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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

National Finals_The Brand Equity Quiz 2012

National Finals_The Brand Equity Quiz 2012

Teams: TCS Chennai
TCS Bangalore
Savoir Faire Pune/Goa
TCS Mumbai

1) This product derives its name form the French word for ‘Linen’. Name it.
2) Who is an Optionaire?
3) The Idea came to Ram Chandra Sharma, an illiterate craftsman, while he was riding a bicycle and had a flat tire.
4) Who are Modelizers?
5) King Charles leased it to East India company for a yearly rent of 10 pounds in 1668.
6) When asked about great Indian brand symbols, Al Ries said the Taj Mahal and which other brand had far reaching global perception?
7) US Company had the slogan ‘Worldwise’.
8) Sheerlon… toughest material..

Answers:
1) Lingerie
2) Millionaire through stock options
3) Jaipur Foot
4) Professionals who dates Models
5) Bombay
6) Darjeeling tea
7) Lehman Brothers
8) Condoms

B’lore: 20
Chennai: 20
Pune:15
Mumbai: 0

1) Who are Dualists in the context of Cola drinkers?
2) What is the origin of the term Supari killer
3) What is Glass Cliff
4) It is estimated that the US patent office alone has issued over 200 copyrights of it… 3 billion dollar
5) As per AL Ries the objective of a branding program is to take a word and create a “secondary meaning” for that word. Explain by an example.
6) Seven villages in Kashmir—Charsoo, Hallmullaha, Bijbehara, Sangam, Sethar, Pujteng and Mirzapor. They form which industry?
7) What is Toilegami
8) It was created by French designer Ted Lapidus. Its popularity took off in the 1970s after Reliance Industries set up synthetic fiber plants in India. What?

Answers:
1) Who drink both diet and regular cola
2) Its origin can be traced back to the age of chivalry in medieval India when the sovereign dared the bravest of the brave to volunteer to undertake a suicide mission. A platter full of paan ki gilori was passed around, and whoever picked one up first was assigned the self-sacrificial task
3) women are promoted to positions that are precarious and thus have a higher risk of failure
4) Yoga
5) The primary meaning of the word dove is “a bird of the pigeon family.” Unilever created a secondary meaning for its brand name Dove, a moisturizing soap
6) Cricket bats industry
7) Toilet paper Origami
8) Safari Suits

B’lore: 20
Chennai: 60
Pune: 35
Mumbai: 10

1) Who is a Reluctant Landlord
2) Henry Ford exported Model T to England. The Wooden crates that were used to ship the goods were used by him for what purpose?
3) What are missionwares
4) Who is a ‘Zero Drag’ employee?
5) As per Milton Friedman It is a Taxation without Legislation
6) What is Adcreep?
7) Who is ‘Raj’ in the YashRaj Films?
8) What is Returnment?
Answers:
1) Someone who is unable to sell his property due to Bad Market etc. and ends up giving it for rent
2) Used it within the body of the car as Board etc- to climb and such … Thought Charcoal was a neat answer http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13236/Ford-Model-T.aspx
3) Cups/Mugs, T-shirts with Mission statements of a company
4) An employee who has fewer personal responsibilities and so can work long hours, travel frequently, or be called in to work at short notice
5) Inflation
6) The gradual expansion of advertising space to non-traditional surfaces such as floors, bathroom walls, cars, and the sides of buildings.
7) Rajesh Khanna
8) The practice of resuming work at a place of employment from which one has retired

Visuals

1) Who is she and who is the advertiser?

2) Sketch of?

3) Stamp of?

4) Which movie?

5) Which brand?

6) Identify

7) What has been blanked out?

8) Identify

Answers:
1) Zeenat Aman | Air India
2) Pacman
3) Boot Polish
4) LaxmanRao Kirloskar
5) Famous Grouse
6) Walt Disney
7) Steel
8) DHL Founders

Video

1) Identify

2) Identify

3) Movie Clipping

4) Who is he? Ad for Lanvin chocolate

Answers:
1) Adriana Lima
2) Steven Levitt of Freakonomics fame
3) Saudagar
4) Salvador Dali

B’lore: 105
Chennai: 100
Pune: 65
Mumbai: 60

Audience:
Most engaging brand on FB? Shadi.com

Buzzer

1) London 2012 Olympics. Most no. of Tickets/requests to watch
2) What is a Command economy?
3) an edible soft fruit, consisting of a cluster of soft purple-black drupelets.
4) Mobile Tariffs are 2nd lowest in the world in which country neighbouring India?
5) Jhumka Gira re…
6) Home of 7 ….city

