Quizzing under the stars august 22 2010 ccm 2010 pre launch event

Department of “we are just blends”

Qs. A

• Akbar ke pitaa kaa naaam kya tha?(video)

Qs.B

• Identify the owners of the brand “Kayam
Churan”. (video)

Qs. C

• What is this video all about?

Ans. C
• In October 2006, Yale University student
Aleksey Vayner applied for a job with UBS AG.
Amused by Vayner's apparent puffery, an
unknown member of UBS staff emailed his
application materials to other investment
banks. They were soon posted on various
blogs, then YouTube, from where they became
an immense viral Internet phenomenon

• Qs. D (video)
• The ad for which brand?

Qs. F
This is the
film poster for
which film?

Ans.1
Facebook.
Diaspora is an open source social network, in
which Mark Zuckerberg has a stake.The
building is the Phillips Exeter Academy
Library, Mark studied in Philips Exeter school.
The book “Authoritas” has the tagline “One
Student's Harvard Admissions and the
Founding of the Facebook Era”

Ans.2
• David X. Li's Gaussian copula function, the
formula which has gained notoriety for one of
the reasons of the financial crisis of 2008.
• Specifically, this is a joint default probability—
the likelihood that any two members of the
pool (A and B) will both default.

Qs.3 Fill in the blank
The Convention of Constantinople in 1888 declared the
_______ a neutral zone under the protection of the
British; British troops had moved in to protect it during
a civil war in Egypt in 1882. They were later to defend
_______ against a major Ottoman attack in 1915.

Under the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936, the United
Kingdom insisted on retaining control over ________.
In 1951 Egypt repudiated the treaty, and in 1954 the
UK agreed to remove its troops, and withdrawal was
completed in July 1956

Qs.4 Identify the character whose
statues are shown below.

Qs.5
• What did William Ramsay create which is now
used as an advertising tool?

Ans.5
• Neon glow sign board

Ans.6
• Steven Spielberg

• The film “Who framed Roger Rabbit” based on
book “Who censored Roger Rabbit” was
produced by Steven Spielberg.”Amistad” was
directed by Steven Spielberg .Steven is one of
the original founders of DreamWorks Pictures
.

Ans.7
• Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad

Qs.8 “Don’t talk while he drives”: ad by
which city’s traffic police?

Ans.9
Sankara Eye Hospital , Chennai

Qs.12 Print ad for which company?

Qs.13
"If you say yes to one, you suddenly find the
British Museum would be empty. "

This recent quote by British PM James Cameron
is referring to what?

Ans.14
• The prospect of the Kohinoor diamond being
returned back to India.

Qs.15
• In 2006, ___ started its "turn to 30" campaign
to inspire consumers to use cool water so that
energy can be saved. In October 2008, ____
launched their new Excel Gel product which
can be used in temperatures as low as 15
degrees Celsius. This product was launched
under the brand's "cold is the new hot"
campaign. Which brand?

Qs.16 The incident being referred to in
the Amul ad?

Ans.16
• In the tri series match in Sri Lanka Virender
Sehwag was just one short of his 13th ODI
hundred when Suraj Randiv, who had not
bowled a no ball in the Test or ODI series this
season, bowled one which was hit by the
opener for a six.
• However, it did not count because the no ball
amounted to India’s winning run leaving
Sehwag on an unbeaten 99.

Qs.17
• In the early 18th Century, Lahore was famous
for its weekend markets. The tradition was
such that the first sale on every market day
was made to a dwarf.
• What practice has this resulted in?

Ans.17
• The practice of “bonee”.

Qs.18
• What is the name given to the system of
financial incentives designed to keep an
employee from leaving the company?

Qs.19
• In the early 1900s, what did a New York
socialite by the name Mary Phelps Jacobs
develop?

Ans.19
• First modern brassiere.

Qs.20
• What was originated via the partnership of
scientist Samuel Ruben and businessman
Philip Rogers Mallory, who met during the
1920s. Clue A famous brand connected with
photography.

Qs.21

• Identify the lady standing beside Rabindranath
Tagore.

Qs.22
• In a Bollywood movie, these lines were spoken before the
credits roll, via a voice-over as documentary footage from a
funeral, flashes on the screen :

• “The nation and I salute the sleeping prince, his tormented
family members, friends and critics… I dedicate my loyalty
to loving memory of the prince who I never met but who I
salute and hope to meet in judgment before the Almighty.
Respected mother of our great nation with your kind
permission I wish to dedicate the proceeds of the premiere
in Bangalore and Delhi to memory of sleeping prince.
Inshallah, may his soul rest in peace”

Ans.22
• These are the lines spoken by Feroze Khan at
the beginning of his 1980 movie “Qurbani”.
The “Sleeping Prince” referred to in these
lines is Sanjay Gandhi.

Ans.23
• Prithvi Theatre and the lady is Sanjana
Kapoor.

Qs.24 Identify what this map of India is about .

Ans.24
• The PIN code map of India.

Ans.25
• Patanjali

• The statue is of Patanjali and Patanjali
Yogpeeth was started by Baba Ramdev.

Qs.26 Identify the company from
the ad.

Ans.26
• Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones.

Department of spit second decisions

Qs.27 Identify whom we speak of.
• One of the founders of Bharatiya Vidya
Bhawan, _____ wrote abridged versions of
the 2 epics Mahabharata and Ramayana in
English, which are still widely read today.
Nicknamed the 'Mango of Salem', he was
fiercely against nuclear arms. Gandhiji called
____ the 'keeper of my conscience'.

Ans.27
• Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

Qs.28 Identify the
player on the right
and explain in
which way has he
been
immortalized by
the sport
governing
authority?

Ans.28
• Jerry West, immortalized in the NBA logo by
using his silhouette.

Qs.29 Identify the logo and the
organization.

Ans.29
• Coffee Swami and the organization is “Coffee
Board of India”

Qs.30 What is special about the magazine being
launched here? (Hint: Its a first in its category in India)

Ans.30
• Bombay Dost, India’s first registered LGBT
magazine, was launched in 1990 by Ashok
Row Kavi.

Qs. 31 What is the famous New Yorker cartoon’s punch-line?

Tie breaker 1
• What is the name given to a stock market
crash where the loss is in excess of $ 1 billion?

Ans. Tie breaker 1
• Flash crash

Qs. Tie breaker 2 )
Identify the book & author and the company on which it is
based, from the book cover

Ans. Tie breaker 2
• The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of
Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and
Betrayal by Ben Mezrich.

Gracias !
• Thanks and block your calendars for attending
the “Coffee, Conversations and Marketing
2010”.

• We thank the sponsors for today’s event “Big
Flix”

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