A Tale of Three Cities
There are three cities which I call home. I was born in the first one, the other is where I grew up and the last one is where I'm staying right now. Here's a pretty simple quiz on these three cities.
1. Connect:
2. Connect:
3. Connect with a place (be specific)
4. Opened in 1996 and located around 25kms outside Hyderabad, on the Vijaywada National Highway, this is the largest film studio area in the world acc. to the Guinness Book of WRs, covering an area of over 2,000 acres. It offers over 500 shooting locations and can one can supposedly shoot nearly 70 movies simultaneously there. Which place?
5. It was founded on December 20, 1999 by a group of Fortune 500 entrepreneurs and its partners include London Business School, Wharton Business School and Kellogg School of Management. What institution?
6. "Per pale, Dexter - per fess indented ermine and gules, in chief two palm branches in saltire proper, surmounted of a mitre or, in base an episcopal staff, in bend, gold, surmounted of an open book, also proper. Sinister - Azure achevron between three hanks of cotton agent." Motto of which 140-year-old institution.
7. This 332-acre area was the brainchild R.K.Baliga and started in 1978. However, it only took off in the 1990s and is now home to nearly 120 companies and 60,000 employees including the India HQs of such global majors as Microsoft, Infosys, Trilogy, Motorola etc.
8. Mythically, this place was gifted to Guru Dronacharya as Guru Dakshina by the Pandavas and Kauravas, hence earning its name, meaning Guru Village. Which place?
9. Which famous entertainer and politician's address is no. 25, Tughlak Road?
10. Rot 42: "Y ADEM JXYI DKYP IKSI!!!"
1. Connect:
2. Connect:
3. Connect with a place (be specific)
4. Opened in 1996 and located around 25kms outside Hyderabad, on the Vijaywada National Highway, this is the largest film studio area in the world acc. to the Guinness Book of WRs, covering an area of over 2,000 acres. It offers over 500 shooting locations and can one can supposedly shoot nearly 70 movies simultaneously there. Which place?
5. It was founded on December 20, 1999 by a group of Fortune 500 entrepreneurs and its partners include London Business School, Wharton Business School and Kellogg School of Management. What institution?
6. "Per pale, Dexter - per fess indented ermine and gules, in chief two palm branches in saltire proper, surmounted of a mitre or, in base an episcopal staff, in bend, gold, surmounted of an open book, also proper. Sinister - Azure achevron between three hanks of cotton agent." Motto of which 140-year-old institution.
7. This 332-acre area was the brainchild R.K.Baliga and started in 1978. However, it only took off in the 1990s and is now home to nearly 120 companies and 60,000 employees including the India HQs of such global majors as Microsoft, Infosys, Trilogy, Motorola etc.
8. Mythically, this place was gifted to Guru Dronacharya as Guru Dakshina by the Pandavas and Kauravas, hence earning its name, meaning Guru Village. Which place?
9. Which famous entertainer and politician's address is no. 25, Tughlak Road?
10. Rot 42: "Y ADEM JXYI DKYP IKSI!!!"
posted by Unknown at
2:37 AM
1 Comments:
Fine! Don't Post ur answers. Damn sissies!! Chuck Norris'll Roundhouse Kick you soooo badly for that! Hate! Hate! Hat!
I'm a damn Uncyclopediac!
The answers... The cities, quite obviously are: Hyderabad(born), Bangalore(brought up), Delhi(living in)
1. CP. Designed in the shape of a horse-shoe, now called Rajiv Chowk after Mr R.Gandhi and has a Central Park(:P)
2. St. Joseph's Boys School, Bangalore. The pic of St. Joseph, Rahul Dravid and Sabeer Bhatia are both alumni.
3. Secunderabad. pic is Nizam Sikandar Jah III, after whom the city was named, Harsha Bhogle is from Secunderabad and Ronald Ross came up with his malaria cure while in Secunderabad.
4. Ramoji Film City
5. Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.
6. Bishop Cotton Boys School, Bangalore
7. Electronics City
8. Gurgaon
9. Lalu Prasad Yadav
10. Rot 42: I KNOW THIS QUIZ SUCKS!!!
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