Quest Pistols # 31

It'll be apt to say that her name has got her immortalised in the history.

Who is she ?

Answer

Barbara Handler.

Barabara's mother Ruth Handler designed and invented Barbie and named the toy after her daughter.

Quest Pistols # 30

Question
This man is one of the richest in the world.His company was in news recently for backing out of a proposed expansion plan

Name the person and mention the expansion plan talked about.

Answer

Ingvar Kamprad,the founder and owner of the world's largest furniture manufacturer IKEA.

Quoting Business Standard "The world's largest furniture maker, IKEA, has shelved plans to enter the Indian retail market because of stringent FDI norms, but the company said it would continue sourcing supplies from the country for its international operations."

Quest Pistols # 29

Question:

X is the spouse of Y and endows a famous public charitable foundation.The name of this public charitable foundation means "offering".

Y is one of the co founders of an immensely well known establishment.

Y ,other than in stature,is in recent news for what is being termed as a mammoth project.

Identify X and Y and mention what has brought Y in news.

Answer

Y - Nandan Nilekani

X - Rohini Nilekani. She endows the public charitable foundation "Arghyam"

Nandan Nilekani has been appointed by the Central goverment to head the Unique Identification for every citizen project

Quest Pistols # 28

Question

What's happening ? ( A sitter in case you recognise the man shown in prominence in the image.)

Answer

The photograph shows Jack Ruby (encircled in blue) assasinating Lee Harvey Oswald(encircled in red) on November 24,1963 while he was about to be taken to the Dallas County Jail. Lee Harvey Oswald had assasinated the US president John F Kennedy two days ago.

Quest Pistols # 27

trivialized !!

Question 1)

In April 2009, A , the less known ,elder brother of an Indian icon Y joined the Bhartiya Janata Party.Owing to the immense popularity of Y in the nation and the region likewise,the BJP decided to rope in A for local campaigning in favour of the party for the then upcoming/ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.

What is Y primarily associated with ?

Answer

Indian Cricket Team .( Y is Mahendra Singh Dhoni & A is Narendra Dhoni)

Question 2)

This well known song performed by an equally well known artist was recorded and produced in 1982 and sold under the Epic Records label.Interestingly,when the song producer called up a leading music artist Z and asked him to render his instrumentation for a part of the song, Z thought it to be a prank call.It was later only that the things were cleared and Z went on to record the song along with the artist,that too free of charge.The song moved on to the top position of the Billboard Hot 100 charts.

Identify Z.

Answer

Eddie Van Halen,the lead guitarist of the band Van Halen.( He rendered the guitar solo in Michael Jacskon's Beat It )

Question 3)

When England won the Football World Cup in 1966, the celebration banquet also featured a black and white stray, mongrel dog as a guest.As a mark of honor,he was allowed to lick the plates clean. His owner collected a £6,000 reward. It was actually 'X' that brought this dog into such limelight.

What is X ,as it was known during that time ?

Answer

The Jules Rimet Trophy ( The Jules Rimet Trophy was awarded to the FIFA World Cup Champion until it was stolen again in 1970 and never recovered.Pickels the dog founded it when it was stolen in 1966 from an exhibiton)

Now also Connect/Identify the common link among X,Y and Z.

Answer

The connect is Nike.

Nike is the official clothing sponsor of the Indian Cricket Team.

The Jules Rimet Trophy had the statue of Nike,the Greek goddess of victory.The iconic sporting brand Nike is also named after it.

For Eddie Van Halen,quoting The Rolling Stone Magazine's website news dated 17/6/2009

"Eddie Van Halen’s red, white and black splatter-striped “Frankenstrat” guitar is one of the Van Halenleader’s true signatures. In fact, it’s so closely associated with the guitarist, Van Halen had the color scheme copyrighted in 2001. Now he’s suing Nike because he says the sportswear giant put a similar design on one of their Dunk Lows sneakers."

Quest Pistols # 26

Question

The founding fathers of what ?
Also name both of them.

Answer

(From L to R) Charu Mazumdar , Kanu Sanyal.

They statrted the Naxalite Movement in India which eventually paved way for the Maoist uprisings.

Quest Pistols # 25

Connect.

Answer

(refer to the first comment under the comments section)

Quest Pistols # 24

Question Which Indian giant is he set to head ?

Answer

The picture is of N Chandrashekhran.He has been announced as the new CEO of Tata Consultancy Services.He'll assume office in October 2009.

N Chandrashekhram will succeed Subramaniam Ramadorai

Quest Pistols # 23

Question

Today,this man's name is synonymous with a cult in the world of trends and fashion.From the street basketball kids of America to The Ramones and Kurt Cobain,everyone joined the bandwagon during their times,so must have many of those reading this.

Name the person and the thing being talked about.

Answer

The person in the image is Chuck Taylor.

Chuck Taylor is immortalised in the world of fashion through Chuck Taylor All Stars,popularly known as Converse All Stars sneakers.

The shoes were not particularly popular until basketball player Chuck Taylor adopted them as his preferred shoe. He was impressed with the design so he became the shoe's leading salesman. After proposing a few changes to the shoe, the shoe got its current name and Chuck Taylor's signature on its ankle patch. (The Converse star in the image was a definite hint.)

Quest Pistols # 22

Question

Whose ad campaign ?

Answer

The Economist's Interpret the World Campaign

Quest Pistols # 21

Question

A long one...but can be worked out..
Connect/Identify the common link among the persons.
Also name them.

Answer

refer to the first comment for the answer..

Quest Pistols # 20

Question:
Iconic !!
but what ?

Answer

The cover of issue #411 (November 2001) of the famous American humor magazine MAD .This was the first issue of the magazine after the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

Quest Pistols # 19

rain rain go away...

Question:

Give funda/What does the highlighted column signify ?

(Click on the image to enlarge)

Answer

The tabulated data shown in the image is a comparison of the Duckworth Lewis Scheme and Jayadevan's System.Jayadevan's system also known as the VJD method (shown in highlighted column of the table) is a newly proposed method for calculating target scores in rain-interrupted One Day International and Twenty 20 Cricket matches by V Jayadevan.

V Jayadevan is an engineer from the state of Kerala,India.

Quoting (and agreeing with) Harsh, "INDIA ROCKSSSS..;-)"