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The Bangalore edition of Tata Crucible saw a close fight between Yahoo! and Kotak but Yahoo sealed it with a fantastic answer related to Ajay Bhat.

The other teams on stage were Onmobile, ITC, HSBC and DELL.

Find the prelim questions here. Finals questions soon.

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Google defended their title at the 2009 Edition of the Tata Crucible.

Find a detailed review and questions here

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The Chennai Silks won the Tata Crucible 2009 Coimbatore edition.

The below review and Questions are courtesy Ashok from CBE

Dear Fellow Quizzers,
The 2nd Edition of Tata Crucible Coimbatore edition was held yesterday at GD hall,Avinashi road,coimbatore on 26th Aug with about 50 odd teams taking part .This was a significant increase in the number of teams from the last edition held here but as the size of the hall was larger this time,the increase in teams was not so evident.
The prelims started sharply at 4.30 P.M with 20 questions and from this the top 6 teams went on stage.
The teams are
1.Swadisht Foods-Nataraj and Vishal
2.TIME,Pallakad-Rajeswari and Partner
3.KPMG,Bangalore/Chennai(Dont know from which city but defintely not from coimbatore)
4.Bhansali and Associates,Sheilen and Priya Bhansali(Defending 2nd Place champions and created history the last year by becoming the first Husband /Wife team to win a prize at Tata Crucible.
5.The Chennai Silks-aka Tirupur Tughlaqs- Arul Saravanan(Ashok) and Yogesh Pai
6.Axis bank-Coimbatore
Mention also was made of the Mico Bosch team of Ranjana and Partner who just narrowly missed out and another team which I didnt get.
The finals promptly started at 5.30 with 5 rounds and in this 3 rounds on buzzer.Some very interesting cracks by KPMG,Bhansali’s ,TCS and Swadisht foods but in the end there was a very tight finish to the top two between TCS and Bhanasali’s and eventually TCS came first with a lead of a mere 5 points .Bhansali’s again came in second for the second time running and with Giri encouraging them to bag the 1st place the next time ,here is wishing the couple all th best for the endeavour.
The Chennai Silks team came in first with some good cracks for Donald Trump and Heinz.Note also to be made of Swadisht foods for their outstanding crack on Wrigley’s in the final.
All in all a very engrossing quiz but a tad short because before you realise it the quiz is in the last round and zap it’s finished.But Nice goodies to take home with a big fat cheque and of course
as usual the Winner Buys Dinner forum after the event led to a nice Dinner at Residency with a great crowd and ofcourse celeberation CQC’s Mascot Arjun’s Birthday.
mention also to be made that out of 6 teams on stage ,3 teams were from CQC and one team partly from CQC but she has moved onto Pallakad.
On the Personal front,This week is turning out to be quite good for us,coming in 3rd at Brahma at the last buzzer and winning the Tata Crucible and hopefully this should end on a higher note as we have a another quiz coming up at BIT,Sathy and Yogesh taking part there.

Well here are the questions from the prelims,sorry if the questions are incomplete as we had tear that sheet inbetween the quiz as it was not bringing us any luck.But after that it did defintely bring us lots of them .Cheers.

1.Which brand of Bosch ,started with the name that menas or is “Ideal”.Clue given by Giri was that it makes a Lot of Noise?–BLAUPUNKT

2.Line of luggage which Shahid Kapoor endorses or appears in?-VIP

3.Name of which Cookie Brand is also a slang for a Black who acts or thinks like a White because of its black exterior and becomes white as you go inside?-OREO

4.What resulted in 1937 after Lt.John MacCready had returned from a Balloon flying adventure and the sun had done permanent damage to his eyes?RAY_BAN

5.Which Brand of Nestle has been discontinued in India from 2009?-MILO

6.Which product/brand started by Mr.Mahesh Gupta does Hema Malini endorse?-KENT

7.Which Institution has started “Mera World”,a leisure and entertainment retail brand in India?-RPG

8.Question about WAL-MART about its three type of customers?

