Greycells challenge finals

Greycells Challenge

Research And Conducted By

Akhil R Nair quizzcongoz.blogspot.in

Quiz consist of two halves

First Half

Round I – Direct Bounce

Round II – Ads

Round III – Theme

Second Half

Round IV – Buzzer !!!

As usual, Quiz Master will be the Supreme Court

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Total 10 questions

10 pts for correct answer

No negatives

Bouncing system

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In 2006 which retail giant started a joint venture with

Bharti Enterprises and started stores in Indian under the

brand name “ Best Price Modern Wholesale” ?

They were in news for over some months in India…..

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Walmart

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X is the film production company founded in 2009 by

Y with producer Dinesh Vijan. X’s first release was Love

Aaj Kal followed by Agent Vinod, Cocktail etc.

X is a Latin word meaning “enlightened” and was the

name of a secret society founded on May 1, 1776 in

Bavaria. In the book “Angels and Demons”, Dan Brown

promotes a secret society with the same name.

Identify X and Y……

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X – Illuminati Films

Y – Saif Ali Khan

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Identify this int’l organization which works for

consumer rights with its HQ in London

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Consumers International

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It was found during the 60th anniversary celebrations of

NBC when they introduced the present logo. It was said

that something was done to suggest as if the company was

looking forward to the future, not back to the past.

What are we talking about ?

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Flapping of head of their Peacock logo from left to right

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Connect …….

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FedEx

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In Classical Antiquity, an X was a person or agency

considered to be a source of wise counsel

or prophetic predictions of the future, inspired by

the gods. Xs were thought to be portals through which

the gods spoke directly to people.

X comes from a Latin word which means “to speak”.

A world famous business corporation famous for

database management with its HQ in Redwood City,

California also has the same name.

Id the company

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Oracle

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Identify it….

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Agent Jadoo, the anti piracy software

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This place in Gujarat is famous for the TATA Nano plant

which was shifted from Singur, West Bengal after state

wide protests against acquisition of farm lands.

Later, Narendra Modi confirmed his image as the man

behind development of Gujarat with the introduction of

another automobile giant in the very same place thus

claiming it as another Detroit.

Identify this famous place and the auto giant mentioned

here …

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Sanand

Automobile manufacturer is Ford

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This was a famous advertisement featuring Virat Kohli.

Name the automobile company behind this waku-doki

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Toyota

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It was started by Sri. Veeraiah Reddiar as a new sari shop

in 1910 at Alappuzha. He chose his sister’s name for that

shop.

Later in 2006 CNBC Awaaz has billed it as one among

the best Lifestyle stores in the whole of India.

Name this business firm which is one of the largest

designer sari producer in Kerala …..

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Seematti

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Audience Question

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Which commercial real estate giant’s 2D logo consists of

9 small triangles combined to form a big triangle ?

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DLF

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Total 10 questions

Consist of photos, videos and audios

First 5 will follow bouncing system and next 5

on buzzers

Q 1-5 ----- +10/ no negatives

Q 6-10 ---- +10/-5

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A company which is famous among us for producing

another gadget

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Blue Motion

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This is the ad of __________

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Windows 8

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Nokia Lumia

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a

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Center Shock

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ICICI

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!dea

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Audience Question

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Consist of 5 questions connected by a

common theme

Written round

Whenever you get the theme call me and not

yell out the answer

5 pts for each question

Pts for theme will be indicated in the slides

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The history of this ad campaign began in 1966 when

Sylvester daCunha, then the managing director of the

advertising agency, ASP, clinched the account for a

particular product which was launched in 1945. It entered

into Guinness World Records for the longest running

ad campaign. The ads captured the attention of public

with the introduction of their mascot which is said to

be created as a rival to their opponents Polson’s

coffee and butter.

Identify the advertisement?

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40

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“Iruttu kadai” is a shop in Thirunelveli which used to

operate on Candle Light and hence got this name. This

shop barely runs for an hour or two daily and is famous

for the production of X. Iruttu Kadai X is now a brand

name in the production of X and their taste secret is still

unknown.


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It was a famous industry which was located on the

banks of a 40km long river which originates from

Cherikkulathur in the Western Ghats. In its heyday, this

industry was second only to Canada in terms of quality

and quantity. This place became the nerve centre of this

industry due to the biodiversity of neighbouring places like

Wayanad and Nilambur and easy transport of raw

materials to nearest ports through canals and rivers.

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Total 13 in number.

All are registered as societies under the Indian Societies

Registration Act.

First one was established in Calcutta on Nov

13,1961and second one in Ahmedabad after

recommended by the Planning Commission when India

faced difficulty in finding suitable managers for the

Public Sector Industries which were established as a

part of India’s industrial policy after independence.

What are we talking about?

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It is a traditional sailing vessel extremely large and well-

built made of wood and were mainly used by Arabs in the

ancient times. Khalasis are the group of people

traditionally involved in its construction.

Name it.

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Theme is ………..

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Amul ads

Amul founder Verghese Kurien hails from Calicut

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Halwa

Calicut is famous for Halwa

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Kallayi Timber Industry

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Indian Institute of Management

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Beypore Uru

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Total buzzer !!!!!

