Pretty Simple.

The original message posted by X on 19 September, 1982
19-Sep-82 11:44 X Y
From: X
I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:
Y
Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use
Z


Good crack by the Druid and Indian.

Answer(Highlight to view): X - Scott Fahlman Y - :-) Z - :-(

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

Identify the lady.
She is supposed to have pioneered something in the world of motoring in a book written by her in 1906. What ?

Indian and Saahil get complete answers. Two others are partly correct !

Answer: She is Dorothy Levitt. In her 1906 book, The Woman and the Car, she was the first one to talk about the concept of a rear view mirror.

How You Doin ?

Connect

Answer: The connect is the french physicist, philosopher and mathematician - Sophie German, known for her famous works in Elastic theory and Fermat's Last Theorem. Unable to make a career out of mathematics due to the gender biased society and to escape the ridicule of being a female scientist , she submitted her works to mathematician Joesph Lagrange (Upper Pic) under the alias M. LeBlanc (Lower Pic) which ultimately led to Lagrange recognizing her talent and mentoring her.

Green [Festival] Eggs and Tab

Connect

Abhimanyu, Sid Ravi, and Harsh get it right.
Source: Chipworks
Answer: Quoting Harsh again -
"The cartoon characters of the dragon Grisu and chick Calimero were found on the Samsung Galaxy Tablet chip Infineon PMB5703 by Chipworks."

We've come a long way, baby!

Easy. Ad for?

Answer: Cracked by Gokul and Nikhil.

Peer-reviewed

Tell me what you know about this. Or more precisely, from where can I download the paper whose partial abstract is shown below?

Answer: This is one of the papers generated when the 'Emergency Button' on the right-bottom of the PHD comic strip is clicked.

Points to Arnab, achals, crazyunltd and avneeth.

A sitter for some...

This one is dedicated to electronics engineers (especially the ones from NSIT). What did the two gentlemen invent?

Answer: Alf-Egil Bogen and Vegard Wollan conceived the AVR architecture.

Points to Jaideep for coming close with Atmel.

Identify

Prototype of what??

Ans - The first electric power plug and receptacle

Cracked by Gaurav Jindal , Mitc,raclodramA,Sandipan Chakravarti,Mohit and Tikna

Parangam

Visual of a village called Khairat near Mumbai where cow power is shown as being used as a dynamo to charge something. What?


Cracked by Navin Pai alone.
Source: Cow Power
Answer: Cow Power is used to charge the OLPC - XO Laptop. This was designed by Arjun Sarwal, a student [now alumni] of NSIT.

TATA Crucible 2009 - Indore Round

TATA Crucible’s Indore Round saw a huge turnout of 222 teams. The prelims were a little easy and very high scoring. Winners and Runners Up were both from IIM, Indore.

Prelims
1. What brand name is the tenth-generation Toyota Corolla in India known by?
Toyota Corolla Altis

2. Identify the logo

Renault

3. “Let’s learn to teach” is the tagline of which powerful initiative launched by a media company in India?
Teach India

4. Ad that said – Born in USA. Motherland India.
Incredible !ndia

5. Identify



Sunil Mittal

6. Which soap brand is endorsed by Saif Ali Khan and Madhavan. [Hint: It is manufactured by a company not really known for FMCG products]
Santoor

7. Get Gorgeous, Launchpad, On the Run, etc are programmes of which channel?
Channel [V]

8. Which bollywood actress endorses Sugar Free?
Bipasha Basu

9. Aamir Khan endorses which brand of biscuits?
Monaco [points given for Parle as well]

10. This company came about when a few Gujarati women came together and set up their own enterprise and became self-sustaining. [Wording was slightly different]
Shri Mahila Griha Udyog – Lijjat Papad

11. Identify the logo

ABN Amro – Now taken over by Royal Bank of Scotland

12. Identify

Warren Buffet

13. Which company started off as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing?
3M

14. “On holiday 365 days a year” which place? [Destination tourism campaign]
Goa

15. Soha Ali Khan ad – from the world of car accessories.
Ambipur

16. Ad – Human Network - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfFQyWfbWVQ
Cisco

17. Who is the author of this book? [Hint: The author is someone who urges you to be more effective]

Stephen Covey [author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People]

