Thursday, December 4, 2008

"Q" Factor - Online quiz contest - WINNERS, Solutions & more!! - Event review

Hi Folks,

It was gr8 to receive all your entries for the 1st ever Online Quiz contest conducted on this blog!

We shd say that the Contest was closely fought...and the winners won the contest by a whisker!

It's time to declare the winners!!!

WINNER OF "Q" Factor online quiz contest is VIGNESH(08AB43) - Team Cruizers

RUNNERS-UP : Jayachandran.K (08AB15) & Balumahendran.S(08AB06)

Congrats Guys!! Keep up the good work...

It's worth mentioning a few names who came very close..

* Team Verdana : Sabari giriesan O8ab04 & 08ab35
* Team Dziders : MuthuKumar 08ab29,Jittender 08ab19
* Team Mindstorm : Aishwarya 08PGDM33 & 08AD03
* Team GLADIATORS: Dheenathayalan.B(08AB09)
* Team Salim & Dhanush

The Winners won gift vouchers worth Rs.250 while Runners-up won gift vouchers worth Rs.100.

The Solution to the Questions

1. MC^2 = ? The Ans is E which is ENERGY... isn't the future at stake???
2. Ans : Compact Disc, A 115mm diameter cd(developed by Phillips)could hold only 60min of recording. But then it was suggested that the capacity be extended 74 minutes(Which now is the standard) so as to accommodate a performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony - ODE TO JOY!
3. Ans : ORKUT, Rotate the x&y axis and set them right to read - "Who do you know", its tagline!
4. Ans: PALANIAPPAN CHIDAMBARAM
5. Ans: NSG - NATIONAL SECURITY GUARDS, This question was a tribute to heroes who were still fighting terrorists at Taj!
6. Ans: MOBILE - Sum the Nos... you get 37180.. Add the W after the 0... You get 37180W.. Invert it.. and you get our answer
7. Ans: www.gahooyoogle.com
8. Ans: Taj Hotels & Resorts
9. Ans: Ray-Ban
10.Ans: Mohan Singh Oberoi, Founder of Oberoi hotels - Removing the MAN from MANMOHAN SINGH(India Afternoon -Indian P.M)

THE FUNNY PART :)

It was Gr8 FUN to evaluate your (imaginative!!)answers to some of the questions...

Sample SOME OF the answers we recieved...

For the 1st question.. MC^2=??
one of the teams answer was OBAMA!!!!
One another ans was Chandraayan II!!
Another ans was that the future is at stake for blue chips!!???
Even more interesting was this ans..
Ans:Moon Magic Square: the magic costant is 369, formed by 3x1, 3x2,3x3. The sum of all the numbers of the square is 3321.!!!??
WE were truly clueless.. We are still trying to understand this answer!

Hope no one is hurt! We jus wanted you to enjoy the responses to this contest... No other intentions!

You can expect More online contests for now on...

So.. Keep hitting this space more often!

Happy Quizzin!
- Team "Q"Factor

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