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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

INDIAN CONNECT!!!

Miley Cyrus,
Victoris Beckham,
Kim Kardashian,
David Beckham
and Paris Hilton.
Just add an Indian to this list . Give me the connection.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

The Qubicle (Online Quiz Series of XIMB)


Xquizzite – The quizzing association of XIMB proudly presents The Qubicle – The online quiz challenge. The first part of The Qubicle goes live on 22nd September 2009.This quiz challenge aims at bringing together, on the World Wide Web, the best quizzing talents of the country and beyond. In short this quiz series is open to all. The Qubicle will be a no holds barred quiz which will test the Q-Quotient of the best quizzing brains, irrespective of campus, organisation or profession.The Qubicle is a series of three online quizzes to be held from 22ndtill 24th September 2009. The quizzes will start at 10 PM every night and continue till 11 PM. The winner of each quiz will receive Rs 2000 cash and the runners up Rs 1000, apart from the certificates of course.The detailed itinerary is as follows:
22 Sept - Biz Quiz
23 Sept - Sports and Entertainment Quiz
24 Sept - India Quiz
Rules and Regulations:
Registration is open for everyone.
Participants can play the quiz individually or in teams of two.
Questions will be uploaded at 10 PM sharp.
Answers to be sent by e-mail to xquizzite@ximb.ac.in by 11 PM.
Answers will be mailed to only those who attempt the quiz.
Detailed rules will be put up shortly.

Contacts:Swarup Kumar Kar, 9777686344Udaya Satapathy, 9238305258
Email - xquizzite@ximb.ac.inBlog - http://xquizzite.blogspot.com/

Cheers,Team Xquizzite

P.S: And to get you started here are some aperitifs

1. The secret recipe for which popular food product is kept in a safe in the city of Louisville in the United States ?
2. It does'nt matter what your second name is ,What matters is what you do with your first. - Karan Johar . 1972 - Rest is History. Which ad ?







Answers
1. Kentucky Fried Chicken; the recipe consists of eleven herbs and spices.
2. Timond Watches. Luxury watch brand 'Timond' has director Karan Johar as its worldwidebrand ambassador

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Biz Games!!

The older name of this company, is an acronym formed from a Dutch phrase which literally means: "through united co-operation everyone regularly profits". Probably not just by chance, the new name formed by shortening the older name means "save (money)" in Afrikaans, Dutch, Danish, German and Norwegian.The older name in Dutch also means "the fir tree", hence it's logo.What company is being talked about here??

Saturday, August 8, 2009

A Beautiful Mind



Which prize's first edition was won by this gentleman who is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur?






Ans:Kamal Rathi,Inquisitive and Sijut were bang on target.It is Manindra agrawal.He is the first to be chosen for the first Infosys Mathematics Prize in association with the National Institute of Advanced Studies in India.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Word Origin!!

This word was first used during World War II to refer to bombs. This word was Air Force slang to refer to large bombs weighing as much as 8000 pounds. These bombs were so powerful that they were capable of destroying an entire city, hence the term.













Ans: Blockbuster

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

From the Insignia's Kitchen....

1. What is the contribution of the below mentioned temple to the world of Indian Politics?

Monday, July 20, 2009

Cursed Couple!!

There is a famous Chinese myth about a women named X who is said to live on the moon. The basic story is that she and her husband were once immortal beings who were made mortal because of their bad behaviour. This women lends her name to something famous which is also called X. Give me X!!

Saturday, July 18, 2009

For the lack of a good title!!

X is a play in three acts by Tom Taylor. The play is a farcical comedy whose plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish American to his aristocratic English relatives. It premiered at Laura Keene's Theatre in New York City on October 15, 1858. The play concerns the adventures of an American, Asa Trenchard, first played by Joseph Jefferson, who goes to England to claim the family estate.


The play's most famous performance came seven years later, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Halfway through Act III, Scene 2, the character Asa Trenchard (the title role), played that night by Harry Hawk, utters a line considered one of the play's funniest:

"Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal—you sockdologizing old man-trap..."

During the laughter that followed this line, something very iconic happened.

Give me X and the "thing" that happened!!














Ans:The play is "Our American Cousin" and the "thing" that happened was Lincolns assasination.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

An absolute sitter

Based on the Scandinavian life as presented in Henrik Ibsen's play The Vikings at Helgeland, its main protaganist X is an overweight, red-bearded Danish Viking who regularly raids England and sometimes France.He has been described both as a fierce warrior and a family man. His family includes his nagging wife Helga, their brilliant son Hamlet, their pretty daughter Honi, Helga's pet duck Kvack, and X's dog Snert.
Identify X!!










