Chennai - Prelims
1.If SMS stands for Short Messaging Service, what does XMS stand for?
1.Secure messaging Service
2.What is the airline code for Kingfisher airlines?
2. IT
3.Which sports personality is the brand ambassador for AIS glass?
3.Shoaib Akhtar
4.Some management quote. Question was to name the management guru
4.Philip Kotler
5. Which brand of batteries goes with Pitstops?
5.Amaron
6.Brand Ambasador for TVS Star
6.Surya
7.”The Art of Beauty” goes with which Amitabh Bachan endorsed brand?
7.D’Damas
8. Shoe which can make up to 5 million calculations per second
8.Adidas-1
9.”Because you have earned your wings” is the taglineof which company that makes travel accessories?
9.Samsonite
10.”The future of India-Politics, Economics and Governance”. Whose book? Clue:big name in Finance
10.Bimal Jalan
11.Osutka manufatures which energy drink which is notofficially sold in India?
11.Pocari Sweat
12.Eicher was bought out by?
12.TAFE
13.Kool is a brand of cigarettes from?
13.RJ Reynolds
14.Who is the CEO of Martha Stewart Living?
14.Susan Lyne
15.Name the post production personality who owns “FourFrames”; he has been recently induted into the board of Radaan
16. Photo of an “IT” (in a broad sense) personality
15.Priyadarshan
17.Print ad with the line “Aerobics on the street”
17.WillsSport
Chennai - External
Round -1 Biz Basics
1. Connect Bernard Tapei, Credit Lynnois, Robert LouisDrefyus, President of Olympique de Marseille.
Adidas
2.Connect “Pure Design” purity to Interstate, Chronicle , “Elegance and Clarity”
Hindu Newspaper. Mario Garcia used the fonts Interstate, Chronicle to redesign the paper.
3.James Wilson is the fouder of Economist Newspaper. He also appears in the history of Standard Chartered Bank . What was his contribution to India?
Income Tax
4.Who started ”The Distillers Corporation in Montreal”in 1924
Samuel Broffman – Seagram
5. Aristotle Onasis started this National Airline of Greece. Icarus is their FFP
Olympia Airlines
6. The name "_____" was coined in 1937 by Colin Kininmonth and George Gray. They made the product by applying rubber resin to cellophane film. The processthey used was based on a French patent. In 2002, itwas bought over by Henkel.
Cellotape
Round 3: Cross Roads (Crossword)
First and last ones are audience questions.
1. Jettix is one of the channels of: Disney
2. Net Merge is a registered trade mark of: Intel
3. Who designed eyewear especially for golf players: Adidas
4. Irridium Power Spark Plugs used by Toyota F1 Cars is made by: Denso
5. Company that has redesigned its product to meet EPA norms: Caterpillar
6. Lindsay Owen Jones is the man behind this product: L’Oreal
7. IQ magazine online: CISCO
8. Logo redesigned by Lander Associates: ABN Amro
Round 4: Think And Think Again: Connect Round
1. Nimbus, Reliance, Silk Route and a song played form the movie Roja
All brands of Asian Paints
2.Inquilab, SS, Metro Rail, Kiran Karnik
Mid Day group –Inquilab is their magazine, Karnik was on the board of mid day
3. Connect Polaris, Karma Electra(visual), Trident, Hercules; Song: U2
All brands of Lockheed Martin
4. Espirit, Alan Cox, “The story of an accidental Revolution”, Mustang logo Song: Enigma
Linux : Alan Cox is the man who created the TUX along with Larry Ewing Espirit, Mustang and Enigma are codenames “The story of an accidental Revolution”, is the sub-heading for “Just for Fun” by Linus Trovalds
5.Aavin, Actress Sneha, Sunjay Monga, Ravi Naware ; Song :Swades
ITC Foods ; Aavin supplies milk for sunfeast milky magic; Sneha-Brand Ambassador Mr Ravi Naware, Chief Executive, Foods Division. ITC has signed Shah Rukh Khan for Sunfeast
6.”You’ll love the stuff we are made of”; Barbara Bush Visual, Visual of first Factory of Pizza Hut Song : some song featuring Malaika Arora
Pizza Hut; Pizza Hut did its first home delivery to Barbara Bush.
