TATA CRUCIBLE FINALS

This is a brief coverage of the TATA CRUCIBLE FINALS which took place yesterday at TAJ LANDS END BANDRA...I just managed to get a share of the finals (4 out of 5 rounds of the TATA track...) So, please read below to get the questions which I could manage to remember and recollect during my brief stay in the finals...

The 1st round was called "GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE":

1. Mr. and Mrs. Singh, she set up an educational institute, Vidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal. They also set up Shram Sadhana Trust that runs hostels for working women. How do we know Mrs. Singh better?
A: Well, answers from Mrs. Manmohan Singh followed until he turn came to the audience...No hands went up and just when Giri was about to answer..A not-so-confident hand caught his eye...Is it PRATIBHA PATIL? Was the answer... Giri just in his usual mannerism asked "Oh u mean to say the female prez of India?" and then followed with " GREAT ANSWER...PUT UR HANDS TOGETHER..." and I dedicate this pen drive to Ms. Prez...was simply feeling on top of the world.. (I know I sound dramatic...but please try to understand my ecstasy)

2. After the US Food & Drug Administration's (FDA's) censored their product - Cocaine energy drink - changed its name to what? Censored.
This one also went to the audience where a Non TATA Track finalist from VIZAG STEEL answered....Oh I am going to miss the NON TATA TRACK!!!!!

3. 1st Distributor of HLL: Dada & Co. (after whom HLL named DALDA...the defending champs opened their account....TCS Kolkata was Represented by one from Jamshedpur and Mr. Hat Trick Sabyasachi Chandra from LONDON...thats the passion of Quizzing!!!)

4. What is CONCORDE effect? (It was known that VIZAG STEEL from Kolkata will give a tough fight at the NON TATA finals when this question was answered again by the lone member of the gathering..the same man who answered the 2nd question) the answer is: Continuing with the project which has failed to be economically viable as was the case with CONCORDE

5. Customer of a type of show answer was balle dancers

6. "PIZZA IS FREE IF WE DONT GIVE U A BILL" why did this concept generate in US? So that owners dont get cheated due to false reporting of the workers at counter

7. WINDOWS 95 changed 8.3 convention what is that? Before Win 95 file names were of max 8 chars and extension max chars... after WIN 95 this convention of limited chars for a file name was changed

8. Picture of the founder of 6 Sigma--- Bill Smith

Round 2: VIWPOINT (Visuals)

1. This is an new 20 pound note from Bank of England. Whose picture is on it?

A: ADAM SMITH


2. identify the man from the book

A: DOUGLAS MCGREGOR


3. Identify this person and the contribution to the world we live in

A: EARL R DENN maker of the COKE Bottle


4. What came out of this book:

A: GOOGLE

5. What is this:


A: THE FIRST MICROWAVE OVEN

6. A pic was shown (Original sketch from a diary)and was asked what is this: (Sorry I couldnt get the picture)
A: FIRST SKETCH OF VOLKSWAGEN

7. For whom was this product specifically made:


(Though this was not shown...a B&W pic was shown with a ladys face on it)
A: QUEEN OF ENGLAND

8. A sketch of a crowded place and two tall buildings was shownand was asked to identify A: WALL STREET


ROUND 3: RACING MINDS:
This round carries the BRAND legacy of CRUCIBLE...the equation round...

