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

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

Masterminds'09 - The Champions league of Quizzing@ PSGIM!!!

Quiz Club -PSG IM invites all 1st yr IM students(in Teams of 2) to be a part of the quizzing Mega-Fest that will span over the next few weeks to crown the "Best Quiz team in Campus"!

Various genres(Sectors) of business will be covered in 3 primary editions followed by the "Grand Finale"! Each of the primary editions will consist of a prelim followed by the finals.

Six finalists from each of the 3 primary editions will automatically Qualify for the Grand Finale!

Is that the only way to qualify for the Grand Finale?
NO! All the participating teams are to be ranked (based on their prelim scores) and will be given wild card entry to participate in the Grand Finale. So Even if you don't make it to the final in any of the Three primary editions... you can still earn an entry for the grand Finale..

So, be Consistent all through the primary editions and earn your team a wild card!
The League of Champions starts on 20th February @ Convention Hall
Friday afternoons(3.30pm onwards...) have been chosen for conducting the event (This is subject to change.)

The Genres :-
20th Feb - Week 1: Let's kick start with the fun associated with Sports, Entertainment & Media
*Plz note that by sports, we do not mean sports per se, we mean business connections to sports
27th Feb - Week 2: It's time to test UR basics in Marketing & Finance( Communication and concepts). Not just concepts...but lots of fun in store with, Branding, Ad campaigns and Ad house&agencies , Financial institutions(banks, insurance companies, mutual funds…)
6th March - Week 3: Technology (It/IteS , Telecom .. etc) , Manufacturing (Auto , Capital goods.. etc) Pharma, Healthcare & Tourism
13th march - Week 4 - The Grand Finale at the Amphitheatre!
After the first 3 weeks, all the finalists of the 3 primary editions along with the wild card entries are eligible for the prelims and they will compete in the Mega finals which would be held at the Amphitheatre!

Note:
*Retain the same team name in all the primary editions
*Switching partners is not permitted once the event kicks off!

Remember....We have all the rights to question you!!!

For more Info and event updates.... keep checking this space!
Register your team TODAY!!

Mail UR entries to bq.psgim@gmail.com or bq.psgim@yahoo.com
Queries??? Mail it or post ur queries as comments.

"Q" FACTOR!

AN EXCLUSIVE Online Quiz Contest for PSGIM STUDENTS

RULES:
*contest open to all students of psgim(MBA, PGDM & MBA (UT))
*Answers can be mailed to bq.psgim@gmail.com
*Deadline: 1st Dec, Mon – 11.55p.m
*you can take the contest in a team of 2 or individually...
*Team name followed by Roll No to be mentioned as the subject of the E-mail
*Winners to be declared during Gladiatrix'08 on Dec 2nd @ AMPHI

Questions:

1. Future at stake???




2. What an Invention!!!



3. This is where we spend most of our time…



4. Unscramble this for a personality!

MAD CHAP RAMP ALAN BAI PANI

5. Breaking news… In action! Whose logo?



6.Solve it!





7.


Ans : www.***********.com

8. Logo?



9.


10. Remove the MAN from an Indian Afternoon. We are looking for an Indian centenarian.


*Got any queries??? Mail us @ bq.psgim@gmail.com

All the Best!!!

-"Q"Factor Team

BIM ONLINE QUIZ!!!

HI PPL..

Bharathidasan Institute of Management(BIM)is organising "Pradhii Yudh" An online quiz for B-Schools & Corporates...

The schedule is as follows..

9th September'08 - Business Quiz - Get ready to test your Business Acumen.

10th September'08 - Sports Quiz - Let the games begin! But what do you know about the games.

11th September'08 - Stock Markets Quiz - The battle is for the 'Kurukshetra' of managers.

12th September'08 - General Quiz - The field is open and the war is all out, sink or survive.

Prizes!!

Winners of each QUIZ will be awarded the following prizes

First Prize - Rs.3000
Second Prize - Rs.2000
Third Prize - Rs.1000

For more info...
check out - http://bim.edu/events/pradhii_yudh.html

happy quizzin...
-Quiz team-PSGIM