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BrandTags Express Edition #13 :: NOKIA Lumia Range

2011-11-06T05:21:00.000-08:00

A week back Nokia released its first set of offerings based on the Windows Mobile Platform at the annual Nokia World event held in London. Nokia has moved on from its Symbian based platform to the Windows Mobile platform for its SmartPhone range. LUMIA is the first range of smartphones released by Nokia which are based on the Windows SmartPhone.

There are two phones which are introduced under the LUMIA range. The Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. There is also a new range which is developed aiming the regional and low cost markets. This range is called as ASHA. The ASHA set of phones although not being SmartPhones provide a amazing QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen interface along with one click access to Social Networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The tagline for Nokia Lumia 800 is Continuous Entertainment whereas the tagline for Nokia Lumia 710 is Designed Around You. ASHA set of phones will continue to denote the tagline of the Nokia corporation which is Connecting People

As part of this launch, Nokia also communicated its new ad campaign titled "The Amazing Everyday".

For a closer look here is the photograph below of the Nokia Lumia 800:

Nokia Lumia 800

BrandTags Express Edition #12 :: 2011 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL GRAND PRIX OF INDIA

2011-10-31T15:58:00.000-07:00

India had a truly big last week from every dimension. Start of the week saw onset of the biggest Hindu festival Diwali and towards the week closure we saw the Metallica Concert in Bangalore and Lady Gaga performing in Delhi. But there is one event which stood out and put our stamp in the Motor Sports. It was none other than the 2011 FORMULA 1 AIRTEL GRAND PRIX OF INDIA. Without the mention of this historic event, BrandTags will be incomplete and hence this event features here.

The event is very special in several ways. We hear only positive news about it unlike the commonwealth games where we heard only negative news. The circuit is amazing and it was ready in a record time. The country embraced the sport extremely well from every angle and presented to the world the capability to host the costliest sport. Drivers enjoyed the tracks and equally happy were the team engineers and the teams themselves. The track was completely built by the private sector (JAYPEE Group) with no involvement of the Govt. With no incidents to report, the Indian Grand Prix is a huge success and gives India a podium finish.

Lets have a look at the logo of the Indian Grand Prix. The logo is a stylized B in the colors of orange and green which symbolize the national flag. The logo is shown below. The circuit is designed by Hermann Tilke. Most of the European circuits are designed by Hermann only.

BrandTags Express Edition #11 :: VERTU

2011-10-23T10:00:00.000-07:00

VERTU is a global luxury brand of mobile phones which are handmade with the finest of the materials sourced globally. The keys are made from Sapphire, the leather is sourced from Northern Europe and the material is resistant to almost anything you can think off. The most interesting thing about VERTU is that its a fully owned division of NOKIA and continues to remain profitable since inception.

The tagline of VERTU is Experience Life, Beautifully Arranged.

Recently in Malaysia, VERTU released its first SmartPhone called as Vertu Constellation Quest. Specialty of VERTU phones include services like VERTU CONCIERGE, VERTU FORTRESS, VERTU CERTAINTY, VERTU REMOTE ASSIST and VERTU ME.

Logo of VERTU is below:

VERTU LOGO

Blog Crosses 400000 mark

2011-10-12T12:53:00.000-07:00

Its a pleasure to know that the blog has crossed the 4 LAKH mark in terms of the footprint and is going strong day after day. Thanks to all the readers. It has been a great experience to write on this blog.

BrandTags Express Edition #10 :: Cool Things about KFC

2011-10-12T12:43:00.000-07:00

KFC stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken. The fast food giant set up its restaurant in Corbin, Kentucky and hence the name Kentucky Fried Chicken. In its early days KFC was famous for southern style chicken.

The current tagline of KFC is sogood. The past tagline was its finger lickin good

The logo of the chain is below. The tagline is in red and black letters. The image is of Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of KFC.

KFC Logo

Steve Job :: Rest in Peace

2011-10-07T00:41:00.000-07:00

An event so unconnected still make an impact,
so shattering yet silent
so adhoc yet stimulating
so distant yet can bring tears - Steve Jobs RIP.

BrandTags Express Edition #9 :: Troika, Operation Twist, QE

2011-10-03T15:29:00.000-07:00

While we are in midst of a financial crisis once again after the 2008 fiasco, several terms have emerged which definitely need a mention on this blog as I work in the very center of this trading business.

Troika - This is actually a Russian Bulgarian word which essentially means the number three or three of a kind. In the current financial crisis this refers to the combination of European Central Bank (ECB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission. This is special conglomerate which is formed to rescue Greece from the debt crisis which is causing a global contagion

Operation Twist - This is a slightly complex "operation" by Federal Reserve to understand. In the past, Fed was buying a lot of short term government securities in the market to infuse dollars in to the economy. But with this Operation Twist, Fed would actually be trading the Short term securities like US treasuries for the Long term bonds. Its expected that such operation will lower the rates associated with the long term securities like mortgage or auto or other long term loans.

QE: QE stands for Quantitative Easing. This was one of the operations of the US Fed to pump in additional money into the ailing economy and foster growth and create employment. There were two rounds of QE 1 and 2. A third QE3 was expected but Fed instead decided to do a Operation Twist.

BrandTags Express Edition #8 :: New Brand Identity of Hero Honda

2011-09-17T04:58:00.000-07:00

In Dec 2010, the Joint Venture between Hero Group and Honda was called off and Hero purchased the whole stake of Honda in the JV (26%). Very recently in London, Hero Group came up with its new identity along with a new logo and new tagline as well. There was a new advertisement campaign as well which has been well appreciated by all. The music for the ad campaign has been composed by none other than the Academy Award winner, A R Rahman.

The new Brand Identity and logo was designed by a London based firm called as Wolff Olins. The company's branding has major clients in its list which includes names like London 2012 Olympics, PwC, Sony Ericsson, AOL amongst others.

The new name of Hero Honda would be Hero MotoCorp. The new logo is below. Its actually a 3D logo and you will need to notice it a little carefully to see the 3D H.

Hero MotoCorp Logo

The new tagline for the firm is: "Hum Mein Hai Hero". The video for the new advertisement is below as well. It actually inspires you. The song is sung by AR Rahman himself and its actually refreshing to see such campaigns.

New Look for the Blog

2011-09-17T04:31:00.000-07:00

Have modified the blog design with a new theme. The name of the template is Ethereal. Also rearranged the icons for more clarity. Lot more rejig is expected to come in the near future. Watch out for more content, better presentation and theme based sections.

BrandTags Express Edition #7 :: The Ping Service from Apple

2011-09-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

I was checking my iTunes playlist and then is when, I came across Ping. Ping, a service offered by Apple, is a A social network for music. It allows you to follow your favorite artist and check out the latest music in the offering.

Here is the logo for Ping. Next time you check out the iTunes, do not forget to have a look at Ping as well.

Logo for Ping - Social Network for Music

BrandTags Express Edition #6 :: Global Fast Food Chains

2011-09-03T16:02:00.000-07:00

Last night I was reading a article on Bloomberg on Burger King, regarding how the restaurant is looking at revamping its existing brand identity of King to something which is more closer and relates better to the families. The article is right here. Lets look at the global fast food chains as part of this edition. So here we go:

1. McDonalds :

Global Tagline: I'am lovin' it is the global marketing campaign of McDonalds used across almost every country.

Mascot: Ronald McDonald is a clown which is a primary mascot of McDonalds Restaurant.

Logo: The main logo which represents the M is actually the Golden Arches Logo introduced by Richard and Maurice McDonald

Big Mac Index: Another achievement of McDonalds is the Big Mac Index. The Economist uses the price of the ubiquitous McDonald's meal to calculate the "Big Mac Index", a guide showing how far from fair value different world currencies are. The Big Mac theory (a.k.a. purchasing-power parity, or PPP) says that exchange rates should even out the prices of Big Macs sold across the world.

2. Burger King

Global Tagline: Taste is King

Mascot: The King

Logo: The current logo is Burger King written in two bun halves engulfed by a blue crescent.

Often abbreviated as BK

3. TacoBell

Global Tagline: Think outside the Bun

Mascot: The Taco Bell

Logo: Bell

Famous for its Taco's and products which are all under $ 1. Primarily Mexican food. TacoBell, KFC and Pizza Hut are part of the Yum Group of Restaurants. Created out of the spun from PepsiCo in 1997.

BrandTags Express Edition #5 :: London 2012 Olympics

2011-08-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

Few days back there were celebrations in Trafalgar Square and couple of other places in London to celebrate the fact that 2012 Olympics are exactly 365 days away. Soon, thereafter I had a closer look at the London 2012 logo which has been appreciated and criticized equally. Here is the logo :

London 2012 Olympics Logo

2012 Olympics Mascot

Olympic 2012 Medals

The logo spots the year 2012 along with the London in the first "2" and the five familiar rings of Olympic in the "0". The mascot for the games are Wenlock and Mandeville. The characters are named after the small town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire - which hosted a precursor to the modern Olympic Games in the 19th Century - and the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire.

