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SAHRDAYA COLLEGE OF ADVANCED STUDIES

MEZMERISE-The Business Quiz

Prelims25 QuestionsTop 5 teams into the finalsAll questions carry 1 mark each, No negativesStar marked questions to resolve ties

1) Which NGO, whose name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning start is behind the initiative shown in the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUFpEbkOoc

2) In the summer of 2015, Macysstopped selling Xs line of menswearafter he said many Mexican immigrants were rapists or murderers. Who?

3)Identify the man shown in the picture(next slide), who is associated with the organization named Arthakranti. Or tell me, why was he in news last week.

4) Identify the bank from the logo shown. The bank was appointed as the title sponsor of La Liga, replacing BBVA. The bank also sponsors Ferrari and McLaren F1 teams.

5) What has been blanked out?

6)* Infinance, a_______ is the difference between themarket valueof an asset used as loancollateraland the amount of the loan.The amount of the _______ reflects the lender's perceived risk of loss from the asset falling in value or being sold in a fire sale.The blanked out word is also the English translation of the Portuguese film, whose movie poster is shown in the image on the next slide. Also, something that we get once a month or so.

7) Identify the person in the picture. He has been heading GE since 2001.

8)The new logo of this Mini ratna PSU company was unveiled last year by Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju and minister of state for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma. While the earlier logo represented only the most important of the companys business, the new logo represents all wings of its business. Id the PSU.

9) The founder made a specially designed watch, called the DeepSea which went to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The watch survived kept perfect time during its descent and ascent. This was confirmed by a telegram sent on the following day saying Am happy to confirm that even at 11,000 metres your watch is as precise as on the surface. Best regards, Jacques PiccardWhich is this company?

10) The logo is that of a motorcycle manufacturer founded inPrague,Czechoslovakiain 1929 byFrantiek Janeek,who bought the motorcycle division ofWanderer. The brand has now been brought by Mahindra who have plans to revive it. Id the simple and powerful brand.

11) This airline gave away stencils in the shape of its logo, and asked fliers to make rangolis with it and win free tickets. These were some of the rangolis made and they were tweeted with the hashtag #HamaariDoosriDiwali

12) An excerpt from an article in the Swarajyamag, When Cabinet Secretary Naresh Chandra told PM _______ ______ about having to mortgage gold in order to pay for imports, his initial reaction was that of disbelief and anger.I do not want to go down in history as the man who sold gold for buying oil,he reacted furiously. But, siryou have to choose between going down in history as the PM who mortgaged gold or as the PM who defaulted.FITB

13)Id the brand or the bird featured in the short film by Pixar.(Video on the next slide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGYl18hZ2A8

14)* Jia Yueting, founded Leshi Internet Information and Technology in 2004, one of the first companies in China to stream TV shows and movies to paying subscribers. It entered the mobile phone industry in 2015. The company also plans to foray into electric vehicle segment and displayed a prototype in a recently concluded motorshow.

15)* This company was started in 1926 by Walchand Hirachand in 1926 and has its headquarters in Mumbai. It was behind the construction of Bandra-Worli sealink. It recently became the first company to get S4A approval(Scheme for Sustainable Restructuring of Stressed Assets). Id the company.

16) What connects?

17) Y International, launched its operations in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. It is a subsidiary of a retail and hospitality group headquartered in Abu Dhabi, which is incidentally owned by a person whose name starts with Y. Which group owns Y international?

18)Id the advertiser. Be specific.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR1kggHaP2M

19) Sale of Rasgulla had risen by 16.5%, sale of healthy products like Peda, paneer and Dahi Matha had also increased. What was cited as a reason for this by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar?

20) A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman, Deborah Giannecchini more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using X caused her Ovarian cancer. A $72 million was awarded in February to relatives of an Alabama woman who died of ovarian cancer, and a $55 million award in May to a South Dakota survivor of the disease. Which company did she file a lawsuit against?

21)* Which bank recently introduced the countrys first humanoid banking robot, named Lakshmi, after the goddess of wealth?

22) Id the advertiser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVlNSWr48s

23) Id the company.

24)* NK Mahadeva Iyer was the one who gave a super-spft twist to a hard sweet. The organization commemorates the founder by celebrating _______ day, named after the sweet. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, would joke that the _______ went down his throat as smoothly as a vehicle on a traffic-free road.Id the retail chain that was started by him.

