Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2012

Here are the questions from this year's Tata Crucible Corporate Ahmedabad edition.

Prelims
1. Name the cosmetics company started recently by Darshan Patel, who has been the co-promoter of Paras Pharma.

2.Defiance Technologies Ltd., a product engineering and enterprise solution provider from the Hinduja Group, has set up a social media command centre dedicated exclusively for which automobile giant?

3. Which Indian company from the computer education sector offers a scholarship called "Turning Point"?

4. Which CEO of an Indian IT company has stepped into the world of philanthropy with an initiative called 'Sampark'?

5.Identify the device. 

6. Mumbai based company 'The Shirt' is the exclusive apparel partner for which popular toy franchise?

7.Which brand launched the Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted  watches in India?

8. The patent of which common stationary item was sold by William Middlebrook to the Cushman-Dennison firm in 1899, and later trademarked by the in 1904?

9.Which Union Miniater heads the CeeJay Group, and is nicknamed as 'The Beedi King'?

10. Id the company?

11. Which magazine was started by Princeton graduate Arthur Baldwin with the mission to serve as a "cultural barometer, putting fashion in the context of the larger world we live in- how we dress, live, socialize; what we eat, listen to, watch; who leads and inspires us."?

12. Which company's over 100 products, dating from 1946 through 1999. re archived at the Smithsonian Museum? The first product of the company was called the Wondernian Bowl.

13. Which Asian sports star was #2 on the Forbes List of top 10 earning female sportspersons in the Olympics, behind Maria Sharapova?

14. Which iconic mascot was created by Green Lantern creator Martin Nodell, and features a famous tummy poke in every ad?

15. The logo of which financial service provider was inspired by the Rock of Gibraltar?

16.Which Indian enterprise was named after the spacecraft which landed first on the moon, because of the promoter’s vision of being the first and the foremost in all its chosen fields?

17. Kenneth Daigneau was paid $100 for suggesting which 4-lettered word to the Hormel Foods?

18.  Which retail store chain started as The Golden Rule store with Guy Johnson and Thomas Callahan as two other founder partners?

19.Abram Games created the logo for which multimedia conglomerate [called the Bat's Wings] , which was changed in 1961?

20. ID.

21. In 1846 Sir Harry Lumsden raised a Corps of Guides for frontier service from British Indian recruits at Peshawar. What did he introduce then, which was quickly adopted by the British Army as well as by the Indian Army later?

22. SS Nadkarni,RH Patil and Ravi Narayan headed which financial institution in the country after leaving their jobs at IDBI bank?

23. What kids' clothing brand was started by Prakash Lakhani in 1980 with just 4 stitching machines?

24. ________________ is an Internet content delivery network started by MIT graduate student Daniel M. Lewin, and MIT Applied Mathematics professor Tom Leighton, who was latter killed aboard Flight 11 in 9/11 attacks.

25.Which Indian actress endorses the Yamaha Ray?

Answers:

1.ViNi Group
2. Nissan
3.NIIT
4.Vineet Nayar [HCL]
5.Nokia Talk/ Nokia Luna
6. Barbie
7. Zook by Fasttrack
8. U-Clip
9. Praful Patel
10. Victorinox
11. Vogue
12. Tupperware
13. Li Na [China]
14. Pilsbury Doughboy
15. Prudential Group
16. Apollo Hospitals
17.Spam [Only 1 team got it correct!]
18. J.C Penney 

19. BBC 
20. Aditya Mittal
21. Khaki uniform
22. National Stock Exchange
23. Gini & Jony
24. Akamai Technologies
25. Deepika Padukone

Quizzes at Horizon 2012

"Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you - you must acquire it."

