoming chocochan a.k.a Kid to the blog

Who is this person, where is this happening? and what is the occasion?

.

2010-10-28T11:16:00.000-07:00

What was a direct result of the release of this particular album cover?

Connect

2010-10-28T10:38:00.001-07:00

IPhone App

2010-10-28T09:06:00.000-07:00

From a recent quiz that I attended...

For all the folks who don't want to make a decision and would prefer to guess... uTouchLabs released this iPhone/iPad app named Ask the --------------------.

FITB

Patrick gets it right.. It is Ask the Octopus -- Paul the Octopus

2010-10-27T15:04:00.000-07:00

Connect the two images (a departure board and a logo). Straight forward one word connnect, but more fundaes will be better !

M.B.B.S.!

2010-10-27T12:18:00.001-07:00

Wary of becoming another celebrity author, X initially submitted his manuscript for this book under a pseudonym, only revealing his identity after it had been accepted for publication and having been persuaded by his publicist to use his real name for the sake of publicity. Id X

Identify

2010-10-27T09:56:00.000-07:00

Id the guy on the left. This is from the album cover of a sony BMG album named "Maak Jou Drome Waar" (Make Your Dreams Come True) .

And Jack the Sports Quizzer gets it... AB De Villiers is the guitarist and vocalist of the band.

Weave a story

2009-07-10T09:22:00.001-07:00

Connect these -- to a recent event.

Since there are no attempts posting the answer

This is the presentation of Christiano ronaldo at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Presented by alfred di stefano, the largest crowd ever to witness a presentation --record held by Maradona when he moved from barca to napoli.

Connect

2009-07-08T12:17:00.001-07:00

Simple. Put fundaes.

2009-07-08T11:40:00.000-07:00

Name the avenue

2008-01-05T10:36:00.000-08:00

It is claimed as the widest avenue in the world and is named after the Day of Independence of that country. Some of the landmarks on this avenue are the French Embassy, An Obelisk and a statue of Don Quixote.

Another Flying Finn?

2007-12-26T14:37:00.000-08:00

This person won the 5000m race in 1972 Munich Olympics beating Steve Prefontaine and a host of other accomplished athletes and also won the 10000m after falling down during the race. He went on to win the races again in 1976 and is the only man to have won the two events in two olympics.Who was this person?

Rishabh is right - It is Lasse Viren

After a long hiatus...

2007-11-04T04:12:00.000-08:00

This company originally started off producing a card game called Hanafuda. This became a big success and they started using Disney characters in their cards very soon. After their success in this area, they soon started a taxi service and also produced toys and stuff. But, this didn’t attract much clientele. So, in the 80s they conceived a game called Donkey Kong which became a craze very soon. They started concentrating on this track from then on. Currently, it poses threats in this area to Microsoft and Sony. Which company?

More Casino games - easy one

2007-09-24T18:26:00.001-07:00

The name of this game is got from the French word meaning small wheel.Legend has it that one of the earliest promoters of this games is believed to bargained with the devil for the secrets of the game. This legend is believed to have arisen from the fact that the addition of all the numbers in the game gives a total of 666. What game is this?

Yeah Partha got it - It is Roulette.

Still in Casino mood

2007-09-17T17:20:00.000-07:00

Sticking to card games...why do Aces in a pack of card have higher value than King, Queen or Jack in some card games.

Yaggy got it right...This started as a result of the French Revolution where the lowest number card (the Ace) was placed above the King to represent the victory of the common man over the monarchy.

Who it is?

2007-09-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

Born in 1926 , he was awarded an Honorary position at HM treasury in United Kingdom.He served as the corporate director for Alcoa , ADP , JP Morgan , Mobil and a couple of more companies. He is married to Andrea Mitchell - a journalist and television commentator. His honorary titles include the Knight Commander of the British Empire and the Commander of the Legion d'honneur. He recently released his memoirs . Who is this person and what is the name of the new book that was released?

Yep It is Alan Greenspan and the name of the new book is The Age Of Turbulence

For the roadies

2007-09-16T22:03:00.000-07:00

US Route 91 until 1974...Large parts of this road has been decommissioned since then and it currently exists only in Utah and Idaho. One particular decommissioned stretch is very popularly known to us by some other name. What name??

No correct answers...so here it is...US route 91 in Las Vegas is currently known as Las Vegas Boulevard which is more popularly known as 'The Strip'.

Brand Ambassador

2007-09-16T22:02:00.000-07:00

Who was recently chosen as the Indian Brand Ambassador for Police fashion wear? There was also a recent fashion show of all the Police collection in India and this person was there to launch the show. Who is this person?

Yep Isha Kopikkar is right. Partha got that right. Btw how many spelling does she have for her last name . weird - it seems to change every year