 | Derek O'Brien |
It was an honour to be a part of the golden jubilee celebrations of the IIM Ahmedabad. The general quiz held last month attracted colleges from across the country. Less fancied Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi clinched top spot ahead of IIFT, MICA and the hosts. Among the questions asked: 1. Which cricketer has played with more teammates than anyone else in ODIs? 2. Which tourist spot gets its name from a local legend that Raja Sudhardev won the heart of Rani Padmini there? 3. According to Philip Kotler, the three A’s that every marketer should swear by are Availability, Access and...? Try and answer... if you give up, peep at the answers below.
YOUR QUESTIONS
1. Which lake in India is known as the only floating lake on earth?
Pritam Chowdhury, Calcutta
2. By monetary value, which is the most widely traded spice in the world?
Ranita Chakraborty, Siliguri
3. Which word describes a sentence that includes every letter of the alphabet at least once?
Anisha Basak, Calcutta
4. The album Legend (1984), with international sales of more than 12 million copies, is a retrospective of which musician’s work?
Sreyans Dugar, Jamshedpur
5. Who created, wrote and produced the hit television series I Dream of Jeannie?
Dibyojoti Sen, Howrah
6. Which is said to be the first flower from which perfume was made?
Kaushik Das, Birbhum
7. With 5,900 pieces, the biggest commercially available LEGO set was used to re-construct which UNESCO World Heritage site?
Ritaj Kar, Calcutta
8. Who is the only Indian to be selected at the state level for the National Opus Honor Choir in the US?
Rohini Bose, Assam
9. According to an ancient myth which animal was thought to sweat blood since it released a pinkish “lotion”, from its skin glands?
Subarna Chatterjee, Calcutta
KNOW & GROW WITH DEREK
1. Sachin Tendulkar.
(He had 117 different colleagues in ODIs)
2. Ranikhet
3. Awareness
ANSWER & WIN
By which useful product that it has popularised, do we better know the Haloid Company?
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Quiz published on 30.1.11
Subarna Chatterjee, Calcutta
What was first created as “David and Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web”, as a way to keep track of their personal interests on the Internet?
The answer is: Yahoo!
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 | Name this human rights activist |  |
POINT OF VIEW
1. Identify this author
2. Identify this theatre director
ANSWERS
1. Loktak Lake, Manipur
2. Peppercorn
3. Pangram
4. Bob Marley
5. Sidney Sheldon
6. Rose
7. Taj Mahal
8. Priyanka Chopra
9. Hippopotamus
WHO AM I ? 
Liu Xiaobo
POINT OF VIEW1 Jorge Luis Borges
POINT OF VIEW2 Peter Stephen Paul Brook
