quiZzically committed.........

Small Brainy Delight..

2008-08-25T01:16:00.000-07:00

Hi friends..
same rules.... hints for start questions in the comments block and ans to be mailed at abhibinani@gmail.com.

Happy Quiz time :)

*1..

The roots of "X" as a measurement standard can be traced back to Carl Frederick Gauss (1777-1855) who introduced the concept of the normal curve. X has evolved a lot over time.

As Geoff Tennant describes in his book "X: SPC and TQM in Manufacturing and Services": "X is many things, and it would perhaps be easier to list all the things that X quality is not. X can be seen as: a vision; a philosophy; a symbol; a metric; a goal; a methodology." We couldn't agree more.

What are we talking abt..... X = ??

2..

Today the "X International Inc." is the product of a merger between "Y" and "X" Inc. which took place in 1999. Although Y was twice the size of X, the combined company chose the name "X" because of its superior brand recognition.

However, the corporate headquarters were consolidated to Y's headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey rather than X's former headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

X maintains a very active community involvement program called "Hometown Solutions". Program initiatives include matching employee volunteer involvement with charitable donations, encouraging study of maths and science, re-building after hurricane Katrina and a long-standing partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children called "Got2bSafe".

What are X and Y ...... ?? (1 pt for each.... )

*3..

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, "S" is the second-most popular song in the English language, following "Happy Birthday to You" and followed by "Auld Lang Syne."

"S" is a British and American song which is sung to congratulate a person on a significant event, such as a retirement. The melody originates from that of the French song "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre."

Please sing this song "S" .... ??

4.. A sitter is here.... ;)

"X Y" bills itself as the third largest confectionery manufacturer in the world after Cadbury and Wrigley. It employs 14,000 people via 30 subsidiary companies and distributes its products in over 130 countries.

It was formed by the 2001 merger of "X" of Italy with "Y" of the Netherlands, having its corporate headquarters in Lainate, Italy and in Breda, Netherlands.

What is X and Y .... ?? ( 1 point for each..)
*5..

CONNECT and EXPLAIN ( only in dat case full points...... otherwise half for jst connecting) :

Keep Answering..,, ans will be posted soon... Till then,
Hail Quizzing.... :)

SCORES AND ANSWERS :

1.. It is SIX SIGMA , a sitter for all
2.. X is "HONEYWELL" and Y is "ALLIED SIGNAL"
3.. the song is "for he is the jolly good fellow" :)
4.. X is "PERFETTI" and Y is "VAN MELLE"
5.. no one bothered to connect this one...... the connection is O&M (ogilvy and mather)
pic 1 is of David Ogilvy
pic 2 is the campaign carried out by O&M for DOVE...... and titled as EVOLUTION (the pic is of dove's evolution)
pic 3 is Martin Sorell the fonder and ceo of WPP group, which is the parent company of O&M

SCORES :

Abhishek Chakraborty (6), Tanx for ur encouraging comments ;
Shrinidhi Rai (2)
Piyush Raithatha (5)
Udayan Chakrabarti (2)
Ramakrishna K (1)
Priyabrata Padhi (4)
Arun A (1)
Manimaker (1)
Siddhartha Mohapatra (2)
Sijut Mehta (6)
Pradeep Kumar.SJ (5), Tanx for singing the song as well ;)
I can't ziuq (5)
Meher Sridhar Uddandam (5)
Aki Raj (6)
Navin Ba (4)
Balakrishnan Dev (5)
Priyesh (6)
Manan (4)
Cheers to one and all,
Abhi Binani

snack time Quiz....

2008-08-10T03:48:00.000-07:00

Another set of random questions.....
for hints in the star question, pls check the comments block and DO NOT leave ans over therr.... mail ans to abhibinani@gmail.com and let the comments block be for comments only !!

1.... starting with a sitter as usual......
who said illustrating what.......??

"The navel is naturally placed in the center of the human body, and, if in a man lying with his face upward, and his hands and feet extended, from his navel as the centre, a circle be described, it will touch his fingers and toes. It is not alone by a circle, that the human body is thus circumscribed, as may be seen by placing it within a square. For measuring from the feet to the crown of the head, and then across the arms fully extended, we find the latter measure equal to the former; so that lines at right angles to each other, enclosing the figure, will form a square."

