Take Se7en - 6

6th Edition goes here:

1. To start with a sitter:
   
   "Here’s to the crazy ones.
   The misfits.
   The rebels.
   The troublemakers.
   The round pegs in the square holes.
   The ones who see things differently.
   They’re not fond of rules.
   And they have no respect for the status quo.
   You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.
   About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.
   Because they change things.
   They push the human race forward.
   And while some may see them as the crazy ones,
   We see genius.
   Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,
   Are the ones who do".
   
   Why is the above so famous?
   



2. This is a poster of a movie which made the date 01-18-08 so famous in the US. Which movie?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Which TV channel is being marketed with the punchline "Naya saal, nayaa channel" ?
   
   
4. Character X - Wears dental braces and has squinty eyes and a drooping nose with prominent nostrils. His top gums are often exposed due to a small upper lip, and he speaks nasally with a deep voice and a slight lisp, repeatedly punctuating his speech with "uhh…." Calmer, cockier, and marginally more intelligent than Y, X is oblivious of subtleties, but is usually 100% confident in everything he says and does, no matter how ridiculous or frivolous it is.
   
   Character Y - Has an underbite and a fixated stare on his face, which is almost always shown in profile. He grunts when he laughs, has a grainy, guttural voice and has a penchant for openly picking his nose. The more excitable of the two, he is oblivious of the obvious. He generally has a more passive demeanor in contrast to X's more dominant personality.
   
   Identify X&Y.
   
   
5. Identify this politician, who was in the news recently.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   







6. A sitter: Who uttered the following lines that are now a part of cricket history; "I do not want to see you, Mr. Warner. There are two teams out there. One is playing cricket and the other is not."?
   
   


7. Which award-trophy is this?
   
   

You can send your replies to jay.bis@gmail.com

Do post your comments and suggestions.

Ciao,
Jayendra.

Answers: "Old wine in an old bottle" quiz

Answers to the Ad-slogans:

1. Nintendo
2. GE
3. AOL
4. eBay
5. NYSE
6. Heineken
7. Schweppes
8. 7-UP
9. Pepsi
10. m&m
11. Taco Bell
12. Skoda
13. DuPont
14. DKNY
15. Evian
16. JW Black Label
17. Subway
18. American Express Card
19. British Airways
20. Omega

The "Old wine in an old bottle" quiz

Hey All,

Just to give the "Take Se7en" series a break for this week. I have to confess that this quiz is a "old wine in an old bottle" scenario. You would have seen all of the slogans below in quite a few quizzes in the past. Nevertheless, taking another look at some of the brilliant (and very innovative) ad-slogans.

Identify the brand/product for each of these:

1. Get N or get out.
2. Imagination at Work.
3. Welcome to the World Wide Wow .
4. Buy it. Sell it. Love it.
5. The World Puts Its Stock In US .
6. Refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach .
7. Schhh! You know who?
8. The Uncola .
9. Nothing official about it .
10. The milk chocolate melts in your mouth, not in your hand.
11. Think outside the bun.
12. Obsessed with perfection since 1897.
13. The Miracles Of Science .
14. The official uniform of New York.
15. Your natural source of youth.
16. If you want to impress someone, put him on your Black list .
17. The Way A Sandwich Should Be .
18. Don't Leave Home Without It.
19. The world's favourite airline.
20. Fashion that ticks .

Do post your comments and suggestions.

Ciao,
Jay.

Answers: Take Se7en - 5

Answers to the 5th edition:

1. The recent controversy during and after the Sydney test match. An obvious reference to Bodyline and Bollywood.
   
   
2. Dakar Rally
   
   
3. Rubik's Cube
   
   
4. Chandrayan, the Indian space mission to moon
   
   
5. Carla Bruni, the much talked-about girl-friend of the French president. It remains to be scene how Indian media reacts to her presence when the duo is here next week.
   
   
6. A money mule is a person who transfers money and reships high value goods that have been fraudulently obtained in one country, usually via the internet, to another country, usually where the perpetrator of the fraud lives.
   
   
7. Asok, the Indian intern in Dilbert
   
   

Thanks all for participating,

Till next time,

Adios,
Jayendra.

Take Se7en - 5

Hey All,

Two new words have been added to the dictionary - Bucknor & Benson :


Bucknor: (n) (adj) :
1. Temporary blindness leading to missing out on the obvious.2. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time.3. Situations leading to grave judgmental errors.Usage: I feel bucknored by my boss; Life often throws a bucknor at you.

Benson: (n) (adj) :
1. Something that legitimises a severe bucknor.Usage: First they bucknored me and then they bensoned it! I am toast.Also see bucknor


With this wonderful vocabulary-enriching thought, fifth edition goes here:

1. In cricket, what is being referred to as "Bollyline"?
   
   
2. Which sporting event is being described here:
   "500 connards sur la ligne de départ" ("500 Assholes at the Starting Line") - By French singer Renaud.
   "Vulgar display of power and wealth in places where men continue to die from hunger and thirst." - By the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano
   "Colonialism that needs to be eradicated" - By a Green Party of France.
   
   
3. It is said to be the world's best-selling (and probably the most misspelt!!) toy with over 300 million of them sold worldwide. It was invented by an Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno ___ in 1974. It was originally called something else but it was renamed to the current name by Ideal Toys in 1980. In the same year it won the German Game of the year special award for the best puzzle. Identify X.
   


4. Which ambitious project is being sponsored by Tatas, L&T, Godrej, Walchandnagar Foundry (Satara), Venkateshwara Engineering (Coimbatore) and Shoma Industries (Bangalore)?
   
   
5. Who is this lady, in the news recently? (Pic 5)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   









6. In business parlance, who is a "money mule"?
   
   
7. Cartoon-character X was recently killed by its creator "while on a test of a moon shuttle prototype". X is tried to be cloned but its DNA gets mixed with a candy and it is cloned into a "half-human, half-snicker-bar". When Clone X finds out this, it uses its advanced shape-shifting and guided reincarnation skills to change into a regular peanut and chocolate-free X. Who is this X?
   
   

Comments and Suggestions welcome .....

Answers in a week,

Ciao,
Jay.