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TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015 – HYDERABAD – PRELIMINARY ROUND QUESTIONS


Questions contributed by Naveen, the winner of this edition


1) What was designed to depict a winged woman holding on to atom and the statuette "has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science”? Emmy Awards

2) The beluga whale was created by Yiying Lu, on which site did it become world famous? Twitter

3) The ‘formal’ American legal term for what is an incomplete financial instrument? Blank Cheque

4)   Dennis Rodman - Bad Boy Premium Vodka

5) Which famous writer was a junior employee at HSBC's London office in Lombard Street from 1900 to 1902, and used the bank as an inspiration for some of his early work, especially his 1910 novel Psmith in the City? PG Wodehouse

6) In 1925, what was sold by con artist Victor Lustig for scrap metal on two separate, but related occasions? Eiffel Tower

7) What name has taken a generic meaning and has come to be associated with great wealth. Gemologists use this classification to denote a diamond with a complete (or almost-complete) lack of nitrogen; the material is also referred to as "2A"? Golconda

8)
  Frank Sinatra - Reprise Records

9) In 1969, what was coined by Jack Trout as a game people play in today’s me-too market place" in the publication Industrial Marketing? Positioning

10) Which traveler introduced the concept of banknotes to Europe in 13th century? Marcopolo

11) It became a fashionable brand of the era, and became associated with Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack. Which Scotch whisky was requested by Sinatra, along with other spirits brands backstage at performances, also sponsored Frank Sinatra's Diamond Jubilee Tour in 1990? Chivas Regal

12) 
Mozilla Public License – Free Open Source

13) From 1947, when the first Indian budget was tabled to 1950, at which famous place were the budget documents printed? Rashtrapati Bhavan

14) Which company’s seven pointed star logo was inspired by a lone star in the sky which Captain Peter saw while praying when his wife was seriously ill? Maersk

15) "Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales" was founded in 1918 by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt. How do we know this company now? Columbia Pictures

16)
  Jahangir Khan – Unsquashable

17) Which company’s NYSE ticker symbol is TOM? Tommy Hilfiger

18) The Chinese name for what company founded by two former air force pilots comes from a Chinese idiom ‘Grand and Peaceful State’? Cathay Pacific

19)
  Celebration Florida – Developed by Walt Disney

20)

   Bellwether - Sheep that leads the flock

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015 – NAGPUR – PRELIMINARY ROUND QUESTIONS


Questions contributed by Gayatri Phadnis, the winner of this edition


Preliminary

1. Which brand states 'the road is full of idiots' and is endorsed by Irfan Khan in TV ads that also takes on the superstition of keeping 'nimbu mirchi' for security?

Answer- CEAT

2. Satya Prakash Mathur started this business of manufacturing mixers and registered it in the name of his wife Madhuri. What business did he start?

Answer- Sumeet Mixers

3. Logo of Quint magazine was shown and question was which magazine started by Raghav Bahl is this?

Answer- Quint

4. Which famous long distance runner from Addis Ababa has now started a coffee business from the proceeds of his running prize money. He has taken Ethiopian coffee to the world map. Which Olympic Gold Medalist is this?

Answer- Hile Gabrisalasi

5. Photo of an old gentleman (Heinz) was shown. Who is this gentlemen who created a famous Ketchup Brand?
Answer- Heinz

6. According to the movie “Rang Rasiya”, whose dream of making a film is funded by Raja Ravi Verma?
Which famous film personality after whom a prestigious award has been instituted are we talking about?

Answer- Dadasaheb Phalke

7. What does ED stand for in EDGAR (GAR stands for Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval) stand for in SEC filings?
Answer- Electronic Data

8. What does DCIM stand for in name of the folder in which photos get stored in a digital camera?
Answer- Digital Camera Images.

9. Which company that started in Ghariahat Calcutta owns the following brands “AND”, “Global Desi”, "Gini and Jony", "Spykar" "UMM" etc.

Answer- Pantaloons

10. Which thing saw its first use after a tragedy near Junnar in 1960s. It is essentially Orange or Fluorescent red in color but is named differently. What are we talking about?

Answer- Black Box

11. Oswal Chand M started a brand in 1960s which is one of the well-known brands in woolens today. Name the brand?

Answer- Vardhaman

12. Which Controversial undergarment ad featuring Ranveer Singh (Pickbrain mentioned Ranbir Kapoor by mistake) got in trouble with PETA for showing shark a being bitten?

Answer- Rupa

13. Which famous brand came out with an ad of a gay couple (men) who are partners in real life with the tagline “Will You”? This is the brand that had made Audrey Hepburn famous.

Answer- Tiffany

14. Logo of Tiny Owl was shown and question was to name the first part of the name of Indian start up.

Answer- Tiny Owl

15. SRF bought a range of medical propellants from this giant. Which chemical company are we talking about? Options Abott Labs, Solvay, DuPont

Answer- DuPont

16. A book on Elon Musk was shown "How the Billionaire CEO of Tesla and "----------" is shaping the future? FIB

Answer- Space X

17. Which famous Swedish company is more famous in bus segment in India than in Car? (The question was a bit different but this was the clue)

Answer- Volvo

18. Which video sharing company did Twitter acquire recently? The name of the company is synonymous with a piece of scientific equipment that we used in school.

