1) The famous symbol of Four Linked Rings is the logo of Audi. What is the significance of these rings linked together?
Indicates the Union of four founder companies Audi, Horsh, DKW and Wanderer Automobile Department to form the Auto Union AG in 1932
2) Which international corporate has 42 dots in its logo?
Sony
3) Name the mascot of Asian Paints created by R.K.Lakshman?
Gattu
4) Which international brand was founded by Adrian Dasley, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn?
D H L
5) Which organization announced euphemistically it would 'transition' its modestly performing '360' social networking website?
Yahoo
6) Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, previous founders of Kazaa and Skype, launched their new video and TV show distribution website in October 2007, called what?
Joost.com
7) The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain?
Top Shop
8) “A group of companies with similar products who intentionally confuse customers instead of competing on price." Dilbert creator Scott Adams has a term for this. What's it
Confusopoly
9) When was the first personal computer introduced in India ?
1984
10) This 32-year old printer walked from his home in Market Harborough to the nearby town of Leicester to attend a temperance meeting on 9 June 1841. Suddenly an idea flashed on his mind and suggested a proposal to engage a special train for the temperance supporters and he approached Midland Railway Company. Name the person who created a successful worldwide organisation?
Thomas cook
11) What are the little discs of waste called that are produced by a paper or card hole-punch?
Chad/s
12) As per the Indian government rules, which is the only three-wheeler that one can drive without a license ?
A Road Roller
13) Emile Jellinek is a part-time salesman who worked for an automobile company. He was a keen racing driver and agreed to order 36 cars from the same auto company where he worked, if they were named after his daughter. A famous brand was born then. Identify it , & which company did he work for ?
Mercedes, he worked for Daimler
14) William Owen admired Francis Barrauds' 1889 painting of his brother's fox terrier dog and paid him to redo the painting and adopted it as the new trademark for his recording company. Thus HMV’s new icon the Nipper Dog was born.
What was the old trade mark of HMV known as ?
Recording Angel
15) Osaka, Japan hosted the 2007 world athletics championship. Name the top four countries in the medals tally
US, Kenya, Russia & Ethiopia
16) What’s Mrs. Omana Abraham better known for/as?
Ist women president of a stock exchange in India (Cochin)
17) What is common between these Eight premiership football clubs of England, Manchester Utd, Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Fulham, Portsmouth and West Ham
All these eight clubs are foreign owned
18) This is not a Tiger, it’s a cross between Lion & Tiger & is called Liger? What is cross between Tiger & Lion called ?
Tigon
19) What colour is the letter L in the standard Google logo?
Green
20) Which store was first to have an escalator installed ?
Harrods
21) Which European city had the Roman name Lutetia ?
Paris
22) Where on a ship you will find a ‘Binnacle’?
It’s a housing (traditionally wooden) which holds the compass
23) Artic King once orders his minister Saladin that Tom Thumb is to be arrested & chopped off. Hearing this; Majestic Romano jumped in joy as if it was arran victory.
What are we talking about ?
We are talking about Lettuce & potatoes
Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are types of Lettuce.
Majestic, Romano and Arran Victory are types of Potatoes
24) What does a vexillogist study ?
Flags
25) Who played Simon Templar in the 1997 film 'The Saint' ?
Van Kilmer
26) Michael Clarke remained rooted to the crease after edging to first slip against India in Sydney, an action for which he was severely criticized. He defended himself by saying he was in shock after getting his "first first-baller in Test cricket".
It was indeed Clarke's first duck, after going 46 innings and 1822 runs without one. In the Perth Test, India spoiled one more Assuies record by taking his wicket for a duck.Who was the cricketer & what was his record
Mike Hussey, 33 innings w/o duck & aggregate runs 2120, just short of AB de Villers record of 2201 runs in 63 innings
27) What does a hippophobic fear ?
Horses
28) In which country was the wheelbarrow invented ?
China
29) What is the lightest metal ?
Lithium
30) What was Lily Munster's maiden name ?
Dracula
31) Chinese gooseberry is another name for which fruit ?
Kiwi Fruit
32) What is a maker of casks and barrels called ?
Cooper
33) What was the name of Napoleon's horse at Waterloo ?
Marengo
34) A Pearmain is what type of fruit ?
Apple
35) How many yards are in a furlong ?
220
36) A marmoset is what type of animal ?
Monkey
37) In architecture, what is a lancet ?
A Window
38) The Currency Pound is commonly called as …. in UK
BOB
39) “… and …..go out in the midday sun”. What is the first line of this poem?
“Mad dog and Englishmen” by Noel Coward
40) “It was the beauty killed the beast”. Famous last words!Which movie?
King Kong
41) Whose last line was ”I shall hear in heaven”?
Beethoven
42) On whose grave is the inscription”Free at last, Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last”?
Dr. Martin Luther king
43) What is “Blamestorming”?
Process of meeting to discuss why things went wrong and finding a scapegoat!
44) Who is a “Square-Headed Spouse”?
A Computer
45) Who or what is a “404” in an Office?
Someone clueless!
46) Which Latin American country derives its name from the local word for a dark red tropical wood?
Brazil
47) Which country’s currency derives its name from a goldfield?
South Africa. Rand actually is from the Witwatersrand Gold Fields!
48) What is a “Xerox subsidy”?
When you help yourselves to free photocopies from the office for personal use!
49) Which well known trouble-spot gets it’s name from its position vis-à-vis the river Jordan?
West Bank
50) Who is the latest Prime Minister of Thailand?
Samak Sundaravej
51) Who was the Japanese dignitary who inaugurated our Lexus showroom yesterday (1st Feb 08)?
Akio Toyoda, Executive VP of TMC
52) Who is Maharaja Nader Raam and why was he in the news recently?
Successor to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
53) In June 07, I was reopened as O2, or to be precise O2, What was my maiden name?
The Millennium Dome
54) Which country became the first one to retain its title in FIFA women's World Cup & when did it achieve this feat?
Germany, year 2007 by having a 2-0 victory over Brazil
55) Of 6 space shuttles, Atlantis, Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery and Endeavour. Atlantis stands out, Why?
Because only Atlantis is used on space missions.
Enterprise & Endeavour are used for testing only,
Columbia & Challenger were lost during missions.
56) Year 2007, Sydney will be remembered for two reasons, one for cricketing reason, second one took place on 31st March 2007 when no ODI was scheduled, why?
Sydney city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change
57) What video game was banned in 2007 for its "...unremitting bleakness and callousness..." ?
Manhunt 2
58) What is a bicycle called with seats and pedals for two riders, one behind the other ?
Tandem
59) In language a paronomasia is more commonly known as what ?
PUN
60) Billie Jean King won 'The Battle of the Sexes' tennis match at the Houston Astrodome in 1973, whom did she beat?
King beat 1940's men's champion Bobby Riggs in three straight sets
61) How many stars are on the flag of the European Union ? What is its significance ?
12. The number of stars is constant and does not equate to the number of EU member countries. The design has been twelve gold stars on a blue background since the adoption of the flag in 1986, prior to which it had been in use by the Council of Europe, and originally in 1955 by the six member countries of the European Coal and Steel Community
62) How many balls, including the white cue ball, are on a snooker table ?
Twenty-two (White, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black and fifteen reds.)
63) The word COP – a policeman, is infact an acronym. What is its full form?
Constable on Patrol
64) What does a cartophilist collect ?
Cigarette cards
65) Technically speaking, Italy has produced a World Class Cricketer who went on to captain the England team. Who is this cricketer ?
Ted Dexter
Saturday, February 2, 2008
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