Tuesday, March 24, 2009
B CUBE @ Sona School of Management, Salem
B cube - Business Brain Busters - National Management Quiz
Sona Institute of Management's initiative to bring quality quizzing to this part of the country is very much laudable. We don't get to witness quality quizzes except for the regional leg of competitions like "Tata Crucible" or "ET in Campus". So, it is defenitely an event to look out for, from now on. Our wishes to Sona & Team B^3! Hope it becomes a regular on the quizzin calendar from now on!Though the event was meant to be a National Level Management Quiz - the abscense of teams with pan-Indian representation was felt starkly!
Quiz Master - Mr. Lloyd Saldanha, Grey Caps.
Quiz Anchor - Mr.Vijay Athiraj (Small Screen Actor)
Results:
Winners : Saravana Kumar & Ram Kumar - Madras School of Social Work
Runners : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan - PSG College of Technology
The MSSW team did well to snatch the lead from PSG Tech in the last round!
Other finalists
Anna University, Cbe
IIPM, Chennai
Kumaraguru coll of Tech, Cbe
PSG coll of Tech(Team2)
Click to enlarge the picture!!!
Questions from B CUBE!
1. If US's space venture was called USS, Who owns VSS?
2.We know about VCDs & DVDs. What's a BD?
3. Connect
Uncommon Sense - Mariwala - Deepika Padukone - Innovation Academy
4. Connect
Sachin Tendulkar - Indianwomenshealth.com- Song from the movie Tarre Zameen Par
5. Which term orginally used by the United States Navy in 1920s is now being used as an marketing terminolgy maily by restaurants and bars?
Happy Quizzin!
Sona Institute of Management's initiative to bring quality quizzing to this part of the country is very much laudable. We don't get to witness quality quizzes except for the regional leg of competitions like "Tata Crucible" or "ET in Campus". So, it is defenitely an event to look out for, from now on. Our wishes to Sona & Team B^3! Hope it becomes a regular on the quizzin calendar from now on!Though the event was meant to be a National Level Management Quiz - the abscense of teams with pan-Indian representation was felt starkly!
Quiz Master - Mr. Lloyd Saldanha, Grey Caps.
Quiz Anchor - Mr.Vijay Athiraj (Small Screen Actor)
Results:
Winners : Saravana Kumar & Ram Kumar - Madras School of Social Work
Runners : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan - PSG College of Technology
The MSSW team did well to snatch the lead from PSG Tech in the last round!
Other finalists
Anna University, Cbe
IIPM, Chennai
Kumaraguru coll of Tech, Cbe
PSG coll of Tech(Team2)
Click to enlarge the picture!!!
Questions from B CUBE!
1. If US's space venture was called USS, Who owns VSS?
2.We know about VCDs & DVDs. What's a BD?
3. Connect
Uncommon Sense - Mariwala - Deepika Padukone - Innovation Academy
4. Connect
Sachin Tendulkar - Indianwomenshealth.com- Song from the movie Tarre Zameen Par
5. Which term orginally used by the United States Navy in 1920s is now being used as an marketing terminolgy maily by restaurants and bars?
Happy Quizzin!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Take3 & connect!!!
Presenting the Hybrid format!!! Take3 and Connect come together for the 1st time!!!
1.Regarded as the best selling product in its category, this was named after one of the owners favourite horses. Maximus is a version sold in New Zealand only.
2.Designed on the Matterhorn , this product’s name is a portmanteau of the owners name and a type of nougat. They indirectly caused the fall of a politician when she bought this with her credit card. Identify this duty free bestseller…
3. Originally made by H.I. Rowntree & Co , this is now made in Canada. In south Africa the slogan is ("What a lot I've got").
And now that you have got the Three answers, what's the common thread???
Post ur answer as comments!
Questions Courtesy : Nigil
1.Regarded as the best selling product in its category, this was named after one of the owners favourite horses. Maximus is a version sold in New Zealand only.
2.Designed on the Matterhorn , this product’s name is a portmanteau of the owners name and a type of nougat. They indirectly caused the fall of a politician when she bought this with her credit card. Identify this duty free bestseller…
3. Originally made by H.I. Rowntree & Co , this is now made in Canada. In south Africa the slogan is ("What a lot I've got").
And now that you have got the Three answers, what's the common thread???
Post ur answer as comments!
Questions Courtesy : Nigil
Friday, March 20, 2009
BRAINIAC - Biz Quiz @ Hindustan College - Questions!
