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Tata Crucible 2011 Delhi Quiz Finals – Corporate

Courtesy: Subhodeep Jash & Samrat Mukherjee

Winner: Rohan Khanna & Anish Raju (Accenture)
External Track Finals
Round 1
1) The Government of this country came up with a ‘Supercool’ campaign which involved wearing Hawaiian shirts, t-shirts and saving electricity. Which country and why?

Japan (After effect of the nuclear disaster- not sufficient energy to run the nuclear plants)

2) In 1974, Jude Wanniski- Associated Editor, WSJ had dinner with a Professor Emeritus of University of Chicago, along with Donald Rumsfeld & Dick Cheney. The professor illustrated a concept on a napkin which was named after the prof. The dinner was meant to discuss certain taxation formulae. What was the concept which came out?

Laffer Curve after Arthur Laffer

3) This effect has been seen in India over last couple of years. A psychological tool, it is called ‘Barnum Effect’ after B.T. Barnum

Tending to overrate HR profiling characteristics in companies

4) Original composition: Flour, Water, Salt, Boric Acid, Silicone Oil. Created in 1930 at Cincinnati. Its original use was for wallpaper cleaning. Later a new method was marketed.

Playdo

5) In 18th century, common practice was to make paintings on rectangular pieces of wood. Tool was used on paintings to create something. Tool lends it name to a popular culture.

‘Jigsaw’ Puzzle

6) Kayem Pharma in Borivali is in the news for a shipment. 500 gms. Consignment to US. Who is the entity and what is being purchased?

Lethal Injection Drugs for Executions in the U.S.

Round 2 (Visuals)
1) Ad entitled ‘Little Brown Bag’ & ‘Medium Brown Bag’
Bloomingdales environment-friendly and water proof shopping bags
2) Pic of London Taxis. Who in India is offering these attractions?
Panchsheel Realty- which owns Marriott in Pune

3) A Glass of Water- Lower your Consumption. Print Ad from the World of Apps
App for optimum fuel utilization in cars for driving at apt speed. (Toyota)

4) Mosquito Net. Water Filter. Solar Panel. Tablet PC. Built in Furniture & Solar Cooker.
Eco-friendly homes for construction workers

5) Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss controversial ad- ‘Move over.. There’s a new diva in town’. Who’s the diva?
Naomi Campbell

6) ‘Fluensee’ from the world of innovations.
RFID tag towels in hotels

Round 3 (TATA)
1) Jiva in TAJ
Spas

2) Insta Compute is a service introduced by Tata Communications
Cloud Computing

3) Vinod Kumar is the Addl. Sports officer of NDPL. He is the Chief coach in which discipline for India’s contingent to the 2012 London Olympics?
Freestyle wrestling

4) Tata Motors- LPTA 404 model- armored vehicle used to transport who or what?
To Transport prisoners

Round 4 (Lateral Connect)
1) PCJ, Philite, Polygram, Atos Origin, ‘Desi Girl’ song
Philips

2) Emma Watson, Titanic song, Castle pic, Logo
Lancome

3) Lavazza, Sterling Computers-Amritraj pic, Win Win D
C Sivasankaran

4) Kobe Bryant, ManU song, TAV, Logo
Turkish Airlines

Round 5 (Three Clues)
1) (A) Native of Venice, moved to Paris, designed for Christian Dior. Extreme of fashion licensing from crockery, strollers to toilets.

Pierre Cardin

2) (A.) Established in 1939 by Late Mr. Vishva Nath
(B.) Grihshokla, Women’s Era, Saras Salil and Champak are its publications

Delhi Press

3) (A.) Mumbai based organization. Its cricket team included Gavaskar, Sandeep Patil, Karsan Ghavri. Tyre, cords, polyester yarn are some of its products.

