TATA Crucible 2010 - Corporate Edition

Tata Crucible Quiz Chennai- Corporate   2010

Prelims questions

1)little bits of gold-

doritos

2)Narayana Murthv venture-

Catamaran

3) Complete the quote “I want to give a woman a scent of_________ and not of a flower”

Woman

4) In 2000, Lego tied up with this film personality to create movie maker set

Spielberg

5) Gorur Ramaswami iyenger- first name of this businessman

Captain Gopinath

6) Blue lights special- which retail giant

K mart

7) Tobacco company- veni, vidi, vici

Philip Morris

8) Patent by Clyde coleman and Charles kettering electric self starter

9) Started as PINWHEEL

Nikleodon

10) Steve Balmer in may 2009, unveiled- in San diego. What?

BING

11) Ashok Kumar, Saeed Jaffrey and Shami Kapoor

Pan Parag

12) Introduced in 1535, by King Henry VIII  of England, Carl-Peter- tax

TAX on Beard

13) Charles Emile & Charles-Félicien-which watch brand

Tissot

14) Known as Company Bahadur in India

East India company1

15) If you TBTF in credit market, where you lower your risk and add more attractive investment. What is TBTF

Too Big To Fail

16) Started by GRRL, founded by Ingrid Newkirk

PETA

17) Lion with wings on a pillar

Cannes Lion

18) Chennai based Star health insurance, insurance for a special group of people

HIV

Tata Crucible Quiz Bangalore- Corporate   2010

Prelims1)      In 2010 this personality over took Obama to become the 1st living person to have more than 10 million fans on facebook. Who?

Lady Gaga

2)      While teaching at which institution did Amartya Sen write the book ‘Collective choice & Social Welfare’ in 1970?

Delhi school of Economics

4) Trip Hawkins graduated from Harvard…MBA Stanford.. company’s previous name ‘Amazing software’

Electronic Arts

5) We sell _________, not just ice-cream. Quote by Irv Robbins.

Fun

6) Victorinox  _________ Swiss Army Knife

Victorinox – Original Swiss Army Knife

Wenger _____________ Swiss Army Knife

Wenger- Genuine Swiss Army Knife

7) Which company’s 1st ever toy sold was – Dr. Doodle?

Fisher Price

8)To cleanse the Absolut bottle before Vodka is poured, what is used to rinse and clean? – ‘Completely pure and perfect’

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Absolut Vodka

9) Which US President once worked as a cover model for  Cosmopolitan?Gerald Ford

10) MGM… 1st pic with sound- 1928 movie  ‘White shadows in the south seas’, had only one spoken word. Which one?

Hello

11) This brand was the sponsor of the Man of the Match in 2010 FIFA world cup. Which brand?

Budweiser

12) Which company was formed by the joint venture between Maini group & AEV LLC of California?

Reva

13) Which film shot in Karnataka …Music rights bought by Polydor for the first time in India..paid an advance royalty of 5 lakhs?

Sholay

14) Which management theory on cost control… 1984 book..written as a novel..story revolved around Alex Rogo?

Theory of Constraints

15) Which magazine was launched in 1952 with an aim of providing ‘the 1st serious effort in film journalism’ in India?

Filmfare

16) In 1959, invented a rubber substitute… anagram of ‘Expands’

Spandex

17) Means ‘beautiful’, ‘good’, ‘Wonderful’ in Arabic…Telecom..which brand?

Zain

18) Emirates… ATM.. what so special

Gold

19) ‘difference create value’… on this plank ..launched a campaign .. ‘yourpointofview.com’

HSBC

20) Merger- Jaina group + Bangalore based UTC group…. Brand is affordable to many..

Carbon

24) Name the 2 co’s that produced ‘My name is Khan.’

Red Chillies & Dharma

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Tata Crucible 2010 – Hyderabad Edition

1. The need for power for cameras led to the creation of which brand by Mr Rubin and Mr Mallory?

Duracell)

2. United Artists was started by these four people. Three names given one missing.

Charlie Chaplin)

3. Band Aid has three types of variants in India – regular, washproof and _____. (Hint: India specific; Ans

– Band-Aid Turmeric)

4. The consultant/author/business-thinker who has been named this year’s Global Indian.

(Ram Charan)

5. What latin phrase means a portion of employee’s compensation package, over and above his salary.

(Ans – Bonus)

6. What english term means “a financial incentive doled out to retain specialists at a firm”.

Golden handcuff

7. Which GM company originally manufactured sewing machines and bicycles.

(Ans – Opel)

8. Which Hotel brand was prevented from using its brand name in India as it clashes with a local hotel based in Sirohi, near Mt Abu, Rajasthan?

