Random Question #7

Random Question 7

In the visual given below which sports person should be there in place of the green box.What is the connection here.

Ans.Amol Mazumdar.

The highest run scorer in Ranji Trpohy.The other 2 people in the visual are Amarjeet Kaypee and Ajay Sharma,the second and third highest scorer in Ranji trophy.

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Random Question #6

Random Question 6

The company was founded in 1914 by Alexander MacRae, as McRae Hosiery Manufacturers, then MacRae Knitting Mills.During World War II the manufacturer shifted nearly all of its production to war materials such as mosquito nets.How do we know the company today ?

Ans. Speedo

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Random Question #5

Random Question 5

Identify the organization / company from its logo.

Ans: Prometric . The Testing services company, who among other exams will be conducting the CAT examination from this year.

Just 2 people got this one correct.

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Random Question 4.

The gentleman shown in the visual below started this organization in 1984.Today it is owned by Sapling Foundation,a private non profit organization."Ideas Worth Spreading" is the tag line of this organization.What is being talked about.

Ans.TED

Richard Saul Wurman (visual) founded TED along with Harry Marks in 1984.Wurman left the organization in 2002.The latest TED conference is currently being held in Mysore.

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Random Question 3

The first airplane engine produced by the company in 1914 was called Eagle and around half the aircraft engines used by the Allies in World War I was produced by this company.
Which company are we talking of ?

Ans.Rolls Royce

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Random Question # 2

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Random Question 2

This building located in Woolwich, a London suburb, lends its name to one of the most famous English football clubs.Identify the club and the connection.

Ans.Arsenal FC.

Arsenal were founded as Dial Square in 1886 by workers at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, and were renamed Royal Arsenal shortly afterwards.

Cracked by all!

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Random Question #1

Posting of question sets has become quite irregular of late.What better way to increase the traffic of trivia hunters than to start posting a few questions.Starting today,a new quiz series  will be started on the Quizzards blog,

The series will be called Random Qs
Rules are quite simple.
A single question will be posted at regular intervals of time.
You can leave your answer as comments.
Comments will be moderated and published along with the correct answers.

Here goes the first one

Random Question #1

Time Magazine, in its sixth issue in 1923 first featured an author/writer on its cover.Simply identify the author shown in the visual below.

Ans: Joseph Conrad.

Almost everyone got the first one correct.

(Image courtesy TIME)