25) In which city is the lit fest being held?

Answers to follow

1) Which NGO, whose name comes from a Sanskrit word meaning start is behind the initiative shown in the video?

AarambhLets start!

2) In the summer of 2015, Macysstopped selling Xs line of menswearafter he said many Mexican immigrants were rapists or murderers. Who?

3)Identify the man shown in the picture(next slide), who is associated with the organization named Arthakranti. Or tell me, why was he in news last week.

Anil BokilHe is the man who reportedly suggested taking the 500 and 1000 rupee notes out of circulation

4) Identify the bank from the logo shown. The bank was appointed as the title sponsor of La Liga, replacing BBVA. The bank also sponsors Ferrari and McLaren F1 teams.

Santander

5) What has been blanked out?

6)* Infinance, a_______ is the difference between themarket valueof an asset used as loancollateraland the amount of the loan.The amount of the _______ reflects the lender's perceived risk of loss from the asset falling in value or being sold in a fire sale.The blanked out word is also the English translation of the Portuguese film, whose movie poster is shown in the image on the next slide. Also, something that we get once a month or so.

Haircut

7) Identify the person in the picture. He has been heading GE since 2001.

Jeff Immelt

8)The new logo of this Mini ratna PSU company was unveiled last year by Union civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju and minister of state for civil aviation Mahesh Sharma. While the earlier logo represented only the most important of the companys business, the new logo represents all wings of its business. Id the PSU.

Pawan Hans

9) The founder made a specially designed watch, called the DeepSea which went to the bottom of the Mariana Trench. The watch survived kept perfect time during its descent and ascent. This was confirmed by a telegram sent on the following day saying Am happy to confirm that even at 11,000 metres your watch is as precise as on the surface. Best regards, Jacques PiccardWhich is this company?

Rolex

10) The logo is that of a motorcycle manufacturer founded inPrague,Czechoslovakiain 1929 byFrantiek Janeek,who bought the motorcycle division ofWanderer. The brand has now been brought by Mahindra who have plans to revive it. Id the simple and powerful brand.

11) This airline gave away stencils in the shape of its logo, and asked fliers to make rangolis with it and win free tickets. These were some of the rangolis made and they were tweeted with the hashtag #HamaariDoosriDiwali

12) An excerpt from an article in the Swarajyamag, When Cabinet Secretary Naresh Chandra told PM _______ ______ about having to mortgage gold in order to pay for imports, his initial reaction was that of disbelief and anger.I do not want to go down in history as the man who sold gold for buying oil,he reacted furiously. But, siryou have to choose between going down in history as the PM who mortgaged gold or as the PM who defaulted.FITB

Chandra Sekhar

13)Id the brand or the bird featured in the short film by Pixar.(Video on the next slide)

Sandpiper

14) Jia Yueting, founded Leshi Internet Information and Technology in 2004, one of the first companies in China to stream TV shows and movies to paying subscribers. It entered the mobile phone industry in 2015. The company also plans to foray into electric vehicle segment and displayed a prototype in a recently concluded motorshow.

LeEco

15) This company was started in 1926 by Walchand Hirachand in 1926 and has its headquarters in Mumbai. It was behind the construction of Bandra-Worli sealink. It recently became the first company to get S4A approval(Scheme for Sustainable Restructuring of Stressed Assets). Id the company.

Hindustan Construction Company

16) What connects?

They were all asked to go off air

17) Y International, launched its operations in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. It is a subsidiary of a retail and hospitality group headquartered in Abu Dhabi, which is incidentally owned by a person whose name starts with Y. Which group owns Y international?

Lulu Group International

18)Id the advertiser. Be specific.

Google Pixel

Google Pixel

19) Sale of Rasgulla had risen by 16.5%, sale of healthy products like Peda, paneer and Dahi Matha had also increased. What was cited as a reason for this by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar?

Prohibition

20) A St. Louis jury on Thursday awarded a California woman, Deborah Giannecchini more than $70 million in her lawsuit alleging that years of using X caused her Ovarian cancer. A $72 million was awarded in February to relatives of an Alabama woman who died of ovarian cancer, and a $55 million award in May to a South Dakota survivor of the disease. Which company did she file a lawsuit against?

