Its faster than the Veyron!

The X is a highly modified version of the Lotus Exige, manufactured by Texas-based Y and assembled in England. It holds the unofficial record for being the fastest accelerating, and the fastest production car in the world, having accelerated from 0 to 300kmph in 13.63 seconds and having reached a top speed of 435.31kmph. Y claims that X can reach a potential top speed of 447kmph, although this has never been tested. However, as the top-speed run was only in one direction, and only 16 Xs have been manufactured to date (Y needs to manufacture 30 to qualify), the car does not qualify as the fastest production car in the Guinness World Records (a record still held by the Bugatti Veyron SuperSport).

ID X.

Ain't that dope

Ques: What expression was popularised by this luxury car of the 1920s and '30s?

Answer: The car is a Duesenberg and the expression it popularised is "It's a doozy!"

Chalti ka naam gaadi...

A grab from a video. What's different/special?

Answer: This is the Google driverless car. More about it here.

Cracked by Appuchin and indian, while kj was happy with identifying the car. :-)

G cars.

Connect ze pics.










































Answer: In sequence, these are the Deora, the Twin-mill, the Isetta and the Monster Truck. These are all Hot Wheels models that have been converted to life-sized vehicles.

A lone crack by Arnav. Good job!

Overdrive mode!

Due apologies for the long hiatus. Here is a question to kick the blog into overdrive. :-)
The person X designed the engine shown in the second picture that is named after him. It has found extensive use by the company Z, a version of whose engine is shown in the third pic. Give me the name of the person and the company.





























































Answer: This is Felix Wankel, and his Wankel Engine, also known as the Rotary Engine. Mazda has been using it extensively in its range of automobiles.
Interesting bit of trivia, quoting Wiki:
"Felix Wankel, at the NSU Motorenwerke AG, first conceived the design of his rotary engine in 1954. The so-called KKM 57 (the Wankel rotary engine) was constructed by NSU engineer Hanns Dieter Paschke in 1957 without the knowledge of Felix Wankel, who remarked "you've turned my race horse into a plow mare". "

Driver Gaadi Nikaalo!

Viral marketing for?



M.o.P, paritosh, sunny, Jatin and Anonymous got the story right.
Source: Cinema Blend
Answer: Toy Story 3

Gadi kaunsi?

Just tell me the car brand that's being advertised.

Answer: The Acura MDX. Acura is the luxury arm of Honda Motor Company.

Cracked by Sanchit, MitC, Navin Pai, Aman, avneeth, anonymous and Rohit.

One Shot

Which Automobile maker would use the tagline "Vorsprung durch Technik" ?

The Answer is Audi

Cracked by jatin,abhiram,Sandeep,rohan,white shirt wacker,navin pai,johny walker,surya and neeraj.

TATA Crucible 2009 - Indore Round

TATA Crucible’s Indore Round saw a huge turnout of 222 teams. The prelims were a little easy and very high scoring. Winners and Runners Up were both from IIM, Indore.

Prelims
1. What brand name is the tenth-generation Toyota Corolla in India known by?
Toyota Corolla Altis

2. Identify the logo

Renault

3. “Let’s learn to teach” is the tagline of which powerful initiative launched by a media company in India?
Teach India

4. Ad that said – Born in USA. Motherland India.
Incredible !ndia

5. Identify



Sunil Mittal

6. Which soap brand is endorsed by Saif Ali Khan and Madhavan. [Hint: It is manufactured by a company not really known for FMCG products]
Santoor

7. Get Gorgeous, Launchpad, On the Run, etc are programmes of which channel?
Channel [V]

8. Which bollywood actress endorses Sugar Free?
Bipasha Basu

9. Aamir Khan endorses which brand of biscuits?
Monaco [points given for Parle as well]

10. This company came about when a few Gujarati women came together and set up their own enterprise and became self-sustaining. [Wording was slightly different]
Shri Mahila Griha Udyog – Lijjat Papad

11. Identify the logo

ABN Amro – Now taken over by Royal Bank of Scotland

12. Identify

Warren Buffet

13. Which company started off as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing?
3M

14. “On holiday 365 days a year” which place? [Destination tourism campaign]
Goa

15. Soha Ali Khan ad – from the world of car accessories.
Ambipur

16. Ad – Human Network - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfFQyWfbWVQ
Cisco

17. Who is the author of this book? [Hint: The author is someone who urges you to be more effective]

Stephen Covey [author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People]

18. Which airline was started by Naresh Goyal?
Jet Airways

19. This coffee chain has a tie up with India Premier League [IPL] to have kiosks during IPL matches. Which?
Cafe Coffee Day

20. Identify the logo

Fannie Mae

Wild Card Round 1
1. In terms of volume sales which is the largest manufacturer of watches all over the world – Swatch, Titan or HMT?
Swatch

