QFI Chennai – 524

Moving on from entertainment, here’s a lame attempt at something else. Put Funda / Comment / Connect … 6 of you got the connect … Ans : The connect is A Midsummer Night’s Dream The Prince is Prince Ranjitsinghji of Jamnagar (of Ranji Trophy fame) a.k.a Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Ranjithsinji Vibhaji, Maharajah Jam…

Daily Question – 90

Today’s question comes from Anjali Ramachandran. What is this? What is it inspired by? This is the answer the blog was looking for – it is an ad for Agent Provocateur lingerie, inspired by Peter Paul Rubens’ ‘The Massacre of the Innocents’ and Paul de la Roche’s ‘The Execution of Lady Gray.’ Anything close gets…

Daily Question – 83

One sunny May afternoon, just over three years ago, when Vikram Rajan (CR), Krishnamurti (Goach) and I were trying to set questions for the inaugural QFI Open Quiz, CR came up with this question. If I remember correctly, Goach and I shared the same reaction: “Eh?”, followed by a lengthy explanation from CR, and then,…

Daily Question – 63

Before we get to today’s question, first an announcement: Yesterday saw the 15th edition of the annual Landmark Quiz conducted at the Music Academy in Chennai. Hosted by Dr. Navin Jayakumar, the quiz provided an evening of exhilarating quizzing, with QFI teams doing very well. The Chennai regional round was won by QED (Samanth Subramanian,…

Daily Question – 59

Before we get to today’s question, just a reminder: The quiz at SWIM 2008, organised by the Great Lakes Institute fof Management happens today in Chennai. Teams of upto 3 members each, with at least one lady mandatory. It will be a general quiz with a tilt towards women. Interested teams, please land up at…

Daily Question – 36

Before we get to today’s question, first an announcement: It’s time for the next QFI meeting, and it will be held this coming Sunday at P.S.! This meeting will done by QFI stalwarts Gopal Kidao and Deviprasad Viswanathan. It promises to be loads of fun, so don’t miss this one for any reason!! The details…

Daily Question – 28

What are they carrying in the wagon, and to whom did they finally deliver it? The Budweiser Clydesdales have been a symbol for the Anheuser-Busch company since 1933, when company president August Busch sent a case of Budweiser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a carriage drawn by a team of Clydesdales. The horses are…

Daily Question – 25

Ok then, all the scores reset to zero and here we go again, for the second weekly championship. Same rules, person getting the most correct answers out of the seven questions asked till Sunday wins. If there is more than one person, whoever has submitted the answer quicker more times wins. May the best man/woman…