2 * ....

The origin of X has been debated for years. Printed likenesses can be traced back to the 19th century, such as the The Yellow Kid character from Richard F. Outcault's strip, Hogan's Alley.

since his debut in Y
X has appeared in a slew of guises, including Geroger Washington, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Kurt Cobain, Bart Simpson, Michael Jackson, George Bush and many more.... Considering X's ubiquity as a cover boy, it is perhaps ironic that the single highest-selling issue of Y depicted only his feet.

He was also briefly known as Mel Haney, When in one of the issue Mel Haney was also described as his name.

A female version of X, named Moxie Cowznofski and occasionally described in editorial text as X's "girlfriend," appeared briefly during the late 1950s.

Identify X and Y....

3 * ....

This song "S" is the fifth and final single by American singer-songwriter "Y" from Y's third studio album, True Blue, and it was released on February 25, 1987 by Sire Records.

S was written by Patrick Leonard and Bruce Gaitsch, and originally intended for Michael Jackson for his Bad album, who, according to Gaitsch, turned it down.

Y accepted it in Jackson's place, and wrote the song's lyrics, earning a co-writing credit. Lyrically, the song speaks of the simplicity and authenticity of "boy-meets-girl love".

Internationally, "S" was a bonafide worldwide hit which reached number one in the UK, France and Germany....

Identify S and Y.......

4 .... (sitter again..... )

The # effect is the ability of any activity to which people devote sufficient time and attention to begin to dominate their thoughts, mental images, and dreams. The name has been derived from a game.

The game "#" is originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in June 1985, while working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow.

What is this # effect is.........??

5 * ....

CONNECT :

pic 1 is.... Corey Burton
pic 2 is.... Tress MacNeille

6.. CONNECT the followings......

A) "music to piss of the savage beast"
B) "if it makes sense we dont want it"
C) "Random Quote of the milisecond"
D) "your source for up to the minute misfortune"

what is the master/specific connect..... ??

answers within 1 week time..... keep answering.... and
exalt Quizzing.... ;)

P.S : qutopia is finally up with its blog.... posting one original question everyday..... check it out at qutopia-kiit.blogspot.com

Thanks Abhi Binani....

ANSWERS :

1.. Vitruvian Man

2.. X = Alfred E Neuman and Y = MAD magazine.

3.. song S = "La isla bonita" and Y = Madonna. (seems like no 1 cheked the hints hre.. its english meaning was given which implies the song itself is not in english...... its a spanish song)

4.. The TETRIS effect. ( # = TETRIS)

5.. The Connections is Chip and Dale (the chipmunks)
Corey Burton and Tress MacNeille gave voices to dale and chip respectively
Their 1st comic appearance was for dell comics (its logo is shown )
they are the creation of walt disney who also created mickey mouse (shown in the pic)
Chip 'n Dale first appeared in the cartoon Private Pluto (1943) ( the dog is private pluto)

6.. The connection is indeed uncyclopedia, The Wilde Project (in hints the quote is by Oscar Wilde) . They are the catch lines of their several projects..
A.. untunes
B.. uncycloversity
C.. unquote/unquotable
D.. unnews

SCORES :

Hussain Poonawala (2)
Anubhav Chatterjee (1)
Debjyoti Adhikari (3)
Ratnakar Sadasya(7) , bang on..
Preshanth sampath (1)
*Kuldeep Singh (9) leading this board....
Abhishek Chakraborty (8.5) , bang with a blast..
Sijut Mehta (5)
Mayukh Bose (4)
Rishabh Sinha (6)
Ayan Saha (5)
Bharath (3)
Mehar Sridhar Uddandam (2.5)

Thanks to one and all....
Hail Quizzing !!

Mixed Bag........ ;)

2008-06-30T07:54:00.000-07:00

** hints for questions with star...... chk the comments block

1* ..... Starting with a sitter.... ;)

David Bowie's acceptance speech was, "I only get five words? Shit, that was five. Four more there. That's three. Two."

which event is this... ?

2.....

In the play Julius Ceaser, Gaius Cassius says of Ceaser.....

"Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a _________ , and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonorable graves "

Complete .......

3..... Identify The Theme ** (solve for X, Y and Z)

a*> ......

