Archive for August, 2010

Have been watching TATA Crucible on and off for last few years and this time my colleague coaxed me to be part of it. Thanks to the last minute workload, we managed to reach the place half an hour late so had to rush in the answers. We still managed to get 10 correct, but the cut off came out to be 13. But what followed in the Finals was a treat to watch! The first two teams to qualify were the last year’s winning team for Campus (international) and last year’s Corporate winners (Vizag Steel). As the quiz started, surprisingly these two teams were not coming out very strong, but the new challengers (read teams from Google, Infy, IBM) started ruling the roost! Microsoft team kept mum till the last round, which made quiz-master Pickbrain (Bala) to comment on Google stealing the show over Microsoft (read corporate wars!)

Google scored with some logical and inspired guesses and soon raked up 40 points, after which they just maintained status quo till the end. This score of 40 kept them with the winning title, but Infy scored a bumper in the last question of the last round to emerge winner of the Hyd Finals.

Following are the questions asked during the prelim round (not in same order):

1. What was originated via the partnership of scientist Samuel Ruben and businessman Philip Rogers Mallory, who met during the 1920s. A famous brand connected with photography.1. What was originated via the partnership of scientist Samuel Ruben and businessman Philip Rogers Mallory, who met during the 1920s. A famous brand connected with photography.

2. Li Ka-Shing, the Hong Kong based business tycoon, was referred to as which famous comic character?

3. United Artists was founded by D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and who else?

4. What version of Band-Aid was specially developed keeping the Indian market in mind?

5. Who is the ET Global Indian of the year 2010?

6. What is the name given to the system of financial incentives designed to keep an employee from leaving the company?

7. Who was the master of mint in England in 1717?

8. In the early 1900s, what did a New York socialite by the name Mary Phelps Jacobs, daughter of steamboat inventor, develop?

9. What is the name given to a stock market crash where the loss is in excess of $ 1 trillion, which gets recovered soon?

10. What was established in 1972 by Air France “to provide a home away from home for its customers.”

11. Picture of Bindeswar Pathak

12. Pic of Capt Krishna Nair

13. Logo of Natwest Bank

14. An ad for Jockey

15. What latin word means “good” that is added extra to your salary?

16. Which object made by Masincedane Sport in 2001 was popular as rage in 2010?

The answers for these questions are:

1. Duracell

2. Superman

3. Charlie Chaplin

4. Turmeric

5. Ram Charan

6. Golden Handcuffs

7. Newton

8. Bra

9. Flash Crash

10. Le Méridien

15. Bonus

16. Vuvuzela