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Quidders
The Business QuizFebruary 12th, 2016
College of Business Studies, Delhi.
Researched and conducted by: Sreshth Shah
Quidders | Sreshth Shah | Business Quiz
Prelims
25 (+ 1 bonus) Questions Top 8 teams qualify to finals
Team size <2Questions 11-20 are starred
Use of cellphones equals instant disqualification
Best of luck!
1
This 2011 biopic is about the co – founder of?
2Which company owns the patent to the “pinsetter”, a
device used to set the some contraptions during a game?
3
List of the last six what?
4
The gold _____ was an early Islamic coin corresponding to the Byzantine _____ius auri. A gold coin known as the
_____a was also introduced to India by the Kushan Empire in the 1st century AD, and adopted by the Gupta
Empire and its successors up to the 6th century.The modern gold _____ is a modern bullion gold coin. Fill in
the blank, now in 9 countries.
5
These two gentleman lent their names to which company?
6
Since 1851, in Chess, compiled statistics support the view that White consistently wins slightly more often
than Black, usually scoring between 52 and 56 percent. What phrase is used for this phenomenon,
also a prominent concept in business?
7
This company has a monopoly in supplying for the NASCAR series. To the surprise of many, it was
started by Frank Seiberling and is an iconic part of an advertising tradition in a watersport. Identify this
company.
8
When the founder was having a hard time trying to come up with a name for his product, he finally chose this particular name because it contained the operative word for which the product's service showed, but also because it contained the
letters of an abbreviated internet language. Which company?
9
Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti and
Oysho are some of it's other famous retail brands. It's
flagship brand originally got it's name from the movie poster
you can see, before settling on it's current name. Identify the
company.
10
In 2015, who used the Omega Seamaster Exploding Watch and the Nine Eyes Surveillance System to good effect?
11
On the right is husband and Vice-Chairman, John. Identify the wife.
12
A spin-off from AT&T, it was named thus because it meant "luminous" or "glowing with light" since
"light as a metaphor for visionary thinking reflected the company's operating and guiding business
philosophy", according to the Landor Associates staff who chose the name. In it's current form, it forms
part of a larger name, after a takeover in 2006. Which company?
13
Toy company Funskool was started in India in 1989 with Hasbro's collaboration with which other
company?
14
Who is the owner of this company?
15
This restaurant chain, shares it's name with this musical. Identify, with branches in Nehru Place and
Greater Kailash and around the country.
16
He developed this concept when he observed that 20% of the peapods in his garden contained 80% of the
peas. Which eponymous concept?
17
This Asian country's national oil company sells its products under the brand name which is derived from a letter AND from the fact that it supplies to
eight countries namely: Italy, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden among others.
What's the name of the countrycompany?
18
It comes from an old french word which means to 'cut off, clip, pare or divide' in terms of stitching and tailoring. It was first recorded as a noun with the meaning of “a sale in small quantities”. Like in
French, the word means the same in old Dutch and German, referring to the sale of small quantities of
items. Whats the good word?
19His most successful copywriting piece was for this ad, while
working for Ogilvy & Mather – who?
20This man started his eponymous brand by
opening a refreshments room in 1706. It's logo, created in 1787, holds the record for
the oldest logo in continuous use. Quintessentially British, it also holds a royal warrant.
What company is this, owned by the Associated British Foods since 1964?
21
The colour shade Pullman brown, get's its name from the Pullman trains of USA. Which company, other than Pullman trains, of course, uses this colour for
their branding?
22
Which European company, often synonymous with it's location get's its name from the portmanteauic
formation of the founder's mother's name and the french word for stainless steel? The french word for stainless steel is also the name of an entertainment
chain throughout India – seen in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, prominently.
23
He took a buyout of a third of his business for a meagre $5,000 back in the day – the business
founded by him and his friend Elliot Schwartz. Before his switch in projects this poor business
decision was his biggest financial regret, since this ex - company of his ended up being worth $2.16
billion dollars at one point. Who?
24
Which company has invested in the following new brands?
25
Pioneering a concept used by all of us here at some point in our lives, which company is she the CEO
and founder of?
Bonus
What's missing?
ANSWERS!
The Business QuizFebruary 12th, 2016
College of Business Studies, Delhi.
Researched and conducted by: Sreshth Shah
Quidders | Sreshth Shah | Business Quiz
Prelims
25 (+1 bonus) questions Top 8 teams qualify to finals
Team size <2Questions 11-20 are starred
Use of cellphones equals instant disqualification
Best of luck!
1/A
This 2011 biopic is about the co – founder of?
Answer
Alcoholics Anonymous
2Which company owns the patent to the “pinsetter”, a
device used to set the some contraptions during a game?
AnswerBrunswick
3/C
List of the last six what?
