XIMB ( bhubneshwar), Telegraph (Kolkata) , Rourkela Steel, Indian Armed Forces Medical College (Chandigarh) , XS Associates, Infosys (hyderabad), Bhilai Steel Plant (Nagpur) , Savoir Faire (Goa) and marico industries (Indore) battled out in first seminals at Tata Crucible India finals 2010. The semi finals was rarther a quick fire round of 20 questions and was closely contested.
Rourkela, Savoir Faire, XIMB and crowds favorite Armed forces medical college progressed into the national finals
Below are some of the questions from the semis:
Round one on buzzer:
It was designed by two people, Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich .. - MIG Series of fighter aircrafts
In the manufacturing of pencil, what is ferrulie - is a ring or cap that connects rubber and the pencil with a metal band
What is distaff race - horse racing, in which races limited to female horses
Miracles Happen: The Life and Timeless Principles of the Founder of Marry Kay Ash
Round two:
Black box in a flight is known as Red Egg
As a boy he is a keen scholar, he contributed in technology during cold war, however his most famous invention was a result of one of the discussions with his daughter.. which product am I describing? - Polaroid
At the time of his death, he was under intense pressure from Goldman Sachs ....Robert Maxwell
Which modern day company originates to textile company founded in 1929 - Berkshire Hathaway
Round three: Visuals
Pic of Leonard howarth nobel economics winner
Pascal lamy picture
Showed an image which represents Art on Rice field
Round four:
Charles and James started a company as whisky merchants and bonded ware housemen in Glasgow in 1882.An Indian company now owns this brand - white and mckay
This commercial artist is known for shoes, the economist described him in 2009 as "bellwether of the shoe market" - Andy Warhol
As expected, there was a tie breaker to decided the contestant for the fourth sport between Ranchi, Indore and Nagpur
TB Q1 - In 1997 I purchased 4000 mt of this, in may 2006 I announced I don't own this anymore, if this is silver, who am I - Waren Buffet
TB Q2 - In the abbreviation of CNX, if N is NSE, what does C stand for - Crystal
TB Q3 - If De Bonon coined the word 'lateral thinking', who coined the word 'parallel thinking' - De bono
TB Q4 - What in the world of TQM is DIRFT - Do It Right First Time
And finally Ranchi cracked the fourth tie breaker question and grabbed the fourth spot.
Click here for Tata Crucible second semi final
2 comments:
Thanks for your efforts! Just that you could have written the answers separately on a different line so that the readers could also try/guess before looking at the answers.
Also, TB Q2 answer here for CNX should be CRISIL and not crystal.
Thanks Nikhil, will edit the answers
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