Tata Crucibles Campus Edition held at Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi on March 31st,2012

Winners- IIFT-Delhi

Runners Up- Delhi school of Economics-MIB

1. Yusof Bin Ishaq portrait appears on which country’s note-
 Ans-Singapore

2. Which famous personality has once said for not investing in stock market-
 It’s a racket, those stock market guys are crooked
 Ans. Al Capone

3. Which specific bank is in reference in the novel TWO STATES by Chetan Bhagat;
Ans. Citi Bank

4. Malcolm S Forbes once said-
These are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
Ans. Diamonds

5. Wish Doing is a restaurant in Shanghai which became famous for employing which is unusual as Chefs. What are we talking about?
Ans. Robots

6. What is FCMG?
 Ans. Fast consumed movable goods

7. The only brand to feature the Mexican free-tailed bat as its icon or logo?
Ans. Bacardi 8.

8.Identify-

Ans.Rupa Purushottam

9.Connect-

Ans. Maria Sharapova- 1.She is a goodwill ambassador of U.N. >2.She endorsed Evian mineral water>3.Her clothing line.

10.Identify-

Ans. Sir Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty served as independent India's first finance minister from 1947 to 1949.

11. Identify-

Ans. Michael Jackson Shoe patent that allows the wearer to lean forward at an impossible angle without falling over.

12. Identify the print ad-

Ans. Ivory Soap

13. Connect-

Ans. Dulux

TATA CRUCIBLES Delhi edition held at Hotel Taj Palace on September 25 th

A sunny afternoon with lots of quizzing friends battling for TATA Crucibles at HOTEL Taj Palace,and this year team ACCENTURE has shown its metal and team ERNST and YOUNG missed it as runners up.
In finals teams on stage were-
1.ERNST & YOUNG
2.OBC
3.ICICI  Bank
4.GENPACT
5.ACCENTURE
6.GODREJ & BOYCE


PRELIMS-

1.Place in delhi got its name when the britishers decided to apply a system to separate british military building from others.


Ans.Civil lines

2.Aug 3.1960 which american exported a no. Of textile products through a small company 'india loomcraft' located in the shanker market area of new delhi.

Ans.Fabindia

3.For which airline once owned by shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, did coco chanel and pierre cardin design uniforms.

Ans.Olympic airlines

4.Identify.

Ans.Charles ponzi

5.Which indian entrepreneur who returned to india in 1977,teaches students at auroville in international affairs.

Ans.Dilip kapur -hidesign

6.Which financial services co has the tagline"the heart of commerce"

ans.Mastercard

7.Which famous businessman backed john logie baird financially and helped him in his experiments to invent the television?

Ans.
8.Identify the logo

ans.The qatar foundation

9.Which upmarket brand has a limited run of 77 units with delivery that started around october 2010?

Ans.Aston martin

10.Which famous co markets the donald trump range of perfume?

Ans.The Estee Lauder
11.In 1906 ,39000 of the 41000 of opium produced was consumed in which country?

Ans.China

12.Identify the browser.

Ans.Epic

13.In indian publishing if the first T in TTT stands for tinkle ,what do the other two T's denote.

Ans.
14.Its a term describing people who spend their days wandering throuph shopping malls ?

Ans.Mallrats

15.The editor in cheif is r jaganatthan ,the semantic techno partner is 'daylife' and the special images and cartoons are provided by ny times.What am i talking about.

16.

17.Published in 2002,the book is the subject of a popular bbc documentary and the author is a former ceo of proctor and gamble india.Businessweek describe it as the international bestseller.

Ans.Gurusharan das-india rebound

18.Kokuyo co of japan is buying 50.3% stake in which famous indian co.They are big with kids.

Ans.Camlin

19.Ashok chawla the former secretary of the commerce ministry is appointed as the chairman of which regulatory body in the country .

Ans.Competetion commission of india.

20.Logo.

Ans.Viewsonic

21.Which indian co trades on the NYSE as IBN.

Ans.ICICI BANK

22.Which is the worlds largest integrated film studio complex spread at over 2000 acres of land.It is also a popular tourism and recreation centre.

Ans.Ramoji rao

23.Famous actress who first appeared on a hollwood screen as a 9 yr old in 'theres one born every minute. She died in march 2011.

Ans.Eligabeth taylor.

24. This field of progress among other offerings houses a movie theatre called shakuntalam known for its better ticket prices.How do we know this place.

