december's Bizdom

Hi all,encouraged by a gud no of responses, I decided to continue this series by making another quiz,Hope this will also be appreciated by you all.


Pls note : answers to only those who reply

Q.1.CRAMS companies are a very important part of the outsourcing industry ,in the recent times it has done well in the pharma sector.the question is what are CRAMS?


Q.2.TimeOut is another of its kind from this Indian giant,it is different from the existing players in it’s space it has its own USP such as Karaoke studio where customers can sing and record their voice in a professional quality recording studio.Which company owns TimeOut?


Q.3.Who has been named as the president of the outdoor jury for next year’s Cannes lions advertising festival?


Q.4.Which stores’ customer service and tech help is named “geniuses” and “concierges”?


Q.5. Araku Emerald is brand of a product which is the first of its kind in the country promoted by non-governmental and non-profit organisation, Naandi Foundation, in partnership with a host of regional, national and global partners — the Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA)and the tribals of Paderu etc.What is so unique about this product?


Q.6.Which state recently has been included in the list of 'Total Banking State'?


Q.7. Water sports will be the new vehicle for this company to build up its brand value. This company is all set to sponsor India’s RS X class windsurfer Ashutosh Tripathi on his maiden voyage to New Zealand for the 2008 Olympics qualification rounds.Which company?


Q.8. ______ Heart is for the health conscious It is enriched with Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E, and helps to bring down serum triglycerides and LDL cholesterol. The cholesterol level is 24 per cent less than in any other ordinary product of this category.______ Active is another of it’s brand with a high content of DHA, Vitamin E and organic selenium, all nutrients that have a positive impact on health. fill in the blank(company’s name) and also name the product.


Q.9. ‘Sambhav’ prepaid card has been launched by Vodafone Essar.What’s so special about this prepaid card?

BiZdOm 3 * 3 BiZ QuiZ 19

BiZ HiSToRy

1. Paper money was first introduced in India in the late 18th Century. Among the early issuers, “this bank”(1773-75) was a state sponsored institution set up in participation with local expertise. Its notes enjoyed government patronage

---General Bank of Bengal and Bahar

2. Establishment of this business begins in year 1696, with the first register office in England , which was “Hand in Hand Society”. In India first of its kind was started in Bengal Presidency in year 1818. Which modern day famous business are we talking about?

Life Insurance

3. Founded in Exchange Alley about 1680, it was a suspect house in the Popish scare and several of its patrons were implicated in the assassination plot again William III in 1696. From 1762 until 1773, it became a club for London's leading stock-jobbers and served as the city's first stock exchange.

--Jonathan's Coffee House

In The News

1. On Dec 1 , Indian Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil released a 42 minute film named 'Saavdhan' -a film on AIDS awareness- which has been produced by UNAIDS in association with whom ?

-- BSF

2. Which media house has launched 'Aaja Nachle - Madhuri Makeover contest’? Three winners of the contest which is open for only female viewers, will be given a makeover by Manish Malhotra and Subbu, the designer-stylist team of Madhuri Dixit in the film Aaja Nachle.

-- CNN-IBN and IBN 7 in association with Buzz18.com

3. While India is slogging out against Pakistan in a cricket Test match in Kolkata, another face-off is tipped to be developing here between two bankers with origins in the two countries -- that for the position of CEO at worlds largest bank Citigroup. Name the two contenders for this job?

-- Vikram S Pandit, currently Citigroup's investment banking head and a former Morgan Stanley investment banker, and Shaukat Aziz, formerly the bank's global private banking business head and most recently the prime minister of Pakistan

पिच्क्दोम

1. Identify the advertiser

Goodyear

2. Identify the duo

Hugh and Christie Hefner

3 Identify this desi band

Indian Ocean band

November's biz quiz

The following questions are related to events which happened in the past month.Kindly give ur feedbacks.Pls note ans will be given to only those who reply (a common rule to all the Quizzes posted on Bizdom)

Q.1.This has been made in collaboration with Marcopolo of Brazil,This will be a refreshing change considering the state of the existing ones in Delhi,and what more the the expenditure to use it won’ t increase.It will be found between Saket and Shivaji stadium ? what am I talkin about?

Q.2.They left a small ad agency with the only small account they worked to set up this agency on April 1 1982 in Portland Oregeon,initially they didn’t even have the capital to have their own telephones but for the iconic work they did for that local account it went on become one of the largest agency in the world?Which agency and who was the account and what was the work they did for that account?

