Business Trivia & Quiz Diary

Review IMT G - Quorisity

2009-11-05T02:29:00.003+09:00

All be it a slightly late review,but still i feel this quiz deserves a review.Mind u m not a fond writer of any reviews,just that i felt this should not pass by without any noteworthy mention.A sunday afternoon i had to think twice before going to attend the quiz,as to y shud i attend a b school quiz having been passed out more than a year ago,but having attended the quiz i felt it was the time worth spending.Yes Mr Souvik Basu played the quizmaster's role to a nicety.I have been to some quizzes where many new quizmasters try to be a "Bond" when they are at quiz mastering,as its always easy to be one when u knw all the ans,and u r at the asking end of the quiz and not the answering end.Souvik did very well to not to fall in that trap.He spent his wits wisely and also kept the audience interested.Full marks for the time management and quality of question.A good research backed up by good presentation is the least that can be said of the quiz.All in all a fantastic quiz.

PhokatCopy – Get Photocopies of notes and books for free

2009-10-26T01:33:00.002+09:00

Students who spend a lot on photocopying notes on campus can earn it all back by way of points that can be traded for fast food, free mobile talktime or iPods, thanks to a new business concept of an IITian.

22-year-old Harsh Narang, an IIT-Delhi final year student (MTech), has joined hands with three students from the institute, two from Delhi University and one from BITS-Pilani, to set up 'phokatcopy' that subsidises photocopying for students across various colleges in the Delhi.

Business quiz @ IMT G

2009-10-20T01:02:00.003+09:00

IMT G is organising their business quiz passion 09 on November 1, 2009

Quiz Master : Mr. Souvik Basu.

More detail on this link http://passion-imtg.com/Quriosity.html

Vidya Balan as brand ambassador for GoodKnight Naturals

2009-10-06T18:27:00.001+09:00

Godrej Sara Lee, a joint venture between FMCG major Godrej and Sara Lee Corporation, has roped in Vidya Balan as the new brand ambassador for 'GoodKnight Naturals' with tag line 'Machharon ki haar, skin se pyaar'.

Television commercial for 'GoodKnight Naturals' is being developed by JWT.

'Divs' from Shakti Bhog

2009-10-05T18:27:00.001+09:00

Shakti Bhog Foods Ltd plans to foray into the Indian biscuits market with the launch of its “healthy” biscuits, christened ‘Divs’.
According to Shakti Bhog Foods Managing Director K K Kumar, The focus of the company will be on “health biscuits”, with the primary ingredients being wheat, fibres, oats and multigrains. He plans to spend around Rs 15 crore on advertisements to promote all his products (including ‘Divs’) and has roped in Karishma Kapoor as brand ambassador.

Rickshaw Bank

2009-09-30T02:50:00.001+09:00

Rickshaw Bank

A novel concept of a Rickshaw Bank providing loans to rickshawpullers in Guwahati has changed the lives of many needy youth helping them to earn a better living.

The idea of a Rickshaw Bank, the first of its kind in the country, was mooted by Dr Pradip Kumar Sarmah, who heads a NGO (Centre for Rural Development), after he conducted a survey and found that most of the rickshawpullers did not possess a rickshaw of their own.

Tata Crucible Corporate Delhi 2009

2009-09-20T02:31:00.000+09:00

1.Which newscaster found Sage publications

Tejeshwar Singh

2.Which global bank has a training programme for its employees named Explore for graduates,Ascent for middle level,Summit for top level.

UBS

3.Adina’s Deck,Odd girl out and shredderman rules create awareness about which internet phenomenon normally seen in schools colleges

Cyber Bullying/Ragging

4.Grammy award winner owns restaurant Destino,Southern hospitality and tequila brand 901?

Justin Timberlake

5.Identity and violence – The illusion of destiny Name the author

Amartya Sen

6.Awards in sundance film festival named after which management guru

Alfred Sloan

7.Economist motto

8.Lowel & Roy speers found American television network and were forced to sell can openers on radio

Home Shopping network.

9.Airlines means united in English,has diamond,coral and pearl zone

Etihad

10.Logo – Anheusieur Busch

11.Topps owns bubble gum packaged in in red white and blue color scheme and includes comic strips with each gum

Bazooka

12.it is largest manufacturing of steel barrels.it is a government of india initiative.Based in Kolkata.more hints given on the screen unable to capture here

Balmer & Lawrie

13.Creativity technique popularized by Alex Osborne in the book applied imagination.

Brainstorming

14.See that blimp in the sky – ad campaign by which tyre company to spread awareness that it is different from goodyear,essentially done because it rhymed or sounded like goodyear.

