Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Who am I

By Aug'09, I have been destroyed/written-off 30 times, had 55 accidents which killed over 1200 people (starting June 1972 till May 2009). They stopped making me in 1989. Who/What am I?

-iQ

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Testing the Significance..

Easy one, google it inside half a minute -
What significance does the word "Astha" have for India? (Looking for a very specific milestone here)

-iQ

Answer:


India's Billionth Baby is called Astha Arora

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

He's got mail..



Whose letter box is next to Tintin's?

As usual, leave your answers as comments!

-iQ


Answer:




Thursday, August 26, 2010

Connect with a single word




Shouldn't take too long to find that one word connect. As usual, leave your answers as comments.

-iQ


Answer




Jaden it is!

Monday, August 16, 2010

Connect again!



Connect, and leave answers as comments!

-iQ


Answer:



The British East India Company. With a brand new Indian CEO, Sanjiv Mehta, and his grand plans. Headquarters, Opium, logo and one of their India bases, check comments for all details!

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Who X?

'X' has been associated with 2 great brands. At 'A', where 'X' worked for over 15 years, 'X' was instrumental in introducing an innovative and unique marketing campaign that left A's competitor and market leader 'B' gasping. 'X' was also the youngest-ever president of 'A', for a while.

Based probably on this success story, company 'C' (which was into a completely unrelated business segment) took 'X' aboard, where 'X' changed the sales structure and the target segment and decided to compete with C's competitor and market leader 'D'. Though C's sales improved 10 times when 'X' was around, margins eroded and 'X' was ultimately forced out of 'C'. In the mean time, 'X' was also declared as highest paid executive in this segment.

Identify X, A, B, C, D.

-iQ




Answer:





Illustrious names! Sculley, Pepsi, Coke in the thick of things. Check Sai Prasad's/Dinesh's comments for correct answers

Friday, July 30, 2010

And you connect again!



What links these?

-iQ

Clue - Have you seen the movie "You've Got Mail"?

Answer:

Very IIMB specific. The answer was in your mailboxes! Trees that are going to be used in the "Greening of Campus" program

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Are you certain?

Anagram - reassemble the letters below to get a quote that lies with its designated owner forever.

"He Mere Horse Wheelies"

As usual, leave answers as comments!

-iQ


Answer:

"He lies here, somewhere". Heisenberg's - epitaph!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Win, did you?



One word answer for the connect!

As usual, leave answers as comments!

-iQ

Clue 1 - Go one level of abstraction above the hill



Answer:




Vijay. Only Sai Prasad and Pradeep cracked it completely. Mayank got it half right. Look into comments for explanation.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Put Fundae!!!

Explain the relation between the images.




Leave the answers as comments. They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Answer:
Azad Hind: First stamps that were designed for India

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Change a letter

The question today has five parts with all the answers are words of 7 letters. The relation between them is that as you go from 1 to 5, change one letter in the solution, scramble the word and you get the answer to the next clue.
So, you can start at any question as 1 is a little generic :)

E.g. 1. Extend. 2. Warnings
Answer: You have 1 = "stretch" , change 'c' to 'a', scramble and you get 2 = threats


1. Animal

2. Delicate

3. Something cold

4. Inexplicable event

5. Inorganic

Answers:

1. Giraffe
2. Fragile
3. Glacier
4. Miracle
5. Mineral

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Uh.. Homo? Yeah, he's on the phone!

Homophones are a group of words pronounced in the same way but differing in meaning or spelling or both. We'll give you are a set of 6 clues each of which give a pair of homophones (1 pt per homophone).

Example:
a) Poetry that progressively becomes bad (5, 5)
Answers: verse and worse


1. Repeated use of the red pills will help our machine to look for minute details (4,5)

2. He chooses to validate a curvy wave rather than a straight one (4,4)

3. “Hey lady, my son needs a double dose of perennial fruits every day, he has to cut back on the unhealthy chocolates” (4,4,4)

4. There is never lack of an agreement on the requirement for a strong lineage (7,7)

5. A wealthy Arab’s gesture of greeting is uncannily quiet, unlike one of his gastronomic satisfaction (5,5)

6. “Stop this cacophony now! And you are henceforth forbidden from such imprudent acts!” yelled the mentor to his group of mentees (6,4)

Leave your answers as comments, they will be published before the next question!

Answers:
1. Loop, Loupe
2. Sign, Sine
3. Pair, Pear, Pare
4. Dissent, Descent
5. Sheik, Shake
6. Banned, Band

Cheers,
iQ

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

A Picture is worth One word?




Also try and guess the theme!

Answers:

1. Book Rack
2. Icon
3. Operations Society (Dead Poets' Society)
4. Exchange Committee (Come-eat-tea)
5. iQ (Intelligence Quotient)

Theme - Clubs and Societies at IIMB!

