9 September, 2009

Punchline of the day:

'Trusted Family Bank'

-Dena bank

WEDNESDAY WIZARDS

12th RAJIV GANDHI AWARDS goes to.......

1)SOCIAL FIELD - RAJSHREE BIRLA

2)WOMEN ACHIEVER - KRUSHNA PATIL

3)YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR - ROHIT KOCHHAR

4)SUPER ACHIEVER - DR. G.MADHAVAN NAIR

5)CHILD PRODIGY - AVIKA GOR

6)EDUCATIONIST - DR. NARENDRA JADHAV

7)GLOBAL INDIAN - SAM PITRODA

8)SPORTS - ABHINAV BINDRA

9)JOURNALISM - RAMESH CHANDRA AGARWAL

10)INDUSTRIALIST - VINEET JAIN

11)BEST ACTOR - SHAHID KAPOOR

12)BEST ACTRESS - KATRINA KAIF

2 September, 2009

Punchline of the day:

'Boond Boond Main Vishwas'

-Kinley

WEDNESDAY WIZARDS

1)Who is the first Asian born player to win the 2009 PGA men's major championship?
ans: Yang Young-eun

2)Who received Rajiv Gandhi Khel ratna award for year 2008-09?
ans: Mary Kom(Boxing), Vijender Singh(Boxing), Sushil Kumar(Wrestling)

3Which scientist received Nobel prize for both chemistry and peace?
ans: Linus Pauling:chemistry(1954), Peace(1962)

4)First Indian mixed double pair to win a Grand prix Gold title in Chinese Taipei(in badminton)?
ans: Jwala Gutta & V Diju

5)Who created the world wide web(WWW)?
ans: Tim Berners-Lee

6)Who started Facebook and where?
ans: Mark Zuckerberg at Harward University

7)Who won the Pulitzer prize iin Journalism for 'public service'?
ans: Las Vegas Sun( courageous reporting by Alexandra Berzon)

ITALIAN TERMS USED COMMONLY IN ENGLISH

Palazzo	Mansion or palace
Piazza	Public square
Ciao	Goodbye
Al fresco	In open air
carabiniere	Policeman

26 August, 2009

Punchline of the day:

'High Performance Delivered'

-Accenture

WEDNESDAY WIZARDS

1)Who is the oldest recipient of Noble prize for economics?
ans: William Vickrey

2)She was Awarded the Nikkei Asia prize for 2009 recently. Who is being referred to here?
ans: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw( chairman of Biocon)

3)First Pakistani to receive the Noble Prize?
ans: Dr. Abdus Salam(for physics in 1979)

4)'Last judgement' was the first painting of which famous Italian painter?
ans: Michelangelo

5)Name the only Indian musician to have sung in United Nations?
ans: Ms Subbulakshmi

6)Who invented Jet engine?
ans: Sir Frank Whittle

7)To which movement do you associate Arvind Kejriwal with?
ans: Right to Information Act(RTI)

19 August, 2009

Punchline of the day:

'Fly the good times'

-Kingfisher Airlines

WEDNESDAY WIZARDS

1)First Indian to get an Oscar?
ans: Bhanu Athaiya(for Gandhi, best costume designer)

2)Who os called Haryana Hurricane?
ans: Kapil Dev

3)Who has written 'The Sea Gull', a play that has revolutionized the concept of subtext?
ans: Anton Chekov

4)Who holds world record for 100 metres?
ans: Usian Bolt , Jamaica(9.58 seconds)

5)India's first test tube baby?
ans: Kanupriya, nicknamed Durga(3, october, 1978)

6)Who has been named victor of the 2009 Pritzer Prize, the highest recognition for architects?
ans: Peter Zumthor

7)Winner of Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe, who gets an opportunity to represent India at Miss Universe pageant in 2009?
ans: Ekta Chowdhry