Quizzing Club, IIM Raipur: August 2011

Finals:

After prelims 3 teams got selected for finals.

Round -1

1)
More retail acquired which famous Indian supermarket chain?
Trinetra

2) Identify this personality?

R.Subramanian

3) X is a grocery store chain, started in 2000 in the city of Bangalore.

• The chain was setup with the objective of filling the segment of premium green grocers.

• Parent company is Namdhari Seeds.

• What is X?

Ans.)
Namdhari's Fresh

ROUND -2

The font used for company’s name is called SLURRY- The font looks as though the letters have congealed or coagulated out of liquid.

Connect?

Ans:

• The logo is an image of a "twin-tailed siren".

• Apple added this company's Entertainment area to the iTunes Store.

• The name is taken from Moby-Dick, after Pequod was rejected by one of the co-founders.

Connect?

Ans:

Connect?
Ans:

• Yum! Brands, Inc. or Yum! is a United States-based Fortune 500 corporation.

• Yum! operates or licenses Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Wing Street, and Long John Silver's restaurants worldwide.

Connect?

Ans)

• X’s becomes the first grocery store in India. X’s becomes the first supermarket chain under Food World in India.

X has recently announced a change in brand positioning from “Taste-the-World” to “Makes Fine Living Affordable”.

Alliance with Beverly Hills Polo Club – its first international tie-up in fashion

What is X?

Ans. Spencer

Connect…

• No queuing

• Every little Helps

A) Tesco

Round -3

Ans) BIG BAZAAR

•2002: Big Bazaar - ICICI Bank Card is launched.

•2006: Big Bazaar launches Shakti, India’s first credit card program tailored for housewives.

•2008: Big Bazaar joins the league of India’s Business Superbrands.

Y was refused entry to one of the city's grand hotels of the time, Watson's Hotel, as it was restricted

to 'whites only'.X was built at the urging of editor of the Times of India who felt a hotel

"worthy" was needed.

During World War I, X was converted into a 600-bed hospital.

The dome of the X is made from steel as used in the Eiffel Tower. Identify X and Y?

Ans)
Taj Mahal Palace & Tower
3)

X is a Indian company based in Noida which runs the Domino's Pizza chain in India.

It was incorporated in 1995 as ‘Domino’s Pizza India Private Limited’.

X signed a master franchise agreement with US based coffee chain Dunkin Donuts for operating the brand in India.What is X?

Ans) Jubliant food work

4)What is the significance of this AD?(occasion & company's name)

Ans) Big bazaar AD on womens day..

X has bought the license for merchandising Zoozoo the brand mascot for Vodafone India.What is X?

Ans )

6)Connect?

Ans.)

Quiz Masters :

Nishanth(PGP-2011-2013) Aditya(PGP-2010-2012)

Winners:

Naman Jain & Govind Gopinath (PGP 2010-2012)

Runners:Harish Das & Amit Singh (PGP 2011-2013)

Thank you for your support....!!!

2 August 2011

Quiz 1 (Retail/food chain) - 2nd August 2011

Preliminary Round

Q1) This Company means “Crossroads” in French.

Identify this logo.

Q2) Which Company’s logo?

Q3) Connect…

Q4) Life Style International (P) Ltd. Is a part of which group?

Q5) Spencer daily presently operates as ………….?

Q6) Which company’s logo is this?

Q7) Which company’s logo is this?

Q8) “Save Money Live Better”. Which company’s tagline is this?

Q9) X currently has espresso bars across India.

· It was founded in 1997 by Amit Judge and was part of his group of companies.

· He sold part of the equity to first Tata Coffee.

· Sterling Sivasankaran then bought over the firm and Sterling divested all their stake to an famous Italian company.

· What is X?

Q10) X is an American restaurant franchise that primarily sells submarine sandwiches (subs) and salads.

It is owned and operated by Doctor’s Associates, Inc. (DAI)

Answers:

1) 1)Carrefour 2) Dunkin Donuts 3) Venky’s (Bought Blackburn in EPL) 4) Land Mark Group 5) Food World 6) Target 7) Spar 8) Walmart 9) Barista Lavazza 10) Subway

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