Thursday, June 17, 2010

QUIZ QUIZ QUIZ.......

On Monday, 21st is the 'Management Plus' Quiz. Management and Business will be the main subject. It would have other questions also. As a curtain raiser to the event here are a few questions. Special prize for the participant who gets all the answers. No more than two can pair up to answer these questions. Answers may be put as comments.

Q1. All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this stable L’OREAL end their ads with ?

Q2. SAIL & Tata Steel are in discussion for a JV steel plant.Not their first JV They already have a 50:50 JV in ecommerce. Name it.

Q3. What is crowdsourcing ? Who coined it ?

Q4. What is 'aeroponics' ?

Q5. The oil-spill from BP’s oil rig is slated to be bigger than the one from Exxon’s tanker. Name the infamous tanker.

Q6. In the context of global economy , which countries are being called PIIGS. Name them.

Q7. What is Hyderabad's largest circulated English daily newspaper ?

Q8. What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?

Q9. Scientists have proved that members of opposite sex look sexier after booze. What is this effect called ?

Q10. Which Indian co techies will be manning the ‘command and control’ centre of FIFA cup 2010 ?
Hurry up. The deadline is 21/06...9.00 AM. If there is a tie, then the one who answers first will be the winner. As is normally the rule in quizzes, the Quiz Mater's decision is final. Happy Quizzing.

- G.Mohan

5 comments:

  1. QUIZ ANSWER BY CAPT. ANIL SHARMA

    1) "Because we're worth it"
    2) Mjunction services (Strightline.in )
    3) a) Crowdsourcing is a neologistic compound of Crowd and Outsourcing for the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing them to a group of people or community, through an "open call" to a large group of people (a crowd) asking for contributions.
    b) Jeff Howe, a contributing editor to Wired magazine, first coined the term "crowdsourcing" in a June 2006 article and writes the blog crowdsourcing.com
    4) Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium (known as geoponics).
    5) Exxon Valdez
    6) Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain
    7) Deccan Chronicle is the largest circulated English newspaper in all of South India.
    8) IDR MEANS Indian Depository Receipts (IDR) & UK based global bank Standard Chartered (SC) WAS THE FIRST TO ISSUE SAME.
    9) The beer goggles effect
    10) Rolta India Ltd.

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  2. Excellent. It is not an all-correct entry. Contest is still open.

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  4. Revised Answers from Daniel & Mele

    Q1. All GARNIER ads end with ‘Take care’. Another brand from this stable L’OREAL end their ads with ? Because I’m worth it

    Q2. SAIL & Tata Steel are in discussion for a JV steel plant.Not their first JV They already have a 50:50 JV in ecommerce. Name it.
    Mjunction services (Strightline.in )

    Q3. What is crowdsourcing ? Who coined it ?
    Who coined it - JEFF HOWE
    It essentially refers to the idea that many people, distributed across time and space, outside the organization, can often perform a task more efficiently than a few people, inside an organization, thanks to the low transaction cost of search and aggregation, enabled by the internet.

    Q4. What is 'aeroponics' ?
    Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium

    Q5. The oil-spill from BP’s oil rig is slated to be bigger than the one from Exxon’s tanker. Name the infamous tanker.
    Exxon Valdez

    Q6. In the context of global economy , which countries are being called PIIGS. Name them. Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

    Q7. What is Hyderabad's largest circulated English daily newspaper ?
    Deacon Choronicle

    Q8. What is an IDR ? Who is the first issuer of IDR?
    IDR MEANS Indian Depository Receipts (IDR) & UK based global bank Standard Chartered (SC) WAS THE FIRST TO ISSUE SAME.

    Q9. Scientists have proved that members of opposite sex look sexier after booze. What is this effect called ? Beer Goggles

    Q10. Which Indian co techies will be manning the ‘command and control’ centre of FIFA cup 2010 ? Mahindra Satyam

    Daniel & Mele

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  5. Daniel and Mele get it all correct. Winner's prize to both. Capt Anil gets a spl prize for 9 correct and being the first off the blocks.

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