Answers:
1) Usain Bolt
2) Central Planning
3) Blackberry
4) Bangladesh
5) Bareli ke Bazaar main
6) Las Vegas

Last 3 Questions between B’lore & Chennai
1) Oakley Ticker symbol – represents a pair of sunglasses
2) What is referred to as the Giant Shield/Golden Shield of Asia
3) “Every year Americans junk $80 million worth of gold, silver, copper, plutonium and palladium in what form?”
Answers:
1) OO
2) Chinese Internet firewall
3) B’lore Buzzed and got it wrong. With this TCS Chennai (JK & DeviPrasad) won the National Finals

The Brand Equity Quiz 2012 – Mumbai – Finals

Brand Equity Quiz 2012_ Mumbai Finals
Winners: TCS Priyambad Pattanayak & Pravin Varma | 2nd Edelweiss

Selection Round

1) Which book has characters Raghav – a Journalist, Gopal- Dir Gangatel, Aarti- Ramada hotel

2) Which company changed its HQ to ‘One Hacker’s way’ California

3) This brewery was started by Arthur

4) It has a Spread Eagle as its logo

5) Which Scam sounds like something which has Calcium, mineral….

6) 1920’s founded as International Cellucotton Products

7) Montblanc’s the Limited Edition 3000 dedicated to which movie of Alfred Hitchcock?

8) In Youtube, it is the highest viewed Commencement speech. WHose speech?

9) Bacterium Clostridium botulinum …

10) Olive Bar, Mumbai, Delhi and which other city?

11) Which denomination of currency notes have the Himalayan range on the obverse?

12) Flipkart founders Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal, previously worked for?

Tie Breaker : In 1982, Pranab Mukherjee succeeded which would be President then, to become the finance minister

Answers:

1) Chetan Bhagat’s Revolution 20/20

2) Facebook

3) Guiness

4) Barclays

5) Coalgate/Colgate

6) Kotex

7) Psycho

8) Steve Jobs

9) Botox

10) Bangalore

11) Rs. 100

12) Amazon

13) Venkataraman

Teams on stage: TCS (winners), Edelweiss (2nd), Maersk, Tata Capital, JWT, Goldfish

Round 1: Frame a qns

1) It was started to stop Cholera in Victorian England.

2) A recent Cosmopolitan survey- Women prefers it more than sex

3) First record of it being mentioned in “Heer Ranjha”, a Punjabi poem written by Waris Shah in 1766

4) Dell Streak was the first?

5) Radhe, RadhaRani, Balarama, GangaCafe

6) Only Qatar airways provide theses for long flights

Ans: Round 1

1) Lifebuoy

2) Facebook

3) Basmati rice

4) Phablet (Phone + Tablet)

5) Iskcon restaurants

6) Night suits

Round 2

1) His contract with the Monarch of Spain said that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found, along with a noble title and the governorship
of any lands he should encounter.

2) One of the founder’s used the company’s expertise in pumps to develop a submersible bathtub pump for his son, Kenneth, who had developed rheumatoid arthritis.
He realized that their agricultural water pumps could be adapted to give his son soothing whirlpool treatments in the tub at home.

3) Why was Coca Cola not available in India from 1977 till 1993

4) Arthashastra- Rainy season…Entertainers and which oher group were banned – to prevent the agriculture being impacted

5) Richard Branson mentions that his business ideasof different businesses can be termed as ABCD. What is ABCD ? ( ALways Be….)

6) Google doodle- This Actor/director featured in the video

Ans: Round 2

1) Columbus

2) Jacuzzi

3) The new govt wanted the company to share its secret formula 7x

4) Gypsies/vagabonds

5) Always Be Connected Dots

6) Google doodle of Charlie Chaplin
(BTW, what about the John Lennon doodle? nevermind)

3rd Round – Visual
1)

2) Which Movie?

3)

Think: Television

4) What is the outfit called?

5) Identify

6) Identify

Ans: Round 3

1) Pistorius

2) Safe

3) Big Boss

4) Catsuit

5) Nargisi Kofta

6) Mao Suit

4th Round

1) Only living person to feature in the Amar Chitra Katha?

2) Broadway… Evita…

3) Author John Haggai..said about him ‘He did write crappy ads too’. Who?

4) What is Textonym?