Ans:Hagar the Horrible

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Connect..

These two philanthropist have started something similar. Name them. What is their idea which is helping thousands of poor across India and other parts of the world?




John Breen, the creator of freerice.com and Vikas Sutaria, the creator of bhookh.com --- The websites which donate food to poor people based on the number of hits received on their websites.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Slumdog indeed lost!!

Slumdog refering to the Indian children living in slums lost and so did "Jai Ho"-an Indian exclamation signifying victory or accomplishment.The losers list also includes
"Chaddi"=the indian term for underwear, "cloud computing", "carbon neutral" and "NOOb" a derogatory term from the gaming community for a newcomer.
If these were the losers then who won and what was the list about??













Cracked by one and all. The winner is the word web 2.0 and it was recently crowned the millionth word in the english dictionary

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Connect!!
























The answer I was looking for was the apparel brand S.Kumar's. Shahrukh Khan is the brand ambassodar of its sub brand Belmonte. S kumars has been in the fray for acquiring Hartmarx whose most famous customer is Barrack Obama.

Who is he?

Simple question. Name him and why has he suddenly been so much googled over the last few days?





He is Suketu Mehta, the writer of "Maximum City, Bombay lost and found," the rights of which were bought by Danny Boyle. Nice Crack Nehru and Magesh!!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Ad for??
















Ans: Hot Wheels. Cracked by Chithananda, Maverick0505 & Saurabh

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

I Want to move it!!

The origin of this term is uncertain. It is believed that it is a reduplication of the name given to a rent party in early 20th century USA. These parties were impromptu affairs which were organized to raise money to pay rent and at which a small entrance fee was charged.

This term was first recorded in print as the title of Clarence 'Pinetop' Smith's 1928 recording, which includes these lyrics:

I want everybody to dance just like I say
And when I say 'hold it there'
I want all of you ... to stop
And when I say stop - don't move
And when I say git it
I want all of you to do a _______ _________.

Name this term being talked about!!
(Try to answer without googling)












Ans: Boogie-Woogie
Shrey and Chithananda got it correct as usual.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Biz Games!!

The logo with the famous “winged arrow” was first used in 1926.Although the logo of this company is viewed as one of the most original and stylistically clean manufacturing company trademarks in the world, the author is not yet known. The black and green logo, which has been used since 1994, gives it a greater degree of originality – black symbolises the hundred-year tradition, green signalises environmental production.


Usual interpretation of the logo’s symbolism

* Large circle (circular ring) – universality of production, perfection of products, the globe, the world
* Pinion (wing) – technical progress, span of production programme and sales of products in the world
* Arrow – progressive production methods, high productivity
* Circle (eye) – precision of production, technical brightness, range of vision
* Black colour – hundred-year tradition
* Green colour – environmental production, protection of the environment, recycling of materials used.


Give me the name of the company whose logo is being talked about and whose old logo is given below!!

























Ans:Skoda
Cracked by Ameya ,Shrey , Mahesh, Johny Walker, Chithananda & mridulgreenwold
@mridulgreenwold:I agree it got too descriptive but just wanted to put all the information about the logo. Anyways will try to keep it short from next time onwards.
By the way thanks for pointing it out.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Yes Sir

His name comes from a Warwickshire cricketer killed in the First World War.He has an apparent mastery over a vast range of subjects, from philosophy through an encyclopaedic knowledge of poetry, science, history, psychology, geography, politics, and literature. He also has knowledge of all matters pertaining to gambling, car maintenance, etiquette, and women. However, his most impressive feats are a flawless knowledge of the British Aristocracy and making antidotes (especially for hangovers).In the Oxford English Dictionary his name has been converted into a generic term for any useful and reliable person. Name the person being talked about here!!










Ans:Reginald Jeeves -the "gentleman's personal gentleman"
Correct answers received from Shrey, vinay r m , Johny Walker & Chithananda

Saturday, May 30, 2009

X Games

X's creators hope that it will evoke neither a type of cherry nor a strip club on The Sopranos TV series but rather a sound — the ringing of a bell that signals the “aha” moment when one finds an answer.

The name is meant to conjure “the sound of found” as X helps people with complex tasks like shopping for a camera,travel plans etc. Identify X!!