Nirlon House
z Finals – Corporate

The Brand Equity Quiz Classic 2011 – (Derek.in)

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The Brand Equity Quiz Classic 2011

1. “Ab-i-rawan” (Flowing water), “Baft-Hawa” (Woven air), and “Shabnam” (Evening dew) were a few poetic names for …
a) Persian perfumes
b) Persian carpets
c) Muslin
Ans: Muslin

2. What does Google call its new employees?
a) Newgies
b) Nooglers
c) Xooglers
Ans: Nooglers

3. When Arthur Heinman built the first ever motel in the USA, what appropriate name did he give it?
a) Highway
b) Milestone
c) Sleep over
Ans: Milestone

4. Who was the first female Fellow of the Statistical Society of London (now the Royal Statistical Society)?
a) Florence Nightingale
b) Marie Curie
c) Queen Victoria
Ans: Florence Nightingale

5. In 1889, they referred to themselves as “The ___ Brothers” for the first time, when they started their own printing firm at the ages of 22 and 18. Fill in the blank.
a) Wright
b) Warner
c) Lehman
Ans: Wright

6. Which is the first management book to reach the national best-seller lists in America?
a) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
b) Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
c) In Search Of Excellence
Ans: In Search Of Excellence

7. After being mesmerised by his acting of a drunkard, who renamed Badruddin Kazi after Johnny Walker?
a) Shammi Kapoor
b) Guru Dutt
c) Raj Kapoor
Ans: Guru Dutt

8. After Morarji Desai, which Indian finance minister has presented the maximum budgets?
a) Manmohan Singh
b) Yashwant Sinha
c) P Chidambaram
Ans: P Chidambaram

9. In 1939, Professor Alexandre Horowitz designed Philishave after being inspired by the shape of which bird?
a) Bald Eagle
b) Penguin
c) Kiwi
Ans: Penguin

10. Which icon did Art Paul create?
a) The Playboy Bunny
b) The Nirma Girl
c) The Lacoste Crocodile
Ans: The Playboy Bunny

11. Swarovski is to crystal what the brand Royal Selangor is to …
a) Cigars
b) Silver
c) Pewter
Ans: Pewter

12. Fill in the blank to complete this Peter Drucker quotation: “90% of what we call _____ consists of making it difficult for people to get things done.”
a) Marketing
b) Accounting
c) Management
Ans: Management

13. What did Nur Jahan portray on the coins that had her name on it?
a) Zodiac Signs
b) Her pet cat
c) A rose
Ans: Zodiac Signs

14. Fill in the blank to complete the Edward De Bono quote ‘ ______ is space for everything’.
a) Nothing
b) Internet
c) Mind
Ans: Nothing

15. In 1961, which logo replaced the ‘Speedee’ logo?
a) The Golden Arches
b) The Nike ‘Swoosh’
c) The Michelin Man
Ans: The Golden Arches

16. Architect Fariburz Sabha along with forty engineers and eight hundred labourers, constructed what at a cost of Rs 1 crore?
a) Bahai Temple
b) India Gate
c) Parliament Hose
Ans: Bahai Temple

17. ‘Operation Undersea’, the first show on Disney Channel was a behind-the-scenes preface on the making of which film?
a) Titanic
b) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
c) Moby Dick
Ans: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea

18. Lloyd’s of London have insured supermodel Heidi Klum’s …
a) Hair
b) Eyes
c) Legs
Ans: Legs

19. In December 2007, Air France became the first to offer _________________ on international flights.
a) Inflight personal valets
b) Robot assistants for differently abled people
c) In-flight mobile phone service
Ans: In-flight mobile phone service

20. Sunalini N Menon is India’s first woman …
a) Stock broker
b) Coffee taster
c) Beer brewer
Ans: Coffee taster

21. When Michael Bloomberg published his autobiography, what did he call it?
a) Bloomberg by Bloomberg
b) Son of Bloomberg
c) To B or Not to B
Ans: Bloomberg by Bloomberg

22. Barricade is one of the world’s largest selling brands of …
a) Tennis shoes. Manufactured by Adidas
b) Surfing boards
c) Men’s supporters
Ans: Tennis shoes

23. Which bank printed Thailand’s first currency notes?
a) RBI
b) HSBC
c) Bank of Thailand
Ans: HSBC

24. BrickFest is a convention for adult fans of which toy?
a) Lego
b) Barbie
c) G.I. Joe
Ans: Lego

25. To buy Radium, President Herbert Hoover presented whom with a bank draft for $50,000 in 1929?
a) Thomas Alva Edison
b) Albert Einstein
c) Marie Curie
Ans: Marie Curie