5) It was the first subject taught as a correspondence course.
Hint: Corporate skill

6) Asian City…Fishing settlement..Sindhi fisherwoman Mai Koalchi

Ans: Round 4

1) Narayan Murthy

2) Ricky Martin

3) Salman Rushdie

4) A textonym is a word which becomes ambiguous when using predictive text due to having the same button combination as other unrelated words. Book= Cool

5) Shorthand

6) Karachi

5th Round

1) Video: What is being manufactured?

2) Song : “rich Girl”. Singer?

3) Video: From movie ‘Catch me If you can’

4) Audio: Yuvraj Singh. Which company?

5) Video: Vandana Luthra of VLCC

6) Audio: Song Mujhe kya bechega rupaiya- Satyameva Jayate. Singer?

Ans: Round 5

1) Credit Card

2) Justin Bieber

3) ‘Catch me If you can’

4) Birla SunLife

5) Vandana Luthra of VLCC

6) Sona Mohapatra

6th Round: Cell phones provided to search for answer

1) Radhe, O fish, 90 days, 63 cameras

2) Bisleri is named after?

3) J P Getty’s quote: __________ is like Manure. It Stinks

4) BSKYB took it to court three years ago over the use of the word ‘Sky’

5) After USA, this country is the largest contributor to UN in dollar terms

6) National Old Age Pension scheme named after which PM?

Ans: Round 6

1) Big Boss

2) Person. part of Founder’s name

3) Money

4) Skype

5) Japan

6) Indira Gandhi

Round 7- Only for the Top 2 Teams

1) The last, 32-volume print version, published in 2010, weighs 129 pounds and sold for $1,395. What?

2) 2006 Padmashri awardee ‘Ayurveda to the west’

Ans: Round 7

1) Encyclopedia Brittanica. (TCS team which was leading at this stage, answered it as Brittania Encyclopedia, a minor lapse and were not awarded the points, hence
scored a negative)

2) Shahnaz Hussain (TCS answered it and won the quiz)

The Brand Equity Quiz 2012 – Kolkata – Prelims

The Brand Equity Quiz 2012 – Kolkata – Prelims

Courtesy: The Champ himself- Rabi Sankar Saha

Kolkata BEQ was won by Rabi Sankar Saha & Bhaskar Datta.
Change of his previous partner sure seems to have done Rabi a great deal of good 🙂

Qs which consist 1 mark each

1. Which of these are not in Tangra, Kolkata? (MCQ & Local Qs)
Ans- Golden Dragon

2. Which watch brand is the Official Olympic Timekeeper since 1932?
Ans- Omega

3.Wch Indian Politician bought seeds from the Pune-based Pocha Seeds for his Rose Garden during his confinement?
Ans- Jawaharlal Nehru

4. Which term was first used in reference to trades jobs in 1924, in an Alden, Iowa newspaper?
Ans- Blue-collar

5. _____ Book is published by UN for Climate Change? (FITB)
Ans- Green

6. After US Dollar, which is the largest Foreign Reserve currency?
Ans- Euro

7. Whose capmpaign is the ‘Kentucky Fried Cruelty’?
Ans- PETA

8. Which ruler started the silver coins named Haidari & Imami (MCQ)?
Ans- Tipu Sultan

9.Which retailer has the highest per square foot sales of $5,600/Square Foot?
Ans- Apple

10.After which FM’s Budget Speech, Mrs. Gandhi commented ‘India’s shortest finance minister has delivered the longest speech’?
Ans- Pranab Mukherjee

11. The Benelux union in Europe comprisie of three countries, two of them are Netherlands and Luxembourg. Which is the other?
Ans- Belgium

12. What was invented in 1974 in Hungry to play on 3-D Geometry?
Ans- Rubik’s Cube

13. Who’s th presiding deity of all architects?
Ans- Vishwakarma

14. Kakababu series is written by wch writer (Local Qs)?
Ans- Sunil Gangopadhyay

15. This Year, ICICI Bank has introduced which unique facility for the first time?
Ans- PPF Account

16. Which Social Networking Site uses the “fail whale” as error message for the Webpage?
Ans- Twitter

17. Who is the higest Paid Footballer amongst these? (MCQ)

a) Sunil Chhetri
b) Odafa Okolie
c) Ranti Martins
Ans- Odafa

18. Monalisa Guest House, 172A, Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata. Signifies what?
Ans- Kahani of Vidya Balan

19. Which classless train was introduced by Madhu Dandavate in 1978 named after a famous literary work?
Ans- Gitanjali Express