(Ans – The Hilton)

9. Elizabeth Arden recently launched “Honey”, “Ribbon” and “Mine Again”. Named after which celebrity?

(Ans – Mariah Carey)

10. What sports good is manufactured by Masincedane Sports, whose sales peaked in 2010?

Vuvuzela)

11. Who was the Master of mint in 1710?

(Ans – Sir Isaac Newton)

12. What major brand started as a service by Air France for its employees to ensure a “home away from home for them”?

(Ans – Le Meridian)

13. Conway’s Law – “There is always a man in a firm who knows what’s going on. He should be _____”

(Ans – fired)

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14. Which web entity vociferously challenged its departed co-founder’s allegations that they encouraged “child pornography”

(Ans – wikipedia)

15. Li Ka-Shing, the Hong Kong based business tycoon, was referred to as which famous comic character?

(Ans-Superman)

16. In the early 1900s, what did a New York socialite by the name Mary Phelps Jacobs develop?

(Bra)

17. What is the name given to a stock market crash where the loss is in excess of $ 1 billion?

(Ans- Flash Crash)

Tata Crucible 2010- Nagpur Edition

“Thoda Simple Socho”. Its logo is a modified version of peacock. It’s a big financial service company ?

National Insurance Corp.

Man’s shoe with closed front and back open, named after which university ?

Oxford

“Sphere of connectivity design” new logo. Only company that encourages copying ?

Xerox

Founder of Super Cassette Industry

Gulshan Kumar

What is GDI ?

Gross Domestic Income

“Founder of Puma ?

Ruddi Dassler

Which company owns North star brand of shoes ?

Bata

1992 treaty Marakash gave rise to which currency ?5

Euro

ARAMCO is of which country ?Saudi Arabia

‘Software for the most advanced microprocessor. Which Indian newspaper ?

ET

Live every moment caller tune. Who is behind this ?

AR Rahman

Which Public sector was first to list in BSE ?

HPCL

How is Osetmivier better known as ?

Tamiflu

To be all things to all people is the philosophy of which internet giant ?

Yahoo

KV pendarkar in 1952 started which  company in Nagpur ?

Vicco

HQ of which giant is known as STAR inMumbai ?

Star TV

It is known as Sure,Shield, Reward in UK, SA, and Nigeria. It is known as what (Soap) in India?

Rexona

Graphic groups, Lucas films 1975. Now it is with Walt Disney ?

Pixar

Three stars which korean company ?

Samsung

Pic. Of SAGAR dry milk powder –  AMUL

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S-Next logo who is behind this  _  Sahara

Tata Crucible 2010 – Kolkata Edition

1.Which family of Jewish Ethnicity said this about themselves “We never buy low, never sell high, we always end up selling soon enough to make enough profit”?

Rothschild Family

2.Which organization was started on 7/10/1950 with a corpus of Rs 5/-.Sister Mary Nirmala was selected as the head of the organization on March 13 ,1997 & Sister Mary Prema was elected to succeed Sister Nirmala in March 2009?

Missionaries fo Charity

3.This beer is nicknamed the silver bullet. It has a cold certified label which turns the mountains on the label from white to blue whenever the beers temperature is lowered to 4 degree Celsius. Name the beer?

Coors Light

4.Which financial instruments name has come from the latin word for “free of care”?

Security

5.For whom did Georgio Armani design clothes for in the film American Gigolo?

Richard Gere

6.Which personal belonging of his did Amartya Sen donate to the nobel museum?

Bicycle

7. Which fictional character has a Rolls Royce with the number plate AU-1.

Auric Goldfinger

8.Josephine Cochran invented the dishwasher & patented it on 31/12/1885.She later founded a company which is now a part of a mojor corporation dealing in home appliances. Name the company?

Kitchen Aid & Whirlpool

9.Christy Turlington is a brand ambassador for Nuala a clothing line.To which sportswear major does Nuala belong?

PUMA

10.Which carton character first appeared in King Features Syndicate comic strip Thimble Theatre on 17/1/1929?

Popeye

11.Which Banking group came into being when Adrian, Eduord & Henri set up the Banque de Paris in 1869?

BNP Paribas

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12.Which publication regularly brings out a list of the top 2000 companies in the world?

Forbes

13.Which statistician contributed prominently to India’s 5 year plans & also founded a famous statistical institute?

P.C. Mahalanobis

14.Who were the official time keepers for the FIFA world Cup 2010?

Hublot

15.Which International NGO founded by Peter Eigen is formed for the purpose of fighting corruption & raising the public awareness of it?