26. Which of these is officially available in only nine different sizes in India?
a) Basmati rice
b) National Flag of India
c) Newspapers
Ans: National Flag of India

27. The reverse side of Euro coins shows the denomination. What does the obverse side show?
a) Map of Europe
b) It is blank
c) National image
Ans: National image

28. Which industry remains the largest customer for robotics?
a) Automotive industry
b) Agriculture industry
c) Chemical industry
Ans: Automotive industry

29. In which Shakespearean work does the phrase ‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be’ appear?
a) Macbeth
b) Hamlet
c) King Lear
Ans: Hamlet

30. After which Indian is the Overall Award category at the European Case Awards named?
a) Sumantra Ghoshal
b) Amartya Sen
c) CK Prahalad
Ans: Sumantra Ghoshal

31. In 1914, where was the largest electric installation in the world done by GE?
a) Niagara Falls
b) Pyramids of Egypt
c) Panama Canal
Ans: Panama Canal

32. Which profession would you be in if you used a ‘pancake tutu’?
a) An Opera singer
b) A chef
c) A ballerina
Ans: A ballerina

33. Which brand name did Richard Branson choose to launch a range of condoms to challenge Durex?
a) Virgin
b) Intimate
c) Mates
Ans: Mates

34. In the 1960s, the marketing team at P & G consulted which book to come up with the name Pringle (chips)?
a) Telephone directory
b) The Bible
c) A dictionary
Ans: Telephone directory

35. The Asian fleet operating under the ‘Star Cruises’ brand is mostly named after …
a) Explorers
b) Zodiac Signs
c) Seas
Ans: Zodiac signs

36. Who became the first customer to deposit gold under the State Bank of India’s Gold Deposit Scheme?
a) Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams
b) Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board
c) Ashtavinayak Temple Authority
Ans: Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board

37. Which was the first company to offer paperless proxy voting to employee shareholders?
a) Xerox
b) Facebook
c) Microsoft
Ans: Microsoft

38. In 1950, because the president of a company refused to be on the cover of it, what appeared on the Time magazine?
a) Coke
b) Computer
c) Hydrogen bomb
Ans: Coke

39. Once, as a mark of appreciation, for what did Motilal Nehru award MS Oberoi with RS 100?
a) Best kitchen practice
b) Flawless typing
c) Most cleaned hotel room
Ans: Flawless typing

40. Plume is the official name of the paper that sticks out of the top of …
a) Hershey’s Kiss
b) Post-it Notes
c) Band-Aid
Ans: Hershey’s Kiss

41. What was promoted in India with the tagline ‘Daz doorstep challenge’?
a) Harpic
b) Vim
c) Tide
Ans: Tide

42. The first U.S. commemorative coin was produced in 1892 and featured which explorer?
a) Amerigo Vespucci
b) Christopher Columbus
c) Marco Polo
Ans: Christopher Columbus

43. Toggle, Selector, Joystick, Proximity are types of…
a) Electrical switches
b) Keyboards
c) Computer mouse
Ans: Electrical switches

44. Which designer created six flags for the 1995 Year of Tolerance for UNESCO?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Christian Dior
c) Pierre Cardin
Ans: Pierre Cardin

45. In Bareilly district about 25000 families are engaged in manufacturing activities related to which type of type of embroidery work?
a) Zardozi
b) Kalamkari
c) Chikankari
Ans: Zardozi

46. Which is the first Indian company to be assigned the highest Corporate Governance Rating CGR1 from ICRA?
a) Wipro
b) Infosys
c) Tata Group of Companies
Ans: Infosys

47. Who has started the tradition of ringing the ceremonial gong to mark the listing of a company on the Bombay Stock Exchange?
a) Subhash Ghai
b) Azim Premji
c) JRD Tata
Ans: Subhash Ghai

48. Who among these was Lakme’s first model?
a) Parameshwar Godrej
b) Maureen Wadia
c) Tina Munim
Ans: Maureen Wadia

49. Who has developed the India centric management idea called ‘Theory ‘i’ Management’?
a) Sumantra Ghosal
b) CK Prahlad
c) Arindam Chaudhuri
Ans: Arindam Chaudhuri

50. Now what is the official trade name of ‘Simplo-Filler Pen Company’?
a) Cartier
b) Parker
c) Montblanc
Ans: Montblanc

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Tata Crucible Singapore Campus Quiz 2011

Singapore’s biggest campus quiz is back!