Also few days back the Medals were unveiled for the games. Designed by British artist David Watkins, the circular form of the medal is a metaphor for the world. The front of the medal always depicts the same image of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike, stepping out of the Pantheon to arrive in the host city.

The design for the reverse features five symbolic elements:

Curved background implies the amphitheatre.
The core emblem a metaphor for the modern City
The grid suggests both a pulling together and a sense of outreach – an image of radiating energy that represents the athletes' efforts.
The River Thames in the background is a symbol for London and also suggests a fluttering baroque ribbon, adding a sense of celebration.
The square is the final balancing motif of the design, opposing the overall circularity of the design, emphasising its focus on the centre and reinforcing the sense of 'place' as in a map inset.

BrandTags Express Edition #4 :: The Amazon Logo

2011-07-23T05:28:00.000-07:00

Ever wondered what the Amazon Logo represents. Here you go:

The arrow in the amazon.com logo actually connects the two letters a and z. This indicates that the online store sells everything from A-Z. Also the orange curvy line indicates a smiley.

BrandTags Express Edition #3 :: Tablets Galore

2011-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

Once considered to be a dominion of Apple, the tablet space is now filled with multiple vendors offering several variants of the tablet to the consumers. The consumer is spoilt with choices of which one to go for but no Tablet has been able to come near to what iPad/iPad 2 can offer. Over a period of time, newer Tablets have become more promising but I think the rest of Tablets are way behind Apple in terms of innovation. With Apple iOS 5, I think all iOS devices (iPodTouch, iPad, iPhone) will take a quantum leap and leapfrog the competition by a humongous amount. Lets know which are the tablets which are available in the market:

1. Apple - iPad/iPad 2

a. A magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price

b. Thinner. Lighter. Faster. Facetime. Smart Covers. 10 hour battery.

2. HP - TouchPad

a.Works like Nothing Else

3. Motorola - XOOM

a. 2011 Feels a Lot Like 1984

b. The Tablet for the Next, Next Generation

4. BlackBerry - PlayBook

a. The World's First Professional Grade Tablet

5. Samsung - Galaxy

a. Life Without Limits. Entertainment Without Limits. Communication Without Limits

6. HTC - Flyer

a. A Tablet like No Other.

7. Asus - Eee Pad Transformer

8. Acer - Iconia Tab A500

9. Cisco - Cius (Intended for only Business Users)

10. LG - Optimus Pad

BrandTags Express Edition # 2 - CEAT India Logo

2011-06-29T11:05:00.000-07:00

The other day, I had a closer look at the CEAT logo in one of the CEAT showrooms and was wondering what do the three horizontal lines indicate or represent in the logo. I analyzed these findings and this finding is now part of the second edition of BEE.

In the year 2008, for the first time since inception, CEAT changed its logo from the well known "Rhino" and tagline "Born Tough" to something different. The idea of "Raising the bar". This is what is reflected in the three horizontal bar which we see in the new logo. Also according to the company, the combination of orange and blue describe the mix of the youthful and contemporary worlds. E in the logo represents motion and movement.

Ceat Old Logo

Ceat New Logo

BrandTags Express Edition # 1 - New Corporate Identity for Zee TV

2011-06-25T11:22:00.000-07:00

Last week when I was watching Zee TV while browsing through all channels, I came across the revamped logo and the new slogan for this channel.

Punit Goenka, CEO and MD of ZEE Limited unveiled this new logo with the new slogan as "Umeed se sage Zindagi".

Old Logo of Zee TV

New Logo of Zee TV

Introduction of the BrandTags Express Edition

2011-06-25T10:09:00.000-07:00

To rationalize and organize the content on this blog and to ensure that its more user friendly for the readers and followers, I am going to modify the posting of the items on this blog under a new title called as "BrandTags Express Edition".

BrandTags Express Edition (BEE) series will attempt to pick up a new theme and put together all information around it with special emphasis on the Brandline, Tagline and Punchline.

The introductory series of the BEE is coming up in the next post.

Continue to pour in your comments and suggestions on this initiative and I promise to update this blog with more useful stuff time after time.

RISE - Mahindra's New Positioning

2011-06-07T10:14:00.000-07:00

Group Mahindra has come out with a new brand positioning called "RISE". This is their first ever exercise towards bringing together several businesses under one umbrella.

Very recently this brand campaign completed six months and I have been trying to understand what is it all about. Broadly Mahindra group is trying to revamp the way we live in four areas namely : Education, Health, Infrastructure and Transportation and Rural Empowerment.

Some other facts about Mahindra

1. World's largest tractor company in terms of Volume sold

2. Was founded in 1945 as a Steel Trading company

3. Tech Mahindra, one of the biggest IT companies also is a IT vendor for the AADHAAR project, Government of India's largest identity management program.

4. The credit for bringing the iconic Willys Jeeps to India also goes to Mahindra and Mahindra group only.

5. The word Rise is now part of the Mahindra's Logo.

The 37-run over

2011-05-08T12:17:00.000-07:00

This is just a Crazy Stuff. Gayle makes this really LOOK LARGER THAN LIFE. Follow the below link

The 37-run over

Change of Guard @ Infosys

2011-04-30T06:36:00.001-07:00

KV Kamath takes over as Chairman of Infosys. More to follow ..

Anna Hazare

2011-04-10T08:33:00.000-07:00

Anna Hazare - That't the name you hear the most now these days. This post is my tribute to this great soul about whom I read only in my school books.

A few days back, I got a an SMS from one of my friends which read as follows: "When a 72 years old man is fasting unto death against corruption he's not doing it for himself or his generation. It's for the future of our nation. Can't sit back. Joining the relay-hunger strike in support of Anna Hazare's fast for 'Jan Lokpal Bill', our Only Hope for a better India." This message kind of created butterflies in stomach and forced me to think "How can I be part of this?". I surely missed out the hunger strike but by posting this entry on my blog, I am ensuring that I remember this historic event and be part of it as well.

Anna started this fast on Apr 5, 2011 and ended the fast on Apr 11, 2011 leading to formation of a committee for drafting an effective Lokpal bill. This committee is being headed by Pranab Mukherjee for the moment and is expected to submit its report soon.

Lokpal is a hindi word and refers to "Ombudsman". The idea of this bill is to create an ombudsman for the corruption prevalent in our system and actually enact a law around it.

Anna is also popular for the RTI act which has gain significance prominence in our country.

India Lifts the ICC World Cup

2011-04-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

India has done it. Its a feeling which is here to stay. Rocking and outstanding knock by the captain which ensured that we cruise through safely. Superb effort by Gambhir along with Virat Kohli. We are world champions

IndiaPay is RuPay

2011-03-26T08:28:00.000-07:00

Couple of days back in TOI I read about RuPay. Until I read that, I was unaware of what it is.The National Payments Corporation of India has built an indigenous payment gateway for India by name IndiaPay. The IndiaPay Payment Engine is a comprehensive, end-to-end, modular solution that offers several key features, including immediate paper check truncation with straight through processing from merchant’s counter top, which can enhance security and control for financial institutions and their corporate customers.

IndiaPay is now being rechristened to RuPay as there was a conflict with two other organizations who have a similar name.RuPay is a institution whose shareholding pattern is covered by 10 banks six of which are public sector banks, two private sector and two foreign sector bank. Its promoted by RBI.

RuPay is going to take Head On with international giants like MasterCard and VISA in the cards space to increase the expense via cards to the global standard of 40 %.

The tagline for IndiaPay is India's Payment Superstore.

Japan Earthquake - Person Finder

2011-03-12T11:49:00.000-08:00

Just added a google gadget for the Person Finder on my blog. Contributing in some way to ensure that it helps the victim of Japan.

Maruti Suzuki - Kizashi

2011-02-05T06:08:00.000-08:00

Last week, Maruti Suzuki came out with its very own luxurious sports sedan. Named Kizashi (Kizashi is a Japanese word meaning prelude or foretaste. The name symbolizes the change within Suzuki), this sedan is a 100% imported one for the Indian market. Priced between 16-18 Lakhs, it competes head to head with other luxury sedans like CAMRY and ACCORD.

I thought it will be a great idea to present a compendium of the taglines related to Maruti Suzuki and its fleet of offerings. So here you go:

Maruti Suzuki - Way of Life

Kizashi - A Sign of Great Things to Come

Grand Vitara - Play it Your Way

DZire - The Heart Car

Maruti SX4 - Men are Back

Maruti Swift - You're The Fuel

Ritz - Live The Moment

A-Star - Stop @ Nothing

Maruti EECO - Happiness Family Size !

WagonR - For the Smarter Race

Maruti Gypsy -There is a Gypsy in everyone

Omni - Fits All

Estillo - Take a Fresh View of Life

Alto - Lets Go.

