DA VINCI CODE

Rules

• Questions open to all the teams

• If you get the answer directly on the question you get

+30/-15

• On the 1st hint you get +20/-10.

• On the 2nd hint you get +10/-10.

Q. 1

• One of my many achievements is the articulation, design

and implementation of Global Delivery Model for IT

services in India. I was awarded the “Padma Vibhushana”

by the Govt. of India in 2008.

• Who am I?

Q. 1 Hint 1

• I share a connection with all three logos below.

Q. 1 Hint 2

• I am the author of the International bestseller “A Better

India: A better world”

A. 1

• N. R. Narayan Murthy

Q. 2

• I was a captain of the Indian Cricket Team for quite some

time. Post Retirement, I was called for to handle a key

position in the selection committee for the BCCI. I am also

an electrical engineer having completed my course from

College of Engineering, Guindy.

• Who am I?

Q. 2 Hint 1

• I was the first Indian player to score a half-century and

pick up 5 wickets in an ODI.

Q. 2 Hint 2

• On 18 February 2008, I was named the ambassador for

the Chennai Super Kings franchise of Indian Premier

League

A. 2

• Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Q. 3

• I have been named the “Warren Buffet” of my country. I

held the first spot in the list of world’s richest people for

nearly 3 years in a row. I have been awarded “the CEO of

the decade” by Latin Trade Magazine in 2004.

• Who am I?

Q. 3 Hint 1

• I am a Civil Engineer by education.

Q. 3 Hint 2

• I am the CEO and chairperson of Telmex and America

Movil.

A. 3

• Carlos Slim

Q. 4

• This Indian company has acquired 26% stakes in

Indonesian coal mine Baramulti Sukses Sarana. The

Chairman of this organization had the following to say on

the acquisition, "Issues in India's power sector remain

unresolved and utilities are ready with capacity but can't

run it due to lack of fuel. So it is only prudent for Indian

utilities to secure overseas fuel assets.”

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Q. 4 Hint 1

• The company being discussed is a part of a very large

Indian conglomerate.

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Q. 4 Hint 2

• The CEO of this company took over from the incumbent

on 28th December 2012.

A. 4

• Tata Power

Q. 5

• This San Francisco based firm was the first to

manufacture a specific kind of clothing. Founded in 1853,

it still maintains the standard of being a brand name in the

textile and apparel industry.

• The apparel mentioned in the previous lines has been the

most common informal wear for over half a century.

Q. 5 Hint 1

• This is an incomplete representation of the company’s

logo.

Q. 5 Hint 2

• The apparel being discussed over is “The Blue Jeans”.

A. 5

• Levi Strauss

Q. 6

• The pictures below are clues towards a certain business

breakthrough.

Q. 6 Hint 1

• The discovery of the breakthrough can be accredited to

Sir William Ramsey.

Q. 6 Hint 2

• The breakthrough mentioned was a Nobel prizing winning

discovery.

A. 6

• Neon Sign Boards

Q. 7

• He is considered as the greatest player to have ever

played this game. He holds the record of being world’s 1st

ranked player for a total of 225 months out of 228. Post

Retirement he joined active politics to oppose the

incumbent government in his country.

• Who is he?

Q. 7 Hint 1

• He hails from Soviet Union (Presently Russia)

Q. 7 Hint 2

• His match versus the human computer Deep Blue is

regarded as the greatest game ever played.

A. 7

• Gary Kasparov

Q. 8

• One of the greatest players to have ever played Cricket.

He has been twice selected as the Wisden cricketer of the

year. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in

first class cricket. Among Batsman, who has scored more

than 5000 test runs, he has the fifth highest batting

average in tests.

• Who is he?

Q. 8 Hint 1

• He was the first professional cricketer to be knighted.

Q. 8 Hint 2

• He and Herbert Sutcliffe has the highest opening

partnership average in test matches.

A. 8

• Sir Jack Hobbs