Date > Friday, October 21, 2011

Time >
Registration – 4:00 pm onwards
Prelims – 4:45 onwards
Finals – 6:45 pm onwards

Venue >
Rock Auditorium.
3 Temasek Boulevard, #03-063/065
Suntec City Mall, Singapore 038983

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National Finals- Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2011- External Track

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Tata Crucible National Finals 2011 Corporate – External Track

1) Pics…Verna Saappaat….Finska… whose early shoe products?

2) Visual..Barbie… what?

3) Furr Bishop Inc..applied for this ticker symbol…but was rejected. which ticker?

4) Gauls …390 bc… a word came out of the warning…geese. Which word?

5) What’s so special about this http://goo.gl/D2971

6) Whose symbol?http://goo.gl/zEj29

7) Royal Dutch mint…what innovation on the coin?

8) Entry fee buy this firm…gave rise to a term…

Ans

1) Nokia

2) To choose her next profession as Computer engineer

3) FBI

4) Money from Juno Moneta

5) Guiness Book of records for Capital Gate – ‘World’s Furthest Leaning Manmade Tower’

6) Kosher

7) QR codes

8) Nickleodeon- Nickle

Round2

1) Pic-Rose variety…dedicated to?

2) Govt of Malta… 1 kg silver coin..dedicated to the ‘1st thinker’

3) Slates, Jackie, Tanner…What?

4) Logo http://www.telluridefoundation.org/ why in news?

5) Schweppes Commander… what was his name?

6) Miguel Caballero only makers of designer wear of what?

7) CrawDaddy. Who are behind it?

8) Explain http://goo.gl/Ze5rA

Ans:

1) Kate Middleton

2) Mahatma Gnadhi

3) MGM Lions

4) Rio Olympics 2016 logo controversy http://goo.gl/4gnWr

5) Commander Whitehead

6) Bullet Proof Vests

7) Cindy Crawford and Puff Daddy

8) Barbara Streisand Effect

Round 3

1) Raja Manmatha Nath Chowdhury…departmental store..Red and gold colour…

2) 1775…British Authority- Fort william… Kolkata…Pune..Ministry of defence. What?

3) Book ‘A D.Shroff (Titan of Finance and Free Enterprise) ‘ by whom?

4) Dhanbad…Board of Crisil… who?

Ans:

1) Colours of East bengal Club

2) Ordnance Factory

3) Sucheta Dalal

4) Deven Sharma

Round 4

1) Pic- Coin…gave rise to what?

Ans

1) Sher Shah’s coin… term-

2) Pic- parveen Bobby- endorsing what?

3) Advaith foundation. Who is behind it?

4) Pic – Identify http://goo.gl/x6h5A

Ans

1) Ruppee/Rupaiah

2) Bombay Dyeing

3) S D Shibulal

4) Badri Seshadri of Cricinfo

Round 5 Connect/lateral

1) Suprabhatam song… a painting, Shawl pic, Chillies, Tea leaves

2) Viva, Blue Frog, Divas Rock, music

3) Airtel, Song Buddham Sharnam…

4) Devil Wears Prada, Vogue, Tamara Mellon pic

Ans:

1) GI status ( Suprabhatam- Tirupati laddoos)

2) Taj Vivanta

3) India F1

4) Jimmy Choo

Audience qns

1) What are Moth parties?

Where people identify each other by Smell (perfume)

2) What is Viagratising

Where you put all your money ….

Last Round

1) Born 1968…IIT Kharagpur…Tata Steel

2) Born 1844… President of AIndian national Congress

President of Indian Merchant Chambers. Who?

3) Assistant engineer…Bombay Govt service…Advocate of Private investment

Key member of TISCO-27 years ( resigned at the age of 93)

Mysore soap factory, Mysore Chambers Of Commerce

Ans

1) Arvind Kejriwal

2) Dinshaw Edulji Wacha

3) M Visveswarya

National Finals- Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2011- Tata Track

National Finals Tata Crucible 2011- Tata Track

Winners: JK & Sreekanth

1) TBWA Egypt..came up with this idea… to spread the message of rebuilding Egypt..Which brand was behind the campaign?