Ans: Bing - Microsoft's new search engine
Cracked by Truth and Lies , Shrey, Johny Walker, Sushrut & Chithananda








Shrey Goyal has some intresting advice to newbies and some great questions as well as how to go about solving a typical "workoutable qustion" . Do check it out guys at
http://shrey-knows.blogspot.com/2009/05/that-quizzy-feeling.html

Friday, May 29, 2009

Identify!!

She belongs to a place called Tura in Meghalaya and is the youngest among her 4 siblings. After doing her LLB from LS Law College, under Pune University, she joined the Delhi High Court as a lawyer and worked under the law firm - Fox Mandal Little & Co in Noida before plunging into a job which can be safely called her family business and which ultimately made her famous because she was the youngest to do this. Identify this lady in question!!










Cracked by one and all. It is Agatha Sangma

Thursday, May 28, 2009

X Games!!

Founded in 1876 as a telegraph equipment repair shop by Lars Magnus X, it was incorporated on August 18, 1918. Headquartered in Kista, Stockholm Municipality, since 2003,X is considered part of the so-called "Wireless Valley".Identify this company (X) whose logo has been given below:






























Johny Walker,Chithananda & mridulgreenwold got it correct. It is indeed Ericsson

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Identify!!

An omnipresent myth is prevalent that all the clocks in this movie are set to 4:20 (though all the clocks on the wall in the pawn shop are set to 4:20). However, in at least two scenes this was not the case.The time 4:20 is used as a slang for smoking marijuana. Which movie?










Ans:Pulp Fiction

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Solve for X and Y!!

Once when Y was in San Francisco in a coffee shop he was thinking about naming his new venture X, and then the waitress came and he asked "do you know about X" And she said yes. He then asked what do you know abot x, and she said "Open Sesame". Then
he went onto the street and found 30 people and asked them, ‘Do you know X’? People from India, people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China… They all knew about X." X is not a thief. X is a kind, smart business person, and he helped the village. So…easy to spell, and globally known. X opens sesame for small- to medium-sized companies". Thats how Y came to name his hugely sucessful venture as X. Identify X & Y.






Shrey and Chakru got it right as usual ...... it is Jack Ma and his alibaba.com

Friday, May 22, 2009

U Got a Mail!!

These are some of the excerpts from a letter..
-- Surround yourself with loyal friends. They'll protect and calm you and join in on some of the fun, and appreciate the history.
-- If you're traveling with your parents over Halloween, don't let it stop you from doing what you would normally do. Dress up in some imaginative, elaborate costume (if you are like us a pack of Juicy Fruit and a Vampiress) and trick-or-treat down the plane aisle.
-- And, a note on puppies--our sweet puppy Spot was nursed on the lawn . And then of course, there's Barney, who most recently bit a reporter. Cherish your animals because sometimes you'll need the quiet comfort that only animals can provide.-- Slide down the banister of the solarium, go to T-ball games, have swimming parties, and play Sardines on the lawn. Have fun and enjoy your childhood in such a magical place to live and play.
-- When your dad throws out the first pitch for the Yankees, go to the game.
-- In fact, go to anything and everything you possibly can: State Dinners, Christmas parties museum openings, arrival ceremonies, and walks around the monuments. Just go. Four years goes by so fast, so absorb it all, enjoy it all!

Identify who wrote it and to whom?






This question is contributed by Abhishek Chakraborty aka "Chakru"



Ans: Everybody was bang on target. It was from former US Prez Bush's daughters to Obama's daughters

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Monday, May 18, 2009

Laloo 's cow??

The brand has a well-known symbol, the "X Cow", which is a lilac colored Simmental cow sporting a bell around her neck, usually shown in an Alpine meadow. The name is believed to be derived from combining Milch und Kakao (the German terms for milk and cocoa, its primary ingredients. Name the brand(X)!!






Ans:Kraftfood's Milka chocolate.Ameya, Cintom, Shrinivas and Johny Walker nailed it.
@Rohan:Though u were wrong that was quite a good guess taking into account the title of this question...though I wonder if Laloo's cow would even be smiling after its masters debacle in the recent elections :)

Monday, May 11, 2009

LOGO OF??













Ans:Rohan,Sandeep and Ameya all are correct,It is Punj Lloyd

Sunday, May 10, 2009

what??

The name was chosen by Rajiv Rao, executive creative director, South Asia, Ogilvy India who explained that he chose the name to favour something that was "fun, memorable and catchy, and not a clever one that’s difficult to pronounce".
They were split in two parts - the body and the head. The body was made using a special material stuffed with foam in some places (notably around the stomach) while the head was created using using a harder material called Perspex.what??

