TATA CRUCIBLE 2008....KIIT EDITION........

The competition as expected, was no less, on standards than in any other TATA CRUCIBLE ....and i could smell the aroma of the high spirit of quiZzing among the qutopians as olwayss.....jsst that the QM here was not Mr giri balasubramanium rather myself, abhibinani.... applaud and appreciation by the teams were floatin all down the while the quiz was on, after all hard work olwayss rewards.....and rewards u great...... :)
wid no more pun intended here the questions are.........
Acknowledgement.......QUTOPIA TEAM (for being a learning platform ever since..)

Dry Round......

1--->X is distinguished by a no. of world records for auctioned works of art.

X holds the world record for most expensive painting and work of art ever sold at auction with (Picasso's Garçon à la pipe, $104 million).

On May 3, 2006, X auctioned Pablo Picasso's portrait Dora Maar au Chat which was sold for $95 million to an undisclosed purchaser, becoming the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction.

On June 7, 2007, a Roman-era bronze sculpture of "Artemis and the Stag" was sold at X by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York for $25.5 million, by far exceeding its estimates and setting the new record as the most expensive sculpture as well as work from antiquity ever sold at auction.

X also holds the world record for most expensive piece of contemporary art ever sold at auction, as well as the most expensive work sold at auction by a living artist with Damien Hirst's "Lullaby Spring" pill cabinet, which grossed roughly $19,300,000 in a June 2007 London sale.

On December 6, 2007, X auctioned the Guennol Lioness, a 3 1/4-inch limestone lion from ancient Mesopotamia. It is thought to be at least 5,000 years old. It was sold for $57 million, fetching the highest price ever paid for at an auction for a sculpture........ IDENTIFY X.........

X is SOTHEBY........

2---> IDENTIFY THE LOGO...........(hint : it is the largest in the world in its field.....)

logo of RANDOM HOUSE.....it is the worlds largest englinsh language ge neral trade book publisher....it is owned by bertelsmann a transnational media corporation....

3--->explain the significance of the pic.......

"Mr C.L. Raheja", Chairman, K. Raheja Corp, striking the bell at the Bombay Stock Exchange Convention Hall for the listing of "Shoppers' Stop" shares in Mumbai

4--->EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PIC........

Steve Jobs confirms the rumors of the transition at the 2005 WWDC. The lowered "e" is a humorous reference to Intel's former logo.....

5--->IDENTIFY THE LOGO.......

logo is of yellowikis.......bussiness infromation in wiki format.....

6--->IDENTIFY AND CONNECT ( PIC 1 IS A BUILDING....PICK 2 THE TWO PERSON ENCIRCLED...)

The pic is of Shockley semiconductor lab,......

On the right side is the pic of 8 people who left his lab to form
fairchild, the company which gifted the world its 1st chip....

connect is thus "traitorous eight"

CONNECT ROUND.....

1----> CONNECT :

pic 1......BUGZILLA
pic 2......MINIMO
pic 3......SUNBIRD
pic 4......SEA MONKEY
all are mozilla's softwares........

2--->

The company is named in part after X, captain ahab's 1st mate in the book moby-dick, as well as a turn of the century mining camp on mount river…..

According to howard Shcultz's book "pour your heart into it: how X built
a company one cup at a time”, the name of the company was derived from moby-dick. Gordon brown liked the name "pequod" (the ship in the novel), but his then creative partner terry heckler currently of responded, "no one's going to drink a cup of pee-quod!” heckler then suggested Y. brainstorming with these two ideas resulted in the company being named for the pequod's first mate, X……..?
CONNECT WID THE PIC……..

X is starbuck........
akeelah and the bee was produced by starbuck entertainment.......
connect is STARBUCK ENTERTAINMENT.....

3--->CONNECT .......

connect is DALDA......pic 1 ......logo of HLL
pic 2....md of bungee....
pic 3.....logo of bungee.....
dalda a HLL's product is now owned by bungee.....


4--->CONNECT THESE BEAUTIFUL LADIES........

pic 3.......karen lunel.......the liril girl
pic 1........puja bedi......endorsed for kamasutra condoms
pic 4........kavita chaudhary.......lalita ji......surf
connect is.......alyque padamsee......he made all these adds.....

5--->CONNECT.....

1st pic is f kris gopalkrisnan........CEO of infosys.....takin the position of nanan nilekani.....

pic 2.....circled one is.......ROHINI NILEKANI.....wife of nandan nilekani

pic 3.....logo of PATNI.....nandan nilekani joined infosys from patni computers...

connect is NANDAN NILEKANI........

6--->CONNECT TO A COMPANY..........

connect is ACER........

pic 1........stan shih......founder of acer.....

pic 2......british american racing....honda.....acer sponsered it

pic 3...... MTF 1......Microprofessor I (MPF 1), introduced in 1981 by Multitech, who changed their company name to Acer in 1987, was their first branded computer product and probably one of the world's longest selling computers....

TA-TA ROUND.........

(a lot of hard work was done to make this round specially.......intention was to provide some really interesting info abt TATA.....)

1----> A media report.....

march 29,2004 : X, india announced today that it had completed the acquisition of Y

Speaking on the occassion mr tata said,"this is a historic occasion for X and the tata group.

Im happy to note that this is the largest acquisition by any indian company in Z and i look forward to increasing the tata groups's presence in this country. Z is a shinning example of wat can be achieved with diligence and dedication, and im sure we will learn a lot from operatin in Z……

mr chae, on behalf of the employees of y said, " it has been a very productive negotiation and all of us are very happy to be a part of X, which is the sixth largest manufacturer of P in the world....