Maruti 800 - Change your Life

ICC World Cup 2011 - Mascot and Tagline

2011-01-29T07:30:00.000-08:00

With Cricket World Cup 2011 around the corner, how can I be behind in getting the tagline and mascot for the same.

The tagline for the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup is - THE CUP THAT COUNTS

The mascot for the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup is - STUMPY

STUMPY is an elephant with a human age of about 10 years. He resembles and brings back the memories of the 1982 Asiad where APPU a mini elephant was the mascot.

Ranbir Kapoor brand ambassador for John Players

2011-01-22T08:51:00.000-08:00

Ranbir Kapoor is the new brand ambassador for John Players. He replaces Hrithik Roshan in this new year.

John Players is a brand owned by ITC Group. The tagline for John Players is Play it cool. ITC is a well diversified with operations in IT, Retail, Paper Manufacturing, Cigarettes. Its initiative for rural india "ITC E-Choupal" is a business case study in itself. The tagline for e-Choupal is "Lets Put India First".

Nutrilite :: Amway's New Offering

2011-01-05T09:25:00.000-08:00

Amway has come out with a new offering in the nutrition space. The name of the offering is NUTRILITE.

Nutrilite is actually the first multivitamin and multimineral supplement. Carl Rehnborg, the founder of nutrilite created the first nutrition product to be sold globally. Nutrilite is also a global leader in nutrition research, development and innovation.

Now the question is what connects Amway and Nutrilite? Actually the founder of Amway, Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel were distributing the Nutrilite products well before they found Amway in 1959.

Amway stands for AMerican WAY

The tagline for Amway is We're Listening

The tagline for Nutrilite is Best of Nature. Best of Science

The Fall of a Crorepati - KBC 4

2010-11-09T08:20:00.000-08:00

Prashanth Batar in KBC 4 gave an incorrect answer as part of the double dip of the 13 Question for 5 Crores and landed up at 3,20,000.
So KBC 4 has lost its first crorepati.

CWG Delhi Opening Ceremony

2010-10-03T11:18:00.001-07:00

The CWG opening ceremony was just awesome. the yoga performance and the creation of the human being performing the yoga was simply mind blowing. The special attraction the helium filled huge ballon was simply the center of attraction.

Ofcourse Mr. Kalmadi was booed when he was giving the speech and to say the least this was bound to happen.

The best part was that both the president of India and prince Charles did a joint inauguration of the games ending all the speculations nicely.

AR Rahman performance came at the end with the theme song and the Oscar winning jai ho song which was well appreciated by the crowd

Ayodhya Verdict

2010-09-30T05:06:00.000-07:00

Please see the links below for the complete and comprehensive details on the Ayodhya Verdict

http://rjbm.nic.in/

Google celebrates birthday with cake - CSMonitor.com

2010-09-27T10:43:00.000-07:00

Google celebrates birthday with cake - CSMonitor.com

I am back

2010-08-21T02:26:00.000-07:00

Folks,

I am back on this blog again. I will soon be posting again on my blog after a hiatus of more than three years. In these three years, things have changed substantially for me, for this world as well. Several people have sent me emails to start writing again on this blog and I abide by their decision and my interest to come back. I will soon be integrating this blog with Twitter, Facebook, Digg It and Delicious as well to have real time updates all across.

Thanks for all the people who kept on following the blog inspite of its historical content. Even in the punchliners world a lot has changed since the time I had written last time because of a massive mergers and acquisitions activity.

The blog now counts a massive 3,88,156 visitors until date and I hope to double this within a very short span of time.

So guys get geared up because Punchliners newest edition is coming your way.

For the starters, Samsung has come out with a new tagline sometime closer to the end of the last year and its called as "TURN ON TOMORROW". Really Beautiful.

Technorati Claim: 73CPT375BBCW

Punchliners :: Quiz # 28

2007-03-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the 28th Edition of punchliners. Lets have a quick look at the hospitality industry majors.

So here we go with the Hotel chains seen prominently throughout the world.
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1. The official hotel for family fun

2. Luxury Redefined

3. Travel should take you places

4. Stay your own Way

5. The Essence of India

Answers in a week's time.
For Comments, Answers, and Suggestions please mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers to Punchliners Quiz # 27

2007-03-15T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers for the 27th Edition of Punchliners. Easy ones with really high scoring.
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1. PETER ENGLAND

2. LOUIS PHILLIPS

3. RAYMONDS

4. REID AND TAYLOR

5. WILLS LIFESTYLE

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43 entries for the quiz with a whopping 16 full correct entries.

Congratulations to Atul, Elbert, Gowtham, Kamal, Pradeep, Gourav, Sreenivas, Shyam, Parijat, Arun, Varadarajan, Samrat, Gururaj, Rahul, Sanjana, Rajat for scoring five out of five in the quiz.

Hearty Congratulations to Mr. ATUL SONI for winning this edition of Punchliners.

Next edition will be out soon. Till then happy punchlining.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 27

2007-02-28T10:28:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the 27th Edition of punchliners. Its been quite a while and I am back from the hiatus. As we near the country's biggest quiz (Brand Equity Quiz 2007), it's perhaps the right time to revive the series focusing on brands exclusively.
So here we go with the Apparel Brands seen prominently in India. Not very tough should be a sitter for most of us.

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1. Honestly Impressive

2. The Upper Crest

3. The Complete Man

4. Bond with the Best

5. Enjoy the Change

Answers in a week's time.
This quiz and all other past quizzes are available on the website : http://brandtags.blogspot.com
For Comments, Answers, and Suggestions hit the reply button in this mail and do not change the subject of the mail.

Blog crosses 20000 hits

2006-11-20T06:41:00.000-08:00

Hi All

The Taglines and Punchlines blog has crossed another mark in its journey. The blog has crossed 20000 hits. This feat was achieved on 19th of November 2006.

The blog hit the target of 10000 on August 10,2006. Within a span of three months and 20 days the blog has crossed 20000 mark. Its a matter of great pleasure to all of us who are part of this blog right from beginning.

Although the frequency of posts on the blog has got reduced, the blog will be updated on a regular basis.

Hope to see many more feats like this.

Yash

Answer to Quiz # 26

2006-11-15T08:48:00.000-08:00

Hi All

A long wait for the answers to Quiz # 26.

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1. The Square Mile - LONDON

2. Land of Silver - ARGENTINA

3. Punjab + Afghan + Kashmir + Sindh + Baloochistan = PAKISTAN

4. Land of the thunder dragon - BHUTAN

5. Land of million Elephants - LAOS

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1. The City of London is a small area in Greater London. The modern conurbation of London was developed from the city of London and the nearby city of westminster, which was the centre of the royal government. The City of London is now Europe's largest "central business district" (CBD) and financial district. It is often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km²) in area.

2. Argentina, meaning "land of silver," is a rich and vast land—second largest (after Brazil) in South America and eighth largest in the world. Its heartland is a broad grassy plain known as the Pampas (pronounced PAHM-pahs).

3. The name "Pakistan" means "Land of the Pure" in Urdu and Persian. It was coined in 1933 by Choudhary Rahmat Ali, who published it in the pamphlet Now or Never as an acroym of the names of the "Muslim homelands" of western India — P for Punjab, A for Afghania (the Afghan (Pashtun) areas in the Northwest Frontier Province), K for Kashmir, S for Sindh and tan for Balochistan. The i was later added to the name since in Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, "istan" refers to "land of" while "pak" means pure. Officially, the nation was founded as the Dominion of Pakistan in 1947, and was renamed as the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1957.

4. 'Bhutan' may be derived from the Sanskrit word 'Bhu-Uttan' which means 'High Land'. In another theory of sanskritisation, 'Bhots-ant' means 'end of Tibet' or 'south of Tibet'. However some Bhutanese call their country 'Druk Yul' and its inhabitants 'Drukpa'. The Dzongkha (and Tibetan) name for the country is 'Druk Yul' (Land of the Dragon). Because of the serenity and the virginity of the country and its landscapes, Bhutan today is sometimes referred to as the Last Shangri-La. Historically, Bhutan was known by many names, such as 'Lho Mon' (Southern Land of Darkness), 'Lho Tsendenjong' (Southern Land of the Sandalwood), 'Lhomen Khazhi' (Southern Land of Four Approaches), and 'Lho Men Jong' (Southern Land of Medicinal Herbs).

Quiz # 26

2006-10-05T10:48:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the 26th Edition of punchliners. After a thumping response to the silver jubilee editition, Punchliners is back with a quiz on etymology of cities and countries. Each of the below questions corresponds to a city or a country. So just crack them.

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1. The Square Mile

2. Land of Silver

3. Punjab + Afghan + Kashmir + Sindh + Baloochistan = ????

4. Land of the thunder dragon

5. Land of million Elephants

Answers in a week's time. For Comments, Answers, and Suggestions send mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com.

