Women's Day 2014 Special Quiz

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Women’s Day 2014 Special Quiz

(with support from Subbu)

Announcement Mailer

3-2-1 Who Am I and What Do I Do? (Social and Business)

20 15 10

Ain’t a billionaire, but billionaires watch my move carefully

• American economist (husband Nobel-winner economist), wrote a book, “The Fabulous Decade: Macroeconomic Lessons from the 1990s”

• Recently appointed US Fed Chief, first woman to do so

• Janet Yellen (PhD from Yale)

Am not exactly allergic to dams

• Founder of NBA and Convener of NAPM

• Award-winning Indian social activist from Mumbai, AAP candidate

• Medha Patkar (MA from TISS)

Cute colors and AK47s go together. Any questions?

• This lady from Bundelkhand, UP tried to prevent a comeback vehicle of the dhak-dhak icon

• Woman vigilante, subject of documentaries

• Sampat Pal Devi, Gulabi Gang

Time Magazine: Don’t Hate Her Because She’s Successful

• Her book, “Lean In” has become a bestseller and started a movement

• Her current job was often described as “adult supervision” to a friendless super-rich boy

• Sheryl Sandberg, COO, Facebook (Harvard MBA)

Our funny ads are famous, but not among those farmers

• Daughter of respected finance minister of post-Independence India

• Spats with her iconic mentor, who is credited with the White Revolution

• Dr Amrita Patel, Chairperson, NDDB

Famous surname’s not mine, brotherly ties my name

• Represents Mongolpuri’s common people, surname Bidlan misspelled by school

• Controversial night raid

• Rakhi Birla, Aam Aadmi Party (Masters in Mass Communication)

Audience?

No one’s gone higher

• Locomotive driver for Indian Railways

• First woman MP, wrote a book, “******* - My Journey to the Top”

• Bachendri Pal, First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest

A Salute to Iconic Designers (from http://blog.logodesignguru.com/top-5-logos-and-legendary-designers/)

Rob Janoff

• The company is a leader in bringing design into focus in all its products

• Logo based on Biblical theme of temptation

Rob Janoff

• The company is a leader in bringing design into focus in all its products

• Logo based on Biblical theme of temptation

Paula Scher

• The company is a leader in banking and finance

• New logo replaced previous one with red umbrella

Paula Scher

• The company is a leader in banking and finance

• New logo replaced previous one with red umbrella (when Citicorp merged with Travelers Group and Citigroup was formed)

Lindon Leader

• The company is a logistics leader

• Iconic logo with its un-missable arrow

Lindon Leader

• The company is a logistics leader

• Iconic logo with its un-missable arrow (once you notice it in the whitespace between E and X, you cannot “un-see” it)

Ruth Kedar

• They very often distort their logo and run competitions for the public to do it!?

Ruth Kedar

• They very often distort their logo and run competitions for the public to do it!?

• Google Doodles

Paul Rand

• The logo color is part of the nickname of this grandfather of the IT industry

Paul Rand

• The logo color is part of the nickname of this grandfather of the IT industry (Big Blue)

Caroyln Davidson

• The tagline associated with this simple shaped logo has been inspiring across the decades

Caroyln Davidson

• The tagline associated with this simple shaped logo has been inspiring across the decades

• The Swoosh was designed in 1971 when she was a student

Audience?

Henry Steiner

• This financial institution calls itself “the world’s local ****”

• Its global vs local perspective ad campaign ran long

Henry Steiner

• This financial institution calls itself “the world’s local ****”

• Its global vs local perspective ad campaign ran long

Who Am I and What Do I Do? (Sports and Media)

Grand Girl from Hyderabad

• Koneru Humpy

• Indian chess Grandmaster, world No. 2 in 2010

Malayalam Melodies in the Middle East?!

• Shreya Ghoshal

• Indian playback singer

• Bengali singer who fluently sings in multiple Indian languages (check out her Youtube video of a performance in Bahrain)

What a good game, to mint money on

• Saina Nehwal

• Indian badminton player

• Bad – mint – on

Little girl not from Russia

• Malishka (means “little girl” in Russian) is Goan

• Indian radio jockey (93.5 Red FM)

Career BGV checks are not useful

• Sunny Leone

• Indo-Canadian actress

Another Hyderabadi? Another good game player?

• PV Sindhu

• Indian badminton player

Words Connect

Connect to information

• Oracle

• The picture on the left is a depiction of the Oracle of Delphi

• The iconic headquarters of Oracle Corporation at Redwood Shores (seen in the Robin Williams movie, “Bicentennial Man” based on Isaac Asimov’s novel)

• Oracle’s tagline was “The Information Company” and the mythical oracles seemed to know stuff

Connect every hymn

• Bhajji

• The deep fried fritters are called bhajji

• Indian cricket bowler Harbhajan Singh’s nickname is Bhajji

• The title is a silly translation of Every (“har” in Hindi) and hymn (a devotional song like a bhajan)

Connect without drowning

• Dipper

• Ursa Major (Saptarishi) is one of the most prominent constellations in the night sky. Due to its shape it is also called The Big Dipper (the other 7-star constellation is called The Little Dipper or Ursa Minor)

• The wooden object is a honey dipper and the name of the bird is also dipper

• Dipping one’s toe in water prevents drowning, which is what the title hint is about

You see what connects these CEOs? Do you see? Do you?

• Kalpana Morparia, JP Morgan India

• Renuka Ramnath, Multiples Alternate Asset Management

• Madhabi Puri Buch, (setting up an NBFC)

You see what connects these CEOs? Do you see? Do you?

• ICICI

• All these women have worked in high positions at ICICI (described once as women-CEO factory)

• The title hints at the name (replace You with I)

Thanks!

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