cusat quiz club

HALL OF FAME

2010-01-11T10:46:00.000-08:00

PARTICIPANT'S NAME; NAME OF COLLEGE

(In the order of ranks)

Tirtha Tanay; Jadavpur University, Jadavpur

Kumar Ronak; SOE, CUSAT

Shahnawaz; SOE, CUSAT

Rahul Kumar; SOE, CUSAT

Saurav Swaraj; SOE, CUSAT

Shreyans; IT-BHU, Varanasi

Ashutosh; SOE, CUSAT

Rajiv Ranjan; BCREC, Durgapur

Saurabh; SOE, CUSAT

Ankur Mishra; LNCT, Bhopal

Ambrish Devanshu; SOE,CUSAT

Shabeer; SOE,CUSAT

Satish Tiwary; SOE,CUSAT

Tony Davis;Navanirman school,Kochi
Rahul Raman; Dept. Of Instrumentation,CUSAT

Vardan Anand;SOE,CUSAT

Pankaj Kumar; SOE, CUSAT

Shovit; SOE, CUSAT

Kumar Skand;;CUSAT

Preetam;Jadavpur University,Jadavpur
Shambhu; SOE, CUSAT

Pankaj; SOE, CUSAT

B.Selvapriya; Francis Xavier Engg College,Tirunelveli

Prafull Chandra; SOE,CUSAT

Alok Ashok; Model Engg. College, Thrikkakara

Ashu kumar; Anonymous

MohanKumar, SOE,CUSAT
Dipak Shaw; CUSAT

Animesh Sinha; Anonymous
Karan; SOE,CUSAT

Navneet Jha; SOE, CUSAT
Timebreaker;SOE,CUSAT

Joker has a life too; Anonymous

Kumar Vivek; Bengal College Of Engg. & Tech., Durgapur

Shashank Pandey; SOE, CUSAT

Sudeep; SOE, CUSAT

Ankit; SOE, CUSAT

Deepak; SOE, CUSAT

Dilip; SOE, CUSAT

Ravi Jha; BCREC, Durgapur

Anshul D; SOE,CUSAT

Sandeep; SOE, CUSAT

Pankaj Tripathi; Anonymous

Sunny; SOE,CUSAT

Ravi Agarwal; SOE, CUSAT

Prashant Kumar; SOE, CUSAT
Rajeev;Anonymous

Zain Qaji; SOE,CUSAT

Ankit Banka; Manipal Institute Of Technology, Manipal

Prashanth J. P; NIT, Calicut

Srihari Prasad; SOE, CUSAT
Ashwini;SOE,CUSAT
Rahul;GEC,Thrissur

CONNECT#12

2009-12-22T08:09:00.000-08:00

Ans:- The common connect between the 3 pics is Apple Inc.
1st pic : Symbol for Infinity. Apple's Head quarter's is located in the Infinity Loop,a street encircling the 6 main buildings of Apple.

2nd pic : The heroine from Apple's 1984 ad, set in a dystopian future modeled after the George Orwell novel Nineteen Eighty-four, set the tone for the introduction of the Macintosh.

3rd pic : The original Apple logo featuring Isaac Newton under the fabled apple tree.

CONNECT#11

2009-12-16T09:07:00.001-08:00

Ans:- The connection is Mattel Inc.,world's largest toy importing company based on revenue.The pics are of HotWheels which is a product of Mattel Inc.Oasys Mobile with whom Mattel partnered to extend their market into the mobile fieldTheLearning Company which was aquired by Mattel.

CONNECT#10

2009-12-14T09:37:00.000-08:00

Ans :- Mcdonald's

CONNECT#9

2009-12-12T06:23:00.000-08:00

Ans:- The connection is WalMart

The pics are of:
Sam Walton,founder of WalMart
Asda, West Bridgford, Nottingham, England office which is a subsidiary of Wal Mart
Camelops hesternus.The Wal-Mart camel is the bone fossil of a prehistoric camel (Camelops sp.) found at a future Wal Mart store in Mesa,Arizona in 2007.

CONNECT#8

2009-12-10T12:02:00.000-08:00

Ans:- Radio city is co-owned by News corporation .The second image is that of a fox.Fox Entertainment Group is wholly owned and controlled by News Corporation.The New York Post is owned also owned by the News Corporation.Connect:- News Corporation

CONNECT #7

2009-12-08T12:15:00.000-08:00

[3 points]

Ans:- The common connect between the three pics is the BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation).
Pic 1 = Mark Thompson (Editor in chief of BBC)
Pic 2 = General Post Office (Creators of BBC)
Pic 3 = George W Bush (BBC was criticized as Bush and Blair Corporation)

CONNECT #6

2009-12-06T09:08:00.001-08:00

A sitter. [2 points]

Ans-Omega Watches.

It was the first watch on the moon in 1969. James Bond has worn it in films since 1995. Nicole Kidman is one of the famous Omega Watch wearers and Micheal Phelps is the brand ambassador of it.

CONNECT #5

2009-12-04T01:38:00.000-08:00

[3 points]

Ans- IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation).

Overnite Express courier service (pic1) is used by IRCTC to deliver e-tickets to its passengers.

Shubh Yatra (pic2), a popular loyalty program is offered by IRCTC to its frequent travellers. IRCTC won National Award for E-Governance (pic3) for being "best citizen centric application" for the year 2007-08.

CONNECT #4

2009-12-02T06:37:00.000-08:00

X=4 9 0 1 5 4 2 0 3 2 3 7 5 1 Y; What is 'Y'?

Z=

Finally connect X and Z?

[3 points]

Ans-Here X is the IMEI number for mobile phones. Y is the last digit of the IMEI which is a check digit calculated by Luhn's algorithm and following the same,Y comes to be '8' for 'X'.
Z represents nothing but the Chinese version of mobiles(many of them don't have the necessary unique IMEI no.).

The connection is that very recently India govt. has banned all Chinese mobiles without a valid IMEI no. flooded in India.

CONNECT #3

2009-11-30T09:30:00.000-08:00

Give the one word connect. [2 points]

Ans- Prometric, a famous name in the test administration industry. Many tests are administered by them including CAT-IIM (3rd pic is of IIM-A), MCP, MCAT, TOEFL.

CONNECT #2

2009-11-28T09:47:00.000-08:00

[3 points]

Ans- Virgin Groups (the pics are of Virgin Limo Bike, Virgin Earth Challenge and Pebo)

CONNECT #1

2009-11-26T11:37:00.000-08:00

[3points]

Ans- Tomas Bata, the founder of Bata. He founded the company in 1894 in Zlin (Czech Republic) and was often called the "Henry Ford of Eastern Europe".