Punchliners :: Quiz # 8

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners. In this set we have 9 taglines or ad slogans of the most famous stock exchanges throughout the world. Identify them. You need to name the exchange specifically and not the name of the country to which they belong. So here we go:

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Punchliners Quiz # 8
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1. Edge is Efficiency

2. The world puts its stock in us

3. Stock market for the digital world

4. The Index Company

5. It's Your Hollywood

6. Tomorrow Market's Today.

7. The World's Center for Non Ferrous Metal Trading

8. Equities. Options. ETFs.

9. Go for Growth

Answers will be provided in a week's time.

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Answers to Quiz # 7

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Answers Punchliners # 7
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1. God's Own Country (Kerala)

2. 365 days on a holiday (Goa)

3. The Kohinoor of India (AP)

4. The Very Heart of India (MP)

5. Full of Surprises (Chattisgarh)

6. Simply Colorful (Rajasthan)

7. The Perfect Host (Himachal Pradesh)

8. Amazing Heritage, Grand Experience (UP)

9. Complete Destination (West Bengal)

N.B.

1. Most of the people got mixed up with responses, the reason being I believe the google search.

2. Two people ended up getting all the correct answers for the first time in this series. They are AJAY RAO and JITENDRA KUMAR.

3. For the 8th Ad slogan people gave Tamilnadu as the answer but the correct answer is UP. Refer the UP Tourism website for details. Tamilnadu has Enchanting Tamilnadu as its ad slogan.

4. Very few people could figure out the state in case of "The Perfect Host".

Congratulations to AJAY RAO and JITENDRA KUMAR for scoring full points in this quiz.

But the winner for this edition of Punchliners is MR. AJAY RAO. Congratulations.!!!!!!!!!!!

Punchliners :: Quiz # 7

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners. In this edition nine ad slogans of tourism department belonging to different states have been provided. You need to figure out the name of the state. So Here we go. Needless to say they are Indian states only.

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1. God's Own Country

2. 365 days on a holiday

3. The Kohinoor of India

4. The Very Heart of India

5. Full of Surprises

6. Simply Colorful

7. The Perfect Host

8. Amazing Heritage, Grand Experience

9. Complete Destination

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Answers Quiz # 6

Here are the Answers for the Punchliners Quiz # 6.

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1. Sun Microsystems; The Network is the Computer

2. Ernst and Young; Quality in Everything we Do

3. Barclays; Fluent in Finance; Its our business to know your business

4. Standard Chartered Bank; Your Right Partner

5. CNBC or NBC; Profit from it or Must See TV

6. Microsoft Office 2003; Microsoft Office has Evolved. Have You? Better, faster, and newer

7. AT&T; The World's Networking Company

8. Monster.com; Never Settle

9. Texas Instruments; Technology for Innovators.

Note.

1. Question no 5 is the logo for both CNBC and NBC. Hence both are taken as right answers and respective taglines have been provided.
2. Ernst and Young had "From Thought to Finish" as their earlier tagline. Currently they have "Quality in Everything We do".

Congratulations to SANTOSH A CHACHADI !!!!! A Regular quizzer of this series.

Good Attempts by Gade Ramakanth and Vikram Trai.

Quiz # 6

Hi and Welcome to the latest edition of punchliners series. This series is different from others since I have added another element in it to make it a little difficult.
Below you will find 9 different logos of companies and brands. Just figure out the name of the brand or the company and the corresponding tagline or punchline. Here we go.

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Punchliners Quiz # 5 Answers

Here are the answers for the Quiz # 5. Amazing responses this time from all the participants. I regret the delay in posting the answers for the quiz since I was out of station on the weekend.

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Simplifly (Air Deccan) (India)

The Joy of Flying (Jet Airways) (India)

There's no better to fly (Lufthansa) (Germany)

The world's most refreshing airline. (Swiss Air) (Switzerland)

The Way to Fly. (British Airways) (Britain)

A breath of Fresh Air (Air Canada) (Canada)

The spirit of Australia (Qantas) (Australia)

The Reliable Airline (KLM)(Netherlands)

Fly with friends. (Austrian Airlines) (Austria)

Emotionally yours. (Sahara)(India)

It's time to fly.(United Airlines) (United States of America)

Going Beyond Expectations (Malaysian Airlines) (Malaysia)

Fly the good times (Kingfisher Airlines) (India)

Work Hard, Fly Right (Continental Airlines) (United States of America)

Your never forget your first time (Virgin Atlantic)( United States of America)


Notes:

1. For the question no 9 all the responses were Oman Air corresponding to one of the links in the Google. But the correct answer is Austrian Airlines. Refer to Business Today October 9 Edition Page no 35.
2. KLM is the only airline where three consecutive letters of the English alphabets make the name of an airline. KLM stands for - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij which translates into English as Royal Dutch Airlines.
3. Name of the countries to which these airlines belong are also provided in answers above.
4. United Airlines had filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 in July 2005. Currently it is undergoing Restructuring.


Now is the time for the winners and scores for this edition of punchliners.

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Scoreboard
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Rank Name Total Score
1 Samir Deshmukh 14
2 Raj 14
3 Jitendra Kumar 14
4 Swapna Pyati 14
5 Chandan Shahi 14
6 S Vijay Anand 13
7 Arun Caashyap 13
8 Shashi Viyappu 13
9 Madhav Nuttaki 13
10 Pooja Jain 12
11 Sandhya Raghunathan 12
12 Nikita Swarnakar 12
13 Aravind Ghosh Suri 12
14 Sanjeev Mittal 11
15 Amitabh Dalal 11
16 Vinod Krishna 10
17 Ahmad Firdaus 7
18 Santosh A Chachadi 6
19 Vikram Trai 6
20 Kunal Mehta 5
21 Jeevesh Gupta 4
22 Santy 4
23 Srikanth 3

So the winner for this edition of Punchliners is
MR. SAMIR DESHMUKH. CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!

The ranking is based on the date and time at which answers were sent.

The next edition of Punchliners will be out within a few hours of this mail. Hoping for a great response yet again.

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Quiz # 5

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In this edition of punchliners we have the taglines of the famous Air Carriers.
Just tell the name of the Airline.
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1.Simplifly
2.The Joy of Flying
3.There’s no better to fly
4.The world’s most refreshing airline
5. The Way to Fly
6. A breath of Fresh Air
7. The spirit of Australia
8. The Reliable Airline
9. Fly with friends
10. Emotionally yours
11. It’s time to fly
12. Going Beyond Expectations
13. Fly the good times
14. Work hard, fly right
15. You never forget your first time

Answers in a week’s time. Send in your responses to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers to Punchliners Quiz # 4

Here are the answers for Quiz # 4.
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Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges (Exxon Mobil)

Human Energy (Chevron Corporation)

Growth is Life (Reliance Industries Limited)

Beyond Petroleum (British Petroleum)

Making Tomorrow Brighter (ONGC)

Bringing Energy to Life (IOCL)

Pure for Sure (BPCL)

10 Years in Formula One. The World is watching us. (Petronas)

Pure bhi. Poora bhi (IBP)

Gas and Beyond (GAIL)

Always Moving Forward (LUKOIL)

Trademark of Energy (Total)

A positive a++itude (Essar Corp)

High Performance Petrol (Hint: Brand of BPCL) (SPEED)

100 % Performance. Everytime. (Brand of IOCL) (SERVO)

The quiz received the best response till date among all the quizzes of punchliners. Here is the score card:

The winner for this edition of Punchliners is Mr. Aravind Ghosh Suri with a score of 13 points.

CONGRATULATIONS ARAVIND

The next edition will be out soon.