Sunday, October 28, 2007

Quiz# 14

Hi All,

Here is the Quiz........

Wait for the hints....... But if you know the answers then send them at dasamitk@gmail.com latest by6th Novemver

Cheers,

Amit

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Answers Quiz # 13

Hi All,

Winners for Quiz # 13 are:

Tanuj Nandan, Milind Shirke, Pragya Rathore, Rachit Garg got all of them correct.

Vivek Ahuja, Peeyosh Pandey got 9 correct.

Congrats!!
Here are the answers:

Monday, September 24, 2007

Quiz # 13

Hi All,

Here is Quiz #13


Hints:
1.Started in Scotland 2.Financial Solutions 3.Think News 4.Be Fit n Fine 5.Financial assistance to developing countries 6.One of the biggest controversies ever 7.Headquartered in Bangalore 8.Storage Solutions 9.Medium and heavy commercial vehicles 10.Started in 1960

Send your answers at dasamitk@gmail.com latest by Sunday 30th September.

Cheers,

Amit


Answers Quiz # 12

Hi All,
Here are the Winners....

Chidananda Rudraiah, Milind Shirke, Namit Bhatia, Arti Moghe, Nitin Chandrakar got all of them.

Abhishek Singh, Ashwin Kanhere, Rachit Garg,Abhishek Kishore Gupta, Peeyoosh Pandey got 9 correct.
Vaibhav Gupta [8], Vivek Ahuja[7]
Congrats to you All !!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

QUIZ # 12

Hi All,

Quiz on Logos is Back !!!!!!

Hints:

1.Think Low Cost 2.Think Chips 3. Airlines 4.Think Steel 5.Banking 6.IT, Consulting 7.Insurance 8.Winner of Deming Medal 9.Financial Management 10.Think Clean and Green environment

Send me your answers at dasamitk@gmail.com latest by Saturday, 22nd September, 2007

Cheers,

Amit

Bingo!!!!!!

Chidananda Rudraiah from Pune got all of them correct in just 20 min. Congrats Chid..

Good News for all of you!!!!!!!!!

In the next five quiz including this one the one with most number of correct answers will have a prize to be won..

So keep Quizzing.......

Answers Quiz # 11

Hi All,

Winners of Quiz # 11

Sushant Painaik, Ambarish Deshmukh, Nilesh Mankikar, Peeyoosh Pandey, Parag Mutatkar, Arti Moghe got all of them right!!

Jaspreet Swaich, Anand Rashinkar from Pune, Namit Bhatia, Bahrain, Abhishek Kishore Gupta, Bangalore and Sumanth Talluri got 9 right!!

Ashwin Kumar, Hyderabad and Monica Chauhan, Mumbai got 8 right!!


Congrats to you All !!

Cheers,
Amit

Here are the Answers.........

Monday, September 17, 2007

Interesting article on Career Planning

Hi All,

Welcome you All !!!

It's been a long time.

Please find this article on Career Planning which is an interesting read.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/Newsletters/04Sep07.htm


Drop your comments!!

Cheers,

Amit

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Quiz # 11

Hi All,
Welcome to the world of Logos!!




Hints:
1.Global leader in information security
2.Provider of next gen telecom networks
3.Biotechnology company
4. Unstoppable
5.Premier global financial services firm
6. Think seeds
7.World leader in Digital signal processing and Analog technologies
8.Airlines
9.Towards world class airports
10. Think Biking


Send me your answers latest by 1st May,2007 at dasamitk@gmail.com


Cheers,
Amit

Answers Quiz # 10

Hi All,


Sorry for posting the name of the winners late..


Here are the winners of Quiz # 10


1st

Namit Bhatia,Bahrain


Rupal Mehta, Milind Shirke, Anand Paithankar, Soniya Bopache, Peeyoosh Pandey, Nilesh Mankikar, Arti Moghe,Sushant Painaik,Vivek Trehan, Ambarish Deshmukh from Pune


Pooja Mathur, Hyderabad


Congrats to you All..

They got all the logos correct


Answers

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Quiz # 10

Hi All,


Welcome to the world of LOGOS!!

Identify the logos and send me your answers latest by Sunday at dasamitk@gmail.com.

