EUREKA I I

Hello Quest Seekers,

Here's the answers to Quest II. I'm sure you had ample time tackling with them. For the more oblivious lot (like myself), here are the answers.

International Business

1. All are services provided by Google Inc.

2. Edwards Deming.

3. Toyota Prius

Brands

4. Shakira

5. IKEA (No not Walmart)

6. Mars Inc.

Advertising

7. She starred in an Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) campaign known as 'Switch'.

For the curiouser lot, here's a clip of the ad :




8. Calvin Klein

9. Taco Bell

Finance

10. It is the international standard for assigning three letter currency codes (Ex: USD, SGD)

11. European Central Bank

12. The Great Depression


Hope you got em all right !

Crucible Prelims 2008

For those who missed the awesome quiz on the 24th, here's a time-warp :


1. Who are the official timekeepers to James Bond?

2. In Latin it means, 'I put together'. Which brand?

3. Finnish Rubber Works. What started thus?

4. If you're doing Business in Raffles Class, who are you flying with?

5. "Save Money. Live Better." The company?

6. Clippit, Mother Nature, Red Dot, Merlin,Links the cat, Rocky the dog. Connection?

7. Identify :







8. Who is this robo?



9. American Express started offering this service in 1882 to compete with the US Post Office.
What service are we talking about?

10. Which stock exchange was setup near Johnathan's Coffee House?

11. Identify the brand. (Hint : the digits inscribed on the nib are : 4810)



12. The invention by John Boyd gave the world its first Pneumatic tyre. Which company was thus formed?


13. Which logistics company was founded by Adrian Dalsley, Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn
in 1969?


14. Identify the logo.



15. Coming Soon ( I'm still hunting the net for the image shown as the question..lol)

16. Which sports goods company do you associate with Tiger Woods, Michael Jordon, Roger
Federer, Manchester United and Barcelona?

17. What was first produced in 1937 by Colin Kininmonth and George Gray, who made the
product by applying rubber resin to cellophane film ?

18. General RE, Dairy Queen, NetJets are owned by which company associated with Warren
Buffet?

19. This ‘resort village’ chain was started in 1950 by former Belgian water polo champion,
Gérard Blitz. The first village opened on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Which company are
talking about?

20. Connect the image to a company.






***The above questions are not in the same order as they appeared on the quiz. The sequence is jumbled, partly because of my lack of recollection and partly due to disinterest in the sequence of appearance.

You may enter your answers in the comment box below or email them to IT@clubs.sim.edu.sg

Keep Quizzing!

QuΣsτ II

QuΣsτ -II



International Business

1. Connect knol, scholar and talk in the context of services on the WorldWideWeb.

2. The famous management book Out of the Crisis outlines the 14 key principles for management for transforming business effectiveness.
Who authored it?

3. Which is the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle?



Brands

4. Laundry Service was the blockbuster debut music album by Epic
Records for which artiste?

5. Which company do you associate with the motto “To create a better
everyday life for the many people.” ?

6. Who owns the confectionary brands M&M, Skittles and Twix ?



Advertising

7. Ellen Feiss became an Internet Celebrity after starring in an
advertisement for which company?

8. ‘Between love and madness lies Obsession.’
Associate this slogan with a fashion brand.

9. Which major fast food chain launched an innovative ad campaign
‘Think outside the bun’.

Finance

10. In the world of global finance, what is the significance of ISO 4217?

11. Which bank has the exclusive rights to set interest rates for the
Eurozone?

12. What historic event in world history started October 29th 1929?

EUREKA - I

It is primitive knowledge that Eureka or 'I Have Found' attributes its roots to the Archimedes' Principle of Displacement of Volume.

To answer our quests, or if you want to add any questions on this blog,
please send us an email with the TITLE: EUREKA

Here's our Eureka 1, answers to the first Quest.


Answers

1. Voodoo PC
2. Virgin Galactic
3. Steve Wozniak (Co-founder, Apple Computer)

4. 3M Worldwide
5. Dilbert
6. All are lines of Rolex watches
7. Pepsi (or Pepsi Cola)

8. Volkswagen
9. Coca Cola Santa
10. BMW Sauber


11. The Children’s Investment Fund
12. Skype Co.
13. DJTA (Dow Jones Transportation Average)

Quest to Knighthood - I

We're all set for BizQuest 08. Registration information will be posted soon!
Here's a quick quest, there will be more. Test your skill in the field of Business, Advertising and Finance. Answers coming up shortly.

Here's the quest...

International Business

1. What company started up by Rahul Sood in Canada was bought

over by Hewlett Packard?

