Trivia :Citroen gears found their way into most French cars and to such diverse avenues as the steering system for the 'Titanic' (Citroen products were used on the Titanic)
After seeing Kareena Kapoor in ads for Airtel,Lux,Sony Vaio we will be seeing Kareena in her latest brand ambassador's avtar for Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones.Bebo has now been chosen as the fresh new face of Sony Ericson’s Vivaz and Xperia cell phones.Hirokazu Ishizuka, corporate vice president and head of Asia Pacific region said "We have signed a regional partnership with MTV, whereby the Xperia X10 users will have exclusive access to the MTV application that will provide them news feeds and other updates from the channel,”
Disney Channel has made an effort to bring the ancient Tamil literature Thirukkural to the animated TV serials. The series developed as animal fables by Accel Animation Studios, Chennai, is titled ‘Ek Tha Jungle' and showcases couplets from Thirukkural.
Accel Animation Studio was set up in Chennai in July 2006 as a division of Accel Transmatic, an IT services company, as part of its initiative to foray into digital media technologies.
UFO Moviez, the official broadcaster for the IPL in cinema theatres, has tied up with Threeality, a California-based company; to bring the last four matches with a three-dimensional (3D) effect in select theatres. This would be the first time in Indiathat any sport event will be screened with 3D effect.
Shemaroo Entertainment comes up with Rajasthan Royals – The Road to Victory, an inspirational film on the IPL success story of the Royals in 2008 on DVDs and VCDs.
The film peeps into behind-the-curtain happenings and takes us through the nostalgic journey of the victory of Rajasthan Royals in 2008. It also features the highlights of the first season of the IPL tournament, interviews with Shane Warne, Yousuf Pathan and other players and some breathtaking extraordinary performances of the team that created the history.
Runner Up:- Sardar Patel college of Engineering:- Rishkul & Chinmay
Let’s Toss
i.For which purpose, characters like Mr. Thoothoo Kumar, Mr. Susu Kumar and Mr. & Mrs. Poly have been created for civic awareness ?
ii.This society was formed in 1920, registered under Tamilnadu Societies Registration Act and from that it has monopoly in India. Its logo is derived from India’s highest order of chivalry during the days of British Raj.
iii.What’s Pigovian Tax?
iv. The Company was founded in 1816 as the Ancienne Mutuelle. The name of the company is always written in uppercase and its not an acronym.
v.This project bean with 120 keyboarders, 350 lacs characters were used to modenise n blah blah, what?
vi.In 2005, Apple banned all books published by John Wiley & Sons from all Apple retail stores. Why?
Stump Vision
i.Identify the author.
ii.A question related to Venture philanthropy
iii.This gentleman has launched which is pitted against Kindle.
iv.Identify this (Hint:- Organized social movement)
v.Which experiment n what created?
vi.Name the organization which he is heading? (Hint:- Alternative energy source)
Audience Question
Whats Volunteering?
Whats Valentine’s Day effect?
Whats advertised here "God made men, Samuel made them equal"?
Tata World
1.Besides being largest producer of Coffee, which other cash crop Tata Coffee produces?
2.Established in 1987 to promote “World’s favorite team sport”?
3.Sound like spice but its not.
4.Gaurav Garg is Head of which JV of Tata?
Tata AIG Tata Elexsy
Third Umpire
1.Hinduja Group - Renault Nissan -etc.
2.Idiot Box – Knight Riders – Shahrukh Khan
3.News Corporation – William Fox – Ronald Regan – Music of 20th Century Fox
4.Mini – Rolls Royce – Rapp Motorenwerke GmbH – James Bond Movie
TC Mumbai witnessed the emergence of a "Quiz Rapper", a name given by Giri to Soubhagya Jena, one of the member of the winning team (ITM, Navi Mumbai) at TC Mumbai Campus round.
The Six teams who have qualified for Final round were;
Sardar Patel college of Engineering:- Rishkul & Chinmay
H.R.College of Commerce and Economics:- Rudreshwar & Eshan
S.P.Jain Institute of Management:- Nilesh & Sumukh
The quiz was emphatically won by ITM with a score of 39 even they have forgotten to take Powerplay in their 1st & 2nd round despite giving right answers to the direct ones.