Q.3.They have their new manufacturing facility in Apache SEZ in Tamil Nadu,according to their CEO their new products will be more electronic driven, something which has already started.About forty years ago 80% of their T shirts were made up of cotton but now majority if them are made using Climalite and Climacool technologies.Which is this very famous company?

Q.4.According to which index has India’s rank moved up to 86 although it is still the lowest amongst the E 7 countries?

Q.5.He joined his current organization in 1998 as vice president and general manager .prior to joining this organsiation he cofounded a company called Pictura in 1996.Who is he?

Q.6.The Street of dreams project was brought into practice in Dubai.Which organization is behind it?

Q.7.This company will be showcasing its luxury segment car in 2008 auto expo alongside Grande Punto and Sedan Linea?Which company and which car?

Q.8.It is government managed program linked to the private sector needs.The private sector companies provide with the necessary input materials which helps to attune according to the market needs.Their major clients (in a sense ) include ITC,Future Group ,Mc Donalds,Unilever and many more retailing companies?What is this programme,please don’t mistake this to be a cooperative society making some product or any agriculture produce society!

Q.9.Which company would you associate with Kinder Sorpresa Eggs, Nutella Mon cheri and tic tac?

Q.10 This is my favourite question. In tourism industry what is meant by “set jetting”?

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CoMpQdOM [HacKer]

1. He was with US Air Force in 1964, and while stationed in Alaska helped his fellow servicemen make free phone calls home by devising access to a local telephone switchboard. After being honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1968, he adopted the counterculture of the times and operated a pirate radio station out of a Volkswagen van.

2. Kevin D Mitnick – Hacker and phreaker, served five years. Widely considered the 'most famous hacker in history'. Broke into Digital Equipment Corp, Motorola, Nokia, Fujitsu, Novell, NEC, Sun Microsystems, the University of Southern California, the Well and Colorado SuperNet, just to name a few. What nickname did he use?

3. This Phone 'Phreaker' is the hero of Internet hackers and crackers around the world. Name this bestselling author of "The Art of Deception".

BrAnDeD WaTeR [ very much googleable ]

1. For centuries in Italy, this brand has been referred as “baby’s water,” raising their children from infancy on this clear, crisp water because of its lightness, high quality and purity—appropriate for even a newborn’s delicate digestive system. The source is located 3,700 feet high in the serene Tuscan Apennines of Northern Italy. Name the brand?

2. It was Leonardo da Vinci who first made the town of San Pellegrino famous, but it’s the delicious, thirst-quenching properties of the area’s natural mineral water that made the this brand name famous worldwide. Name the brand?

3. This famous non-sparkling European water comes from Source Cachat in France, where the water emerges from a tunnel in the mountain at 52.88 degrees Fahrenheit. The source is fed from the melted snow and rain that filters through glacial sand from the Vinzier Plateau over a period of fifteen years. Name the brand?

PiCQdOm

1. I am famous modern day yoga guru, having taught Subroto Roy and Raveena Tandon .Can you name me …?

2. My album changed trends of music in India & Pakistan, it was first South Asian album hit in Brazil and Russia also . Name the album …?

3. Which brand is been advertised below?

BiZdOm 3 * 3 Business QuiZ 17

InVenTiOnS TiDbIT

1. In 1980, Alain Bélanger, a research chemist, was working with Georges Teutsch at Roussel Uclaf, a French pharmaceutical company. Teutsch and Bélanger were interested in understanding how changes in steroids affect the chemicals’ ability to bind to their steroid receptors. Result was “RU-486”, the first commercially available drug for that purpose, for what purpose “ RU-486 “ being invented.?

--RU-486 was the first commercially available drug that prevented fertilized eggs from implanting themselves in the walls of women’s uteruses.

2. It was first inexpensive and easy-to-use camera available to the general public, revolutionizing photography by making it possible for every person to become a photographer. Its advertisements proclaimed that everyone—even children—could take good pictures with the camera.

-- Brownie camera

3. Working for the General Electric Research Laboratory, Nobel laureate Irving Langmuir and his assistant researcher and technician, Vincent Joseph Schaefer, began an intensive study of precipitation and its causes. This lead to a very useful invention, name the invention?

