AQAD 55 (Kaun hain yeh!)

Having made the declaration of continuing on with the blog.I was contemplating as to what should be our revival post.In between all this contemplation more feedbacks came in from our kind readers, most of them boosting our confidence and some of them all most challenging us to bring it on! Hence i got kick started to make this post after a long time.From today onwards team bizdom starts it revival process.

We begin with a visual question.

On the right is a pic of a man, by profession he was a pilot.He made significant contributions for his country.However he is credited with the idea of starting something in a particular sport.What is the idea and who is this man.

Air Marshall Nur Khan.he was a pilot with PIA .He's the founder of the annual Champions Trophy in hockey.Also credited with giving the idea to FIH for starting the Hockey World Cup.

Replies to be sent to : shiv606_vamnicom@yahoo.co.in

shivsavy@gmail.com

Pls note: Please send in your replies to the above mentioned mail ids only.As there have been instances earlier whereby the replies have gone to my team mates instead of reaching me.Thus pls ensure tht the correct mail id is filled in when u press the send button.

Awaiting ur replies.....

On second thoughts....naaah not so easily!

Ask smokers and drunkards,how easy it is for them for quitting their habits...........leave alone asking them.how many of us actually would believe that a drunkard has actually quit drinking.In fact if some drunkard does say i have quit drinking,one would ask the drunkard "for how many minutes pal??".....Old Habits Die Hard.....

Sometimes when trees grow large and old,it stops bearing fruits,some gardeners would outrightly chop off the tree,some smart gardeners would try the scientifically unproven but a genuine method of threatening the tree by way of making a few cuts on the bark of the tree.The tree as a result of sustaining a few cuts on it's bark feels threatened to be chopped off,and in order to please the gardener it starts bearing fruits.

The above mentioned statements are my own personal view points.

With the news of us shutting down reaching many of our readers,reactions and feedbacks have started to pour in,some of them available on virtual social forums.Some of them verbal and some of them on mail.Considering all the suggestions and feedbacks,we as a team have decided that we are NOT SHUTTING THIS BLOG.In fact some of the feedbacks have been the motivation to revive this blog,and run it the way it was in it's prime.Thank you everyone for showing interest in this blog and encouragement provided to revive it.All we can say for the moment is "just wait and watch"

Rgds

Team Bizdom!

Few more posts, before we shut-down

Finally I decided to quit quizzing, and yes Bizdom too, don't know what will be the future of this blog.
However before shutting down this blog, I decided to pay-back all our readers (for their supports), my BiZdom team-mates, esp Shiv & Ankit (Sorry bro's I can't do it anymore)
लाइफ मे और भी गम है इस मुहब्बत (QuiZ) के सिवा...

I will post few of my quizzes on this blog before I call it a day and don't worry I am not going to irritate you all, by not giving the answers...