18. Which airline was started by Naresh Goyal?
Jet Airways

19. This coffee chain has a tie up with India Premier League [IPL] to have kiosks during IPL matches. Which?
Cafe Coffee Day

20. Identify the logo

Fannie Mae

Wild Card Round 1
1. In terms of volume sales which is the largest manufacturer of watches all over the world – Swatch, Titan or HMT?
Swatch

2. In 1894 this company received a patent on their "Lucky Curve" feed. Which company? Leader in writing instruments.
Parker Pens

3. Who is known as the Oracle of Omaha?
Warren Buffet

4. Started off as Galvin Engineering before it was renamed as something else
Motorola

5. Which company was founded in 1873 by Richard and William to make cigarettes for the then Prince of Wales, Albert Edward?
Benson and Hedges

6. Who exited out of the Planet Hollywood Restaurant Chain saying that he wanted to concentrate on his constituency?
Arnold Schwazenegger

7. Set Wet is a brand from which company?
Paras Pharma

Wild Card Two
1. Durable, Reliable, Excellence though some people mistake it as being "Durable Latex".
Durex

2. Who started NeXT computers?
Steve Jobs

3. Which company bought Pixar in 2004?
Disney

4. What is Nannyware?
Software to restrict access to pornography sites.

5. In the world of tea plantation, what is CTC?
Crush, Tear and Curl

Finals
1. When this product was to be launched in India – Lever’s came out with its own specific to India campaign for it, a first for any Unilever product in India. Currently, this brand is owned by Bunge Limited. Which?
Dalda

2. Invented by Hakeem Ustad Hasan it had Khurfa Seeds, Kasni, Munaqqa, Nilofar, Gaozaban, Hara Dhania etc. What?
Rooh Afza

3. Founded in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, the name means "empathizer" or "companion in suffering".
Hamdard

4. Kisan Credit Cards were launched in India through?
Nabard

5. Company set up by Bengali Doctor started off with three brands – something, something [don’t remember] and?
Pudin Hara

6. Identify

Harley Davidson

7. Who and which company did he start?

Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook

8. Cement company from TATAS
India Cements

9. Question on Chyawanprash

10. Identify person on left.

Noel Tata [not Naval Tata :) ]

11. Started as Southwestern Bell Co.
AT & T

12. Bhaskar Bhatt is the MD of?
Titan

13. Lateral Connects
a. Pepsi - New Pepsi logo, Pepsi Blue Man, and Frito Lays logo
b. Companies that have exited the Airline Business.
c. Emami - Zandu Balm, Saurav Ganguly etc.
d. Unilever - Axe Ad, etc.

14. American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher.
GAP

15. Coco Gem is a new brand of what from the house of the TATAs?
Coconut Oil

Report on Tata Crucible Page

Identify. Explain.

One Shot

What is this a pic of? No trivia. No Funda. Simple Identification.


Answer: Chandrayaan - I at the ISRO center in Bangalore.
Source: Scenes from India - The Big Picture

Explain

Answer:

A computer science collectible :) such cheques are given out by Donald Knuth to those who first spot errors in his books.

Kya Aap In Paanch Sawaalon ke Liye Tez Hain?

Easyish questions. Easyish connect. For NSIT-CS people atleast :-)

1. Doonesbury's tribute to what?

They are quite obviously the blanks.

2.a.Identify the singer and the album

2.b.Identify this game which is the "P-Tanks" for the Macintosh.:-)


2c.
Identify the movie.



3.Quoting from Wikipedia:-

Independently from Immanuel Kant, he formulated the nebular hypothesis the origin of the solar system and was one of the first scientists to postulate the existence of blak holes and the notion of gravitational collapse

He is remembered as one of the greatest scientists of all time, sometimes referred to as a Newton of France, with a natural phenomenal mathematical faculty possessed by none of his contemporaries.

4a.

Connect

4b.

Give the equivalents for 2 and 3.

1--Grace Hopper
2---
3---
4---Walter Bright
5---Mark S Miller,Dan Bornstein
6---Walter Brainerd, Richard Hendrickson, and David Epstein



5.Connect :-



Quiz Update

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Date: Sunday, 18 May 2008 (1000hrs-1130hrs)

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Answers in a paanch din :-)
Roshan