Prelims of Biz Quiz @ Fms on December 12th [Quiz Master- Avinash Mudaliar]

Although it was quite cold in the open lawn of  FMS but I didn't mind sitting for around 3 hours. There were  really good questions well researched by Mr. Avinash Mudaliar .

Last round ended with a theme "This is it'. It went uncracked but somebody from audience cracked it finally.

Winners - Rohan Khanna(Accenture) and Mitesh (Sun microsystems)

Here are some questions from prelims.


1) Tata DO CO MO Ad .Identify music director-

Ans. Ram Sampat

2)Ad Campaign - Three Idiots

3) sinking or " drowning " in roman .Give business conection?

Ans- Merger

4) Ad of what? Also identify the person.

Ans. Tod stitzer CEO of Cadbury

5) Identify ?

Ans- Joseph Lister

6)Transport of coffee –

Ans. Lavazza Ad

7) Identify brand of which company-

Ans.- ITC 

8)Some trivia related to naming controversy of-

Ans- Baby Ruth

9) Some story related to -

Ans-  “Indian coffee house”

10) Ad for what? Recently launched in India?

Ans- Coca Cola Burn

11) Some funda related to -

Ans- Tata Swach (World's cheapest water purifier)

Quo Vadis(Finals) @ IIFT, New Delhi [QM - Arul Mani] on November 15, 2009

1) RB 211-whose collapse did it bring about in 1970-

Ans- Rolls Royce (The costs of development forced Rolls Royce Limited into bankruptcy and nationalization by the British government.)

2) Identify-

Ans- Renzo Rosso (Diesel)

3) Global Sexual Well Being Survey is conducted by-

Ans- Durex

4) What do turnips, the excise tax, sash windows and grandfather clocks have in common?

Ans- they all came to us from Holland in the 17th century

5) The Frawley Pen Company developed a revolutionary new ink, which dried instantly.The pen that delivered this ink was called-

Ans- Papermate

6)  Who shaped this hotel and restored a 1930's Art Deco red velvet cinema and the result is a lively new meeting complex. Hotel Rival overlooks-

Ans- The former Abba star, Benny Andersson and his partners

7) Dispute between The Twinings & Jackson's was due to-

Ans- Earl Gray Tea

8)In 1984 which company was sold to the Akram Ojjeh-

Ans- Heuer and the brand name changed to TAG-Heuer 

 

9)In 1999, Duk-Jun Yang and Rae-Hwan Lee left Samsung Electronics, along with five colleagues. They formed ReignCom, with Yang as CEO. What did they started-

Ans- I- River

10) Theme based -

Ans-Ab Tak Chappan (K Sera Sera)

        Aetbaar (Tata Infomedia)

        Dev (Applause entertainment)

        Pinzar (Lucky Goldstar - oswal group)

        Tere Mere Sapne (ABCL)

Connect- These all were the debut movies from these production houses

11)Theme Based-

 a)THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS

   THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES

   THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA
   THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY

Ans- ASK.COM

 b) Former Imperial Palace in Beijing caused much controversy, persuading them eventually to close it down in July 2007 -

 Ans-  Starbucks

 c)Who's baseline is-

    Life's a journey - SAMSONITE

 d)Identify the pic-

Ans- Yahoo's from gulliver travel

e)Stationary company issued this iconic brand-

Ans- Phileas stationary brand

Connect- Brands derived from fictional characters.