Quiz
Only two countries have suffered the embarrassment of having a site removed from the World Heritage List.
One is Germany, the other Oman. Name the places and the reason for de-registering them.
Dresden Elbe Valley and Arabian Onyx Sanctuary
delisted in 2009 because of the construction of a bridge through the valley.
delisted in 2007 when the size of the preserve was reduced by 90% after oil was discovered there.
Microsoft recently announced retirement of its X service on 19 Aug. 2015
They have announced a partnership with Scanbuy, which will support the Microsoft X Technology on the ScanLife platform, beginning next month.
MS X rolled out of beta in late May 2010, offering free mobile barcode technology for anyone with a camera equiped smartphone.
Pic on next slide. People involved in case study 2 years ago would remember this.
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The buzz for the upcoming US open has been slightly overshadowed by X's plans to change her surname to Y for the duration of the grand slam.
It is a publicity stunt for her business venture Z and will also involve her sporting its logo on her attire at Flushing Meadows.
Her management company IMG says that there are no apparent legal barriers standing in her way.
Maria 'Sugarpova' Sharapova
UPDATE: Sharapova decided against this idea. But then, she's already generated a lot of buzz this way. Job well done I'd say.
Identify this unlikely challenger to the likes of Apple and Amazon
Retail chain X is set to launch its own tablet, which it plans to sell with the help of its expanding range of digital services.
Set to be launched by Christmas, though there is no word on specifications.
X's expanding digital content include the Blinkbox video streaming and download service, Blinkbox Music and the X eBook store, which is currently under development.
X's rival Asda, which is owned by Y already has its own Arnova range of tablets. Y acquired the Vudu video-on-demand service in 2010.
Tesco
Speaker and context
"I couldn't showcase any of my musical skills in 30 seconds but yes I could make my hair move. I have a contract with X that I can't cut my hair. I am still their goodwill ambassador. I can't cut my hair even though it is falling off.
Ustad Zakhir Hussain
on Tata Taj Tea advertisements
If Rolls Royce has the 'Spirit of Ecstacy' whom would you associate with the 'Leaping Hare' hood ornament?
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Name this iconic brand
This European brand has had more than 50 years of partnership with NASA after one its astronauts used one of its products which he had purchased at a Houston shop during his turn around the Earth in a Mercury rocket in 1962. Subsequently it was used by all the Apollo missions to the moon. 12 of them are now sitting on the moon's surface, left behind to save weight on the return trip.
Hasselblad Cameras
With which company would you associate this cinder block shack. It was at this place that the founder came up with the idea
A replica of this is preserved in the company headquarters.
Lenovo
Liu Chunzhi was an engineer at the Academy of Sciences in Beijing
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The lion of the Piazza San Marco in Venice was the inspiration for the Lion trophy used at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Name the delicacy
This Indian delicacy was invented by an accident by Babe Thakur Das who came to Rajasthan from Pakistan after partition in 1947. Then the sweet was made on the footpath with milk and sugar, while making it the milk curdled and he, therefore, let it thicken and filled the thickened sweet in a mould. When opened, it emerged with a delicious brown centre. When people asked him what it was called, his reply became the name by which it is known today.
@Kanish: Doob mar, if you don't know this :P
Baba Thakur Das invented the Kalakand in Alwar,
Rajasthan in 1947. His reply in Hindi was "yehi to kala hai'.
Not to be confused with the staple offering at southern temples - Kalkandu
Where would you find Tony Fernandez of Air Asia and Lakshmi Mittal of Arcelor Mittal in a 65:33 joint venture
One of their worst investments I'd say
Name the person and the camera
This camera was apparently picked up at a second hand shop by a person who did not know much about cameras. It was actually quite a rare model with only just over 9,000 units ever made. He recorded a feat, one of firsts to be achieved by any man just a few days before Queen Elizabeth II was coronated.
Sir Edmund Hillary's camera used by him to capture Tenzing Norgay's conquest of Mt. Everest
Mautam (Mizo for 'bamboo death') is a cyclic ecological phenomenon
that occurs every 48 years in the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur.
During Mautam, Melocanna baccifera, a species of bamboo flowers at one time across a wide area. In 2006, the last outbreak which continued till 2008, the state government and the Indian Army had to intervene and help mitigate the disastrous consequences.
What is the disastrous outcome of the flowering bamboos.
The blooming attracts millions of hungry rats and they devour crops after finishing the bamboo fruit.
ID the Taxi Driver
Norwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg trying to woo voters this way
He wanted to hear what passengers really though about politics
Funda?
Monaco was forced to play in front of no fans at the Stade Louis II as a punishment for a pitch invasion against Le Mans in May.
Quiz 21st Aug
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Quiz 21st Aug
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