20. can’t recall

A&V

21. Logo of Axis Bank

22. Ad of Lux Cozi starring SRK

23. Pic of Tarla Dalal

24. Cadbury Ad Jingle

25. The song ‘Taxman’ by The Beatles from the Album Revolver, Id the Group?

Idea Qs (Qs wch consist 2 marks each)

26. The tax collection of Empreror Akbar got a boost after the appointment of whom as Diwan-I-Ashraf?
Ans- Raja Todar Mal

27.FITB-‘If you reach for the stars, you might not quite get one, but you won’t end up with a handful of mud, either’
said by Leo Burnett (MCQ)
a) Poo
b) Grains
c) Mud
Ans- Mud

28. Who was been appointed as the Commissioner of Customs in Scotland in 1778?
Ans- Adam Smith

29. FITB- Sumantra Ghosal’s Quote ‘You can’t renew a Company without revitalizing its……’?
Ans- People

30. Who started teachin in Dhaka University in 1926 with the recommendation from Einstein?
Ans- Satyendra Nath Bose

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Mumbai Round- Finals

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Mumbai Round- Finals

Tata Track

Round # 1

1) In 2011 this co won the “L –Prize” which is the Noble prize equivalent in the field of energy conversation etc awarded by the US Dept of Energy …PHILIPS

2) UNESCO in Pakistan + NOKIA =E-talim (similar to what Idea cellular did in India)

3) In 1997, strategic merger between Mc Donald Douglas +Boeing

4) In the news this year, which giant tried to trade mark the 4 letter word ‘SOCL’-Microsoft

5) Bhilwara’s product-Mayur

6) Fusion hydra gel-GILLETTE

7) Machine technology by DOLCE GUSTO –Nescafe

Round # 2 (visuals)
1) What is Claytronics ?

2) Pic of Elihayu M Goldrath

3) KOLEOS patented by- Renault

4) Shiv Khera’a trademark :SK

5) Tracks & Records :Usain Bolt

6) Unlimited –the view is worth fighting for :Maharashtra tourism

Round # 3
1) Peruvian co AJILE –Big Cola

2) Long Island Boat Co- Billy Joel

3) I-Gate +Rio Tinto =Mine of the future program (hint was :Mumbai based IT co was recently acquired by this co)

4) Reliance foundation –Reliance drishti (magazine for the blind)

Round # 4 (connect question types round)
1) HUL products

2) VB, Carlton dry, Bulmers – Fosters

3) TVS group

4) Living media

Round #5
1) FICCI (GD Birla, Purshottam Thakur ..suggested by MK Gandhi)

2) Accenture (Arthur Andersen etc)

3) Pranab Mukherjee (Desher Dak was the 1st clue)

Tie breaker question for 2nd spot: Which co on entering India has positioned itself as the “Third place”?
Starbucks coffee

External track

Round # 1

1) Wallonia city council ad in the 1980s had him as a spokesperson telling investors that this was 1 place in Europe which reminded him of America : Neil Armstrong

2) Pic of Sayaji Rao Gaikwad –Bank of Baroda

3) “Cricket brought us to India much before business did”,this hit the headlines soon after India’s WC 2011 win-AUDI

4) Logo of Shubh Griha

5) Logo of GroupO Cars..who owns this co – Carlos Slim Helu

6) Martha Washington’s unique distinction as 1st lady of USA –only woman to have featured in the American currency note

7) Connect : Bill & Melinda gates foundation, Coca Cola ad in the background, Wharton Business School, The giving pledge : Warren Buffet

8) Pearson education sued this co in 2006 which resulted in the Indian co to change its name .What? Orient Longman became Orient Black swan

9) Who is working to retrieve Apollo 11 moon mission engines that plunged into the ocean decades ago? Jeff Bezos

10) Brian Luff –novel-Sex on legs –science fiction thriller –Audible Corporation:World’s 1st Audio book

11) AIA logo

12) US based brand “destination maternity” in India:Mom & Me by Mahindra & Mahindra

13) OV Bundellu –Apr’1993 , IDBI, Canara Bank and SBI are stake holders :CARE ratings

Round # 2

1) CASA D’cor (Poltrona Faus)

2) Connect :UNISON, London Olympic 2012, Thomson Houston :GE

3) Quesn on T20 WC logo , the modern spin designed by Witekite.

4) TATA Ises..what does ISES stand for?

