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QOTD # 131

Where is the following image being used and for what?

Answer – Switzerland’s anti-foreigner campaign

The right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP/UDC), which won over a quarter of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary election, has plastered towns and cities with posters calling for the “black sheep” in Swiss society to be booted out.

Cracked by Ameya, Ameet, Maverick and Mahendra! Well done!

QOTD # 130

ID all and connect

Answer – Johnny Cash

Walk Hard was the spoof of Walk the Line which is a bio-pic of Johnny Cash played by Joaquin Phoenix. The building is Folsom Prison where Johnny Cash performed 2 concerts and is referred to in the song ‘Folsom Prison Blues’

Good attempt by Mahesh!

QOTD # 129

Where might you find this proposed building?

Answer – Ground Zero, New York

Park51/ Cordoba House/Ground Zero mosque, is a planned 13-story Muslim community center to be located two blocks from the World Trade Center site replacing the Burlington Coat Factory which got damaged during 9/11.

Right answers by Raghavendra, Vikash, Vineet, Manas and Mahendra! Good job ppl!

QOTD # 128

Ad for what?

Answer – Big Bazaar

KK gets it right

QOTD # 127

What are they? How is one different from the other?

Answer – ‘I am rich’ and ‘I am richer’ apps for the Apple iPhone and the Android phone respectively.

Cracked by everyone! Good job everyone!

 

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QOTD # 126

Whose flag is this?

Answer - National League for Democracy (Myanmar) headed by Aung San Suu Kyi

The flag features a ‘Fighting Peacock’ which represents the decades-long democratic struggle against military dictatorship in the country.

Ashwin gets it right!

 

QOTD # 125

Identify

Answer – Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson loved dressing up as Kenny Powers when he was obsessed with the show “Eastbound and Down”

Cracked by everyone! :)

QOTD # 124

Answer – Nandan Nilekani

Nandan Nilekani is the chairman of Aadhar (logo). Nilekani has been extensively quoted in Thomas Friedman’s book The World is Flat. He also wrote the book ‘Imagining India’ (cover)

Brilliant answer by Neelam!

QOTD # 123

Connect - TAPMI students have to get this right! ;)

Answer – Beer Distribution Game

Created by MIT to explain key principles of Supply chain management

Cracked by Mahesh, Johar and Neelam! Good going!

QOTD # 122

Where can you find this? What is it called?

Answer - Arjuna’s Penance/Descent of the ganges (Bas relief). Location – Mahabalipuram.

You can read more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arjuna’s_Penance

Neelam and Just Rahul are right!

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