TATA CRUCIBLE CAMPUS EDITION 2012 CHANDIGARH

This year chandigarh became the 12^th city of the Tata crucible’s itinerary completing half of its journey with another 12 cities left to be quizzed. This year again like the last year the organisers gave TAJ a miss as a venue and it was held in law auditorium of Punjab university. (Uhmmm…signs of economic slowdown & Eurozone crisis I guess…….C’mon Giri  its TATA crucible  &  TATA I thought was more immune to things like recession, meltdown, slowdown etc…..anyways I hope you can quiz Mr. Mistry about this and we will have our next  edition at the Taj again. Pickbrain was at his best with firing volley of interesting and well researched questions from his weaponry………(thumbs up to his team). Around 150 teams were battling in the prelim round to find their place in top 6 slots.(The common buzz among the local teams was that why teams from IIT-roorkee  were allowed considering that last year they were not allowed in chandigarh edition….& ...their fear eventually turned out to be true when 3 out of the final 6 teams which made to the stage round were from IIT-Roorkee. There were 5 rounds with Olympics  as a theme .It was an evenly  fought contest with MVR. Murthy & Vishal from IIT-roorkee  got the better of team PEC (abhijeet & kriti) in the final round to emerge as 2012 Chandigarh Champions. Posting the questions from prelims…..will post the final round questions in the coming days..  

1] Which billionaire is the husband of PATSY PERIN DULASH (an Irish woman) & father of a person     who made business headlines in the year 2011.

2] “One Click”- this book by Richard L. Brandt is on the rise of an internet company. Which company?

3] Identify this person(PIO)  who heads a global  IT company .

4] “VIDYA GYAN SCHOOLS” are run by the philanthropic arm of which company?

5] Taught at TURIN UNIVERSITY, International adviser to GOLDMAN SACHS and the COCA COLA  company, he was a European Commissioner from 1995 to 2004 before becoming prime minister of a country. Who is this great economist prime minister?

6] This Oscar winning actor & director recently endorsed Turkish Airlines and the ad line went –“FEEL LIKE A STAR”. Name the actor…options given   1) Kevin Costner or 2) Jackie Chan.

7] Id the famous businessman::

GIRI again gave options-- 1)KK MODI or 2) R.P GOENKA

8] In the financial world which top executive of Indian origin was recently replaced by CITIBANK executive as the president of STANDARD  & POOR’S.

9] By what name do we better know a municipality of BELGIUM, which lies in WALLOON region and province of LIEGE? (a 3 letter word)

10] “KOLEOS”, a premium SUV was launched in India by_________?

11] Which group of people are widely classified into white hat, grey hat and black hat?

12] Identify the logo of this one of the largest publishing company which publishes medical and scientific literature.

 

Options dropped in by Giri again:: 1) ELSEVIER  2) PUFFIN 3) EUREKA

13] Who is the founder of QUALIFIED LEARNING SYSTEM INC., U.S.A? (Indian motivational speaker, author of many self-help books)

14] In 1927, the Indian capitalists despite their differences and clash of interests formed an organisation with PURUSHOTTAMDAS THAKURDAS at its helm. Name the organisation. (5 letter word)

15] RBI will soon issue rupee 5 coins to commemorate the centenary of first commercial flight in India. Which two places did this flight connect?

16] Id the advertiser

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17] Which  central public sector unit engaged in manufacturing of contraceptives and other healthcare products, has entered the herbal healthcare products segment in partnership with Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS), a renowned Ayurvedic institution in Kerala.

18] Which airline was founded by ROY FARRELL and SYDNEY KANTZOW in 1946 & named after an old name for CHINA ?

19] In a memorable advertisement from the 1980s which ‘henchman’ wrestled in vain with a chair made of FEVICOL? Options—1)BOB CHRISTO or 2) DARA SINGH

20] ID this man.

ANSWERS::

1] Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry [His son Cyrus Mistry has been named as the deputy chairman of Tata Sons and shall succeed Ratan Tata in December 2012]

2] Amazon.com

3] Francisco D'Souza (he is the president and CEO of Cognizant)

4] HCL

5] Mario Monti (PM of Italy)

6] Kevin Costner

7] Rama Prasad Goenka (RPG group)

8] Deven Sharma

9] SPA (“Bar” was the most popular answer with one team going with even “Sex”  as their answer)

10] Renault

11] Hackers

12] Elsevier

13] Shiv  Khera

14] FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry)

15] Allahabad to Naini junction (On 18 feb,1911)

16] Evian (French mineral water brand)

17] Hindustan Latex Ltd

18] Cathay Pacific

19] Bob Christo (Bollywood’s ‘gora villain’ ….lost him last year …tribute by Giri I guess)

20] ] Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry ( the first & the last answers being same, Giri & team bowled a nice googly here)

According to Giri ,score around 13 was enough to get you on stage. Top 4 teams qualified directly for the chandigarh final round and there were two wildcard rounds (12 teams) from which the 5^th and 6^th team were selected for the final stage round

Wild card round 1>>                                                                                      Wild card  round 2>>

Divyajyoti & vinayak [Rajiv Gandhi National University Of Law]               Abhinav & haris m [IIT-R]

Vishwajeet & avdeep [UICET]                                                                          akshay & richa [UBS]

Shivam & prabanchal [IISCR]                                                                            srijan & mohit [IIT-R]

Ashish & prashant [PEC]                                                                                    Ashish & dhiraj [UBS]

Gursheel & avijeet [PEC]                                                                                   Ganga chandra & S.Jain[PEC]

Vikram & abhishek  [ IIT-roorkee]                                                                    Harsh and friend

[ Teams highlighted in red won the wild card rounds and proceeded to chandigarh finals]

Top 6 final teams >>;

1.UPES-Dehradun( Advitya Verma & KR Chaturvedi)

2.UIPS-PU (Akhil & Ramneek singh)

3. IIT-Roorkee (Srijan & Mohit)

4. IIT-Roorkee (MVR. Murthy & Vishal battula)--2012 chandigarh champs

5.PEC (Abhijeet  & Kriti Tripathi) (2011 chd champs)

6. IIT-Roorkee (Vikram & Abhishek)

Audience Questions>>

1)      What is  the significance of a guy named ASHOK VICHARE from the world of NANO history? First owner of TATA NANO

2)      NANO project  was headed by________? GIRISH WAGH

3)      Expand DOCOMO>> "Do communications over the mobile network."

4)      India is the world leader of the Da Costa's syndrome which usually happens on Friday in some Indians (politicians being  the most affected by this syndrome ).Explain the funda ?

Ans::This is people faking heart attack and  complaining of chest pains. The community that suffers from this syndrome the most is our politicians. They fake a heart attack on Friday as the courts close for the weekend and hence preventing their stay in jail on Saturday and Sunday by admitting themselves in a hospital.

5)      What is the greek term for “circle of learning”……..ENCYCLOPEDIA

6)      What brand in this world gets its name from a character named Mr. HARry PICkup?  ………HARPIC

7)      The flower named HYMENOCALLIS due to its petal structure  was an inspiration behind what creation of the modern world?? …………..ans::Architecture (triple lobed footprint)  of BURJ KHALIFA.

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