As per Nigil's request... here are a few freshly baked questions - straight from Mr.Rangarajan's Quiz show at Hindustan College's EXEMPLAR'09!
BRAINIAC - Biz Quiz @ Hindustan COll, CBE
Winners : Mohammed & Vishal, GRD college
1st Runners up : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan, PSG Tech
2nd Runners up : Anna University, Cbe
1.Which company's tagline - "Where vision gets built"?
2.Pepsi launched "Pepsi One" in 1997. Why was it branded so?
3.Identify the person who spoke these words at a convocation at Stanford University!
Audio : Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
4.Who is called as a Recessionista???
5.Connect Ratan Tata & Sabeer Bhatia???
6. What is the official address of the "Second Lord of the Treasury in Britain", who in modern times has always been the "Chancellor of the Exchequer". (Clue : The PM of Britain is the First Lord of the Treasury.... work it out now!!!)
7. The Air Jordan XIX basketball shoe's design was inspired by this. Which Creature? Clue : It's one of the Fastest!!!
8. Which word used in English is actually from the latin word meaning - "to wipe off"?
9. It's a nightmare for Coca-Cola & Pepsi - the popular Cola Brands in India!!!
A newly researched soft -drink is expected to hit the market by late 2009!
"Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."
What is the basic ingredient of this drink? And who is behind this new product launch??!!!
10.What was used for the first time to raise finance during the naepoleanic wars?
11.Barbie modelled on whom???
12.Which word is actually derived from the French word - meaning "Little Bag"? (This is certainly not for you...Nigil!!!)
Post your answers as comments!Ans will be posted on Monday!
Happy Quizzin!
-Team PSGIM
BRAINIAC - Biz Quiz @ Hindustan COll, CBE
Winners : Mohammed & Vishal, GRD college
1st Runners up : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan, PSG Tech
2nd Runners up : Anna University, Cbe
1.Which company's tagline - "Where vision gets built"?
2.Pepsi launched "Pepsi One" in 1997. Why was it branded so?
3.Identify the person who spoke these words at a convocation at Stanford University!
Audio : Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
4.Who is called as a Recessionista???
5.Connect Ratan Tata & Sabeer Bhatia???
6. What is the official address of the "Second Lord of the Treasury in Britain", who in modern times has always been the "Chancellor of the Exchequer". (Clue : The PM of Britain is the First Lord of the Treasury.... work it out now!!!)
7. The Air Jordan XIX basketball shoe's design was inspired by this. Which Creature? Clue : It's one of the Fastest!!!
8. Which word used in English is actually from the latin word meaning - "to wipe off"?
9. It's a nightmare for Coca-Cola & Pepsi - the popular Cola Brands in India!!!
A newly researched soft -drink is expected to hit the market by late 2009!
"Its USP will be that it's going to be very healthy. It won't be like carbonated drinks and would be devoid of any toxins."
What is the basic ingredient of this drink? And who is behind this new product launch??!!!
10.What was used for the first time to raise finance during the naepoleanic wars?
11.Barbie modelled on whom???
12.Which word is actually derived from the French word - meaning "Little Bag"? (This is certainly not for you...Nigil!!!)
Post your answers as comments!Ans will be posted on Monday!
Happy Quizzin!
-Team PSGIM
Saturday, March 14, 2009
MASTERMINDS'09 - Winners!
It was a riveting finale at this year's Masterminds'09 - The Quiz that happens ever year to crown the champion team in Campus!
The contest was held Xclusive for the first year students - who from now on will take on the reigns of the PSGIM Quiz Club!
Though the turn out was not good, we had an exciting quiz! And it did live up to our campaign which said - LIVE THE THRILL OF QUIZZING!(Remember,it was held on Friday, the 13th!!!)
The contest very much went down to the wire! Going into the final question, we had a tie with the 2 lead teams on 90pts each!!! And more than Knowledge, Reflexes decided the Winners!
The Masterminds!
However, Mithun Kamal & Vijaya Kumar(I PGDM) held their nerves to hit the buzzar & hit the bull's eye on the final question which was the video Ad of Tata Indicom that had The Pathan family on it!
The runners-up : Karthik Kannan & Sravan(I MBA) came up with some brilliant answers all throughout the show! Manikandan & Saravanan Palanichamy came third.
The other finalists:
Arvind Iyer & Sudharsan Bellie -I PGDM
Ramesh & Karthikeyan - I MBA
BaluMahendran & Roopesh Balaji - I MBA
Of the 6 finalists - 4teams were direct qualifiers and the next 6teams fought it out with their brains for the other 2wild card entries to the finals.
