And the Winners Are.....

The Team from HP....

Team Members:

Yuva Bharati D
Ramesh N
Shankar R


Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants....

Answers to the Way Station...

Dear All,

Please find below the answers...

Day 1
1. Ashok Leyland
2. Salzburg
3. Tour de France
4. Nebuchadnezzar
5. Bugatti Veyron
6. The Indian Parliament
7. Bombay Dyeing
8. Apple / Steve Jobs
9. Homer Simpson
10. Sony PS2


Day 2
1. Farewell to Highbury
2. Infosys
3. Wolverine
4. Because a working description was provided in Jules Verne's 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
5. Subroto Bagchi
6. Vijay Mallya
7. Stephen King
8. Tata
9. Mozart's Birthday
10. Fevicol


Day 3
1. Columbia Pictures
2. Subash Chandra or Zee TV
3. Batman
4. Phil LaMarr
5. Quentin tarantino
6. They were all offered the role of Neo
7. They were all runners up for the Ballon D'Or for the last 3 years.
8. They were all Ex Members of Metallica
9. YV Reddy and Robert Zoellick of World Bank
10. Feluda


Please do revert back in case of any queries...

The Way Station: Day 3 Questions...

Dear All,

Hope you enjoyed the quiz so far....

Here are Day 3 Questions. Deadline 1200 hrs 13 Dec.

The cumulative scores and winners will be announced tomorrow.

In case you havent answered any of the three days' questions, please do send in your answers for all of them by 1200 hrs on 13 Dec.

Answers to be sent to: athlos2008@gmail.com

So are we ready for the final stage of The Way Station

All the Best. Here We go.


Q1:

Connect:



Q2.


Connect:



Q3.

What connects Luke Skywalker and Jack Nicholson in the world of fiction?

Q4.

Connect Pulp Fiction, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Whose Line is it anyway? and Samurai Jack.

Q5.

Connect:








Q6.

Connect:

Ewan Mcgregor

Keanu Reeves

Will Smith

Val Kilmer

Brad Pitt and

Leonardo Dicaprio

Q7.

Connect

Cristiano Ronaldo, Gigi Buffon and Frank Lampard...


Q8.

Connect:



Q9:

Identify the two gentlemen in the front:


Q10.

Connect: The Golden Fortress, The mystery of the elephant god, Danger in Darjeeling and Robertson's Ruby?


Thank you for playing....

The Way Station: Day 2 Questions...

Dear All,

Hope you enjoyed yesterday's Questions. Here are Questions for Day 2

send in your answers to: athlos2008@gmail.com


Q1.

Identify the following event...


Q2.

A Sitter...

Identify the company?

Attained SEI CMM Level 5 in 1999

Certified ISO 9001 in 1993

Setup its first office in Europe in 1996

Inducted 1238 new employees on a single day

Q3.

In the late 1880s somewhere in Canada, James was born to John and Elizabeth. At different points in his life, James was a samurai with Clan Yashida in Japan, a mercenary for the CIA and a hired assassin. He is 5 ft 3 inches in height and weighs between 200 and 300 pounds. How do we better know him as?

Q4.

The inventor of the periscope did not get permission to take out a patent on his equipment. Why?

Q5.

Identify this gentleman.



Q6.

Connect:





Q7.

Connect the following:



Q8.

Connect:










Q9.

Identify this Google Doodle.


Q10.


Identify the brand:





Same format for answers....

Deadline: 12 Noon 12th Dec 2007

The Way Station: Day 1 Questions...

Dear All,

Welcome to "The Way Station" on the Road to "Athlos". You will find 10 questions for the day below.

Deadline for answers to reach us: 12:00 hrs (Noon) on 11th Dec.

ID to send the answers: athlos2008@gmail.com

Subject line should be: The Way Station_Team Name_College/Corporate Name

The body of the mail should contain the names of the three team members and email ids along with the answers.

So Are you ready?

Fare Thee Well, Fellow Travellers!!!

Q1.

Identify the company:Q2.

Connect Mozart, Sound of Music and Christian Doppler?

Q3.

Identify:



Q4.

Connect:

Q5.

The Koenigsegg CCR is third, the Saleen S7 is second, who/what is first?

Q6.

Identify the building:

Q7.

Connect the below pictures with regards to the world of business?

Q8.

Connect the following:



Q9.

Which famous person is depicted by this Emoticon? (_8^(|)

Q10.

Identify the product. The ad is shown below.


Bouquets and Brickbats welcome....

Waystation begins at 6 PM on 10th Dec 2007

Waystation begins at 6 PM today...

Watch this space for updates....

Teams of three.... Fare thee well

24 hrs to go for "The Way Station"....

Juast 24 hours to go before all you quizzers reach "The Way Station" on the road to Athlos.

Hope you are ready!!!!

Prize Money Increased

Good News!!!

The prize money for "The Waystation on the road to Athlos" has been increased to Rs. 3000/-

The Road to Athlos has begun

Athlos is the mother of all contests at L’Attitude 13^o05’. To prepare yourselves for the difficulties that you will face at Athlos, we have “the way station” on the road to Athlos. Three days of quizzing to test your limits and to remind you that Athlos is not for the weak hearted.

Get ready for “The Way Station” on the 10th, 11th and 12th of December 2007.

Athlos is on 15th December 2007

Rules for The Way Station:

• Three days of quizzing
• Teams of three
• Team members to be from the same corporate or institute
• Ten questions each day
• Team with the highest cumulative score at the end of three days is the winner. *

Prize Money:

Rs 1000/- for the winners.

* - This event is only a prelude for Athlos. Winners of this event are NOT guaranteed direct access to Athlos finals as there is a separate prelims event for Athlos.