2) In 2000… permanent internet connection… founded by Dries Buytaert… Dutch word for ‘Drop’. Which website?

3) 2002…Anirudh Bulwaka…manufacturing facility, Gujarat…2005-Trucks, Dentors. Which company?

4) It is a world leader in sports collectibles…Cricketatax..which company?

5) An alumni of Yale University, USA, he has also to his credit designing of such striking logos as of the Indian Airlines, ECIL, Airports Authority of India, Trade Fair Authority of India (Now ITPO), Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to name but a few. Who?

6) In 2001, The Sun, a British tabloid newspaper reported that Queen Elizabeth II has this in her bathroom that wears an inflatable crown. It was spotted by a workman who was repainting her bathroom. The story prompted sales of it in the United Kingdom to increase by 80% for a short period.What?

7) Hindi Term… Economist… What?

8) What’s TAC in Motorola’s dynaTAC
Ans

1) Henkel Bril- To clean the city walls etc

2) Drupal

3) AMW

4) Topps…based on IPL…Cricketattax

5) Shri Binoy Sarkar

6) rubber duck

7) Jugaad

8) Total Area Coverage

Round 2

1) Pic of Two guys…A term coined by them

2) What innovation by Pizza hut? http://goo.gl/LX7Xv

3) Who? http://goo.gl/4xDBU

4) Logo- MW

5) Pic Govinda restaurants

6) Pic Blue Box

7) Pic..Hitler, Bin laden, Zarqawi, Saddam & 2 founders

8) Graph- What is it? http://goo.gl/xdc2E

Ans

1) Business Process reengineering- Michael hammer, James Champy

2) Reverse count down timer on the box .. People behind thebike know how much time left for the delivery person to do his job

3) Gabriela Sabattini

4) Miss World

5) ISKCON

6) Tiffany’s

7) Time Magazine… only time when they have featured people with a “X” mark

8) Gartner Hype Cycle

Round 3- TATA

1) Logo… Powerfly- JV with capt Gopinath

2) Logo..offering from Taj- Jeeva Spa

3) Pic of a car- Tata Pixel

4) Riversdale- Tata sold the stakes to? Rio Tinto

Round 4- Connect

1) Golden harvests, Divine Chants, Conversations, Amitabh Song

2) Pics- Stefi Graf, Gorbachev, James Bond Song

3) DTC, Twist and Turns, ‘for a special togetherness’

4) Astro, Amul, Song -Ek Do Teen (Madhuri)

Ans:

1) Tanishq

2) LVMH (Sean Connery)

3) Gitanjali ( mehul Choksy’s Pic)

4) Food Show

Round-5

1) BIL- Bhor Industries…1943 making Army … sold this to Pidilite

2) Book “Humankind’ by which ad agency’s CEO?

3) Mocha & CCD- have a drink called Twister. Speciality?

4) TASIS on BSE- What?

5) Symonds Steven (??) invented this. What?

Ans

1) Steelgrip

2) Leo Burnett -Tom Bernardin

3) Colour of drink changes- AXE

4) Shariat compliaint

5) Balance Sheet

Brand Equity Quiz 2011 Pune Finals

For Prelims

1. The concept of mass distribution of condoms was introduced by an IIM graduate through which product?
Nirodh
2. I you are wearing a Macfarlane, then what is it? Coat
3. If your railway reservation ticket shows the code CA over it, you have booked your ticket under which category? Tatkal
4. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Woodruff declared company’s wartime policy: “We will see that every man in uniform gets a bottle of _____ for five cents wherever he is and whatever it costs”. Fill in the blanks. Coke
5. Mullet is associated with which profession? Hair Cutting
6. Tresskilling Yellow is considered as the most expensive piece of what? Postage Stamp

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National Finals Tata Crucible 2011 Mumbai- Semi Finals #2- Questions & Answers

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Winners:

Accenture – Rohan Khanna & Anish Raju

2nd- Savoir Faire

National Finals Tata Crucible 2011 Mumbai- 2nd Oct

Semi Finals -2

1) WW2…Cold war..International co-operation…Argentina, France, 14th May 1951… A strip

in Las Vegas is a tribute to it

2) This Internet radio company…2000..Music genome project…2011 IPO

3) Invested in Vallares…with Rothschild…

4) New design chnage in Boeing… what innovation?

