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

Brand Equity Quiz held at Hotel Ramada Plaza New Delhi on May 08th 2010

Today , a big day for delhi quizzers because of BRAND EQUITY QUIZ which is the most awaited quizzing event in INDIA. Derek o Brien was there as a quiz master with his best sense of humour. I kept on laughing the whole quiz. Great quizzing and wonderful research by Derek's team. Questions were really superb. 

Winers of Delhi round

Rohan Khanna & Sandeepan Chaudhari (Accenture)

There were 30 questions in the preliminary round.The top six teams who made it to the quiz-

1) NTPC (Sujit & Prashant)

2) Accenture(Rohan & Sandeepan)

3) NTPC (Chandan Shahi)

4) Bates

5) Contract

6) HT Media

1)We know big 4s(Delloitte,E n Y, KPMG, PWC). Then who are big 3s

Ans. Ford, GM, Chrysler

.

2)Baburam devidayal (Paranthe wale)offered Rs 1100 if anyone could prove that -

Ans. They were not using Desi Ghee

3)Who is the man behind Diamond Music Company?
Ans. Neil Diamond


4)Where would you find first writtten rule for apprenticeship ?
Ans. The Code of Hamurabi


5)What is No. 9 famous for(Doctors order)?
Ans. WWII laxative pills


6) In 1970s Alan Greenspan said that if economy is doing well then sale of which product rises.
Ans. Underwear


7)Identify the company.

 Ans. Burger King


8)Identify

Ans. Wiki Bus

9)Identify the ad

Ans. "Walk Tall as a Daredevil.....

Note: The person who wrote the above headline was himself present in the quiz & also he was among the top 6 teams who qualify in the preliminary round.

10)Identify the author

Ans. Frederick Forsyth

11. Song "Tu paisa paisa karti hai". Which Movie?
Ans. De Dana Dan

Note:- NTPC(Sujit & Prashant) were not able to identify the movie after having topped the prelim round. On this Derek quoted- "These type of questions are not meant for NTPC because of there reputation in Quizzing".Bad luck for NTPC due to this question and they were out of the race.

Brand Equity Quiz Delhi Edition

Brand Equity Quiz Delhi Edition @ RAMADA PLAZA on May 8th, 2010

Media Quotient Quiz held at Hotel Eros Intercontinental, New Delhi on May 05th 2010

Media Quotient Quiz Delhi regionals was conducted by media honchos Sam Balsara & Vikram Sakhuja. The knowledge guide was B.Sridhar. It was a wonderful quiz. There were six teams who made it to the prelims. After first round two teams were eliminated. The four teams were -

Ranjeet Verma (Underdogs)

TOI + Big Synergy

Two Idiots

Madison 1

Good show by Ranjeet Verma & his teammate. They won delhi regionals second time in a row. TOI+Big Synergy (Kunal Malhotra) were the runners up.

1) Expand RODP as used in the media planning & buying parlance.
2) “Kacchhi umar ke pakke rishte” is related to what ?
3) Who is the publisher of Sunday Indian, 4PS business magazine?
4) The Observer of business & politics is a newspaper by which Indian business group?
5) Who is the celebrity editor of the magazine “Meri Saheli” & “New Woman” ?
6) “Nation shall speak unto nation” is the motto of which company?
7) Which company owns majority stake in NBC network?
8) Tomato FM- Which media house bought it?
9) Which TV channel launched as a 50:50 venture by Turner International & Alva brothers?
10) Which TV channel aired the superbowl 2004 halftime show during which janet Jackson had a wardrobe malfunction?
11) AIR for long has had a station for the youth. Which radio station?
12) Identify the logo

13) Identify the person.

IQUATION Corporate Quiz 11th edition held at Taj Ambassador New Delhi on April 17th 2010

11 th anniversary of Iquation 2010 went well at The Taj Ambassador , New Delhi. The Quizmaster for the day was Mr. Krish Banik. Teams on the stage were-

1) Anil Kuthori & Nimesh (CITI BANK)

2) Sujit & Prashant (NTPC)

3) Shubhendu (DTZ)

4) Siddhartha Shankar & Chandan Shahi (NTPC)

5) Manoj & Sanjay (SAIL)

6) Rishab Banthia (Ernst & Young)

7) Rohan Khanna & Sandeepan Choudhari (Accenture)

8) Mitesh Aggarwal & Amit ( Sun Microsystems)

Winners were Rohan, Sandeepan (Accenture) however Mitesh Aggarwal’s team (SUN) were the runners up. Winners took away loads of prizes with Rs.20,000 / cash , round trip to Singapore and other cool prizes.

Questions from the preliminary round:-

1) Credit Lyonnais South Asia(CLSA) describe the two markets, which compliment each other & which are both “ must haves “ in the portfolio of any business which considers itself global.

Ans.Chindia

2) Amartya Shiksha Yojana Policy is for-

Ans. Orphaned student

3) Ad – Godrej Interio

4) Business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty in Insurance business are known as-

Ans.Actuaries

5)Expand RONW- Return on Net Worth

6) Some trivia about-

Ans.Geely

7) Thermax entered in a joint venture with which U.S Co.

Ans. Babcock & Wilcox

8) Identify-

 .

Ans. IRDA Chairman J Hari Narayan

9) Who won the P R Excellence Chanakya Award for 2010 ?

Ans.Coca Cola India

10) Bougette – little bag, what term originated from this?

Ans. Budget

11) What is Captcha ?

Ans. "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart."

12) French businessmsn Francois-Henri Pinault has married –

Ans. Salma Hayek

13)Identify the author?

Finals

1) What was George Clooney’s profession in the movie Up in the Air ?

Ans. To layoff people

2) Costliest ad ever. Identify the brand ?

 

Ans. Chanel No. 5

3)Identify the ad-

Ans. VIP NUOVo

4) Who is the sexiest man alive according to People Mag ?

Ans. George Clooney

5) Who received best actor award for the 56^th National Film Award for 2008?

Ans. Priyanka Chopra for the film “ Fashion”

6) Ruby for energy , Green for Innovation & Blue for growth. Identify the brand?

Ans. Godrej

7) Expand BMR ?

Ans. Body Mass Ratio