Answers to Quiz # 25, Silver Jubilee Edition

2006-10-05T10:38:00.000-07:00

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1. Accenture

2. Himalaya Healthcare

3. Idea Cellular

4. Food World

5. SANYO

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1. Accenture originated as the consulting division of Arthur Anderson. Its origin goes back to 1953, when GE asked Arthur Andersen to undertake a feasibility study about payroll processing and manufacturing automation using computers. In 1989, that division split from Arthur Andersen and began using the name Andersen Consulting. On January 1, 2001, Andersen Consulting adopted its current name, "Accenture". The word "Accenture" is derived from "Accent on the future". Although a marketing consultancy was tasked with finding a new name for the company, the name "Accenture" was chosen by an employee from the Oslo office, as a result of an internal competition. Arthur Anderson was one of the member of Big 5 once upon a time until ENRON happened. The fiasco of ENRON was one of major turnarounds in the business of the accounting firms and this event actually led to the separation of Consulting business from the accounting business. Also Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 also came into force because of this financial breakdown. The greater-than sign over the 't' shows that the company is looking to the future. The mark is also an accent mark in music.Tiger Woods is the brand ambassador of the company. The campaign uses the phrase "Go On. Be a Tiger." as its advertisment baseline. Tagline for the company is High Performance. Delivered.

2. The story of Himalaya Healthcare starts close to 75 years back when Mr. M Manal founder of the company saw restless elephants being fed with a root to pacify them. This root got scientifically evaluated and turned out to be first hypertensive drug of the world by name Serpina.

3. Idea Cellular's antecedents date back to 1995, When the Aditya Birla Group and AT&T and the Tata Group set up cellular networks.In the year 2000, the historic path-breaking merger of Tata Cellular with Birla AT&T Communications and the subsequent acquisition of RPG Cellular - (Madhya Pradesh circle) in the year 2001 - helped take the company to aim even further and led to the formation of Birla Tata AT&T Limited . In year 2001, company won fourth cellular license for Delhi metro circle and in year 2002 company introduced common brand " !dea" and changed the name to IDEA Cellular Limited

4. SANYO, which means "three oceans" - specifically, the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans - and symbolizes the company's global perspective, has a history rich in creating and delivering technology-based products to every corner of the globe. The SANYO Group of companies is truly an international organization, comprising 83 manufacturing companies, 37 sales companies, and 38 other companies. SANYO's first three products were the bicycle generator lamp, the plastic cabinet radio, and the whirlpool action washing machine. Sanyo started in the year 1947 with the name of Sanyo Electric Works.

A whopping 79 entries were received for this quiz and the uniqueness in the quiz is also appreciated immensely. Thanks for the appreciation.
For the first time ever, a quiz in the Punchliners series has got more than 50 responses.
25 entries were there with all correct answers.

Hearty Congratulations to Mr. SHANTANU GANGAL for winning this edition of Punchliners.

Silver Jubilee Edition of Punchliners :: Quiz No. 25

2006-09-07T10:57:00.000-07:00

I am back with another edition of Punchliners. This is the SILVER JUBILEE edition of Punchliners since this is the 25th Quiz in the series. This round unlike the previous rounds is a little different.

In this round we have five modified logo’s of different brands which are very popular. Only a part of the logo which is distinct is shown. You need to identify the brand which corresponds to this logo.

So let’s get rolling. Here are the five questions for this week:

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Answers in a week's time. For Comments, Answers, and Suggestions please mail to yashasvi.arun(at)gmail.com.

As the quiz and blog completes its one year of existence, I would like to know your feedback on the series.

Kindly pour in your suggestions at yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers to Quiz # 24

2006-09-02T11:21:00.000-07:00

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Answers for Punchliners Quiz # 24
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1. PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE - BRIDGESTONE

2. A better way forward - MICHELIN

3. Accelerate your soul - DUNLOP

4. Tyres with Muscle - MRF

5. Born Tough - CEAT
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1. Shojiro Ishibashi (1889-1976) was the Founder of Bridgestone Corporation. At the time, when he started, British and American products were in high demand and he decided to capitalise on this international aspect. In fact, Bridgestone is a literal English translation of his last name "Ishibashi" which means "Stone Bridge". He liked the sound of it better when he reversed the words to Bridge Stone.

2. The story of Dunlop: Simple ideas can change the world. In 1888, while watching his son ride a tricycle, John Boyd Dunlop noticed his discomfort whenever he rode over cobbled ground. He knew the tricycle's solid rubber tyres were to blame. The solution? He wrapped the wheels in thin rubber sheets, glued them together, inflated them with a football pump for a cushioning effect - and created the first commercially viable pneumatic tyre. Dunlop patented the idea, giving his fledgling Dunlop tyre company a head start over automotive competitors who had already recognised the tyre's many advantages. Ten years later, Dunlop's invention had almost entirely replaced solid tyres.

3. The oldest company of the RPG Enterprises, CEAT Tyres was established in 1958. Today, CEAT is one of India's leading tyre manufacturers, with an annual turnover of Rs 1,780 crores (US $400 million). Most of us are not aware of the fact that CEAT is actually an acronym which stands for Cavi Electrici Affini Torino.

4. MRF Story: A young entrepreneur, K. M. Mammen Mappillai, opened a small toy balloon manufacturing unit in a shed at Tiruvottiyur, Madras (now Chennai). Although the "factory" was just a small shed without any machines, a variety of products, ranging from balloons and latex-cast squeaking toys to industrial gloves and contraceptives, were produced. During this time, MRF established its first office at 334, Thambu Chetty Street, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.
The logo of MRF Muscleman evolved in the year 1964. It also has an interesting story. One day, a truck driver at a roadside dhaba (makeshift eatery) somewhere in Western India hit upon the right idea when he said, "A goodtyre should have all the qualities of a pehalwan (strong man)." And from this simple statement, the muscleman was born. MRF stands for Madras Rubber Factory.

5. Michelin: The company's symbol is Bibendum, the Michelin Man, introduced in 1898 by French artist O'Galop (pseudonym of Marius Rossillon), and one of the world's oldest trademarks. Andre Michelin apparently commissioned the creation of this jolly, rotund figure after his brother, Édouard, observed that a display of stacked tires resembled a human form. Today, Bibendum is one of the world's most recognized trademarks, representing Michelin in over 150 countries.

Congratulations to HARI CHERREDI for winning this round of Punchliners !!!!

Punchliners :: Quiz # 24

2006-08-21T11:15:00.001-07:00

Another set of Punchliners for you all. This time its the tyre manufacturers turn. Have a look and Lets see how many will crack them.

1. PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE

2. A better way forward

3. Accelerate your soul

4. Tyres with Muscle

5. Born Tough

Answers in a week's time. For Comments Answers Suggestions and feedback shot a mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com .

The Golden Moment - 10000 Hits

2006-08-10T20:45:00.000-07:00

Today is a great day for this quiz blog. It touched the magical figure of 10000 hits. This feat has been achieved in less than a year's time to be precise in 345 days.

Once again the work caught me up badly and I was not able to update the blog on this momentous occasion. It feels really great to have achieved this feat.

One of the prime keywords which gave me the idea of making this blog was the keyword PUNCHLINES. Whenever I used to search for punchlines or taglines of various companies, I never used to land up on the right website.

Moreover we never had any resource on the web which could give us a one stop shop for all quizzing needs on this topic.

After touching the 10000 mark in terms of the hits on the website, I feel my blog has served this purpose. The blog started with a quiz on IT companies and has now matured into a very interesting quiz on various topics which have a close relevance to the business. Average number of responses now stand at close to 31 per quiz which is pretty healthy number.

The topics which my blog has covered till now are as follows:

1. IT

2. Pharma

3. Automobile

4. Petroleum and Energy

5. Airlines

6. Logo Quiz

7. Tourism

8. Stock Exchange

9. TV Ads

10. Popular Brands Logo

11. Media

12. Banks and Financial Institutions

13. Insurance Companies

14. Retail

15. Consumer Electronics

16. NGOs

17. Steel Industry

18. Movies

19. Dotcoms

20. Miscellaneous

The way quizzing happens in this blog is something like this. A quiz is posted on a weekly basis. Answers are provided at the completion of the week. The answers are published together with the score card and ranking is given to the participants based on the number of correct entries, date and time of answer, the priority being in the order specified. After this trivia is presented about the various questions asked in the quiz.

Hope the trend continues. Thanks for the support provided by one and all.

Answers to Punchliners Quiz # 23

2006-08-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers to Punchliners Quiz # 23

1. The World's Online Market Place - EBAY

2. Earth's Biggest BookStore - AMAZON.COM

3. Pay Anyone Online - WALLET365.com

4. If you have a reason, we have the job - TIMESJOBS.COM

5. Push Button Publishing - BLOGGER.COM

The winner for this set of punchliners is Mr. GAUTHAM R.

Hearty Congratulations.

