Wednesday, August 25, 2010

BOTC - Part 3

Heyy guys... i m posting next 30 questions from tata crucible.. try to answer these questions.. answers will be posted on Sunday ...Happy Quizzing.... ENjoyyyyy

61. Founded by W.S.Borne in 1791, which is world’s oldest Sunday newspaper?

62. Which multiplex chain has in house food and beverage counter called Refuel?

63. Which is India’s first company to sponsor a car in the NASCAR Nationwide Series?

64. Which company began its Indian operations in 1928, closed down in 1959 and returned in 1994 with a JV with CK Birla group?

65. Whar was first introduced in USA during 1930 depression by Albert an unemployed architect?

66. “Billion Beats” is an e-newspaper started by which famous Indian?

67. The book “Against all Odds” was about which Japanese giant?

68. Olivero Toscani, an Italian photographer, is famous for designing controversial advertising campaigns for which brand?

69. What was invented by Lawrence and Lambert and it is now available in flavours like mint and citrus?

70. Which company was founded in Mumbai in 1938 by two Danish engineers, Henning Holck- and Soren Kristian ?

71. Which management guru of Indian origin has emerged as the most influential management guru in recent times of recession?

72. In which landmark building is the restaurants XEX, Diamond tony & Shin Yeh located?

73. Which landmark was designed by David Rockwell of the Rockwell group & is now owned by the CIM group?

74. Who authored Rationality & Freedom?

75. Which Actor joined Hindi service of BBC in 1939 after taking the blessings of Mahatma Gandhi?

76. Shepton Dash, Fernville Lord Digby and Gambit are the names of which brands mascots?

77. Identify the company which divides its values into Engaging you, Achieving Together, Passion for Innvovation, Very Human?

78. Which foundation runs four high level awards in the field of literature, the Saraswati Samman, Vyas Samman, Bihari Puraskar and Vachaspati Puraskar?

79. MIT professor, Dr. Y. W. Lee invested his life savings in which company in 1964?

80. The logo of which company, started by Joseph Cyril Bamsford, is off-set at 18 degrees from the horizontal and 22 degrees from the vertical? The company makes yellow-and-black engineering vehicles.

81. Which management guru severed in the United States Navy, worked in White House and authored Re- imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age?

82. Which American public corporation’s data centre is located at Area 71?

83. He argued “if people take full accountability of taxes, they can reduce the burden of government.” Ronald Reagen was greatly inspired by this economist. Identify?

84. What was invented by 29 yr old Felix in 1899 when working in a chemical factory?

85. For which brand of champagne did Sir Winston Churchill famously say "In victory, deserve it. In defeat, need it!"?

86. This company was originally founded as Shokosha Watch Research Institute in 1918 and currently known as the manufacturer of CINCOM precision lathe machine tools and what else?

87. Who, in one of his flirtations with journalism started the 'Asian Travel Writers Association' with two of his friends in 1982 to promote Indian writing on travel and tourism?

88. Planet Waves is a brand of wine available in Europe. It is the signature label of which Music icon?

89. Who in 1936 published a book called “The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money”?

90. Which company was started as a shipping firm by Yataro Iwasaki in 1870?

Sunday, August 22, 2010

IDentifyy Me ?????????

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BOTC - Part 2

Heyy guys... i m posting next 30 questions from tata crucible.. try to answer these questions.. answers will be posted on wednesday ... ENjoyyyyy


31. Which company did Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri create in 1974?

32. What is Tilaknagar Industries most famous brand?

33. Which product appears on the International space station menu, was created by Edward McIllhyney?

34. Expand TAN as in taxation term?

35. Which brand of Bosch, started with the name that means or is "Ideal”?

36. Name of which Cookie Brand is also a slang for a Black who acts or thinks like a White because of its black exterior and becomes white as you go inside?

37. What term was given by Lou Montalli in 1994 of Netscape communications which is also a food items?

38. From 1990 until 1996, which brand used geographic, such as Africa, Alaska, Java, Nevada, and Inca to name its variants?

39. Which brand of clocks was started by O.R.Patel, Jaysukh Patel and Manubhai Patel?

40. Which Game is also known as Literati, Alfapet, Skip-A-Cross, Spelofun, Palabras Cruzadas?

41. The film’s Adina’s deck, Odd Girl Out and Shredderman Rules create awareness about which internet
phenomenon?

42. Which Grammy winner owns Destino, Southern Hospitality and tequila 901?

43. Whose authored "Identity and Violence - The Illusion of Destiny"?

44. What annual prize is given at Sundance Film Festival for movies that focuses on science or technology as a theme, or depicts a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character?