-- Cloud seeding, Technique for inducing rainfall by distributing dry ice or silver nitrate into reluctant rainclouds.

MaNAgEmENt TiDbIT

1. In 1849, Elisha King Root went to work for Samuel Colt at his Connecticut factory and proved to be a manufacturing genius. He used “this management concept/principle “to make the famous Colt “Six-Shooter. Later Henry Ford applied Root’s idea for the making of its car engines. Which concept are we talking?

-- Idea of “division of labor”

2. First set of experiments was carried on factory workers between 1924 and 1932. Later second set of experiments began and were supervised by Harvard University professors Elton Mayo, Fritz Roethlisberger and William J. Dickson. The effect was an important milestone in industrial and organizational psychology, organizational behavior, and Ergonomics. Name this famous management effect….

--- The term gets its name from a factory called the Hawthorne Works

3. As of January 1 2007, it has 19,216 members (including 13,491 full timer and 3,049). However demography wise South Asia has maximum [20 %]. Also according to Peter Drucker, "it was most successful staff organization in the world.”. What are we talking about?

-- Society of Jesus, a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in service to the universal Church.

PiCQdOm

1. Nicknamed as Jack, whose logo is this .. Jack, the Cingular Wireless logo.

2. Which Indian FMCG used this mythological creature as its logo? --Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited. Sharabha, a mythological creature having a body of a lion and the head of an elephant, was chosen as the logo of the company.

3. Name this cultural icon of the United States?--Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States , representing the six million women who worked in the manufacturing plants that produced munitions and materiel during World War II.

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AdQdoM

1. He is regarded as the patron saint of American advertising. He was not only a writer, editor, and publisher, but an aggressive adman as well. He had published the Pennsylvania Gazette, which carried ads for soap, books, stationery, and the 1730 almanac of Godfrey and Titan Leeds.

2. This brand has released an online game for PC called Mojo Master to promote their products. The game has the player trying to seduce digital women using its products to help them out.

3. In 1951, who appeared in a T-shirt and jeans in the film A Streetcar Named Desire
, which made the sales of T-shirts spiked to new heights.

In The News

1. This brand has launched an exclusive campaign targeted to tap the burgeoning market for women's wear in India. Its campaign 'I am More' targets the untapped women customer base.

2. Catherine McQueen, who starred in the Ice Palace in the Pierce Brosnan James Bond movie "Die Another Day" as a Russian model is all set to make an India debut featuring in an ad-film for which brand?

3. Who has launched country’s first customised luxury holiday package — Paradiso’s 101 Millionaire Holidays. The offering includes holidays at over 165 luxury properties across the globe, including exclusive island holidays at a whopping $46,000 a night.

PiCQdOM

1. Which famous Motor Company has this as its FIRST corporate logo?



















2. Which world famous media company's Head Office is been displayed here ?



















3. What's so special about this barbie pic..?

Webby Quiz 1

We at Bizdom starting a new quiz series with a new member on board --Kumar Vaibhav Tanwar--Better known as webby. Hope to see more from him........

For answer kumarvaibhav.tanwar@gmail.com

1. This company was incorporated in 1979, and was one of the most successful brands in this product category. It is led by Mr. Prafull Shah. Based in Surat the company is also registered on the BSE. Identify. (Hint: print ad below)

2. 

2. Identify the logo:








3. Identify the logo from the image and tagline:







4. Allianz securities has recently changed its brand identity, How do we know them now?







5. This company is promoted by Mr. Rajesh Drolia, commenced operations in 1995.it had a successful campaign- Jeetna hai _____! Identify the company from the logo below:







6. It is a new venture by an established player in this sector, it has partnerships with CRY and Helpage India. Identify this venture from the logo and its parent company?









7. The richest American is Bill Gates and 2^nd is Warren Buffett. Being the owner of Las vegas sands he is the third richest American. Name Him. ( Dry Sitter)

8.This company was incorporated in 1946, its owner was a part of Deccan Horse regiment. It was listed on the stock exchanges till 1982, after which it got delisted, and was relisted lately. It has a strong connect with Guru Dronacharya ( Mahabharata) and Shahrukh khan. Name the company.

9. Identify this iconic identity’s logo from the world of business:








10. this family started making this product since 1662, after 1835 Mr. J.S.______ started a company to promote this product, producing it within Nuremberg. With brands like Noris, Minerva and Mars it is one of the oldest companies of the world.
It has distinct brand called Lumocolor to its credit. Identify from the logo.