This Horizon 2012, Rotaract Club of Nirma Institutes and Soapy Grey Matterpresents a plethora of quizzes to cater to the inquisitive spirit in you. With prizes worth over Rs. 40,000 in cash and kind at stake, this is an event you should not miss!  Here's a look on what lies in store:-

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STUMPED!The Sports Quiz
Get ready to be stumped by fascinating trivia from the world of sports!
QM: Aniket Khasgiwale [IIM-A]
Prizes: First Prize: Rs 3,000 | Second Prize: Rs 2,000

Date: 10^th February, 2012 | 1000-1300

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Aapnu Amdavad

The Ahmedabad QuizIf you think you know everything about the enigma called Ahmedabad, think again...
QM: Siddharth Sheth

Prizes: First Prize: Rs 1,500 | Second Prize: Rs 1,000

Date: 10^th February, 2012 | 1300-1430

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M.E.L.A

The Music, Entertainment Literature & Arts QuizCalling all connoisseurs of music, movies, television, literature and the arts!

QM: Mayank Mujumdar
Prizes: First Prize: Rs 3,000 | Second Prize: Rs 2,000

Date: 10^th February, 2012 | 1500-1800

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Vyapaar

The Business Quiz
Flaunt your business acumen and brand awareness. Like a boss.
QM: Kaushik Subramanian [MICA]

Prizes:

First Prize: Rs 3,000 | Second Prize: Rs 2,000

Date: 11^th February, 2012 | 1000-1300______________________________

ArmageddonThe General Quiz

Test your mettle on all topics under the sun!

QM: Mayank Mujumdar
Prizes:

First Prize: Rs 5,000

Second Prize: Rs 3,000

Third Prize: Rs 2,000

Date: 11^th February, 2012 | 1400-1700

____________________________________________________________A lot of audience prizes to be won  in addition to the above mentioned! 

Registration fees for the quizzes are as follows:

• For Sports/ M.E.L.A/ Business : Rs 80 for a team of 2/3 per quiz
• For General Quiz: Rs 100 for a team of 2/3
• For Aapnu Amdavad: Rs 20 per person
• For all the quizzes: Rs 300 for a team of 2/3
  
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  For queries, contact
  Mayank [+91-8866136544]
  

Teams can register by either contacting the RCNI desk or by logging on to www.rcni.in. On-the-spot registrations also allowed on the day of the quiz.
Hope to see you there!

IIT Bombay Techfest National Open Quiz

Techfest National Open Quiz

Techfest 2011-12 shall host the largest inter-institutional quiz in India, The “Techfest National Open Quiz 2011-12”. With a prize money of INR 1,00,000 for the grand finale and much more interesting prizes this quiz aims to bring together the best quizzers from across the nation. The quiz will be held at Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Guwahati, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai and the winners of all the cities will finally clash during Techfest 2011-12 to claim the title of the Techfest National Open Quiz Champions.

Quizmaster: Rohit Nair

Flavour: General

Format: Written prelims; Stage Finals with 6 teams. Winners to be invited to Techfest, IIT Bombay in January for the Grand Finale. Two members per team compulsary; No cross institutional teams strictly; Registrations on www.techfest.org/tnoq and also on the spot registrations; No entry fees

Ahmedabad edition will be held on 18th October, IIM Ahmedabad 3 pm onwards.

Contact

Phone: Rohan (98901 06884) Email: rohan.k[at]techfest.org

           Arindam (97695 85892) Email: arindam[at]techfest.org

Prizes

Award and Certificate policy

• The finals in Techfest during January shall carry prize money of INR 1,00,000
• The winner of each city shall be provided both sides travel to come to Mumbai for the finals 6th-8th January for the finals.
• City rounds in shall have prizes worth INR 10,000.
• The grand finalist, semifinalists and all final round qualifiers of the city rounds shall be awarded certificates of excellence.

Tata Crucible: Corporate Quiz: 2011

Here are the questions from this year's Tata Crucible Corporate Ahmedabad edition.

Prelims

1. Which is the most paid visited monument in the world?
2.  Zaibatsu is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan. 3 of the Big Four are Mitsui, Mitsuibishi and Yasuda. Which is the fourth?
3. Which glossy weekly magazine started in 1882 at Arorbans Press, Lahore?
4. Identify the lady.
   