The entrance sign of this park (X) proclaims, "ye who enter here leave dull cares behind"
which famous park is it.......??
X = ?

b>.......

This family was called the richest family in America by the fortune magazine in 1988.

Upon the death of Y, he and his 2 sons were ranked 29th, 30th, 31th, by the forbes magazines list of richest Americans, they each had a worth of apprx $ 4 billion.

As of 2008, Y's 3 children are ranked 46th by forbes "list of the world billionares", with $14 billion each.

Which is this family and who is Y..... ??

c>.........

The Z boycott on 1977 in the US was against the Z corporation. It was prompted by concern about the company's marketing of breast milk substitutes, particularly in less economically developed countries (LEDCs), which campaigners claim contributes to the un-neccessary death and suffering of babies, largely among the poor.

The boycott is still active and is coordinated by the international Z boycott committee.....

In 2001, comedian Robert Newman and actress Emma Thompson called for a boycott of the Perrier Comedy Award, because Perrier was owned by Z. An alternative competition called the Tap Water Awards was set up the following year....

In 2002, authors Germaine Greer and Jim Crace withdrew from the Hay Festival in protest over Z's sponsorship of the event....

A 2007 article in The Guardian highlighted aggressive marketing practices by Z in Bangladesh.....

which is this Z corporation we are talking about......??

4.......

Significance of this pic.....

5*.....

Identify the logo......

ps.. my apologies to the readers, for not keeping the blog updated. No lame excuses!!
wud keep posting wenever i'll hv any good stuff to post.... till then .... "exalt quiZzing !!"

ANSWERS....

1.. The Event is "The Webby awards"....... This award is presented to honor the excellence in internet including websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile web sites.
* they have this famous tradition that their acceptance speech should not be of more than 5 words.. For example, in 2005, former Vice President Al Gore's was "Please don't recount this vote." He was introduced by Vint Cerf who used the same format to state, "We all invented the Internet.

2.. Collosus

3.. a> Hershey's park (The lasrgest chocolate industry in the world)..

b..> Mars Family and Forrest Mars

c.. > Nestle

The theme was "CHOCOLATE"

4.. >The Air India Memorial in Toronto, Canada dedicated to the victims of Air India Flight 182.

5.. > Logo Of "Second Life" the Internet-based virtual world video game launched on June 23, 2003, developed by Linden Research, Inc

Scores........ 1 for each, 3 for theme
Ninad W 6
Preshant Sampath 6
Kshira Saagar 7
Wasi Manzir 2
Sumit Ghosh 5
Deepanshu Berry 5
Aravind Ghosh Suri 7
Abhishek Mania 5
Ayan Saha 5
Akaash Mukherjee 5
Haroon Siyech 7
Bharath 5

Thanks abhi,

scores and answers to hardcore bizquiz QC 1

2008-04-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

1....
Zulfiqar Ali bhutto pakistani politician who served as the president of pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and prime minister of pak from 1973 to 1977 . Father of benazir bhutto and founder of pakistan peoples party (PPP), the largest and most influential political parties of pakistan has worked for this company X which in 1990's became the sole member firm of ernst and young in india....

This company X is.....

X is .....S.R Batliboi & company

2....
In 1865, Samuel Lowell X , an accountant went into partnership with william hopkins holyland and edwin Y. Holyland left shortly to work alone in accountancy and the firm was known as X Y and co.

In 1874 William Z established his own practice in london which became Z brothers seven yrs ltr when his 3 brothers joined.
Z & labyrand resulted as a merger in 1957 between Z brothers & co; Lybrand, ross bros & montgomery and a canadian firm Mc donald, curie and co.

In 1998 X Y Z and labyrand merged to form "A" in an attempt to gain a
scale that would put the new firm in a different league..

A is......?
( Temme X,Y and Z also....)

X is price
Y is waterhouse
Z is cooper
A is pricewaterhousecoopers (pWc)

3....

identify this US tv add for which brand.....(owned by unilever since 2003......)

given a product of uniliver was a big hint........PEPSODENT

4.... (a sitter......)
The X company was founded by king C . X in 1901. On October 1, 2005, Procter & Gamble finalized its purchase of The X Company. As a result of this merger,
the X Company no longer exists.
current x products are....
venus, designed for women
venus divine
venus embrace
venus vibrance
good news!
blue 2(in romans)
and many others...
In 1999 the brand value of this company was equal to 37 % of the company's value,
which is the same as diamler chrysler, 1 of the worlds largest car manufacturers..

