Category: Qwizzeria
In this series, we bring to you a collaboration with Qwizzeria, a Swiss-based knowledge consulting company that uses quizzes, information, and gamification for team building, learning and to provide knowledge transfer solutions. Look forward to monthly quizzes and enrich your knowledge of little-known facts about India and Switzerland in the Matter-of-facts. Happy learning!
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 8, 2022 | Namaste Switzerland is 5!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 8, 2022 | Health, Happiness and Hope - welcome 2022!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Warming up to Winter | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, The Golden Glow | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 8, 2021 | Color me Autumn!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Sep 8, 2021 | Energize yourself!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Towards Sunnier Days | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | May 8, 2021 | Empower, inspire and heal, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 8, 2021 | A journey of 4 years, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Feb 8, 2021 | Qwizzeria, Show that you care! | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 8, 2020 | Embracing the good times!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Warm up with November lights | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Sep 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Walking into Fall | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 8, 2020 | Brighten up your August, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jun 8, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Scents of Summer | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Apr 8, 2020 | Lockdown! But the show must go on…, Qwizzeria | 0 |
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 8, 2020 | A journey of 3 years, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Matter-of-fact of the week #138:
by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 5, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |
In 2018, ex-pat chef Garima Arora became the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star. This was...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Mar 2, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |
Fribourg lies above the River Sarine which is considered as the proverbial ‘fried potato...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Feb 24, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |
During the British Raj, a pundit was an official post in the Supreme Court. It referred to an...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Feb 17, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Seasoned with Love | 0 |
A Swiss chocolate was at the heart of a political scandal in 1995 in Sweden when Mona...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 27, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |
Solibacillus is a spore-forming bacteria and one of its species Solibacillus kalamii found in an...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 20, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |
According to David Parlett’s ‘The Oxford guide to card games’, the card game...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 13, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Stepping into 2020 | 0 |
Ira Levin’s “A Kiss Before Dying” novel won the 1954 Edgar Award for Best First...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Jan 6, 2020 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |
Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa and is located between Valais, Switzerland, and...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 30, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |
Mola Ram was an Indian painter, who was instrumental in setting up the Garhwal branch of the...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 23, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |
Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer born in France to Swiss parents and was one of the six...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 16, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |
Among Bengalis, there is a battle between Ilish (Hilsa fish) and Golda Chingri (Jumbo prawn)...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 9, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Welcoming Winter | 0 |
The Brunswick monument was built in 18979 in Geneva to commemorate Charles II, Duke of Brunswick...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Dec 2, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
The Indian biochemist Dr. Yellapragada Subbarow discovered the anti-cancer drug Methotrexate, one...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 25, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Swissair was the national airline of Switzerland and was formed from a merger between Balair and...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 18, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
One from the good old times! If you grew up watching and listening to Doordarshan’s...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 11, 2019 | Children’s Special!, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Rado, the Swiss watch company is credited with the first marketed scratchproof watch, and their...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Nov 4, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Rabindranath Tagore was the first Asian ever to win a Nobel Prize. He won it in 1913 for...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 28, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |
BATA, a global footwear company had its humble beginnings in Zlin (today Czech Republic) in 1894....
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 21, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |
In 1977, after the exit of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo from the Indian market, Gold Spot was one of the...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 14, 2019 | Fall and Festivities, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Albert Hofmann, a Basel chemist working with Sandoz Laboratories accidentally discovered a...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Oct 7, 2019 | Qwizzeria, Sweet Summer Nostalgia | 0 |
Bishnoi is a community that is found mostly in the north and northwestern regions of India. They...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Sep 2, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Elisabeth Kopp became the first woman from Switzerland to be elected into the Federal council in...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 26, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |
Asian Paints was established on February 1, 1942, by Champaklal H. Choksey, Chimanlal N. Choksey,...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 19, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |
In 2008, Lausanne became the first Swiss city and replaced Rennes, a northwestern city in France...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 12, 2019 | Picking Pace, Qwizzeria | 0 |
At 5.30 AM, on the morning of August 15, 1947, Poornam Vishwanathan announced to the country that...
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by Rajan Thambehalli | Aug 5, 2019 | Qwizzeria, The Best of Namaste Switzerland | 0 |
Many have asked as to what is CH. Well, for starters it is Confoederatio Helvetica. Helvetica is...
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140 - Breakdown service
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144 - Emergency Rescue
145 - Toxin information
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