Giorgio Armani

- is an international Italian fashion house

Brands: Giorgio Armani, GA Prive, Emporio Armani, Armani Collezioni, AJ | Armani Jeans, A/X Armani Exchange, Armani Junior, Armani Teen, Armani Baby and Armani Casa.

Founders: Giorgio Armani and Sergio Galeotti

History

The Italian fashion house was founded in Milan in 1975. The first Emporio Armani store was opened in 1981. Armani Exchange was started in 1991.

The Group is one of the leading fashion and luxury goods groups in the world today with over 5,000 direct employees and 13 factories. It designs, manufactures, distributes  and retails fashion and  lifestyle  products including apparel, accessories, eyewear, watches, jewellery, home furnishings, fragrances and cosmetics under a range of brand names mentioned above.

With approximately 500 stores worldwide, the Group’s exclusive retail network currently comprises: 81 GA  boutiques, 171 Emporio Armani stores, 17 Armani Collezioni stores, 165 A/X Armani  Exchange  stores, 16 AJ | Armani Jeans stores, 6 Armani Junior stores e 33 Armani Casa stores in 46 countries.

Trivia:

1. In 1982, Giorgio Armani became the second fashion designer to appear on the cover of ‘Time’ Magazine. The first one was Christian Dior.

2. In July 2007, Armani told Time magazine that viewing People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) materials “convinced me not to use fur.” However, Armani’s Autumn 2008 collection included fur coats for babies, floral printed furs, fur-hemmed skirts and fur-trimmed jackets.

3. Giorgio Armani was the first designer to ban models with a body mass index (BMI) under 18, after model Ana Carolina Reston starved herself to death due to anorexia nervosa.

4. The bottom 39 floors of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, house an Armani Hotel.

5. In January 2010, famed soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and Hollywood movie star Megan Fox became the male and female face and body of Emporio Armani.

Giorgio Armani is a famous International Fashion Brand like Benetton Group and D&G

Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E) Pvt. conducted Aqua Regia, India’s largest science quiz for school students across the country. The Chennai regional finals for the quiz were held in the city recently in which about 250 teams from different schools across the city participated. Unnikrishnan Nair and Arvind S. Mohan from PSBB Nungambakkam won the city finals, while V. Thejas and S. Krishna from PS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, and Vignesh Manoharan and R. Praneeth Srivanth from Modern Senior Secondary School, Nanganallur, were the first and second runner-ups respectively. Haseeb Khan T. and Rohith KMS from Lisieux won the regional finals of the quiz.

Source: The Hindu

Siddharth Banerjee and Ahmed Firdaus won the West Zone round of the Times MAK Moto Quiz 2011, held at the Birla Matushri Auditorium on Saturday.

The participants included youngsters from various companies and colleges of Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. All of them had to go through the preliminary rounds, where each participant had to answer 20 questions, out of which six teams qualified for the zonal finals.

The format of the quiz was based on the concept of racing through the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. Each round involved different stages which a driver undergoes during a race.

The quiz was dominated by questions on F1 but there were several on MotoGP, Indian racing, WRC and NASCAR as well. Quizmaster Avinash Mudaliar ensured that the audience and the team were on their toes. Source: Times of India

The Quiz is open to Undergraduates. (all branches)

The Top teams from the Online Prelims will be selected for the Onstage finals on 11th December at SCMHRD, Pune by QuizMaster ROHIT NAIR!

Online Quiz @ 10 pm, 27th November 2011 at http://quizzing.in/onlinequiz/ (You must register on SCMHRD before participating)

TCS IT Wiz

TCS IT Quiz, India’s biggest IT Quiz for schools was started, in 1999 for students studying between class 8- 12 (all Corporates reading you can check Tata Crucible happening parallely). This year TCS IT Wiz goes to 12 cities across 4 months starting at Bangalore on 27th July 2011 with the final quiz on November 27th in Mumbai. The Quiz is hosted by noted Quizmaster Giri Pickbrain Balasubramaniam.