9000 + and Still counting

2006-07-30T00:13:00.000-07:00

Its a matter of great pleasure to know that the punchliners blog has touched 9000 mark and is still counting. Within a few days it will be touching 10000 mark that too in a short span of less than a year. Here are some facts and figures about the blog:

1. In the month of July 2006 the blog registered 900+ hits which makes it an average of 30 hits per day.

2. The highest week now corresponds to 258 hits.

3. 25th jul witnessed the highest number of hits in a single day amounting to 61.

4. This blog now features in close to 15 search engines globally.

5. An average of 588 visitors come to this site every month.

6. 197 is the number of websites which refer to this quiz site.

7. The total number of visits including reloads stands at a whopping 11506.

8. The site features close to 23 quizzes covering close to 300+ questions and a host of information about brands and other related areas.

Looking forward to celebrate the special occasion when the blog touches the 10000 mark. Thanks to one and all and the support rendered in the last 10 months.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 23

2006-07-30T00:09:00.000-07:00

Hi All

I am back after a long time. Last three months were very busy for me since I was out of India so could not devote the required time for this activity. So here I am with yet another quiz in the series of punchliners. A small change in terms of the structure of the quiz. From now onwards we will have only 5 questions per quiz so that participants can answer them quickly. This week's theme is Dotcoms. So just crack the quiz:

1. The World's Online Market Place

2. Earth's Biggest BookStore

3. Pay Anyone Online

4. If you have a reason, we have the job

5. Push Button Publishing

Answers in a week's time. For Comments Answers Suggestions please mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com .

2006-07-16T11:37:00.000-07:00

LONDON Trip

Answers to Punchliners :: Quiz # 22

2006-04-27T11:24:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers to the Punchliners Quiz # 22. I regret the delay in posting the answers.

1. When Good is not good enough. - CHEVROLET AVEO

2. Trade with Trust. - MCX

3. The New Sign of Success. - McDowells Signature

4. Dare to Dream - BANK OF RAJASTHAN

5. There is a little bit of ( SAIL) in everyone's life (Answer lies in the
blank)

6. Welcome to a Cashless World. (SBI DEBIT CARD)

7. Exceed Your Vision (EPSON)

8. Be Fearless. (SYMANTEC)

9. Much more to do, with YOU in focus. (ANDHRA BANK)

Punchliners :: Quiz # 22

2006-04-05T11:24:00.000-07:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners. It features a mixed bag but very commonly used liners. So figure them out.

1. When Good is not good enough.

2. Trade with Trust.

3. The New Sign of Success.

4. Dare to Dream

5. There is a little bit of (____) in everyone's life (Answer lies in the blank)

6. Welcome to a Cashless World.

7. Exceed Your Vision

8. Be Fearless.

9. Much more to do, with YOU in focus.

Answers in a week's time. For answers,feedback, suggestions and comments mail to yashasvi.arun(at)gmail.com

Answers to Quiz # 21

2006-03-30T00:59:00.000-08:00

A decent response for the quiz on movies. I thought would get a lot more responses. Answers below.

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1. Where will you be - THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

2. An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making - JURASSIC PARK

3. Collide With Destiny. - TITANIC

4. Come and Fall in LOVE - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge

5. In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable. - TERMINATOR

6. The Saga is Complete - STAR WARS - THE REVENGE OF SITH

7. At the edge of the world, his journey begins - CAST AWAY

8. The greatest Story ever told. - SHOLAY

All the information about movies can be obtained on the site http://www.imdb.com which claims to be Earth's Biggest Movie Database.

Congratulations to Arun Kumar. Only Person to secure 8 out of 8 in this quiz and hence becoming the winner.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 21

2006-03-21T21:11:00.000-08:00

I am back with a new quiz in the Punchliners series. It has something to do with the movies. We all know that every movie comes with a tagline which kind of becomes a hallmark for the movie. The business of tagline applies equally to the movies as well. So here we have 10 national as well international movies which were Magnum Opus off their times. Figure them out.

1. Where will you be

2. An Adventure 65 Million Years In The Making

3. Collide With Destiny.

4. Come and Fall in LOVE

5. In the Year of Darkness, 2029, the rulers of this planet devised the ultimate plan. They would reshape the Future by changing the Past. The plan required something that felt no pity. No pain. No fear. Something unstoppable.

6. The Saga is Complete

7. At the edge of the world, his journey begins

8. The greatest Story ever told.

Answers in a week's time.
For answers, suggestions, comments please mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com .

Answers to Quiz # 20

2006-03-04T09:56:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers to the latest edition of Punchliners the LOGO ROUND.

1. Nintendo Game Cube

2. BeOS Operating System

3. Debian Linux

4. Microsoft Office Infopath

5. Apple ITunes

6. Google Picasa

7. Altavista Search Engine

8. Music Match JukeBox

9. Apple Quicktime

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1. This edition of punchliners saw scoring going down to least ever.
2. Inspite of a easy set of logos people were not able to get all of them right and highest score turned out to be 6 only which is pretty disappointing.
3. No One could answer the second logo which is half part of the BeOS operating system logo.

The Winner for this edition of Punchliners is ROHIT NAIR. Congratulations Rohit.
Next edition of Punchliners will be out soon. Till then Happy Punchlining.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 20

2006-02-23T07:16:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners and its once again a logo round. So try and figure out these logos which we see almost every day while browsing through the web.

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Answers in a week's time. Mail your answers, comments, feedback and suggestions to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers to Quiz # 19

2006-02-23T07:09:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for the latest edition of Punchliners based on the enginnering industry.

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ANSWERS for Punchliners Quiz # 19
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1. Living. Improved Daily - DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY

2. Shaping the future of steel - MITTAL STEEL

3. Steel solutions for a better world - ARCELOR

4. We make things which make India proud - LARSEN and TOUBRO

5. Forever new Frontiers - BOEING

6. The Miracles of Science - DUPONT

7. Everyday Solutions - COMPTRON and GREAVES

8. Pride of Steel - VIZAG STEEL

9. Powering a Greener Tomorrow. - SUZLON ENERGY

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1. Total number of responses for this quiz were 18 out of which 3 respondents scored the perfect nine. They are Manoj Prasad, Harish and Sushil. Kudos to them

2. The quiz can be related to the set of events happening in the steel industry globally. Mittal Steel is trying to make a hostile takeover attempt over Arcelor in a bid to create the biggest steel company globally which will control close to 12 % of the market share. If we look a the steel industry in the last few years, Mergers and Acquisitions have dominated this industry. For the matter of fact Mittal Steel is itself a conglomerate of LNM Group and Ispat International. 'The enlarged Mittal Steel spans the globe with around 30 per cent of its assets in North America, 30 per cent in Europe and the remaining 40 per cent split between Asia and Africa. Chairman Lakshmi Mittal declares has declared his intention to make the Group 'the lowest cost steel producer in every market.

3. Arcelor is world's number 2 steel company based out of Luxembourg.

4. Larsen and Toubro was founded in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1938 by two Danish engineers, Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro - both of whom were strongly committed to developing India's engineering talent and enabling it to meet the demands of industry.

5. Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircrafts, with capabilities in rotorcraft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems

6. Dupont is one company which is associated with the following names which we hear almost on a daily basis; Freon, Nylon, Teflon, Dacron, Lycra, Kevlar etc. DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture, nutrition, electronics, communications, safety and protection, home and construction, transportation and apparel. Hence it is said in case of DuPont that in anything you use there can be a dupont product.

7. Suzlon Energy is Asia's strongest growing fully integrated wind power company and ranks amongst the top ten in the world. Suzlon integrates consultancy, design, manufacturing, operation and maintenance services to provide customers with total wind power solutions.

Congratulations to Manoj Prasad, The Winner for this Edition of Punchliners

Punchliners :: Quiz # 19

2006-02-11T09:01:00.000-08:00

Its been a long time since I posted a quiz in this series. I am back once again with a quiz on the engineering industry. So lets see who gets that perfect 9.
Here we go.
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Punchliners:: Quiz # 19
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1. Living. Improved Daily

2. Shaping the future of steel

3. Steel solutions for a better world

4. We make things which make India proud

5. Forever new Frontiers

6. The Miracles of Science

7. Everyday Solutions

8. Pride of Steel

9. Powering a Greener Tomorrow.

Answers in a week's time (I will stick to it). For answers, comments, suggestions and feedback kindly mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com
Awaiting a record breaking response this time.

Answers to Quiz # 18

2006-02-11T08:57:00.000-08:00

Delayed answers for Quiz No . 18. I regret the delay.
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ANSWERS QUIZ # 18
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1. CRY - Child Relief and You

2. CSIM - To Learn To Heal To Raise

3. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Bringing Innovations in Health and Learning to the Global Community

4. Amnesty International - Working to Protect Human Rights Worldwide

5. GIVE - Giving Impetus to Voluntary Effort

6. Rotary International - Service Above Self

7. Blue Cross India - Working for Animals Since 1954.

8. Together WE PREPARE - American Red Cross

9. VOICE - Helping Children Write their Future

I have no clue of who is this AA since he/She did not mention the name in the mail. But this person is the winner of this quiz which registered least response till date.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 18

2006-01-25T03:32:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners and is on a totally different topic unlike the previous editions. This time the list consists of NGOs, Foundations and Non Profit Organizations working for the society's well being. So here we go.

