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28/04/2020
For all school students out there!
You asked, we listened! Introducing Thinkathon@Home, a general knowledge and awareness programme for school students based on the highly successful Thinkathon@Campus initiative that has impacted over 2000 students. For more details: www.cerebrus.co.in
The first session will be on Sunday, May 3rd. For registrations call 9445104114 or fill this form: https://bit.ly/Thinkathon_at_Home
09/09/2015
Quizzes at Aaruush 2015. Be there on September 11, 2015.
Exciting prizes to be won!
06/12/2014
X is a song by the famous band Y. The song is also the name of their album. In the video of the song, (which was directed by the band's keyboardist, 14 years after the death of the vocalist), two people from Hollywood walk of fame are referenced. The camera shot turns from one star to another. Also, in the coda of the song, the vocalist repeats the phrase Z which is the anagram of his name.
Who are the people referenced and why? Also, X and Y? :)
06/09/2014
The Aaruush Main Quiz as part of SRM University's prestigious techno-management fest Aaruush'14 is to be held on September 12, 2014 at SRM University Kattankulathur. Come attend and win big!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1462859127310788/
09/11/2013
MIMAMSA '14 is one of the toughest science quiz in India, organised by IISER Pune. Please visit the below links to register. Prizes of Rs.60,000 to be won.
mimamsa.acads.iiserpune.ac.in
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X is a small island country in the Southern Pacific Ocean with a population of around 2 lakh people.
Interestingly, on 30th December,2011 something very unusual happened here.
According to government records neither anyone was born nor anybody died in this country on this date... no trade took place...no bank interest was charged...nobody got married or celebrated an anniversary...in fact there are no government records of any activity on this date!!!
Identify the country X and what was this unusual happening??
In Japanese culture it is widely believed that X brings good luck to thousands of high school students who sit for their entrance examinations to gain an admission into Japan's top universities because co-incidentally X in Japanese translates to "You shall surely win" or "Be Victorious".
Y (manufacturers of X) responded to this fortuitous linguistic association by producing for the Japanese market special types of X that carry additional exam-related symbols on their packaging.
Also when the Japan Postal service was being privatized, Y seized an opportunity and created a business model that didn't exist before. Y partnered with the newly privatized post office and created a new package of X that could be posted, called X Mail. People could write their message on the packaging, put a stamp on it and put it in the mail. Many post office branches during exams decorate their stores with X branding which has now become a part of their culture.
What are X and Y?
Ongole, a city in southern India is famous for its Ongolu Gitta (Ongole breed of oxen). Ongole bulls have
gone as far as America, Malaysia, Brazil, Argentina,
Indonesia, West Indies, Australia, Fiji and Philippines.
The mascot of the 2002 Indian National Games was
Veera, an Ongole Bull.
Though the city is in news now for a completely different reason. Why?
11/08/2013
Connect!
11/08/2013
Where would you find all these together?
Starting in 1931, magazine ads for _____ featured Santa Claus as a kind, jolly man in a red suit. Because magazines were so widely viewed, and because this image of Santa appeared for more than three decades, the image of Santa most people have today is largely based on this company's advertising.
Which company is this?
"A person with ___________ is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed."
What modern-day product takes its name from the above mentioned philosophy mostly because it is based on the same principle?