Update : I just noticed that all dry questions in the quiz were lifted from Dhananjay’s blog, so no Kudos to the content!!
Chakravyuh was definitely a first of its kind event for Bangalore Business Quizzing. It takes lot of courage for a B.Com college to keep a business quiz open to all branches of UG learning and MES went ahead and did exactly that.
The quiz was articulately conducted by Akshay Ananth (who has incidentally been the QM at MES for 5 years now- Kudos!)
The opening of the quiz to all branches kind of put the QM in a quagmire I’m assuming because he had a mix of very good questions which were unfortunately interspersed by some old repeats. The connect round (which I hate from the bottom of my round) was actually good and liked by one and all for the very first time. Great work, great teams, great Quiz.. Kudos!
Winners- Christ College (Kuldeep & Sankarshan)
Some Finals Questions
1. When this premium Scotch Whisky was first introduced in free India, it fell afoul of the authorities, who objected to it’s brand name, claiming that it violated a certain law. Name the brand and also tell me why it was banned? Teacher’s. This brand name was objected to as Indian law prohibits naming liquors after professions. The Indian Government was ultimately convinced that the brand was named after the distillery’s founder, Hiram Teacher
2. Connect: Cardamom, Aniseed, Ginger, Mustard, Nigella, Saffron, Sesame, Tamarind and Turmeric. (The list is not exhaustive) Names of SpiceJet Aircrafts
3. Due to lack of facilities for the 1956 Unesco Conference, Pandit Nehru decided to build a hotel and a convention centre. Thus, Vigyan Bhawan became Asia‘s first convention centre and __________ became the 1st ever 5-star hotel to be owned by the Indian Govt. Which hotel? Ashok Hotel
4. When asked whether he knew that the laser pointer was broken, the person replied, “I am a collector of broken laser pointers.” What is the significance? First-ever purchase on e-bay
5. His stint with advertising began in 1987, with Allwyn’s Trendy Watch campaign. He went on to compose more than 300 ad films – Boost with Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar, MRF Tyres, Premier Pressure cooker, Asian Paints, Hero Puch, etc. He owns Panchathan Record Inn, one of India‘s most advanced studios. Who? A R Rahman
6. He started in April 1974 by acquiring an interest in Poona Coffee House. In July 1974, he acquired a dealership of Hindustan Petroleum. In 1985, under the banner of Sai Service Station Ltd. he took the dealership of Maruti Udyog Ltd. Next he added the dealership of Bajaj Auto Ltd. in 1986. He also brought to India via the Sai Service Group the Rent-a-Car scheme for the first time. Who? Suresh Kalmadi
The complete prelims set available here
Love, harmony & Safety- Rohit
Qn nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are verbatim from http://pangalacticquizblaster.blogspot.com/2006/09/armageddon-2006_11.html (Check qns. 12, 13, 18 and 24)
Qn No. 6 also copy-pasted word-by-word from http://pangalacticquizblaster.blogspot.com/2006/05/business-quiz-1.html (Check qn. 9)
Complete what-the-fuck ‘research’!!!
yes dhanu,
there were a number of questions that were repeated. The prelims consisted of a lot of questions that were seen floating on the groups recently.
The ease of most questions also led to the quiz being very dependent on positioning.
But as it was a college level quiz, I dint bother making an issue, or else I’ll finally die of QMs’ curses
I don’t know about the other quizzers, i fell infinite bounce is a must these days, i strongly feel that would have evened things out on a day like that!
Can you mail me ther elims qns? On second thoughts, how does it matter?
infinite bounce/bounds is good in a tough quiz.. if its an easy quiz, it doesn’t really matter.. then it depends on how many one misses and not gets.. (like the club quiz we had at christ the other day).. points are too close and one mistake can cost the podium