GRANDE FINALE

Quiz Master: Yours Truly
  SOUBHAGYA JENA
A few words before we start….
• Hope that this winning trend continues next
  year with you people
• Keep this quizzing spirit alive
Without further ado…
MIXED BAG
•   18 questions on different subjects
•   Round on infinite bounce
•   10 for a direct
•   10 for a pass
•   No negatives
They are the mascots of which   1
company? 2 little monsters!!!
Answers:
• Cruiter and Skeeter monsters from
  Monster.com
What product owes it's name to a
town/municipality lying in the shaded region
                                               2
                depicted?
Answer:
3

• This car brand has had a long association with
  James Bond novels and films. It was owned by
  Ford till 2007. The name of the car brand was
  named after the founder’s surname and the
  hill near which he drove his car. Which luxury
  sports car brand.
Answer:
4

• Unintentionally, the Lyrical Title of the Satyajit
  Ray film “Pather Panchali” helped it . The
  Government of West Bengal saw the script
  and the title and financed the film. Why?
5

• Identify this beautiful lady who has taken over
  the reins of the company his father
  founded(from the field of IT) ?
Answer:
• Roshni Nadar of HCL, daughter of Shiv Nadar
6
          Which food item is X?
• The origin of X may lie in the short supply of
  cooking fuel in the Near East, which made the
  cooking of large foods difficult, while urban
  economies made it easy to obtain small cuts of
  meat at a butcher's shop. The phrase is
  essentially Persian in origin and Arabic tradition
  has it that the dish was invented by medieval
  Iranic soldiers who used their swords to grill
  meat over open-field fires. The word X is
  ultimately from Persian and originally meant
  fried not grilled meat.
Answer: Kebabs
7

• Ocher studios is high tech studio in Chennai
  mostly into animation film making. The CEO of
  Ocher Studios is a certain Soundarya, who is
  the daughter of Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. How is
  he popularly known.
Answer:
It is the structure of Sildenafil citrate. How 8
   do we know the compound popularly.
Answer:
9

• It is a tool used by market research companies
  to measure quality of retail service or gather
  specific information about products and
  services. Participants posing as normal
  customers perform specific tasks—such as
  purchasing a product, asking questions,
  registering complaints or behaving in a certain
  way – and then provide detailed reports or
  feedback about their experiences. What
  concept in retail management?
Answer:
• Mystery Shopping
10

• Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanam gets lakhs of
  donations in its Hundi daily. According to
  religious beliefs what is the money collecetd
  from the Hundi used for?
11
     What is this concept called?
• The existing strong brand name can be used as
  a vehicle for new or modified products; for
  example, many fashion and designer
  companies extended brands into
  fragrances, shoes and accessories, home
  textile, home decor, luggage, (sun-)
  glasses, furniture, hotels, etc.
Answer:
• Brand Extension
12

• Roy Raymond, felt embarrassed trying to
  purchase lingerie for his wife in a department
  store environment. He opened the first store
  at Stanford Shopping Center, and quickly
  followed it with a mail-order catalog and three
  other stores. The stores were meant to create
  a comfortable environment for men, with
  wood-paneled walls, Victorian details and
  helpful sales staff. Which lingerie brand am I
  talking about?
Answers:
13
Id the fashion house?
Answer:
14

• The 1857 Sepoy mutiny happened
  because the bullets were smeared with
  pig and cow fat which the Indian soldiers
  refused to use on religious grounds.
  Which company manufactured these
  bullets?
Answer:
15

• In 2008 a management consultancy came out
  with a report on how the urban market was
  spreading to smaller cities, and how rural
  customers were increasing in importance. It
  was named after a small-town boy who has
  made it big. Name both the consultancy and
  the title of the report?
Answers:
• Ernst and Young’s THE DHONI EFFECT
16

• Which company, a market leader in textiles in
  India manufactures the Kamasutra Condoms
  along with Ansell group?
Answer: Raymond Group
17