Answer
Chancellor of the Exchequer
4/D
The gold _____ was an early Islamic coin corresponding to the Byzantine _____ius auri. A gold coin known as the
_____a was also introduced to India by the Kushan Empire in the 1st century AD, and adopted by the Gupta
Empire and its successors up to the 6th century.The modern gold _____ is a modern bullion gold coin. Fill in
the blank, now in 9 countries.
Answer
Dinar
5/E
These two gentleman lent their names to which company?
Answer
Ernst & Young
6/F
Since 1851, in Chess, compiled statistics support the view that White consistently wins slightly more often
than Black, usually scoring between 52 and 56 percent. What phrase is used for this phenomenon,
also a prominent concept in business?
Answer
First Mover Advantage
7/G
This company has a monopoly in supplying for the NASCAR series. To the surprise of many, it was
started by Frank Seiberling and is an iconic part of an advertising tradition in a watersport. Identify this
company.
Answer
Goodyear Tyres
8/H
When the founder was having a hard time trying to come up with a name for his product, he finally chose this particular name because it contained the operative word for which the product's service showed, but also because it contained the
letters of an abbreviated internet language. Which company?
Answer
HoTMaiL – HTML features in the name
9/I
Bershka, Stradivarius, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti and
Oysho are some of it's other famous retail brands. It's
flagship brand originally got it's name from the movie poster
you can see, before settling on it's current name. Identify the
company.
Answer
Inditex – Zara was originally named Zorba
10/J
In 2015, who used the Omega Seamaster Exploding Watch and the Nine Eyes Surveillance System to good effect?
Answer
James Bond in Spectre
11/K
On the right is husband and Vice-Chairman, John. Identify the wife.
Answer
Kiran Mazumdar - Shaw. Her husband is John Shaw.
12/L
A spin-off from AT&T, it was named thus because it meant "luminous" or "glowing with light" since
"light as a metaphor for visionary thinking reflected the company's operating and guiding business
philosophy", according to the Landor Associates staff who chose the name. In it's current form, it forms
part of a larger name, after a takeover in 2006. Which company?
Answer
Lucent – – now Alcatel - Lucent
13/M
Toy company Funskool was started in India in 1989 with Hasbro's collaboration with which other
company?
Answer
MRF – Madras Rubber Factory
14/N
Who is the owner of this company?
Answer
Nadia Comaneci
15/O
This restaurant chain, shares it's name with this musical. Identify, with branches in Nehru Place and
Greater Kailash and around the country.
Answer
Oh, Calcutta!
16/P
He developed this concept when he observed that 20% of the peapods in his garden contained 80% of the
peas. Who?
Answer
Pareto Pareto Principle
17/Q
This Asian country's national oil company sells its products under the brand name which is derived from a letter AND from the fact that it supplies to
eight countries namely: Italy, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden among others.
What's the name of the countrycompany?
Answer
Q8 – from Kuwait
18/R
It comes from an old french word which means to 'cut off, clip, pare or divide' in terms of stitching and tailoring. It was first recorded as a noun with the meaning of “a sale in small quantities”. Like in
French, the word means the same in old Dutch and German, referring to the sale of small quantities of
items. Whats the good word?
Answer
retail
19/SHis most successful copywriting piece was for this ad, while
working for Ogilvy & Mather – who?
AnswerSalman Rushdie
20/TThis man started his eponymous brand by
opening a refreshments room in 1706. It's logo, created in 1787, holds the record for
the oldest logo in continuous use. Quintessentially British, it also holds a royal warrant.
What company is this, owned by the Associated British Foods since 1964?
AnswerTwinings Tea
21/U
The colour shade Pullman brown, get's its name from the Pullman trains of USA. Which company, other than Pullman trains, of course, uses this colour for
their branding?
Answer
UPS
22/V
Which European company, often synonymous with it's location get's its name from the portmanteauic
formation of the founder's mother's name and the french word for stainless steel? The french word for stainless steel is also the name of an entertainment
chain throughout India – seen in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, prominently.
Answer
Victorinox – from Victoria and Inox
23/W
He took a buyout of a third of his business for a meagre $5,000 back in the day – the business
founded by him and his friend Elliot Schwartz. Before his switch in projects this poor business
decision was his biggest financial regret, since this ex - company of his ended up being worth $2.16
billion dollars at one point. Who?
Answer
Walter White – Breaking Bad
24/Y
Which company has invested in the following new brands?
Answer
YouWeCan
25/Z
Pioneering a concept used by all of us here at some point in our lives, which company is she the CEO
and founder of?
Answer
Zipdial – she is Valerie Wagoner
Bonus Answer?