Transparency International

16.Which public figure did his MBA from Stanford University in 2001 & worked in both Morgan Stanley & Merill Lynch before returning to India to work as the head of Morgan Stanley’s Mumbai office? He was the youngest intern in the UN Economic cell.

Jyotiraditya Scindia

18.For what purpose has Telekom Austria decided to utilize 13500 phone booths?

To charge Electric Vehicles

19.Anand Kumar developed a liking for mathematics. He was granted admission to Cambridge university but could not attend for financial reasons. What programme has been started by him in Patna in 2002?

Super 30

BHUBANESWAR TCQ PRELIMS QUESTIONS:-—————————————————–

2.In mandarin,it is ke-ko-ke-le which means Happy Feelings in your mouth.What am I talking about?

(coca cola)

3.What symbol is used in India for a non polluting and environmental friendly product during manufacturing and usage?

(Matka or a Pot)

4.In the movie,Dil Se Srk Khan was working with which organisation?

(AIR)

5.This term was coined by Ben Hammersely which means “audible revolution” etc…..what am I talking abt?

(Podcast)

6.The name of the company comes from a biblical character,it means a container,it is something to do with travel accessaries etc….what is it?

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(Samsonite)

7.See the USA in your _________.(Chevrolet)

8.which is the only state to have three stock exchanges?

(Gujurat)

9.Stamped coin in sanskrit is a currency of a nation.What is this?

(Taka)

10.Kavita Choudhury acted in the DD serial UDAAN.She is famous in the advertising world as what?

(Lalitaji of surf)

11.Maurice Wilks & Spencer Wilks started something in 1947 etc…….

(Landrover)

12.We can associate Elliot Handler,Bentley Bradley with this brand of toy,kids love it the most and demand for it from their parents.What is this?

(Hotwheels)

13.A wax model of this commercial symbol was first to be placed in Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in 1994.it is the first ever commercial symbol to get a place in tussaud”s….

(Singapore Girl of singapore airlines)

14.carta blanca,eristoff vodka,greygoose…which bigger brand name is missing from the group?

(Bacardi)

15.Lumix Digital camera,viera plasma belong to whom?

(Panasonic)

17.PNX is the ticker symbol of trading?This company is there in India now.Name the huge conglomerate?

(POSCO)

20.Amul advertisement was shown with the pic of P.Chidambaram with a bread n butter.As sweet as ______,is the taste of AMUL.The print ad was shown.

(Budget)

Tata Crucible 2010-Corporate-Quiz-Guwahati

1) Who is India’s Pickle king

2) What does C in J.C Penny stand for?

3) Latin word for little tail

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Ans1: Lakhubhai PathakAns2: CashAns3: Pencil

1.Recently which corporate house has started a campaign for promoting indian junior Tennis players ,their trainning etc

Apollo Tyre

7.The official time keeper of olympics-

Omega

8.if Invisible hand : Adam smith  what is to chandler –

visible hand

9.one question of negative Tv ad character that gave an positive impact in advertising a brand-

ONIDA Devil 1982

10.Absolutely mangolesious -whose slogan –

SLICE

11.which whisky brand has a name that gives a negative impact in indian lifestyle-

TEACHERS

Tata Crucible 2010-Corporate-Quiz-Jamshedpur

1) Which word in the current business world what is derived from latin for “patere” meaning to lay open?

Patent

2) Which retail giant is Asda in UK and Seiyu in japan?

Walmart

3) The chairman of Mahindra and Mahindra landed up in trouble because of his association with Bhopal Gas Tragedy?

Keshubhai Mahindra

4) Logo of

Samsonite

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5) Who according to forbes is the richest African American ?(hint:a lady from entertainment)

Oprah Winfrey

6) Which antiseptic cream was started by launched in 1929 in Kolkata by GOUMOHAN DUTTA a Bengali merchant?

Boroline

7) Which organisation has the catchline “edge is efficiency”?.

BSE

8) Signifies what

Silk mark

9) Who designed the logo MRF tyres?(very famous in advertising)

Alyque Padamsee

10) Amitabh Bachchan has lent his voices to many ads..(but its has always been sung by voice-likes).The first ad he sang was for a company in 2009.which company?

Himani navratna tel

11) Which ketchup company had a tagline “weight watchers”?

Heinz

12) He came up with a publishing house(with a cute name) and changed from hard bound covers to paper back.which company?

Penguin publishing

13) What resulted Maastricht treaty in the year 1992?