5)Connect : AT&T, Axiata, pic of BK Modi, Song featuring Big B: Idea cellular

6) Pic of Lucy Koh (judge for Samsung –Apple fight)

7)Lodestone Management co logo ,acquired by :Infosys

8) Connect question on ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation)

Round # 3

1) started in 1994, Sakinaka Mumbai ,owned by Speciality Restaurants group :Mainlaind China

2) Quesn on DIABLO

3) Quesn on LOTTO (owners :Treviso football club)

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Mumbai Prelims

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Mumbai Prelims

Courtesy: Samrat Mukherjee & Pratik Pandey

1)     This word derives itself from American military origins to Japanese squad leaders using this word. It means group leader or squad leader in Japanese and is used extensively in business with a change in pronunciation. What is the good word?

HONCHOS

2)      BIMA BEMISAAL :IRDA

 

3)      Restaurant “ANJAPPAR” in Chennai received a donation of 501/- for its 1st outlet in Royalpeth  in 1964 from which famous personality :Dr.MGR

4)      Quesn on Sabri jal (hint : he said the festival/pilgrimage starts today on 16th Sept and as an environment friendly exercise the state govt will give Rs 2/- to each individual who’ll return the bottle)

5)      Book cover ‘Fault Line’ by Raghuram Rajan

6)      Painter Paresh Maity will design the packaging of this co based on the heritage of Wes Bengal.. ITC

7)      James Dewar was a famous Scottish physicist and chemist. He worked extensively in the field of liquefaction of gases. He contested a lawsuit patenting an invention with a German Company and lost the case. It was a generalized trademark such as XXerox for photocopying. Name the company to whom he lost the lawsuit? 

Thermos

8)     This famous tagline was penned when the advertising agency’s founder asked the Co’s management team ‘Why should someone use your services?’ this famous tagline was replaced after 50 years with ‘Its Your Space’ Which tagline?

AVIS

9)     Ebrahim Currim and Sons claim to have taught Indians to use this after switching from old ones made out of palm leaves. They first started selling this product in 1860s – first as agents and later set up their own factories. The distinctive deer logo was chosen as it was a swift and elegant animal. What brand was thus started?

Umbrella

10)   Print ad on Hotwheels  (hint : this has no age)

11)   Nirmal Lifetsyle has come out with sports lifestyle apartments :US Open apartments

12)   Originally manufactured underwear , endorsed by Bjorn Borg :FILA

13)   This patent is entitled ‘Systems and Methods for enticing users to a web site. The abstract states the patent is for invention of periodically changing story line to entice users to access a web page. What? (Hint: Something that has derived inspiration from Amul Hoardings – Creativity with Topicality)

 Google doodle

14)  Which newspaper was founded in 1868 to defend the cause of the peasants fighting the owners of the indigo plantations. It was closed in 1990 due to labour unrest.

Amrit Bazaar Patrika

15)   ‘One Watt Campaign’ or ‘Lets save a Billion Watts’ is a national consumer connect initiative to make people aware about energy conservation and going green. It was launched by which company?

Godrej

16)   Reddit logo

17)   Voltas, at one point of time was setting up a consumer products group and a programme to market and nurture small Indian Companies. One of its early launches was a certain brand for whom Voltas put Vinita Bali in charge. The brand became a market leader in its own category and created some of the most endearing ads of the 80s. Which brand are we talking about? (Hint: It has captivated all of us in our Summer vacations.)

Rasna

18)   Shalimar paints logo

19)  Patented in 1906, this ‘apparatus’ was originally intended for machines and industrial processes rather than people and its inventor practically defined them as cool. What are we talking about?

Air conditioning

20)   Sameer Manchanda is the lion in this business , what is his co’ name ? DEN Network

21)   Airavat Volvo buses :Karnataka

22)   Established in 1962 in collaboration with Corning Glass works USA, today they are the market leaders for laboratory glassware and microwaveable kitchenware in India. Name the Company?

 BOROSIL

23)   Save Money, Live better :Walmart campaign

24)   Ruchi  pickles manufactured by :Cavin Kare

25)   certificate was shown : hallmark of environmentally sensitive certified hotels .what?