21) Which bank recently introduced the countrys first humanoid banking robot, named Lakshmi, after the goddess of wealth?

City Union Bank

22) Id the advertiser

23) Id the company.

Answer to follow

24) NK Mahadeva Iyer was the one who gave a super-spft twist to a hard sweet. The organization commemorates the founder by celebrating _______ day, named after the sweet. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, would joke that the _______ went down his throat as smoothly as a vehicle on a traffic-free road.Id the retail chain that was started by him.

Sri Krishna Sweets

City Union Bank

25) In which city is the lit fest being held?

Kolkata

Finals

Round 1Clockwise+10 on bounce+10/-5 for pounce

1) The Mahavriksha Puraskar was instituted in 1993-94 to give recognition to individuals/organisations for preserving and protecting trees of the notified species. A roster of notified trees species, valid for five years, is prepared. Each Award consists of a cash prize of Rs.25,000/-, plaque and citation. Who/What was given the award for the year 1994-95? It gets its name from the local word meaning virgin.

Answer to follow

Kannimara Teak tree

2) In 1989, an Ad agency developed "improve your memory" ad that features hands installing memory into a partial head. From this, the present logo of the company developed. The present logo of the company features a ________ redhead, or Rex as he is known as to his friends.Id the company

Answer to follow

3) This dress was designed by X, and was worn by Jennifer Lopez to the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000. This dress was cited by the CEO of a company as the reason behind one of their many services. Which one?

Answer to follow

VersaceGoogle Image search

4) The film Haider, is directed by Vishal Bharadwaj. In one scene, Shradha Kapoor asks Shahid Kapoor, Yeh kya haal bana rakha hai, to which Shahid replies toh phir pooch na, kuch lete kyun nahin. To which famous ad from yesteryears is the reference made?

Answer to follow

Coldarin

5) The headquarters of this bank in Shanghai features two lions named Stephen and Stitt, named after two former managers. The lions have become so closely associated with the institution the people locally refer to it as the lion bank. PG Wodehouse was at one time, an employee of this bank at its London office. Id the bank.

Answer to follow

HSBC

6) ofo,is a bikes-on-demand startup conceived two years ago on the grounds of Beijings prestigious Peking University as a student project, and which now bills itself as Chinas largest bicycle-sharing platform.The company was founded by college alumnus Dai Wei operates almost 70,000 bright-yellow bikes and handles half a million rides daily across 20 cities. For what reason was the name ofo chosen?

Answer to follow

The word looks like a bicycle!

7) Hertogenbosch tennis tournament is held in Rosmalen, Netherlands on Grass. It is usually known by the name of the sponsors of the tournament. Who was the sponsor when they handed out trophies having drawings by children.

Answer to follow

8) Which company set a Guinness World Record for the most Unmanned Aerial Vehicles flying simultaneously, with 500 drones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-js5zn-I0

Answer to follow

Intel

9) Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A is the third largest bank in Italy. What is its most important claim to fame?

Answer to follow

It is the oldest surviving bank in the world

10) Volkswagen recently announced that it will quit the World rally from 2017.Audi also announced that it was pulling out of LeMans 24 Hours race. Both of them cited similar reasons. What was it?

Answer to follow

To help them tide over the Volkswagen emissions scandal

11) Kohei Uchimura, is a record 6 time world champion and possibly greatest living all-round male gymnast. During the 2016 Rio Olympics he incurred mobile phone bill of 500,000 yen(3700 pounds). His service provider agreed to reduce the bill to 3000 yen a day. Why did he incur such a huge bill?

Answer to follow

He incurred charges for playing Pokemon Go

12) Complete the taglineDont just book it, ______ ____ it

Answer to follow

Thomas Cook

Round 2Buzzer roundAnswers to the questions will start with letters S,A,H,R,D,A,Y,A+10/-5

1) Who was the first female engineer hired by Telco? She has also written many books for children.

Answer to follow

Sudha Murthy

2) In 1976, this company was conceived and promoted by Mathew T Marattukulam, Bharat Steel tubes, Raunaq Singh and Jacob Thomas. It is the 17th biggest player in its segment.

Answer to follow

3)This company was founded as Qingdao refrigerator company in 1984. It was the market leader for domestic consumer appliances for 6 consecutive years. Id.