Monday, July 12, 2010

Clueing - First one

Clueing
We give you 3 clues which will help you to come up with one English word (no proper nouns), with the first clue being a synonym. The remaining two clues are pointers to get the answer which could be in the nature of common cryptic hints, connections or just common sense.

As an example:
1) Garbage (synonym)
2) Ambition (Drive)
3) Learner (L)

Answer: Drivel

Three questions for the day:

1. Answer?
a) Dishonesty
b) Jack
c) Railway

2. Answer?
a) Leadership
b) Border
c) Euro

3. Answer?
a) Change
b) Christ
c) Raphael

Answers:
1. Knavery (Knave + Ry)
2. Hegemony (Hedge + Money)
3. Transfiguration (Event in Christ's life + Painting by Raphael)

Sunday, July 11, 2010

The lits part of iQ begins!



First activity for the literary week! A simple word-game to get the words tumbling.
If you are new to cryptic clues, here are 2 links that might help you to get started!

http://everything2.com/title/Cryptic+Crossword+Clue+Types
http://www.solving-cryptics.com/types.html

If you have any questions ("what's your big aim in this?" etc) or suggestions ("please stop the stupidity") or want to post one of your challenges online then please mail us on iq.iimb@gmail.com.

Cheers,
iQ

Answers:
A1 – aim
A4- rates
A6- germany
A7 – melt
D1- alright
D2 – motor
D3 – message
D5 – tryst

The sheet will be updated soon with scores.....

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Q10. Parody..



Leave the answers as comments. They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Answer : Oh yeah, its the small boy who takes a leak in the open - Manneken Pis

Cheers,
iQ

Friday, July 9, 2010

Q9. Identify theme



Identify the theme. Link the statement with the 2 pictures. Leave the answers as comments. They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Answer : Calvin and Hobbes!

@Sai Prasad, your answer came in after we published it here!


Cheers,
iQ

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Q8. Identify the ad



Leave the answers as comments. They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Hoover vacuum cleaners it is! That was too easily googleable!

Cheers,
iQ

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Q7.You know what to do



Hint: Yom Kippur ain’t far off and I’m a palestinian
Leave the answers as comments. They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Answer : Lead Singers of Black Sabbath. See comments for details.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Q6. Keep Connecting



Hint: An evening outside the Louvre

Answer : For whom the bell tolls. See comments for details.

See here for scores.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Q5. Connect



Guess the theme of the picture. Leave the answers as comments (ciphering not needed). They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Check here for scores.

Guest question from Karthik Srivatsan


Answer : Murder of Satyendra Dubey. See comments for more details.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Connect : Event



Connect these with an event. Leave the answers as comments (ciphering not needed). They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Check http://bit.ly/91m7j9 for scores.

Crack this quick and be there tonight (July 4) at 10.30 pm at the CC for a session of interesting quizzing with loads of fun!

Cheers,
iQ

Answer : Theft of Jules Rimet Trophy. See comments for details.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Q3 : Connect again!




Leave the answers as comments (ciphering not needed). They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Check http://bit.ly/91m7j9 for scores.

Answer - Shashi Tharoor it is! Check comments for more (he started a quiz club).

Friday, July 2, 2010

Q2. Connect



Clue - “Beam me up Scotty!”
Leave the answers as comments. They will be scored and published before tomorrow's question.

Check http://bit.ly/91m7j9 for scores.

Answer:
Several correct answers, James Tiberius Kirk, check Anish/Savita/Sai Prasad's etc. comments for complete connect

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Welcome ! Come, think and get bling !

Welcome to the online home of the IIMB quizzing and lits club iQ.
This blog is dedicated to quizzing and lits activities. We aim to have a fresh question ready everyday that will have you googling, binging and hopefully some learning.
Questions will be posted everyday at around 2100 Hrs and the answers and scores for the previous days questions will be posted before that. To answer the question please post it as a comment. We wil publish all comments just before putting up the next question. We will also maintain an online google doc of all the participants and the winner every month is in for something special !
Standard answer format :
{
Name:
Answer/ Story/ Funda/ BS :
}
Cheers !

Monday, June 28, 2010

Q1. God of Arms

We are now in the year AD 49 according to a group of eccentrics of a certain nation. The autobiography of a certain individual is the bible for this group of fanatics and they celebrate Christmas in late October. Those who helped the deity in his career have been named apostles. Those who hindered have been branded heretics. What is the organization being referred to in this question called and what does AD stand for ?

Leave your answers as comments, they will be evaluated, scored and published on the blog before tomorrow's question.
Cheers !
- iQ

Answer:

The organization is Iglesia Maradoniana (Maradonian Church). AD refers to After Diego.