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!!!

quiz review : biz quiz @ jim jaipur

Gathering of 70 odd teams specially when host college is not participating, for a quiz in jaipur city( which is not tht quizzically inclined) is no less than a wonder.
yes, talking about the my first quiz of the year and what a lovely quiz to start a year. the quiz was absolute delight for the quizzers who likes those quizzes after which they can walk away home with some new knowledge,which rarely happens in jaipur. the main attraction for the event was a professional quizmaster(atleast for me) ,yes again new culture in campus quizzing in jaipur where one of the organizers always plays the role of quizmaster. the quizmaster for the quiz was saurabh agarwal. He fly down to jaipur from mumbai specially for the quiz and tht proved to be a lot of worth. he executed the quiz brilliantly and ofcourse content was the real king of the whole quiz.

with six long rounds, full of trivias from every genre, quizmaster ensured to minimize the luck factor. teams were given advantages according to their prelims score....although we(urs truly n sahil jain) were 3rd in prelims but i liked the concept of giving advantage of prelims score in final round. in my view this ensures the "survival of sharpest". kudos to saurabh agarwal for brilliant content.

final rounds were very good , lots of trivias, work-outable questions and some good dry question.

but i personally didn't like the last rnd because each of the six teams had 100 pts to score individually in last round for the 10 questions which were,in my view, plane memory based question in contrast to the other question in other 5 rounds where merely 60 pts were common to score for all 6 teams on stage.

forgot to mention event co-ordinator pravin mishra who personally made sure tht quiz goes well with out any technical glitches and a crowd-puller one too.he desreves full accolades for a perfect host.

six teams tht made it to the finals were mnit, arya, jecrc , iiim and two others team frm a mngmt college(forgot their names).

in the end team from arya institute(urs truly n sahil jain) won the quiz and team from mnit (kr. mayur n his frnd) were the runner up. all in all a great quizzing affair...........

some question from the prelims are below......

prelims questions:

Saudi Investor Prince Al Waleed : I told him , very openly, that 2010 is the year for him to make it. Market gave him two years leeway, but I think now it’s time to deliver.indentify the person?

The name of this brand is derived from the name of an Indian Railway station in Mumbai where the production factory of the brand is based. Which brand is being talked about?

Karan Thapar: Let me start with a simple question. It is said that 80 per cent of Indians have Election Commission identity cards, others have ration cards, some people have BPL cards, others have driving licence and passports, there are even PAN cards. Why on top of this do we need a unique identification number?identify the person who is being interviewed?

Which business group traces its inception to mid seventies when two childhood friends left their high profile jobs with the Birla Group to set up Kemco Chemicals, an ayurvedic medicine and cosmetic manufacturing unit in Kolkata in 1974?

North west switch,glucovi,sidha brand of which company?

Google nexus?

Which company founded by Ramesh Chandra was originally formed as United Technical Consultant Private Ltd in 1972 as a soil investigation company?

pic of a train designed by Mamta banerji?

His Sikkim-based Yuksom Breweries remains one of the last independent smaller brewers in the country. He missed out on one of the most famous villain roles in Indian Cinema. He was the original choice for the role but had to back out because of a clash of dates. The character later became an icon. Who are we talking about?

print of ad of kitkat?

This brand started as a small shop in Karol Bagh in Delhi in 1948 . The founder of this brand is popularly known as ‘Mahashian”. He states “I am the exclusive brand ambassador of a renowned brand and perhaps the oldest brand ambassador as well.” Which brand are we talking about?

print ad of amul facebook

In 1972, they started the tradition of celebrating every Thursday night like a New Year’s Eve party, with champagne, confetti and noisemakers. Identify.

print ad of Happydent ?

Car nation?

question on Cohiba cigars?

questinon on Tetra pack?

amazing filmfare...

some times back i was reading about indian film industry's one of the most prominent( did i say prominent) award ....filmfare. although aamir khan doesn't accept it but there are no. of peoples out there who takes it as if they are getting academy award. i found some strange and shocking facts about filmfare. here are they.


In 1975, Yash Chopra's Deewaar swept all the awards except, surprisingly, for the lead actor Amitabh Bachchan.

One of Filmfare’s mighty losers has been ‘Sholay’, which won only one award in 1975- for Best Editing!!!

Lata Mangeshkar refused to accept her first Filmfare award because the Filmfare statuette was designed in the shape of a woman and “the woman had no clothes on”; the award had to be wrapped with a handkerchief for it to be accepted by the Nightingale.

any way the highest no. of filmfare awards has been bagged by movie black(11), best actor dilip kumar(8) and best actress nootan(5).

love....

"they says when you meet the love of ur life, time stops.
and that's true
but what they don't tell you is that once time starts again....it moves extra fast to catch up."

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

indian hockey : the golden period

i was reading about the golden period of indian hockey recently. and what came across my eyes is this unique incident. sharing with you all

this is probably the most humourous incident in the world of hockey..............


India beat USA 24-1 in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, one of the biggest wins of all times.
How did the USA team score their lone goal?


the answer is most amusing i have ever heard...........

ans:: because The Indian goalkeeper Richard Allen was signing autographs behind the goal post!!

how china came up with the Beijing olympics logo

how china came up with the Beijing olympics logo . it's a spoof