9.PIc of Ms.Indra Nooyi.

10.Pic of Bharat Matrimony Ad.

11.What term was given by Lou Montalli in 1994 of Netscape communications which is also a food items?-COOKIES

12.Which IT Giant had its roots in Coimbatore?-Shiv Nadar,HCL

13.What is the name of the mascot of McDonalds?–Ronald McDonald

14.A list of 5-6 Perfumes or fragrance names were given JAVA,AFRICA,ALASKA,NEVADA etc.To identify which brand?-AXE

15.Which producer of Household Appliances earlier called as Qingdao Refrigerators had also its MD smash 76 Faulty refrigerators by the Employees?-HAIER

16.Which brand of clocks was started by O.R.Patel etc etc?-AJANTA

17.Which Financial Institutions Innovative HR Initiative is called CLUB 2020 etc etc?CANARA Bank

18.Which Game is also known as ALFAPET,SKIP a CROSS,PALABRAS CRUZADA?SCRABBLE

19.CONNEXIONS slide was shown and asked to identify which company owns this?-rediff.com

20.Something about the name of a liquor brand which is derived from the taster choosing the liqour from a 100 Caskets?-VAT 69.

Sorry for the incomplete questions as this is all from memory and i had to rebuild the questions from the answers.Finals questions have to do it another day if time does permit.

Thanks to everybody at CQC for the support and Keep Quizzing and please do pray fo us at the National Finals

Mucho Gracias
Arul Saravanan(Ashok)

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Nokia represented by Anish Raju and Aravindh Raamaiah won the Cochin edition in style with 85 points. National Instruments came in second beating Malayala Manorama on a tie breaker (40 points each).

Bharti Airtel, Dreamz Infotainments and Innov8 Technologies made up the rest of the stage.

Find the prelims and finals here

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As reported earlier, Tata Crucible Goa 2009 Corporate was handsomely won by Rajiv and Harsh from Savoir Faire. They’ve also graciously shared the Goa prelims and finals questions with us.

Please click here to have a look at the Goa Questions

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As expected, Savoir Faire won the Tata Crucible Goa edition. Questions here

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1. Which was the first ever registered domain name. (MCQ – Symbolics/Titanic/something else)

A. Symbolics.com

2. The book “Against all Odds” was about which Japanese giant

A. Toyota

3. Image – Rupert Murdoch

4. Olivero Toscani was famous controversial ad campaigns for which brand

A. UCB

5. Second biggest holiday in US wrt shopping numbers, fourth Thursday of Nov etc

A. Thanksgiving

6. Image – Swarovski Logo

7. Blue Motion is the (eco-friendly/energy-efficient – can’t remember which) initiative of which German automotive Co?

A. Volkswagen

8. Invented by Lawrence and Lambert, it is available in flavours mint, citrus etc. Hint: used in the bathroom

A. Listerine

9. Image – Y C Deveshwar

10. Nicholas Negroponte started OLPC…?

A. One Laptop Per Child

11. Extract from some text on economics . Who wrote this? Hints galore.

A. Keynes

12.Image – Vinod Dham

13.  Don’t remember this. Answer was Hasbro. Believe he listed some of their toys

14. History of Orient Fans. Which Co?

15. Image – Randomhouse – which publishing house?

16.Henning Holck X and S KristianY started which engg major?

A. L&T

17.Sunil Duggal heads which co in the health care, beauty …segments -

A. Dabur

18. Image – Kishore Chaukar

19. Royal Airlines became Modiluft became X?

A. Spicejet

20. ______797 is the world’s largest truck. Which Construction co?

A. Caterpillar

21. Image – M&Ms(chocolate) ad

22. Together we can save a life. Motto of?

A. Red Cross

23. Huggies – brand owned by?

A. Kimberly Clark

24. Video Ad- Pulsar. World’s Fastest Indian

25. Video Ad – Bachchan – Binani Cement

Finals questions soon!