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Soubhagya Jena, who is regular to Bizdom blog has sent a mail to Team Bizdom;
Dear Ankit,
This is Soubhagya from ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai, an avid fan of your blog and i want to state here that your blog has been a major source of knowledge for the preparation of Tata Crucible leading us to win the TATA CRUCIBLE CAMPUS edition of Mumbai,2010. Thus we became the first in the history of ITM and Navi Mumbai to win the Crucible.
Tons of thanxx to you, Shiv sir and Siddharth sir for your valuable content that you put on time to time on your blog.
Team Bizdom from its heart, congratulates Soubhagya Jena & Anirban for this achievement and wish them good luck for the National & International Finals.
Prelims
1.Who said “The Tata’s represent the spirit of adventure”?
Mahatma Gandhi
2.We position ourselves as “India’s only 5 star’s airline”. Who are we?
Kingfisher Airline
3.Identify the Company.
DLF
4.Identify this newly launched entity in India.
IndiaFirst Insurance
5.What is the name of the toothpaste co-created by Sachin Tendulkar?
Sach
6.Which great gentleman from the world of finance, equity, investment etc.
Ajit Jain
7.Which publishing house was founded by Allen Lane in 1935? They sold high quality Sixpenny paperback through Woolsworth and other high street stores? (Hint: - All of us have read their creation)
Penguin
8.He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team starting in 1974. He better knew for ‘Grinding it Out’ and building a huge empire. What global corporation did he create?
McDonald’s
9.Identify the person behind this.
Capt. Gopinath
10.Identify this person from India. (Hint: - Only listed company in country which has maximum dependency on dotcom revenue.)
Sanjeev Bhikhchandani
11.“I regard ‘X’ as my inspiration”. Hitler told a Detroit news reporter 2 years before becoming the Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Who is X?
Henry Ford
12.Whose identity is this?
Boeing
13.Identify the person. (Pic: - Tipping Point)
Malcolm Gladwell
14.Identify this famous campaign. (Pic:- An advertisement picturing Dada Bhai Nowroji)
State Bank of India
15.Denis Tomplains, Bush and I, invented and patented a shoe to “defy Isaac Newton”. Who am I?
Michael Jackson inventing the gravity defying shoes
16.A series of Convenience store renamed from U-totem ‘m’ in 1946 to reflect their newly extending hours. What name was adopted?
7-Eleven
17.Whose campaign is this? (Ad- For those who love speed)
Tata Photon
18.Identify the Company.
Apple
19.Who is this? (Big name in the marketing world).
Ms Rama Bijapurkar
20.What is the first phase of the “West Island Freeway System “project in India Called?
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's Wingfoot Lake Airship Base, sometimes called "The Kitty Hawk of Lighter-Than-Air," is the oldest airship base in the United States.Goodyear entered the fledgling aviation industry when it established its Aeronautics Department in 1910 to market rubber impregnated fabrics and coatings for airplanes and lighter-than-air craft. Goodyear built its first balloon in 1912 and the next year began a long history of building and flying balloons in national and international competition.In 1916, Goodyear bought 720 acres of land southeast of Akron to serve as a flying field and manufacturing site. It included Fritch's Lake which provided water power for a grist mill and a water reserve for factories several miles downstream. Situated on the property was one of the original homes in Portage County, a log cabin built in 1845 by Abraham Himebaugh. The facility and the lake itself took on a new identity from Goodyear's winged foot corporate emblem.
SimplyMarry.com, a matrimonial site, from The Times Group, in association with Sunday Times Matrimonial, has launched the concept of HUM=TUM (which means Me=You), through a series of ad campaigns that will run on SimplyMarry.com, Sunday Times Matrimonial, and across Times network websites.
HUM=TUM : The Equality Manifesto Campaign talks of the practical scenario of a married couple in a metro, in a beguiling manner, reinforcing the brand promise that finding the perfect match in the city is easy with SimplyMarry.com.
The ad communication highlights the basic characteristic attributes of a modern man and woman and their typical way of thinking about issues. The campaign provides tips on understanding future life partners better, and finding a perfect soulmate.
Linc Pen, an associate sponsor for the Rajasthan Royals has launched its Graffiti Board Campaign.
The Graphiti Board Campaign will be conducted mainly in Ahmedabad and Jaipur where the graffiti boards will be placed within the stadium and both fans and the players can interact via writing on the board.
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