5) Sandy Bridge..all names must be from existing Geos

6) Vince Camuto…. Gerome Fisher driving along.. sign post..direction symbol

7) Jalandhar based- Apeejay Surrendra… how does it get its name

8) Mine…heavy clouds..gorge..walls..More than 2%… “Flying Prospector”

9) 1970…rural india transportation…Jagjivanbhai Karsanbhai Chandra...Saurashtra… modified an existing product..what?

Ans
1) Paris Club 2) Pandora ( Box opens now) 3) Tony Hayward of BP 4) Changing the place of the reading light… it leads to confusion when passengers press the air hostess call button mistakenly 5) Intel Microprocessors 6) 9 West 7) Amin chand Pyaare lal, J for Jalandhar 8) Len Hancock… Hancock Prospecting 9) Chhakada..used motorcycles

Round 2

1) Pic- patent design of?

3) Identify

4) Coca cola ..tied up with this company..centenary

5) ad… 2 handscampagin in france.. what is it about?

6) Walmart…Asquith dairies

7) Pic Raghuram Rajan

8) Logo

9) R B Productions

Ans:

1) Oreo cookies 2) Corning Gorilla 3) Gopal Goyal of MDLR 4) Selfridges 5) Campaign against covering of human faces 6) Asda 7) Raghuram Rajan 8) Canongate- publisher of Julian Assange’s book 9) Ritu Beri

Round 3

a)Gave the concept of ‘Opportunity cost’

b) Pic

a) CAGE framework…distance between countries…

b) World 3.0…

Ans: 1) John Stuart Mill 2) Pankaj Ghemawat

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TBQ –351

1) Stamps were originally cut from a sheet using scissors. Some clerks took to doing something to make them easier to separate. Since 1847 Henry Archer had been working on a machine to mechanize this concept. Archer’s machine was too unreliable to be granted a Post Office contract, but his work pointed the way for others, and the Post Office purchased 4 of those machines from David Napier & Son in 1854. What did the clerks resort to and what’s this idea?

2) It’s cash that’s given to help get people to the polls. The money can go toward perks like coffee and doughnuts for door knockers, gas for volunteers to chauffeur elderly voters, or pocket money for kids who distribute fliers and sample ballots on Election Day. Also known as “walking-around money” or “get-out-the-vote money,” it’s most common in poor areas of Philadelphia; Chicago; Newark, N.J.; Baltimore; Los Angeles; and other big cities. Both parties use it, but it’s more common among Democrats, who tend to be better represented in the areas that rely on it. How do we know this better?

3) [Tata Question] Identify this distinctively packed Tata Coffee brand.

4) In 300 BC China, according to the Guanzi proposal, this commodity was taxed – not just the earliest written evidence of such taxation system, but the first known instance of a state-control monopoly on a vital commodity. The idea behind this was to import and sell it at a higher price – the revenues were used for building armies, and even the Great Wall. What was this taxation all about?

5) This numbering system traces its roots to the 1920s, and began as an introductory course number in University of Buffalo’s course catalogue. Many colleges and universities began to switch to this numbering system. In 1935, two researchers from Kent State published a paper celebrating the efficiency of the new system: “Recently college catalogues have revealed a commendable trend toward a logical arrangement of course numbers,” they wrote. “The loose hodgepodge of former years is giving way to systematic arrangement.”

Kent State came up with a different system, but later schools standardized the Buffalo system. The standardization got a shot in the arm when Charles W. Eliot, then-president of Harvard, began the system of electives and adopted the Buffalo catalogue system. Later, these three digits got into popular culture and began to be used to refer introductory courses in any area. What’s the three digit system?

6) The Pune of yore has a set of administrative regions named after days of the week when the local market would set anchor in that area. How do we know these places, significantly different from one another?

7) This Indian genius was born in 1895, and discovered the first of tetracycline antibiotics, aureomycin and polymyxin while at working at Lederle Laboratories (Now part of Wyeth). He co-discovered, while working with Cyrus Fiske at Harvard, the two chemicals – phosphocreatine and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) – that store energy in our body. Identify this scientist who, many say, should have won a Nobel in Medicine.