Round 5: Inside Info 3 clues given one by one; open to all teams
1.1. Charles Lewis and John Young New York 1837
1.2. 1967 handcrafted the Vince Lombardi Trophy
1.3. Chairman Michael Kowalski visual
Answer: Tiffany & Co
2.1. 1966 Marseille France Pierre Bellon
2.2. “Improving the quality of daily life”
2.3. Unik card in Brazil
Answer: Sodexho
3.1. 1946 Osaka Denki “Imaginative Sight and Sound”
3.2. Tied up with LG and B&W, for home theatre products
Answer: Onkyo (Cracked in second clue; sot third clue was not mentioned)
4.1. Started in late 60s as Battery Eliminator Company
4.2. Uranus Senses
4.3. Ashok Mukerjee
Answer: Sonodyne
5.1 1989 “Look Good Feel Good”
5.2 “Aroma studio “,” Just for Men” and “Health Kitchen”
5.3 Vandhana Luthra’s photo
Answer: VLCC
6.1. Akira Yamada founds the Osaka Kinzoku Kogyosho Limited Partnership
Answer: Daiken This was cracked in the first clue; so the other clues weren’t mentioned.
Quizzer of the Day
1. Which global player in production of sports footwear and technical sports clothing, has appointed Sierra Industrial Enterprises Pvt Ltd as its licensee
Lotto Sports Italia
2.The hybrid product that combines ________ sun glasses with a Motorola Bluetooth in Razr wire
Oakley
3.”Catch up with Life” :tagline of which Raymond Brand?
Parx
4. Something to do with Plan B; not clear though.
5.What does “N” in Windows XPN stand for?
“Not with Media Player”
6.Some question on Apple pulling the book on Steve Jobs off the shelf
7.Klaus Klenfield CEO Of?
Siemens
8.“The heart of your digital life”
INTEL
9. Sony “:Aibo::Catrobo: ?
Omron
10. Solo Coughdrops and AMPM Mouthwash are from?
Elder Pharma
Chennai - Internal
Round-1 :Ask for T
No. of letters in the answer were given. 15 points for cracking just like that. Every answer will have the letter(s) “T” which will be given as hint . 10 points if you crack on the clue.
E.g. “Improving the quality of Life” ____ _____ ______ ____If you ask for “T” it appears like this T____T ____Answer of course is TATA
The round however is timed.
1. Promotes Indi-one brand and Taj group of hotels –Indian Hotels
2. Produced “Natum jaano Hum” And “Chura Liya Hai Tumne” -Pantloons
3. Who owns ETC And Dish TV -Zee telefilms
4. 1953 Machine tool manufacturing company -HMT
5. Khusroo Dubash, Clyde Cooper, Tushar Jani established in 1983 – Blue Dart
6. A.Soni is the MD - Voltas
Round-2 : TATA World
1. Logo of Concord Motors
2.Photo of National Center for performing Arts
3. Photo of Tata Tea MD -Percy Siganporia
4. Photo of “Sansar “ – an initiative from TATA Chemicals. Whats the funda? Tata Kisan Sansar, will benefit farmers by offeringend-to-end agri solutions including the latest in agroservices and specialized input products. For more details visit http://www.tata.com/tata_chemicals/releases/20041026.htm
5. Whose products are these :Sentry, Daksh, Tata Mida,Preet, Reeva etc - Rallis India
6.Photo showing a kiosk; The machine is called Sevak. Who developed the system? - Tata Infomedia
Round-3 : Global Vision
1.Who was the adguru who was with the Conservative party in the UK Elections?
Morris Saatchi
2.Erwin Komeda was behind which famous product
Volkswagen Beetle
3.Who was the famous stock broker of Henry Hoggits
Sir Don Bradman
4.”Ripening the rice fields” :which brand nametranslated from Japanese?
Minolta
5. Mehran :Pakistan:: ________:India
Maruti 800
6.Whats Jumbo King in Mumbai?
Branded Vada Pav
Round -4 :Biz Intelligence
3 clues in this round open to all teams : What weoffer; Our Boss(CEO’s photo) and Our Identity (LOGO) .Iam just giving the first clue(ie What we offer) here.
1. Pureit and Ayush
HLL
2.Wosulin, Biovac and Zedex
Wockhardt
3.Palgrave, Nature Publishing Group, Shine
Macmillan
4.Family care, World Currency Card
IDBI
5.Everyuth, Salazar, Sugarfree Dlite
Zydus
6.Sarpanch, Milestone and Acelere
Apollo tyres
Round-5 :Quick thinking (Buzzer)
1. Alisha Chinai sang the jingle for this one :Farex
2. “Naughty but Nice “ Ad campign by which famous author who also worked with ad agency? Salman Rushdie
3. Coca Cola product which was launched without anycommercials?
Shock
4. Founding member of ISDA ; promises money refund guarantee :MODI Care
5. HQ is called Masterpiece STAR
6. DY&R ? Dentsu Young and Rubicam
7. “Unputdownable”; Tagline of which newspaper? Telegraph
8. NBC is owned by ? GE
9. Chimpoo is whose mascot? Garware paints
10.Expand WPP Wire and Plastic Products