X.....??

X is gillette

5.....

identify this icon......(a little tuf one......probably!!)

icon of PAGES
PAGES is a word processor and page layout application developed by Apple Inc.
for further details check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pages

6....
This word X is slang for a low-paying, low-prestige job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of intra-company advancement.
The term X derives its name from McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status job — regardless of the employer where little training is required..
"X" was in use at least as early as 1986, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects"

The word X is....

the word is......Mcjob

7...
He is the 1st ever parsi in the house of lords, the upper house of the parliament of UK. In 2008 he was awraded the pravasi bharatiya samman by the president of india.

who is he......?
(think in the world of bussiness.............. :)

Karan Bilimoria.....

8....
whose slogans are "first in business worldwide"

"fast, accurate, actionable, unbiassed" .......??

slogans by CNBC.......
9....
This company was 4 times awarded the national medal technology first in 1990, for its invention of "high-performance man-made polymers such as nylon, neoprene rubber, "Teflon" fluorocarbon resin, and a wide spectrum of new fibers, films, and engineering plastics"; The second for 2002 "for policy and technology leadership in the phaseout and replacement of chlorofluorocarbons"

In 1974, Gerard Colby Zilg, wrote "X: Behind the Nylon Curtain", a critical account of the role of the X's family in American social, political and economic history.
The book was nominated for a National Book Award in 1974

This company X is......?

the company is DuPont....

10....(sitter and most crackable..........)
The slogan "The possibilities are infinite" can be found below the company's logo on major advertising and ties up, with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word X. This smaller logo, similar to a sideways figure eight, represents the symbol for infinity....

The company whose logo i m referring to.......??

the logo of ......FUJITSU....

SCORES..... An amazingly overwhelming response was seen this time; in comparison to 5 response last time this post fetched a pretty decent 16 responses that too of high scoring.....
i guess the questions went of with lots of hints and particularly ques 5 was the only 1 that ceased the score of 10.....

Deepanshu Berr 9
Rabi Shankar Saha 9
Sashi kiran 9
Kamal Rathi 9
Kshira Saagar 9
Kumar Vaibhav 9
Himanshu Tyagi 7
Lokesh Gurunathan, 7
Nikhil Khandelwal 5
Anubhav Chatterjee 4
Shubendhu Saha 4
Bhavin Vora 4
Ninad W 3
Paul Teresa 3
Rajiv Rai 2
Ramachandran V 1
Shrinidhi Rai 1

Keep Posting!!

exalt quizzing........!!

~ regards abhi......

Hardcore Biz quiz QC 1......

2008-04-02T11:24:00.000-07:00

1....
Zulfiqar Ali bhutto pakistani politician who served as the president of pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and prime minister of pak from 1973 to 1977 . Father of benazir bhutto and founder of pakistan peoples party (PPP), the largest and most influential political parties of pakistan has worked for this company X which in 1990's became the sole member firm of ernst and young in india....

This company X is.....

2....
In 1865, Samuel Lowell X , an accountant went into partnership with william hopkins holyland and edwin Y. Holyland left shortly to work alone in accountancy and the firm was known as X Y and co.

In 1874 William Z established his own practice in london which became Z brothers seven yrs ltr when his 3 brothers joined.
Z & labyrand resulted as a merger in 1957 between Z brothers & co; Lybrand, ross bros & montgomery and a canadian firm Mc donald, curie and co.

In 1998 X Y Z and labyrand merged to form "A" in an attempt to gain a
scale that would put the new firm in a different league..

A is......?
( Temme X,Y and Z also....)

3....

identify this US tv add for which brand.....(owned by unilever since 2003......)

4.... (a sitter......)
The X company was founded by king C . X in 1901. On October 1, 2005, Procter & Gamble finalized its purchase of The X Company. As a result of this merger,
the X Company no longer exists.
current x products are....
venus, designed for women
venus divine
venus embrace
venus vibrance
good news!
blue 2(in romans)
and many others...
In 1999 the brand value of this company was equal to 37 % of the company's value,
which is the same as diamler chrysler, 1 of the worlds largest car manufacturers..