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The complete schedule of the Tata Crucible 2009 Corporate Edition here

LANDMARK QUIZ CHENNAI 2009 PRELIMS

1. TRACK 1 / VIDEO / NATL ANTHEM: Identify the singer
   1. a. DK Pattammal
2. CHENNAI: What does the letter M stand for in MR Radha the actor and ML Vasanthakumari the singer?
   1. a. Madras
3. NEWS: In the 1960’s Vogue magazine listed the “10 Most Beautiful Women in the World”. Two Indians were on this list and both died recently. Name them.
   1. a. Leela Naidu, Maharani Gayatri Devi
4. On what poster would you find these lines, “What does it take to find a lost lover? (a) Money (b) Luck (c) Smarts (d) Destiny”
   1. a. Slumdog Millionaire
5. SCIENCE: During a previous total solar eclipse visible in India, in 1868, a French scientist named Pierre Jansen travelled to a tobacco field just outside Guntur to observe the spectrum. A resultant yellow line in the spectrum was a pointer to which new element, which was the first-ever element to be discovered outside Earth before it was found on Earth?
   1. a. Helium
6. LANGUAGE: By convention what two symbols are traditionally used in publishing to denote the first and second footnotes to the main text in a book? (Correct spelling please)
   1. a. Asterisk and obelisk
7. BUSINESS: Between which two letters of the Federal Express logo would one find a “hidden arrow” – a symbol of speed and precision?
   1. a. E and X
8. WORDS: What is a bunch of bananas called?
   1. a. Hand
9. MEDICINE/HEALTH: In which country did the 2009 swine flu pandemic start?
   1. a. Mexico
10. FOOD: What sweet dish made from wheat and ghee is believed to derive its distinctive flavour from the Tamaraiparani river and was made famous by a Marwari family which settled there more than 300 years ago and started an eatery named Lakshmi Vilas?
    1. a. Thirunelveli Halva
11. CURRENT AFFAIRS: Which animated member of the porifera species and a resident of Bikini Bottom is the latest addition to Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in New York
    1. Spongebob Squarepants. The new addition celebrates 10 years of Nickelodeon’s favourite character
12. HISTORY: Gandhiji was inspired by the simple attire of peasants in this region while on a train journey. Once he reached his destination, he shaved his head. The next morning, after a bath, he appeared dressed in a four cubits long khadi cloth, worn as a knee-length half-dhoti. Rajaji and Dr. T.S.S. Rajan who were present there tried to make Gandhiji change his mind. Gandhiji’s mind was, however, firmly made up. In which city did this incident occur?
    1. a. Madurai
13. VISUALS: Connect these two pictures.
    1. Yeh Dil Maange More. Soon after the success of Point 5140 during the Kargil War, Captain Vikram Batra  radioed his commanding officer and said victoriously “Yeh Dil Maange More”(The heart wants more). This became the catch line for the war.
14. QUOTATION: George Mallory, the mountaineer who in 1924 disappeared during his last attempt to climb Mt Everest could have been the first atop the world’s highest peak. He is famously quoted as giving what reply to the question “why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?” which has been called “the most famous three words in mountaineering”?
    1. a. “Because it’s there”
15. SPORTS – TECHNOLOGY: Hawk-eye technology is one of the most sophisticated officiating tools used in sport. It made its debut with cricket and then entered the tennis court. In which other sport is it being used officially?
    1. Snooker. Hawk-Eye first introduced its snooker technology at the Snooker Grand Prix in Aberdeen. It then progressed to the Masters at Wembley and, most recently, stepped up to the largest stage in snooker, the renowned Crucible in Sheffield, at the World Snooker Championships.
16. POLITICS: The rath yatra is now a standard mode of elections campaigns in India with several leaders choosing this mass contact programme to win over the electorate. Who undertook the pioneering ‘rath yatra’ which besides catapulting him to power also entered the ‘Guinness Book of Records’?
    1. a. NT Rama Rao (in 1982)
17. GEOGRAPHY: Which is the largest province of Pakistan comprises almost 48% of the country and whose capital is Quetta?
    1. a. Balochistan
18. COMP/IT: On the Internet, what does the letter S stand for in https?
    1. Secure. HTTPS connections are often used for payment transactions on the Web and for sensitive transactions in corporate information systems.
19. BUSINESS: Two former employees of the Systems Research Institute in Pune, from the late 1970s, went on to set up their own outfits in the early 1980s. One was this year’s Magsaysay Award winner, who changed the way NGOs worked and recruited in India. The other, had a similarly titanic effect on the Indian corporate world. Identify both luminaries.
    1. a. Deep Joshi, NR Narayanamurthy