X is missing. Answers are in Alphabetical order
Finals
+10/-10 on Pounce+10 on Bounce
1
Rob Reiner named his company after a town in Maine which was the setting for a few of his projects. The original inspiration for the town name comes from a
location from The Lord of the Flies. Which company?
Answer
2
He served as Diwan of Cochin from 1935 to 1941. During his tenure, new reforms were brought in the administration of the princely state. He
introduced schemes for the improvement of Cochin port. He also tried to do away with Hindu religious superstitions and introduce Periyar's
schemes. He returned to Madras in 1941 and was succeeded by E. F. W. Dickinson.
In 1938, he visited Geneva as the Indian delegate to the League of Nations. He was also India's delegate to the World Monetary
Conference at Bretton Woods in 1944. During this period, he tried to revive the staggering Justice Party but failed. For a short period, he
served as constitutional advisor to the Nawab of Bhopal.He also served as President of the Indian Tariff Board. Due to his pro-British views, he
was not included in the first Constituent Assembly. Who?
Answer
R. K. Shanmukham Chetty - independent India's first finance minister from 1947 to 1949
3
In internet terms, what is the Paris Hilton problem?
Answer
Searching for Hilton Hotel in Paris will lead you to search results containing socialite Paris Hilton
4
The company was founded by Cecil Rhodes in 1888. In 1926 an Ernest Oppenheimer along with JP Morgan were elected to it's board of governers. Oppenheimer consolidated the company's global monopoly over the next few decades, until his death in 1957. During this time, he was involved in a number of controversies,
including price fixing, antitrust behaviour and an allegation of not releasing industrial ________ for the
US war effort during World War II.Early history of which company?
Answer
5
Put funda.
Answer
Ai Wei Wei tweeted this picture of lego bricks in the toilet after Lego refused to ship him lego bricks he had ordered for his anti – establishment artwork
6
Identify this company, seen prominently, in the 1996
film – Executive Decision and throughout the
existence of a TV show in the mid 2000s.
Answer
Oceanic Airways – a fictitious company, since no real airline wants to be associated with plane crashes. Featured in the TV show LOST.
7
What business strategy does this all encompassing icon represent if it appears at the corner when a film or
TV show starts?
Answer
It contains some form of Product Placement
8
Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, connecting ITO crossing to Daryaganj, is called _____ ______ of India due to
the presence of many offices of a particular industry there. What rhyming nickname and what industry?
Answer
Fleet Street – newspapers have their offices there - The Times of India, The Economic Times, The
Indian Express, The Financial Express, Business Standard, The Pioneer, Metro Now
9
What in 2015 connects to these two companies?
4 2
Answer
NBA finals – Golden State Warriors won 4-2 against Cleveland Cavaliers – GSW's home stadium is Quicken Loans Arena while CC's is Oracle Centre
10
After whom is this Vodka brand named – one can consider it apt since he worked on alcohol strength comparisons and was an early fixer of alcohol % level of the drink.
Answer
11
Ritu Nanda is the daughter of Raj Kapoor and sister of Randhir, Rishi and Rajiv Kapoor. She is in the Guinness Book of World Records for selling 17,000 products in a single day in the ’80s. What does Ritu Nanda sell?
Answer
Insurance policies, she is India’s most successful LIC agent
12
For what specific purpose did a boardgame inventor Alfred Butts use the New York Times? He had to use the NYT to put the finishing touches to his creation.
Also what game did he come up with?
Answer
Scrabble – allocation of letter points in scrabble after checking frequency in NYT
13
In this royal wedding in 1660s, she got military support against Spain and liberty of worship. In return, he
got Tangier, trading privileges in Brazil and the East Indies, commercial freedom in Portugal, two million
Portuguese crowns and which other gift?
Answer
The seven islands of Bombay – Marriage of Catherine and Charles II
14
This man admitted that he had been called a liar more often than any other person on this planet. He made his reputation based on the perfectly true fact that Lindberg was actually the 67th person to cross the Atlantic by flight (he was actually just the first solo
flier). Identify the man – who's first project was titled “Champs n Chumps”?
Answer
Robert Ripley of Ripley's believe it or not!
15
Haddon Sundblom, an illustrator employed with a corporate giant in the 1930s was tasked to create this particular image, now synonymous with the person.
He was paid $1,000 per artwork – and he took inspiration from a Clement Clarke Moore poem,
“Twas the night...........”. Sundblom did well to use his company's colours to create what?
Answer
A red Santa Claus, now eponymous with Santa. He used to be Green earlier – he was employed by Coca - Cola
16
Subdivided into 100 thebe, the currency of this country is Pula, having moved on from the South African Rand in 1976. It's name was chosen after members of the public were asked to sent in their suggestions. Which country is this – home to much of the Kalahari desert and therefore what does Pula mean?