je vous aime tous

QuiZ : Au revoir Part 1...
1. The pension scheme was launched by the British. When the poor peasants came to claim the pensions, the officials were not able to recognize the people. As such many peasants used to fool the officials. What came out as the solution? Thumb Impression
2. It is a surname of Dutch origin, with the literal meaning of "rose-field." Is best known for leading the US through the Great Depression using his New Deal, building a powerful Democratic Party, and leading the Allies in World War II against Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Imperial Japan. Probably one of the greatest Americans to live ever.
---Roosevelt.
3. They are fictitious ‘mutants’ who, as a result of a sudden leap in evolution, are born with latent ’superhuman’ abilities, which generally manifest themselves at or very near puberty. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, they debuted in September 1963.
X-Men
4. Technically it is a fruit, since it is the ripened ovary of a plant. However in 1893, the US supreme court ruled in the case of "NIX vs. HEDDEN" that they were to be considered vegetables. -- Tomato
5. His real name was Dhanpat Rai , was born in Pandepur , a village near Banaras (now Varanasi). His father Mushi Ajaib Lal was a clerk in the Postal Department.
Munshi Premchand
6. Traditionally there are 101 classical stories. Most of them were initially composed to last a whole night. Nowadays there is increasing popularity for concise versions of every story (lasting 2-4 hours instead of a whole night) . Which form of ancient dance are we talking about?
Kathakali
7. He changed his surname from "Sakpal" to "_________" with the recommendation of his teacher from his native village in Ratnagiri district. He was selected by the Gayakwad ruler to travel to the United States and enroll at Columbia University, with a scholarship of $11.5 per month. In 1916, he was awarded a Ph.D. for a thesis, which he eventually published in book form as The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India.
B.R. ambedkar
8. When Carl David Anderson (1905-91) discovered a new particle in cosmic radiation with a mass between that of the electron and the proton, he named it 'mesotron'. Which scientist wrote an article to The Nature and got the name of the particle changed to meson? HOMI. J. BHABHA
9. At the Battle of Pollilur in 1780, it was effectively used on a large scale against British Army. Later in 1797 a British officer Col. William Congreve took the idea to England, what are we talking about?
Idea of Rockets, which was being used by Tipu sultan against East India Co.
10. X means 2 personal
Y means 11
Z is 22, and
Z+ is 36 what are we talking about?
Grade of security by govt of India.
11. She is consider to be the daughter or consort of Brahma. Thus along with the goddess Lakshmi and Pravati she forms the Tridevi. Also its children are the vedas, oldest sacred texts of Hnduism. = Saraswati
12. It was discovered by Sir John Marshall in 1921. It extended for 1000 miles from Sutkagen Dor to the neighborhood of Rupar. Eastwards it stretched from Karachi through Kathiawad to Narmada and the Gulf of Kambay. What are we talking about?
Indus valley civilization

13. From 1989 onwards, the phrase "and the winner is..." on announcing Oscar winners was replaced by which new five word phrase that was intended to give the impression that there were no losers? “And the Oscar goes to .. “
14. Who said “It should not be the business of government to be in business”. Tory legend was the only British Prime minister in last 170 years to won 3 terms of Prime Ministership? Margaret Thatcher
15. This film was to be made both in Hindi and English versions. The English version was to be titled "Paint It Yellow". However, later the plan for the English version was dropped subsequently. Which famous movie are we talking about? Rang De Basanti
16. The movie was shot in approximately 40 days. Its cast includes Lillete Dubey (Pimmi Verma) and Neha Dubey (playing Ayesha Verma) who are mother and daughter in real life. Monsoon Wedding
17. Presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, the ____are a set of awards presented to the "world's best websites". Webby Awards
18. In 1961 – The British newspaper The Observer published English lawyer Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners, starting a letter-writing campaign that grew and became the human rights organization as Amnesty International.
19. On August 7, 1948, the first Pakistani feature film, Teri Yaad, premièred at the Parbhat Theater in Lahore. It starred Asha Posley as the heroine and Nasir Khan, who was Dilip Kumar's brother, as the hero.
20. This city’s name means “The Place at the Frontier”, so named by Akbar due to its proximity to the Khyber pass, which for centuries, had been the vantage points as a gateway for the invaders. Its earlier name was “City of Flowers”, “City of Grain”, and “Lotus Land” – Peshawar.

Review IMT G - Quorisity

All be it a slightly late review,but still i feel this quiz deserves a review.Mind u m not a fond writer of any reviews,just that i felt this should not pass by without any noteworthy mention.A sunday afternoon i had to think twice before going to attend the quiz,as to y shud i attend a b school quiz having been passed out more than a year ago,but having attended the quiz i felt it was the time worth spending.Yes Mr Souvik Basu played the quizmaster's role to a nicety.I have been to some quizzes where many new quizmasters try to be a "Bond" when they are at quiz mastering,as its always easy to be one when u knw all the ans,and u r at the asking end of the quiz and not the answering end.Souvik did very well to not to fall in that trap.He spent his wits wisely and also kept the audience interested.Full marks for the time management and quality of question.A good research backed up by good presentation is the least that can be said of the quiz.All in all a fantastic quiz.

PhokatCopy – Get Photocopies of notes and books for free

Students who spend a lot on photocopying notes on campus can earn it all back by way of points that can be traded for fast food, free mobile talktime or iPods, thanks to a new business concept of an IITian.

22-year-old Harsh Narang, an IIT-Delhi final year student (MTech), has joined hands with three students from the institute, two from Delhi University and one from BITS-Pilani, to set up 'phokatcopy' that subsidises photocopying for students across various colleges in the Delhi.