20. MUSIC: Exactly 40 years ago this day, a young university student in New York City named Maya Kulkarni had to suddenly step in as a replacement tambura player for a concert in the same state. The concert had two main performers, and they played to an audience of at least a hundred thousand. Who were the two performers? No part points!
    1. a. Ravi Shankar and Allah Rakha
21. LITERATURE: In HG Wells’ War of the Worlds, Martians were resistant to atom bombs. How did they finally perish?
    1. Cold virus
22. BUSINESS: The original logo of Apple Computers featured which person?
    1. a. Isaac Newton
23. LIFESTYLE: Which organization got its name because its members used to meet at the office of each member of the group in turns?
    1. a. Rotary Club
24. SPORTS “The French Open” in France refers to the oldest national open golf tournament in Europe (since 1906). What term do the French use for their premier tennis tournament?
    1. a. The Roland Garros
25. FILM In the Sorcerer’s Apprentice scene in Walt Disney’s Fantasia, the sorcerer’s name was later given as Yensid Retlaw. Who was he named after?
    1. Walt Disney (Walter Disney in reverse is Yensid Retlaw)
26. MYTHOLOGY: In the Mahabharata, when this person was giving away the fruits of his penances to Brahmins, who arrived late after all the gifts were given away but instead received this person’s extensive knowledge of combat?
    1. a. Parasuram and Drona
27. HISTORY / WORLD WAR TWO: What weapon was given its unusual name by the Finns when (following their refusal to surrender some strategic ports) their country was invaded by the Soviets in November 1939 in what came to be known as the Winter War during World War II?
    1. a. Molotov cocktail. When Soviet People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov claimed in radio broadcasts that the Soviet Union was not dropping bombs but rather delivering food to the starving Finns, the Finns started to call the air bombs Molotov bread baskets. Soon they responded by attacking advancing tanks improvised incendiary devices which they called “Molotov cocktails”.
28. LITERATURE: Who is the only fictional character whose death in a book was announced to the world in the New York Times?
    1. Hercule Poirot in Curtain (1975)
29. CURRENT AFFAIRS: Madras and Bangalore are installing statues of poets from each other’s states as a mutual gesture. In Bangalore, the statue is of Thiruvalluvar. Which Kannada poet’s statue will come up in Chennai?
    1. a. Sarvajna
30. ENVIRONMENT: Scientists reported this year that after Pakistan and Nepal, the vulture population in India had declined by more than 97% over the past few years due to several reasons including the veterinary use of the painkiller diclofenac. For social reasons, which community in India is particularly worried about this trend?
    1. Parsi. The Parsi Towers of Silence require scavenging birds to dispose of the mortal remains of Parsis as per their religious custom.
31. LANGUAGE: In traditional Indian metal work, the shape of many vessels was derived from nature. In this context what word was derived from the Sanskrit word for “leaf”?
    1. Patram from Sanskrit patra
32. VISUAL: Name this building with the same name as a road in Chennai.
    1. Pantheon in Rome. It was a temple to “all gods”, and featured recently in the film Angels and Demons.
33. VISUAL: Who as what in this year’s Lakme India Fashion Week?
    1. Katrina Kaif as Barbie Doll. Toymaker Mattell has chosen Katrina Kaif to be the Indian face of the new Celebrity Barbie Doll in India.
34. VISUAL: Name this popular board game that is also the name of a quiz show.
    1. Mastermind
35. VISUAL: This is which American writer’s boyhood home? Clue: look carefully.
    1. Mark Twain’s home in Hannibal, Missouri, Note the white painted fence – a tribute to the famous scene in Tom Sawyer.
36. VISUAL: Name the title character of this classic film played by Nagesh that launched the directorial career of director K Balachandar.
    1. Server Sundaram
37. VISUAL: Who is the white haired gentleman with glasses making a cameo appearance in these three films?
    1. Stan Lee (Stanley Martin Lieber) the American comic book writer, editor, and the former president and chairman of Marvel Comics. He co-created Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, and many other fictional characters.
38. VISUAL: Name the place and the building whose inauguration is being celebrated.
    1. The Palm Jumeirah in Dubai; the opening of Atlantis Hotel was marked by a 15 minute fireworks display that lit up the entire island and Atlantis resort, creating a display visible from space. The $16m. spectacle used a 100,000 fireworks, (7 times that used for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics).
39. AUDIO: Which legend composed this song for a movie he made in 1936, and said to be a personal favourite of person singing this version?
    1. Charles Chaplin (Modern Times) – this version by by Michael Jackson
40. AUDIO: Name the singer.
    1. Vikram (Kanthaswamy)