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Quiz # 18
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1. Child Relief and You

2. To Learn. To Heal. To Raise

3. Bringing Innovations in Health and Learning to the Global Community

4. Working to Protect Human Rights Worldwide

5. Giving Impetus to Voluntary Effort

6. Service Above Self

7. Working for Animals Since 1954.

8. Together WE PREPARE

9. Helping Children Write their Future

Answers in a week's time. Answers, Suggestions, Feedback to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com.

Answers to Quiz # 17

2006-01-24T22:16:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for Punchliners Quiz # 17.

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ANSWERS
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1. Like. No. Other. - SONY

2. Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine - SAMSUNG

3. Life's Good - LG

4. The Indian Multinational - VIDEOCON

5. Born in Japan Entertaining The World - SANSUI

6. Inspired Living - HAIER

7. Sense and Simplicity - PHILLIPS

8. The Perfect Experience - JVC

9. Choose Freedom - TOSHIBA

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1. Five people got all the nine questions right. They are Prateek, Sanjeev, Harish, Sylvian, Pranav. Kudos to them.
2. Among all the entries above only VIDEOCON is an Indian brand. The origin for rest of the cos is as follows Sony (Japan), Samsung (Korea), LG (Korea), Sansui (Japan), Haier(China), Phillips(USA), JVC( Japan), Toshiba(USA)
3. JVC Company of America is a division of JVC Americas Corp., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Victor Company of Japan, Limited. JVC is one of the world's leading developers and manufacturers of sophisticated audio, video and related software products. JVC stands for Victor Company of Japan or Japan's Victor Company.
4. Haier one of the chinese consumer electronic giants major has entered the indian market very recently. Another example of chinese invasion into the Indian market.

Congratulations to our regular quizzer Mr. Prateek Vijayvargia for winning this quiz.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 17

2006-01-14T08:41:00.000-08:00

Greetings for the festive seasons. Punchliners is back with yet another quiz in the area of Consumer Electronic giants. The Quiz should be a cake walk for most of you. Expecting a huge response akin to the last quiz. So here we go:

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Punchliners :: Quiz # 17
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1. Like. No. Other.

2. Everyone's Invited or Its hard to Imagine

3. Life's Good

4. The Indian Multinational

5. Born in Japan Entertaining The World

6. Inspired Living

7. Sense and Simplicity

8. The Perfect Experience

9. Choose Freedom

Answers in a week's time. For answering, Comments, suggestions and feedback mail to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com .

Answers to Quiz # 16

2006-01-14T06:49:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers to the quiz # 16 of Punchliners.
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Answers :: Punchliners :: Quiz # 16
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1. Audi

2. Bacardi

3. Mind Tree Consulting

4. Saint Gobain

5. Monsanto

6. Target

7. Satyam

8. Total Petroleum

9. World Space

Note:

1. Only Ruchir Sharma could get all the logos right. Kudos to you Ruchir.

2. People identified 5 out of the 7 logos very easily but the logo of Total and Monsanto were answered by only a few people.

3. The logo of MindTree Consulting has a little history behind it. For their identiy, Mindtree Consulting partnered with the spastics society of karnataka. 10 students were selected out of the college by Mind tree for desiging the visual identity of the company which should represent three elements of Imagination, Action and Joy. All the 10 students came out with their artwork and all were accepted but then the work of Chetan K S, a student of Motor and speech disability was adopted. Chetan's masterful work - the blue, red and bright yellow MindTree was presented to the world on August 18, 1999. The decisive skyward, blue brush stroke is Chetan's way of communicating imagination. The red stands for action. Finally, the bright yellow bubbles represent joy.

4. Monsanto's tagline is "Imagine" where there is a emphasis on "ag"

5. The Audi emblem with its four rings identifies one of Germany's oldest-established automobile manufacturers. It symbolises the amalgamation in 1932 of four previously independent motor-vehicle manufacturers: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. These companies form the roots of what is today AUDI AG.

Congratulations to Ruchir Sharma for scoring 100 % in the quiz and securing top position.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 16

2006-01-04T08:59:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest quiz in the punchliners series. We have the logos here. Figure out which organization they belong to.

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Answers in week's time. Please mail your answers, comments, suggestions and feedback to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers to Quiz # 15

2006-01-03T06:30:00.000-08:00

At the outset wish you a happy new year.
Here are the answers to the latest edition of Punchliners. I regret the delay in posting the answers and the winners.
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Answers :: Punchliners :: Quiz # 15
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1. Always low prices. Always. - WALMART

2. Like no other store in the world - BLOOMINGDALES

3. You can do it. We can Help. - HOME DEPOT

4. Every Little Helps - TESCO

5. The spirit of Commerce - METRO

6. Costs less to get more - KROGER

7. Is se sasta aur Achcha kahee nahee milenga - BIG BAZAAR

8. The stuff of life. - KMART

9. Shop. Eat. Celebrate - CENTRAL

Note:

1. CENTRAL and BIG BAZAAR are household names in major indian cities. CENTRAL is present right now in 3 cities in India. Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad
2. METRO Cash and Carry has its presence in Bangalore.
3. Walmart is world's biggest company in terms of sales with close to 287 billion dollars.
4. Home Depot is world's fourth biggest company in terms of sales according to Fortune.
5. Second biggest store in USA TARGET is the one which is missing in this list.

Congratulations to Arun Panicker for scoring first in this quiz.

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T19:57:00.000-08:00

As we accelerate into 2006, let me take an opportunity to wish all my punchliners quiz members a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Lets hope this year, we embark on a journey to create new frontiers in quizzing.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 15

2005-12-21T07:02:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest addition of Punchliners. This time we have the hottest topic of this year and the topic on which maximum discussion happens in parliament when FDI is talked about. Yes you guessed it right its Retail and here we have the top retailers globally. So figure them out. Here we go. Who knows you may see all of them in India soon.
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Punchliners :: Quiz # 15
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1. Always low prices. Always.

2. Like no other store in the world

3. You can do it. We can Help.

4. Every Little Helps

5. The spirit of Commerce

6. Costs less to get more

7. Is se sasta aur Achcha kahee nahee milenga

8. The stuff of life.

9. Shop. Eat. Celebrate

Answers in week's time.

Please mail your answers, comments, suggestions and feedback to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers :: Quiz # 14

2005-12-21T06:50:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for the Quiz # 14 of Punchliners Series. ==========================
Punchliners :: Quiz # 14 Answers
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1. Have You Met Life Today - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company or Metlife.

2. The Power on your side - Allianz Group

3. Growing and Protecting your wealth - Prudential Insurance Company

4.We know Money - AIG or American International Group Insurance Company

5.Trust thy name is ------- (The fill in the blank itself is the name of the organization) - LIC

6. Be Life Confident - AXA UK

7. You are in good hands - Allstate Insurance Company

8. Your Partner for life - Max NewYork Life Insurance

9. Positively Different. - Standard Insurance Company Limited.

Notes:

1. Luke warm response for the quiz once again. The reason I believe being the topic again. Not good number of people amongst us would be interested in an insurance company or working in this field.

2. Most of the people gave the answers as the JVs which are operating in India like Bajaj Allianz for Allianz. Infact most of the indian companies in insurance sector have a different tagline associated with them. For example ICICI Prudential has the tagline "We cover you at every Step of life". So the answer for these question is the foreign parent only and not the Indian JV.

3. Four people scored 9 out of 9 in this quiz. They are Arun, Vaibhav, Praveen and Saritha. Cheers to them.

4. Metlife's India partners are J&K Bank, Karnataka Bank> and Dhanalakshmi Bank.

5. Allianz group has the JV with Bajaj group and is one of the big players in the insurance market in India. HDFC has a tie up with Standard Insurance company for Life Insurance business. ICICI with Prudential Financial. Tata group with AIG.

6. Very recently Bharti Group (AirTel) had decided to enter into the Insurance business. They have partenered with the AXA group , a french Insurance major. The company is expected to roll out in 2006.

7. Kotak Mahindra group also has tie up with Old Mutual, which is a very big financial group based out of london. Kotak's life insurance partner, Old Mutual, while it is based in London (for reasons unknown), it is South Africa's largest insurance company and has significant presence there. Its presence in UK is minimal.