2. In 1894 this company received a patent on their "Lucky Curve" feed. Which company? Leader in writing instruments.
Parker Pens

3. Who is known as the Oracle of Omaha?
Warren Buffet

4. Started off as Galvin Engineering before it was renamed as something else
Motorola

5. Which company was founded in 1873 by Richard and William to make cigarettes for the then Prince of Wales, Albert Edward?
Benson and Hedges

6. Who exited out of the Planet Hollywood Restaurant Chain saying that he wanted to concentrate on his constituency?
Arnold Schwazenegger

7. Set Wet is a brand from which company?
Paras Pharma

Wild Card Two
1. Durable, Reliable, Excellence though some people mistake it as being "Durable Latex".
Durex

2. Who started NeXT computers?
Steve Jobs

3. Which company bought Pixar in 2004?
Disney

4. What is Nannyware?
Software to restrict access to pornography sites.

5. In the world of tea plantation, what is CTC?
Crush, Tear and Curl

Finals
1. When this product was to be launched in India – Lever’s came out with its own specific to India campaign for it, a first for any Unilever product in India. Currently, this brand is owned by Bunge Limited. Which?
Dalda

2. Invented by Hakeem Ustad Hasan it had Khurfa Seeds, Kasni, Munaqqa, Nilofar, Gaozaban, Hara Dhania etc. What?
Rooh Afza

3. Founded in 1906 by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed, the name means "empathizer" or "companion in suffering".
Hamdard

4. Kisan Credit Cards were launched in India through?
Nabard

5. Company set up by Bengali Doctor started off with three brands – something, something [don’t remember] and?
Pudin Hara

6. Identify

Harley Davidson

7. Who and which company did he start?

Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook

8. Cement company from TATAS
India Cements

9. Question on Chyawanprash

10. Identify person on left.

Noel Tata [not Naval Tata :) ]

11. Started as Southwestern Bell Co.
AT & T

12. Bhaskar Bhatt is the MD of?
Titan

13. Lateral Connects
a. Pepsi - New Pepsi logo, Pepsi Blue Man, and Frito Lays logo
b. Companies that have exited the Airline Business.
c. Emami - Zandu Balm, Saurav Ganguly etc.
d. Unilever - Axe Ad, etc.

14. American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California, and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris F. Fisher.
GAP

15. Coco Gem is a new brand of what from the house of the TATAs?
Coconut Oil

Report on Tata Crucible Page

The good 'ol days

The humble beginnings from which rose a fabulous car of the present, Identify.



Answer: Hmm, everyone was trying to find a pop culture reference, and hence everyone missed it.
The answer is:

Surreal Ads

Two ads for the same product - X. The ads are tributes to Y and Z.
Identify X, Y and Z.

Source: PICDIT
Answer: Ads for X - Volkswagen Polo Blue Motion
Y - Tribute to works of Dali - [Soft Construction with Boiled Beans, Persistence of Memory]
Z - Tribute to Rene Magritte's Son of Man.

4. Italy vs Spain

1. This image is not as arbitrary as it seems. The 2 residents of the 'villa' have publicly endorsed rival candidates McCain and Obama, and have campaigned/will campaign in the future for their respective candidates. Whose residence? (Image Source: The New York Times)
2. Connect the three images:
3. What?

Answers:
1. Arnold Schwarzenegger & Maria Shriver (cracked by Jaideep and Haroon Siyech)
2. Lashings World XI - "World's greatest cricket club"
Images of its founder David Folb, the Rude Guy logo and Sachin Tendulkar - who will be playing for them this summer
3. The BMW Headquarters, Munich (cracked by Aditya)

Tata Crucible Campus Edition 2008 - Delhi Round

The questions were okayish. The prizes were definitely good. Harkirat and SMS from IMT Ghaziabad went on to win the Delhi round of Tata Crucible Campus Edition 2008.

Here are the Questions:

Prelims:
1. Which confectionary brand is named after a village near Malegaon, Nasik where its factory was originally based.

2. It is a block that houses addresses in NYC. It is named after a newspaper/media house.

3. Identify the logo -

4. Mehnga Ram works for Beat-All Sports. What is his contribution to Indian Sports?

5. This product was invented in 1846 from healing tea and witch hazel to heal cuts and bruises. Used today commonly as a cosmetic. (Pickbrain: I bet that someone in the hall has one right now.)

6. This automobile company entered the US motorcycle market in 1964. A chart-topping song of 1964 called Little ________ paid tribute to this product. Name the Company.

7. Award winning ad for which brand?


8.The first demo for this 'accessory was carried out in 1968 by Joint Computing in San Francisco. The name was coined at Stanford Research Institute. What?

9. Robert Townsend gave this cheeky ad campaign with a 3 word punchline. It is one of the famous ones in the transportation Industry.