• Which Indian actress is the new brand
  ambassador of Sony Ericsson?
Answer: The new size zero
18

• Train No. 5645 UP/NTT Guwahati is quite
  unlike any other. It doesn't belong to the
  railways and is arguably the fastest goods train
  in India. Then who owns this train, that runs
  from NAGPUR to GUWAHATI?
*What is ego surfing?
*Founders of which company?
Ad mad
1
1. An ad for?
Answer:
2
2. This is a pun on?
3. Ad campaign for which telecom 3
           company?
Answer:
4
4.An ad for?
Answer:
5
          5. Id the advertiser
• C:Documents and
  SettingsSubbuDesktopNew Folder
  (2)20515_2010322_TV.flv
6
6. Id the jeans company
Answer:
Audience: An ad for?
Answer:
*They are the founders of which
     popular web portal?
Connect
• Think lateral…..
1
Connect!!!!!!!
2
                    Connect……




US patent 7669123
3
Connect..
4
connect…
5
Connect to a brand…
6
Connect….
*Connect…




BEAUTY WITH A PURPOSE
*Connect…
THEMATRIX
• Scratch your heads
• Crack the theme
• Write the theme
And call me
1
                    +20/-5
• Sometime between 1888 and 1890, J. C. Fargo
  took a trip to Europe and returned frustrated
  and infuriated. Despite the fact that he carried
  with him traditional letters of credit, he found
  it difficult to obtain cash anywhere except in
  major cities. Fargo went to Marcellus Fleming
  Berry and asked him to create a better
  solution than the traditional letter of credit.
  What resulted?
What was launched with the airing of this
   image and the words "Ladies and        2
  gentlemen, rock and roll,“. (+20/-5)
Answer: MTV
+15/-5              3
Founders of which organization?
Answer: Emanuel and Mayer Lehman
        of Lehman brothers
+15/-5                           4
        Which advertising legend?
• A man walked into his London agency wanting
  to advertise the opening of his hotel. Since he
  had just $500 he was turned to the novice. He
  bought $500 worth of postcards and sent
  invitations to everybody he found in the local
  telephone directory. The hotel opened with a
  full house. "I had tasted blood", he said in his
  book Confessions.
Answer:
+10/-5      5
An ad for?
Answer:
+10/-5                         6
                 Which bank?
• The Y Bank of India, China and Australia was
  founded by Scotsman James Wilson following the
  grant of a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in
  1853, while The X Bank was founded in the Cape
  Province of South Africa in 1862 by another
  Scotsman John Paterson. Both companies were
  keen to capitalise on the huge expansion of trade
  and to earn the handsome profits to be made
  from financing the movement of goods from
  Europe to the East and to Africa. Both banks
  merged a few decades back. The bank has been
  present in India as early as 1858.
Answer:
THEME
• AMERICAN EXPRESS
*Audience
• What is VALS framework in marketing.
Answer: Values Attitudes & Lifestyles
• It is a psychographic segmentation. It was
  developed in 1970s and inaugurated in 1978
  by Arnold Mitchell at SRI International. VALS
  places U.S. adult consumers into one of eight
  segments based on their responses to the
  VALS questionnaire.
* It is a venture of which co.?
Dry
• Textuals
• Images
1
Id the child prodigy.
This is a book on which internet   2
             portal?
Answer:
3

• X is a British based manufacturer of
  mobile phones and is part of the Hong
  Kong based Y group. X recently inked a
  deal with Z in India to sell its mobile
  phones. This is the first time that X has
  inked a deal with a non Y group operator.
  Identify X, Y and Z.
4

• WIMCO is the largest manufacturer of
  matchboxes in the world. Which is the parent
  company of WIMCO?
Answer:
5
Who owns this brand?
Ans:
6

• Beinggirl.com is an website which gives all the
  information, advice and tips you need about
  being a teenage girl; including body changes,
  friendships, family, boys, beauty. It is a
  website for which brand?
Answer:
7

