Sunday, November 8, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum XIII

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Quriosity

IMT Ghaziabad proudly brings to you-the quintessential event of Passion 2009-the Business Quiz, Quriosity.
The quizmaster of the event is the renowned quizzer and quizmaster - Mr. Souvik Basu
The Total Prize money is likely to be more than Rs. 30000.
Date: 1st November, 2009.
Time: 1 PM
Venue: IMT Ghaziabad, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad 201 001, India
Basic rules and guidelines:
The quiz is open strictly to B School Students only.
The teams can have at the most 2 members-both from the same institute.
No prior registrations are required - On the spot registrations will be done.
Any number of teams from an institute can take part in the event.
See you at Passion 2009!!!
For more details, log on to http://www.passion-imtg.com/

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Reminder: Quriosity, Business Quiz @ IMT Ghaziabad

IMT Ghaziabad proudly brings to you-the quintessential event of Passion 2009-the Business Quiz, Quriosity.
The quizmaster of the event is the renowned quizzer and quizmaster - Mr. Souvik Basu
IMT is the reigning and for the unprecedented 3rd consecutive time-the champion of the National Capital edition of the prestigious Tata Crucible quiz.
The Total Prize money is likely to be more than Rs. 30000.
Date: 1st November, 2009.
Venue: IMT Ghaziabad, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad 201 001, India
Basic rules and guidelines:
The quiz is open strictly to B School Students only.
The teams can have at the most 2 members-both from the same institute.
No prior registrations are required - On the spot registrations will be done.
Any number of teams from an institute can take part in the event.
See you at Passion 2009!!!
For more details, log on to http://www.passion-imtg.com/

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Biz Quiz @ 27th October

Following are the questions and answers of the Business Quiz conducted on 27th October.
Q.1. X brought a lawsuit against NBC for showing their product Y in bad light in one of its TV series. Later NBC and X settled the issue out of court. Name X
A.1 Emerson, Insinkerator (Series was Heroes)
*Q.2 Old Logo of What?A.2Q.3 ConnectA.3 Lambretta
Innocenti – Original manufacturer of Lambretta
Scooters India Limited. Indian govt bought rights to Lambretta name and created SIL
Fiat owns rights to Innocenti
Vikram model by SIL uses Lambretta engine
Q. 4 ConnectA.4 Atari
Hasbo owns Atari
timewarner is the Ex-owners of Atari
Pong game
Atari was named after a scenario in Go game
Q.5 ConnectA.5 Anheuser Busch
Anheuser-Busch InBev will sell its Theme park division to Blackstone
Monster energy drink. AB Inbev has distribution rights
Lance armstrong is brand ambassador for Michelob AB Inbev brand
Stella Artois
Logo of Anheuser Busch
Q.6 Identify
A.6 Raj Rajaratnam
Q. 7 ConnectA.7 Ashok Leyland
Hinduja Brothers. Owners of AL
First product manufactured by Ashok Leyland
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, persuaded MrRaghunandan saran to set up AL
AL has tieup with Nissan
Q.8 From Russia with love…A.8
Q. 9 ConnectA.9 Abercrombie & Fitch
Beyonce Knowles is in legal war with A&F over Fierce perfume
A&F was first American store to sell MahJong
Charles Lindberg was outfitted by A&F for his historic flight across the Atlantic
Taylor Swift appeared in A&F ads
*Q.10 Connect*A.10 Ferrari
Luca Montezemolo. CEO of Ferrari
Maranello coat of arms. HQ of Ferrari
Ferrari supplies engines to Red Bull racing F1
Count Francesco Baraccaused to paint a horse on the side of his planes. Enzo Ferrari used this as Ferrari logo on request of Count’s mother.
Q.11 ConnectA.11
Chinese Democracy Album by GunsNRoses. Dr Pepper offered a free can of Dr Pepper to everyone in America—excluding former Guns N' Roses guitarists Buckethead and Slash—if the band released Chinese Democracy in 2008
Root Bear. Mascot of A&W root beer.
Cadbury hived off its US beverage arm and renamed it Dr Pepper Snapple Group.
Q.12 ConnectA.12 Visa
Logo of BankAmerica
South Africa Football world cup. Visa is a sponsor
Dove hologram which appears on most Visa Cards
Richard Gere – Brand Ambassador
*Q.13 Connect
A. 13 Northrop Grumman
B-2 Bomber made by NG for US Govt
Westinghouse. NG acquired Westinghouse electronic systems from Westinghouse
NG built the Apollo lunar module
Q. 14 Brand X is French term for a person employed to foment passion and encourage others to act rashly. It is a British brand and has been endorsed by Kate Moss & Kylie Minogue. Name X.
A.14 Agent Provocateur
Q. 15 ConnectAns: Pirelli
Carla Bruni was heiress to CEAT which was sold to Pirelli.
Naomi Campbell appeared in The Call - Pirelli film with John Malkovich
Lancia Stratos Pirelli invented radial tyres for this car
Pirelli sold its cable division to Goldman Sachs
Q. 16 ConnectA.16 Shapoorji Pallonji
Pallonji Shapoorji mistry was chairman of ACC
Eureka Forbes is owned by ShapoorjiPallonji group
Noel Tata - Son-in-law
Pallonji Shapoorji is single largest shareholder in Tata Sons
*Q.17 Where would you see these stars?A.17 Wikipedia Barnstars. Users can reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them Barnstars
Q.18 ConnectA.18 DLF
Pia Singh. Daughter of Kushal Pal Singh
and DLF has JVs with mothercare, DKNY & Hilton
Q. 19 IdentifyA.19 Shobhana Bhartia
*Q. 20 Old logo of what?
A. 20 Canon