Euro

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14) Which clothes brand often mistaken as an international brand actually is an INDIANBrand known as Charlie clothing company initially? Is publicised by the symbol K

Koutons

15) Which calendar started in 1964 was brought as a sensational one by one of very famous tyre companies?(the tyre company even wanted to patent the smell of the tyre manufactured by it)

Pirelli

16) What is this a joint venture of Microsoft and HP called

Slate

18) Kamasutra is a 50:50 joint venture between 2 companies. One is J.K ANSELL pharmaceuticals.the other??

Raymonds

19) Which Indian online travel company started online holiday reservation packages with a DESIRE to bring people back home to India?

Aarzoo.com

20) Photo of

Photo of C.B bhave

Tata Crucible 2010- Corporate Quiz- Ahmedabad

Prelims:1) Fundamental principal of any economic activity is that no man you transact with lose,then you will not.This is from the work from the PM of Mauryan empire. Which book?

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Arthashastra, Chanakya

2) Gentically modified foods also called… It comes fromt he comic character , Victor____________

Frankenstein

3) From French word for hook, velvet

Velcro

4) Which French entrepreneur was the 1st to fit a pneumatic tyre to a motor car in 1895

Michelin

5) Term used to describe neither bullish nor bear

Chicken

6) What two words would connect “Much sort after enterprises which a bidder/also company wishes to acquire” connect to a tower of london

Crown Jewel

7) Salary was original given to roman soldiers to buy what?

Salt

8) What in USA originally stretch from Trinity Church to east river

Wall street

9) What was started by St Pranlal Denakaran naji

DENA

10) wHAT WORD did P&G drop from olay in 2000

Oil

11) Born in Sadalpur village, in Chiru district of Rajasthan, he is presidently non-exec dir of GS and ICICI bank, EADS.

L N Mittal

13) Where would u find a circular annexe known as Rotunda, which was built in year 1992

BSE

14) World’s 1st collegiate business school, 1881, and is a brain child of Philadelphia entrepreneur.Wharton

15) Patented in 1906, this apparatus was originally intendede for machinery and industrial purposes. This person who patented this, also defined the word cool.

Carrier

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20) Pic of a ship..sinking…Titanic is unshinkable.Ad campaign by which insurance co.

Iffco tokyo

Finals

1) phrase-1800 in us which describes unscrpulous, product at attractrive price, but in reality it is not

Bait and switch

2) japaenese term which means money clique- used to describe 4companies, Kawasaki, Nomura..

Zaibatsu

3) In jan 2008, despite great resistance, they adopted Voleru Fuerte,..kind of inflation concurrent currency

Venezuela

4) Gold vending Machine, Abudhabi, German entrepreneur

Liquid bullion

5) Stride, 4 year old brand from cadbury..introduced a chewing gum stride shift. This chewing gum was inspired by 1971 movie, willy wonka choclate factory.

flavour gets better..more u chew

6) Ludhiana based co.is the sole supplier of buns to MCDs.

Cremica

2nd round

2) Logo shown- old identity of BOB

3) small factory pic. Two brothers one location.

Dominoes

5) Pic of Nandan Nilekani sitting with a person. What is happening here?

Head of LIC- Lic is providing the data base

3rd round- Tata

1)  Tata Sky’s Active English mainly aimed at housewives who feel uncomfortable talking in English is a partnership with?

British council

2)  Meri Dilli Meri Yamuna campaign initiated by the Art of Living Foundation to clean the ghats of Yamuna. Which co. behind it?

NDPL

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3) Poltrona Frau Group of Italy, Jv with Tata.. Furnishings

Casa Decor

Weathermaker- subsidiary of

Voltas

connect

1) preity zinta, deepika padukone, unity is our strength

BSNL

2) Bipasha, Mahindra flyt

kinetic

3) Dlf logo, pic, MEL,

IPL- pic sundar raman

4) Preity zinta, funda mint, club spice, force 10

Godfreyphilips

2)  11 sep 1961, founded in Morgus, in switzerland

WWF- fund

3)  Trick and Treat

UNICEF

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010

1. What is missing in this famous quote said by British PM David Lloyd George “Death is the most convenient time to _______ rich people.

Tax

2. This trademark was first used in clothing as the only material capable of protecting workers on the infamous Manhattan Project from the corrosive Uranium hexafluoride to make U-235 for the 1st atom bomb.

Teflon

3. Started in 1903 in New Castle, Pennsylvania with the borrowing of 99 chairs from the local undertaking and later returned the same to use for the funerals.

Warner Bros 4. With a US $ 150 m five year grant from the Emir of ______, Al Jazeera began broadcasting for six

hours a day in 1996.

Qatar

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5. Which company in conjunction with Canon launched a Pocketronic, the first electronic pocket calculator in 1970?