Dr. Abdul Kalam’s wish fulfilled by Dhoni’s Devils!!!

Dr. Abdul Kalam’s wish fulfilled. India is a superpower in 2020!--- This was Sms to me by My frd , so thought of having a cricket quiz based on this heroic performance by “Dhoni’s Devils” , as ET has named this team.

1.

Stanford League in the West Indies-- First Professional 20-20 League.

2.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s elder brother, Narendra Singh, has shaved off his beard and moustache just as he had promised if India won the T20 WC under his younger brother’s captaincy.

3.

Sunil Valson & Piyush Chawla – Both of them did’t played in World Cup winning Team India.

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JarGonQdOM

1. This term was introduced by Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske to refer to a new category of products aimed at providing "Luxury To the Masses".

2. Few years back, Austria's court ruled that the brand "Walkman" had become a generic term for "portable music player" and Sony--no longer enjoyed trademark protection in Austria. Straight away people in this crazy world of jargon coined a new jargon for this event, name the new coinage?

3. In the world of jargon , what is this :
" The effect of complex and extensive accounting rules that regulate financial statement reporting and are thought to distort a company's true operating performance. "

BrAnDQDoM

1. Yahoo called it world's first 'Branded Knowledge Video Search'. The objective of this campaign was rather open ended – dispel the myth that model-like straight black hair is the ultimate symbol of beauty. Identify the brand been advertised?

2. When fabric majors Dupont and 3M decided to bring their wrinkle-free and stain-free fabric to India, which Indian Brand they chose to launch the product?

3. In tune with the environment, in the 1980s, rather ahead of the pack, they planted 10,000 hectares of sustainable pine forest in Brazil to provide pencil-wood. Built a big natural-rubber factory in Malaysia to supply the erasers. And in 1993 introduced a non-toxic water-based lacquer for the pencils, a comfort for those who insist on chewing as they create.

PiCQdOM
1. Who am I ?














2. Ad Mad Ki duniya





















3. What is the significance of this picture?

TATA Crucible Quiz Delhi

Prelims:

1. Who is the world’s largest digital camera maker? Nokia
2. Menole pryce consortium and howzzat created this in 2007? WC 2007 mascot, west Indies
3. Brand means destiny in Latin? Lotto
4. What was originally the society of Melbourne brewers, 1903? C&UB
5. picture of black box
6. Sulzberger family owns which publication? NY times
7. King Gyanendra’s image has been replaced on a Nepalese 10 rupee note with? Mt. Everest
8. Chronology of ceos starting Charles coffin…who was there from 1981-2000? Jack Welch
9. Who founded the political outfit-nagorik shakti-(an economist)? Mohd. Yunus (Bangladesh)
10. altria group logo
11. 1908, who was the president of board of trade UK? Churchill
12. Ronald Reagan’s policy inspired a book on competition theory? Michael porter’s competitive advantage of nations
13. Which health food was sent to soldiers in Normandy in ww II? Complan
14. Which Indian conglomerate has in-house magazine- namaste? ITC
15. Retail giant’s headquarters? Macy’s
16. Which company entered India by the name Hindustan milk Food Company? Glaxo smith Kline
17. In India they are in square/rectangle shape, what shape they take in Japan/china, owing their script, writing object? Post it notes
18. 2 books written by Peter Drucker
19. Which magazine calls itself newspaper and is owned by The economist newspaper company.
20. Edgar logo- which organization- SEC
21. who regulates taxes in US- FOMC
22. which trademark is owned by Doctor’s Inc.= Subway
23. speech mark logo-telecom- Vodafone
24. which word was borrowed by French language from the aviation sector, from the low size jets- Airbus
25. Britannia 50-50 ad- the argument continues

Tata track

Error scan:

1. Slazenger /Wilson/ Yonex started in 1946, with wooden fishing nets- Yonex
2. Bhatt family/ Ghai/ Johar owns Vishesh entertainment- Bhatt
3. Polaroid/Canon/Kodak –designed optics for Chandra x-ray telescope 1999- Kodak
4. Merck/Wyeth/ J&J –most trusted name in surgical dressings- J&J
5. Estee lauder/ Calvin Klein/coco chanel- own youth dew, beyond paradise and intuition fragrance- Estee lauder
6. Chelsea/ Liverpool/ Man U–started as Newton heath L&Y FC- Man U

