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Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Trivandrum Finals

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Trivandrum Finals

Via Mr. K T Rajagopalan

Round One

  1. Who was instrumental in Britain shifting from the silver standard for currency to gold standard in 1861? [Sir Isaac Newton
  2. All products/services offered by Richard Branson bear the Virgin tag – except one. Which is that? [Condoms. It is called Mates.
  3. Sports lovers in the US, hassled by the vagaries of nature, covered the stadium where games were played. This resulted in a new product. What was it? [Artificial grass
  4. What is choppy, fanning, golden fanning, flower and tippy varieties of?  [Tea
  5. Which character with filthy and unpleasant habits in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s travels is a popular name on the internet? [Yahoo
  6. What was introduced by William Pitt (Junior) to raise funds for fighting Napoleon? [Income tax

Audience Question: Income tax gets abbreviated to IT. In that context, what is UT? [Urine Tax

Round Two – Visual

  1. Ad showing a royal procession with slogan ‘Milk richest in cream’ [Nestle
  2. Ad showing a man on a motorbike [Royal Enfield from Eicher Motors
  3. Mugshot of Sudipto Sen. Now in the news for …? [Sharda Chit Fund scam
  4. Mugshot of Dr Anji Reddy. Which company does he head? [Reddy’s Lab
  5. Image of a series of photographs of the same object from the same angle. What method of photography is this? [Burst mode of photography
  6. Mugshot of Dhruv Shringi. Which company is he associated with? [yatra.com

Audience Question: Which product has the ISI code 1? [The Indian national flag

Which institution had a no-moustache policy for its employees from 1957 till 2000? [Disneyland

Round Three – Buzzer

 

  1. Which campaign inspired Shah Rukh Khan to pledge that in his films, his name would follow (and not precede) that of the heroine? [Jago re bhai
  2. Which company is Fakir Chand Kohli associated with? [TCS
  3. Other than the IndiraGandhiInternationalAirport, which airport has been provided with wi-fi connectivity by Tata Do Co Mo with GMR group?
  4. Which famous person who was the trade union leader in the Tata group in the late 1930s and early 1940s left the company because he believed that his life’s mission was something more important?
  1. Connect the images: logo of MCF (Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers), Picture of UB Towers, NDTV, Pirelli and Siddharth Mallya [Kingfisher/Vijay Mallya. He has stakes in MCF, Kingfisher and Pirelli calendars have similar visuals. I did not get the NDTV connection.

Round Four – Buzzer

  1. Connect the images: Durex, Airwick, Paras and two mugshots. [RBIL
  2. Connect the images: Ethos water, Tata, Gordon Bowker, Zev Siegel, Jerry Baldwin [Starbucks
  3. Connect the images: Salomon Brothers, Heinz, The Washington Post, Mugshot of Warren Buffett Berkshire Hathway

Round Five – Buzzer

(The numbers within brackets indicate the number of letters as in a crossword.)

01. Who is the owner of Artex Jewellery? (6, 5) Robert Vadra

02. Which expression came from the operation of saving a vessel from sinking by taking out water from it by using a smaller bucket? (7, 3) Bailing out

03. Which company entered Fortune 500 in May 2013, occupying the 482nd position? (8) Facebook

 

Tiebreaker: What instrument was originally called the X-Y indicator? The computer mouse

 

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Trivandrum Prelims

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013 Trivandrum Prelims

Via Mr. K T Rajagopalan

PRELIMINARY ROUND

  1. Name the philanthropist who donated USD 1 billion to the UN Foundation and was/is its Chairman. [Ted Turner
  2. When introduced in the market in the early years of the 20th century, it was called Sunlight Flakes but soon its name was changed to a Latin word meaning ‘light’. Which existing soap brand are we talking about? [Lux
  3. What was Axis Bank called when it was set up in 1994? [UTI Bank
  4. Which was the first toothpaste to be packed in collapsible tubes? [Colgate
  5. Which entity came out with the ‘Hang me again’ referring to the farmers’ suicide in Maharashtra? [Times of India
  6. Which is the media company set up by Harish Thawani which shares its name with the broom stick in the Harry Potter series? [Nimbus
  7. Who is the sponsor of the jersey of FC Barcelona? [Qatar Foundation
  8. Which hospitality chain was named by Capt C P Krishnan Nair after his wife? [Leela
  9. Which watch company brought out a segment of watches called the G-Shock that failed in Japan but was a success in India? [Casio
  10. Visual – Time magazine cover: Who was recently on the cover page of Time Magazine with the theme ‘Woman Rising’? [Cheryl Sandberg
  11. Which energy drink was developed by the University of Florida for proving instant energy to its sportspersons? [Gatorade
  12. Which product comes in 57 varieties? [Heinz
  13. Who owns the Kodanad Tea Estates in Nilgiris? [Dr J Jayalalithaa
  14. By what name do we know the London Financial Guide? [Financial Times
  15. Visual – mugshot: Nike Oppenheimer owns which company? [De Beers
  16. Who was the Finance Minister of India in 1991 who presented the budget in tough times –  when we had the forex crisis, 1999 when the Pokhran blast was done, 2000 when the Kargil War took place and in 2001 when Gujarat riots took place? [Yashwant Sinha
  17. Which publishing company was set up in 1844 as a building and construction company and now has the slogan ‘Always learning’? [Pearson
  18. Which whiskey producer died of an infection from a wound he received on his leg when, in a rage, he kicked a safe that would not open? [Jack Daniels
  19. Which company has recently added a plus sign as a tagmark to indicate that it is ‘more fun, more music, more exciting’? [VH1+
  20. Visual – Two-part print ad (1) one showing a kid watching TV and (2) the kid seeing the mother at the door turning the TV off using the remote and peering into his book. Which product? Hint: it is supposed to reflect the quick response of the product. [Fevikwick

 

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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