Answer
Botswana, Pula means Rain(Botswana has a massive rain shortage)
17
These flowers, also the national flower of a country shares its name with which brand, used by many of us in our schooldays?
Answer
18_____ _____ is an American bar game that combines
statistical reasoning with bluffing, and is played with the eight digits of the serial numbers on a U.S. dollar bill. The numbers are usually ranked with a zero counting as a ten, and a 1 being highest as "ace". Normally the game is played with a stack of random bills obtained from the cash register. The objective is to guess how often particular digits appear across all bills held by players, with guesses increasing in value or quantity until a player challenges the most recent guess. Fill in the blank and who's first book was so titled?
Answer
Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis of Moneyball, Big Short fame
19
Currently owned by Citizen, it achieved a first of a kind in 1926 and another first of a kind in 1941. It missed out on a hard fought battle to be chosen as Buzz Aldrin's companion into space. Which company and what first did it achieve in 1941?
Answer
Bulova
1941 – First TV Ad – america Runs on Bulova Time
20
The company was founded by Thomas ___________, who moved to London in 1821 and set up in business
as a stationer and printer. Working as a "boy of the streets", in 1831 he secured his business a Royal
Warrant to produce playing cards. In 1855 it started printing postage stamps and in 1860 it began
business in producing something else. Employed by many governments, ID this company and what they
produce now?
Answer
De La Rue co.
Banknotes
21
The ______ corporation says it has offices in New York City and Boston. The company manufactured
the "Obesity Slayer", the product which gained recognition in 1944 and 1948 especially and now etched in memory of fans. Which company and
who was their model?
Answer
Reduco Corporation – a fictional company seen in Lifeboat and Rope. Alfred Hitchcock was the model.
22
Paul Major, CEO of this company accused who of blatant stealing? Put context.
Answer
He accused Rio Olympics of copying their logo
23
Which company's mascot – an English Bull Terrier, was the second dog ever to have his likeness displayed at Madame Tussaud's? The mascot's name refers to a concept synonymous with the company's name.
Answer
Target
24
Which leading company comes from two root words – Latin for 'day' and Greek for 'world' – which
company?
Answer
Diageo - owns brands like Johnnie Walker, J&B, Smirnoff, and Baileys.
25
This brand/product gets its name from the Nahuatl language, known informally as Aztec, spoken by an estimated 1.5 million Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. This was the first sugar or candy coated product in its category and was apparently inspired by the coating used on Jordan Almonds in the early 1900s. Name the product, where tziktli was the Nahuatl word and now refers to any chewy sweet object?
Answer
Chicklet – referring to a chewing gum
26
American senator, Joseph G. Cannon from Illinois features in a business quiz because of a certain achievement of sorts , when he became the first to be honoured with something in March 3rd 1923. What am I talking about?
Answer
Appeared on first cover of Time Magazine
27
Since Mid 2015, why has there been a steep rise in bookings of this company from India due to it's
appearance where it's luxurious services were shown on the big screen prominently?
Answer
28
This brand gets its name from an American pioneer nurseryman (also a famous placeholder) who
introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and became an American
legend while still alive due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the
symbolic importance he attributed to apples AND an Oldsmobile car model. Name it.
Answer
Johnny Rockets from Johnny Appleseed and Oldsmobile Rocket 88
29
Apart from the US flag, which other flag was carried by John Glenn on the first US orbital space flight in 1962 and taken to the moon by Apollo 11 astronauts
in 1969?
Answer
Flag of the National Geographic society
30
This concept, was first proposed by an entomologist from New Zealand in the 1890s named George
Vernon Hudson. It gave him leisure time to collect insects and led him to value the after-hours since he had a shift-work job. Now it's an essential business
practice in offices around the world. What?
Answer
Daylight Saving Time
31
This country has brought in KPMG to implement uniform internationally accepted accounting practices in his country, Ernst & Young to scrutinise the management of its utilities
and municipal services, Deloitte & Touche to audit its bank, McKinsey along with Chris Patten (former head of BBC and Governor of Hong Kong) to restructure its media operations
and Spencer Stuart to recruit top management talent from around the globe. Name the country and its head of state.
Answer
Vatican City State, Pope Francis
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32
Though Stephen Perry patented this in 1845, William H Spencer, a railroad engineer from Ohio,
popularized it's use. He used to take out the inner lining of used tyres and make these. When he saw pages of the Akron Beacon strewn across the floor, he suggested the use of these to the newspaper – the success of this led him to open his own company to
produce these. What, that caused a lot of expenditure to a certain Emilio Gaviria as well?
Answer
Rubber Bands – story goes that Pablo Emilio Gaviria Escobar used to spend a lot of money just to buy rubber bands to store his money.