IDENTIFY X...........

X=tata motors
Y=daewoo commercial vehical company
Z=korea....or bettr south korea

2---->CONNECT TO TATA....

asataf, contaf, master, reeva, nagata, rogor, furadan, marshal........list is inexhaustive......

These are wide range of agrochemical products by rallis india ltd....tata subsidiary....


3---->


The core X technology has two qualities that give it great adaptability.

One is its ability to translate documents into any format, not just XML. If tomorrow another technology comes along that is an improvement on XML, the X technology can be used to convert documents to that technology without much change in its defining features. (So, for those wondering if the ‘Ex’ in the company’s name refers to XML, it doesn’t.)

The other feature is its language independence. If this technology is to be

successful across the globe, it has to be able to translate documents that

are in languages other than English….

Given that the X solution is the only one of its kind at the moment, it seems like Tata Infotech has a winner here.

X’s relationship with Tata Infotech is a very important one, because it gives us greater credibility with large customers who are not prepared to deal with organisations that may not be there tomorrow...... Below is the logo of X


EXEGENIX...........and logo of exegenix....

4----> IDENTIFY AND CONNECT....... (SITTER OF THIS ROUND.......)

pic 1........1st share of TATA STEEL.......
pic 2........b muthuraman........md of Tata steel.....

connect is tata steel......



5--->(easy but best question of this round........A BIG TATA FACT)
Apart from the companies A and B owned by X, he is also the chairman of Associated cement companies(ACC)………

In 2007, forbes estimated his total fortune to be worth $ 5.9 billion. The same year X gave up his Indian citizenship to adopt Irish citizenship, making him the richest Irish national in the world

Nicknamed by his colleagues in tata group as the "phantom of bombay house" X, despite being one of the most successful business man in india, is known for his media shyness and rarely appears in public....

His association with the tata group is over a half century old and yet nowre in the history of tata group is the X's family mentioned by name....his family's relation's with the tata eased only when C, D's

step brother, married X's daughter, Aloo

A, B , C, D………??????

X, i thot wud be veryy easy so didnt asked the name of X ( olthog only 1 team managed to cracked evn X and then A,C and D, so i gave them full points)

X is .........shapoorji pallonji.......

A= shapoorJi pallonji construction ltd

B= eureka forbes

C= noel tata

D= ratan tata

6----> (ended wid a lil tuf one........ )
In 1999, X launched "Silent Revolution" – a remarkable marketing strategy which has, in the short span of one year, reaped huge benefits for the company and, more importantly, for its customers

Its underlying philosophy was very simple -- to create a bond and develop a relationship with every customer, to be his partner in business and to be a part of his family. The aim was to establish X as ''brand of first recall'' in the minds of the cusotmers.

The name ''Silent Revolution'' was given to the project because strategy involved talking directly to the end consumer, without making a noise. The Tata name, which stands for trust and leadership, helped in spreading the message that X is their customer's partner in the creation of wealth........... identify x......

X=Rallis or rallis india ltd, one of the largest agrochemical companies in India and the fifth largest company in the Tata Group.


BRAND EQUITY ROUND 1---->

1---->
identify the brand associated......... ( read the text carefully........a sitter...)


ROLEX....


2---->

A video add of vaseline was shown........(wid usp: your skin is amazing, take care of it......NO one was able to ans it)

3----->
A huge shot in the arm and validation of the company’s efforts has been the recognition given independently by BBC, The Times of India and Business Standard as the ‘Brand of the Year’ (2002). X was also awarded the TOPS award for Specialty Y Excellence by the Specialty Y Association of America which recognizes specialty Y retailers who differentiate themselves through better business practices. For the year 2003-05, X has been selected as one of the 100 super brands in the country and is amongst the youngest brands in the list, to achieve this status.... tell me the brand X.......


X is BARISTA........y is coffee....
4---->

IDENTIFY THE BRAND ASSOCIATED......( gave a veryy easy hint, which made the question veryy easy..... :)

GOLD SPOT.......



5---->

A video commercial of guiness brand of beer was shown.....( no one answered it.....)

6---->CONNECT TO A BRAND........




CONNECT IS SWAROVSKI.........
pic 1....daniel swarovski..... founder of swarovski.....

pic 2.....edelweiss flower old logo of swarovski......

pic 3....crystal beads.......swarovski's products.......

pic 4.....the film produced by swarovski....

its new logo is......

COMMERCIALS ROUND.........

1---->

Video ad of cobra beer was shown.......( no one answered it......)

2---->

video ad of fiama di wils ( ITC ltd) was shown which was cracked jsst after the the 1st 5 seconds by the winning team.....(ad featured Deepika Padukone..)

3---->

A veryy funny video ad of virgin atlantics was shown.....( no one answered it.....)

4---->

add for what......(need the brand......thr was writen below " he is the speed, you are the bump......)



ADIDAS....



5---->

Ad for.......??


AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL......



6---->(last question of the quiz....... ended with lots of praise and applaud..)

Add for what.....(needed the specific brand....hints wre given but no one was able to answer it)



peugeot



note.....

Mail the answers to abhibinani@gmail.com
top 3 people's name wud be displayed in the QC topper's chart.....in the blog
answers will be given after a week.......and next quiz of a set of 10 questions wud posted.........

exaly quiZzing.....!!