1st one for audience though no one answerd:

Shantanu Narayan CEO & Prez (A+1)
HQ at 80 Strand, London (N-2)
Chairman Ishaat Hussain (T-3)
NASDAQ: RTRSY (U+2)

A: ADOBE, PEARSON, VOLTAS, REUTERS: DOVE

1. Pepporoni is one of variants (Z-1)
Sidenafil (????) Citrate (A+3)
Charles and James Revson (V+3)
ICI paint logo with old English Shep dog (U-3)
LOGAN their Indian contribution (E+3)

A: PIZZA, VIAGRA, REVLON, DULUX, REANULT : ZANDU

2. 57 variants (E+3)
Lavazzas Baby (A-3)
Worldwide Leader in Sports (E+2)
Harry Pickup (C-2)
Wave, Companion & Sound Dock (E-2)

A: HEINZ, BARISTA, ESPN, HARPICK, BOSE : ZIPPO

3. Shaken not Stirred (I-3)
KELKOO part of this web major (O-2)
SARA LEE's apparel sign off (C+3)
Founded by Serge kampf CEO Paul Hermelin (C+3)
Arsenal Shirt Sponsor (2-1)

A: MARTINI, YAHOO, HANES, CAPGEMINI, O2: TANGO

The TCS kolkata team answered this but Mr. Hattrick from Kolkata+ London rose a very valid point that 02 is no longer Arsenals Shirt Sponsor... It is EMIRATES...

4. 1934 Roy _____ bought Timmins Press (N-3)
Model 14A, all ekectric calculator (S+2)
Gang of Girls (K-4)
Jean Todd (R-2)
Ibuka's Rice cooking machine (O+2)

A: THOMSON, CASIO, SUNSILK, FERRARI, SONY : MONEY


ROUND 4: THINK BEYOND (Connect Round) (For me this was the last round of the evening)

1. Chand Sifarish Song from FANAA, RMG DAVID written and the pics:




A: PERFETTI VAN MELLE (KAJOL endorse Alpenlibe, Vinay Pathak did " LAGE RAHO " ads for the same...RMG DAVID is the creator of the ads...rest no clue)


2.







Apart from these, a book cover was shown and a Western song was played(I dint get those)

A: P&G

3. written: HERITAGE, L' Affaire, Pics: A Ravi Verma painting, WWF logo and DDLJ song: No one answered as well as the audience: Giri gave a clue: World Cup 2007 Controversy: and the answer was: SATYA PAUL (Heritage and L' Affaire are owned by him, Ravi Verma range as well as WWF range of sarees are by him, Mandira Bedi wore a Satya Paul creation during the World Cup which Created Controversy regarding India' s flag at the knee position and she also featured in DDLJ)


4.






And the song "AZAADI" by A.R. REHMAN from the movie "BOSE"

A: INDIAN AIRPORTS named after them

5.






And a pic was shown with "SAMANTHA THAVASA" written on it

A: PARIS HILTON (She designs SAMANTHA THAVASA purses , her Jewellery line named PH is sold exclusively at AMAZON WB produced her records and she acted in HOUSE OF WAX)


6. A song from PARINEETA was played along with these pics:




A: SEAGRAMS (Royal Stag, Saif Ali Khan is their model rest I dunno....)

7.





Along with these, a SRK song was played

A: DLF (owner, DLF Cup, Pyramid Logo and SRK endorses)


8. The famous "BEEDI" was played and these pics were shown:





Another logo of "SYM" was also shown

A: KINETIC (Bipasa Basu is the ambassador, Hyundai provides for Kinetic....)


This is the point where I had to leave the venue with The TATA round still to go for The TATA TRACK and the complete NON TATA TRACK to follow....But later I came to know from my dear friend KARTHIK who was in the venue throughout the evening that History repeated itself the 4th time when:

SABYASACHI CHANDRA again emerged the winner along with his partner representing TCS Kolkata 4 years in a row (For records: Since TATA CRUCIBLE BEGUN, HE HAS WON IT EVERY YEAR)

and for the NON TATA TRACK , MR. RAJIV RAI and VIBHENDU of DEUTSHE BANK sucesfully manged to complete his DOUBLE when he won the TATA CRUCIBLE (He was also the winner of the BRAND EQUITY)

So ending this post saying:

1. SORRY for not posting the whole event
2. CHEERS to all the 16 finalists
3. CONGRATS TO THE TWO WINNERS
4. HAPPY QUIZZING

TG