45. Which publication aims "to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress."?

46. Which airlines name means ‘united’ and has different classes like diamond, coral, and pearl?

47. Which bubblegum belongs to “Topps Company” and is packaged in red, white and blue colors?

48. Which manufacturer of steel barrels started in Kolkata was founded by two Scotmen - George Stephen
Balmer and Alexander Lawrie?

49. Complete the quote by Harry Truman ‘Its …… when your neighbour loses his job, its ……. when you lose your job’?

50. ‘A Space’ – in Facebook is a social networking site for which category of people?

51. Which automobile manufacturer also produces high-end accessories like the P9521 mobile phones & the
P8400 sun-glasses?

52. What did Alexander McRae start as the McRae Hosiery Co.?

53. Which consulting major has a networking platform called D-Street?

54. The book From Bankruptcy to Billions by Sudhir Kumar & Shagun Mehrotra is the story of the turnaround of which Indian organization?

55. What was created for the German Army due to petrol shortages in World War I and became very popular in rural India?

56. Which computer industry billionaire owns Valley Crest Companies, Americas largest landscaping firm?

57. Who said, “Keeping liquidity and not investing in low market is like saving up for sex in old age"?

58. Which MNC is nicknamed "The Big Australian "?

59. Which management guru said “Today’s problems come from yesterday’s solutions"?

60. Which maverick tycoon was briefly given the post of "litter Tsar" by Margaret Thatcher charged with
"keeping Britain tidy"?

Friday, August 20, 2010

Best of TATA Crucible Questions.

Hii friends ... i m posting some excellent questions which were asked in TATA Crucible quiz contest. Mention your answers in the comments. I would be posting the answers of these questions on Monday.. Check out how many question you can answer .... ENjoy !!!!


1. What is the title of Colonel Harland Sanders’ autobiography?

2. FACUNDO DA gave the world which Brand?

3. Which company's name is derived from Voice Data & Phone?

4. Which airlines parent company is called Interglobe Airlines?

5. Which entertainment company publishes an annual report called 'KIDSENSE'?

6. Which beverage giant gives out 'Wodruff Awards' annually?

7. Which Microsoft hardware product, launched in 2000, was created by Seamus Blackley and Kevin Bachus ?

8. "Interpret the world" is the tagline of which magazine?

9. Which brand of tea is named after its founders Mallik and Dilhan?

10. What is Bacon mail?

11. Which Hasbro toy line, manufactured by Takara Tomy, is divided into heroic autobots and evil decepticones?

12. Which R&D organisation started Projects Garuda, Setu, Veda, Vyasa, Vidwan, Vidur?

13. Who authored the book, “India: From Midnight to the Millennium” in 1997?

14. Which Padma Vibhushan awardee was the editor of Fortune magazine from 1943-48?

15. If Michelle Obama is one of the two US first ladies to feature on the cover of Vogue, name the other one?

16. Which US director agreed to an out of court 5 Million dollar settlement with an apparel company for using his picture in their ads?

17. Prestige pressure cooker and Kohinoor condom belongs to which company?

18. “A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, and Culture” book is on which organisation?

19. Leaden hall Street in the City of London in England was the headquarters of which organisation in 1729?

20. What did William Ramsay create which is now popularly used as an advertising tool?

21. At the request of Mohd Ali Jinnah this person started the building ship ports/shipping industry?

22. Virginia House is the headquarter of which company?

23. What did Robert Wood create after getting inspired by a speech by antisepsis advocate Joseph joined brothers James Wood and Edward Mead?

24. Which Company has a logo called Joe and the ad line - “Change your body, Change your life”?

25. The Italian company Barilla is the world’s largest maker of what?

26. The Indian arm of which company traces its history to the accounting practice of Marc Merengue and W.A.Brown in Calcutta in 19th century?

27. In food and FMCG category marketing, what is LUP?

28. The Codex Leicester (also briefly known as Codex Hammer. is a collection of largely scientific writings by Leonardo da Vinci.?

29. Born at 10, Downing Street, London. He is the second son of Prime Minister Fredrick John Robinson. He was an authority in Self and Local governance. Who is this, in whose name a landmark stands at Chennai?

30. What was founded by Narayana Ranga Rao in 1948 as “Mysore Products and General Trading Company” producing soap nut, turmeric and agarbathis, its presence in 40 countries.?