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Oct 9, 2011

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.
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Oct 3, 2011

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!]
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