(Prelims Questions) Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2019 - Mumbai Regional

Hello everyone. Let's have a look at the questions from the prelim round. About 120 teams turned up for this. The qualifying score would be revealed at the end of the questions. The answers can be shared in the comments section. I will be sharing the answers anyway in a separate blog post a little later.

This quiz was witness to absolute domination by a team from IndusInd Bank who clocked 1300 points and never incurred any negative. Giri remarked that this was the most dominating performance he had ever seen in Tata Crucible at a Mumbai round. The next best team was at about 300 points.

1. This brand started off in 1838 under British ownership. Robert Knight had a big role to play in its founding and today the brand is one of India's most iconic. Giri said he wants the name of the brand and not the parent company. Although, if you know one you know the other.

2. This is an ad for which brand being endorsed by Rajesh Khanna?

3. On 16 April 1853, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway operated the first passenger train in India in Mumbai with 14 carriages and 400 passengers. 

What was the origin station from which the train left in this historic first train journey in Indian history?

4. 

Which Indian company brought the Dodge to India?

5. This iconic Indian brand re-defined its business model by saving 60% of the cost spent by other flavoured drinks - by letting consumers make the drink. This household brand is highly consumed during summers?

6. 

His name is Glen Saldanha. He is the MD of which Indian pharmaceutical company?

7. This word comes from a 16th century Anglo-Norman legal term that meant "sufficient estate". It is an integral part of a balance sheet. What is being referred to?

8. 

His name is Bhushan Kumar. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of which famous Indian entertainment company?

9. 

The sales of the T-shirt ramped up after the actor's use of the same in the movie "A streetcar named desire". Name the actor on the left who helped popularize the use of a T-shirt?

10. 

 

The lady on the left is Barbara Hulanicki. She created a fashion brand in the 60s while the lady on the right created a women's apparel brand (salwars etc.) of the same name in the late 80s. It is a famous women's apparel brand.

11. Which brand had these ads earlier and later promoted it as "healthy breakfast" in India?

12. Identify the company from these two photos.

  

13. 

From the many Indian sports leagues that have mushroomed in India in recent years, identify the sport from this visual.

14. On which bank is this book based on? The bank is a 4-letter word.

15. What's the name of this Coca-Cola mascot?

16. Identify the brand from this visual. It's a common spicy item on a breakfast table.

 

17. What is the name of the production house headed by Sooraj Barjatya currently which has produced a lot of popular Salman Khan films over the years? [A generic photo was displayed of Sooraj Barjatya]

18. This brand is a British radio manufacturer and featured a baby in the Indian ads in the 1970s and 80s. That baby is Kagyur T Rinpoche Thakur and is married to popular Bollywood actress Mandakini. Which brand is being referred to?

19. Fill in the blanked out whitespaces with a word that has been in the news for a long time. He referred to it as a part of "movement merchandise".

          

20. There was a quote mentioned by a famous entrepreneur who has made big news earlier this year. The quote referred to having a high LQ - love quotient as the essential skill for doing business today. A high IQ and EQ won't be enough if one doesn't have LQ. Identify this famous entrepreneur who was in the news this year [this clue by Giri]

Cutoff - 13/20 (Each question carried 1 point)

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