Mixed Bag - 17 Nov 2010

Hi all,
Hope everyone had a great Diwali. I am back with a new quiz. Hope you would find it interesting and informative.


Q1) What is a coin with a minting error typically referred to as?
 a) FIDO
 b) VAM
 c) Apiked head 
 d) Khota Sikka


Q2) Tata Sons launched India's first national, large-format, specialist retail chain for consumer electronics and durables, in technical alliance with Australian retail major, Woolworths. What’s the name?
 a) Westside

 b) Croma

 c) Next

 d) Spencer

Q3) When translated in Korean what does Daewoo mean?

 a) Great Universe

 b) People's Product 

 c) Great Strides 

 d) Great Pride

Q4) What is the full form of HBO, the international English movie channel?
 a) Hollywood Box Office 
 b) Home Box Office --
 c) Home Broadcasting Office
 d) Humara Box Office


Q5) The common side of Euro coins shows the denomination. What does the reverse side show?
 a) Queen's face
 b) National image
 c) European map
 d) World map

[Note - 2 points for every right answer]

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Monthly LeaderBoard @ InQUIZitive

Folks,
Due to Diwali vacations this month is closing a week earlier. Its time to declare the scores for this month


John is the Top scorer this month with the combined score of 13. Congrats John !!!!


Bharath is at 2nd with combined score of 10. Rama and Bappaditya are joint 3rd with a score of 7.


Here is the final scorecard.

John	- 13 points
Bharath	- 10 points
Bappa	- 7 points
Rama	- 7 points
Sanjeev	- 6 points
Birju	- 4 points
Kautilya	- 3 points
Prakash	- 2 points
Chitra	- 1 point
Prashant	- 1 point

Thanks to all existing and new members for participating. Wish you all a very Happy Diwali. 


Happy Quizzing. Keep playing !!!

Quiz a day - Identify Personality

Identify this very famous sports-personality

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Quiz a day (10 Oct) - Identify

Identify this famous actor?

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Quiz 4 - General Facts

Here are some interesting facts,

Q1. Which product/item of Andhra Pradesh got a GI(Geographical indication) certification under international patent laws on 15th September 2009?

Q2. Which company has announced it would provide 'on demand innovation services'?

Q3. Which well-known indian poet, lyricist, screenplay and scriptwriter is also a Board of Director of Jet-Airways?

Q4. It is believed to be world’s largest solar powered kitchen and cooks enough food to feed 30,000 people a day. Which place am I talking about?

Q5. Easy one, The world’s largest corporate training centre located in India, belongs to which company?

Let me know if you need hints. Have fun !!!!

Quiz 3 - Business Leaders

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1) Which indian software head honcho is nicknamed 'Magus' meaning 'wizard' in Persian?

2) Which Indian entrepreneur was India's first woman brew master?

3) Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal started his career as a _____ ?

4) Besides Microsoft, Gates founded another company. Name the company?

5) Which Tata groups boss was shown hitting a Six of Shoaib Akhtar in a motivational video for its employees?

Let me know if any hints/options are needed. Enjoy !!!!

Category - Identify

1) Identify the company name which has this colorful logo

2) Identify this logo and its tagline

Welcome one and all to my blog on Quizzing

Hi all,

Welcome to my blog dedicated to Quizzing. I am not a Derek O'Brien neither I am trying to be one but I have a PASSION for quizzing. This is my attempt to learn as well as share with everyone of you some interesting facts and general knowledge questions. Please do feel free to learn, participate, provide feedbacks and contribute to make it an enriching experience for all of us.

Looking forward to see you all in action !!!!