• Companies in Germany write AG after their
  name, SA in Italy, S.p.A in France. What do
  AG, S.p.A and SA actually mean?
8

• The three dots on their box represent the first
  three stores of this famous food brand. The
  founder had planned to add another dot for
  each new restaurant that opened, but given
  the rapid rate at which he opened new stores,
  that quickly became impractical. Which
  restaurant that is managed by Jubilant
  Foodworks in India?
Ans:
9

• Which Sanskrit word meaning control or
  restraint is also the name of a Government of
  India brand?
Answer:
10

• Manmohan Shetty and Vasanji Mamania set
  this company up in 1978 in order to operate a
  motion picture processing laboratory in
  Mumbai. It is now owned by Reliance ADAG.
  Can you name it?
Answer:
11
Identify the author?
Answer:
12
      Which former TATA brand?
• It started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills
  (Tomco), part of theTata Group, it was named
  after the French opera X, which itself is the
  French form of Lakshmi, the goddess of
  wealth, also renowned for her beauty. In 1998
  Tata sold off their stakes in X to HLL, for Rs
  200 Crore.
Answer:
* Audience
• Which was the first toothbrush to go to
  moon?
*
• Who gave the term knowledge worker?
• THAT’S ALL FOR THE DAY
• THANX FOR YOUR PATIENCE
• WAS A PLEASANT ENCOUNTER WITH YOU
RESEARCH BY :
• TEAM
  COMFORTABLY
  DUMB