2. What is the name of Sir Richard Branson’s company that plans to provide flights into sub-orbital space to the masses?

3. iWoz is the autobiography of which famous hacker and

entrepreneur par excellence?

Brands

4. Which manufacturing major owns the famous product Post-it Notes?

5. Scott Adams created which immortal cartoon geek?

6. What’s the connection between Oyster Perpetual,

Professional and Cellini?

7. The beverage has its roots as a digestive known as ‘Brad’s Drink’.

By what name is this beverage known to us today?

Advertising

8. ‘Das Auto’ is the tag line of which auto manufacturer?

9. In the world of advertising, what is Haddon Sundblom’s most notable

contribution (Hint: think red and white)?

10. In ‘Formula 1’, which racing team does the Credit Suisse Bank sponsor?

Finance

11. Chris Hohn founded this famous hedge fund in the UK in 2003.

Name the organization.

12. Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis started this enterprise which was

acquired by eBay in 2005 for $2.6 Billion. Which company?

13. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the second oldest U.S. bourse

index. Which is the oldest?

Be the First To know

It 's finally back! This morning, we were shown the very first promotion-posters for the Tata Crucible Singapore 2008. Let me tell you, it was nothing less than impressive.

The branding is brilliant as usual, the prizes are bigger and the venue, grander!(is that a word?)

Well, we've put up, probably the first online poster, right in this post.

As we always say, hungry... foolish, remember?

Here it is ---> (we've compressed it so it wont eat ur b/width, cheers!)

Can't Read ? Get the high resolution images HERE

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Find us at : IT@clubs.sim.edu.sg
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Answers anyone?

Let the answers be revealed...

1. Dilbert.
The best geek ever


2. Apple Newton.
Remember that crappy device?


3. The first print ad for a 'radio set' by Telimco, appeared in the Scientific American in 1905.


4. Global Warming


5. We received a lot of interesting replies :)

Its Sauber, the auto.


6. Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt.


7. Coca - Cola


8. Cisco Systems


9. Dreamliner a.k.a Boeing 787

10. New York's tallest tower. The Empire State Building.

Chronicle # 4 : Food for Optics

Welcome back quest seekers, hope you had a great weekend.
Evolution is a constant process. We thought, we'd do some evolving too ;)

So, here we our with our first edition of a 'picture quiz'. We dont expect a 'thousand word' answers to equate our efforts, a couple of words should do.

Before we let you start solving, we want to share a secret. Heard of Tata Crucible (well, if not, Google it !). We'll soon be having some quizzes coordinated with them, so as always, in the meanwhile Stay Hungry for more.

Time starts now....






1. Identify this famous fictional geek.







2. This is a not-so-famous product, from a manufacturer with a lot of famous products.
Name the product.

(Hint : Forbidden Fruit)







3. What famous contraption is
being advertised for the first time and by which company?


4. What social cause is being depicted?












5. Identify the company.



6. Identify this important location.
It is the HeadQuarters of_______.







7. Name the product.









8. Identify the famous logo.



9. Name the aircraft model.







10. Identify the tallest building in the picture.

Chronicle #3

The beat goes on....


1. Petroliam Nasional Berhad is popularly known as ?

2.Who co-founded Microsoft along with Bill Gates?

3 Which company's logo is referred to as 'the pecten' ?

4. In terms of net worth, who is the world's largest florist?

5. Which company do you associate with the nickname 'The Flying Kangaroo'?

6. Find the Connection : Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael ?

7. Which is the world's first low-cost airline?

8. Which is the sole authority on monetary policy for euro?

9. What does Psephology study?

10. In the world of patents, Hyman Lipman is famous for?

Solutions to Chronicle # 2

1. Which is the world's second largest retailer?

Carrefour Of course.

2. This Fortune 100 company started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. Today, what do we know this company as?

Motorola.
Coined when the founders decided to market a car - radio.

3. 'Think Different' is the tagline of which company?

Well, whats a quiz without a question about the Forbidden Fruit.

Apple it is.

4. What product do you associate John Pemberton with?

Always. Coca Cola

5. Who is the CEO of the Formula One Management?

The F1 Supremo - Bernie Ecclestone

6. Sun : Solaris Canonical : ___________ Complete the correlation.

Well, needed a bit of thought, or an MB of thought :)
Speak any Afrikans? Ubuntu is what we were looking for.