Texas Instruments

6. What brand was established by a business man who beat Lasslo Biro in launch of America’s 1st ballpoint in 1944?

Reynolds

7. The term A1 from first rate or “highest quality” was first used in what kind of business; the term was used to designate the quality of ships by marine underwriters?

Insurance

8. From an ad- I can’t type, I don’t take dictation, I can’t file. My boss calls me indispensable. I push the button on the _____ _____.

Xerox 914

9. What publication has a long standing tradition in which an editor’s only signed article during his/her tenure is written on the occasion of his/her departure from the position?

Economist

10. What is the flagship brand of Bengal Waterproof Ltd; founded by Surendra Mohan Bose?

Duckback

11. What was found by Henry Luce in February 1930, four months after the Wall Street crash of 1929?

Fortune

12. Which company built the Gateway of India?

Gammon

13. The name of this country is derived from a Latin word for a metal and its first use can be traced to the 1602?

Argentina-Argentum

14. Three brothers Henry, Emanuel and Mayse in 1850 as a small dry goods store which specialized in the cotton?

Lehman Brothers

15. Which iconic institute’s premises are situated in Paternoster Squares close to St.Paul Cathedral in the city of London?

London Stock Exchange

16. Which two companies ranked 2nd and 3rd in their field would you find in the small German town Herzogenaurach?

Adidas, Puma

17. Who created Eee-pad to rival Apple’s i-pad?

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Asus

18. In 1942, a group of Quaker intellectuals, social activists and Oxford academics started this organization?

Oxfam

19. Horn Mountain, Atlantis, Mad Dog and Thunder Horse are the deep underwater sites of which?

BP

20. How we better know Worli Chemicals today?

Wockhardt

21. Identify the great global corporation

GM (whitacre)

22. Identify him.

Ranjan Das

23.Who owns it?

Apple

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25. An Advertisement showing caption “kam life insurance matlab no insurance”.

Aegon Religare

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals-Tata Track

Cryptology1. Safe hair dye 2. As a writing instrument brand, it got delayed approval because its name is derived from a

profession which doesn’t speak about its actual function at all. 3. What’s M in MSD, a company of German Origin? 4. Blue agave based 5. Who is the youngest division chief in the World Bank’s history? 6. 1385, flatplate trademark 7. David Novak Chairman

Answers:1) Loreal2) Pilot pens3) Merck4) Tequila5) Montek Singh6) Xerox7) Pizza Hut

Audience Q

Cerf’s up- Whose car nameplateAns: Vinton cerfPictology

1. Whose hat is this?

Pondicherry Police

2. A picture of Books and Beyond

RPG

3. Identify the logo.

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IGNOU

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4. With whom you can associate “Independent Evaluation Group”?

WOrld Bank

5. Identify the advertiser.

Tata Jagriti yatra

6. Who is advertising?

Accenture

Tata World1. Founded in 1924, passionate in retail, has some connection with Croma. 2. K M Garda, Chairperson, IT solution company 3. Mitsubishi security… 4. Optical frame for women.

Answers:1) Woolworth2) Nelito3) Tata Capital4) Enigma

Speedology1. Which famous entrepreneur said; “I endorse my favorite bag……..”. 2. Malcom Glaze 3. Model for Burberry 4. This word’s English mean is ‘immediate/instinct’; this particular service generates enormous

revenue for a government organization.

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Answers:1) Branson- Samsonite2) Man U3) Ema Watson4) Tatkal

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals- Non-Tata Track

Wild Card questions (for the selection of the 6th team)

1) Who in this world is; “Committed to improving the state of world”?

World economic forum

2) Who is LTD on NYSE?

Limited brands

3) Which celebrity is associated with Plan B entertainment?Brad Pitt

4) Who is the 1st non-Britisher on a British stamp?

Mahatma Gandhi

5) In 1847, Liverpool associate, Jacobsen J C

Carlsberg

6) Layali festival-1996, 3 million people

Dubai Shopping festival

7) Rosen enterprise, David Rosen

SEGA

9) Paris comedian… Murder… jack Collins..Retail giant.. neither of the team went for the buzzer.

Ans: Tesco

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Qs from the Blog The Business Quiz

1. Identify this Swiss architect who designed TCS offices in Hyderabad and Noida.

Ans: Mario Botta

2. Arjan started this business in 1977. Later, a partnership firm under the name Jupiter Enterprises was formed on April 1, 1981. The original members of Jupiter Enterprises were Arjan, Kishore and Bhagibhai. It was incorporated as Rishima International Private Limited in 1994. How do we now know this media and entertainment company?

Ans: Eros International

Arjan Lulla-Eros founder

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