Hints:

1.Think Safety

2. Get Calm with..

3. Telecom

4. Pharma

5. Insurance

6. Automobile:JV with Mahindra

7. Airlines

8. Banking:sponsor- English Premier league

9.Automobile

10.FMCG

Answers Quiz # 9

Hi All,

Winners of Quiz # 9 are:

1st:

Anand Paithankar,Pune.Soniya Bopache,Pune.Abhay Lanke,Pune.Ankur Somani,Pune.Peeyoosh Pandey,Pune.Pawan Goswami,Gwalior.Abhishek Gupta, Bangalore.Ambarish,Pune.Namit Bhatia, Bahrain.Parag Mutatkar,Mumbai.Arti Moghe,Pune.Milind Shirke,Pune.



2nd:

Pragya Rathore,Japan.Sneha Agrawal,Pune.Saurabh Shah,Pune.Vivek Trehan,Pune.



3rd:

Vibhor Mahendru,Mumbai



Congrats to you ALL..

Answers:

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Quiz # 9

Hi All,

Welcome to the world of Logos..

Hints:

1.Airlines

2.Think Glass

3.Energy and environment engineering(based out of Pune)

4.Telecom, Voice, Data and internet solutions

5.Transforming transactions into relationships

6.Retail Giant

7.FMCG Giant

8.Leading Bank

9.Oil Major

10.Automobile

Send me your answers latest by Monday at dasamitk@gmail.com

Cheers,

Amit

Answers Quiz # 8

Hi All,

Winners of Quiz # 8

1st

Namit Bhatia, Bahrain.Peeyoosh Pandey, Pune.Pragya Rathore, Japan.

Soniya Bopache, Pune.Pooja Mathur, Hyderabad.Saptarshi Basak, Pune.

Parag Mutatkar, Mumbai.Bikash Ranjan Dash, Pune.Abhishek Gupta, Bangalore.Milind Shirke, Pune


They got all the Logos correct..

2nd

Arti Moghe,Pune

She got 9 correct

3rd

Megha bansal,Noida

She got 8 correct


Ankur Somani and Ravi Biradar from Pune got 7 correct..



Congrats to you ALL...


Answers to Quiz # 8


Saturday, April 7, 2007

Quiz # 8

Hi All,
Welcome to the world of Logos..

Hints:
1:Think news
2:Think Money
3:Airlines
4:A better way forward
5:Sports
6:Automobile Engg.
7:Investments
8:Auto
9:Jobs
10:Telecom

SEND ME YOUR ANSWERS by Wednesday at dasamitk@gmail.com

Cheers,
Amit

Answers Quiz # 7

Hi All,

Winners of the Quiz # 7 are:

1st: Namit Bhatia, Bahrain;

2nd: Vaibhav Gupta,Gwalior,Bikash Ranjan Dash,Pune

3rd: Minaxi Sharma,Pune



Congrats to you All!!

Sunday, April 1, 2007

Quiz # 7

Hi All,


After a long hibernation please find Quiz # 7
Identify the LOGOS



Send me your answers latest by Thursday at dasamitk@gmail.com

Cheers,

Amit



Saturday, February 10, 2007

Answers Quiz # 6

Hi All,

Winners:
1st: Asish Sinha, London.Milind Shirke, Pune.Pooja Mathur,Pune.Peeyoosh Pandey, Pune
All Correct
2nd:Namit Bhatia, Mumbai
(9correct)
3rd:Nitin Chandrakar, Mumbai
(7 correct)
Ravi Biradar from Pune got 6 correct.

Congrats to you All!

Cheers,
Amit

Answers

Monday, February 5, 2007

Quiz # 6

Hi All,

Welcome to the world of logos!!
Identify the logos




Hints for the tough ones

7:Retail giant

8:Communication company

9:Cellular mobile operator in US
Send me your answers at
dasamitk@gmail.com latest by Friday.

Cheers,
Amit

Answers Quiz # 5

Hi All,

I guess this quiz was a bit tough..

Winners:

1st:Asish Sinha,London.Peeyoosh Pandey,Pune
9 correct
2nd:Namit Bhatia,Mumbai
8 correct
3rd:Ketan Chakranarayan,Mumbai
7 correct


Ashwin Kanhere from Pune got 6 correct & Pondori kurade from UK got 5 correct

Congratulations to you all...


