Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

OBQ 1666: The mouthpiece.

Media and Journalists find it hard to be influenced by those in power, however in some cases there reason to exist itself is to be the mouthpiece for their masters. Here is one such case.

This person is associated with such media entity, name the entity and the person.

Answer: He is Hu Xijin the editor of Chinese government mouthpiece "Global Times"


Monday, November 22, 2021

OBQ 1656: Master of (very big) Ceremonies

Indians are hogging limelight everywhere, in this case at one of the biggest and broadly covered mega event that took place recently covering pretty much all countries in the world.

He was the MOC, who is he?

Answer: Alok Sharma who presided over COP 26 gathering in Glasgow


Friday, November 19, 2021

OBQ 1655: A friend indeed.

A good friend is defined by how someone deals with you when you are at your worst and weakest. Here is few images from one such friend of India that has helped India when it needed it most.

Connect these to a country. If you can explain what all these images represent then you are a genius!


Answer:Russia/USSR

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

OBQ 1649: Animal on the prowl.

This animal is owned by government and now seems to have taken hold of all major metros in India. Identify the agency from its logo.


Answer: National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL)


Thursday, October 28, 2021

OBQ 1647: Immigrants to the rescue.

The immigrants are a nation of their own, in many cases though the rescued immigrants become the rescuers for the human society.

Connect the images to an immigrant couple that did just that. Name them or the company they started.

Answer:BioNTech and its founders Dr.Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci



Saturday, October 23, 2021

OBQ 1645: Bellwether or Outlier?

Here is a company that was in news earlier this month for wrong reason, what we dont know is that is it an outlier or its one of many to come.

Identify the big name from Asia which is no longer that big.

Answer:Evergrande


Saturday, October 16, 2021

OBQ 1642:Up for grabs.

At right price everything is available or at least it seems to be the case with this "Investor", identify the small country which has bought a lot of big names thanks to the huge pile of money it has generated by some dubious means.


Answer:The Saudi Arabian investment authority has part in all these, the latest acquisition being the Newcastle united club, last logo.



Friday, October 8, 2021

OBQ 1639: On the money.

Identify the mavericks who started a firm that lets the common man make money before they make the money themselves. 

Its a start-up that is truly for "Bharat".

Answer:Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani


Tuesday, September 21, 2021

OBQ 1633: The Newsmakers

There are those who are on page3 and then their are those who are on the front page, this power couple has come under tremendous pressure in last one year or so for the kind of venture they run has lots of expectations set-up on it.

They have come out on top of it and made India proud.

ID them and the powerhouse of a company they run.

Answer: Krishna and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech.


Friday, September 10, 2021

OBQ 1629: First to go!

Its always not a first mover advantage, but this country has decided to do something the most developed countries have also not dared to.

Identify the country and its #1 downloaded app from its logo.

Answer: Strike app that is now used in Ecuador to trade using Bitcoin.


Thursday, September 2, 2021

OBQ 1626: Not so right.

You can't fix the history but you can fix the future, identify the team that is in controversy because of the choices made some 40 years back.

Answer: The football team of New Zealand which is also known as "All Whites"


Wednesday, August 25, 2021

OBQ 1623: What is in the name?

There have been lots of questions about how this country and its name should be used globally, however its habitant couldn't care less, as they are the one who are making more money than the big brother!

Connect these images to a country.

Answer: Taiwan.


Sunday, August 1, 2021

OBQ 1617: Future forward!

People worry about future, and for not having enough money when they are old. Here is a company that has made dainty little business out of this fear.

Identify the global giant from its logo.

Answer: Mercer


Saturday, July 10, 2021

OBQ 1615: Mother of all necessities.

They say necessity is mother of all inventions and these last few centuries war is mother of all necessities, connect and identify the organization that is a gift to mankind from the cold war era.


Answer: DARPA




Wednesday, July 7, 2021

OBQ 1614: Chairman's choice.

Alcoholic beverages around the world get some really interesting names, here is one such brand with really big following from the big brothers and their lord!

Look at the logo hard and you will see a face and that should get you the answer!

Name the brand/company that manufactures it.

Answer: Mou Tai the preferred liquor of Chinese Communist party. 



Saturday, June 26, 2021

OBQ 1610: The theory.

Each era has its own conspiracy theory and those who back it, here is one such organization whose conspiracy theories are proving to be more reality and less fiction.

Identify the radical organization.

Answer: Qanon



Saturday, June 19, 2021

OBQ 1607: Charging bull, fearless girl.

The title says it all, identify the girl who is lately in news and she will definitely take the greedy capitalistic bull by its horn.

Identify the young gun.

Answer: Lina Khan



Thursday, June 10, 2021

OBQ 1604: Shenanigans.

Identify company that is stuck between conflicting philosophies and two biggest superpowers for its dubious karma.


Answer: Ecohealth Alliance, the  European firm that most likely helped China develop the virus.




Wednesday, June 2, 2021

OBQ 1601: The rebel.

Unfortunately the message of Gandhi is lost in 21st century, people have gone about abusing power and exploiting poor and natural resources, the results are for all of us to see. Here is one person though that Gandhiji would be proud of regardless of his violent tactics...because it is for a just cause and net sum of his efforts is overall less violence against nature.

Identify the rebel who is fighting a just cause.


Answer: Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd project.


Monday, April 5, 2021

OBQ 1583: Answer to The Firm.

No, this is not about John Grisham's novel, this is about one of the biggest scandal that broke this year in which the protagonists have started an institution of their own to prove a point and counter "The firm" run by an undeservingly well known family.

Identify the new kid from its logo.


Answer: Archewell started by Prince Harry and Meagan Markle