8) Henry Brown was an inventor who saw a convenient and secure way to store money, valuable and important papers. He developed something that was patented in 1886. What did this African American inventor invent?

9) Today the term simply refers to large financial institutions that offer multiple services in various locations, such as a bank. The term typically refers to full-service brokerages that offer research, order execution and investment advice all under the same roof. The term originated because of an advanced communications system they employed. What?

10) Identify the advertiser.

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Answers:

Ans1: Pricking the imperforate stamp margins with a pin – this is what the clerks were doing. This was the beginning of stamps with perforated sides.

Ans2: Street Money

Ans3: Aveon (Yes, it’s very much available in Indian super markets.)

Ans4: Salt

Ans5: 101 [eg. History 101]

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Ans8: Strongbox

Ans9: Wirehouse

Ans10: TVS Motors

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Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2011 Chandigarh Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2011 Chandigarh Prelims

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2. This bank was started in amritsar by majitha & 2 others

3. Which airlines started skycouches?

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5. Tour de france,31,Which watch?

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Brand Equity Quiz 2011 Mumbai Finals

Brand Equity Quiz 2011 Mumbai Finals

Prelims here | Ad Agency Round

Round 1- Questions

1) Asksimi… character used by? Nirodh, KS, kohinoor
2) 2006..Polo..uniform for ? Ball girls, Umpires, Strawberry makers?
3) Piccadilly? Collars, shoes, bras
4) Bloughie???? … Cold meat, cheese, bread?
5) As per Bill Gates, biggest unplanned event for his company- 9/11, Facebook, Internet
6) Which was the 1st International Industry? Banking, transport,
Answers:
1) Kohinoor 2) Umpires 3) Collars 4) Bread 5) Internet 6) Banking

Audience Questions

Value Chain- Michael Porter
1893 Coca Cola- 1st to hire Celebrity

Round 2 Questions

1) _________ Star Thinker from Hitchhiker’s guide to galaxy…. has lent its name to a corporate HQ
2) Training Aurangabad, Profession Driver, Indian Army 19623
3) 100 pound cup… name changed after the original winner
4) Archie goodwin Int’l airport, Miller Harbour, Robert Robinson park… part of which fiction
5) Odditorium. By ? (Not clear)
6) As per Tom Peters, who are 18 second managers?
Answers

1) Googleplex 2) Anna Hazare 3) America’s cup- yachting 4) Gotham City- batman 5) Ripley’s believe it or not museum
6) 18 second managers are those managers, who when approached by someone with a query, provide some or the other solution within no time, before the person has finished his question

Questions & Answers Round 3

1) Pic- ISB Hyd enterance
2) Pic- Rajan Raheja
3) Pic- Cocoa beans
4) Ad- Economist
5) Pic- Ada Byron
6) Novartis logo

Audience Question

1994- Brabourne stadium- last speech by Nani Palkhiwala

Questions Round 4

1) What is Title fluffing?
2) Ek Petti used to be One lakh. Underworld has started using what to denote one lakh now?
3) Gloria Vanderbilt… who is her famous son?
4) Difference between Boot Legging and Rum Running
5) Alyque Padamsee…spoke to Gerson Da Cunha…. about this copy writer… he went on to become a director of great distinction
6) Title- Spokesperson of the land… this gave rise to which Title
Answers:

1) Regular jobs, given Jazzy tittle… Media distribution officer for paper boys 2) Ek haath (Hand) 3) Anderson Cooper
4) Boot Legging- over land, Rum Running- Over water 5) Shyam Benegal 6) Deshmukh

Questions and Answers Round 5

1) Video- Ram Charan
2) Audio… death threat… goal against Greece- David Beckham
3) Video-1st video on Youtube- Javed Kareem
4) Audio…. Tupperware ad
5) Video… Karl Lagerfeld- Pirelli calendar
6) Song – 50 cents
Questions & Answers Round 6

1) Miller entertainment bought their amusement parks- Lego
2) Evening Argus… 1977…1st store Brighton- Body Shop
3) Satellite, triangle, Computer, parliament House….. Rupee Note
4) Pakistan is the sole competitor for this Indian product… Abul Fazl… Sugandha, Ranvir
– Basmati
5) 1st in Silk…. Sullivan- Tea Bags

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