Goodrich

15.Bernie Ecclestone – Pic

16.IRCTC & Cox Kings started Royal Indian tours,it has to its credit which super brand luxury train

Maharaja Railways

17.Harry Truman quote “ its _____ when your neighbor loses his job,but it’s _______ when you lose you job

18.A space modeled on facebook is a social networking site facebook is for which elusive category of people.

Espionage/Spies

19.Go Humans Go launched by a food major extol ling the virtues of which food major.hint given breakfast company

Quaker oats

20.Jukari fit workout concept in association with Cirque di soireli from which company

Reebok

21.Dead on time – political thriller by which London based Indian economist

Lord Meghnath desai

22.Who is the chairman of finsbury foods and is a governer of LSE.his name is found in the company called ____&_____ advertising

Saatchi

23 .ad

24.

25 oops I seemed to have missed one Q

Tata Crucible Telecast Details

2009-09-19T02:06:00.001+09:00

US Bans Pamela?

2009-09-18T23:44:00.004+09:00

Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson has once again hit the news for her raunchy acts. Afeaturing Pamela Anderson was recently banned by the American Airports for its “obscenity”.

In the ad which revolves around the idea – cruelty doesn’t fly – features Pamela as a security official at an airport.

Pamela is half dressed in an blue uniform unbuttoned shirt, suggestively making gestures with a baton and forcefully stripping a bare-chested half-naked youth (thankfully, wearing undergarments). The camera pans to a board that says no leather, no animal fur etc.

Due to be shown at three New York City’s airports, the PETA bosses pulled the plug over fears that the racy film will offend passengers with young children.

Thus far the Indian passengers would have left the Airport if this would have been aired in India, which would have been followed with the arrival of our ‘moral police’, breaking the airport glasses, windows, people and everything. But wait the ad doesn’t end here.

She continues with her frenzy acts by throwing the guy in such a manner that he almost looses the last piece of clothing on his body. She continues this with some more passengers and the ad only gets more senseless and explicit.

It ends with the youth (the guy who was thrown ‘almost-naked’ by Pamela) appearing with a nude African-American female and makes out in the airport.

the whole ad reminds me off a bull ripping of a red cloth waved at it......

tata crucible corporate jaipur 2009

2009-09-18T22:31:00.002+09:00

JUST IN : Godrej represented by Kumar Vaibhav Tanwar & partner have won the jaipur crucible.

By doing this they successfully defend their title.

Tata Crucible Corporate Chandigarh 2009

2009-09-17T02:43:00.003+09:00

Q.1.At a time when women came back from working during World War II only to be told to "go back to the kitchen" -- as a method of empowering women, and giving them a toehold in the post-war business world.

Q.2.At the request of mohd ali jinnah this person started the building ship ports/shipping industry

Walchand hirachand

Q.3.Virginia house : HQ of which co

ITC

Q.4.Bullock Mail.What is the significance in indian history

Mail driven by bullocks- on the grand trunk road

Q.5.Robert Wood inspired by a speech by antisepsis advocate Joseph joined brothers James Wood and Edward Mead to create what

johnson & johnson

Pics

Pic of a red coloured Lenovo laptop significance

Cloud of promise

Google algorithm

Fujifilm in pink colour with the synbol of aids in it

a camera with less or no radiation in it.which prevents the causes of cancer

googla Android

new Walmart logo

buzzer tata round

more car per car - indica tagline

raaga,sonata brands from - titan

some tata steel Q

Connect

All fifa soccer 2010 sponsors

youtube - bubba shrimps (or something similar)viacom

ghajini song - toyopet crown,corrola- pic of a man - toyota

Clue round

Nicholas tesla

Steve Ballmer

it was first formulated at the command of a Queen of Hungary, sometimes identified as Isabella but usually as Elisabeth, or in one document "Saint Elisabeth, Queen of Hungary" (this may be a conflation of multiple individuals).it is called the Hungary Water?

Perfume

Questions grossly changed from its original format for the purpose of convenience and is limited to recalling power.

Goodbye to 2 popular folks............

2009-09-16T15:33:00.001+09:00

Mirc Electronics, promoters of the Onida brand of consumer durables has decided to shed its ‘devil’ in favour of a product-based campaign.Unveiling a new brand campaign created by McCann Erickson, Onida will now be emphasising on its ‘technology-led’ products across categories such as televisions, DVD players and washing machines.Between 1998 and 2004, Onida took the devil off its campaigns replacing it with product-based advertising. It has roped in agencies such as Avenues, O&M and Rediffusion DY&R to work on its brand.

Liril girl advertisements, which regularly air on the television sets has now given a final goodbye by Hindustan Unilever Limited(HUL). Known for launching starlets popularly known as 'Liril Girls' through advertisements for its lemon soap when the likes of Karen Lunel, Preity Zinta, Tara Sharma and Deepika Padukone were made the face of the brand focusing on the youth segment.