Answers:

Look forward to meet you all in the next quiz..

Cheers,

Amit

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Quiz # 5

Hi All,

Welcome to Quiz of Personalities!!


Identify the personalities and send me your answers latest by Saturday at dasamitk@gmail.com

Hints for the tough ones:

4:Prolific author-died recently

7:He is an Indian(think music)

Cheers,
Amit

Answers Quiz # 4


Hi All,

Thanks a lot for a fantastic response..

This time the list of the winners is endless..I guess the quiz was a simpler one..

Winners

1st:Asish Sinha, London.Peeyoosh Pandey, Pune.
Nitin Chandrakar,Mumbai.Abhishek Kumar, Bangalore.
Namit Bhatia, Mumbai.Ashwin Kanhere, Pune.
Gaurav Grover, New Delhi. Pooja Mathur, Pune.
Abhishek Gupta, Chennai.Manjiri Ambike, Pune.
Anup Mohan, Pune.Nidhi Modh,Pune.

They got all correct.

2nd:Anisha Saxena, Hyderabad.Tushar Mathur, New York.
Payal Goel, Pune. (9 correct)

3rd:Gayatri,New Delhi.Atul Agarwal, Pune.(7 correct)


Congrats to you All!!


Answers


Next time the quiz is going to be tougher..So meet you guyz then in Quiz # 5

Cheers,
Amit

Friday, January 26, 2007

Answers Quiz # 3

Winners

1st: Anisha Saxena, Hyderabad, Asish Sinha, London, Pooja Mathur, Pune
They got all correct.

2nd: Apoorv Kapse, Bangalore.Vibhor Mahendru, Mumbai
They got nine right.

3rd: Kapil Nema, Delhi. Jeetu Tyagi, Dharmendra Thakur, Gwalior
They got eight right

Congratulations to all the winners.

Hope to see you all in Quiz # 4
Nidhi Modh, Deepika Shrivastava from Pune got 7 right answers.
Better luck next time.

Here are the correct answers!!

Q.1:The first Asian to win best director Oscar?

Answer: Ang Lee

Q.2:What is a 'Poncho'?

Answer: A 'Poncho' is a single large sheet of fabric with an opening for the head and sometimes for the arms, a garment designed to keep the body warm, or if made from an impermeable material, to keep dry during rain. Some also have hoods attached.

Q.3:Which famous personality has his palace in Mcleodganj?

Answer: It is the residence of Tenzin Gyatso the current Dalai Lama.

Q.4:JAT is the airline of which country?

Answer: JAT Airways is an airline based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the national carrier of Serbia and the former national carrier of Yugoslavia.

Q.5:Which country is the world's biggest Banana grower?

Answer: India, (Ecuador is largest exporter of bananas).

Q.6:The first Indian bank to have a branch in China?

Answer: Bank of India

Q.7:In Rocky films,what is Rocky's surname?

Answer: Rocky Balboa

Q.8:Which Naseeruddin Shah film deals with the world of the visually impaired?

Answer: Sparsh (1979)

Q.9:Which country is credited with millennium's first new nation?

Answer: East Timor

Q.10:What is the name of the first atom bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima in 1945?

Answer: Little Boy

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Quiz # 4

Hi All,
Welcome to world of Logos!!
This quiz will test your knowledge of many logos that you may see everyday in your life.



Send me your answers at dasamitk@gmail.com latest by Wednesday,31st Jan.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Quiz # 3

Hi All,
Welcome to the quiz after a long time!!
Here are the questions:

Q.1:The first Asian to win best director Oscar?
Q.2:What is a 'Poncho'?
Q.3:Which famous personality has his palace in Mcleodganj?
Q.4:JAT is the airline of which country?
Q.5:Which country is the world's biggest Banana grower?
Q.6:The first Indian bank to have a branch in China?
Q.7:In Rocky films,what is Rocky's surname?
Q.8:Which Naseeruddin Shah film deals with the world of the visually impaired?
Q.9:Which country is credited with millennium's first new nation?
Q.10:What is the name of the first atom bomb that was dropped over Hiroshima in 1945?

