Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2015 Chennai prelims

1.      John D Rockefeller’s Standard Oil- set up in 1863 to refine oil for what special purpose?

Ans. Lighting lamps

2.      What essential part of celebrations & parades come from the Italian word for “small sweet?”

Ans. Confetti

3.      The ______ ceremony marks the beginning of printing of budget documents of India’s budget?

Ans. Halwa

4.      Farida Khambata – what first in the world of Tata?

Ans. First woman director on Tata Sons

5.      Name the car in India which is also the highest male singing voice.

Ans. Alto

6.      Originally made from buffalo- hide & thread, 1^st worn as early as 13^th century- earlier called Kapashi, Kachkadi.

Ans. Kolhapuri Chappal

7.      Whose co., MPL Communications owns copy rights to more than 3000 songs including Buddy Holly.

Ans. Paul McCartney

8.      Composer of Raag- Darjeeling?

Ans. Niladri Kumar

9.      SJM Holdings Ltd, with 9.7 bn in 2011, followed by LV Sands Corp, and Caesars Entertainment, top 3 cos in which category? (Giri: Focus on LV to get the ans)

Ans. Casinos

10.  Tax literally meaning ‘according to value’ in Latin- based on real estate (clue: 1^st word has only 2 letters)

Ans. Ad Valorem

11.  Euromonitor estimates the business to be $2 bn. 1^st in China, it has an atomizer, LED, battery and vaporizer (Giri: It’s the future of the world)

Ans. E-cigarettes

12.  Business leader, engineer, chemist, scientist, inventor. Founded Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget AB in Sweden.

Ans. Alfred Nobel

13.  In 1963, who was the 1^st head of government to have appeared in famous Playboy interview series?

Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru

14.  Whose creators envisioned him in a 1933 short story as a bald & telepathic villain seeking world domination?

Ans. Superman

15.  Which brand that was started due to a hit to meat & pie sales. Slogan- Stop me & Buy one.

Ans. Wall’s ice cream

16.  Identify [logo]

Ans. Versace

17.  Famous hyphenated brand – noun & verb. I am stuck on _____ because  ____ is stuck on me.

Ans. Band-aid

18.  First version of what item, used of war – Korean placed it next to telephones to note messages.

Ans. White Boards

19.  Brand owned by Kimberly – Clarke – gets name from St. Andrews Mill.

Ans. Andrex

20.  Bharat Airways (1947), now non-operational, was owned by which renown business house?

Ans. Birla

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2015 Chennai finals

Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2015 Chennai finals

1.      [image] this painting portrays which modern day wedding tradition?

Ans. Gifting diamond ring

2.      In 1854 what was demonstrated for the first time at the New York Crystal Palace, the iron-and-glass exhibition hall at the center of the World’s Fair that changed the construction industry forever?

Ans. Lifts (by Otis)

3.      What did James Montgomery Flagg design which later went on to be called “poster of the century.” It was first depicted in the July 6^th, 1916 issue of the Leslie Weekly.

Ans. Uncle Sam

4.      Which company was founded in 1876 to provide a solution to the blisters that lumberjacks were experiencing caused by poor quality woollen socks?

Ans. Jockey

5.      How do we better know “South Asian Audio Visual Network?”

Ans. Saavn

6.      Complete the title of this book with a personality, on whose company this book is based on?

Ans. Murdoch

7.      Connect: Logo of a Tata company, pic of R. Ramanan, CEO and MD 

Ans. Tata CMC

8.      “Trade with Trust” is the tagline of?

Ans. MCX

9.      [image] of ships

Ans. Wadiya’s

10.  Which Tata company began its journey commissioning its first project in February, 1915 at Khopoli, Maharashtra?

Ans. Tata Power

11.  In February 1978 what magazine was launched and became India’s first business magazine that is still in print?

Ans. Business India

12.  An offshore investment fund, typically formed as a private limited partnership, that engages in speculation using credit or borrowed capital?

Ans. Hedge Fund

13.  In 1907, the California Fruit Growers Exchange went to see Albert Lasker at the Lord & Thomas advertising agency as one of the fruit crops they were growing in abundance but nobody was buying it, Lasker branded the Exchange as Sunkit and told Sunkit to popularise what to increase the sale of the fruit?

Ans. Orange

14.  Which company’s IT initiative is this? [image: logo]

Ans. India Cements

15.  Connect: Robert Bosch, Tata Nano and an ad.

Ans. Bosch

16.  Personality that appeared as Air Hostess in Air India ad. [image]

Ans. Parmeshwar Godrej (wife of Adi Godrej)

17.  Who is on the left [image]

Ans. Professor Simply Simple (fictional character by Tata Asset Managment)

18.  A company that was once making a takeover attempt but ends up discussing a merger with the target company is called _____ ______.

Ans. Yellow Knight

19.  What is a Google Tax?

Ans. A levy on company profits which have only online presence in a bid to divert funds deposited in tax heavens

20.  [Rare picture of a famous person]

Ans. Kasturi Rangan Iyengar, founder of Kasturi & Sons

21.  What in India was founded in 2000 as a website, changed itself to a tabloid-format newspapers in 2004 and switched to a magazine in 2007?

Ans. Tehelka

22.  Project Last Mile is an initiative from which MNC?

Ans. Coca Cola

23.  Connect: classmate ad, mint-o, Surya Nepal

Ans. ITC

24.  [image of a personality]

Ans. Gemini Ganesan/ Gemini Studios

Audience questions

1.      Who owns the site r.com?
Audience: Ronald Regan, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt, Richard Branson, Rahul Gandhi
Giri: Think cheeky. He is more powerful than all the US presidents put together :)

Ans. Rajnikanth

2.      Which entity had a clash with HSBC over the rights of using HSBC?
Giri: Think local.

Ans. Hotel Saravana Bhavan Corporation