Idea Brand Equity Pune Review & Questions

Its been a long time since i posted anything, i guess corporate life keeps one busy with little time left for quizzing. Newayz Idea Brand Equity Pune round was a grand affair and possibly the best venue so far. Questions were good and ambience great. Audience prizes were really cool and there was something for everyone present. I also attended the Mumbai round on sunday but din't note down the questions as Derek made it clear beforehand that he doesn't appreciate questions circulating online...but i am sure someone else will definitely put them online. I even missed out on a cool audience prize as Derek din't like me jotting down the questions (he said so when i answered the audience question and so no regular audience prize for me) The Pune questions are given below:
Pune Prelims
1) New hotel at Wakad in Pune? (Sponsor qtn)
Sayaji
2) Highest tax payer politician for 2008-09?
Mayawati
3) Richie Rich's butler?
Cadbury
4) 65% of world diamond production from which continent?
Africa
5) If u serving Dom Perignon, what u serving?
Champagne
6) which port did King Charles buy for 10 pounds in gold in 1668?
Mumbai port
7) Member of Brickcon, so fan of which brand?
Lego
8) First indian actress to have her foot cast at the Salvatore Ferragamo museum? (options were given)
Priyanka Chopra
9) Which city has no subway system for commuter? (options wer given)
Los Angeles
10) Highest ranking & highest earning Indian on PGA tour in 2008?
Jeev Mikha Singh
11) Which organization is responsible for security at airports?
CISF
12) 50000 black and yellow taxis in mumbai have now become...
Santro
13) Some trivia on the origin of "fanta" brand name
14)Which industrialist won assembly elections from gorakhpur-benarus constituency? (ptions given)
G D Birla
15) ' You are Fired' is what Donald Trump says to eliminated candidates on The Apprentice. What does Martha Stewart Say?
GoodBye
16) Kam Air is the first private airline of which country?
Afghanistan
17) Some quote from Peter Drucker
18) Onion______ season lasts from August to November (Rabi or Kharif)
Kharif
19) Indian brand with a green date palm symbolizi9ng logo which stands for puriyt?
Dalda
20) Which country has got the biggest loan from IMF in the current crisis? (options given)
Romania
21) E-commerce term where two computer networks meet and exchange data?
Gateway
22) Nicholas Cadbury said "There is no such thing as a career _____, it is crazy paving & you have to lay it urself"
Path
23) British equivalent of german AG
Plc
24) 2005 Padma Bhushan awardee, IIT-Rorkee & Stanford graduate. IT field.
Azim Premji
26) Print Ad from Maharastra Tourism
27) Pic of Australian Open ball boys. Which insurance company sponsors?
Aviva Ball Boys
28) Cover of "It Happened in India"
29) Pic of PUMA animal.
30) Print ad of Dr. Scholls Shoes.

Finals
1) Southwest airline has been _____ for the last 23yrs?
profitable
2) What was Barbie's original profession?
Model
3) C. Rajagopalachari gave the term?
License Raj
4) 1961 act, section 29 of indian constitution. what?
Dowry Prohibition Act
5) Baharia Paints & Travels owned by?
Pakistan Army
6) Head & Shoulders print ad
7) Pic of Golden Peacock award
8) Pic of Alan Greenspan
9) Pic of Blu Ray Disc
10) Pic of Speedee. Who's the new mascot?
Ronald Mcdonald
11) Pic of poster of Malamaal Weekly
12) some question on Basmati rice with the chemical responsible for its aroma
13) Mosi Beer is named after which world heritage site?
Victoria Falls
14) Section 23 of SEBI says.....
Crown Jewels
15) in 1960's, Mumbai's Ratan Khatri & Kalyanji Bhagat were pioneers of what?
Matka
16) TFM is measured for which product?
Soap (it is Total Fat Content)
17) First commercial woman to find space at Madam Tussauds?
Singapore Airlines Girl
18) Awards given by Maharastra Commision for Woman : Duryodhan & Ravan. what is Duryodhan for?
Gender Insensitiveness towards woman in ads
19) What is Taxodous?
Going to Tax HAven to file tax as tax filling is difficult in host country
20) A campaign to entice Americans to fly to Havana "Bathe in ____ _____ in 2hrs from now"
Bacardi Rum
21) Biological name of species given. Which bird?
Kingfisher
22) What is 'Share of Voice' concept?
Percentage of Ad spend that a particular brand commands out of the total ad spend for that product category
23) Some question on the inventors of Breast Implants
24) John Abraham ad. what for?
To vote
25) Some song containing 'Chevrolet" in it. singer?
Elton John
26) Some Radio Mirchi jingle. Composer?
A R Rahman
27) Clip from "Traffic signal" movie. Identify movie.
28) Song from 'Hum aapke hain kaun". Identify movie?
29) Naiki Mandi slum in UP makes its living from?
selling Taj Mahal Replics
30) What is a 'Perkin's Brailler'
Braille Type Writer
31) Apparel Brand which has 4Ls in its name? (Sponsor Qtn)
Allen Solly
32) Last S means what in 5 S's concept?
to sustain
33) In 1928, Thomas Dilluri company was very powerful in India. why?
Printed all currency notes

