BIZ QUIZ 2016ELIMINATIONS

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Rules

QMs of the day: Aman Shaikh and Divij Ghose

Written elims of 20 questions No negatives, so feel free to take

potshots Top 6 teams move into finals Star-marked questions to resolve ties If ties still persist, we move into

sudden death Absolutely no Googling QM’s decision is final and binding

Good Luck!!

Q1.

X hails originally from Khatav, in Satara district. He holds an MS from MIT, USA, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard and a management degree from Carnegie Mellon University. His company FLUCON is a global leader in supplying stainless steel products and designs for the food industry. ID X.

Answer

Sanjay Inamdar, the founder of BHAU Institute

Q2.

This establishment was started in 1978 by Hormazd Irani. Famous for its cheese omelette and bun maska, this establishment was iconic in defining this city's culinary landscape. Since it's very beginnings this establishment has been known for its low prices, which had a great deal to do with the rent Mr. Irani paid for the property-a measly Rs 278. However after a recent tenant landlord battle this establishment was forced to move to a new location, which caused it to increase prices by about 50%. What place is this?

Answer

Vohuman Cafe

Q3.

Salt and caramel, watermelon and salt, green tea, sweet corn are some of the flavours of what popular brand?

Answer

Kitkat

Q4.

If model-actor Milind Soman and singer Alisha Chinai (in the 90s) are associated with the past tense, a lion with cogs is in the present tense, since 2014. What is all this about?

Answer

Make in India

*Q5._________ is an Internet media company based in New York City. The firm describes itself as a "social news and entertainment company" with a focus on digital media and digital technology in order to provide "the most shareable breaking news, original reporting, entertainment, and video." __________ was founded in 2006 as a viral lab, focusing on tracking viral content, by Jonah Peretti and John S. Johnson III. On July 17, 2012, humor website McSweeney's Internet Tendency published a satirical piece entitled "Suggested _________ Articles", prompting ________ to create many of the suggestions, including "Elvis Presley’s 42 Sweatiest Moments" and "10 Grizzly Bears Doffing Newsboy Caps". FITB

Answer

Buzzfeed

Q6.

This ad was launched by company X, to commemorate a specific event. What company and what event? No part points.(image on next slide)

Answer

Mercedes celebrating 100 years of BMW

Q7.

The X company was created by a 19 year old entrepreneur Tom Lyle Williams, after he saw his older sister Mabel apply Vaseline and coal dust to her eyelashes to give them a darker, richer look. He adapted this method using a simple chemistry set and sold his product X, naming it in honour of his sister. Give me X

Answer

Maybelline

Q8.

Connect:1. A Greek term, synonymous with zenith2. Screw thread3. Looney Tunes

Answer

Acme

Q9.

A domain called Buy n Large was registered in 2008 for the website of a conglomerate formed by the merger of a company called Buy Yogurt, which was acquired by Large Industries, a men's suit company. (Image given)It became popular for some time in 2008, but it now redirects to the website of another company. Why did it become popular?

Answer

Buy and Large is the name of the fictitious company in Wall-E

*Q10.

Smashing Kitty, Droplet Shuffle, Shuriken Block and Ninjas Assault are all games available for Android and iOS. Stylistically, the games are all reminiscent of the retro 8-bit gaming styles of the 80s. Needless to say they all come from the same studio. The studio, however is most famous for another game it created, which at the peak of it's popularity was making close to $50,000 a day. What game?

Answer

Flappy bird

Q11.

______ was established in 1887 as a piano and reed organ manufacturer . However, due to the machinery and the metallurgical/mechanical techniques the company gained during WW2, the company ventured into a host of different fields. The company is currently the largest manufacturer of several musical instruments, and its origins as a musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks.

Answer

Yamaha

Q12.

_______ Natural is the world's first global cannabis brand, named after __________, developed by his family in conjuction with Privateer Holdings, Seattle. _____________ is known as the Marlboro Man of Marijuana, and earns close $20 million dollars every year from his estate. FITB

Answer

Marley

Q13.

ID this restaurant chain, whose logo is "Delightfully tacky, yet unrefined."

Answer

Q14.

X started his career working for Xerox corporation where he was made a full sales representative. He later went on to join Hammarplast, a Swedish drip coffee manufacturer, as a general manager. Through Hammarplast, he met Jerry Baldwin, owner of Y, and later in 1982, joined Y as Director of Marketing. On a buying trip to Milan he was inspired, and started Il Giornale, and later after receiving Jerry Baldwin's support, renamed it to Y. He was also briefly the owner of Seattle Super Sonics, which he later sold to Clayton Bennett. ID X and Y. (part points)

Answer

X- Howard SchultzY- Starbucks

Q15.

X founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and his wife, is a major American corporation that manufactures networking equipment like routers. It had an extremely controversial start with Stanford, Bosack's employer at the time of the founding of X, claiming that one of their first products was made using stolen technology from Stanford itself. The name X is based on the city it was founded, with the company engineers insisting on using the name in lowercase in the initial days of the company. The company's logo pays homage to one of the most iconic monuments of the city. ID X

Answer

Cisco

Q16.

This company's name comes from the Latin words for day and earth, which is in reference to them giving pleasure all over the world every day. Since 2007 it entered an equal sharing partnership with Sean Combs (aka P. Diddy), to manufacture and market Ciroc. It is also owns the world's leading vodka brand, Smirnoff and has a 34% stake in Moet-Hennessy. However Indians may be familiar with this company for different reasons. ID the company

Answer

Diageo

Q17.

A first of its kind in India, this company stopped its services on 31st December 2009 due to bankruptcy of the parent company. Name the company, which saw A R Rehman as its brand ambassador.

Answer

World Space Radio

Q18.

He is an Indian-American economist, who studied at Rajasthan University and Princeton. He has worked with World Bank, WTO, IMF and also served as chief economist at Asian Development Bank. His latest book, India: The Emerging Giant was described by Fareed Zakariya as the definitive book on Indian economy. ID

Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of NITI Aayog

Q19.

This book is a collection of economic articles written by Steven Levitt, and Stephen Dubner. Some of it's chapters include understanding cheating among sumo wrestlers, information control as it applies to Ku Klux Klan and the economics of drug dealing. The book was tremendously successful and has sold over 4 million copies. Which book?

Answer

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explains the Hidden Side of Everything

*Q20.

This publishing company, founded by two brothers from Scotland in 1843, boasts of having published authors like Charles Kingsley, Lewis Carroll, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and Rabindranath Tagore among many others. A prominent British political figure, who later went on to be the Prime Minister, served as a junior partner in the company from 1920 to 1940 and again from 1945 to 1951. After his retirement from politics he became chairman of the company in 1964, up until his death in 1986. The company was bought out by the German media giant Holtzbrinck Publishing Company in 1999, ending the family ownership of the firm. ID this company

Answer

Macmillan Publishers