i_am_amnesiac
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Quiz Corner
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07/25/05 at 21:31:25 » |
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Hi,
The last thread was deleted. So starting a new one.
Here's a special on Indian advertising. Send ur answers to shovon76@gmail.com. Answers with scores will be published on 28th July.
Here are this week's questions -
1. Pepsi launched it's Pepsi Cola with the famous ad "Are you ready for the magic?" in India. Which two celebrities featured in this ad?
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2. The hit 100 Days song "Bol baby bol" was used in the TV ad for which product? (Please be specific. Don't say Windows. Specify whether it's Windows98 or WindowsXP)
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3. This product ran ads in the visual media featuring Javed Jaffery and Pankaj Kapur. The themes of the ads were spoofs on Ajit - The Loin and were titled like "One Day with Lily", "The Great Escape" etc. The tagline for the product was, "It's different". Which is the product in question?
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4. Remember Digen Verma? A particular brand had created a lot of hype and suspense a few years earlier over the question "Who is Digen Verma?". Which product I am talking about?
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5. It's an audio clip mainly aired on FM. Listen to the clip by clicking on the below link. Identify the product or service.
http://www.geocities.com/shovon76/track3.wma
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The rest five questions are visual. Click on the links to view the pictures. The pictures are stills taken from visual ads. You have to identify the product or service associated with the ad.
6. Identify the specific product from this ad featuring Udham Singh.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q6.JPG
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7. Identify the product from the ad, which is a spoof of the more famous Liril ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q7.jpg
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8. Identify the product from the ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q8.JPG
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9. Identify the product from the ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q17.jpg
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10.Identify the product from the ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/q29.JPG
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debasish_ch
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Re: Quiz Corner
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07/30/05 at 04:37:02 » |
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Score publish korar darkar nai... jana sadharane dui tintaar beshi paarbo mone hoy na... ami ekta answer-o confidently dite parram na. ??? :'( |
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i_am_amnesiac
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Re: Quiz Corner
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07/30/05 at 16:11:51 » |
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Well debasish, I think u cud have guessed at least one, the audio clue, if you knew my background. :) I was working for Sify in the iway Projects Division and borrowed the audio clue from the hindi FM ad for iway. Only one person, Mr. Aravind Ghosh Suri, could crack 8 out of 10. Even on the audio clue he was pretty close, but as I said, he also did not know my background. ;D
The answers are -
1. Pepsi launched it's Pepsi Cola with the famous ad "Are you ready for the magic?" in India. Which two celebrities featured in this ad?
Ans: Remo & Juhi Chawla
2. The hit 100 Days song "Bol baby bol" was used in the TV ad for which product? (Please be specific. Don't say Windows. Specify whether it's Windows98 or WindowsXP)
Ans: Bakeman's Glucogold
3. This product ran ads in the visual media featuring Javed Jaffery and Pankaj Kapur. The themes of the ads were spoofs on Ajit - The Loin and were titled like "One Day with Lily", "The Great Escape" etc. The tagline for the product was, "It's different". Which is the product in question?
Ans: Maggi Hot & Sweet Sauce
4. Remember Digen Verma? A particular brand had created a lot of hype and suspense over the question "Who is Digen Verma?". Which product I am talking about?
Ans: Mango Frooti
5. It's an audio clip mainly aired on FM. Listen to the clip by clicking on the below link. Identify the product or service.
http://www.geocities.com/shovon76/track3.wma
Ans: Sify iway
The rest five questions are visual. Click on the links to view the pictures. The pictures are stills taken from visual ads. You have to identify the product or service associated with the ad.
6. Identify the specific product from this ad featuring Udham Singh.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q6.JPG
Ans: Britannia Chekkers
7. Identify the product from the ad, which is a spoof of the more famous Liril ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q7.jpg
Ans: Center Fresh Lemon
8. Identify the product from the ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q8.JPG
Ans: Kwality Wall's Feast
9. Identify the product from the ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/Q17.jpg
Ans: Maggi Hot & Sweet Tomato Chilly Sauce
10.Identify the product from the ad.
http://cc.domaindlx.com/eastbengal/quiz/q29.JPG
Ans: Touch Wood |
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Shovon Chakraborty
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Re: Quiz Corner
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08/17/05 at 15:56:41 » |
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SHOVON's Sports Misc. 3 of 17th Aug 2005
Hi,
Here are the questions. It's a special on India - West Indies Cricket Series. Send in your answers to shovon76@gmail.com. Answers with scores will be published on Sunday, 21st Aug 2005.
1. Which West Indian cricketer scored centuries in four consecutive innings against India?
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2. Identify the umpire. In excitement, he called of play an over and a ball before the scheduled close of play thus depriving India the chance of a possible victory in the 1948-49 Bombay Test.
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3. Whom did Vijay Manjrekar replace as wicket keeper during the 1952-53 Kingston test?
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4. 1958-59 India-West Indies test series. Complete the following - Polly Umrigar, Ghulam Ahmed, Vinoo Mankad, ____ .
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5. Who is the only other bowler to take a wicket during Subhash Gupte's 9-102 in the first innings of 1958-59 Kanpur test?
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6. Which selector's vote proved to be decisive in making Ajit Wadekar the captain in place of M.A.K. Pataudi for the 1971 tour of West Indies?
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7. The calypso song "We couldn't out him at all" was composed on which Indian cricketer?
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8. Who was dropped from the first test in the 1974-75 series for appearing in a television interview?
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9. Narendra Hirwani was on the verge of bettering the world record for most number of wickets in the debut test match. A part time spinner was called on to bowl to help him achieve the feat by taking 17 wickets. But this person took one wicket and Hirwani had to be content with a match haul of 16-136, thereby equalling the record. Who was the part time spinner?
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10. During the 1983-84 test series, the spectators of which city had raised the slogan "No Kapil, No Test"?
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Shovon Chakraborty
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Dry Round of 16th Aug 2005
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08/17/05 at 15:58:09 » |
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Hi all,
Due to time constraints, I'm not being able to put any audio or visual questions this time. From next time onwards it will have both the formats.
Here are the questions -
1. How can you link Burn, Full Throttle and Shock?
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2. Link the following - Distance, Bitter Morsel, Crossroads, Blind Alley and Tale of A Naughty Girl.
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3. This Chennai based company, in partnership with Bartholomeu Digital Cinema of portugal, is changing the way fims are distributed in Portugal. Identify the company.
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4. A sitter. "I'm in the mood for mischief". Which brand is associated with the tagline?
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5. Dateline 15th August 1975. It's a very significant day for the Indian fim industry. Why?
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6. Another Sitter. Fill in the blank. "The best-run businesses run ____."
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7. Which hindi film was released internationally as "God is My Witness"?
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8. Identify the company associated with the following tagline, "The Power of We".
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9. What is packed word over in the following formation - "7-6-7"?
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10. This famous actor read for the parts of both Sonny and Michael Corleone for Godfather Part I. Coppola decided that he wasn't right for the role of Sonny, and already had Pacino in mind for Michael. Then he was almost cast in the role of Carlo, the husband of Connie as well. Ultimately he actually featured in Part II. Who is the actor?
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