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Its LOGO time...

Identify the Logo...









A.Shrey Gupta and Malcaluffin know their music right.
It is Jal-the Band.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

You would love to be here!!


Simply.Who and Where?




It is JFK jr. under the resolute desk in the oval office.
Cracked by shrey knows,truth and lies,visakha simhan,chakru,attila,and doper dude(abhinav bhakla) of course.Close try by Hima,Susa and Sanjay Nanda

Monday, May 4, 2009

X Games

X is the wife of the the king of Ithaca, Odysseus , and daughter of Icarius and his wife Periboea. She only has one son by Odysseus, Telemachus, who was born just before Odysseus was called to fight in the Trojan War. She waits twenty years for the final return of her husband.On Odysseus's return, disguised as an old beggar, he finds that X has remained faithful. She has devised tricks to delay her suitors, one of which is to pretend to be weaving a burial shroud for Odysseus's elderly father Laertes and claiming that she will choose a suitor when she has finished. Every night for three years, she undoes part of the shroud, until some unfaithful maidens discover her chicanery and reveal it to the suitors.

Because of her efforts to put off remarriage, X is often seen as a symbol of connubial fidelity.

Identify X!!











Shrey,Varun and Susa got it right.
X is Penelope.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Sitter!!


Logo of something which has been buzzing with news for sometime now.What?























Ans: 4chan.com started by Cristopher Poole who was recently voted the most influential person by the TIME Magazine

Monday, April 27, 2009

JOHNNY JOHNNY,yes papa.FIGHTING FIGHTING,no papa

In 1969,during the filming of Death of a Gunfighter,lead actor Richard Widmark was unhappy with director Robert Totten, and arranged to have him replaced by Don Siegel. Siegel later estimated that Totten had spent 25 days filming and he had spent 9-10, with roughly equal footage in Siegel's final edit, but he made it clear that Widmark had been effectively in charge the entire time.When the film was finished, Siegel did not want to take the credit for it, and Totten refused to take credit in his place.
What happens next?











The pseudonym "Alan Smithee" was used since then.
cracked left,right and centre by nakki and chakru.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

NAME THE AD!!


THIS IS AN AD FOR WHAT?





Hanes underwear it is.
Varun,suraj and Zeilfak coudnt miss this one ;)

Friday, April 17, 2009

For the lack of a Title..

Q.Which disease is named after this guy.His first name is James.
Famous sufferers include Mohammad Ali and artist Salvador Dali.



It's Parkinson disease and the guy is James Parkinson.
Cracked by Johny Walker,PL,win33.exe and Shrey.
We apologize for the irregular posts(due to the sems) and also apologize for the irregular posts henceforth(due to the summer vacations and training).

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Wanted!!




















Identify the blanked out portion and also what it led to.











Ans:Everybody got it correct
The pic is of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. son of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh who was kidnapped and later murdered. As a result of this incident,United States made kidnapping a federal crime and this law came to be known as "Lindbergh Law".

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Current Affair!!!

Name this Buyout Specialist who was in the Indian news for quite sometime.











Ans: Wilbur Ross

Monday, April 13, 2009

Work It Out!!

Dr. Harry Coover said 'If somebody had a chest wound or open wound that was bleeding, the biggest problem they had was stopping the bleeding so they could get the patient back to the hospital. And the consequence was—many of them bled to death. So the medics used the spray, stopped the bleeding, and were able to get the wounded back to the base hospital. And many, many lives were saved.' It was used in the Vietnam War. What was he talking about?










Ans: Super Glue

Friday, April 10, 2009

Breaking News:Bangladesh controls US markets.

What does Bangladesh have to do with the U.S. stock market? Plenty, according to some pundits. Using their calculations, taking the change in X's production in Bangladesh and multiplying it by two gives you the approximate percentage by which the S&P 500 INDEX changes in the year ahead. Based on that, a 5% increase in X's production leads to a 10% hike in the S&P. The same statistics are believed to hold true on the downside.Simply,name the commodity"X".










Went Uncracked.The commodity is Butter.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009

You Dont wanna mess with him!!














Identify this "Kung Fu" guy!!


Btw,Manu Baba has been added as to the list of contributors.Jai ho Manu Baba!!

Saturday, April 4, 2009

No Violence plz.....We are Indians!!