Crossword:

1. apparel unit of Sara lee- Hanes
2. started as HMH in 1953- playboy
3. Radixx intl. and Florida do reservations for- go air
4. his dream to sell song book- anil moolchandani- Archie’s
5. 1826, duke of Savoy, gave the authority to bottle – Evian
6. which is the parent company of the distributor of blaupunkt in India- bosch
7. AK Puri- BHEL

View point

1. founder of financial company- Merrill lynch
2. book cover-media man- Ted turner
3. had a controversy since a computer product used the initials of this brand- Christian Dior –CD
4. identify the award-world of quality- Malcolm balwidge
5. logo- geo TV
6. old logo-Yamaha- peacock with tuning fork in its beak

Ask for T

1. improving quality of life- Tata
2. acquired O2 in 2006- telefonica
3. insurance company has snoopy as mascot- MetLife
4. Nikon corp. owned by- Mitsubishi
5. viva, maltova, boost owned by- glaxo smith Kline
6. designed the nasa Orion spacecraft- Lockheed martin
7. formed due to a merger between holt mfg. co. and CL best gas traction co.- caterpillar

Tata world

1. who manages the retail chain croma- infinity retail
2. tata bp solar provides a govt arm with solar powered talkies under the suraksha programme- traffic police
3. tata meda, astafa, rogor, and tata metri- products by-rallis, India
4. tata chemicals venture TKS, expand? Tata kisan sansar
5. logo of eight o’clock coffee

Non Tata Track:

1. Visual- image of the pathak’s family.
2. visual- skunk unofficial logo which company’s arm- skunk works (Lockheed martin)
3. Tata- this tata company recently bought 30%share in 2 coal producing companies of Indonesia- Tata Power
4. visual- technology so superior, its an art form-Oakley
5. video ad- hutch TV, we’ve shrunk your TV
6. video ad- Pfizer
7. video ad- gold spot-the zing thing
8. tata- which tata company has the loyalty program-“I reward”- Tata teleservices
9. visual- logo- amar chitra katha
10. tata- which tata company bought out tertia group and tertia edusoft-Tata interactive services
11. video- Berger paints- oil on the wall ad
12. tata- yazaki- is a partner with tata in which way- they are the component suppliers for tata motors

Buzzer

13. who publishes the comic called master blaster based on sachin tendulkar- Virgin comics
14. who has been chosen as the group brand ambassador of godrej?- priety zinta
15. who owns ad words?- google
16. Which vodka means land of the wolf- shark tooth or arlstof? Arlstof

Audience

1. what term originates from the fact that someone is chosen in a meeting and all blame is put on him- blametomy
2. Who is an alpha geek? The most technologically sound person in a group

Round II:

1. startup: connect control video and ticker symbol TWX- AOL
2. Books: In fiction, what did uncle Ponderevo devise, which has become a reality of pharma market today?- Patenting of drugs
3. petroleum- they own trisynthetic hm ,2002 they brought out the supersyn antiwear, and are a partner with mclaren-mercedes- Mobil
4. Brand- was a candidate in the 2004 presidency elections, Toy’r’ Us trivia- Barbie doll
5. Auto: a speedometer with a face logo in center- old logo- Pontiac
6. identity: Exxon Mobil brand esso is being parodied on the internet on blogs by what name- Exxxo
7. person- connect land rover, Tropicana, breakfast at tiffany’s, maxim magazine and abhishek bachhan song- Maria sharapova-missed the tiffany connect, brand ambassador for Tropicana and land rover, voted by maxim as the second highest earner in sports and will be appearing in a Motorola ad with AB shortly.
8. India- connect- bhagvad gita cover, Rabindranath tagore, sri lanka and Nepal flags and sangam movie song:- LIC- there tagline is a shloka from gita, were inspired by tagore ,operate as LIC India in the 2 countries and sm trivia about sangam- I guess one of their products.
9. Business House- Connect- wardha, JK rowling, JC (Jackie chan) rally mart, Steven Spielberg on Time mag cover and song from guru: - Bajaj- wardha ashram land granted by jamnalal bajaj, they took permission to use Harry potter look-alike in their ad, Jackie Chan did the discover ad, Spielberg was asked to direct a bajaj commercial which he refused, and guru-case study is taught at JBIMS and well, mani ratnam is from JBIMS too.
10. Finance –UBS logo
11. Clothing- Georges, Armand, Paul and M. Marcieir started this company in 1981, with “Marilyn” a 3 zipper style jeans- Guess jeans
12. Aviation- Connect- JWT, Simpson’s, Maureen wadia, Ashtray and a raga played-Air India-JWT was approached to do the air India maharaja campaign, the Simpson’s India edition was aboard air India, the ashtray was the famous Salvador Daly ashtray, Maureen wadia was an air hostess once in AI, the raga was malhar- the fleet name of AI.

