The Pune round of Tata Crucible Corporate Edition 2008 just concluded at the Taj Blue Diamond. Pune, lived up to it's history of being a quizzers city, from the huge audience turnout that comprised of a mix of ever so enthusiastic college quizzers to the 120 odd teams from the corporate circle to the inquisitive set of people - age no bar.
For the patient reader there's some more to follow and for those interested only in the results here they go.
Non Tata Track
Winners - Kotak Mahindra Bank (with 65 points)
Runners Up - BMC Software
Tata Track
Winners - TAL Manufacturing Solutions
Runners Up - TCS (prolly the first all women duo to be in the finals of Crucible history)
The huge audience turnout was certainly daunting and it provided enough pointers towards a tough set of prelims questions. As expected, the prelims were a tad tougher primarily due to the less number of clues provided by Giri.
Prelims
25 questions comprised of 2 video clips 3 stills and the rest dry Qs
1. Which sports goods company owns the range of products under the name Ballistic, Stealth, Atomic and Velocity?
2. What is brewed at six locations across India namely Mount Shivalik in Rajasthan, Impala Breweries in Goa, Mikal in Orissa, Iceberg in Bihar, SOM in Madhya Pradesh and Manav Breweries in UP?
3. Who sponsored the FairPlay award at this years IPL?
4. Which brand owned by N Ranga Rao and Sons was amidst a controversy for it's similarity to the logo of a prominent political party?
5. This company then (in 1852) was known as the Volcanic Repeating Arms Co. It started to produce a lever action pistol nicknamed the Volcanic Pistol (named by Scientific American because of the pistols incredible firepower and its rapid-fire capability). In 1986 it was sold to Tomkins plc of London England and subsequently in 2001 it was acquired by Saf-T-Hammer Corporation. This company was in news recently for the interest Indian Army showed.
6. Name this joint venture formed between Airtel and IFFCO aimed at providing a major boost to the Indian Agriculture sector
7. Who has been selected as a brand ambassador for Fly phones by Meridian Mobile. As mentioned by the company the person (male) reflects the brands chs of being a go-getter and aggressive
8. Which clothing company recently launched a brand of clothing for kids - OYO (On Your Own)?
9. By what name are the chain of specialty stores focused on selling health and beauty products launched by Dabur know as?
10. Which company (into the beverages industry speaking on a macro level) has ventured into the hospitality sector by launching The Serai, a hotel and a spa. This move demonstrates a new kind of busines concpet that the company has tapped into considering it's land bank.
11. Which company has recently launched its clothing line Probase. It also has two other brands in it's portfolio titled Genesis and Basis. (the name of the co. will remind you of a toys co.)
12. This print syndicate launched DailyINK, an online service which bills subscribers $15 annually. DailyINK makes available, on a web page and via email, more than 70 vintage and current comic strips, plus editorial cartoons. Name this company?
13. This entertainment company derives its name from a famous landmark in Vancouver. It is famous for producing the Michael Moore documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which became the studio's highest grossing film.
14. Which company in India produces the Nightingale brand of diaries? (_____ Fine Arts)
15. TIME in 1952 described this as 'a short lived, satirical pulp'. What?
16. Which novelist and poet is featured on the bank notes issued by the Bank of Scotland?
17. This publishing house, part of the Random House is known for its 'Borzoi' trademark. Name it
18. Yahoo India recently launched a new concept in online search which collates and integrates the most relevant information from across the web onto a single visual search results page. Name the concept.
19. It was first mentioned by Mark Twain in 1872 in his novel 'Roughing It'. There was also an attempt to trademark it by a magazine known by the same name. However it was not allowed to do so. What is being referred to here?
20. Terrapin, is the children's imprint of _______ It has published six books, in association with JSW, to make children aware on climate change and the nature around them. Fill in the blank
21. Visual for Lenovo here
22. Visual Y C Deveshwar
23. Visual Avon Cycle logo
24. Video SBI Ad (two old ladies traveling all the distance to wish their their old brother on his birthday. An ad highlighting the importance of relationships)
25. Video Camlin Marker (the famous ad depicting mourning in process and the village women trying to wipe off the bindi from the forehead of the "widow")
Cutoffs were not declared but prolly hovered around 12-13 as mentioned indirectly by Giri. The surprising fact was the top scorers were from internal Tata Track rounds. In the internal track six teams on stage were Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd, Computational Research Labs (for the first time), TERI (all the way from Mumbai), Tata Motors, TAL Mfg Solns and TCS (Mumbai team).
The usual set of rounds for the internal track with a couple of inane blunders from some teams. TAL emerged as a decisive winner and their perseverance of two time regional finalists payed off. TCS duo finished as runners up
The non Tata track witnessed intelligent quizzing with Kotak Mahindra team and Infosys cracking some hard to connect laterals. They were followed closely by the IBM team of Rohit Jain (TC Campus Edition Winner 2007) and Nikhil Lasardo. BMC software however managed to edge out Infosys to become the runners up.
Good Luck to the participants in upcoming rounds of Tata Crucible. Last but not the least three cheers to Giri and his team for hosting a wonderful quiz and Giri for his flawless timing and wit.
Happy Quizzing!!!
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