Sorry din't take down the Mumbai qtns as Derek would'nt have like it. But the Mumbai round was superb and Derek as usual SIMPLY GREAT.

Amity Business Quiz ‘Prashna’ Review..!!

Prashna ’09 Quiz conducted by Amity Business School, Noida was a well planned and coordinated affair. Hospitality was simply great coupled with an amazing attendance. Institute Director Dr. Srivastava was present throughout the event and personally ensured a successful quiz. Organizing team and the institute in general was petty excited about the event and this was palpable from the ambience.
Although the finals were a bit lengthy, QM Gautam Bose ensured that people remained hooked onto their seats. As usual with QM Gautam’s quizzes, questions were good and a quizzer’s delight. I personally like Gautam’s quizzes for their excellent content and the fact that the answers never fail to surprise one. The event was very closely contested and four teams were in contention to win it had they answered the last question of the quiz. Eventually Bimtech won followed by IMT-Ghaziabad in the second position (IMT-G lost by 1point).
I won’t be posting the questions as QM Gautam doesn’t like his quizzes to circulate online. In one sentence ‘Prashna 09 was well coordinated and a truly entertaining affair’.

Sail Golden Jubilee Quiz Questions..!!

As Promised earlier, here i am with the Sail Quiz questions. There were two semifinals followed by a final for the Sail employees only quiz. Apart from this, north zone round and all India finals were also held at India Habitat Center in Delhi. Instead of presenting all quizzes differently, i have clubbed questions together.
1) 'Citizen First' is the motto / tagline of which organization?
Delhi Police
2) In collaboration with which Indian celebrity has the TSA group launched a realty project in Dubai off the Ras Al Khaimah coast?
Sharukh Khan
3) Some quote by Abraham Lincoln
4) 'Yeh World Hamara Hai' tagline of?
Indian Idol
5) Pic of Anita Roddick
6) Pic of HBS prof. Rakesh Khurana
7) Most searched on Google in 2008?
Sarah Palin
8) Pics of Rama Raju & Teja Raju
9) Pic of Bernard Madoff
10) JV partner of in Funskool
MRF
11) Sole maker of Swiss knife in the world
Victorinox
12) Parent company of Bratz dolls?
MGA Entertainment
13) 'One village a week' motto of?
Great Indian Dream Foundation or Planman consulting of Arindham Chaudhri
14) Award won by Satyam for 'Excellence in Corporate Governance'?
Golden Peacock Award
15) Some question related to Sodexo
16) What is special about Spiderman comic number 583?
Barack Obama makes an appearrance
17) Which journal recently completed 100 yrs and is still 'soldiering on'?
Sainik Samachar
18) Pic of PRS oberoi
19) 'Brushes with History' An autobiography by?
K K Birla
20) 'Yuva Hindustani' by whom?
Jindal Steel
21) State with largest iron ore reserves in India?
Jharkhand
22) Company associated with graphic effects in 'Love Story 2050'?
Sun microsystems
23) Name of Aamir khan's company in Ghajini?
Airvoice
24) Pic of Francisco D'souza
25) Pic of R K Mishra
26) Pic of Jagdish Bhatti
27) Pic of K S Kohli of Frankfinn