TCS IT Wiz 2011 Schedule

Bangalore

July 27, 2011

St.Paul’s won the quiz : Review & Questions here: http://www.quizzing.in/tcs-wiz-questions-bangalore-2011-edition

Hyderabad

July 29, 2011

Chaitanya Jr College won the Hyderabad round easing past Gitanjali. Review and Questions here

Ahmedabad

August 12, 2011

Tagore Hall, Paldi

Chennai

August 18, 2011

Music Academy, TTK Road

Pune

August 23

Yashwantrao Chavan Natyagruha

Karve Nagar

Coimbatore

August 25, 2011

Corporation Kalai Arangam

R.S Puram

Bhubaneshwar

September 6, 2011

PAL Heights

J/7, Jayadev Vihar Road

Kolkata

September 13, 2011

Kala Mandir, Shakespeare Sarani

Kochi

October 7, 2011

Gokulam Convention Center,

Opp Kaloor Pvt Bus Stand

Lucknow

November 9

CSant Gadge Auditorium

UP Sangeet Naatak Academy

Vipin Khand, Gomti Nagar

Delhi

November 12, 2011

Dogra Hall, IIT

Mumbai

November 27, 2011

Indian Education Soceity

Manik Sabagraha

Opp Lilavati Hospital Bandra Reclamation

The TCS IT Quiz also has a National final where winners from different cities participate in the National Finals. Last year, TCS IT Wiz was also held in Dubai where Dubai Modern High School defeated Indian School Dubai to be crowned International TCS IT Champions

TCS IT Wiz Questions from the Previous Years

We know why you are here!! And yes, we have the questions from the previous years! Access the previous years’ TCS IT Wiz questions here

Arunav Chanda from DPS, Ruby Park reviews the Limca Book of Recirds – Kolkata Edition and provides the questions from the Quiz. Review taken from Gyaan.in

 Galaxy 2011

The Times Mak Moto Quiz Zonal Rounds kicked off on the 20th of November at NCUI auditorium in New Delhi. Quiz Master Avinash Mudaliar conducted the proceedings and there were many participants from organizations and colleges from Delhi, Chandigarh, Bihar and the likes. Amongst the audience which mainly comprised of youngsters and motor enthusiasts was a 75 year old lady who won many audience prizes. Though most of the questions revolved around F1, there were some from MotoGP and NASCAR as well.

Rahul Jadhav and Sudarshan Nidhi dominated the quiz to take victory while Ajay Poonia and Abhiram were runners up also making it to the national finals. The Delhi winners will head to Mumbai for the Grand Finale and will be representing the North Zone. They will take on winners from the other Zonal Rounds and fight for the Grand Prize – The trip to the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix 2012.

If you were part of the quiz, do share the questions with us. Write to us – priyanka@quizzing.in

Courtesy : Times Mak Moto Quiz Blog

Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E), New Delhi, like every year, organised the CBSE Heritage India Quiz in order to sharpen the student’s knowledge and inculcate love for the culture and heritage of the Nation.

The Zonal Round of the Quiz was organized on 19^th November at D.A.V Public School, Unit-VIII, where in six preliminary qualifier teams participated.

D.A.V Chandrasekharpur team comprising of Aswin Behera (Class-XI), Swastik Pradhan (Class-X) and Gaurav Jena (Class-IX) emerged as the Champions leaving behind the teams from KV-1, CDA,Cuttack and KV-3, Mancheswar, Bhbubaneswar at the First and Second Runners Up position respectively. The Champions team will now be facing the Final Round of the Quiz scheduled to be held at New Delhi.

The Quiz was hosted by  Quiz Master Mr. Prabin Bagodia.

The Final Round will be held under the guidance of Mr. Sarbadaman Singh, Escort Teacher of the Champions Team.

Mr. Satpathy, Principal, DAV Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar, Members of the Quiz Club, Teachers, Parents, the Chairman and the members of the Managing Committee of the school sent their regards to the Zonal Champions Team.

Source: Odisha360

The Telegraph presents the 33rd Annual Patton Argus Open Quiz.

Where: Dalhousie Institute.

When: Saturday, November 19.

