Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals- Non-Tata Track

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals- Non-Tata Track

Courtesy: Team Bizdom

http://bizdom.blogspot.com/2010/09/tata-crucible-corporate-2010-mumbai_20.html

HUL – Pradeep, Dushyanth (50)
Questa Software – Amit Pandeya, Manish (25)

Kotak Life – Shambhu Shankar, Prasad Shetty (20)
Deustche Bank – Rajiv Rai, Vibhendra (15)
IMRB – Ameya, Ashish Pandey (0)
Sun Microsystems – Mitesh, Ankit Didolkar (-20)

Wild Card questions (for the selection of the 6th team)

1) Who in this world is; “Committed to improving the state of world”?

2) Who is LTD on NYSE?

3) Which celebrity is associated with Plan B entertainment?

4) Who is the 1st non-Britisher on a British stamp?

5) In 1847, Liverpool associate, Jacobsen J C

6) Layali festival-1996, 3 million people

7) Rosen enterprise, David Rosen

8) Geophysical

Answers:

1) World economic forum
2) Limited brands
3) Brad Pitt
4) Mahatma Gandhi
5) Carlsberg
6) Dubai Shopping festival
7) SEGA
8) Texas Instruments

IBM & Kotak Were tied at this stage with 2 answers each.

9) Paris comedian… Murder… jack Collins..Retail giant.. neither of the team went for the buzzer.

Ans: Tesco

10) Qs on Teri.. It was but obvious that the answer was Teri, Prasad and team showed the guts to go for the buzzer and deservedly went on stage as the 6th team.

Vishwajeeth Navrekar and yours truly (Rohit Jain) representing IBM missed out.

  • Dating back to the 1400s, this word stemmed from the Latin word , meaning “sleeping area” (completely apropos). It became obsolete after the 16th century, but it was revived in the 19th century as a word for “dormitory sleeping compartments.”
  • Mohanlal Dayal Chauhan, set up the initial business of this famous Indian company in 1929. Later on the three sons divided into two business groups, Jayantilal Group and Kantilal and Pitambar group. A dispute arose in 2007 about the ownership of the brand and in 2009 Bombay High Court has ruled that this brand is a family name and hence both groups have equal right to use the trademark brand name. Identify the brand name.
  • His great-grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, was the ‘Nagar Shet’ of Kashmiri Chopras at Lahore. In 1947, he had to flee to Indian with his family, almost Penniless. In 1950, he launched his own production company and by the 2003 his company used to contributes nearly Rs 3-4 million per month to Prasar Bharati in terms of telecast fees. Name this trend-setter-media-moghul .
  • This concept originated at the turn of the 20th century in the writings of sociologist and economist, Thorstein Veblen. The term describes an apparently irrational and confounding form of economic behaviour. Veblen’s scathing proposal that this unnecessary consumption is a form of status display is made in darkly humorous observations.
  • Identify the logo.
  • Whose brand mascot is this?

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals- Tata Track

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals-Tata Track

Courtesy: Team Bizdom

http://bizdom.blogspot.com/2010/09/tata-crucible-corporate-2010-mumbai_20.html

Tata Track

Tata Power – Sidharth M, Pankaj k (30)

Tata Capital – Govind Grewal, Preeti Shankar (40)

Tata Teleservices – Vishwanathan, Sridhar (10)

TCS – Suresh Kumar, Aniruddh Dutta (65)

Tata Communication – Atulya, Jamshed (0)

TCS – Pravin Varma, Ankit (10)
Cryptology

  1. Safe hair dye
  2. As a writing instrument brand, it got delayed approval because its name is derived from a profession which doesn’t speak about its actual function at all.
  3. What’s M in MSD, a company of German Origin?
  4. Blue agave based
  5. Who is the youngest division chief in the World Bank’s history?
  6. 1385, flatplate trademark
  7. David Novak Chairman

Answers:
1) Loreal
2) Pilot pens
3) Merck
4) Tequila
5) Montek Singh
6) Xerox
7) Pizza Hut

Audience Q

Cerf’s up- Whose car nameplate

Ans: Vinton cerf

Pictology
1. Whose hat is this?