28) Pic of Atul Kasbekar
29) Pic of Tulsi Tanti
30) Pic of Sanjeev Bhikchandani
31) Pic of Thomas Friedman
32) Pic of Dilip Kapoor
33) Pic of Donald Trump
34) Pic of John Chambers
35) Pic of Michael Dell
36) Pic of Martha Stewart
37) Pic of Dr. Devi Shetty
38) FOIS is operated by which Indian organization?
Indian Railways (Freight Operations Information Systems)
39) 'International Iron & Steel Institute' (IISI) now known as?
World Steel Association
40) Who is chairman, World Steel Association?
L N Mittal
41) '24 Karat Bandhan' is the royalty program of?
Essar Hypermarket
42) Western Cluster Ironore project
Liberia
43) Connect elaksh, Innoquiz, Innovation day.
HCL
44) Some question on Murphy's Law
45) Bernard weber associated with?
New seven wonders of the world
46) Some question on disruptive innovation
47) what term was given by Tim O Reily?
Web 2.0
48) Some question on the 'The Bonsai Manager' by S. Gopalakrishnan
49) Pic of Dewang Mehta
50) Pic of Vinay Chhaglani
51) Pic of Gautam Goswami
52) Pic of Subrota Bagchi
53) Pic of Dilip Sangvi
54) Pic of Vinod Dham
55) Pic of Krishna Palepu
56) Pic of Aditya Chopra
57) Pic of Swati Piramal
58) Pic of Ashok Soota
59) Pic of Uday Kotak
60) Pic of Tarun Khanna of HBS
61) Pic of Harish Bijoor
63) Largest Reservoir of Iron ore in the world
Ukraine
64) New name of Neeraj Steel
Mukund Steel
65) Sail has a strategic alliance with which steel company?
POSCO
66) Some question on Coca cola ad
67) The ad agency that has partnered with BMC for the clean Mumbai campaign?
O&M
68) Some question on the Apple-like logo controversy between Apple Inc. and New york muncipal Dept.
69) Pic of Keynes
70) Who owns 'Alta Loma Entertainment'?
Hugh Hefner
71) Which bank has a special account '2611' wherein people can deposit funds for 26/11 victims?
Axis Bank
72) Disability Employer of the Year in India?
Ibm India
73) Which Indian company has tied up to have its particular brands cobranded with winnie the Pooh?
Dabur
74) Which company operates 'HOME' online place for gamers?
Sony
75) Richest Women in India?
Savitri Jindal
76) Largest M&A deal till date?
Vodafone-Mannesmann
77) Top search on Indian Zeitgeist List 2008 released by Google?
How to reduce weight
78) Which company has started a 'Sustainability Index' as its CSR initiative?
British Telecom
79) Which Indian movie became the first to have its trailor debut on Apple.com
Chandni Chowk to China
80) 'You press the button, we do the rest' whose tagline?
Kodak
81) Which company has patented the number '31'?
Baskin Robbins
82) Which company was involved in a legal battle with the US Red Cross for the red cross logo?
Johnson & Johnson
83) Ruben Rausing' family is associated with which famous company?
Tetrapack
84) Which company has begun the site http://www.controlcosts.com/?
Microsoft
85) Pic of VR Raju, new NIA chief
86) Why was SRK awarded Datuk by the Malaysian Government?
For shooting 1,2 ka 4 in Malaysia
87) Pic of Posco CEO
For the Quiz review, click SAIL Quiz North Zone: Cheating steals the show..!!...

SAIL Quiz North Zone: Cheating steals the show..!!

