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
Saturday, March 14, 2009
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
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
ET in campus 2009 - Coimbatore Prelims
ET in campus quiz @ coimbatore saw more than 100 teams battling it out at GRD college. The prelims were easy and Pickbrain made it even more easier with his trade mark clues!
Prelims:
1. expand 3G with reference to telecom?
2. what is the browser that google launched recently?
3. logo - canara bank
4. What was formed as Newton Heath L & YR F.C in 1878?
5. What famous transport in US was started by a miner named, carl wickman to take miners from Hibbing to Alice?
6. logo - dlf
7. Samuel Lovell went into partnership with William Hawkins, Holyland and Edwin to form which consultancy?
(Giri's clue: it is know today for all wrong reasons)
8. Which Phrase by U.S president Franklin roosevelt in his April 7, 1932 speech was popularised by an indian management guru?
9. print ad - fiat linea
10. Question on Alex Ferguson
11. which corporate group owns 'more' retail store chain?
12. pic - kishore biyani (slightly deceptive)
13. What was launched by the indian railways with complete airconditioned coaches but at comparitively low cost?
14. With Which company can you associae the charecter HARI SADU?
15. pic - Piyush Pandey
16. A question on a book about Daimler&Chrysler merger.
17. pic - Rahul Bajaj
18. What was presented in the Indian parliament for the first time by Shanmuga Sundaram Chetty in 1947?
19. video Ad - Crocin
20. Video Ad - Tata AIG
Finalists:
PSG college of Technology(U.G),GRD college,Anna University(cbe),Amrita School of Business, Kumaraguru Coll of Tech & PSG college of Technology(MBA)
Finals had questions on Bryllcream, Religare, Toshiba, Lenovo, Roohafza & more...Questions of Finals to be posted soon!!!
Winners : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan, PSG Tech(MBA)
Runners : GRD College
Next up we have Tata Crucibles visiting Coimbatore on 28th February!
- Happy Quizzin!
PSGIM Quiz club
Prelims:
1. expand 3G with reference to telecom?
2. what is the browser that google launched recently?
3. logo - canara bank
4. What was formed as Newton Heath L & YR F.C in 1878?
5. What famous transport in US was started by a miner named, carl wickman to take miners from Hibbing to Alice?
6. logo - dlf
7. Samuel Lovell went into partnership with William Hawkins, Holyland and Edwin to form which consultancy?
(Giri's clue: it is know today for all wrong reasons)
8. Which Phrase by U.S president Franklin roosevelt in his April 7, 1932 speech was popularised by an indian management guru?
9. print ad - fiat linea
10. Question on Alex Ferguson
11. which corporate group owns 'more' retail store chain?
12. pic - kishore biyani (slightly deceptive)
13. What was launched by the indian railways with complete airconditioned coaches but at comparitively low cost?
14. With Which company can you associae the charecter HARI SADU?
15. pic - Piyush Pandey
16. A question on a book about Daimler&Chrysler merger.
17. pic - Rahul Bajaj
18. What was presented in the Indian parliament for the first time by Shanmuga Sundaram Chetty in 1947?
19. video Ad - Crocin
20. Video Ad - Tata AIG
Finalists:
PSG college of Technology(U.G),GRD college,Anna University(cbe),Amrita School of Business, Kumaraguru Coll of Tech & PSG college of Technology(MBA)
Finals had questions on Bryllcream, Religare, Toshiba, Lenovo, Roohafza & more...Questions of Finals to be posted soon!!!
Winners : Mohamed Rinaz & Rithu Parnan, PSG Tech(MBA)
Runners : GRD College
Next up we have Tata Crucibles visiting Coimbatore on 28th February!
- Happy Quizzin!
PSGIM Quiz club
Thursday, February 12, 2009
TATA CRUCIBLES'09 - COIMBATORE EDITION
hi folks!!!
The TATA CRUCIBLES 2009 CAMPUS EDITION is scheduled on 28th. There was confusion regarding the dates....we called up giri and got the confirmation.
DATE : 28, FEB
VENUE : HOTEL RESIDENCY
TIME : 2:30 ONWARDS
pl register ur names in www.tatacrucibles.com
The registration is applicable to both the participants and audience....for other queries get into the website...
infact earlier ET IN CAMPUS 09 COIMBATORE EDITION was postponed due to the closure of colleges across tamil nadu in relation with sri lankan issue..
Date: February 18, 2009
Venue: GRD School of Commerce & Intl Business
Time: 12.30 pm onwards
Contact: D Muruganandan - 94452 96522
The TATA CRUCIBLES 2009 CAMPUS EDITION is scheduled on 28th. There was confusion regarding the dates....we called up giri and got the confirmation.
DATE : 28, FEB
VENUE : HOTEL RESIDENCY
TIME : 2:30 ONWARDS
pl register ur names in www.tatacrucibles.com
The registration is applicable to both the participants and audience....for other queries get into the website...
infact earlier ET IN CAMPUS 09 COIMBATORE EDITION was postponed due to the closure of colleges across tamil nadu in relation with sri lankan issue..
Date: February 18, 2009
Venue: GRD School of Commerce & Intl Business
Time: 12.30 pm onwards
Contact: D Muruganandan - 94452 96522
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.
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.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wat's the connexionne??
Post Ur answer as Comments or mail it to bq.psgim@gmail.com
Happy quizzin!
-Quiz club,PSGIM
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