X is a best selling series created by Ed Boon and John Trobias. It was one of the main reasons of creation of the ESRB in which it is kept in ‘M’ category. The series is also known for replacing the hard ‘C’ sound with the letter ‘K’. X also has always been a topic of controversy due to its depictions of graphic violence. Nevertheless, it has 7 records in the guiness book of world records.What is X??





Ans: Mortal Kombat

Identify!!

In 1984, X won the Miss Wasilla Pageant, then finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award. She admitted to smoking marijuana as a youth, during the time when possession was legal in Alaska, though she says she did not enjoy it. Identify X??




Ans:Sarah "mcCANT" Palin

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Logo of??








Ans: Vikram Akula's SKS Microfinance

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

The X factor

X was born in Rutland, Vermont USA on February 7, 1804, the son of William Rinold, a tailor, and Sarah Yates (1780-1826). William disappeared on the way to England in 1808 when X was only four years old. He served four years as apprentice to Captain Benjamin Lawrence, a prosperous Middlebury blacksmith, and entered the trade for himself in 1825.X's business was not doing very well, and he was having trouble with creditors. Facing bankruptcy, X sold the shop to his father-in-law and departed for Illinois. There X found out that cast-iron plows were not working very well in the tough prairie soil of Illinois. He came to the conclusion that a plow made out of highly polished steel and a correctly shaped moldboard (the self-scouring steel plow) would be better able to handle the soil conditions of the prairie, especially its sticky clay. This was the begining of a very sucessful venture. Identify X!!











Ans: John Deere

Monday, March 30, 2009

Times not so good....

Time Cover of which unfortunate catastrophic event?
Do mention the place.




Ans: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Kheloge Kudoge to banoge nawab!
















It is an indoor table game related to billiards, the object of which is to get a number of balls past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes.Identify the game!!




Ans:Bagatelle (Suchir was the only one to have cracked it)

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Still from which very iconic play??











Ans: Rossum's Universal Robot from where the term robot was derived from

Friday, March 27, 2009

T(w)inkle T(w)inkle Little Star

Question from a quiz Shyamal bhaiya conducted a few weeks ago.

Print ad of?




Cracked only by Johny Walker.It's an appeal to "Save Wildlife".

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Ring Ring Ringa!!!




Who's this Hunk staring at you?
His contribution cannot go unnoticed.
Hint:He may be related to shahrukh khan vaguely.





Cracked only by Rohan.kudos.It is Jonathan Ive of Apple.He is the chief designer of ipod,imac among other products.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Easy one!!

She retired from international tennis many years ago after winning an amazing 22 Grand Slam titles. She is married to a seven time Wimbledon champ. Though she devotes a lot of time to her own kids, son - Jaden Gil, and daughter - Jaz, she lavishes a lot of attention on helping thousands of kids traumatized by war, persecution, violence and exile. Her charity, "Children for Tomorrow", has live projects running in Kosovo, Mozambique and South Africa. Name this woman still fondly called "Fräulein Forehand" in her country.







Ans: Steffi Graf

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Books.....Anyone??

X said that he wrote Y as a way to sort out his own beliefs about God and Christ. In doing so he inspired many readers by combining romanticism and spiritual piety common in sentimental novels of the 19th century with the action and adventure found in the more vulgar stories of the day. It prompted many clergy to reverse their church's long-held opposition to novels and actually encourage their congregations to read Y, as a result helping it to become one of the best selling novels of its time. It not only helped wipe away any lingering American resistance to the novel, it was instrumental in introducing many Christian audiences to theater and film.







X:Lew Wallace
Y:Ben Hur

Saturday, March 21, 2009

CoNfUsEd?!?!

What is defined as
"A group of people who organize on the Internet and then quickly assemble in a public place, do something bizarre, and disperse."
This concept is something new to india and is being used as an advertising gimmick,an interesting one though.

A)Flash Mob.Shrey is bang on target;)

Thanda matlab...

There is an urban legend that this drink contains `prune juice'.Contrary to the legend, it never has. The oldest bottling plant of this drink is in Dublin, Texas. In 1960s, the plant owner refused to change from cane sugar to less expensive corn syrup. Today, the plant is still in operation, and is the only US source for this drink made with real cane sugar. Contractual requirements limit the plant's distribution range to a 40-mile radius of Dublin! What drink am I talking about?




Ans: Dr. Pepper

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Pehchaan kaun!!
















He was the first Frenchman to cross the Mediterranean by air but this is not his only clame to fame. Identify him?



Ans:Roland Garros

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Identify!!