Consist of 30 questions

You can bid for 5,10 or 20

-10/-5/-5

If first answer is wrong then one more team

will get a chance to answer it in the order of

the bid for its next lesser points

Highest bidder will get the chance to answer

If there is no bid, then question will go for

bounce

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Name the online shopping site started by Manmohan

Agarwal, Nitin Agarwal, Rajul Jain and Danish Ahmed in

2009 with its HQ in Gurgaon which was having an early

name of BigShoeBazaar.com

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Yebhi.com

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Name the mobile phone used by James Bond in the

latest movie “Skyfall”.

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Sony Xperia T

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Here is the description of somebody’s family

Wife - Poppie

Kids - Popper and Bun Bun

Whose family is this ?

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The Pillsbury Doughboy - Poppin' Fresh.

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This branding graphic has become world famous with X.

But the Company X bought this graphic for just a few

dollars without attribution from iStockphoto.com. It was

uploaded by Simon Oxley in the site.

Identify it.

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Twitter Bird

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This was initially called the Sakshat which is derived

from the Sanskrit word X and later changed its name

to X.

It is manufactured by the India-based company Quad

and was co-developed with Datawind, a British company

and IIT,Rajasthan

Commercial version is currently marketed as UbiSlate 7


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Akash Tablets

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In 2009 which bank entered into an agreement with

Mother Dairy to benefit the milk producers in Uttar

Pradesh which would ensure better prices for their

produce and time-bound payment through smart cards, to

be distributed by the bank.

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The logo of this company is a graphical representation

of 3 people holding their arms out, making a circle and is

thus known as circle of friends.

Identify the company….

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Ubuntu

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Milburn Pennybags is better known as _____

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Mr. Monopoly or Rich Uncle Pennybags

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In 1998, the founders of the company played with the

corporate logo to indicate their attendance at the Burning

Man festival in Nevada. It was intended as a comical

message to the users that the founders were "out of office

and couldn’t fix technical issues like a server crash.”

What was created as a result ?

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The first Starbucks outlet in India was started in which

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Mumbai

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Connect the below pictures to a gadget

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Blackberry

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X was a cricketer who represented the Parsees against

Europeans in 1904, but his business commitments did not

allow him time to play more. He was the chairman of the

Cricket Club of India until his death in 1938. He was

instrumental in setting up the debenture scheme which

saved the development of the Brabourne Stadium.

About whom are we talking ?

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Nowroji Saklatwala

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Name the first Indian actress to appear in the Lux soaps

advertisements?

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Leela Chitnis

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Pi

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“I love the T-shirt as an anti-status symbol, putting rich

and poor on the same level in a sheath of white cotton

that cancels the distinctions of caste.”

Whose words?

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Smirnoff

Guiness

Johny Walker

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This entrepreneur was declared Economic Times

Businesswoman of the year in 2006. Born on November

19, 1959 as the eldest daughter of industrialist A Sivasailam

and married to Venu Srinivasan, the CMD of TVS Motor.

Identify this business woman who is one of the most

successful CEO in India now …

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Mallika Srinivasan

CEO of Tractor And Farm Equipments [Tafe]

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Henry and Helal Hassenfeld founded a textile remnant

company in 1923 which was later renamed as X and made

success in another field of making toys. In 1964, they

produced the Y toy, which they described as an action

figure for boys who do not want to play with dolls.

Y originated from a comic strip in the 1940s called

"Private Breger". Y later appeared in so many famous

cartoons, films and video games like Y : The Rise of

Cobra, Y : A real American Hero etc

Id X and Y

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X – Hasbro

Y – G.I.Joe

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Which former Indian cricketer is a partner in an Italian

restaurant-cum-bar called Senso in New Delhi ?

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Ajay Jadeja

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This building in Kolkata was the HQ of X during its

early years in 1936 before it was being moved to Mumbai.

Now it houses the zonal training center of X.

Id X …..

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Reserve Bank of India

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Name the W-series music phones launched by Sony

Ericsson in 2005 thus becoming the first music centric

series phones which revolutionized the market of portable

music phones with a dedicated W key for media players.

In fact, it shares its name with another electronic gadget

intended for the same purpose.

Identify it ……

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Walkman Series

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Gold

Jalsha

World

Pravah

Plus

Utsav

Vijay

Sports

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All have “STAR” with them…..

These are the channels of STAR India.

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Connect

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These are owned by Wadia Group

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Identify her.

She is the team principal of which Swiss based F1 team ?

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Monisha Kaltenborn / Monisha Narang

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Mont Blanc

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This is a candy bar made by Mars.inc which was sold

in the United Kingdom and Ireland under the brand

name Marathon until 1990.

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This is the logo of a Canadian construction company

formed in 1991. They were involved in a scandal in Kerala

which lead to the resignation of the then minister who is a

famous political personality in Kerala.

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This is a two seater car which was developed by Suzuki

to meet the specifications of lower tax in Japan. It shares its

name with a drink.

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Suzuki Cappucino

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Which famous advertising

tycoon’s autobiography is this ?

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Which automobile’s logo is an American red arrowhead

known by the name “ Dart” ?

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Pontiac

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Get in touch with me through


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