Quizzophilia finals@ITM

  • 1.
    GRANDE FINALE Quiz Master:Yours Truly SOUBHAGYA JENA
  • 2.
    A few wordsbefore we start…. • Hope that this winning trend continues next year with you people • Keep this quizzing spirit alive
  • 3.
  • 4.
    MIXED BAG • 18 questions on different subjects • Round on infinite bounce • 10 for a direct • 10 for a pass • No negatives
  • 5.
    They are themascots of which 1 company? 2 little monsters!!!
  • 6.
    Answers: • Cruiter andSkeeter monsters from Monster.com
  • 7.
    What product owesit's name to a town/municipality lying in the shaded region 2 depicted?
  • 8.
  • 9.
    3 • This carbrand has had a long association with James Bond novels and films. It was owned by Ford till 2007. The name of the car brand was named after the founder’s surname and the hill near which he drove his car. Which luxury sports car brand.
  • 10.
  • 11.
    4 • Unintentionally, theLyrical Title of the Satyajit Ray film “Pather Panchali” helped it . The Government of West Bengal saw the script and the title and financed the film. Why?
  • 12.
    5 • Identify thisbeautiful lady who has taken over the reins of the company his father founded(from the field of IT) ?
  • 13.
    Answer: • Roshni Nadarof HCL, daughter of Shiv Nadar
  • 14.
    6 Which food item is X? • The origin of X may lie in the short supply of cooking fuel in the Near East, which made the cooking of large foods difficult, while urban economies made it easy to obtain small cuts of meat at a butcher's shop. The phrase is essentially Persian in origin and Arabic tradition has it that the dish was invented by medieval Iranic soldiers who used their swords to grill meat over open-field fires. The word X is ultimately from Persian and originally meant fried not grilled meat.
  • 15.
  • 16.
    7 • Ocher studiosis high tech studio in Chennai mostly into animation film making. The CEO of Ocher Studios is a certain Soundarya, who is the daughter of Shivaji Rao Gaekwad. How is he popularly known.
  • 17.
  • 18.
    It is thestructure of Sildenafil citrate. How 8 do we know the compound popularly.
  • 19.
  • 20.
    9 • It isa tool used by market research companies to measure quality of retail service or gather specific information about products and services. Participants posing as normal customers perform specific tasks—such as purchasing a product, asking questions, registering complaints or behaving in a certain way – and then provide detailed reports or feedback about their experiences. What concept in retail management?
  • 21.
  • 22.
    10 • Tirupati TirumalaDevasthanam gets lakhs of donations in its Hundi daily. According to religious beliefs what is the money collecetd from the Hundi used for?
  • 23.
    11 What is this concept called? • The existing strong brand name can be used as a vehicle for new or modified products; for example, many fashion and designer companies extended brands into fragrances, shoes and accessories, home textile, home decor, luggage, (sun-) glasses, furniture, hotels, etc.
  • 24.
  • 25.
    12 • Roy Raymond,felt embarrassed trying to purchase lingerie for his wife in a department store environment. He opened the first store at Stanford Shopping Center, and quickly followed it with a mail-order catalog and three other stores. The stores were meant to create a comfortable environment for men, with wood-paneled walls, Victorian details and helpful sales staff. Which lingerie brand am I talking about?
  • 26.
  • 27.
  • 28.
  • 29.
    14 • The 1857Sepoy mutiny happened because the bullets were smeared with pig and cow fat which the Indian soldiers refused to use on religious grounds. Which company manufactured these bullets?
  • 30.
  • 31.
    15 • In 2008a management consultancy came out with a report on how the urban market was spreading to smaller cities, and how rural customers were increasing in importance. It was named after a small-town boy who has made it big. Name both the consultancy and the title of the report?
  • 32.
    Answers: • Ernst andYoung’s THE DHONI EFFECT
  • 33.
    16 • Which company,a market leader in textiles in India manufactures the Kamasutra Condoms along with Ansell group?
  • 34.
  • 35.
    17 • Which Indianactress is the new brand ambassador of Sony Ericsson?
  • 36.
    Answer: The newsize zero
  • 37.
    18 • Train No.5645 UP/NTT Guwahati is quite unlike any other. It doesn't belong to the railways and is arguably the fastest goods train in India. Then who owns this train, that runs from NAGPUR to GUWAHATI?
  • 38.
    *What is egosurfing?
  • 39.
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 42.
  • 43.
    2 2. This isa pun on?
  • 44.
    3. Ad campaignfor which telecom 3 company?
  • 45.
  • 46.
  • 47.
  • 48.
    5 5. Id the advertiser • C:Documents and SettingsSubbuDesktopNew Folder (2)20515_2010322_TV.flv
  • 49.
    6 6. Id thejeans company
  • 50.
  • 51.
  • 52.
  • 53.
    *They are thefounders of which popular web portal?
  • 54.
  • 55.
  • 56.
    2 Connect…… US patent 7669123
  • 57.
  • 58.
  • 59.
  • 60.
  • 61.
  • 62.
  • 63.
