Sunday, December 30, 2007


<----- This logo represent which Indian Company.

<------- Who is this King on the coin.




<------ Spot the ball...???? which block



<------ Name of all three in the picture



















ANSWERS

1) Balsara
2) Alexander
3) 10 C
4) Steve waugh, ambrose, richie richardson

I thought it to be bit easy ....but i think 2nd n 3rd question did trouble you people ... so i will take care nxt time to give u some gud hints


1) Chinese used an old weather satellite of theirs for target practice. It's been suggested that, like the Russian and U.S. military twenty years ago, the Chinese want to be able to take out their adversaries' spy satellites in the event of some future war.

They pulled it off, after years of trying. They've tried to assure the U.S. that there's no threat.

But there's one nagging detail.... .........WHAT IS THIS THING ...?????









2) In his retirement -- he's hardly retired -- he founded the Association of Space Explorers, and lately he's taken up another cause: trying to save the earth from catastrophe.

WHO IS THIS GUY IN THE PIC ....??????





3) Another one from the basket of GOOGLE mysteries

Tell me the name of this Facility provided by google
















4) Google has a very nice little tradition of modifying its logo for special occasions.

WHAT IS THIS SPECIAL OCCASION



ANSWERS

1) Center for Space Standards & Innovation, a Colorado group that provides space-tracking information for aerospace firms, reports that the debris from the pulverized satellite is now spreading out in a ring around the Earth. Our piece on the subject is HERE.

The ring is not dense -- there are some 500 pieces large enough to be tracked on radar -- but it's vast, and the path is an orbit that goes over the north and south poles. So its a debris from the satellite .......of China

2) Rusty Schweikart

3) The Google provided this facility to remove the Urls frm ur computer ... just enter the url name and google will remove it for u

4) This special occasion was Valentines day ....

Only my dear Saurabh was able to answer the 4th question ... and he said he forgot the name of the astronaut ..... but no marks for it.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Only Fools Are Certain,It Takes Wisdom To Be Confused!!

Try this one,AHHHHHHHH he he hu hu ha ha.................ab samj nahin aaya aur kya likhun ok.













1.) Ok now here is one of the most famous photos of the wartime history in the 20th century.Name the building on which this flag is being hosted and also name the army to which the soldier belong.(Hint:The defeated country is known for its excellence in engg products).







































































2.) Who said "Read my lips: no new taxes" and later when he was elected was unable to keep his promice?(Hint:The man was first the vice president and later on went to became the president,Now I am not gona specify the country else it ll b way too easy!!).































3.) Who is the man in the picture?(Hint:He is an American,very famous for his works in the field of physics related to cosmology.His findings led Albert Einstine to remove a constant "Lamda" from one of his famous equations and later calling the constant as his biggest blunder).



















































4.)Ok Now name dis google logo for me,and its way too easy this was used by google recently,try it.


































5.)What was Formerly codenamed Blackcomb, and now codenamed Vienna and is expected to come to the market in the yaer 2010?(Hint:Its Previous version was launched in the year 2007,its related to computers).

























6.) Name the two peson who signd the document in the given photograph also name the war(come on its very easy no hints for this one).














*********************************ALL THE BEST*************************************
Answers::
1.)Red Army soldiers raising the Soviet flag on the roof of the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany, 1945 - the war in Europe is over.
2.) George H. W. Bush
3.)Edwin Hubble
4.) Google launched their Gadget ads on September 17th, 2007 (out of beta testing).
5.)Windows 7(The Next Version Of Windows.
6.)Pakistan's Lt. Gen A. A. K. Niazi signs the instrument of surrender on December 16, surrendering his forces to Lt. Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora .
Ok Now Saurabh got all of dem right except the 4th one.But the answer to the 1st question was red army and yes its imp u mention that cuz the name of the army is diff from that of the coutry,there are many other armys which have diff name such as the Royal Nepalese Army (till 2006) etc.Still its ok I ll give dis to you.Ankit answered 1 and hits d bulls eye.

roll in the change...