Answer to follow

Haier

4) Which bird is featured on this coin?

Answer to follow

Rhea

5) Cape Welligama, Tea Trails are luxury resorts owned by Resplendent Ceylon. It is the hospitality arm of which company famous in India for its sporting connection.

Answer to follow

Dilmah Tea

6) A journalist's quest to find a wild X the world's most expensive aquarium fish. A young man is murdered for his prized pet fish. An Asian tycoon buys a single specimen for $150,000. Meanwhile, a pet detective chases smugglers through the streets of New York. Delving into an outlandish world of obsession, paranoia, and criminality, The Dragon Behind the Glass tells the story of a fish like none other.X?

Answer to follow

Asian Arowana/Dragon Fish

7) This brand was started in 2014 as a joint venture of Cyanogen Inc and Micromax. The products of this brand is named after words such as Euphoria, Utopia, Unicorn, Eureka etc. The spelling of the words reflecting the brand name. Its tagline is Play God

Answer to follow

YU

8) This company in 1987 gave AR Rahman his first break in advertising.

Answer to follow

Round 3Anti-Clockwise+10/-5 for pounce

1) Id the advertiser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyJzvP64xuQ

Answer to follow

One Plus

2) Written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, this Marvel Comics reboot tells the story of an African Prince named TChalla. It was the best selling comic this year in America and has sold over a quarter of a million copies. On which character is the comic based? He was selected as the richest superhero amongst both DC and Marvel characters.

Answer to follow

Black Panther

3) What are these print ads made of? Also id the brand which came out with this.

Answer to follow

4) When Twitter announced that they are going to shut down the video sharing site, Vine; they received a letter from Corey Price, CEO of another company, offering to save the Vine. In the letter he said Vine would be restored back to its NSFW glory. Which company offered to save Vine?

Answer to follow

5) Identify the designer from the label. She used parachute silk in her dress designs and had buttons designed in the form of a propeller.

Answer to follow

6) Which fashion accessory gets its name from the weapon carried by Knights during the medieval period and mainly used for close combat?

Answer to follow

Stilettos

7) Which company traces its history to the company whose logo is shown? They changed the horse in the logo to something, which people misinterpret as something to do with the early business of the company.

Answer to follow

8)What connects them?

Answer to follow

Mansa Musa and Empress WuRichest man and richest woman of all time

9) Xiaoli(not the real name) is not from a wealthy family,.Her mum is a housewife and her dad is a migrant worker, and she is the oldest daughter.Her parents are getting old and she might be under a lot pressure hoping to buy them a house... But it's still unbelievable that she could use this method!"Some people wondered if the whole story was an elaborate product placement for Hui Shou Bao.What method did Xiaoli use/What was the story?

Answer to follow

10) Id the advertiser

Answer to follow

Harley Davidson

11) Which movie will have the distinction of being the first movie in the world to have its trailer launched at the Eiffel Tower?

Answer to follow

Befikre

12) X was the Governor General of India from 1828-1835. His cheque was returned by the SBI, for exceeding the credit limit by just 4 annas. He said This is the bank to do business with, which would not violate its rules for the Governor General himself

Answer to follow

William Bentinck

Round 4Written RoundDifferential Scoring15 if only one team gets it10 if 2-3 teams get it5 if 4 or more teams get the answer

1) The image shows Savji Dholakia, who is the founder of HK exports. In 2005, HK launched its own jewellery brand - KISNA. Today, it is the largest distributed diamond jewellery brand in India. Why was the company in news all over India during the last week of October for which the company is reported to have spent around 500 million dollars?

2) Which brand was started by Mira Kulkarni who used to give away self-made ayurvedic hand made soaps to friends? The tagline of the company is Luxurious Ayurveda.

3) KLM was the first European airline to introduce a Frequent Flyer Programme. Now named, Flying Blue, what was it appropriately named when it was first introduced?

Clue

4) C. Vijayakumar holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India and is based in the United States. He was recently appointed as the CEO of which Indian technology company.

5) Identify this car brand featured in the video. It is the first supercar to be made in the Middle East.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3J9yYnKLA0

Exchange

1) The image shows Savji Dholakia, who is the founder of HK exports. In 2005, HK launched its own jewellery brand - KISNA. Today, it is the largest distributed diamond jewellery brand in India. Why was the company in news all over India during the last week of October for which the company is reported to have spent around 500 million dollars?