Send me your answers latest by this week at
dasamitk@gmail.com

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Want to say I LOVE YOU

  • Bulgarian - Obicham te
  • Burmese - chit pa de
  • Danish - "Jeg elsker dig" (pronounced 'yai el-ske die')
  • Dutch - Ik hou van jou
  • French - Je t'aime
  • German - Ich liebe Dich
  • Greek - s'ayapo
  • Indonesian - Saya cinta padamu
  • Iranian - Mahn doostaht doh-rahm
  • Japanese - Kimi o ai shiteru
  • Korean - Tangsinul sarang ha yo
  • Lebanese - Bahibak
  • Polish - Kocham Cie
  • Portuguese - Amo-te
  • Romanian - Te iu besc
  • Russian - Ya tebya liubliu
  • Spanish - Te amo
  • Srilankan - Mama Oyata Arderyi
  • Swahili - Naku penda (followed by the person's name)
  • Swedish - Jag a"lskar dig
  • Thai - Khao Raak Thoe (affectionate, sweet, loving)
  • Turkish - Seni seviyorum
  • Ukrainian - ja tebe koKHAju
  • Yugoslavian - Ya te volim
  • Zulu - Mena Tanda Wena

Mother of All Coincidents

  • Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
  • John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
  • Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
  • John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
  • The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
  • Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
  • Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
  • Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
  • Both Presidents were shot in the head.
  • Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
  • Both were assassinated by Southerners.
  • Both were succeeded by Southerners.
  • Both successors were named Johnson.
  • Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
  • Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
  • John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born! ! in 1839.
  • Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
  • Both assassins were known by their three names.
  • Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
  • Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Kennedy.' Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'
  • Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
  • Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
  • And here's the kicker... A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Interesting Facts # 6

  • Shakespeare's most talkative character is Hamlet. None of his other characters have as many lines in a single play.
  • "Corduroy" comes from the French, "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king."
  • MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela.
  • The custom of saying "Bless you" when someone sneezes was first used by ancients when they believed that breath was the essence of life, and when you sneeze a part of you life is escaping. Evil spirits rush into your body and occupy the empty space. By saying "God bless you" the speaker is protecting the sneezer from that spirits.
  • The ZIP in zip code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."
  • "Fan" is an abbreviation for the word "fanatic."
  • The most widely eaten fruit in America is the banana.
  • When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage".
  • Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria doo-doo.
  • The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.

Interesting Facts # 5

  • Mickey Mouse was the first non-human to win an Oscar.
  • Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look alike contest.
  • Galileo became totally blind just before his death. This is probably because of his constant gazing at the sun through his telescope.
  • By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
  • The "black box" that houses an airplane's voice recorder is orange so it can be more easily detected amid the debris of a plane crash.
  • Some china is called "bone" china because some powdered animal bone is mixed in with the clay used to make this china: it gives the china a special kind of strength, whiteness, and translucency.
  • The largest pyramid in the world is not in Egypt but in Cholulu de Rivadahia, Mexico. It is 177 feet tall and covers 25 acres. It was built sometime between 6 and 12 AD.
  • Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Interesting Facts# 4

  • Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
  • All polar bears are left-handed.
  • A vulture will never attack a human or animal that is moving.
  • Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
  • Bulgaria was the only soccer team in the 1994 World Cup in which all 11 players' last names ended with the letters "OV."
  • All shrimp are born male, but slowly grow into females as they mature.
  • It takes a plastic container 50000 years to start decomposing.
  • If you stand in the bottom of a well, you would be able to see the stars even in the daytime.
  • A full moon always rises at sunset.
  • Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

Interesting Facts # 3

  • The human heart creates enough pressure while pumping to squirt blood 30 feet!!
  • German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
  • Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are:Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)
  • Colgate faced big obstacle marketing toothpaste in Spanish speaking countries. Colgate translates into the command "go hang yourself."
  • In most watch advertisements the time displayed on the watch is 10:10 because then the arms frame the brand of the watch (and make it look like itis smiling).
  • The lion that roars in the MGM logo is named Volney
  • Men's shirts have the buttons on the right, but women's shirts have the buttons on the left.