8. In this insurance market, the leader is LIC with over 74% of the market share and the other 13 companies share the remaining 26% of the market. ICICI Prudential followed by Allianz Bajaj and HDFC Standard Life are the leaders among private life insurers

9. FDI Cap in Insurance sector currently stands at 26 % but in the budget the proposal has been made to hike it to 49 %.

Congratulations to Arun Panicker for scoring the first place in such a difficult quiz.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 14

2005-12-14T07:16:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners.
In this edition we have the Insurance Companies spread globally. So here we go.
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Punchliners :: Quiz # 14
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1. Have You Met Life Today

2. The Power on your side

3. Growing and Protecting your wealth prudential

4. We know Money

5. Trust thy name is ------- (The fill in the blank itself is the name of the organization)

6. Be Life Confident

7. You are in good hands

8. Your Partner for life

9. Positively Different.

Answers in week's time.
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Answers :: Quiz # 13

2005-12-14T07:08:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for Quiz # 13

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Punchliners :: Quiz # 13 Answers
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1. India's International Bank -- Bank of Baroda

2. Good People to Bank with -- Union Bank of India

3. Higher Standards -- Bank of America

4. You and Us -- UBS

5. The Citi Never Sleeps -- CITIGROUP or CITIBANK

6. Where Vision Gets Built -- Lehman Brothers

7. The World's Local Bank -- HSBC

8. A Passion to Perform -- Deutsche Bank

9. Making More Possible -- ABN AMRO Bank

Note:

1. A record 8 people scored full in this quiz. They are Saritha, Bankim, Amresh, Purvam, Arun Panicker, Arun Caashyap, Kamran, Tapan. Kudos to them

2. Bank of Baroda carried out its rebranding exercise very recently and is in news because of it. The bank has implemented Core banking solution in its branches with the technology services provided by HP. Rahul Dravid is the brand ambassador for this bank. Also the logo of the bank has undergone change as well as the tagline. One can spot the ads of this bank almost on a daily basis on major television channels.

3. Union Bank of India is in news because of its record business which exceeded 1.5 Lakh Crores.

4. Lehman Brothers and UBS are one of the world's best known investment banks. UBS stands for Union Bank of Switzerland and is one of the biggest financial institution. Most of these banks are setting up their back office centers in India. UBS has its back office center in Hyderabad.

5. CITIGROUP is world's biggest financial institution spread across more than 100 countries.

6. Very recently Deutsche Bank was in news since it was planning to enter the consumer banking space.

The winner for this edition of Punchliners is a new entrant into the punchliners group:

Miss Saritha K.S. Congratulations !!!!!!!!!

Re-branding Josh

2005-12-11T22:31:00.000-08:00

Some of the very famous brands known widely underwent re-branding in the last week. The two most popular ones are the Hutch and Indian Airlines. Hutch changed the color of its logo from the ubiquitous orange to pink. Also in Mumbai the Hutch used to operate with the brand name orange which also now ceases to exist. The other household name, which underwent re-branding, is Indian Airlines. Indian Airlines will now be known as Indian. The airlines suffix has been dropped which would hopefully shed its somewhat stodgy image.

Here are the changed logos for the two brands

Punchliners :: Quiz # 13

2005-12-05T07:30:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners. In this edition we have the Investment Banks and Commercial Banks in question. So figure out which banks are these. Remember the list is Global in nature.

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1. India's International Bank

2. Good People to Bank with

3. Higher Standards

4. You and Us

5. The Citi Never Sleeps

6. Where Vision Gets Built

7. The World's Local Bank

8. A Passion to Perform

9. Making More Possible

Answers in week's time.
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Answers to Quiz # 12

2005-12-05T07:26:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for Punchliners 12th edition

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Punchliners 12th Edition Answers
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1. The Magazine of the Corporate World - BUSINESS INDIA

2. For Managing Tomorrow - BUSINESS TODAY

3. Intelligent Computing - CHIP

4. Your Technology Navigator - DIGIT

5. Play the Game - BUSINESS WORLD

6. Journalism of Courage - The Indian EXPRESS

7. The Power of Knowledge - THE ECONOMIC TIMES

8. The Name India trusts for News - HINDUSTAN TIMES

9. Read a Bestseller everyday - THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

N.B.

1. Five people scored full in this quiz. They are Amresh, Bankim, Pranav, Arun and Lalit. Kudos to them.

2. Most of the people got the quiz close to right. A few were confused with the last question.

3. CHIP till the year 2000 was owned by the Jasubhai Digital Media. But from 2000 onwards the Jasubhai came out with the Digit magazine and Chip started coming out sometime in 2003 as an independent publication.

4. Business Today belongs to the TV Today Group, Business India belongs to the The Hindu Group.

5. Only The daily telegraph, UK's national news paper was a foreign entry here.

So the winner for this edition of Punchliners is Mr. Amresh Kumar. Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!

Punchliners :: Quiz # 12

2005-11-25T20:43:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners. In this edition we have the newspapers and magazines known very well to us and seen almost on a daily basis under question. So figure out the brands associated with these taglines.

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1. The Magazine of the Corporate World

2. For Managing Tomorrow

3. Intelligent Computing

4. Your Technology Navigator

5. Play the Game

6. Journalism of Courage

7. The Power of Knowledge

8. The Name India trusts for News

9. Read a Bestseller everyday

Answers in week's time.
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Answers Quiz # 11

2005-11-25T20:40:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for this edition

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Punchliners :: Quiz # 11 Answers
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1. LG

2. Price Waterhouse Coopers

3. Unilever

4. Wikipedia

5. Adobe

6. McDonalds

7. Computer Associate

8. Computer Sciences Corporation

9. Sony Entertainment Television

Note:

1. Three people scored full in this edition of quiz. Kudos to them.

2. The logo of CA has undergone a change and now the company is called as only CA and not as Computer Associate. This piece of knowledge was provided by amit bhatnagar, an employee of CA and one of the regular quizzer of this series. The logo has also underwent a change. It is attached with this mail. Thanks Amit for the info.

3. Most of the people answered the last logo as SONY. Sony has a different logo altogether. The correct answer is Sony Entertainment Television.

4. The logo of Unilever has also undergone a change. The new logo can be spotted at the website of the organization.

The Winner for this edition is Mr. AKSHAY KHANNA CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!

Punchliners :: Quiz # 11

2005-11-17T12:00:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners.

Welcome to the 11th Edition of Punchliners. Here we have the logos of some prominent brands. Its a mixed bag too. The catch here is that the logo itself consists of the name of the brand either as a first letter or the entire name itself. So this makes the job easier and much simpler. Try out and lets see how many end up with full 9 out of 9.
So here we go

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Punchliners Quiz # 11
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8.

9.

Answers in week's time.
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Answers to Quiz # 10

2005-11-17T10:25:00.000-08:00

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Answers Punchliners Quiz # 10
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1. Make Every Day Exciting - (FORD MOTOR)

2. Keep Discovering – (EMIRATES AIR)

3. Hum Hain Na !!! – (ICICI BANK)

4. SURPRISINGLY – (SBI)

5. Shop. Eat. Celebrate. – (CENTRAL MALL)

6. Gain from our Perspective – (FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENTS)

7. New you can Use. – (NDTV Profit)

8. All you Desire. – (TOYOTA INNOVA)

9. We know your game – (STAR SPORTS)

NOTE

1. Inspite of an easy quiz, the responses were not upto the mark.
2. Very few people could get the SBI ad rightly which is a major heading in cities now these days.
3. With the Launch of FORD FIESTA, FORD Motors have come out with this new tagline.
4. Hum Hain Na is a new campaign by ICICI Bank replacing the older one Safer, Simpler, Smarter.
5. We Know your Game is the tagline for Star Sports. It comes very rarely on Star Sports

So the winner for this edition of Punchlines is

Mr. Balram K B with a score of 6. Congratulations Balram

Punchliners :: Quiz # 10

2005-11-09T09:16:00.000-08:00

Here we have a mixed bag for a change. Given below are 9 taglines or ad slogans floating on the television and newspapers on a daily basis. Figure them out. (TV viewing will be more helpful than googling on the net.)

1. Make Every Day Exciting

2. Keep Discovering

3. Hum Hain Na !!!

4. SURPRISINGLY ___________….( Fill up the name of the brand)

5. Shop. Eat. Celebrate.

6. Gain from our Perspective

7. News you can Use.

8. All you Desire.

9. We know your game.

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Answers to Quiz # 9

2005-11-09T09:11:00.000-08:00

Here are the answers for the pharma series of Punchliners.
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Answers Punchliners Quiz # 9
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1. Life is our Life's work - PFIZER

2. Because Health Matters - SANOFI AVENTIS

3. Today's medicines finance tomorrow's miracles - GLAXO SMITHKLINE

4. Where Patients come first - MERCK

5. Extending and enhancing human life - BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB

6. Life Inspiring Ideas - ASTRAZENECA

7. Life. Research. Hope - DR. REDDY'S LABORATORIES

8. The difference lies in our DNA - BIOCON

9. Caring for life - CIPLA

Note:

1. Pretty luke warm response to the quiz. I believe the reason being the topic of pharmaceutical giants.
2. Most of the people got right answers for the questions leaving the 9th question, which is CIPLA. Only Debashish Pradhan could get it right.
3. SANOFI SYNTHELAB and AVENTIS merged together to form a single entity by name SANOFI AVENTIS.
4. Merck Frosst is the name of Merck in Canada. Merck operates in the name of Merck Sharp and Dohme or MSD outside USA.

