Quiz #3

Quiz #3 is here. Answers can be put as comments or mailed to me at – svijayavargia@yahoo.ca

1. Who recently resigned from his post as artistic consultant for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, blaming China for failing to resolve the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region?
2. Sitter – Whose recently released autobiography is titled “My Country, My Life”?
3. Which country was the first non-European member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH)?
4. This company was started in 1892 in a nondescript house in Calcutta with an initial investment of Rs. 295. In 1921, it became the first company east of the Suez Canal to use imported gas ovens. Today, it is one of India’ s biggest brands. Identify.
5. “Don’t be Evil” is the informal corporate motto (or slogan) of which company?
6. Which famous world leader was accused at the Rivonia trial?
7. What is Project Virgle”?
8. In the world of Harry Potter what is “a stone taken from the stomach of a goat” called, which will protect from most poisons?
9. How do we better know Keval Krishna Deol?
10. Another easy one to end with. Which company’s tagline is “Financial Solutions from A to Z”?

Regards

Prateek