7. Which educational organization was established by the Singapore Economic Development Board on the 28th November 1964?

Singapore Institute of Management (SIM)

8. The company once promoted this product as "Pammy". Name the product.

No its not what you think it is :P
Answer : Virgin Cola

9. Which search engine brands itself as the 'World's Biggest Search Engine' ?

Google? Yeah Right.
We're looking for a cooler answer. Yes, Cuil.Com

10. Which company gives out the 'Bravo Zulu' award for its achieving employees?

FEDEX

Gear up. This going to gradually get tougher.
Come back tomorrow.

CHRONICLE # 2

Hi,

Here's the juice for today(4th Sept). Don't forget to mail it back by 4pm.

START>
1. Which is the world's second largest retailer?

2. This Fortune 100 company started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. Today, what do we know this company as?

3. 'Think Different' is the tagline of which company?

4. What product do you associate John Pemberton with?

5. Who is the CEO of the Formula One Management?

6. Sun : Solaris Canonical : ___________ Complete the correlation.

7. Which educational organization was established by the Singapore Economic Development Board on the 28th November 1964?

8. The company once promoted this product as "Pammy". Name the product.

9. Which search engine brands itself as the 'World's Biggest Search Engine' ?

10. Which company gives out the 'Bravo Zulu' award for its achieving employees?

Answers to Round One

Well, we were happy to see that most of the students did get all answers right, at least partly right.

For those who didn't, fret not, here's the first key to the quest :)

1. Sportser, Dyna, Softail and Touring are all types of ....?

Harley Davidson Motorbike Models. (pretty straight forward)

2. Which country is hosting the first ever youth olympics in 2010?

Singapore (well, that's what we call a morale booster, heh)

3. Which is the largest selling commercial passenger jet (max. units sold)?

Aargh..its not the A380, in fact its not an Airbus at all. The answer is : Boeing 737


4. Which popular website derives its name partly from a Hawaiin word for 'Fast'?

Fast = wiki in Hawaiin. I'm sure once you get that bit, the answer becomes obvious. Wikipedia

5. Which popular global IT company has the slogan "High Performance. Delivered"?
Another give away :) Accenture

6. Which country do you associate the fashion brand Padini with ?

Italy, yeah rite! This devil wears the Malaysian Prada. Answer : Malaysia

7. Who is the creator of the super hit cartoons 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad'?

Seth Macfarlane (personal favorite, giggity!)

8. Which company do you associate with the tagline "the best a man can get" ?

Gillette (We did get all sorts of spelling typos for this one, but hell, we're better than MS Word)

9. German brand Beiersdorf owns which famous bodycare product?

Nivea

10. Which is the official credit card of the FIFA 2010 World cup?

Well there its gotta be Visa or Master, not much choice there, lol

Answer : Visa

Chronicle #1

Here it begins...

START

1. Sportser, Dyna, Softail and Touring are all types of ....?

2. Which country is hosting the first ever youth olympics in 2010?

3. Which is the largest selling commercial passenger jet (max. units sold)?

4. Which popular website derives its name partly from a Hawaiin word for 'Fast'?

5. Which popular global IT company has the slogan "High Performance. Delivered"?

6. Which country do you associate the fashion brand Padini with ?

7. Who is the creator of the super hit cartoons 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad'?

8. Which company do you associate with the tagline "the best a man can get" ?

9. German brand Beiersdorf owns which famous bodycare product?

10. Which is the official credit card of the FIFA 2010 World cup?


Surprise ! We shall also be declaring the 'Fastest Whiz'..for the person who submits the highest score, earliest.

ALL THE BEST.

How To?

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You may come back the next day to check your answers.

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Marking :

>Ten points for each correct answer.
>No negative markings.
>For deciding final winner, we shall use internal tie breakers or explicitly ask new tie breaker
questions.

Late Entries :

Late entries shall not be marked. The decisions made by the Club Exco shall be binding.

Beginining from the Start

When its difficult to decide where to start, its always best to start from the beginning.
So let's begin :

THE GUILD Luncheon Business Quiz kicks off Wednesday, 3rd of September'2008 for which
registrations have already begun. Our representatives will be there by the Koi Pond after 11am Monday onwards. The event is only open to SIM students.
Feel free to meet, chat and ask us more about Biz Quest, the newest initiative by the SIM IT Club on Monday 1st, September and Tuesday,2nd September

Want to skip the queue?
Well for the more tech-savvy folks, you may register with us online. Just send us the following details :

Name :
Course :
Year of Study :
Contact Details : (email, phone number, just in case we need to inform the winners ;) )

Thats it.
Send these across to IT@clubs.sim.edu.sg with the subject: Guild
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