2. A picture of Books and Beyond
3. Identify the logo. 


4. With whom you can associate “Independent Evaluation Group”?


5. Identify the advertiser.


6. Who is advertising?

Ans
1) Pondicherry Police
2) RPG
3) IGNOU
4) WOrld Bank
5) Tata Jagriti yatra
6) Accenture

Tata World

  1. Founded in 1924, passionate in retail, has some connection with Croma.
  2. K M Garda, Chairperson, IT solution company
  3. Mitsubishi security…
  4. Optical frame for women.

Answers:

1) Woolworth
2) Nelito
3) Tata Capital
4) Enigma

Round 4:

1) GS, Zenith…

2) Legend, ideapact

3) ‘World’s biggest family’, Amby valley logo

4) Navteq…

Answers
1)
2) Lenovo
3) Sahara
4) Nokia Siemens

Speedology

  1. Which famous entrepreneur said; “I endorse my favorite bag……..”.
  2. Malcom Glaze
  3. Model for Burberry
  4. This word’s English mean is ‘immediate/instinct’; this particular service generates enormous revenue for a government organization.

Answers:

1) Branson- Samsonite
2) Man U
3) Ema Watson
4) Tatkal

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010

Courtesy: Team Bizdom

http://bizdom.blogspot.com/2010/09/tata-crucible-corporate-2010-mumbai.html

  1. What is missing in this famous quote said by British PM David Lloyd George “Death is the most convenient time to _______ rich people.
  2. This trademark was first used in clothing as the only material capable of protecting workers on the infamous Manhattan Project from the corrosive Uranium hexafluoride to make U-235 for the 1st atom bomb.
  3. Started in 1903 in New Castle, Pennsylvania with the borrowing of 99 chairs from the local undertaking and later returned the same to use for the funerals.
  4. With a US $ 150 m five year grant from the Emir of ______, Al Jazeera began broadcasting for six hours a day in 1996.
  5. Which company in conjunction with Canon launched a Pocketronic, the first electronic pocket calculator in 1970?
  6. What brand was established by a business man who beat Lasslo Biro in launch of America’s 1st ballpoint in 1944?
  7. The term A1 from first rate or “highest quality” was first used in what kind of business; the term was used to designate the quality of ships by marine underwriters?
  8. From an ad- I can’t type, I don’t take dictation, I can’t file. My boss calls me indispensable. I push the button on the _____ _____.
  9. What publication has a long standing tradition in which an editor’s only signed article during his/her tenure is written on the occasion of his/her departure from the position?
  10. What is the flagship brand of Bengal Waterproof Ltd; founded by Surendra Mohan Bose?
  11. What was found by Henry Luce in February 1930, four months after the Wall Street crash of 1929?
  12. Which company built the Gateway of India?
  13. The name of this country is derived from a Latin word for a metal and its first use can be traced to the 1602?
  14. Three brothers Henry, Emanuel and Mayse in 1850 as a small dry goods store which specialized in the cotton?
  15. Which iconic institute’s premises are situated in Paternoster Squares close to St.Paul Cathedral in the city of London?
  16. Which two companies ranked 2nd and 3rd in their field would you find in the small German town Herzogenaurach?
  17. Who created Eee-pad to rival Apple’s i-pad?
  18. In 1942, a group of Quaker intellectuals, social activists and Oxford academics started this organization?
  19. Horn Mountain, Atlantis, Mad Dog and Thunder Horse are the deep underwater sites of which?
  20. How we better know Worli Chemicals today?
  21. Identify the great global corporation
22. Identify him.

23.Who owns it?

24. Housefull producer
25. An Advertisement showing caption “kam life insurance matlab no insurance”.
Answers:
1) Tax
2) Teflon
3) Warner Bros
4) Qatar
5) Texas Instruments
6) Reynolds
7) Insurance
8) Xerox 914
9) Economist
10) Duckback
11) Fortune
12) Gammon
13) Argentina-Argentum
14) Lehman Brothers
15) London Stock Exchange
16) Adidas, Puma
17) Asus
18) Oxfam
19) BP
20) Wockhardt
21) GM (whitacre)
22)Ranjan Das
23) Apple
24) Sajid Nadiadwala
25) Aegon Religare

Tata Crucible Corporate 2014 Cochin Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate 2014 Cochin Prelims

Courtesy: Anil Raghavan

1)company shareholders liability is restricted to the original capital. Indicated by which term?
LTD