This is to bring to the notice of all participants that Tata Crucible Chennai has been postponed as of now. Details will soon be out on the official site.

We must note that although this is the second date postponement (Ahmedabad has been shifted to Sep 22), there is no cause of concern and chances are low that Tata Crucible will be affected by anything other than the quizzing flu.

To all participants, do take all necessary precautions that you possibly can..

Take care and Happy Quizzing!

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Please find below some finals questions that have been provided by Mr S.Ramani. Thank you very much sir.

1)         Logo of Jharkand govt. was shown.

2)         In India, Coconut bases are used , in Egypt glass is used and so one…..? what is it. Hookah

3)         Which Tata company makes pipes ?Tata Metallics

4)         Tata Tetley founder/history name ?

5)         Tata with which government has launced some swasthya yojna ?Jharkhand govt.

6)         This was founded by govt. of India to educate and entertain the masses……?All India Radio

Connect

1)         Movie shown Fashion, old logo “a fish”, Granvals, picture of man ? Nokia ( CEO olle pekka,  Priyanka BA of Nokia,  Old logo of nokia, Granvals signature tune)

2)         Movie Ghazani, Poster of Jodha Akbar, Word “oyzterbay”, ? Tanishq ( Aasin BA, Jodha akbar line of jwellary)

3)         Movie  of sharukh khan, founder photo, word “uniball”  , ?Linc pen

4)         Founder photo,  movie of akshay kumar,  word “Slates”, ?Levi strauss

5)         Movie of Rani Mukherjee, word “ Ume”, Fernius kabi ?Dabur

Last round (1st clue,2nd clue,3rd clue)

1)         Which steel plant was commissioned by J.L.Nehru in collaboration with American govt. this was setup ?Bokaro Steel plant

2)   This institution was founded by   R.V.Tytler                ?

Their motto is “Service before Self”

Delhi Public School

3)         This company was Established in the year 1958 as the largest integrated engineering industrial complex in India? Heavy Engg. Corporation (Ranchi)

Find more Ranchi finals questions and the complete prelims questions here

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The questions below are from the 2007 edition of Tata Crucible Jamshedpur. Thank you Sreeni and Annirudha for pointing it out. I was provided the link by a friend. As compensation we promise to bring you the finals questions asap. Thank you and delayed apologies.

2007 prelims (Source: Audospeaks)
1) Which media group owns Radio Mirchi?

Times Group

2) Which Russian millionaire got 50% shares of the Sidenberg oil fields?

Roman Abrahamovich

3) Lance Armstrong endorses 10/2 range of which sports apparel brand?

Nike

4) Which bank’s logo is a Harrapa-Mohenjo daro symbol?

Indusind

5) Which company has launched a new range of products for cars, called Motomax?

Pidilite

6) A book named “Father &Son Co.”. Father Watson sr., son is Watson jr. Which company does it refer to?