The ads featured a bunny made by Ramdas Padhye and Aparna Ramdas. The bunny was long eared and jumped on the screen extolling X, "eh he he". The voice over in the ad is that of Ramdas himself, he is renowned as India’s leading ventriloquist and this ad made him a household name in India. Name the brand for which this ad was created??

Ans:Lijjat Papad

Monday, March 16, 2009

Former US president George Bush, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice are the only non-actors to have won this. Bush won in one category and shared it with Condoleeza Rice and "his pet goat" in another category. What is being talked about here??




Ans:The Golden Raspberry Awards. Bush won Worst Actor and shared the Worst Screen Couple Award with Rice while Rumsfeld won Worst Supporting Actor.

Friday, February 27, 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Identify X!!

X developed by Kevin Rosse is a social news website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories, and voting and commenting on submitted links and stories. Voting stories up and down is the site's cornerstone function, respectively called X(ing) and burying. Many stories get submitted every day, but only the most X stories appear on the front page.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Friday, February 20, 2009

TC countdown 2!!

UTV's TV channel Bindaas TV has started a new reality TV show in association with Cafe Coffee
Day. What is it being called??

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

BooKies!!

The author of this book writes that in a Sumo tournament, all wrestlers compete in 15 matches and stay in the top league if they win at least 8 of them. The Sumo community is very close-knit, and all of the wrestlers at the top levels tend to know each other well. The authors looked at the final match, and considered the case of a wrestler with seven wins, seven losses, and one fight to go, fighting against an 8-6 wrestler. Statistically, the 7-7 wrestler should have a slightly below even chance, since the 8-6 wrestler is slightly better. However, the 7-7 wrestler actually wins around 80% of the time. Author uses this statistic and other data gleaned from Sumo wrestling matches, along with the effect that allegations of corruption have on match results, to conclude that those who already have 8 wins collude with those who are 7-7 and let them win, since they have already secured their place in the league. Identify this very famous book??

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sunday, February 8, 2009

TC Countdown 1

Founded in 1989, it's name originated from the winged horse of Greek mythology of which the first three letters were dropped to give the resulting name a high position in alphabetical listings. Which company??

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

X factored

X is a procedural defense (and, in many countries such as the United States, Canada, Mexico and India, a constitutional right) that forbids a defendant from being tried twice for the same crime on the same set of facts.If the defendant succesfully proves that he has been acquitted or convicted of the same offense then the projected trial has to be prevented from proceeding.X has been used as a plot many a times in movies as well as in fiction , notably crime thrillers.A hollywood movie of the same name was released in 1999 starring Ashley Judd.Identify X?

X-factored

X is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator with the finite and mortal universe of His creation. In solving this paradox, X seeks to define the nature of the universe and the human being, the nature and purpose of existence, and various other ontological questions. It also presents methods to aid understanding of these concepts and to thereby attain spiritual realization. X originally developed entirely within the milieu of Jewish thought and constantly uses classical Jewish sources to explain, demonstrate, or prove its esoteric teachings.The literal translation of X in Hebrew language means "Receiving".Identify X?

Monday, February 2, 2009

X-factor

X when ingested does no lasting damage but the body's response is self-defence:sweat pours,pulse quickens,tongue flinches and tears may roll.However the person gets pleasure from pain relief i.e. the bloodstream floods with endorphins and the person gets a high.Ingestion of X is also found to enhance the taste of other items.What is X?

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Mythology ...

6 children of Brahma jeered at him when he fell in love with Saraswati- his own creation, and so to say, his 'daughter'. Brahma became very angry and cursed these 6 children to be born in demonic wombs. They got salvation finally at the hands of Lord Krishna. Who were they?

Monday, January 26, 2009

What is this?



What is special about this font?

Friday, January 23, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Tech Terminology..

What do you mean by Mobisode ?

What is Conficker ?

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Who is He?

The Mayor of Knoxville once proclaimed, "_________ work is impressioned hundreds of millions of times each week, and reaches all corners of the globe. He is arguably Knoxville's most persistent artist."

Who is he?

Monday, January 12, 2009

Easy one....

X is a global marketing information services firm founded in 1968 and currently held by McGraw-Hill. The firm conducts surveys of product quality,customer satisfaction and buyer behavior for industries ranging from marketing,cars and advertising firms. It was ISO 9001 certified in 2002. X obtains the majority of its revenue from corporations that seek the data collected by X for internal use. Identify X

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Vroom Vroooom

1.Vectre, Verone, Chaparel, Calibre, and Alexis were not selected.What was accepted?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Thursday, January 8, 2009