Connect Amazon and Nike.
A : The most prestigios inhouse award of amazon is called Just Do It
and as u know the famous Nike adline which inspired even the playboy JFK
to get married -"Just Do It"
What is common to Newscorp, Sayonnara, Kalizma and Captain Courageous.
A : Names of yatchts owned by biz tycoons
Newscorp - Rupert Murdoch
Sayonnara - Larry Ellison
Kalizma- Our very own Vijay Mallya
Captain Courageous -Ted Turner
Literature
I think all of u hav heard of the novel Roots.
Alex Haley has specifiacally mentioned the contribution of ppl called 'griots" in the research for the bk.
Now who r these griots?
A : They r ppl who know the history of villages and the ppl.
Very respected in the remote african villages bcoz they can throw light on the ages when there was no written record.
The knowledge is passed down the generations and is told to the villagers in the form of a story by the griots.
Thus the author came to know abt the details of his early ancestors.
(Reading the bk was grt experience)
After alex haley Arthur Hailey.
His books r on diff organizations and industries.
Which book deals with the pathology department in hospitals and shows how imp it is although its never in the public eye.
A : Final Diagnosis
Politics
Which parliamentarian belongs to the Dogra dynasty and is an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva
A : Karan Singh
Sports
Steve Waugh:Udayan our very own master blaster Tedulkar:?
A : Apnalaya
Adline
"Innovation delivered"
A : Accenture
Business with a twist
which biz leader's name means "enlightened prosperous rice fields"
A : Akio Morita (Check out his autobiagraphy Made in Japan)
History
Before the Mughals came to India there were five Afghan dynasties who ruled in delhi.
Started with the Slave dynasty and ended in the Lodi dynasty.
I want the names of the 3 intermediate ones.
A : Khalji,Tughluq and Saiyid(in that order)
Between the mongol rule there was only one afghan ruler in between and that was ??? Sher Shah of course
Films
who is the director of the "Lord of the rings" movie trilogy?
A : Peter Jackson
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