Ans:Weekly Hafta Wasool # 3

1. With a $ 15 million investment, and inputs from a range of experts including designer, brand researchers and historians which company store will shortly open in Conduit Street of the main Regent Street in the heart of London?

Ans: East India Company! 

2. Besides about 100 centres in India, the group is also present internationally in countries such as Canada, Australia and the UAE. It has three entities, the ______Institute of Performing Arts, _______ Media and Entertainment, and __________ Dance Gear ( a licensing deal with Reebok. Fill in the blank.

Ans: Shiamak Davar. 

3. 'Stripey the Cub' is the face of which campaign?

Ans: Aircel, Save our Tigers Campaign. This was more of a sitter than I thought. Universally cracked.

4. Although, its status as a sport is debatable it includes routines that range from 1 to 3 minutes. Elements include tumbling and stunting, and in the US the National ___ Association is the sanctioning body. Immortalized in popular culture through movies like Bring It On and multiple video games, it is slowly finding its place in India due to a totally unrelated sporting phenomenon. What?

Ans 4: Cheerleading!

5. The lineage ________ traces its roots back to the 1930s, although the concept truly did not begin to take root until the mid-1960s. In December 1947, Nat Taylor  opened a second next to his first. The early US expansion was financed in part by a sales-leaseback model with Entertainment Properties Trust. The largest in the world is in Spain, while in India that honor goes to Bangalore. What ?

Ans 5: Multiplex / Megaplex. 

Weekly Hafta Wasool # 3

1. With a $ 15 million investment, and inputs from a range of experts including designer, brand researchers and historians which company store will shortly open in Conduit Street of the main Regent Street in the heart of London?

2. Besides about 100 centres in India, the group is also present internationally in countries such as Canada, Australia and the UAE. It has three entities, the ______Institute of Performing Arts, _______ Media and Entertainment, and __________ Dance Gear ( a licensing deal with Reebok. Fill in the blank.

3. 'Stripey the Cub' is the face of which campaign?

4. Although, its status as a sport is debatable it includes routines that range from 1 to 3 minutes. Elements include tumbling and stunting, and in the US the National ___ Association is the sanctioning body. Immortalized in popular culture through movies like Bring It On and multiple video games, it is slowly finding its place in India due to a totally unrelated sporting phenomenon. What?

5. The lineage ________ traces its roots back to the 1930s, although the concept truly did not begin to take root until the mid-1960s. In December 1947, Nat Taylor  opened a second next to his first. The early US expansion was financed in part by a sales-leaseback model with Entertainment Properties Trust. The largest in the world is in Spain, while in India that honor goes to Bangalore. What ?

Weekly Hafta Wasool # 1

1. The Brand stands for getting rivals together, and its name represents this philosphy. Started by Late Narendra Das Desai in 1919 with the Gujarat Tea Depot Company in Ahmedabad,  the brand was born in 1925 and is perhaps a reflection of the times in pre-historic India when harmony was of prime importance. Promoted by Gujarat Tea Processors and Packers Ltd, it jostles in the national space with Tata Tea, Brooke Bond, Red Label etc. Which brand?

2. Who has won the Australian Open on both grass and hardcourt ?

3. Brought out in association with Shemaroo Entertainment and Sugar Free, what is BB Love Yourself...Fit & Fabulous You.

4. The 419 version of the Spanish Prisoner ( which originated in early 1900’s), is sometime’s referred to as one of the most important export industries of it’s country of origin. An older version which existed by the end of the 18th century was called the Letter from Jerusalem. Common variants include Romance, Hitman, and Bona Vacantia. What is being referred to?

5.  Identify the gentleman in the suit.

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