Potpourri

1
What was founded in 2004 by X and his friends at Harvard University and gets its name from the colloquial name of registers given at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better.

The answer is

facebook

The answer is

Harshad Mehta

3. What or who depicted here?

The answer is

Mandira Bedi- Sony Max Extraa Innings

4
This chain of coffee shops has its headquarters in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. A division of Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd., it opened its first cafe in 1996 on Brigade Road in Bangalore, and today has the largest cafe retail chain in India with 873 cafes in 135 cities. Name this chain?

The answer is

5. Identify the website?

The answer is

Uncyclopedia
it s a parody of wikipedia.org

6
Arla Foods, a Swedish-Danish cooperative coloured their milk cartons black-grey, as distinct from the typical white-green to raise awareness for what annual event, which is held on the last Saturday of March?

The answer is

Earth Hour

7
At the Indianapolis 500, it was mandatory that all drivers should be accompanied by a mechanic, who checked the oil pressure and let the driver know when traffic was coming. Ray Harroun, a Marmon engineer couldn t find a mechanic to ride with him and he did something to overcome this; and won the race. What did he do?

Indianapolis 500

The answer is

Rear view mirror

He installed a mirror on his car so he could view what was happening behind him this was the first use of a rear view mirror on an automobile.

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Due to the huge public interest in the subject of this book, it was prepared for publication in secret. Relatives of Doubleday employees were hired as couriers, to deliver portions of the book from the company's head office in Manhattan to the printing plant in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. At the printing plant, the book was given the code name "Neil Armstrong . Just identify the book.

The answer is

 Moonwalk, Michael Jackson s autobiography

9
This cricket bat, specifically designed for Twenty 20 cricket, was developed by advertising guru Marcus Codrington Fernandez. The design is unusual in that the blade is 33% shorter than a conventional bat and the handle is 43% longer. The manufacturer claims that this provides 20% more power and 15% more bat speed and gives the batsman an advantage. Name the bat.

The answer is

Mongoose bat

10
Professor Sheridan Simove has produced a 200 page book entitled What Every Man Thinks About Apart From Sex . Sheridan Simove said: This book is the result of 39 years of painstaking research and practical study into the subject. I left nothing to chance and really threw myself into my work . The work has sold out online on Amazon following heavy promotion in student unions across Britain. It has outsold the likes of Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix , The Da Vinci Code etc. What peculiar aspect of this book is helping it soar up the best selling charts?

The answer is

It s an empty book with 200 blank pages,(obviously ;) )

11
This can be seen as a description of the medieval 'Great' or 'Old Custom' wool tax of 1275, which survived until the fifteenth century. Contrary to some commentaries, this tax did not involve the collection of 33% to the king, and 33% to the church, but a less punitive sum of 6 shillings 8 pence to the Crown per sack, about 5 per cent of the value. What am I talking about?

The answer is

Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full. One for the master, One for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane.

12
This Swiss luxury watchmaker was originally founded in 1832 and currently holds the oldest registered logo for a watch company (a winged hourglass). They provided timers used at the first modern day Olympics in 1892.?

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I am Choreographer and Magician. Name of my magic company is Redinfocus But, Most of you know me as the Host of a Popular Show on Amrita TV. Who Am I? .

The answer is

 Raj kalesh , Host of the Popular Show Taste of Kerala

14
This when literally translated to English, means "one who carries a box". This originated when India was under British rule and Many British people who came to India did not like the local food, so a service was set up to bring lunch to these people in their workplace straight from their home. What am I talking about?

The answer is

 Dubbawallah

15
He hails from of Thrissur, Who after working in Canara Bank, State Bank of India and State Bank of Travancore, left India to join The Commercial Bank of Kuwait in 1974.Started business in 1981 in Kuwait and was once director of the Indiavision TV Channel. Who is he?

The answer is

 M.M.Ramachandran of ATLAS Jewellery

16
The chemical composition of this as follows Distilled Water + Silver Nitrate + Diluted Alcohol and Dye (colour). By what common name it s known to us?

The answer is

 Electoral stain or election ink or indelible ink

17
In 1985, he was convicted for possessing 400 grams of cocaine in the US, which resulted in a suspended two year prison sentence. He was President of International Tobacco Company from 1987 to 1991, and then in 1992 was appointed an Executive Director of Godfrey Phillips India. Now he is known to us completely different reason Who?

The answer is

Lalit Modi

18
This movie used an innovative promotion strategy. It used stickers for auto-rickshaws that say Capacity: movie name They used around 10,000 rickshaws in cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Gujarat, Jaipur, Kota, Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, Kolkata, Bhopal, Indore, Bangalore and Chennai.

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This restaurant houses phenomenal collection of cricket memorabilia from world over. Apart from the Hall of Fame, the restaurant is also home to Silly Point the cafe, Tons of Memories a memento shop and Dressing Room a boutique. Identify the restaurant ? Any guesses for the owner ??????

The answer is

The Bat and Ball Inn Bangalore

Sreeshant

20
Identify the logo of the organization?

The answer is

Indian coffee house

21
What is so special about this video clip?

The answer is

 Me at the zoo is the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube.com . This video features Jawed Karim one of the co-founders of the website, the video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo

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She is a multi-faceted personality. She is a lawyer, with 1st rank in LLM and a doctorate in law to her credit . She is a professor at Kerala Law Academy, is also a business woman, who manages her outdoor catering company called Caterina & cookery institute since the past 12 years. She is also an expert in constitutional law?

The answer is

 Dr. Lekshmi Nair

23
Which popular tourist destination derives its name from the fact that it is located at the confluence of the Muthirappuzha, Nallathanni and Kundaly rivers?

The answer is

Munnar

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Identify the logo ?

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In the cigarette industry RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company known for brands such as Camel, Winston, Salem and Doral. In 1988, when the anti-smoking lobbyists could finally claim the majority of public opinion was behind them, and when passive smoking had been officially recognized as a serious danger to health, the company decided to do something about it. In total, RJ Reynolds spent US $325 million on R&D and What was resulted ?

The answer is

Ans: They created a smokeless cigarette which was branded as Premier

26. Visual. What has been blanked out?

The DUCKWORTH LEWIS Method

That s all folks

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