10. Which Indian company or group is associated with Kiwi Shoe Polish?

11. Identify the Brand

12. This management guru is famous for his 14 principles of management. He wrote the book, Administration industrielle et generali which was published in 1917. Who?

13.Which character was named after Mr.Segale, landlord of Nintendo's US Office?

14. Balmer and Lawrie and Co., engaged in packaging of LPG cylinders is a ____ enterprise by?

15. World of travel Accesories. Identify.

16. He is the MD of Labour India Magazine based in Kerala. He is famous because he will be the first Indian to do something. What?(Name of the person is optional)

17. Chaudhry Raghuvendra Singh founded the company in 1946 and in 1961, his son-in-law joined the company and is at the helm of affairs now. Name the Company.

18. Who is the Distributor of the movie "Sunday"? [Audio clip was played from the movie. Hint: it is ________ Entertainment]

19. Identify the product.- Liril Soundtrack

20. Whose ad campaign? [ Video- Happydent White ]

Questions from the Wildcard Rounds:

1. Which newspaper from Times Of India, Indian Express and Hindustan Times had its office inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi?

2. What was inaugurated on 19th November, 1984 by Rajiv Gandhi?

3. Italian fashion giant Armani has a joint Venture with which Indian Company?

4. Nintendo:Mario as Sonic: ???

5. "Chala Change ka Chakkar" [buzzers]?

6. Passat... (buzzers)[ sigh...]

7. Reliance Entertainment sold a 3% stake to whom?

IIT Delhi qualified in the first wild card.

8.Titan, Vodafone and Reliance Energy Limited lost. Who won?

9. Body structure of tata nano has been designed by which NRI Designer's company?

10. "Kya aap 5th pass se zyaada tez hain?" is associated with which actor?

11. Barabarians at the Gate is about?

12. Called the Briley Group, the Joint venture was called BJETS. Which is the other company?

13. Company founded as a thought which occurred to Baba Kalyani?

14. Full form of NTPC. [sigh...]

15, India's first virtual credit card was by?

16. Glenn originally thought of a golf course,but eventually settled for hotdogs and burgers and Mexican food, right next to a McDonalds. Which chain?

MDI Gurgaon went through on the tie-break on Q16.

Some Questions from the Finals:

1. ALL(A little larger) was created for which company?

2. IATA Code BZ.

3. Name of Tata Tea outlets opened recently.

4. Trimotor, one of the first successful airlines in US. Which company ran this 12 seater passenger plane ?

5. Phrase originated from newsletter published by "Arelene and Jose Ramos". It came into use in the printing press industry after 3 years of publishing and was sold to Stanford Research Institute in California. What phrase?

6. What is common to military.com, Tickle.com, fastweb.com, Telephone Marketing programs and Yellow Pages Advertising?

7. Logo of?

8. This Indian Entertainment and distributor was established as Garnet Paper Mills and renamed in 2002. Chairman is Ashok Pamani.

6. Identify [Hint- World of Inventions]


Connect Round ( I will give the answers and spare all of you the trouble, how- you can find out )

1. Hrithik Roshan, Godrej, Vinod Khanna, Imran Khan and audio "Breathless" by Shankar mahadevan. [Cinthol]

2. "The next episode in Entertainment", NAVTEQ, N way, enpacket.[Nokia]

3. Timex, EK,photos of George Eastman and flash structure. [Kodak ]

4. "Just in TIme", Dalgen, photo of Brijmohan Munjal and song from Krrish. [Honda]

Nano Games

1. Celebrity associated with Angel Networks.

2. "Thodi si Pet pooja"- tagline of ?

3. Ninja, Scout, Kids Club are vaieties of?

4. "Eveready Mechanical Pencil made by Us". Which Company?

Answers will be put up soon.[ or you can give your answers in the comments and spare us the bother. :) ]

Questions

1. Connect the following:

a)

b) Woolwich

c)

2. Again connect:

a) Manchester United

b) Zwickau (Hint: Its a place in Germany)

c)

Sitters, once again

1. X massacred the bowling attack comprising Bishen Singh Bedi and Prasanna in an Irani Trophy game during the 70s, which prompted the commentator to compare his big hitting to C K Nayadu. Hence, the nickname Y was born. Give me both X and Y.

2. David Cameron has driven the G-Wiz, though he didn't really comment on it. G-Wiz is a favourite punching bag of Jeremy Clarkson. Not only has he made it lose to the Renault Alpine A610, but also to a wooden table. :)
One guy has called it the "sweetest four-wheeled self-propelled invention to hit the London streets since the first horseless carriage arrived at the end of the 19th century." How do we better know it back home.

3. Z's lines from a Pepsi ad: My name is Z. I hope you haven't forgotten me. Whatever happened, why it happened I do not know... On the field or outside the field, I won't keep quite. Hu ha...
Identify Z. [Some text has been removed from the lines.]

Ad Quiz

Just name brand/product/company for each.