TV Commercials Quiz

1. Guinness Beer's commercial 'noitulovE' is the most talked about spot in 2005. It tells the history of life in 50 seconds flat. All you have to do is to tell me what's 'noitulovE'?

2. Which former English cricketer gave the voiceover in the Vodafone 'Mayfly' commercial?

3. "The Way Things Go" a 30-minute film by F. Fischli & D. Weiss in 1987, was the inspiration for which award winning commercial?

4. Who's gonna direct an Amitabh & Tabu flick named 'Cheeni Kum'?

5. Pradeep Sarkar, the director of 'Parineeta' is a renowned ad filmmaker. Can you tell me the name of his ad film outfit?

6. American Express aired a 2-minute commercial for the first time during the recently concluded Oscars show with the theme 'My Life, My card". Who directed the film?

7. Carmichael Lynch, the ad agency behind the legendary Harley Davidson work, commissioned the services of an Indian director to shoot a commercial for Gibson guitars. The commercial was titled 'Empress'. Can you name the director?

8. Who croons the jingle 'Jee Lalchaye Raha Na Jaye' in the Alpenliebe commercials?

9. Who scored the music for the Fevicol Bus commercial that won the Cannes Silver Lion in 2002?

10. What's common to Krish Srikkanth & the Hutch Dog?

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Quick Trivia # 37

"A term often heard for high-quality coffee is degree coffee. Milk certified as pure with a lactometer was called degree milk owing to a mistaken association with the thermometer. Coffee prepared with degree milk became known as degree coffee."

Source: Wikipedia.

Just One Question # 2

Which popular cleanser brand was originally named 'Liquor Cresolis Compositus'?

Quick Trivia # 9

Herb Caen, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist from San Fransisco, coined two words that defined a generation - 'Beatnik' and 'Hippie'.

Just One Question # 1

What's common to Ambush, Chosen, The Follow, Star, Powder Keg, Hostage, Beat the Devil and Ticker?

Quick Trivia # 8

Bollywood actress Celina Jetley has a pup by the name Heineken.

Quick Trivia # 7

The Italian surname Quarttrochi means Four Eyes.

Quick Trivia # 6

Trademark Spandex is an anagram of Expands.

Quick Trivia # 5

If you come across any website with the seemingly perverted dot co dot ck extension, then it means the site is from Cook Islands.

the question of the day # 1

which newspaper claims that one mr. t. herman zeibel has been its editor since 1901?

Quick Trivia # 4

Singer Manicka Vinayagam plays Dhanush's dad in the film 'Thiruda Thirudi'.

Quick Trivia # 3

Tamil actor Dhanush (real name - Venkatesh Prabhu) has a dog by the name 'Rowdy'.

Quick Trivia # 2

Hurricane Katrina will bear the names Kirk, Karen, Kyle, Kate & Karl in the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 respectively. And in the year 2011, it shall be called Katrina again. This is in keeping with the practice of rotating names every six years.

Quick Trivia # 1

Tamil Director Bharathiraja's real name is Chinnasami.

This & That Quiz

1. This band that was named after an adult toy mentioned in the William Burroughs novel "Naked Lunch." Just name the band.
Steely Dan

2. In Hindu Mythology, what is Agna Sandhani?
It’s the book that decides whether you go to hell or heaven. It’s a balance sheet of the sins and good deeds done by any individual. Maintained by Chitra Gupta in Yamalok.

3. Actress Kalpana Iyer’s hands have been immortalised as the logo of which Advertising Agency?
Mudra

4. She used the pen name Jane Mast for writing plays. Her first play was titled ‘Sex’. Who’s this person?
Mae West

5. In the world of sports what is Charles Bannerman’s claim to fame?
He played the first ball bowled in a test match.

6. What word did Mr. Henry Piddington, President of Marine Courts, Calcutta, coin in 1848 to differentiate between straight and curved types of his subject of study?
Cyclone.

7. For the movie Sangam, Raj Kapoor wanted Vyjayanti Mala as heroine. She took her time to decide. So Raj Kapoor sent her a final telegram. After which she said a definite yes. What was his message?
Bol radha bol sangam hoga ki nahin?

8. Born Susan Alexandra. An unusual name in the book The Great Gatsby attracted her attention. She changed her name. Name this celebrity.
Sigourney Weaver.

9. Complete the list Harichandan, Mandar, Surtaru, --------- & -----------? And tell me what’s special about these 5 names.
Parijaata and Kalpaka Vriksha. The only 5 trees in paradise, according to Hindu mythology.

10. Connect the book “Call me lucky” and Holiday Inn, the hotel?
Bing Crosby. His autobiography is “Call me lucky” and the hotel takes its name from a movie of his with the same name.

Daily Trivia # 20

Ashok Babu is better known to us, as Tamil Actor Arjun.

Daily Trivia # 19

In 1966, Javed Akhtar met Salim Khan for the first time on the sets of the film 'Sarhadi Lootera'. Javed was the film's dialogue writer while Salim was the hero!

Daily Trivia # 18

Bib-label-lithiated-lemon-lime-soda was the original name given to the soft drink 7-up.

Daily Trivia # 17

Ukulele is the Hawaiian word for 'Jumping Flea'.

Daily Trivia # 16

The guillotine was built by Antoine Louis. It takes its name from Joseph Ignace Guillotin, the man who proposed building a mechanical device for carrying out death penalty. It was first put to use in 1792. Nicolas J. Pelletier was the unfortunate guinea pig.