BEQ 2011 Finals

                                                         A Day @ Hilton Chennai

  
 Finals started with the grand entry of Derek O Brien, current MP. He explained a little bit brief on the history of Brand Equity Quiz which started its appearance in the year 1990, thereby entering the 20^th year this time. He first introduced the first four teams which were Crisil, Cognizant,Infosys, Sanmar, and TCS. Thus totally six teams made it to stage. Derek gave the gift prizes to the 7^thseeded TS Mahalingam & Sons and 8^th seeded Infosys.  

The finals started with first round which was tilted as ‘Yeh hi hai Right choice baby’

In that round three options A, B, C were given to select an answer for a question. The left of three options there were small pics of closed pepsi bottles. If a glass break sound was heard, then the answer was wrong. If a bottle open sound was heard, then the given answer was correct.  

1. What is the name of the ornamental design on the ankle or side of a sock?         

A. Cock              

B. Clock

C. Flock

2. As per Time magazine, which was enlisted in top 10 annoying sounds?

A. Dial up modem

B. Royal Enfield Engine

C. Vuvuzula

3. Which of the following exactly connects ‘creating a new category’?

A. Selling

B. Giving a brand name

C. Alireza

4. Sir Donald Bradman totally wrote two articles in Wisden. On what subject did write his second article?

A. Television Replays

B. Adidas Shoes

C. sponsored trophies

5. If monitors were the first to record energy star, then which was the second?

A. Fax Machines

B. Printers

C. Refrigerators

6. In 1821, Bruce Code framed a set of rules for which of the following?

A. Marylebone Cricket Club

B. East India Company

C. Tirumala and Tirupathi temple

 

The second round was started in an anticlockwise man. They are below.

1. GT Birla has lots of rupees, but is he happy. Who said this?

2. The Industrial designer’s product was called ‘aggressively female’. Identify either designer or product. Its presence can be seen in Encyclopedia Britannica

3. We don’t win unless ________ says win?

4. Which Persian ruler said, “Every farmer must contribute a grain?”

5. A product similar to champagne sold outside France is known as?

6. In cyber world, what does Astroturf refer to?

The third round was titled as ‘Bulard Bharat Ki Buland Tasveer Hamara Bajaj. It mainly contained picture questions

1. A photo containing products of a baked product was arranged one after another just like a book.

2. The Logo of a famous car company was removed from the car normally used in grand prix?

3. John Grisham’s book cover was shown with Joel Backman. What was the name of the novel?

4. The logo of Steel Authority of India was showed. What were the two words to be missed after the logo?

Round 4:

This was the most important round in buzzer must have been used but Derek forgot it and used it as a normal one unlike previous years.

1. Being fashionately fond of crystals, He was held up for having a baggage with crystals at the airport? He ditched the bag and carried the crystals? Identify the person?

2. According to Tom Peters, the long time definition of a boss is ‘CHRO’. If C refers to Chief, O refers to officer, and then what does the word ‘HR’ refers to?

3. In Hindu Mythology, who gave concord lands to kariappa and gold to Brahmans?

4. Close to Venice, Murano Glass blowing was always end up doing a flask? What particular flask are we speaking?

5. If it does n’t sell, it is n’t ________?               

6. The champions club whose entire members were carpenters. Who supports Champions Club?

Audience question:

What is the official email of Sabeer Bhatia?

Round 5 five was the superb round, as it was the very final to select a winner. More over, it contained audio and video. Most importantly, it was a buzzer round. The title of the round was ‘Dodh ki sa fedi nirma se ayt rangeen kapra bhi jhilmil jaye’

1. Audio was played from the movie 3 idiots which contained a person explaining a model in the college. The question was, “Identify the person?

2.  Women showing an Ad for jeans was given. It was known as ‘forever in jeans’. Identify the suit was the question

3. A video clip was shown with Actor Shia LaBeouf speaking to a bald man and another old man at an investment bank?   

4. Audio was played with the Introduction music of Twentieth century fox (TCF). Which was the first movie to incorporate TCF in a movie?

5. A video clip of a recent phone hacking scandal person was shown with him making some statements?

These were followed by further easy ones. For these questions below mobile phones were given by quizmaster for their help to find the answer.

1. In 2010, who was the most searched popstar on google? 

2. A retail store which commonly refers to ‘building’ actually sells reduced prices?

3. In 1896, collapsible tube was first used? Next which was used in it?

At the end of this question, Infosys left their seat to placed at sixth position. They were further followed by Global scholars who finished at fifth position. Below question were cryptic based ones asked to select the winner as four teams were tied with same points.