Friday, December 28, 2007

is it too much



1. which thing is being talked about here???






2 this was the symbol of organisation formed well before independence.... which organisation????(think revolution)



















3. ( my affinity for google continues) when did they put up this logo?? (easy one)

4.Which product get its name from its contents phenol-synthetic ?(Hint: Toiletries)

5.The story goes that a Dublin theatre proprietor by the name of Richard Daly made a bet that he could, within forty-eight hours, make a nonsense word known throughout the city, and that the public would give a meaning to it. After the performance one evening, he gave his staff cards with the word X written on them, and told them to write the word on walls around the city. The next day the strange word was the talk of the town, and within a short time it had become part of the language.(hint you are at this very moment doing it)

6.Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means "Priceless"?

7.Name the drink that was initially sold as medicine for the headache and it was advertised with a tagline of "The Idea Brain Tonic"

8.Which British company made UK's first mobile call at a few minutes past midnight on 1st of January 1985?

ANSWERS
1. Golden quadrilateral
2. Azad hind fauj
3. transit of venus
4. Answer in cinthol
5. ' Quiz' was the word ( ya thats the answer and thats what u do here)
6. Amul
7. Coke(coca-cola)
8. Vodafone........


ankit got 1,2,6 right and shalli cracked 1,2,7,8.. :)




























































another one.................


1. we all must have seen him on TV and in print tell me where and more importantly what name is give to this character?????

2. Identify this guy ( you might be using him daily)






















3. Google did this to its home page once
what was the breaking news which prompted them to do this???????
ANSWERS
1. Asian paints boy- GATTU
2. orkut buyukkokten
3. attack hits US -on 9/11
finally in the ranks this gr8 learner Ankit cracked two quesns... :)

























































































































































































Thursday, December 27, 2007

Round 2





1. who is this dreaded criminal (hehehehe...........this one is sitter)
















2. well, we all know that google changes its logo on certain occasions like in christmas we just saw
i want u to tell what exactly is the funda behind this above logo which google used some time back for a day and yes its GOOGLE written.








3. Invented by Armando M. Fernandez, a technician at Xerox at that point of time. Its three most important benefits were higher speed, more precision and comfort for the human. Personal Computer Gamers are known to use its benefits to the highest level.What important invention am I talking about?






4. Alexander Graham Bell disliked the use of 'Hello' as a greeting on the telephone. What did he prefer to use instead?






............ request again guys dont scrap or send offline the answers leave as comments
ANSWERS
1. bill gates
2. google used this logo to commemorate the birth anniversary of Louis braille the guy who invented braille acript( haha ... no one got this one thodi akkal lagani thi)
3. mouse pad
4. bell preffered ' ahoy'
first question cracked by both jim(shalli) and puneet(chosu)...... chosu even got other 3 and 4( i wud give points for hoy hoy! (is he moaning)) .... ;)



























Tuesday, December 25, 2007

brain teasers





1. identify the publishing house....... erotic one to start with ;)
























2.what did these guys prove (use sharpness of ur eyes) answer expected from cse guys
name of these ppl wud be added bonus


3. The name of this 94 year old product translates into English as 'Soul Enlightenment”. It was created by Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed. What is the product?
ANSWERS
1. Diamond comics
2. Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir and Len Adleman!
And they apparently have proved that P=NP, thus solving the most important question in computational theory ( check between the guys standing u will see on black board ....... this was toughie but was expected from guys of my class ADA ka last chapter nahi pada kya)
3. Roohafza
Two questions cracked by manika :) ....... guys pls leave the answers as comments





























bon voyage

thus began our journey into the deep alleys of knowledge.......... so soldiers march on from today and allow your grey cells to gorge on the food of trivia and facts
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may our geek-iness know no bounds
AMEN :)