Answer to follow

2) Which brand was started by Mira Kulkarni who used to give away self-made ayurvedic hand made soaps to friends? The tagline of the company is Luxurious Ayurveda.

Answer to follow

3) KLM was the first European airline to introduce a Frequent Flyer Programme. Now named, Flying Blue, what was it appropriately named when it was first introduced?

Clue

Answer to follow

Flying Dutchman

4) C. Vijayakumar holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from P.S.G. College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India and is based in the United States. He was recently appointed as the CEO of which Indian technology company.

Answer to follow

HCL

5) Identify this car brand featured in the video. It is the first supercar to be made in the Middle East.

Answer to follow

Lykan Hypersport

Round 5Buzzer Round+10/-5

1) Who started Hello, an app only social platform that claims it is built on love, not likes? The person who started it had a social networking site named after himself.

Answer to follow

Orkut Buyokutten

2) TrenArticuladoLigeroGoicoecheaOriol is a Spanish Company incorporated in 1942 by Alejandro Goicoechea and Jose Louis Oriol. How do we better know the firm?

Answer to follow

TALGO

3) Digboi is known as the Oil City in its state where the first oil well in Asia was drilled. The first refinery in India was started here as early as 1901. This company, now a part of Indian Oil Corporation was founded to look after the business in this area. Id the company.

Answer to follow

4) Clarence Hailey Long won praise of the Baptist denomination for his refusal to advertise Beer. How do we know him better?

Answer to follow

Marlboro man

5) Karoshi is an occupational health hazard in Japan. This phenomenon is also widespread in South Korea, where it is referred as 'gwarosa' and in China, it is called 'guolaosi. It is also the title of a video game. What is it that the players must do to win the game?

Answer to follow

Karoshi means death by overworkThe objective of the player is to make the employee commit suicide

6) Id the company behind the brand that is being advertised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSbH5W7-nJI

Answer to follow

Amway

7) Alibaba Group CEO Daniel Zhang told the company's GMV from Alibaba's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, as _______ Day is officially called, to come at $20 billion in 2016, easily eclipsing the $2.74 billion and $3.07 billion respectively generated online during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales in the U.S. this year.What does the day celebrate? Or, fill in the blanks.

Answer to follow

It celebrates being Single. It started as anti-valentine daySingles Day

8)After which apparel brand is the San Francisco 49ers home stadium named after? Apt considering the fact the team is named after the 1849 California Gold Rush and the apparel brand has its origins during the Gold Rush.

Answer to follow

Levis

9) Identify these two individuals or tell me what connects them.

Answer to follow

Oliver Hart and Bengt HolmstromNobel prize laureates in Economics for their Contract theory

10) There was a legend that Billy Goat Tavern owner was asked to leave Game 4 of 1945 series at Wrigley Field because the odor of his pet goat was bothering other fans. On his way, he cursed the team X. The team X, recently, broke this curse and won the World Series. Id X.

Answer to follow

Chicago Cubs

11) Complete this lineWhy beg or borrow when you can steal? At Rs.2/- the ________ _____ is a steal

Answer to follow

Economic Times

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Tie Breakers

Air Indias Delhi- San Francisco flight recently became the longest direct route for an airplane. Although, Air India operated in the same route earlier as well, what changed to suddenly make it the longest route in the world? Inspite of travelling on a longer route, the plane took a couple of hours lesser to cover the journey. Why?

The flight began to fly over Pacific ocean instead of the Atlantic oceanTailwinds

Which place in Alappuzha, Kerala, meaning island of crows was included in the recently announced must visit list of places by National Geographic?

Kakkathuruthu

Who, after ending a 16 year struggle, decided to enter politics and started a party named Peoples resurgence and Justice Alliance Party?

Irom Sharmila

The British government were thrilled when they found jungles on the Anamalai range, which spanned several mountains in Madras Presidency (Kerala and Tamil Nadu), were filled with giant teak trees. They decided to harvest the timber but found that they couldnt transport the trees down to the plains as they were too large. So, they came up with a novel methodthey cut the trees and pushed the timber down through the slope to the river downhill. Hence the name ________because of how the tree moved down the slope

Topslip