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Quiz for thought #2

*1. Connect the atomic elements 51 and 18 with 14th February.

2.
3. Since its Dushera time why not a question on dolls?

What do you call these nested dolls as?
4. What connects golfer Vijay Singh, Michael Schumacher, David Beckham, Richard Branson, Rod Stewart?{rumour or otherwise}

5. Why was this book under controversy?

6. Time to blow some money.Identify the mascot :)
*7. What is corporate anorexia?

*8. In advertising parlance who are 'virgins'?

9. Who apart from Picasso said this
good artists copy great artists steal
10. Which term is described thus :"The exploitation of private information for public discourse."

11. Name the brand of jeans for iPod?

12. Clip, by, fix, first degree, custom are examples of?{I'm looking for a specific word}

13. In Greece, it is called papaki, In Japan, it is called atto maaku, in Turkey, it is called kulak, In South Africa, it is called aapstert. How do we better know the term?

14. "Roti, Kapada, Bijli aur Bandwidth" Whose mantra ?

15. Eats, Shoots & Leaves. What part of grammar does this book talk about?

16. A simple one. Identify both the logos. Notice the subtle difference



A sitter to end with. Name the author of the book "Screw It, Let's Do It."


starred questions are from other quiz blogs .

Comments

Serendipity said…
4. they have bought a piece of the world and palm islands
6. walmart
7. fear of inefficiency due to which the managers indulge in excessing cost cutting.
9.Steve jobs?
10.Oprahfication
11.Levi's
13.@
14.Dewang Mehta
15. Simple Present
16.bluetooth
17.richard brasnon. jus saw the book at crossword
Unknown said…
3. A matryoshka doll
4.They have purchased The Palm And The World Islands In Dubai
6. Walmart
7. A business disorder, marked by an extreme fear of becoming inefficient that leads to excessive cost-cutting to the point of serious loss of business and sometimes bankruptcy.
8. Any brand which has not been shown in ads...
9. Pablo Picasso & Steve Jobs
16. Bajaj and Bluetooth...
My tries:

1) Argon and Antimony and Valentine.. Valentine discovered Antimony, Argon's charcoal purification process was first done by Valentine and 14th February is "celebrated" as Valentine's day...

2) ADA: Anil Dhirubhai Ambani industries and Lady Ada Lovelace

3) Something like the Babushka doll or nested dolls...

4) No idea...

5) I guess that it was some spin-off of the Harry Poter series and thats why...

6) Walmart??

7) Companies suffering because the CEO makes bad decisions due to loss of sleep.. he he he...

8) Brands that have not been exposed to ads...

9) MF Hussein.. or Steve Jobs??

10) Engineering Project work...

11) Levis

12) Auto-antonyms?? I googled for correct term - Contronyms...

13) No idea...

14) ???

15) About the misplacement of commas.. Read abt in in Readers Digest once...

16) Bajaj and Bluetooth...

17) Heard somewhere - Branson??

Cheers!!
thetvquiz said…
long time no c and no new blogs?
Sriram said…
good set of questions:)
where can i get answers for this mam...
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