Well done Winners! It's time take on the mantle from your seniors and live up to the expectation & tradition!
Wishing you the best for the year ahead...
Happy Quizzin!
- PSG IM Quiz club
The contest was held Xclusive for the first year students - who from now on will take on the reigns of the PSGIM Quiz Club!
Though the turn out was not good, we had an exciting quiz! And it did live up to our campaign which said - LIVE THE THRILL OF QUIZZING!(Remember,it was held on Friday, the 13th!!!)
The contest very much went down to the wire! Going into the final question, we had a tie with the 2 lead teams on 90pts each!!! And more than Knowledge, Reflexes decided the Winners!
The Masterminds!
However, Mithun Kamal & Vijaya Kumar(I PGDM) held their nerves to hit the buzzar & hit the bull's eye on the final question which was the video Ad of Tata Indicom that had The Pathan family on it!
The runners-up : Karthik Kannan & Sravan(I MBA) came up with some brilliant answers all throughout the show! Manikandan & Saravanan Palanichamy came third.
The other finalists:
Arvind Iyer & Sudharsan Bellie -I PGDM
Ramesh & Karthikeyan - I MBA
BaluMahendran & Roopesh Balaji - I MBA
Of the 6 finalists - 4teams were direct qualifiers and the next 6teams fought it out with their brains for the other 2wild card entries to the finals.
Well done Winners! It's time take on the mantle from your seniors and live up to the expectation & tradition!
Wishing you the best for the year ahead...
Happy Quizzin!
- PSG IM Quiz club
Monday, March 2, 2009
EVENT REVIEW : TATA CRUCIBLE2009 - CAMPUS EDITION - COIMBATORE
The Take-away from TATA Crucible 2009 - Coimbatore Edition:
"Not just the Record number of teams that participated in TATA crucible's debut at kovai, but the quality of quizzing has sent out a strong message - Coimbatore is shaping up into a "powerhouse of Biz Quizzing"!
And With TATA crucible debuting @ kovai(Record no of turn-out for a debut city!!!-->240Teams), it presented an entirely new scenario!! Local colleges in Coimbatore(PSG, GRD, KCT, amirta...) got a chance to take on the might of IIM-K & BIM-Trichy who were the favourites to win the Quiz!!!
Results:
Winners - GRD college - Mohamed & Vishal
Runners - IIM-K (We heard it's their 1st loss in their quizzin career?!!)
Other Finalists - PSGIM, Amirta, PSG Tech & BIM-Trichy
Special Mention - KCT team & the 2gals(ET- trichy winners)from Cauvery College, trichy who put up a good show in the Wild Card Round.
But for the technical/logistical glitch (as claimed by Giri himself) the result could have been otherwise(Could have been a twin victory for Kovai on debut @ home)! And the whole crowd at the show knows it!!! We were particularly unhappy with the IIM team from Kozhikode participating in Coimbatore(rather than Kochi) leg of the Quiz!!
This we feel, defeats the primary objective of the Tata's - "to take its quiz to smaller cities and give teams from such cities some representation at the national level". If IIM's can keep travelling to every other venue by getting some special permissions... even a 20 location Quiz wouldn't make any difference.
Look at the volume of teams that turned up at the Kovai round - 240!! That includes Teams from the entire western, central & southern Tamil Nadu plus we were forced to play gracious hosts to IIM-K and a few more teams from Chennai as well! Teams had to take up the prelims standing and were asked to look at innovative ways to write on the Answer sheet standing!(This could be an another record - Bad Choice of venue!)
Atleast, they could have arranged for an annex where the prelim could have been conducted simultaeneously.
Giri seems to be consistent in under-estimating coimbatore's quizzing potential. This is evident from the prelims of both the recently conducted ET & TATA Crucible Quizzes!
But, finally everyone, we guess...went back home - Happy!!!
After all the GRD - the wild-card entrants, the under-dogs...won! - perfectly matching the flavour of the season! Jai HO!!!
Let's all Cheer the Coimbatore Champs at the National Final!
-Happy Quizzin!
PSG IM Quiz Club
"Not just the Record number of teams that participated in TATA crucible's debut at kovai, but the quality of quizzing has sent out a strong message - Coimbatore is shaping up into a "powerhouse of Biz Quizzing"!
And With TATA crucible debuting @ kovai(Record no of turn-out for a debut city!!!-->240Teams), it presented an entirely new scenario!! Local colleges in Coimbatore(PSG, GRD, KCT, amirta...) got a chance to take on the might of IIM-K & BIM-Trichy who were the favourites to win the Quiz!!!