The winner for this edition of punchliner is Mr. Jasprit. Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Punchliners :: Quiz # 9

2005-11-03T09:01:00.000-08:00

Here is the latest edition of Punchliners. In this edition nine taglines have been given below. Needless to say they belong to Global Pharmaceutical giants. So here we go.
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Punchliners Quiz # 9
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1. Life is our Life's work

2. Because Health Matters

3. Today's medicines finance tomorrow's miracles

4. Where Patients come first

5. Extending and enhancing human life

6. Life Inspiring Ideas

7. Life. Research. Hope

8. The difference lies in our DNA

9. Caring for life

Answers will be provided in a week's time.

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Answers to Quiz # 8

2005-11-02T23:16:00.000-08:00

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Quiz # 8 Answers
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1. The Edge is Efficiency - (Bombay Stock Exchange )

2. The world puts its stock in us - NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)

3. Stock market for the digital world (NASDAQ)

4. The Index Company (FTSE)

5. It's Your Hollywood (Hollywood Stock Exchange)

6. Tomorrow Market's Today. (Singapore Stock Exchange, SGX)

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

(London Metal Exchange)

8. Equities. Options. ETFs. (AMEX)

9. Go for Growth (EURONEXT)

Note:

1. Bombay Stock Exchange Limited is the oldest stock exchange in Asia with a rich heritage. Popularly known as "BSE", it was established as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association" in 1875.The Exchange's pivotal and pre-eminent role in the development of the Indian capital market is widely recognized and its index, SENSEX, is tracked worldwide. Earlier an Association of Persons (AOP), the Exchange is now a demutualised and corporatised entity incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, pursuant to the BSE(Corporatisation and Demutualisation) Scheme, 2005 notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

2. FTSE stands for Financial Times Stock Exchange and is a JV between London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times.

3. NASDAQ is largest US Electronic Stock Market. It stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.

4. Hollywood Stock Exchange® is an integrated marketing, research and technology company driven by its patented entertainment stock market, HSX.com, the longest continuously operating prediction market. At HSX.com, visitors buy and sell virtual shares of celebrities and movies with a currency called the Hollywood Dollar®.The Company's Virtual Specialist TM technology allows an unlimited number of consumers to trade thousands of virtual entertainment securities in a fair and orderly, supply-and-demand-based market. HSX syndicates the data collected from the Exchange as market research to entertainment, consumer product and financial institutions and as original programming to radio, television and print media.

5. LME, as the tagline says, trades in non-ferrous metal and is a metal exchange unlike others. It trades in metals like Aluminium, Copper etc.

6. Euronext N.V. is the first cross-border exchange organization in Europe. It provides services for regulated stock and derivatives markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, as well as in the UK (derivatives only). It is also Europe's leading stock exchange based on trading volumes on the central order book.

Congratulations SANJEEV MITTAL !!!!!!! for the top score.

Good Attempts by Sandhya Raghunathan and Pooja Jain.

Punchliners :: Quiz # 8

2005-10-25T16:46:00.000-07:00

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

2005-10-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

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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

2005-10-18T09:52:00.000-07:00

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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Punchliners :: Quiz # 7
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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

Answers will be provided in a week's time.

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Answers Quiz # 6

2005-10-18T09:48:00.000-07:00

Here are the Answers for the Punchliners Quiz # 6.

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Answers Punchliners # 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

2005-10-13T09:38:00.000-07:00

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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9.

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Punchliners Quiz # 5 Answers

2005-10-12T20:29:00.000-07:00

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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Punchliners Quiz # 5 Answers
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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

2005-10-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

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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

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Answers to Punchliners Quiz # 4

2005-10-03T20:55:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers for Quiz # 4.
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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.

Punchliners Quiz # 4

2005-09-26T10:32:00.000-07:00

Quiz # 4
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In this edition of punchliners we have the answer as the question. Given below are 15 punchlines and taglines. Just tell the brand or the company they belong to.
(Hint: All the Companies or Brands listed here are either top petroleum or energy companies.)

1. Taking on the World’s Toughest Energy Challenges

2. Human Energy

3. Growth is Life

4. Beyond Petroleum

5. Making Tomorrow Brighter

6. Bringing Energy to Life

7. Pure for Sure

8. The World is Watching us. 10 Years in Formula One

9. Pure bhi. Poora bhi

10.Gas and Beyond

11. Always Moving Forward

12. Trademark of Energy

13. A positive a++itude

14. High Performance Petrol (Hint: Brand of BPCL)

15. 100 % Performance. Everytime. (Hint: Brands of IOCL)

Send your responses to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com Answers in a Week's time.

Answers to Quiz # 3

2005-09-26T10:26:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers for Punchliners quiz # 3
In this edition of punchliners we have fill up the blanks. The Tagline itself contains the brand or the company which has been left as a blank.
Here we go.

Don’t Just Book it. Thomas Cook It.

The future is bright. The future is Orange.

The CITI never sleeps. (Hint: Name of a Bank)

No FT (Financial Times) No Comments.

My goodness. My Guiness.

Have a break. Have a Kit Kat.

Think Investments. Think Kotak.

The best – run businesses run SAP.

Every FORTUNE Tells The Story.

I think, therefore IBM.

Easy as DELL.

Intel inside.

There's Fast Food, Then There's KFC.

LEE. The jeans that built America

There are some things money can't buy. For everything else there's MASTERCARD.

Answers to Quiz # 2

2005-09-18T07:23:00.000-07:00

The answers to the quiz # 2 are as follows:

The most recent campaigns have been taken into consideration in case of multiple taglines.
1. FORD – Built for the Road Ahead

2. GM – Only GM.

3. DAIMLER CHRYSLER – The Future of Automobile

4. BMW – The Ultimate Driving Machine

5. AUDI – Vorsprung Durch Technik

6. TOYOTA - Touch The Perfection

7. HYUNDAI - Drive Your Way

8. NISSAN - Shift_

9. HONDA - The Power of Dreams

10. SKODA – Obsessed with Quality since 1897.

11. VOLKSWAGEN - Drivers wanted

12. FIAT - Driven by Passion. FIAT

13. JAGUAR - Born to Perform

14. LEXUS – The Pursuit of Perfection

15. TATA MOTORS – Even More Car per Car

Note:

Vorsprung Durch Technik means Progress through technology. This term originated in the year 1990 to capitalize on the German reputation for high technical expertise.
Shift_ is the corporate philosphy in a single word that captures the passion and commitment that has revived Nissan. The company believes that everything it touches gets a shift. And everything it shifts, it tries to make it better and uniquely Nissan. The philosophy is centered on Kaizen – The Japanese term for continuous improvement.

Quiz # 2

2005-09-11T07:14:00.000-07:00

Hi to all. This quiz is based on the Automobile companies. Hope you have a great punchlining experience. Here we go:

1. FORD -

2. GM -

3. DAIMLER CHRYSLER -

4. BMW -

5. AUDI -

6. TOYOTA -

7. HYUNDAI -

8. NISSAN -

9. HONDA -

10. SKODA -

11. VOLKSWAGEN -

12. FIAT -

13. JAGUAR -

14. LEXUS

15. TATA MOTORS -

Answers in one week time. Mail your answers, suggestions and comments to : yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers to Quiz # 1

2005-09-11T07:05:00.000-07:00

Here are the answers to the punchline quiz on IT companies and Products.

1. Microsoft - Where Do You Want to Go Today ; Your Potential Our Passion

2. Windows XP - Do More with Less

3. HP - Invent ; Everything is Possible

4. Computer Associates - The software that powers the E Business

5. CSC - Experience. Results.

6. Accenture - High Performance. Delivered

7. IBM - ON DEMAND

8. LENOVO - We are building a new technology company.

9. Apple Macintosh - Think Different.

10. TCS - Beyond the Obvious

11. Infosys - Powered by Intellect, Driven by Values;
Improve your odds with Infosys Predictability

12. WIPRO - Applying Thought

13. EMC - Where Information Lives.

14. Adobe - Simplicity at work. Better by adobe.

15. Macromedia - What the web can be.

Welcome Post

2005-09-04T01:52:00.000-07:00

Hi to all.
This is my second blog and dedicated to my favorite hobby of punchlines taglines and adlines of various companies and brands. Every week I will be posting around 10-15 taglines of various companies in a particular sector.
Comments and Suggestions are welcome for the improvement of the site.
Starting this week we have the IT companies and some products. Here we go.

Find out the taglines for the following companies and products

1. Microsoft

2. Windows XP

3. HP

4. Computer Associates

5. CSC

6. Accenture

7. IBM

8. LENOVO

9. Apple Macintosh

10. TCS

11. Infosys

12. WIPRO

13. EMC

14. ADOBE

15. Macromedia

Mail your responses to yashasvi.arun@gmail.com

Answers in a week's time.