    THEMATRIX • Scratch yourheads • Crack the theme • Write the theme And call me
  • 64.
    1 +20/-5 • Sometime between 1888 and 1890, J. C. Fargo took a trip to Europe and returned frustrated and infuriated. Despite the fact that he carried with him traditional letters of credit, he found it difficult to obtain cash anywhere except in major cities. Fargo went to Marcellus Fleming Berry and asked him to create a better solution than the traditional letter of credit. What resulted?
  • 65.
    What was launchedwith the airing of this image and the words "Ladies and 2 gentlemen, rock and roll,“. (+20/-5)
  • 66.
  • 67.
    +15/-5 3 Founders of which organization?
  • 68.
    Answer: Emanuel andMayer Lehman of Lehman brothers
  • 69.
    +15/-5 4 Which advertising legend? • A man walked into his London agency wanting to advertise the opening of his hotel. Since he had just $500 he was turned to the novice. He bought $500 worth of postcards and sent invitations to everybody he found in the local telephone directory. The hotel opened with a full house. "I had tasted blood", he said in his book Confessions.
  • 70.
  • 71.
    +10/-5 5 An ad for?
  • 72.
  • 73.
    +10/-5 6 Which bank? • The Y Bank of India, China and Australia was founded by Scotsman James Wilson following the grant of a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1853, while The X Bank was founded in the Cape Province of South Africa in 1862 by another Scotsman John Paterson. Both companies were keen to capitalise on the huge expansion of trade and to earn the handsome profits to be made from financing the movement of goods from Europe to the East and to Africa. Both banks merged a few decades back. The bank has been present in India as early as 1858.
  • 74.
  • 75.
  • 76.
    *Audience • What isVALS framework in marketing.
  • 77.
    Answer: Values Attitudes& Lifestyles • It is a psychographic segmentation. It was developed in 1970s and inaugurated in 1978 by Arnold Mitchell at SRI International. VALS places U.S. adult consumers into one of eight segments based on their responses to the VALS questionnaire.
  • 78.
    * It isa venture of which co.?
  • 79.
  • 80.
  • 81.
    This is abook on which internet 2 portal?
  • 82.
  • 83.
    3 • X isa British based manufacturer of mobile phones and is part of the Hong Kong based Y group. X recently inked a deal with Z in India to sell its mobile phones. This is the first time that X has inked a deal with a non Y group operator. Identify X, Y and Z.
  • 84.
    4 • WIMCO isthe largest manufacturer of matchboxes in the world. Which is the parent company of WIMCO?
  • 85.
  • 86.
  • 87.
  • 88.
    6 • Beinggirl.com isan website which gives all the information, advice and tips you need about being a teenage girl; including body changes, friendships, family, boys, beauty. It is a website for which brand?
  • 89.
  • 90.
    7 • Companies inGermany write AG after their name, SA in Italy, S.p.A in France. What do AG, S.p.A and SA actually mean?
  • 91.
    8 • The threedots on their box represent the first three stores of this famous food brand. The founder had planned to add another dot for each new restaurant that opened, but given the rapid rate at which he opened new stores, that quickly became impractical. Which restaurant that is managed by Jubilant Foodworks in India?
  • 92.
  • 93.
    9 • Which Sanskritword meaning control or restraint is also the name of a Government of India brand?
  • 94.
  • 95.
    10 • Manmohan Shettyand Vasanji Mamania set this company up in 1978 in order to operate a motion picture processing laboratory in Mumbai. It is now owned by Reliance ADAG. Can you name it?
  • 96.
  • 97.
  • 98.
  • 99.
    12 Which former TATA brand? • It started as a 100% subsidiary of Tata Oil Mills (Tomco), part of theTata Group, it was named after the French opera X, which itself is the French form of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, also renowned for her beauty. In 1998 Tata sold off their stakes in X to HLL, for Rs 200 Crore.
  • 100.
  • 101.
    * Audience • Whichwas the first toothbrush to go to moon?
  • 102.
    * • Who gavethe term knowledge worker?
  • 103.
    • THAT’S ALLFOR THE DAY • THANX FOR YOUR PATIENCE • WAS A PLEASANT ENCOUNTER WITH YOU
  • 104.
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Editor's Notes

  • #13 haier
  • #15 Kebab
  • #17 Rajnikanth
  • #19 Viagra
  • #23 To pay back kubera
  • #24 Brand extension
  • #26 Victoria’s secret
  • #39 Searching for one’s own name and admiring the results
  • #40 Reckitt benckiser
  • #56 An inventory management device from Fujitsu, a bra from Coconut Grove Pads, a credit card swiper from Magtek and an electric motor from Siemens. ..al called ipad
  • #57 facebook
  • #58 Bloomberg
  • #59 Cadbury
  • #60 S lcd is a jv between Sony and samsung to make LCD tvs, renaultsamsung motors
  • #61 Dabbawalahs
  • #62 MISS WORLD
  • #81 Subrotobagchi
  • #82 E-bay
  • #84 Inq, Hutchinson whampoa,aircel
  • #87 Heinz
  • #89 Kimberley clark
  • #92 Amara raja
  • #100 Lakme
  • #102 Oral-b