Results:
Winners - GRD college - Mohamed & Vishal
Runners - IIM-K (We heard it's their 1st loss in their quizzin career?!!)
Other Finalists - PSGIM, Amirta, PSG Tech & BIM-Trichy
Special Mention - KCT team & the 2gals(ET- trichy winners)from Cauvery College, trichy who put up a good show in the Wild Card Round.
But for the technical/logistical glitch (as claimed by Giri himself) the result could have been otherwise(Could have been a twin victory for Kovai on debut @ home)! And the whole crowd at the show knows it!!! We were particularly unhappy with the IIM team from Kozhikode participating in Coimbatore(rather than Kochi) leg of the Quiz!!
This we feel, defeats the primary objective of the Tata's - "to take its quiz to smaller cities and give teams from such cities some representation at the national level". If IIM's can keep travelling to every other venue by getting some special permissions... even a 20 location Quiz wouldn't make any difference.
Look at the volume of teams that turned up at the Kovai round - 240!! That includes Teams from the entire western, central & southern Tamil Nadu plus we were forced to play gracious hosts to IIM-K and a few more teams from Chennai as well! Teams had to take up the prelims standing and were asked to look at innovative ways to write on the Answer sheet standing!(This could be an another record - Bad Choice of venue!)
Atleast, they could have arranged for an annex where the prelim could have been conducted simultaeneously.
Giri seems to be consistent in under-estimating coimbatore's quizzing potential. This is evident from the prelims of both the recently conducted ET & TATA Crucible Quizzes!
But, finally everyone, we guess...went back home - Happy!!!
After all the GRD - the wild-card entrants, the under-dogs...won! - perfectly matching the flavour of the season! Jai HO!!!
Let's all Cheer the Coimbatore Champs at the National Final!
-Happy Quizzin!
PSG IM Quiz Club
TATA CRUCIBLE2009 -CAMPUS EDITION - COIMBATORE PRELIMS
There were 20 Questions in all. The prelims was very easy.
4 teams qualified directly and 2 other teams were selected from the tie-breaker round.
Sample these questions...
1. Whic indian airline has started off an Royal Concierge service?
Ans: Paramount
2. Which retail chain has the tagline - Start something new!?
Ans: shoppers stop
3 Who has written the book "Winning" along with suzy?
Ans: Jack welch
4Who is the Time - man of the year 2008
Ans: Barack Obama
5.ICICI prudential - video ad
6.Peter drucker - Identify the pic.
7.Adi godrej - Identify the pic
8.Which brand in India is almost synonymous for an anti-septic solution and is from the stable of Reckitt Benckiser?
Ans: Dettol
9What's the name of the soverign wealth fund of Singapore?
Ans: Temasek Holdings
10. Which company that has a large base at coimbatore was originally part of Dun&Bradstreet?
Ans: Cognizant
11. Benetton - print ad
12. Which channel was a long time sponsor of Lance Armstrong and shark week is one of its most popular show?
Ans: Discovery
13. Philips Iron - Ad
14. Xylo - "Out grow ur sedan" - Print ad
15. i got it all - who's tagline
Ans: Hyundai i20
For the event review click here
More Questions to follow soon!!!
Happy Quizzin!
-PSG IM Quiz Club
4 teams qualified directly and 2 other teams were selected from the tie-breaker round.
Sample these questions...
1. Whic indian airline has started off an Royal Concierge service?
Ans: Paramount
2. Which retail chain has the tagline - Start something new!?
Ans: shoppers stop
3 Who has written the book "Winning" along with suzy?
Ans: Jack welch
4Who is the Time - man of the year 2008
Ans: Barack Obama
5.ICICI prudential - video ad
6.Peter drucker - Identify the pic.
7.Adi godrej - Identify the pic
8.Which brand in India is almost synonymous for an anti-septic solution and is from the stable of Reckitt Benckiser?
Ans: Dettol
9What's the name of the soverign wealth fund of Singapore?
Ans: Temasek Holdings
10. Which company that has a large base at coimbatore was originally part of Dun&Bradstreet?
Ans: Cognizant
11. Benetton - print ad
12. Which channel was a long time sponsor of Lance Armstrong and shark week is one of its most popular show?
Ans: Discovery
13. Philips Iron - Ad
14. Xylo - "Out grow ur sedan" - Print ad
15. i got it all - who's tagline
Ans: Hyundai i20
For the event review click here
More Questions to follow soon!!!
Happy Quizzin!
-PSG IM Quiz Club
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