Tata Crucible 2009- Mumbai Questions

2009-09-15T13:30:00.001+09:00

Final round qts
Round 1
1. Suhail Jain, Rashmi Gaur, Venkat, Balraman and Sam Thomas – Why are they currently making wavesin the world of biz?
A- They are the sacked pilots of Jet airways.

2. In 1880s Bivraj agarwal of Agra moved to a hill station with the Britishers and started selling ‘Gurdhani’. How is it better known now?
A- Lonavla Chikki

3. He argued “ if people take full accountability of taxes, they can reduce the burden of government.” Ronald Reagen was greatly inspired by this economist.
A – David Ricardo

4 . In 1873, TE Comstock Law was passed in US after Anthony Comstock. What was this Law concerning?
A- Banning of advertising of condoms

5. What is Crowd sourcing?
A- Engaging masses to do your work Eg: Wiki

6. It is composed of 3 arrows, forms the ‘Mobius strip’. It cant be trademarked.
A- Symbol of Recycle bin

ROUND – II
1. Print Ad- Nintento Wii

2. Statue of founder of Detroit city -> Caddillac

3. Movie posture of ‘iesta’. This movie ended something. What?

Ownership of Columbia Pictures Coke Sony

4. Picture of a Doc by ‘Bihar Zamindari abolition Board’ by Govt. of Bihar. With its abolition, what was started after this?
A – Concept of public borrowing. Govt compensated for the land they acquired.

5. Pic – Creator of Alfred Newman ( MAD mag mascot)

6. Pic of Jayprakash Garg, founder Jaypee Group.

ROUND III
1. South Korea’s 2nd largest automobile co. – Daewoo
2. Famous Indian who heads Tata Steel Adventure Fund –Bichandri Pal
3. Variant Names of Tata salt
4. Original name was ‘slim’, not used due to its wrong connotation? - Titan Edge

ROUND IV
1. London Carnivals, Fulham Football Club, crest of Harrods, Peter Pan Video - Mohd. Al Fayed (entities owned by him)
2. OSO song, Playwin, Essel World Video, Ekal Vidyalaya – Zee Group
3. Nestle, Lilliane Buttencourt, Bodyshop, Nanotechnology, Delhi 6 song(Sonam Kapoor) – Loreal
4. Tamasek, Star, Ruper Murdoch, ISO 27001:2005, Amir Khan’s song – Tata Sky

ROUND V
1. Description of Mindtree logo

2. Former trader, Prof of Risk Engg at NY Univ
- Wrote ‘Option Sellers’
- Wrote a book on Randomness
A – Nicholas Nassin

3. Born in Sindri, educated in IIT(D) in 1994
- Worked in CMC, Websci, AT&T
- Richest Man in Gibraltor
A- Anurag Dikshit

TIE BREAKERS
1. Who is the marketer of Shraddhanjali Agarbatti, Marigold Jewellery, Upasna garments and Naturelly jams
A – Pondicherry Aurobindo ashram
2. In some year, US Post allowed a TV show on its commemoration
A – Simpsons
3. The person has been awarded NIKKEI Asia 2009 award for promoting a region for biz
A- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.

'Dalda' dons new identity......................

2009-09-10T16:57:00.001+09:00

Bunge India has unveiled a new logo and product proposition for its 'Dalda' brand in a bid to connect with younger consumers. The new logo and look of the pack includes gold ribbons, signifying premium values and a 'seal of protection'.

Tata Crucible Bangalore 2009 Questions

2009-08-31T02:46:00.001+09:00

1) Jagsharan Jit Singh Ahluwalia..world of fashion
J J Ahluwalia

2) The Talent wellness program..alcohol and cardiac measurement
WWE

3) J C Leyendecker
Arrow collared man

4) Hasbro toy…mfg by Japanese co Takara.. divided into heroic autobots and evil decepticones
Transformers

5) Pic…Ajit Jain of Berkshire
6) Hotel chain… segmentation based on diff customers.. pple who drive Ferrari, merc etc
Hyatt…. Grand, Park & regency

7) in Uk- PG5, in Belgium- C 4.. what is it in India and USA?
Pink Slips

8) Loved by women since 1908…Historical, medical, desire, intrigue,modern, blaze, spotlight

Mills & Boon
9) HR tool…german military..gathering feedback..frm multiple sources to evaluate performance
360* feedback

10) Women pic… board of blore co.. guru..