2)Mentholated cough drops owned by warner lambert & cadbury.
Halls

3)Company famous for aerial ads using blimps
Goodyear

4)Logos of thomas & uber cup.id the main sponsor
lining

5)financial tool used by banks to improve economy
Quantitative easing

6)MAC cosmetics was started by Frank toscan & frank angelo. MAC stands for?
Make up artists

7)Andrew tan is the 4th richest man in philippines. What is the liquor brand owned by him(relate to kings)
emperador

8)poster of 1942 movie starring bing crosby & fred astaire.Gave rise to what
Holiday inn

9)TTK’s 2012 condom brand
Skore

10)Third powerful indian according to some forbes list
Mukesh ambani

11)This forum is held in vienna in November from 2009.named after
peter drucker

12)old logo of uti bank

13)Devised by jimo’neill based on 6 emerging economies egypt,indonesia,s.africa,vietnam,columbia &turkey
CIVETS

14)Idiom concerning excess regulation of bureaucrats
Red tape

15)When dow jones started in 1885 the top firms belonged to
rail road

18)pic ben&jerry founders

17)Mobile phone named after replicants in blade runner
Nexus

18)question on kokuyo which became camlin

19)pic B.Ashok
IOC

20)pic jack ma

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2014_Hubli Prelims

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2014_Hubli Prelims

Courtesy: Ketan Naik

1. It was founded by Harry Pickup. Name this famous cleaning brand: Harpic

2.The founder was DR burman and was founded in kolkata. Name this brand: Dabur

3.Named after strepto bacillum bacteria,this brand is used in sore throat cure.: Streptsils

4.This mosquito repellent got name from dead one in german : Mortein

5.logo of search engine: bing

6.visual of famous doll after barbie : Mrs kitten??

7.Book visual written on famous leather product brand.:Gucci

8.Telegraph service was provided by whom?: Indian postal service

9. Which of these car was famous in UK: mini/nano/fiat

10. “Think outside the bun” is tagline of: Macdonald/dominos/taco bell

11.Ye hey rishton ka time tagline of?: Dominos pizza

12.Macharon pe war surakshit apka parivar. which brand?: All Out

13. Novel visual

14. Titan is entering into which new segment in its dealing with 2 wheelers? :helmet

15. Named after a person who determined the correct value of Absolute zero. Which brand? :kelvinator

16.pic duracell

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Chennai Finals (External Track)

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Chennai Finals (External Track)

Via Madanish Kanna

1st round

1. Ted turner during one of his famous speeches – mentioned that “there would be 2 things in the future that would make all happy”. ID the things
Mobile phones & aeroplanes

2. Greece govt- ancient – during wars – inorder to lower the expenditure, what specific idea did they follow – origin of BYOD – Bring your own device
3. Who runs/owns the hotel chain called LAYA, sister entity of SOBER Islands.. ?
SRILANKAN army
4. Bandev mittal – 1961.. started sweet shop, also a BAJAJ dealer.. what is he famous for now?
Lovely professional univ, Punjab
5. WANALO – social site for online shopping…funda on name?
Want Need Love..
6. What is Nokia Life tools used for?
FARMER SMS tool

2nd round

  1. Child hold pic of Kiran Mazumdar shaw – ID
  2. Pic of an auto like tuk tuk.. whats so special of it?? Its official vehicle for ITALIAN PRESIDENT
  3. Queen of time – London, id location – Self ridges
  4. Logo of ZAIN telecom
  5. Six flags.. theme park.. n USA.. explain funda on name? its in texas and texas was under six diff govts previously
  6. Polska 1000 currency note – Copper nicus

 

3rd round

  1. Indian hotels – INDI
  2. Titan  watch named after a word.. – Japanese..- Tycoon
  3. Flavoritz.. what product..- tata salt
  4. Tata LOG.. funda

 

4th round

  1. Steve jobs + TOPCOM à GLADWELL
  2. FREE PRESS India + PREMIER padmini car + a logo à walchand hirachand
  3. Apprecentice + mid summers night dreamà play boy mansion

5th round

  1. Hamilton, prat & witne, wind power-UNITED TECH
  2. SCALP care, hand book-     HEAD & SHOULDERS
  3. Founders name of BLUE STAR.. given..