Round III

1. Started in 1993 by randy granovetler and Jennifer blome, original product on VOIP, woody Norris- Jabra Corp.
2. 1867, started as aktiengecellschaft fur aninfabrikation- AGFA Gevaert NV
3. 1930, started by Marcel Bloch MB as societe des avions Marcel bloch- Dassault
4. Merger of 4 European space companies on 10 july’2000- EADS

Contributed by our very own Webby

BiZDoM SeXy QuiZ...

Inspired by some one who "picked our brain" very often with such eXcellent TheMe....

DryQDoM

1. Called Lifestyles, this school was founded by Girdhari Joshi in Kolkata, the duration of the courses are between 3 to 6 months with fees ranging between Rs.2000 and Rs.7000. What are we talking about? [ Recently send to me by Rohit jain. so a CCP Qts]
   
2. About two years Viagra was introduced in the market,Charles Lennon did something "GREAT". What was his contribution?
3. It is often said that they are chosen for their breast size. It is a popular rumor that, if small-breasted, they may be asked to pad their bras. Logo of this brand was asked by GiRi in recent TC quiz?

AdQdOm [ Identify Brand being advertised ]

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PiCQdOM [ Explain The Pic]
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TATA Crucible Quiz Indore

1. What feet in 2007 Cricket world cup earned a donation of $1 Million to the habitat for humanity house project put up by world cup by Johnnie Walker.
2. In an advertising aimed at children , which 100 year old logo is replaced by an animated dog named Gromit?
3. The imposition of extra curbs by US on clothing export from which clothing country is called “BRA Wars”?
4. The orange color in the brand stand for its bold , vibrant & youthful nature . The brown below it represent coffe beans , who are we talking about?
5. AD of AXE effect
6. How do we know the American Oil company started in 1875 as the Continental Oil & Transportation Company today?
7. Honda has a vehicle named wow, expand wow?
8. Which Indian Company logo is called as vasundhara
9. The founder of this brand commission the sculpture Edward Erickson to creat the statue of the little Mermaid at the Copenhage harbour?
10. The general theory of employment in interest & money bokk by whom ?
11. Which Michael Moore tells the story of how GM let down on its losses by laying off many workers without any regard to those who lost their jobs?
12. Who’s the author of the book “ Screw it Let’s Do it “
13. Which Co. pioneer the concept of Friendship day ?
14. Which brand has lent its name to the corner seats in the cinema halls, which are branded as ___ corner?
15. Logo of Whirlpool
16. For which famous British Scientist did the electrical engineer Colonol Kookes Crompton , who founded Crompton Greeves used to work?
17. Who set up the little princess foundation in 2001 to look into the nutritional , social & emotional needs of the girls in India?
18. It was introduced in 1926 & marketed as white , pure soap for women & was later focus on complexion?
19. what does AM in ABN AMRO means?
20. Old logo of WWW
21. In 1955, the firat fortune 500 list was produce , which co. top the list?
22. Which Co. will be the first to introduced memory chips , which is to be used in mobile?
23. Nestle packaged drinking water brand?
24. SKoda started where , name of the country?
25. AD for Platinum as jewellry

TATA Crucible Corporate Pune 2007

Prelims

Q.1.Genesis does what __________ don’t.(Sega tagline)

Ans.Nintendo

Q.2.Who said on losing of

Q.3.What is so unique about kaffee HAG owned by phillip morris?

A.1.World’s first de – caff coffee

Q.4.Which famous padmabhushan & Dadasaheb Phalke award winner founded Rainbow recording to compete with HMV

Ans Naushad

Q.5.Successful Habits of visionary companies by Jim Collins,What is the title of the book

Ans.Built to Last

Q.6.Which famous alumni of London school of economics,law minister in Nehru cabinet wrote problem of rupee in 1923 & evolution of provincial finance in british India in 1924?