Ans.Pragati maidan

TATA CRUCIBLES corporate edition held at Taj Palace, Delhi on September 26,2010

Top six teams in the prelims were-
1. Indiatimes
2. Accenture
3. DTZ
4. MINT
5. NTPC
6. Genpact

Winners- NTPC
Runners up- Accenture




 Questions from preliminary round-

1.only pvt co during ww2 to supply fighter aircrafts luftwaffe (german air force)
Ans.Messerschmitt

2. What in the financial world is said to have been first conceptualized by the roman emperor Diocletian
Ans. Budgeting

3. First line of which book"business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50 years.
Ans.Business @the speed of thoughts .

4. Which singer has a clothing line called "house of dereon".
Ans. Beyonce Knowles

5.This organization get its name from the term R & D,invented the telecommunication technology that was the basis for modern computer networks.
Ans.Rand corp.

6. Which company whose name means two seas was the first arab country in the region to strike oil in 1932.
Ans.Bahrain

7. What word is derived from the french for 'one who undertakes'
ans.Entrepreneur.

8. Which co.Sponsored the first limited overs cricket tournament (an english county cricket tournament in 1963.
Ans.Gillete

9. In 1999 who sold his ready to wear & beauty business to francois pinault whose empire included the italian label ,gucci.
Ans.Y.S.L

10. The opening ceremony of which newspaper was performed by mahatma gandhi on september 15,1924.
Ans. H.T

11.Name of this place is derived from two hamlets 'idla' and 'padla', today is a home of a largest selling brand in the world.
Ans. Parle g

12.This restaurant chain is run by the direct descendant of the nobleman john montagu who in 1762 invented a particular foodstuff.
Ans. The sandwich

13.What is common to the books "conspiracy of fools" & 'the smartest guys in the room' ?
Ans.The Enron scandal

14.Identify the pic.

15.Identify the pic

Ans. Sanjeev Bhikchandani

TATA CRUCIBLES DELHI EDITION, QM GIRI PICK BRAIN

Wonderful evening at Taj Mahal Palace, 250 + teams, and great quizzing. IMT Ghaziabad was at its best. They topped the prelims also they won it with huge margins. In Giri's own words, this team was calm and composed from the beginning and finally they won it. Today's center of attraction was a team from SSCBS(Undergraduates). I saw them last years's crucibles as well. Giri pointed out and said it is one of the youngest team which qualifies for the finals like TATA Crucibles. Delhi once again showed its true spirit and made many records, be it terms of no. of  participating teams or the youngest team ever in the history of  TATA Crucibles. In one of the audience questions which was answered by TATA Crucibles Indore winner Debashish (IIM-I). Giri noticed it and announced that people started travelling from one cities to another just to see who is their competitors in National finals, scheduled to take place at Taj Hotel Mumbai.  This time first in the history of quizzing in India a new concept is introduced- During each pass the weightage of the question will increase rather than decrease which is usually the case till yet. Teams which were on the stage -

IMT G
SSCBS
IIFT
FMS
IMT
IIT- DMS




1.Which Clothing uses a logo known as omini ?
Ans.Kappa

2.Miramax films is an art house/independent film divison of which co.?
Ans.Walt disney

3.Which Film production co was founded by director Mira nair in 1989.But it ended up in a controversy due to its name.But finally she won.Which co ?
Ans.Mirabai films

4.Which co has its logo on indian hockey team's t-shirt ?
Ans.Sahara

5.14% alcohol by volume in samich lans(santa clause) is one of the strongest beers, originally brewed in zurich.Name the only country other than zurich which also claims the same?
Ans.Austria

6.Claudia schiffer made her american debut in the advertisement of which jeans?
Ans.GAS JEANS,  Guess Jeans 

7.Which pharma co.s name derived from latin for 'new skills' ?
Ans. Novartis

8.Neck n tie are exclusive outlets at airports from which clothing co.
Ans.Raymond

9.Which bird is the symbol of swarovski ?
Ans.Swan

10.Song from bachna e hasino.Identify the producer.
Ans.Yash raj films

11.Identify the ad?

12. Identify the book,name the author?

Ans. Ayn Rand

12.Identify the logo?

Ans. Harper Collins


13.Identify the ad?

Ans. Unicef

14. Identify this billionaire/

Ans.Carl Icahn

15. Ad of -
Ans . Boeing


Wild Card Round


1. Which co. HQ is at-New Orchard Road Armonk, New York
Ans. IBM

2.N.S.A (national Security Agency) of America offers certificates like CNS 4001, for which white head certification?
Ans. Ethical hacking

3. Which is the only indian co which is sponsoring FIFA at technological front ?
Ans. Satyam

4. Mahatrooper champion, commando are tyre barnds of  which co. ?
Ans. Appolo Tyres

5.What is the full form of MRF ?
Ans. Madras Rubber Factory

6.Cerelac is owned by which Company ?
Ans. Nestle

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