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DA VINCI CODE
Rules
• Questions open to all the teams
• If you get the answer directly on the question you get
+30/-15
• On the 1st hint you get +20/-10.
• On the 2nd hint you get +10/-10.
Q. 1
• One of my many achievements is the articulation, design
and implementation of Global Delivery Model for IT
services in India. I was awarded the “Padma Vibhushana”
by the Govt. of India in 2008.
• Who am I?
Q. 1 Hint 1
• I share a connection with all three logos below.
Q. 1 Hint 2
• I am the author of the International bestseller “A Better
India: A better world”
A. 1
• N. R. Narayan Murthy
Q. 2
• I was a captain of the Indian Cricket Team for quite some
time. Post Retirement, I was called for to handle a key
position in the selection committee for the BCCI. I am also
an electrical engineer having completed my course from
College of Engineering, Guindy.
• Who am I?
Q. 2 Hint 1
• I was the first Indian player to score a half-century and
pick up 5 wickets in an ODI.
Q. 2 Hint 2
• On 18 February 2008, I was named the ambassador for
the Chennai Super Kings franchise of Indian Premier
League
A. 2
• Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Q. 3
• I have been named the “Warren Buffet” of my country. I
held the first spot in the list of world’s richest people for
nearly 3 years in a row. I have been awarded “the CEO of
the decade” by Latin Trade Magazine in 2004.
• Who am I?
Q. 3 Hint 1
• I am a Civil Engineer by education.
Q. 3 Hint 2
• I am the CEO and chairperson of Telmex and America
Movil.
A. 3
• Carlos Slim
Q. 4
• This Indian company has acquired 26% stakes in
Indonesian coal mine Baramulti Sukses Sarana. The
Chairman of this organization had the following to say on
the acquisition, "Issues in India's power sector remain
unresolved and utilities are ready with capacity but can't
run it due to lack of fuel. So it is only prudent for Indian
utilities to secure overseas fuel assets.”
•
Q. 4 Hint 1
• The company being discussed is a part of a very large
Indian conglomerate.
•
Q. 4 Hint 2
• The CEO of this company took over from the incumbent
on 28th December 2012.
A. 4
• Tata Power
Q. 5
• This San Francisco based firm was the first to
manufacture a specific kind of clothing. Founded in 1853,
it still maintains the standard of being a brand name in the
textile and apparel industry.
• The apparel mentioned in the previous lines has been the
most common informal wear for over half a century.
Q. 5 Hint 1
• This is an incomplete representation of the company’s
logo.
Q. 5 Hint 2
• The apparel being discussed over is “The Blue Jeans”.
A. 5
• Levi Strauss
Q. 6
• The pictures below are clues towards a certain business
breakthrough.
Q. 6 Hint 1
• The discovery of the breakthrough can be accredited to
Sir William Ramsey.
Q. 6 Hint 2
• The breakthrough mentioned was a Nobel prizing winning
discovery.
A. 6
• Neon Sign Boards
Q. 7
• He is considered as the greatest player to have ever
played this game. He holds the record of being world’s 1st
ranked player for a total of 225 months out of 228. Post
Retirement he joined active politics to oppose the
incumbent government in his country.
• Who is he?
Q. 7 Hint 1
• He hails from Soviet Union (Presently Russia)
Q. 7 Hint 2
• His match versus the human computer Deep Blue is
regarded as the greatest game ever played.
A. 7
• Gary Kasparov
Q. 8
• One of the greatest players to have ever played Cricket.
He has been twice selected as the Wisden cricketer of the
year. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in
first class cricket. Among Batsman, who has scored more
than 5000 test runs, he has the fifth highest batting
average in tests.
• Who is he?
Q. 8 Hint 1
• He was the first professional cricketer to be knighted.
Q. 8 Hint 2
• He and Herbert Sutcliffe has the highest opening
partnership average in test matches.
A. 8
• Sir Jack Hobbs
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