Quiz Master: Kuldeep (MojoJojo)

5 Questions were star marked which were used to differentiate in case of a tie. If still it is tied entries received earlier were given preference

To see the Results, Follow this link:

http://www.corposhiksha.com/page.php?page=quiz-war-results

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Reminder: Online Business Quiz Today

CorpoShiksha and Passion 2009 - IMT Ghaziabad presents Quiz war 2009!!
Today is the last quiz in the series of quizzes organized by IMT and Corposhiksha. Participate and see how well you really know Quizzing.
If you miss your chance to take any of these quizzes - Never Fear! two weeks after the quizzes close, we'll be re-opening them for unlimited retakes.
Quizzes have been prepared by "IQC"Quizzes schedules & Themes
Today's Quiz: Business
Register yourself for the Quiz on: www.CorpoShiksha.com/quiz/
Quiz will start at 10.00 PM and end at 10:30
QM for today's quiz is - Kuldeep (MojoJojo)
Please send your entries latest by 10:30
Prizes:First Prize worth Rs. 1000
Second Prize worth Rs. 750
Cerificates from Passion 2009 to all the Winners and Ist runners up.
CorpoShiksha is a place where you can discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From any online destination to the most popular blog, CorpoShiksha surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users.
Visit : http://www.corposhiksha.com/
Question and answers of the online quizzes will be uploaded on the blog after the quiz gets finished.
Contact:
Rahul Jain: 9650432919
Kshitij Jain: 9818096665

Print Ads and Logos @ 26th October

Following are the questions and answers of the Print ads and logos quiz conducted on 26/10
*1. Absolut Mumbai (absolut vodka was mentioned in the question)2. Sandoz (the arrow points at the bone, besides everybody can see airtel)3. Allen Solly4. Bausch n Lomb*5. BigFlix6. Cadbury Bournvita*7. Chlormint8. Eno9. Happy Dent (Notice the teeth instead of diamonds)10. ID*11. IFFCO Tokio12. Killer Squeeze13. Kotex14. Lenovo15. Levis (low rise Jeans)16. LG17. Sony18. Tata Indicom19. TVS Scooty20. UnitechLogos
21. Adobe22. Alcatel-lucent23. Allianz
24. Aviva25. CBS*26. Diner's club27. Gatorade28. Gucci29. Hilton
30. Nissan31. Quantas*32. RadioShack
*33. Samsonite34. Star-alliance
35. X-box

Quiz Master: Karanjot

7 Questions were star marked which were used to differentiate in case of a tie. If still it is tied entries received earlier were given preference.

To see the Results, Follow this link:
http://www.corposhiksha.com/page.php?page=quiz-war-results