Wednesday, January 9, 2008

toughie......



This painting appers in the movie "TAARE ZAMEEN PAR" when aamir shows a book to darsheel safary....... name the painting and the painter......

ANSWERS
both deepu and daaru got the name vincent van gogh ......... extra credits to deepu for the title "my bedroom" or " bedroom de arles"

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Q1. Time - Summer of 1967. Location - Charni Road.
Mrs. Sheela Mane, a 28-year-old housewife residing in flat on Charni Road is out in the balcony drying clothes. From her second floor flat she can see her neighbours on the road. There are other people too. The crowd seems to be growing larger by the minute. Unable to curb her curiosity Sheela Mane hurries down to see what all the commotion is about. She expects the worst but can see no signs of an accident. It is her four-year-old who draws her attention to the hoarding that has come up overnight. Something or rather someone was introduced to the world and People simply loved it.
What was it?

Q2 Designed by Chicago architects, Perkins & Will, it is estimated to cost US$1 billion and is inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. It is expected to be completed by September 2008. It is named after phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Spain. What are we talking about?

ANSWERS:-
1 its the amul ad with the signature moppet girl poster
2. Antilia house being built by mukesh ambani


chosu got one right .........ankit and deepu got second one though half of it

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Just One Question This Time!!


One of the famous photos of the post 1984 world.Tell me the name of the photographer who took it,name the country,the incident,and also the name of the perosn u c in d pic(what is he commonly known as)?Let me tell u Time mag has named him as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Answer::
The Unknown Rebel - This famous photo, taken on 5 June 1989 by photographer Jeff Widener, depicts a lone protester who tried to stop the PLA's advancing tanks until he was pulled into the crowd by several onlookers.Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.

Friday, January 4, 2008

new lap



1. these codes are used by certain ppl to carry out their work ...which people(think six sigma)???





2. who are cricketers here and what followed???





3. who is the bowler here????


4 identify these two



5. name the cricketers and which incident ????
ANSWERS
1. mumbai dabbawallas
2. lillee and gavaskar ( gavaskar wrongly given out and walks out with chetan chauhan)
3. Mcgrath
4. sunita williams and rakesh sharma
5. miandad and lillee.... ( lillee kicked miandad and latter tried to clamp lillee with bat)




Tuesday, January 1, 2008

blurp.... blurp....


1. identify them





2 id this lady

3.Franchises of this brand are found in 120 countries and territories around the world and serve nearly 54 million customers each day. The company also operates other restaurant brands, such as Piles Café and Boston Market, and has a minority stake in Pret a Manger. This is the largest private operator of playgrounds in the U.S., as well as the single largest purchaser of beef, pork, potatoes, and apples in the world. Thomas Friedman observed that no country with this brand's presence there had gone to war with another one with it. Name this iconic but often controversial brand.


4. Connect : Beibei ,Huanhuan,Jingjing,Nini and Yingying

5. 'X' collected stones from the Shivalik foothills and neighbouring riverbeds on his bicycle over a period of seven years (1958 to 1965) and created this landmark what would otherwise have been a dumping ground for urban and industrial waste. The creator picked up pieces of foundry lime-kiln and metal workshop wastes and shaped them with his creative genius, resembling human, animal or abstract forms. The layout is based on the fantasy of a lost kingdom. What is 'X' and who created it?


ANSWERS
1 . Lord mountbatten and his lady edwina
2. this was the best question of the lot no one got it....... lady is Benazir Bhutto ( this is not a morphed picture , was the cause of some controversy)
3. McDonalds
4. Mascots of Beijing olympics
5. rock garden, Nek chand

peter got one question right and tini and jain both got three correct :)