Ans : B .R.Ambedkar

Q.7.Which Indian film Director has a stake in NDTV Imagine – mass entertainment channel

Ans: Karan Johar

Q.8.Ezra cornell Hiram Sibley financers to Samuel morse’s telegraphic experiments founded in 1857 what company.(big clientele in India)

Ans.Western Union Money Transfer

Q.9.Which technological innovation forced P&G to concentrate on soap making business which eventually reaped rich benfits results?

Ans:Electric Bulb because they were in business of making candles

Q.10.Ad pic – darling I m having the most extraordinary experience,Which brand of soap.

Ans: Dove

Q.11.Who is currently longest serving employee of Microsoft?

Ans:Steve Ballmer

Q.12.In U.S coinage act of 1864, there is mandate which basically says presence of which inscription on all coins minted in U.S.?

Ans:In god we trust

Q.13.Which corporate entity currently owns more stock than anyother stock holder (3.9%) in Exxon Mobil?

Ans: Barclays

Q.14.Started in April 1^st 1958 by Tai Joon Park and is involved in one of the largest FDI in India?

Ans Posco

Q.15.PIC – Otis

Q.16.With which project would you associate “Rasipuram” in aviation sector.

Ans.Air Deccans’ common man project,inspiration from R.K.Laxman R for Rasipuram

Q.17.With which watch making company would you associate Calvin Klein Jewellery?

Ans:Swatch

Q.18.In Kerala with which car brand has Indian post office collaborated to have a red coloured car to distribute for its posts

Ans:Reva

Q.19.Mario Bartimoro a business journalists from CNBC is known by what name in the global…………..

Ans Money Honey

Q.20.Logo – 

macro Media

Q.21.Which brand of Instant tea and coffee shares its name with a state in America?

Ans:Georgia

Q.22.Which company’s logo is called hexagon?

Ans.HSBC

Q.23.Which company founded by also file sharing…….

Ans :Skype

Q.24.Who was named Time person of the year 2006?

Ans: You

Q.25.Identify the ad

Ans.Surf

Tata Crucible Hyderbad 2007 -- Non - Tata

Level 1 consisted of 5 points

Q.1.Image – Joseph Bombardier

Q.2.Image - Ken Kutaragi

Q.3.Established in 1964, Tushar water coolers which tata company manufactures it

A. Voltas

Q.4.asain paints ad

Q.5.planet M ad

Q.6.Kissan Tomchi ad

Q.7.Rover – logo

Q.8.CC Africa connection Question

Q.9.Jamshed Tata trust – Lord Meghnath ans London school of economics

Q.10.Connect Eden gardens – KSCA to tata

Ans Both grounds have been wi fied by Tata

Q.11.Help line is a spoof call centre of which brand

Ans Mentos

Q.12.Barista owned by whom

Ans.Lavazza

Q.13.zapizza

Ans.Dominos Pizza and Zapak mail

Q.14 Hotspot is the retail operation of whom (something like that)

A.Spice

Level 2 consisted of 10 points

Q.1.Murmus.com is the largest internet community of ?

A.R.E.M

Q.2.TOI – Bedazzled – BBC –

Ans Celebrity magazine Hello

Q.3.Affluent society – J K Galbriath

Q.4.Etablished in 1890…………….

Ans Kookaboora balls

Q.5.A.R Rahman ………cnnctn was

Ans World apce Radio

Q.6.Annie Hall …….Marshall McLuhan

Q.7.Lovato – Logo

Q.8.RBI – TOI – Kastur Bhal Lalabhai

Ans Kasturbhal Lalbhai

Q.9.Nathans cummins acquired ...........

Ans Sara Lee

Q.10.Bindhaas – UTV –

Ans India’s first IP TV launch,triple play technology

Level 3 started here

Q.11.University of Chicago

Ans.Raghuram Rajan

Q.12.1896 Vit preparation and derivative

Ans Roche

Q.13.Calisto Tanzi found …..