The participants: The best part of this 33-year-old quiz is that it’s open to all. On Saturday, school and college students matched wits with young professionals and young-at-heart grandpas, their teams sporting fun names like Hammer and Tongs, Last Action Heroes, Pataldanga Thundercloud and Perennial Peripherals.

The prelims: “Forty-five teams fought it out for the eight places in the finals,” explained Ram Mihir Sen, a founder-member of Argus, an association of “like-minded people” that has been organising the quiz since 1977. And even though Argus has a reputation for fielding questions favouring the “oldies”, the prelims packed in enough contemporary cool. For example: How would you know Jo Calderone’s alter ego better? Answer: Lady Gaga.

The finals: Right from the start, Hammer and Tongs took the lead with Pataldanga and Inmaniacs close on its heels. After a neck-and-neck fight, the eighth and final round saw Hammer and Tongs and Pataldanga on the same score, prompting a tie-breaker, which comprised three written questions. H&T beat Pataldanga 3-0.

The mood: It was a fun, relaxed quiz with sips of beer in between rounds. The smart questions and even smarter answers ensured many edge-of-the-seat moments, both among the quizzers and the audience.

The questions: Quizmaster Soumyadip Chowdhury covered everything from the Boer Wars to Angry Birds, Joss Stone to Eugene Delacroix.

In 1972 what brand was born after Roy Raymond was embarrassed while trying to buy a gift for his wife from a department store? Answer: Victoria’s Secret.

Why was Ian Fleming’s Vesper Lynd — played by Ursula Andress and Eva Green in the two versions of Casino Royale — named the way she was? Answer: Because it sounds like “West Berlin”.

What’s common to Parabeak, Kamikaze, Wood Breaker and Glass Jaw? Answer: Angry Birds.

Who was the first royal convert to Buddhism? This one had a few tricky close ones. The most obvious answer was “Ashoka” but one team threw up a googly — “Gautam Buddha”! Could Prince Siddhartha, who later became Buddha, be passed off as the first royal convert? The quizmaster decided differently. The correct answer? Ajatashatru.

Quizmaster’s voice: “It’s a quizmaster’s dream to hold a quiz that’s so close! I tried to keep a balance of questions so they didn’t lean too much towards us, old fogies,” smiled quizmaster Soumyadip.

Winner’s voice: “It was a good quiz. My favourite question was PD James’s Death Comes to Pemberley is a sequel to which literary classic?,” said Kinshuk Biswas, a member of winning team Hammer and Tongs. Answer: Pride and Prejudice.

Sponsor speak: “Most people are moving away from mindsports. I think it’s important that we have more events like this so that everyone can challenge themselves mentally,” said Sanjay Budhia, MD, Patton Group.

Club speak: “DI has always been known as the home of quizzing and the Argus Quiz has been on for more than three decades! We’re happy to support it,” said Barry ’Brien, president, DI.

Courtesy: Telegraph

The Great Minds Tech Quiz Season 2 : Week#1 Winners

Please note that all winners will be contacted personally and provided details of prizes!

All those who haven’t won yet, Don’t worry! Lots of Quizzes left!

And if you haven’t participated yet, you should start Quick . Prizes to be won everyday – www.quizzing.in/onlinequiz

 

Inspiron 2011 is the annual Techno-Management fest hosted by UVCE(University Vishweshwariah College of Engineering), Bangalore.

Win A Laptop!! Win T-Shirts & Cross Pens everyday!!! If you are an Engineering or MCA Student, participate in The Great Minds Tech Quiz !

Why restrict your winning to just a few cities of an offline event!! All you need to win now is an internet connection!

IBM’s The Great Minds Tech Quiz is back and this time completely online! With grand prizes like T-Shirts, Cross Pens and Laptops up for grabs, this is undoubtedly the most awaited Online Quiz series in a loooong time..

So, just register and participate in The Great Minds Tech Quiz NOW!

Read the complete Rules & Regulations here

Times of Oman is proud to announce the 15th edition of its annual open quiz contest. Over the years, the Times of Oman Annual Open Quiz Contest has grown to be the Sultanate’s most awaited event. Since its inception in 1995, the contest has had a tremendous response from quiz aficionados of all age groups.

Register here: Times of Oman Quiz