Friday, July 24, 2009

Noble work gets Nobel Prize ?

The Knights Hospitaller (a Christian organization formed in Jerusalem) were the first to bring the concept of ‘X’ and practice it.

In 1877 , St. John’s ________ were the first to teach this practice officially by forming rooms and teaching centres in railways and mining areas. ‘X’ was started by a Swiss man, who helped a group of villagers help soldiers in the Battle of Solferino.

The Swiss man was awarded the 1st Nobel Prize in 1901 for forming X.

What is X ?

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Answer : Drink up the daily doze of quiz boys and girlz

Question : This drink was first introduced by glaxo during World War 2 as an essential nutrient supplement for soldiers. It made its way to India in 1964 when it was marketed through doctors as a health drink used for recuperation after an illness. To increase the user base, the brand was positioned as a nutrional supplement as opposed to just a compensator for dietary deficiencies. Identify this food drink which is now owned by Heinz Foods

Answers : Complan! ... Yes u knew it, didnt you. What our mothers forced us to drink actually started in WW 2

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Answers : Honeymoon to Business , What a trip!

Question : In 1972 Tony & Maureen Wheel got married and decided to go on an adventure trip for they honeymoon . They visited London and France and when done with it wanted to extend their travel by visiting Iran, Iraq , Afghanistan, Pakistan and India overland. When they arrived back in London, their eager friends would ask the stories of their travel. After many such party stories, on the urging of their friends they began to share pictures, recommendations for restaurants , boarding and even places to visit.To avoid bankruptcy (due to travels) they began documenting small essays on their travel and began selling them to would-be travellers. What did these essays culminate in and how is presented to us today?

Answer : The Lonely Planet travel books! ... They started writing about not so obvious places they visited in their honeymoon trip (initially for eager honeymooners) and slowly expanded that for a lot of places for all types of customers. They decided to publish a book out of their notes, and thus a really helpful travel guide came out

Answers: Do you know the good idea?

Answers for an old question

Question : Chad and Steve had plans of attending a dinner party in February 2005 along with Jawed but Jawed could not make it. Although Chad & Stevens , went to the party they could NOT easily provide the “proof” to Jawed who altogether did not believe that the party ever took place. The 3 of them hence hit upon an idea and setup their office above a pizzeria and a Japanese Restaurant. The name they gave their company, caused a lawsuit against them because the _________ & Rollform Equipment company’s machines had become overloaded due to customers incorrectly searching for the wrong name.What was Chad, Steve’s and Jawed’s idea?

Answer : Ofcourse itwas 'YouTube' (Eventually bought by google). The proof Jawed asked for was any kind of video evidence that they had gone to the party. They hit upon an idea to let people upload and share videos that could be later and thus one of the most heavily visited sites was born!