Answers to Weekly Hafta Wasool # 8

1. In historic times, ____ also went by other names like the Isles of Seven Cities, and Sanbrandon. Recently, _______ has been in the news due to the completion of the design of Chicago based architects Perkins and Will.

Answer: Antilia, Mukesh Bhai ka chota sa ghar.

On another note, I would have loved it Mukesh Ambani had gone with a Sanskrit or Indian Origin name. For example, Baap sounds apt.

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2. Originally nine were identified in 1997, but with Oil India Ltd the number now stands at 19. What term?

Answer 2: Navratna. Was universally cracked. If you think about it, the babu who would have named this so must be squirming now. There are Unees ratnas now. 


But trust Indian jugaad to overcome anything. So we have further classification now in terms of Mahratnas and Mini ratnas. 

3. In the first decade of the last century, with debts of £2,670 the club was close to closure.Four local businessmen, including John Henry Davies (who became club president),then invested £500 in return for a direct interest in running the club. The name was then changed.

Which club?

Answer 3: Again Universally cracked. Manchester United.

4. The company was originally named Cadabra, Inc., but the name was changed when it was discovered that people sometimes heard the name as "Cadaver." Its current name _____ was chosen because ________ is the largest of its kind in the world, and so the name suggests large size, and also in part because it starts with 'A' and therefore would show up near the beginning of alphabetical lists.

Answer 4: Amazon. The marketeer in me thinks it is one of the most amazing names around. Simple to remember, signifies size and amazement, and most importantly shows up top of every list.

5. Originally, Thomas Knoll created it to display grayscale images on a monochrome display. This program, called Display, was subsequently renamed ImagePro.Later the same year, Thomas renamed it to its current name and and distributed copies of the program with a slide scanner. Around 200 copies were shipped this way.

Today, it is the industry standard in many ways and a cultural icon. Which software product?


Ans 5: The wonderful Photoshop. Anything that helps in the fight against the paunch in the pictures is wonderful, and nothing works like Photoshop.