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Lucknow Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Lucknow Prelims

Prelims:

1. Who is behind “10000 Startups” in India? NASSCOM
2. Which Bollywood actor started in Military Censor office at the salary of Rs. 165? Dev Anand
3. In 1744, first mail order guarantee was started by whom in USA? Benjamin Franklin
4. What is “One buyer and many seller”? Monopsony
5. Ad picture with the tagline “Ride your way”? Honda
6. Who has started “project sentum’ in India to expand their market? Schwarzkoff
7. He is an ex-chief justice of Punjab, is investigating the walmart lobbying case.- Mukul Mudgal
8. Which is the only bank that hasLatin as their language in their ATM machine? Vatican Bank
9. What was started by Pestonjee Eduljee in Anand? Polson
10. Ad picture with the line, “Fusion of Rum & Coconut”- MALIBU
11. Which brand of comics was started by Deepak Chopra ? Virgin
12. Who is been appointed as the “Pleasure Ambassdor” for HUL’s Magnum ice-cream? Trisha
13. Which beer brnad has recently changed their bottle design as a bowtee one? Budweiser
14. What was started in 1993 as the first IT training org. in India? APtech
15. Some book cover that was written by Y V Reddy (clue given was that this ex-governor was from AP)
16. Who celebrate April 6th as the Care4food day? Tupperware
17. Which business guru is the author of “The Self Destructive habits of good co.”? Jagdish Seth
18. Modern coaches by Indian Railways- Anubhati
19. Named after the son of Phoebus/Helios is the a new offering from Volkswagen? Phaeton
20. Picture of Pia Singh (DLF)

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Navi Mumbai Finals

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Navi Mumbai Finals

Via Viraj Morabia

Final round Questions (it’s not framed)
1.Hugh Hefner..500$-Marilyn Monroe
2.Dented 5 in Mobile phones-Concept introduced for blind People
3.Silver shortage led to-currency notes
4.A club sandwich in Thailand- Body Massage
5.Michelin Guide
6.Bitter lemon

Visuals
7.Milton Plastic
8.Shakuntala Devi
9.Satish Babu -Emi on phone

Tata Round
10.Taj Vivanta …call new employees Viva (Girls) & Aviv (Boys)

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Kolkata Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Kolkata Prelims

Prelims

1. What in Gujarat is known as Chaar Bangadi?

2. Which book published in 1859 is the largest selling single volume book ever? (Clue: It sold 2 Million copies till date)

3. Which beautiful consort wrote a book titled ‘The Sandwich Swap’ in 2011? (Clue: Think Royalty)

4. Rellure a brand owned by the Reliance Life Science Pvt Ltd., is associated with which fruit?

5. Who’s the author of the book?

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6. First there were Harmony, Tempo and Allegro & then came Puma, Jaguar, Snow Leopard. What are these?

7. In gaming what does RMG stands for?

8. Which actor aspired to be a professional photographer & started his career as an apprentice in A. Das & Co., Delhi? (Clue: We’ve lost him recently)

9. Who has unveiled the new search engine named PLUS D (The Public Library of United States Diplomacy)? (Clue: Very much in news)

10. Who’s the advertiser?image004

 

11. What is jointly owned by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular?

12. AP market which of this coffee brands? (Options given: Araku/Tirumala/Telengana)

13. What unique thing has been started by Samoa Air?

14. Satya Rajpurohit, calligrapher and co-founder of Ahmedabad-based design firm Indian Type Foundry, says he arrived at the perfect ‘L’ after trying more than 400 strokes over 2-3 weeks. And they’ve trademarked the letter ‘L’. Whose logo? (Clue: Hospitality)

15. Id her? (Clue: CRISIL)

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16. Which series has inspired Martin Copper to conceive the idea of Mobile Phone in 1973?

17.After which everyday product this Hyundai’s this vehicle E4U designed?

image009

18. By exporting which fruit from the national tree of Bangladesh, India got INR 800 Cr Revenue?

19. This is a list ……per capita. What?

Monaco: 3/35,427

St Kitts and Nevis: 1/53,051

Guernsey:1/65,573

Hong Kong: 39/7.1 Million

Belize: 1/356,600

Cyprus: 3/1.1 Million

Israel: 17/7.8 Million

20. Which Indian Group’s next generation are these?

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21. Which job people who liked globetrotting wants, Heinrich Kubis was first in the world in 1912?

22. Which future Senator was the first to orbit the Earth in Mercury

23. A simple __________ from the White House wipes billions off US markets in the month of April, 2013?

24. Which adventurist Indian Businessman is the founder of the Super Car Club in India & set the record for the fastest lap at the Buddh International Circuit in Ferrari 458 Challenge?

