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Saturday, November 3, 2012

BRAND EQUITY QUIZ 2012 CHANDIGARH

Quizmaster:Derek O' Brien
Winners:SAMSUNG
Runners up:INFOSYS






Prelims was conducted by FATIMAH and then DEREK took over for the on-stage rounds.

PRELIMS QUESTIONS


1] Which architect said “Chairs are architecture, Sofas are bourgeois.

2] Which abbreviation of the 1920s is probably influenced by the proprietary name ‘FRIGIDAIRE’?

3] In 1900s Louis Cartier popularised the use of ________in jewellery.(options-Diamond, Pearls or Platinum)

4] Paul Di Resta, Nico Hulkenberg and Jules Bianchi are drivers for which Formula 1 team?

5] What is the minimum amount that one can send through Instant Money Order on India Post?(options-100,500,1000)

6] Which Bollywood film directed by Bimal Roy in 1953, is the story of an impoverished farmer who becomes a rickshaw puller?

7] Last year, the world’s oldest marathon runner featured in publicity campaign for which of these (UNICEF,DUREX,PETA)

8] In 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation launched the daily. It is the first________newspaper.(options-Internet,Tabloid,Ipad)

9] In the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist, what is the profession of the character called the Artful Dodger. (Options-Pimp,Plumber,Pickpocket)

10] You have to pay to go up the Eiffel Tower::Serious or Joking?

11] Complete this phrase:: Be penny-wise and ______foolish.

12] All the winners of Nobel Prize for Economics have won the award in their lifetime.-  (True or False)

13] In 1917, the US Rubber company almost marketed their footwear creation calling it PEDS. They finally used another 4 letter name for it. What name?

14] Who headed the Salt Lake organizing committee for the Olympic & Paralympics winter games of 2002? (Options-Mitt Romney, Michael Bloomberg or Bill Gates)

15] What is trademarked as a type of plasticized cardboard carton for milk and other drinks?

16] Who worked in the Daily Bugle? (Options-Superman,Batman or Spiderman)

17] The Pakistani version of which board game is called Crorepati Baopaar?

18] Which is the most popular flavour of Ice-cream? (Options- Chocolate,Strawberry,Vanilla)

19] Which company traded its first shares in 2011 using the NYSE symbol ‘LNKD’?

20] In their effort to stop tea from being declared the national drink, what did bar owners in Ludhiana abundantly serve to their customers?

21] Id the advertiser




22] Logo of which airlines?


23] Name the gentleman in the pic.



24] Id. the speaker from the audio.

25] Id the movie from the song.

Questions 26 to 30 IDEA Zone

26] Only 19 countries, representing 6% of world’s population, have comprehensive national bans on__________ advertising.

27] Who presented the first interim budget of Independent India?

28] According to Philip Kotler, the science and art of exploring, creating and delivering value to satisfy the needs of a target market at a profit is known as____________

29] The name of which mild pain killer comes from acetylated salicylic acid?

30] In 1882, a company started by which inventor provided the first commercial electric light system in lower Manhattan.

Six teams made it to the stage rounds--(21 being the cut off)
Team 1-Airtel
Team 2-Infosys
Team 3-Pioneers and Partners
Team 4-Samsung
Team 5-Infosys
Team 6-Winshuttle



ANSWERS:
1] Le Corbusier
2] Fridge
3] Platinum
4]Sahara Force India
5] 1000
6] Do Bhiga Zameen
7] PETA
8] iPad
9] Pickpocket
10] Serious
11] Pound
12] True
13] Keds
14] Mitt Romney
15] Tetra pack
16] Spiderman
17] Monopoly
18] Vanilla
19]LinkedIn
20] Lassi or buttermilk
21] 7up
22] Lufthansa
23] Vijaypat Singhania
24] Azim premji
25] Aiyaa
26] Tobacco
27] R.K.  Shanmukham Chetty
28] Marketing
29] Aspirin
30] Thomas Alva Edison

CHANDIGARH (BRAND EQUITY) 2012 Winners-SAMSUNG (Manu Kaushik and Nitin Gupta)
CHANDIGARH (BRAND EQUITY) 2012 Runners up-INFOSYS (Jasmeet Singh and Vibhor)


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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2012 CHANDIGARH


Runners up: Bharat Petroleum
Winners: Cavin Care



PRELIMS QUESTIONS:
1] During this company’s early days in 1684, it received an impressive order of 357 mirrors for the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Name the company as we now know it.

2] Which brand has roped in Gautam Gambhir, Vijender Singh, Sushil Kumar, Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal  as brand ambassadors?

3] Fill in the Blank.



4] Complete the tourism promotion ad line “AMAZING ................ ALWAYS AMAZES YOU.”

5] Vibha Rishi , who is currently is an executive director, Customer Strategy at Future group created which famous campaign for PepsiCo during 1996 Cricket World Cup when Coca Cola was the official sponsor.

6] Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra took over as the chairman of an Indian Financial Institution in June 2012.Which one? (Clue: He could be in the news for the next round of FDI discussions in India)

7] ID the Company from this ad.


8] The iMac was codenamed C1.What did C stand for?

9] In hotel business, what is RevPAR?

10] What is the Sanskrit word for SILVER which has also led to an English word? (Hint given :connected  to SHER SHAH SURI)

11] Id this  Ad Campaign.



12] Numismatics is the hobby of collecting what?

13] Which word was first published in 1960s by Frederic C Billingsley to describe the photographic elements of a television image?( The term is quite popular in the computer and digital era)

14] Expand GPRS.

15] In 1969 Neil Armstrong spoke the famous words,”one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind” from the moon on a ..................... transceiver. Which transceiver company?

16] Id the Brand from these characters.


17] Name the laptop (specific name) modelled after Japanese BENTO Tiffin boxes.

18] What does IBIBO stand for?

19] What modern term is used to describe a type of digital media consisting of an episodic series of audio files that can be either downloaded or streamed online through a computer or a hand held device?

20] Identify this business tycoon.




Cut off was 14.Final 6 teams were as follows
1.Cavin Care -Nishit and Abhilash
2.Pioneers & Partners- Syed Rahman & Samir 
3.SBI- Sachin Luthra & Karan
4.Infosys-Jasmeet & Vibhor
5.Bharat Petroleum-Nagendra & Nagesh
6. Zscaler- Lalit & Sandeep

Tata Crucible Corporate edition 2012  winners-
Chandigarh 2012 Champions- Cavin Care (Nishit and Abhilash)
Chandigarh 2012 runner up-Bharat Petroleum (Nagendra and Nagesh )

ANSWERS:
1] Saint Gobain
2] Emami Fast Relief
3] P.Chidambaram (sequence being that of Finance ministers of India)
4] Thailand
5] Nothing Official about it
6] LIC (Life Insurance Corporation Of India)
7] Sony Cyber shot
8] Consumer/Customer
9] Revenue per Available Room
10] Rupiya  (Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century by Sher Shah Suri.   The term is from rÅ«pya-, a Sanskrit term for silver coin.]
11] Liril
12] Coin collecting
13] Pixel
14] General Packet Radio Service
15] Motorola
16] Amaron
17] ThinkPad
18] I Build I Bond
19] Podcasting
20] Aditya Mittal