Quizmasters: SPS Jaggi & Jacob Kurien
Location: India Habitat Center

Sail quiz north zone prelims began pretty well. Arrangements were good, participation was even better. After a long time, it was a quiz where corporate teams were practically competing among themselves, not with the students & vice versa.
Some student and corporate teams formed cartels in order to maximize their chances of qualifying for the finals. Teams were openly discussing the answers during prelims. Quizzers indulging in such a glorified behavior included regulars on the NCR circuit. I myself reprimanded them once but was told to mind my own business. I brought the same to the notice of the organizers in the middle of the prelims but the reply I got said it all:

“Sorry, we are not concerned”.

As soon as the prelims got over and the answer sheets were being collected, I spoke to both the quizmasters about the cheating being done; I got a very responsible answer from even more responsible quizmasters:

“It’s a tough quiz; even if four teams do it together they won’t qualify”

Even a 2 yr old knows that four quizzing souls are any day better than two quizzing souls and when these souls are regulars on the circuit, they are a threat to other quizzers participating irrespective of the difficulty level of the quiz. If the quiz was a tough one, it was tough for everyone and in no way gives one the license to cheat.
When prelim results were announced, we miraculously qualified for the finals along with the cheating student and corporate teams. Because the cheating teams qualified, a lot many deserving teams (NTPC, IIM-A etc.) failed to qualify. The only question is “Did the teams which qualified (some even won eventually) deserved to be on the stage”?

Sail throughout the quiz prided itself on the fact that the quiz was conducted by its own internal band of quizmasters unlike NTPC electron etc; but the same fact made the quizmasters ignorant of the cheating being done in the hall and tarnished Sail’s image rather than add to it. Some quizzers are materialistic and given a chance will always cheat to win but isn’t it the responsibility of the quizmaster to act responsibly especially after the act was brought to their notice by other teams. Isn’t protecting the integrity of a quiz the most important job of a quizmaster?
Eventually a quiz is only as fair as the quizmaster. Unfortunately, quizmasters Jaggi & Jacob failed to act even after repeatedly being reminded of the cheating happening in the hall. I spoke to other teams in the hall and all agreed on the same but were incapable of doing anything.
Finally the questions were really good, quizmasters witty and if the cheating part taken out, it would have been a great quiz overall. After the zonal round was over, I made a quick exit.
The North zone and Sail employees quiz questions will be posted in two days time.

NTPC Electron North Zone Finals

NTPC Electron North Zone Finals had normal difficulty questions regularly encountered in daily quizzes. Although the quiz was well coordinated and conducted, none of the questions had the 'wow' factor. The video ads were a direct rip-off from Youtube. Eventually the quizmaster Kunal was good, arrangements were great but the content could have been better. As promised earlier, here i am with the questions:

1) Which was the first company to introduce quartz wrist watches?
Seiko
2) Which bank was established in 1911 by Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawala?
Central Bank of India
3) Tadawul is the stock exchange of which country?
Saudi Arabia
4) Which former Asian prime minister bought a stake in the FC Manchester City?
Thaksin Sinawatra
5) Which bank was esyablished in 1865 by a Scotsman named Thomas Sutherland who wanted a bank operating on "sound Scottish banking principles"?
HSBC
6) Which Financial institution was founded under the name Devkaran Nanjee Banking Company Ltd. in 1938.
Dena Bank
7) Pic of Rony Screwala
8) Pic of Vishal Retail founder Ramchandra agrawal
9) Pic of AK 47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov
10) Pic of Yograj Singh
11) Pic of Ruia Brothers
12) Jonga (4X4), a vehicle used by the Indian Army was designed by which company?
Nissan
13) Developed by Robert Chesebrough, gets its name from two German words?
Vaseline
14) Developed by Spencer Silver in 1969?
Post it Notes
15) Why was CSN in news in 2006?
Corus acquisition bid war with Tata Steel
16) Which OPEC is set to leave the organization since it is going to be a net oil importer in near future?
Indonesia
17) Fevicol Ad
18) Glycodin Cough Syrup Ad
19) Amitabh Bachan Lead India Ad
20) Tata Indicom 'Pathan Brothers' Ad
21) Asian Paints ad
22) ACC ad
23) What business did Sharp begin with?
Pencil manufacturing
24) Pic of Lileanne Beattencourt, identify the company?
Loreal
25) Pharmaceutical company incorporated at Vadodara in 1907 by X (coudnt get it).
Alembic
26) Which process of mass iron production was patented in 1855?
Bessemer process
27) S Dhanabalan is the Chairman of which organization?
Temasek Holdings
28) Some question about the history of spam.
29) Pic of Anousheh Ansari
30) Some question about the origin of bar code.
31) Pic of Greek tycoon Onassis
32) Pic of Erin Brokowich
33) Pic of Vanessa Mittal
34) Pic of Parmindra Nagra
35) Pic of Yukos founder
Audience questions:
1) Which company was incorporated on 25th August 1948 and is now a key player in a completely different category?
Grasim
2) Which rig manufactured by and bought by ONGC in 1973 has been used to drill 14 well?
Sagar Samrat
3) Pic of Muzaffar Ali
4) Pic of Young Bill Gates
5) SBI ad
6) Ponds Dreamflower ad
7) Pic of Tania Zaetta
8) Pic of David Hasellhoff