I PLEDGE TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT
INCLUDING ALL ITS RESOURCES BY
ENCOURAGING AND IMPLEMENTING THE CONCEPTS
OF REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE.
I WILL MANAGE MY SHARE OF RESOURCES
WITH MAXIMUM EFFICIENY.
I PLEDGE TO FORM EDUCATED OPINION
AND TO MAKE RESPONSIBLE CHOICES.
I PLEDGE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

ECOTEL

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Quiz

DateDayCityTrackTimeVenue
4-Aug-12SaturdayRanchiExternal only10.30 a.mHotel B N R Chanakya
5-Aug-12SundayJamshedpurInternal only2.30 p.mRabindra Bhawan
12-Aug-12SundayIndoreExternal only2.30 p.mRadisson Hotel
23-Aug-12ThursdayCoimbatoreExternal only5.00 p.mVivanta by Taj Surya
25-Aug-12SaturdayAhmedabadExternal only2.30 p.mIIM - Indian Institute of Management
26-Aug-12SundayHyderabadExternal only2.30 p.mTaj Deccan
30-Aug-12ThursdayNagpurExternal only5.00 p.mRadisson Hotel
1-Sep-12SaturdayBangaloreTwin Track2.00 p.mRoyal Orchid Plaza
2-Sep-12SundayDelhiTwin Track12.30 p.mTaj Palace Hotel
8-Sep-12SaturdayBhubaneshwarExternal only2.00 p.mMay Fair Convention Centre
13-Sep-12ThursdayGoaExternal only5.00 p.mNational Institute of Oceanography, Cardium Auditorium
15-Sep-12SaturdayPuneTwin Track2.00 p.mRadisson Hotel
16-Sep-12SundayMumbaiTwin Track12.30 p.mTaj Lands End Ball Room
22-Sep-12SaturdayLucknowTwin Track1.00 p.mTaj Residency
23-Sep-12SundayGurgaonExternal only2.30 p.mTo Be Confirmed
24-Sep-12MondayChandigarhExternal only5.00 p.mTaj Chandigarh
26-Sep-12WednesdayCochinExternal only5.00 p.mThe Gateway Hotel
27-Sep-12ThursdayTrivandrumExternal only5.00 p.mVivanta By Taj Trivandrum
29-Sep-12SaturdayKolkataTwin Track2.00 p.mKala Mandir
30-Sep-12SundayChennaiTwin Track3.00 p.mChinmaya Heritage Centre
To Be ConfirmedTo Be ConfirmedGuwahatiTo Be ConfirmedTo Be ConfirmedTo Be Confirmed
7-Oct-12SundayMumbaiTaj Mahal Palace

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TBQ –390

1) The first writing machine that printed in any way like a modern typewriter stemmed from the idea of a writing instrument for the blind. The laurels for this achievement go to Pellegrino Turri of Italy, who built his machine in 1808 as a favour for his girl friend, the Countess Caroline Fantonio da Fivizzonol, who, despite losing her sight as a child, conducted volumnious correspondence. Along with this, he invented something to provide ink to the machine. What? The same invention was simulatenously and independently done by an Englishman named Ralph Wedgewood.
2) The Portugese in Goa levied a capitation tax known as Pensao do Shendy in the 18th and 19th centuries. From whom where they levied?
3) What are supernotes?
4) DuPont’s foray into this business began in the 1910s when company officials suggested making this as an outlet for excess nitrocellulose. What business and what was the produce?
5) This test is a simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and to judge just how well-rounded and complete those roles are. It was created by _____ in her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For in 1985. Name the test and the cartoonist.
6) Identify this logo.
7) These surnames are more common among the Vaishnava banias and Jains. They were derived from the word that meant “to examine”
for they were examiners of coins. What?
8) What is Songun policy of resource allocation in North Korea?

9) The term was originally coined by Ed Miliband when speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme presenter John Humphrys. This term refers to the section of society regarded as particularly affected by inflation, wage freezes and cuts in public spending during a time of economic difficulty, consisting principally of those on low or middle incomes. What?

10) What are these?

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Answers:

Ans1: Carbon Paper
Ans2: Hindus | Shendy was a long braid of hair compusalrily grown by Hindus
Ans3: High quality counterfeit US Dollar bills printed on cotton-fiber paper using the same expensive “intaglio” printing presses used by the U.S. government
Ans4: films and photographic supplies |film base
Ans5: Bechdel Test | Alison Bechdel
Ans6: RMS Titanic Inc, which is the the Titanic’s court-approved salvor
Ans7:  Parekh and the Parikh from Pariksha
Ans8: The songun, or “military first,” revolution refers to Kim Jong-il’s policy of focusing resources on the Korean People’s Army and using it to police the country and dictate foreign policy, often by raising tensions with other countries.
Ans9: Squeezed Middle
Ans10: Jack Kilby’s notebook from 1958, along with two of the original integrated circuits

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