IBM

7) Which Bollywood actor had a company named, “Golden Wafers”, before he came into the glamour world?

Boman Irani
Which company was started in East London in 1843, by Charles Henry, and he intended to sell tea?

Harrod’s

10) In KBC 3, the cheques of which bank were given to the winners?

Kotak

11) Author of the book ” The advantage of Management……….” (Something like this, I don’t remember)
Michael Procter

12) Who is Joseph Kirz?

CEO of erstwhile Arcellor Steel

13) A game which is otherwise known as alfapet or put-a- cross?

Scrabble

14) An ITC initiative, which in Hindi means, “a place of gathering”?

e-choupal

15) Who is Patty Stonesifer?

CEO of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

16) Which is Europe’s Largest Chocalate Manufacturer?

Trafael

Tata Crucible Questions- Ranchi Corporate 2009 Edition

The complete schedule of the Tata Crucible 2009 Corporate Edition here

Urjavaran Foundation, a NGO which is into the areas of Energy Conservation and Preservation of Environment is organizing an Energy & Environment Quiz on the 21st August 2009 in Bombay for the children of Class IX & X. Details of the quiz are given below:
Topic of Quiz :Energy & Environment

Eligibility            : Two member teams from Class IX & X (maximum of two teams per school)

Date of Quiz     : 21 August, 2009

Venue                   : Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon (E)

Time                      : 10:30 hrs – Elimination Rounds

Quiz Master      :Diwakar Pingle

How to Register    : Write to urf@urja.org.in or call 022-65969852 to register your teams

Last Date for Regn. : 12 August, 2009

Find the review of the Madras Quiz 2009 here

Find the prelims from the Madras Quiz 2009 here

Q-BIT (the BIT, Mesra quiz club) has reviewed the Tata Crucible Corporate Ranchi edition and shared the questions from the prelims.

SAIL BSP won the quiz followed by ISBM ans SAIL- Rourkela.

Please find the prelims here

The Ranchi finals questions are available here

Find Tata Crucible Jamshedpur 2009 Prelims here

Thank you Q-BIT

Tata Crucible Questions and Reviews city wise (click on city to get the respective questions)

Chennai 2009

Pune 2009

Ahmedabad 2009

Delhi 2009

Jaipur 2009

Chandigarh 2009

Mumbai 2009

Kolkata 2009

Indore 2009

Bhubaneshwar 2009

Bangalore 2009

Hyderabad 2009

Coimbatore 2009

Cochin 2009

Goa 2009

Jamshedpur 2009

Ranchi 2009

The complete schedule of the Tata Crucible 2009 Corporate Edition here

Landmark Quiz Mumbai 2009

Landmark Quiz Pune 2009

Landmark Quiz Bangalore 2008

Landmark Quiz Chennai 2008

Landmark Quiz Pune 2008

Landmark Quiz Bangalore 2007

Landmark Quiz Bangalore 2006

Landmark Quiz Chennai 2005

Schedule

17 August 2009: Gwalior 
21 August 2009: Moradabad 
22 August 2009: Guwahati 
24 August 2009: Ludhiana 
24 August 2009: Jodhpur 
24 August 2009: Bareilly 
26 August 2009: Ambala 
26 August 2009: Nainital 
27 August 2009: Udaipur 
28 August 2009: Karnal 
28 August 2009: Varanasi 
31 August 2009: Meerut 
31 August 2009: Kota 
31 August 2009: Gorakhpur 
2 September 2009: Faizabad 
4 September 2009: Kanpur 
9 September 2009: Howrah

For more details visit the official website here

07 August 2009: Indore

10 August 2009: Jabalpur

12 August 2009: Bengaluru

11 August 2009: Mysore

13 August 2009: Mangalore

13 August 2009: Jhansi

Just completed

28 July 2009: Chennai

28 July 2009: Ahmedabad

28 July 2009: Baroda

30 July 2009: Calcutta

30 July 2009: Madurai

31 July 2009: Surat

03 August 2009: Rajkot