Quiz # 2

Hi 'Quizzers' ,

Enjoy round 2 of my quiz blog.

Please send in your answers to sudharscool@yahoo.com

Happy quizzing,

Sudar

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1) Who faced the first ball in the first ever One-day match?

Ans : Geoffrey Boycott

(Trivia : he is also the 1st batsman to be dismissed in an ODI )

2) Connect these 3 people...

Ans: Coca-Cola.

The connect is Coke. The person on the left is John Pemberton, the person who invented the concoction. Aamir Khan is famous for his “Thanda matlab Coca Cola” ads and George Fernandes gained popularity because he was part of the movement that led to Coke being thrown out of the country in the 70s.

3) “Don’t dream it. Drive it. “ – is the tagline of which company?

Ans : Jaguar

4) On 7 Jan 2004 , Toyota Canada announced the name of a new car, calling it "the new wave of bold style”. This Special Edition Celica is a high-performance car, and is available in two colours - red and thundercloud. The original name was dumped when the car was released in January 2005. It is now called the Celica Sports Package. What was the dropped name?

Ans : Tsunami

5) Identify this doodle and tell me what it is supposed to signify..?

Ans : Doodle signifying Google’s motto “Don’t be Evil!”

(Trivia: this doodle was rejected and never appeared. Reason: Too Self-Obsessed.)

6) Where in Bangalore would you find the following words inscribed ‘Government’s work is God’s work’?

Ans : Vidhana Soudha.

7) Who is a "lollypop man" in Formula One?

Ans : The man who holds a sign of Stop and 1st gear in the pit to let off the car.

8) Connect these pics ..

Ans : Martin Scorcese.

9) “Basilisk Lizard”
“Zod” ,
“Etch” ,
“Feisty Fawn”.

What are these names of ? (Clue : think openly !)

Ans : Codenames of latest Linux Distros (OpenSusE 10.2 , Fedora Core 6, Debian and Ubuntu 7.04)

10) A Sitter. Identify this Device.

Ans : Apple i-Phone.

11) The article, where I took this from describes her this way – She joined a company that sold hot packs for lunch. The major thing her neighbor recollects is that she used to get curd rice for lunch most of the time. Maybe she knew that curd rice and X made a good combination. Who is she and what’s in the X?

Ans : Indira Nooyi - CEO of Pepsi Co.

12) When this marketing campaign(Ads are given below) was to be launched a lot of agencies were in the fray. Which company won and finally created this series of ads?

Ans : This was the India Shining series of ads, which were designed by Grey Worldwide.