1. Swarovski Crystal has a connection point with which English cricketer?

2. The Latin name Augeo Auctics commonly refers to increase? Which botanical name does it refer to?

3. Which entertainment company connects Jwala, Kaddi and Kashmiri?

4. Which American chocolate refers to ‘Sweetest place on earth’?

5. Which biological product is used as a dis infectional?

Thus the quiz finally ended with Sanmar finishing at 4^th place. 3^rd and 2rd were taken by CTS and TCS respectively. Crisil took the first prize and became the first team to qualify for national finals.

For answers, kindly do check the comments section

BEQ 2011 prelims

 Now I present you the complete package what actually happened in THE BRAND EQUITY QUIZ 11 prelims in Hilton Chennai based on my own memory retention. The prelims of the quiz started much bit lately at 6.50 PM against expected stipulated time of 6PM. Though the audience were in few numbers, but the entertainment provided was a totally unforgettable one. The preliminary was organised by Mr. V. Stevens, one of Derek O’ Brien’s associates. The prelim was a bit crack able one with a mixture of business and various other areas. Now I provide the preliminary outlines in the further lines. The rules were clearly outlined by Stevens with totally 30 questions. The first 25 questions each carried one mark each while the last 5 questions were known as Idea Zone which was used in case of a tiebreaker. These 5 Idea Zone questions carried two marks each. Thus totally prelims carried 35 marks.

Here below are the much anticipated questions from this year’s quiz. Certain questions were asked with multiple choice options. I use below the word ‘ops’ to refer to them if asked in a question.

1. Blinding edge pictures is a film production company of which India born director?

2. Which event was created in 1952 to promote the Catalina swim suits brand?

3. The amount for which a single telegraphic money order may be issued must n’t exceed Rs _______ ?ops: 1000, 3000,5000,10000

4. In 2010, which was the most sold car in India? ops: Hyundai Santro, Ford Figo, Maruti Alto

5. What in Singapore is sold by the name Thosai?

6. The motifs on which south Indian coins were confined to dynastic crests. What symbol was used on Chola coins? Tiger, cat, peacock, snake

7. St. Andrew, Kelvin, Onasis and Victoria are different ways to tie a ________  ?ops: Shoelace, G string, Bandana or Tie

8. The US received most no of spams in 2010. Which country ranked second?

9. Which cricketer is nicknamed ‘Punter’ because he used to bet big bucks on horses?

10. Where would you be on a business trip if you bought an oyster card for local travel? ops: Kolkata,  London, Melbourne, New Delhi

11. So far, the effort to eradicate which disease has cost $9 billon and consumes $1 billion world wide every year? Ops: Polio, Malaria, Influenza

12. Queen of which country commissioned MF Hussain to paint 99 canvases on Arab civilization?

13. On whose birth anniversary in US is National Inventors Day? Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Bill gates or Walt Disney

14. Which former president of Indian National Congress joined his maternal uncle Karuppiah Nadar’s clothing as a sales boy?

15. For which film did Aishwarya Rai Bachan get her biggest pay cheque?

16. India’s ________ recycling sector accounts for Rs. 9000 crores in annual revenue and employs 3 million people. Ops:  Cow dung, Plastic, Glass

17. In 2002, which company bought jobs.com URL for US $ 800000 and said, “jobs.com is a desirable URL.”   

18. Tata chemicals launched I shakti salt in 2006. What do I stand for?

19. Who gets higher salary? ops: Loksabha MP, Rajya sabha MP or both

20. Which legendary figure was assisted by group of fellow outlaws known as his ‘Merry men’?

Below three questions were asked based on pictures.

21. Identify the below Logo?

22. Identify the film

23. Identify the place below

Below 2 questions were on audio

24.  The audio of the album ‘Room Service’ was played and question asked was, “Identify the singer?”

25. The audio of famous personality was played and he said something about the Apple computers in 1970’s and its stiff competition to his own greatest firm?

Below five questions comprised as Idea Zone. It carried 2 marks.

26. What was the actual profession of ‘Perry Mason’, fictional detective by Erle Stanley Gardener?

27. In collaboration with MS Krishnan‘The new age of Innovation’ was the last book written by whom?

28. In Hindu Mythology, which god is maker of all kinds of ornaments?

29. With a view to meeting the housing needs of the rural poor, _____ Awas Yojana was launched in 1985?

30. Mozilla’s browser firefox is another name for which animal? Ops: wolf, hyena, red panda, armadillo.

Try cracking the answers for the 30 questions; if you could atleast get 20 questions correct, then you are great wizard just like our harry potter. Thus ended the prelims with quiz master asking the audience and team members to have a refreshment. The refreshment was really a unforgettable one as everyone were given cocktail juice, Apple juice, Non vegetarian rolls, Veg and Non veg sandwitches and vadas and cookies in form of a great buffet system. At end of it, a bell was rung by the people who’d been meant to look after there. “Come everyone inside,” said Stevens. “We are going to start the finals.” Thus we entered to watch the nail biting finals.

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