NTPC Electron North Zone Round Prelims

NTPC Electron North Zone round was a well planned and co-ordinated affair. The event was held at Power Management Institute (PMI) in Noida.
Quizmaster: Kunal Savarkar of Quizkraft
Prelim quesions
1) Who wrote the book "What they dont teach you at Harvard Business school"?
Mark McCormick
2) BSE building photo
3) Which city has an area also referred to as square mile?
London
4) Micheal Milken pic
5) Blackberry logo
6) Which Political / economic union was formed because of maastricht treaty?
European Union
7) At which place was the agreement that established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the world's major industrial states in 1944 signed?
Bretton wood
8) What is the currency of Vatican?
Euro
9) Who gave the theory of "Management by Business Objectives"?
Peter Drucker
10) Which bank was founded in San Francisco by Amadeo Giannini in 1904?
Bank of America
11) Whom did Leonardo Di Caprio play in "The Aviator"
Howard Hughes
12) Rick Wagoner is the CEO of which company?
General Motors
13) He is a former trader who caused the spectacular collapse of the United Kingdom's oldest investment bank. He is currently the CEO of Irish football club Galway United.
Nick Leeson
14) This commonplace item was first patented by John Loud in 1888 and the modern patent was granted to Laszlo Biro in 1938. Itwas commercialized only in 1930's.
Ballpoint Pen
15) How do we better know "Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation "?
Freddie Mac
16) Which institution awards Nobel Peace Prize?
Bank of Sweden
17) Which Indian car was based on Morris Oxford?
HM Ambassador
18) Which alcohol brand was founded by Karan Bilimoria, an NRI settled in UK?
Cobra beer (any answer with cobra in it was given right e.g. Black Cobra)
19) Which US marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his efforts to rebuild parts of Europe?
George Marshall
20) Who coined the word SENSEX?
Deepak Mohoni
21) Some date in 1990, what is the significance with respect to financial markets?
SENSEX crossed 1000 mark.
Sorry, can't recall the other 4 questions. The final questions will be uploaded in 2 days time.

Quizzer's Dilemma # 18

Whose caricature?




Answer: J P Morgan

Quiz on the Beach@TAPMI, Manipal

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Quiz Flavour: Business
QuizHost: T. A. Pai Management Institute,
Master: Mr. Arul Mani
Date: 10th January 2009
Open to Corporates.
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Quizzer's Dilemma # 17

Identify the lady? (Hint: She unearthed something that played a prominent role in Indian Politics; she was conferred a prestigious award for the same).




Answer: Chitra Subramaniam, she worked extensively on Bofors scandal & was awarded G D Goenka journalism award for her work

Quizzer's Dilemma # 16

What is special about this watch?

Answer: World's First Panchang Watch from "Borgeaund"