25. Younger age Pic of  which head of a Global Financial Institution?

 

 

Christine Lagarde in her youth

 

 

 

Answers:

  1. Audi
  2. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
  3. Queen Rania of Jordan
  4. Mango
  5. Benjamin Graham
  6. Apple OS
  7. Real-Money Gaming
  8. Pran Krishan Sikand
  9. WWF
  10. IndusTowers
  11. Julian Assange
  12. Araku
  13.  Charging Passengers by their Weight
  14. the Leela Group
  15. Roopa Kudva
  16. Star Trek
  17. Egg
  18. Mango (two questions on Mango in the Prelims itselfL)
  19. Billionaires
  20. PARLE (Chauhans)
  21. Flight attendant
  22. John Glenn
  23. Tweet
  24. Gautam Singhania of Raymond Group
  25. Christine Lagarde of IMF

 

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 East Zone Finals

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 East Zone Finals

THINK GLOBAL

  1. This Product was created by the Chinese in the 6th century for Cleansing and Hygienic purposes and is now used worldwide. It is a daily use product now. What??—Toilet paper or Tissue Paper
  2. In 1948, Candido created this to cure his son, Kenneth, who had developed rheumatoid arthritis in 1943??—Jacuzzi
  3. The word is derived from French for a bundle of notes tied together. It is also the name of a supplement from a business daily from India?—DOSSIER
  4. It was started by Hamdi Ulukaay a Turkish immigrant to the United States,when bought a plant in the town of New Berlin, New York that was being closed by Kraft Foods. The brand name is derived from the Persian, meaning “shepherd”?—CHOBANI YOGURT
  5. On the eve of 110 years of Harley Davidson celebration, 2000 Harley bikers congregated and two white classic Harleys were gifted to a certain person who at one point of time a Chemical technician. Who was gifted these two special Harleys?—Pope Francis
  6. The company should satisfy the following criteria: a) Three years with an annual net profit of over Rs. 2,500 crore b)Net worth of Rs. 10,000 crore c)Turnover of Rs. 25,000 crore. Criteria for what?—Maharatna status to a PSU

THINK PICTORIAL

  1. This map was shown and said that President Jefferson made a deal for this land in 1803 and took a big step towards making USA a big country in terms of Land mass.what?—Purchase of Louisiana state from France by President Jefferson for $15 million dollars  image001
  2. In the world of finance, what do these colors represent? image003                                 —Risk ratings for Mutual funds
  3.  Connect these to give a brand name?—Christian Dior..Lady Diana with the Lady Dior bag dedicated to herimage005
  4. An old ad of some fridge brand+Shilpa shetty pic was shown. Which brand?—Electrolux, she endorses Electrolux water purifiers
  5.  What are these?—Monopoly Board game charactersimage007
  6. Showed a pic of Macy’s day parade- Qns Cancelled as answer revealed. Another textual question asked  Who is a fellmonger or what trade does he deal in and why is the trade banned everywhere?—He deals in Animal skins

 

TATA WORLD

  1. Expand SCIP—Second career internship program for women who want to come back to corporate life after having kids
  2. TIFRAC was the name given by J L Nehru.) someone buzzed and answered—TIFR Automatic company
  3. Lord Chelmsford was the man responsible for this.—He renamed the city of Sakshi to Jamshedpur
  4. This word of greek origin refers to light. This is a Tata offering and is creating a lot of hype?—PHOTON

 

CONNECT

  1.  image009—DOORDARSHAN- PHILIPS PROVIDED THE Technology, Devashis created the logo, Miguel sabido was the man behind DD’s longest running show HUM LOG

 
2.

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Amruthanjan—Dragon balm by them, founder Nageswar Rao Pantulu also started Andhra Patrika and Bobby fisher used Amruthanjan balm and used to get them from Vishwanathan Anand

 

3.

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Campbell soup

4. image016

Apple inc.—George orwell, the girl who threw hammer in the 1984 ad, the binocular building was designed by Frank Gehry who has appeared in Think Different ad

CLUES ROUND

  1. This company started when mines in the Andalusian Province of Huelva in Spain were handed over for mining. —RIO TINTO
  2.  She was the first woman to win the Nobel in economics in 2009.—ELINA OSTROM
  3. This economic indicator is named after a certain fellow from England who was considered a criminal—ROBIN HOOD