Ans Parmalat

Q.14.Sisley brand……recently entered into F1 racing

Ans.United colors of Benetton

Q.15.It means Salt warehouse which brand

Ans.Gaudand Garam

Q.16.Floris Stene – Logo

Ans Ajax

TaTa Crucible Prelims --Bangalore 2007

1. Mc Donald's always promote a current movie with their 'Happy Meal'. This scheme began with which movie?

A- Star Trek

2. Which is world's most expensive spice by wt? (Imp 2 India)

A- SAFFRON

3. This brand's name was suggested by Dhirajben Ruparel in a contest for Rs 5 in 1962. (the brand represents in many ways, the women power in India )

A- LIJJAT PAPAD

4. Danjaq LLC is the copyright and trademark holder of?

A- JAMES BOND MOVIES

5. 'Biz as unusual- the journey of _______' is a book written by?(The lady is Indian, created an international empire and sold it not so long ago)

A- ANITA RODDICK

6. Which fashion designer named her most famous design after her favourite brand of car? She predicted that pubic hair would be a great fashion accessory.(created sumthin which men adore)

A- MARY QUZNT, CREATOR OF MINI SKIRT

7. Whose final book published in 1993 was titled 'The New Economics for Industry, Government and Education'?(an economist, better known for his contribution to 'quality')

A- EDWARD DEMMING

8. From the world of Lego, what is 'Mindstorms'?(Reltd 2 IT)

A- COMPUTER PROGRAMMABLE BRICKS

9. Wht was d originally registered name that Apple wanted to use for its internet kiosks?(dey never used it 4 dyr kiosks)

A- IPOD

10. logo ( world of beer, available in India, Mexican brand)

A- CORRONA

11. We knw abt Air Force 1 , Marine 1…. What is d US President's Limousine called?(sumthin 2 do wid 1)

A- CADILLAC 1

12. Which Indian grp 4m d world of hospitality has collaborated with CNN to produce a TV Series called ' The Eye Of India'?(options- Taj, Leela, Oberoi)

A- OBEROI GRP

13. Which organization was d first to place an order wid TELCO (gr8 Indian organization)?

A- INDIAN RAILWAYS

14. Fund-raising of Amazon.com took place in the coffeeshop of which store?(coffeeshop of a bookstore, its transformed into a museum nw in US)

A- BANS & OBEL

15. Print ad ' I am the bullet _______'?

A- NIKE (Nike k bagair Giri ka quiz adura hai!!!!)

16. Airtel wid soon launch WAYF. Whats dis feature?

A- WAY FINDER

17. During n b4 WW II , dis co. designed n manufactured uniforms n attire 4 d troops, officers n other governmental branches of Nazi Germany(incorrect but popular info- 2 ^nd part of the name is a tribute to the bosses)

A- HUGO BOSS

18. Oldest continuously produced brand name in recorded sound. Dates back to 1888.____records

A- COLUMBIA

19. Titan sells its eyewear range-Fastrack range of sunglasses n odr global brands, under what name?

A- TITAN EYE +

20. Pic( 2 dogs, legendary in d world of mascot)

A- NIPPER & CHIPPER (kutto k bhi naseeb hote hai!!!!!)

21. Started way back in 15-08-1947, this production house's logo has Goddess Saraswati depicted?

A- Rajshri Productions

22. Which co.'s search engine would be available 2 @ www. Live. Com?

A- MICROSOFT

23. This company is known for its 'Flying Sun' logo, which recently underwent changes?

A- JET AIRWAYS

24. In Apprentice, Donald Trump uses 'You are fired'.what is the equivalent term used by Martha Stewart in the same Programme?

A- ' GOODBYE'

25. video. Baseline-'Fortunately some species have it easy'(Campaign says ' dey hv made it easy 4 human beings')

A- Denim spray

Reebok launched Pump series

Reebok launched Pump series created with Pump technology, that allows the athlete to adjust the level of pressure and support of each sole and is priced between Rs 7,990 – Rs 9,990.

Mobira Cityman 900.

In 1987, Nokia introduced the world's first handheld phone, the Mobira Cityman 900.

Yeh Dil Maange More!---- A legend Said this ......

Captain Vikram Batra --- http://specials.rediff.com/news/2004/jun/17batra.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikram_Batra

American Red Cross FR400 Emergency Radio

Winning top honors for 2006 as "the strategic extension that best represents the brand's core values" is the American Red Cross emergency radio (really more of a brand partnership--with radio manufacturer Eton--than a true brand extension).