5. Which city’s name appeared in Citibank’s name when it was founded in 1812?
6.   “The extra half an inch: Hair, heels and everything in between” is the book written by which global celebrity?
7. How do we better know this company which started its life in 1976 by name of Multitech? [
8.    Why were only 241 fountain pens issued Mont Blanc for its special Gandhi 241 series? 
9. Who is currently #9 on Forbes list of Richest Fictional Characters, based on the value of realty in Atlantic City?
10. Kuensel was the only newspaper of which country till year 2006? [Hint: Happiness is very important to the country!]
11. A controversial breast milk ice cream was named after a celebrity. What was it's name? 
12. Book based on which historical character?
    
13. What word comes from “bench” in Italian?
14. Who funded C V Raman for his nobel winning research? 
15. Who was the founder of H.D.F.C?
16. Identify this Management guru.
    
17. The tag line of which brand is “ The good looking rascal rules”? 
18. “The softest pillow is a clear conscience”. Whose words?
19. “Major banks should not only be socially controlled but also publicly owned”.
    Who said it?
20. Which company does she lead?  [Hint: Competitor of iPhone!]
    

The Saga Continues

Prologue

We (Mayank Mujumdar & Siddharth Sheth)were inspired to make a quizzing page for the institute after realising that the quizzing scenario in the university was not very structured and serious quizzers were on a verge of extinction. After referencing several quizzing blogs and pages on Facebook, which we used to visit often [apart from certain unmentionables on the Internet,that is!],  the page came into existence on 18th September,2010.

Our motto "Nos Must Teneo, Nos Mos Teneo" (We Must Know, We Will Know) was taken from the German mathematician David Hilbert's quote "Wir müssen wissen,Wir werden wissen".

For details , refer to the previous note: "The Soapy Grey Matter Story"!
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=188451957837606

Reception & The Numbers

The response to the page had been fantastic since the inception, and we had our first 100 fans in less than 10 days. The page grew by leaps and bounds, and we hit the mark of 500 fans on 9th January,2011. The next landmark, of reaching four figures came on the 4th July, 2011.

We now have 1200+ quizzers from across the world interacting daily through the page. So far, we have posted around500 visual questions, countless textual questions and had around 700+ questions posted by fans! Our posts have been viewed over 13 lakh times and the section "On a lighter note" remains a popular feature, with trivia aimed at providing comic relief.

The questions are meant to encourage lateral thinking and to simulate everyone to be aware of the current and past events happening in all fields . We don not encourage posting trivial/statistics-based questions, for Google is the archnemesis of such questions, and it defeats the entire purpose of the page.

The Extra Dimension

We had organised Quiz Pro Quo, an open quiz on 30 January 2011 at Detour to add an extra dimension to our online activities. The event saw amazing participation with teams, who let go of their precious Sunday morning nap for the quiz. The IIM-A team of Aniket & Sujay were the innaugural winners, followed by the mix team of Achal (IT-NU) & Parasvil (IIT-B). Plans are underway to organize a similar meet again soon.

Inaugural Quiz Pro Quo Session @Detour
30 January 2011

We have collaborated with Rotaract Club of Nirma Institutes and started a monthly quiz session for students of the University. The first session was a General Quiz session conducted by me [Mayank] and the enthusiasm of participants was really encouraging *sniff sniff*, which prompted us to take the next logical move by making it a regular event. We'll be conducting regular quizzes to fulfill our mission towards the development of quizzing as a mind-sport in the campus.

First Quiz Pro Quo Monthly
August 2011

As of now, it seems that the legacy of the IT-NU campus being home to quizzers won't fade way soon.

 The Men at Work (No male chauvinism intended)

The facebook  page and blog is currently being managed by me and Nitin Pillai; who took charge from Achal Shah [currently at UPenn pursuing his Masters]. We post around 5-6 questions on a daily basis, with the fans contributing their questions too.

We can never thank the fans enough for their priceless contribution to the page. Afterall,"Knowledge is not a single man's domain, it's a collective effort!"  

Winding off this note, I'd like to thank and congratulate each one of you for contributing in our growth and development and making this association advance in the process of the sharing of knowledge, because "an investment in knowledge pays the best interest". We hope to continue posting and making our questions further interesting catering more genres as well as providing you with the news of the latest quiz events.

Signing off,

Nos Must Teneo, Nos Mos Teneo

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