won tata crucible campus jaipur 2010...

Atleast something is going good in life.
i along with ankit soni on 5th march won much awaited tata crucible jaipur edition.
we missed the last year's crucible in jaipur and tht regret finally ended on march 5.
around 125 teams(according to pickbrain) participated for that battle. out of which 4 teams made directly to the final according to their prelims score.
we topped the prelims with score of 18 out of 20.i must admit prelims was rather easy. other teams tht made directly to the final were bits pilani, mnit and gyanvihar university. wild card round was completely dominated by bits pilani. out of 6 teams from wild card round there were 4 teams from bits pilani, two of them eventually made it to final round through wild card.
we started fairly well and maintained the lead throughout and won comfortably. i could have score more on buzzer, but one bits pilani team was too aggressive on buzzer(i don't knw why).they were pressing the buzzer like hell and earned themselves few negatives.
in the end the final scores were:

arya institute of engg. & tech.( ur's truly and ankit soni) - 40
bits pilani(team 1) - 22
bits pilani(team 2) - 18
bits pilani(team 3) - 16
mnit jaipur - 6
gyanvihar univ. - 0

u can find the official report here.
National finals will be at mumbai. now i am a bit nervous about the national final.
some quizzing biggies like imt ghaziabad, iim indore, iim c(last year's national winner) , iim l, college of engineering guindy has already qualified from their respective region. we're going to represent rajasthan. national final would be a tough nut to crack . finger crossed!!!

Tata crucible corporates 2009: jaipur round finals

an hour before i was sitting on the edge of my chair in maharana pratap auditorium watching the battle of tata crucible corporates jaipur round.although i missed the prelims but saw finals(and luckilly got an audience prize).
six teams who made it to the finals were Godrej,henkel, make my trip.com,icici , reliance retail and sbi. godrej won with considerable ease thanx to some sitters in the last round.SBI was the runner-up.
here are some questions from the finals.

Q: a graph was given . identify the graph or it's significance in the world of economics
ans: big mac index

Q:logo of dvb . identify the brand?
ans: david victoria beckham

Q:first print ad of which famous product?
ans: lux(leela chitnis in a b/w print ad)

Q:another print ad. identify the brand?
ans: john players

Q: identify the personality or the company?
ans: K.P. singh (dlf)

Q: logo of which brand?
ans: opel

tata round
# an easy question on B.muthuraman(md tata steel)
#which company has recently is in tieup with tata?
ans:docomo

#"big on space big on life". which tata brand?
ans: tata indigo marina

#ascot tie. where u'll find these?
ans: westside

round 4

# connect a poster from movie black and some fruit(strawberry)
ans: blackberry

#photo of gateway of india + photo of dying process(giri told that it's a process)
ans: bombay dying

#pic of javagal srinath +a pic of some guys(giri told they judges this very famous american show)
ans: american express. srinath is commonly known as mysore express and the show was american idol.

last round

# question on montek singh ahluwalia

# question on milk man verghese kurien

#question on nandan nilkeni