X.....??

5.....

identify this icon......(a little tuf one......probably!!)

6....
This word X is slang for a low-paying, low-prestige job that requires few skills and offers very little chance of intra-company advancement.
The term X derives its name from McDonald's, but is used to describe any low-status job — regardless of the employer where little training is required..
"X" was in use at least as early as 1986, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which defines it as "An unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects"

The word X is....

7...
He is the 1st ever parsi in the house of lords, the upper house of the parliament of UK. In 2008 he was awraded the pravasi bharatiya samman by the president of india.

who is he......?
(think in the world of bussiness.............. :)

8....
whose slogans are "first in business worldwide"

"fast, accurate, actionable, unbiassed" .......??

9....
This company was 4 times awarded the national medal technology first in 1990, for its invention of "high-performance man-made polymers such as nylon, neoprene rubber, "Teflon" fluorocarbon resin, and a wide spectrum of new fibers, films, and engineering plastics"; The second for 2002 "for policy and technology leadership in the phaseout and replacement of chlorofluorocarbons"

In 1974, Gerard Colby Zilg, wrote "X: Behind the Nylon Curtain", a critical account of the role of the X's family in American social, political and economic history.
The book was nominated for a National Book Award in 1974

This company X is......?

10....(sitter and most crackable..........)
The slogan "The possibilities are infinite" can be found below the company's logo on major advertising and ties up, with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word X. This smaller logo, similar to a sideways figure eight, represents the symbol for infinity....

The company whose logo i m referring to.......??

Scores of TATA CRUCIBLE 2008 KIIT EDITION...

Manas Nayak.......19.5 ( A clean sweep dude......great ans and way of answering as well....)
Anubhav Chatterjee..... 5 (nice attempts dear.....)
manasa.....2 (1+.5+.5)
Rohit Jain.... 2 (nice attempts too....)

Special Thanxs to Neelakantan for pointing out some technical mistakes in the postings of the questions....Tanx a ton dude.... :)

keep posting......

exalt quiZing............!!

~ regards abhi....

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

2008-03-15T09:07:00.002-07:00

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.....!!

Fly bird high....My 1st post to qutopia as a QM........

2008-03-14T04:54:00.000-07:00

heyy guyss below is ma 1st post to "qutopia" informing its members abt da nxt quiz....
i v worked haard preparin ths quiz so feelin a little excited,animated and motivated as well....so thought to post it here as well, as becos qutopia is da nly drivin force behind the materialization of this blog 2day....

Very warm wishes to all the qutopians.... this saturday the responsibilty of organising the quiz for the most elite and active society of KIIT, qutopia has been given to
me, abhi binani, IT, 2nd yr and my partner abhishek peeyush, mechanical,2nd yr.

My quiz is completely "tata crucible" oriented ( keepin in my mind Manjit bhaiya and Nishith bhaiya, & their on-coming crusade of knowledge against the rest best of the country, in the TC finals,bombay)
thr are 5 rounds.....
1-Dry round
2-Connect
3-Brand Equity
4-TA-TA
5-Ad round(audio-visuals)

Whereas to compensate the enjoyment part in the quiz, peeyush wud be preparin an utterly-butterly entertainment (evrythn apart biz) oriented quiz... :)

venue is C-BLOCk

time is 2:15 pm

wud be looking for all the qutopia members to come positively and "exalt quiZzing"......!!

regards ~ abhi binani

"Never let the fear of being striking out.....keep you from playing the game !!"
- A cindrella story

Rulezz and Regulzz....

2008-03-11T13:44:00.000-07:00

wid utmost puctuality and sicerity i wud be posting 10 questions( meritorious upto my knoledge) every week...... aftr which answers wud be displayed......
ppl are require to attempt dse questions and send answers to abhibinani@gmail.com......dey will be given points accordingly and the toppers name wud b displayed on the blog..... :)
hail quiZzing.......!!

Induction, quiZzically committed........

2008-03-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

the name as itself signifies my craving for quiZzing and commitment.... :P
being a member of the elite quiz society " qutopia "......i proudly say that quiz flow in my neurons nw ..... :)
an attempt to take the responsibility of being a ray in the process of lightening the mind of people being myself a part of it....
exalt quiZzing !!