Thursday, December 20, 2007

BT ACUMEN: ALUMNI & B SCHOOL QUIZ

Hi all,

In this post, I am posting some questions which featured at BT ACUMEN 2007 FINALS (Both Alumni and B School) which I managed to write...For others which I missed out, Please excuse me....

So here they are:

ALUMNI:

1. One of the first endorsement deals by this legend was from NIKE. He was so grateful, he incorporated the SWOOSH logo in his signature which exists till date. Who? SUNIL GAVASKAR

2. The last strike of Writers Guild USA took place in 1988. It lasted 22 weeks. What major programming innovation did the studios create? REALITY SHOWS

3. The new Airport of Islamabad is expected to be complete in 2010. It is named after a Buddhist King. What? GANDHARA AIRPORT

4. Automobile brand known for anti-pollution. In latin it means "To go Before"? TOYOTA PRIUS

5. Which Stock market index is this: TOPIX? TOKYO

6. More than 50% of chinese recording labels come from what? RINGTONES

7. Name the detergent Brand which got its name from its ingredients: Sodium Perborate and Silicate? PERSIL

8. In Oct 2006, the busiest air route was Barca-Madrid. Which Indian Air route enetred the top 10 list for the first time? MUMBAI-DELHI

9. Ad was shown: Identify the advertiser (I m giving here the YOUTUBE link)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KEIt0VCyNp0

Answer: CAMLIN MARKERS

10. What was the principal illuminant in Europe during the War Time? WHALE OIL

11. Which Currency gets its name from "Stamped Coin"?: TAKA from Bangladesh

12. What did Erik Lee, a professor of OHIO invent? BACKDEBTING

13. Which brand can we associate with Dominico and Steffano? Dolce & Gabbana

14. Georges Doriot served US Army while he was in Harvard. He executed a new concept through American Reearch Corporation. What? VENTURE CAPITAL

(Well, u can check his pic from my TATA CRUCIBLE Post...coz in the Crucible Finals, his pic was shown as an Identification Question !!!! Indeed, the Quizzing World is round but can be modified into different shapes)

15. What is IBRICK? Iphone which ceases to work when hacked

16. Who said this: " I am not buying the U.K. I am buying Asia.": Martin Sullivan afer buying Manchester United

17. What application was developed by Bob Gaskins: POWERPOINT

18. October 2004 was a watershed in Indian Phone Industry. What happened? Mobile Phn population overtook that of Landline

19. What is the concept : "Take a Penny Leave a Penny"

20. What was founded in 1978 by Mel and Patricia Ziggler? Banana Republic

21. Why did Christian Clergies denounced Zipper when it was first Introduced? They cited that it allows to take off quickly supporting illicit sexual activity

22. Connect: Singapore Airlines DREAMLINER, Shri Mahila Udyog Lijjat Papad, Thermos Flask and ACCENTURE: All brands were named through naming contests

23. What patent, IP & S/W did Youth stream Media Networks sold in 2003: Six Degrees Patent: This patent is used by social networking sites (based on 6 degrees of seperation)

24. Who is he:



Ans: BRAM COHEN OF BIT TORRENT

25. Who is the sponsor of Barcelona FC? NO ONE: They use the UNICEF LOGO on their shirts and donates $1.9 mn yearly to them

26. What is this (The pic is an artists/architects imagination)



Ans: ANTILLA...The upcoming 27 storied mansion costing 1bn. of MUKESH AMBANI

27. What campaign is this:



Ans: DOLPHIN SAFE TUNA Guarantee campaign

28. The project named "RED SOX" was conceived in May 06 and concluded in Jan 07 with the announcement of which $6 mn. deal? HINDALCO's aquisition of NOVELIS


B SCHOOL FINALS:

1. Where did the BLACKSTONE grp get its name? From the founders name...Ones name meant BLACK in german and the other's meant STONE in Greek

2. What is the significance of this Video? (A SITTER)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw

Ans: The first video on YouTube

3. What retro step did HLL took on March 2006: First Non Indian CEO

4. What is TOULOUSE GOOSE? : AIRBUS 380

5. How do we know Schwedder Trunk Manufacturing Co. better: SAMSONITE

6. Which Indian airliner's fleet is exclusively made by EMBRYEO (A brazilian Co.): PARAMOUNT

7. HQred at Lovefield USA Annual seminar is held on Valentine's Day. Which Co.: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

8. The band COLDPLAY bought 10000 mango trees in Karnataka. Why? To offset the amount of CO2 released in the making & selling of their CDs

9. What is CELLULAR MAKARENA: When the phone rings up suddenly and the person searches for it all over the body (Dancing)

10. What is CCYA: CHECK COVER YOUR ASS

11. What is the principal business of Berkshire Hathway: INSURANCE

12. 3rd of December 1992...Mr. Pappworth sent "MERRY CHRISTMAS" message to Richard Jarvis...What is the significance: First SMS

13. "THERES SOMETHING MONEY CANT BUY...FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THERES MASTERCARD" Which word in this campaign is trademarked by MASTERCARD: The word "PRICELESS"

14. Singapore football fans wear every FA Premier league teams jersey but not of Manchester City. Why? Because it is owned by a Singaporian Mr. Chinawatra

15. What does the Red dot on NDTV logo signify: The BINDI on Radhika Roys forehead (wifr of Pranoy Roy)

16. The last questionj of the Quiz: Connect INTEL, The Carlyle Group, Maxwell House Coffee, Plaza Accord----All were formed in Hotels

Well the Quiz boiled down to the last Q. Before that. IMTG was leading a bit comfortabely. But as they say, Genius strikes at the end, the boys from NMIMS not only answered the last one but also clinched the event by surpassing IMTG by 5 points

So It was double whammy for us from NMIMS...Not only we enjoyed a brilliant day of quizzing but also cheered our team to success

And I would like to end the post by congratulating yet again the Winners from NMIMS:

(The small HAPPYDENT BOY) Mr. Souvik Basu and Mr. Dependable Govind Grewal

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS..KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK...

P.S. For the film lovers, Mr. John Abraham was present that evening to give away the prizes...

I hope you will enjoy the post

Bye
TG

16 comments:

BIZCRAZY said...

Thanx for the questions. I have been searching for the questions at acumen 2007. Thanx once again for posting the same.

Dileep.V said...

Good work man :)

Btw Thaksin Shinawatra is not singaporian as they hav put it in the Quiz. he is thai

Hw can de make such kinda mistakes in BT Acumen final

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