Answer- Periscope Inc.

19. Who is the chairman of BRICS bank? Hint: Associated with Indian Private Bank

Answer- KV Kamath

20."The stripes are back" Which is the hashtag of a European club which changed its Jersey design back to stripes this year?

Answer- Southampton.

TATA CRUCIBLE CORPORATE EDITION 2015: Coimbatore Prelims Round Questions


1.    Which comic characters favourite food is “chocolate flavoured sugar bombs”
2.    The first female chief executive of a FTSE 100 compny, Marjorie Scardino, became head of publishing of which major publishing company?
3.    Whose logo?
4.    Which was the first Televison brand to have a television commercial in india?
5.    In 2013, Vanhusen announced a contest to find India Top 10 Fashionable professional. Which social network did it partner?
6.    Which brand of manufacturing and exporting since 1958 was started by Abdul Rasheed. It is the official clothing partner of Pakistan cricket.
7.    Which major studio is now finding super heroes like this?

 8.    The artist FrancisBacon is reputed to use which brand which means “force” or “vigour” in latin as a substitute for toothpaste?
9.    Who once told “Harpers Bazaar” in 1923 that simp;licity is the keynote of all true elegance?
10.    Which is the only Indian stsate  to sponsor a Durga Puja?
11.    Nita Ambani bought the Costliet saari. Which Retail major did this saari?

12.  Which game released in 1980(on Fortune mags 50th anniversary) was American version of French game called Business. Each player ran one of Americas top corporation? (guessable)
14.    Which Bharath Ratna’s recording label is “East meets West”?
15.    Who first designed the Aviator watches (need person)?
16.     Identify – recently became head of an Indian major oil company’

17.    In 1966 who bought the gay nightclub Heaven, located at Charing cross railway station?
18.    In Tourism Industry what does VFR stand for?
19.    Which corporate house gave India its forst Deisel engine and first electric motor?
20.    Who? 





Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2015: Vizag Final Round Questions

Contributed by Sourav Majumdar

TATA CRUCIBLE FINALS QUESTIONS:
3 rounds all on buzzer.If one team presses buzzer and makes a mistake,the next one can go for it with same points or 10 points extra.3 standards of Qs - Gold(75),Silver(60),Bronze(50)
First Round(SPRINT ACROSS)
1. WIT in Nasdaq stands fro which company?

2. Tata product a Steel Door looks like wooden?

3. Match - logo - shapoorji pallonji - video

4. Alterations to what has been done by FOX,Caltech,Go Navy?

5. A Question on Stockholm Syndrome giving this pic as clue


6. Identify this patent



Second Round Qs(LEAP OVER)
1. The Ignoble Logo


2. Etihad Airlines - Connect q with Nicole Kidman

3. Nirma Ad Q

4. Q on the book name - cover pic shown


5. What happened first time between theCivilians Club of Calcutta and Gentlemen of Barrackpore in 1858?

6. A Kinetic automobile brand had a tagline inspired from a children song from film Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan~Luna

7. British clothing brand name like a name given to a person who makes others commit illegal deeds.
~Agent Provocateur (lingerie)

8. Reliable Shopping Experience - Tagline of which tata product? ~STRAIGHTLINE

9. What moved from Oxford House to Express Towers? ~ Indian Hotels

10. Which indian brand first used cricketers as endorsers? ~Vimal (Vivian Richards)

11. Vistara Logo


LAST ROUND (DASH TO THE END)

1. made in its factories in Church Crookham, Hampshire, England. it is made of expensive metals and encrusted with precious stone.Ascent,Ascent Ti,Costellation,Diamond are its various types ~Vertu

2 . Connect 
Hedstorm pic - indian logo ~ Indian Motercycle


3. World Trade Center Logo

4. What did Vimal Patil edit? ~ Femina Mag

5 . This pic is given.Identify the product.
  

    

Tata Crucible Corporate quiz 2015: Vizag Prelims Round


Contributed by Sourav Majumdar
The Vizag TATA Crucible Round 2015 Prelims Questions were as follows:
1. RSS stands for what in rubber trade?

2. Moms who push their child for academics and lead them to a financially secure but emotionally drained life?

3. Mamypoko,Sofy and Lifree are products of which Japanese company?

4. A V shaped graph was shown in relation to a shampoo product?

5. Tagline "Builders to the Nation"

6. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur sued ____ founder and CEO Travis Kalanick for $1 billion, accusing him of ripping off his car service idea?

7. Watch brand endorsed by Sharapova?

8. 1955 logo of a bank - banyan tree

9. A new way of budgeting in which you have to factor in all costs for a given period?

10. Created by Rudy Perz, this mascot is like a clay action model and when poked laughs?

11. Pharma giant with an A as logo?

12. Hansie Cronje and Lance Klusener starred in which clothing company brand?

13. Navigation product from an originally palmtop software company.

14. Chisel brand gyms by which Indian cricketer?

15. PulseX female sports footwear from which brand?

16. Illuminati Films which actor?

17. Kwid car from which company?

18. Tōyō Tōki forms which bathroom product?

19. Kitkat tied up with which other company to advertise _________ break in the UK?

20. Picture of Shikha Sharma,Axis bank
 
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