Rama Bijapurkar

11) Projects Garuda, Setu, Veda, Vyasa, Vidwan, Vidur
C Dac

12) 1st made by Gisecke & Devrient in 1991.. 85.6X53.9X0.76mm & 26X15X0.76 mm –
Sim Card

13) Norbert Pearltroth..sole contributor 1923-75..7 days a week in NY Public library
Ripley’s believe it or not

14)Alcoholic Anonymous logo

15)“India frm midnight to the millenium’
Shashi Tharoor

16)Editorof Fortune 1943-48.. Padma Vibhushan awardee
J k Galbraith

17)Golden spanner award… honour the Ustaad Car mechanic
Castrol

18)Neil Nitin & Preity Zinta
Morellato

19) Kaya Skin..Brand ambassador- Ridhima Kapoor

20) 2 US 1st ladies on Vogue cover.. Michelle Obama and..?
Hillary Clinton

21)’Someone gotta go’..reality tv..workers choose who gets sacked.. by
Endemol

22)US director..5 mn dollar settlement frm apparel co. for using his pic in their ads
Woody Allen

23) ‘Jawbone”..sunglasses
Oakley

24)ad..khurram khurram
Lizzat

25) ad ..insurance..ab to apne liye jiyo yaar..man finally jumps into the lake
Max new york

Courtesy: Rohit Jain

Happily Unmarried !!

2009-08-30T20:35:00.003+09:00

Brainchild of Rajat Tuli and Rahul Anand, both post-graduates from MICA, the idea came about with the duo wanting to be in every category that was dull and boring and inject in it a dose of cheek and fun.

Have a look at their products

A common folk-joke among all of us happily unmarried people is why we should have a cow in our house when readymade milk is available. The argument put forward against this is “there are certain other needs also apart from milk!!”..maybe this venture solve this also

Now an Indian Food recipe's search engine

2009-08-27T23:59:00.001+09:00

http://www.idlidosa.com

Jackie Chan offer his skill for you!!!

2009-08-19T02:01:00.002+09:00

Do you need some martial-art expert for the fight against your computer virus, if yes then watch it...

The great stuntman turned bad actor has signed a two-spot advertising contract with Moscow software security firm Kaspersky Lab. This is the first Chinese commercial, co-starring slightly better actor Eugene Kaspersky, the firm’s co-founder. Kaspersky invites Chan to visit a dangerous place called “Cyberworld.”

If this phenomenon catch in our country then we will see Rajni DADA or Sanjay Munna Bhai..playing such roles...

MySpace buy the most popular Facebook application

2009-08-19T01:55:00.003+09:00

ILike has more than 50 million registered users around the world and operates as a service to manage and recommend the musical tastes of users. iLike has applications for Facebook, Bebo and the MySpace.

Rozgarduniya.com: website for rural job market

2009-08-19T01:41:00.003+09:00

Rozgarduniya.com is a bilingual job portal launched initially in English and Hindi and will be subsequently available in other regional Indian languages.

Internet job portal Monster.com has collaborated with ITC e-Choupal, the rural digital infrastructure setup by ITC, to launch Rozgarduniya.com. The site is currently available in English and Hindi and can be accessed at e-Choupals in 4 states — Madhya Pradesh, Maharashta, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

Desi Brand: Vimanika Comics

2009-08-16T15:56:00.003+09:00

Hoping to capture the minds and hearts of Indian Americans and other Indians abroad, Karan Vir Arora has launched Vimanika, a new comic brand named after Vimanika Shastra, an early 20th century Sanskrit text about the construction of mythical ‘chariots of gods’.

The StupidFilter Project: Because the internet needs prophylactics for memetically transmitted diseases

2009-08-16T14:49:00.002+09:00

Stupid Filter is a open source code that detects and filters stupid or impertinent remarks on websites, is now available. The creators, who have managed to mount a finance company, on July 29, 2008 launched the first version.

The solution we're creating is simple: an open-source filter software that can detect rampant stupidity in written English. This will be accomplished with weighted Bayesian or similar analysis and some rules-based processing, similar to spam detection engines. The primary challenge inherent in our task is that stupidity is not a binary distinction, but rather a matter of degree. To this end, we're collecting a ranked corpus of stupid text, gleaned from user comments on public websites and ranked on a five-point scale.

Know The Brand: Becks Plastilin

2009-08-15T16:21:00.003+09:00

Becks Plastilin is one of Europes biggest modelling clay developers but isn't well known among parents because of global competitors like Hasbros Playdoh.

Complete Web 2.0 Indian Social Matrimonial Portal.

2009-08-13T23:40:00.002+09:00

Here is a All new way of soul mate search engine. Find technical or any other non technical professional.

Green Drinks: An Eco-friendly socialnetworking joint

2009-08-12T02:53:00.002+09:00

Green Drinks is an event that was born in England in 1989, its creators were taking something in a pub in London with fellow designers and noted that at the next table there were other people talking about issues related to the environment. Soon the tables are joined and the movement was born.
What is it?
A group of people interested in the environment and sustainable development meet in a bar for drinks and share contacts, make synergies or simply having a good time.