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Theme Hi Theme Main Abhinav Dhar 3 rd Year Mechanical +MBA

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A Themed Quiz conducted by me in the Qutopia session on the 27th of September in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.

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  • 1. Theme Hi Theme MainAbhinav Dhar3rd YearMechanical +MBA

2. Khel ke Niyam This is a themed Quiz. 4 themed sections with8 questions in each. No theme isexhaustive. 4 x 8 = 32 questions. Infinite pounce. +10/0 on a pass or adirect.+20/-10 on a pounce. Points system forgetting the theme:+40/-20 in the 1st or 2ndslide.+30/-15 in the 3rd or 4thslide.+20/-10 in the 5th or 6thslide.+10/-5 in the 7th or 8thslides 3. Theme 1: Business Quiz. All 8 Business questions connecting toa particular theme. 4. Q1. This company (X) is buying a majority stake inApcera, a San Francisco-based software start-up.This will accelerate its push into cloud-computingservices. This move is also being made to fill out its cloudservices portfolio with policy and auditing controls. Also, in the last week, X decided to shut down itsmodems business in many countries, includingIndia, to focus on other growth opportunities. India has the second highest number ofemployees of the company. 5. Ericsson 6. Q2. This company was founded by RubenRausing and built on an innovation by ErikWallenberg, from which the company nameand logo was derived. The Royal Academy of Engineering Sciencesof the country has called this companyssystem one of the countrys most successfulinventions of all times. Wooden concept model of the first Xpackaging machine by Harry Jrund in 1946is shown in the next slide. 7. Tetra PakA Tetrahedron-shaped plastic coated paper carton. 8. Anybody going for the theme? +40/-20 if you get it now. 9. Q3. It is one of the largest engineeringcompanies and conglomerates in theworld and was created in 1988, throughthe merger of ASEA(1883) and Brown,Boveri & Cie (1891). It is headquartered in Zurich, dealingprimarily in robotics and the power andautomation technology areas. It is the world's largest builder ofelectricity grids. 10. ABB 11. Q4. X is a music streaming service providing contentfrom record labels like Sony, EMI, Warner MusicGroup and Universal. Sean Parker was introduced to the service in2009, and contacted founder Daniel Ek. Soonafter, Parker invested $15 million in the companyand now sits on the board. He was influential in establishing a partnershipbetween Facebook and X, which is now a keypart of the service users need a Facebookaccount to log in. 12. Spotify 13. Theme anyone? +30/-15 at this juncture. 14. Q5. This company was founded by these twobrothers, Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick,and a friend in 1967. This company uses a multi-level marketing to selldirectly to customers. It sells in more than 60 countries and their products aremarketed through a sales force of approximately 3.6million independent consultants that are marketing theproducts around the globe. They also are the co-founder of World ChildhoodFoundation. Listed on the NASDAQ OMX Exchange since March2004. 15. Oriflame 16. Q6. The company created by thisgentleman, as a 17-year old in1943, it has been noted,creates its stores like a maze. This ensures that its adisoriented customers, due tothe stores zig-zag nature, arecompelled to pick up a fewextra impulse purchases. Name the company whosemap of stores around the worldin on the next slide. Ingvar Kamprad 17. Ikea 18. Going for the theme? +30/-15 now. 19. Q7. Which companys logo is beingdescribed hence:This circle and arrow is the traditionalmap symbol for steel, traditionally themain ingredient in the automobile. Thissymbol happens to be very similar to thetraditional symbol for male, which givesthe car an image of masculine strength.? 20. Volvo 21. Q8. At the onset of the Crimean War, the family business ofthis industrialist closed down in the face of their secondbankruptcy. The brainwave of his most famous invention came asan accident:For a shipment of the nitroglycerine, someone changedthe sawdust stuffing to a type of powdered clay calledkieselguhr. One can in this crate leaked and it wasnoticed by X that the kieselguhr soaked up all thenitroglycerine and remained granular.On further testing, he found that the kieselguhr reactedto heat and shock and so did the nitroglycerine. Who is the entrepreneur and what is the product? 22. Alfred Nobel & Co. (Dynamit NobelAG) and dynamite 23. Still? +10/-5 at this point. 24. And the theme is.+5 if you still get it. Last Chance. Ericsson Tetra Pak ABB Spotify Oriflame Ikea Volvo Alfred Nobel &Co. 25. Sweden All these companies have a Swedishorigin or relation. 26. Theme II: General Quiz. All the 8 questions connect to atheme. 27. Q1. The fable goes like this:Erik the Red was a Viking and was very good atraiding and pillaging. Although history issomewhat sketchy, it is believed that hediscovered this island after being sent away froma neighbouring island in exile. This wasrumoured to have been his punishment forcommitting murder.He was able to settle in that piece of land andsurvive there for several years. Finally, his exilewas ended and he found that he wanted to settlethe island more fully. For that, he needed toconvince others to come with him. 28. He named the islandGreenland. 29. Q2. The popularity of the hats was increased in themid-19th century by the miners of the CaliforniaGold Rush, who frequently travelled to California. In 1904, when one of the largest and the mostfamous man-made structures construction wastaking place, US President TheodoreRoosevelt visited the construction site, and wasphotographed wearing this kind of hat, whichfurther increased the hats' popularity. This hat was added to the UNESCO IntangibleCultural Heritage Lists on 6 December 2012 What hats are these? 30. Panama Hats 31. Anybody going for the theme? +40/-20 if you get it now. 32. Q3. Where would you find thesesymbols and what do they specificallyindicate to? 33. Clothes and Dry Cleaning 34. Q4. The origin for the name of this bodypart is thought to be a pun, based onthe resemblance of sound betweenthe name of the bone of the upper armand another word. What body part am I talking about? 35. Funny Bone 36. Theme anyone? +30/-15 at this juncture. 37. Q5. A redditor theofficialtevo submitted on April29th, 2012, the image macro of this meme tothe /r/trees subreddit. This meme featured Guy with the captionDude. Youre a _____ followed by aphotograph of a similar-looking _____ with thecaption when?. On May 9th, Redditor grantly0711 submittedan image macro using the same setup to the/r/AdviceAnimals subreddit, which featured thecaption Dude. ______. / I can lick what? Which meme hence originated? 38. The Surprised Koala BearMeme 39. Q6. This coin was produced for the Diamond Jubilee of a boardstatutory body dealing with X fibres based in Kochi andAlappuzha. A noted expert on shark attacks claimed in 2002 that fallingXs kill 150 people worldwide each year while sharks kill 5. It is also said that the use of Xs as X bombs by Japaneseforces during WWII was one of the times that Xs were usedas weapons. In March 2012, Dr. Peter Barss received an Ig Nobel Awardfor a 1984 research paper, entitled "Injuries Due to FallingXs", published in the Journal of Trauma, which is thought tobe the origin of the urban myth.In his paper, he observed that in Papua New Guinea, over aperiod of 4 years, 2.5% of trauma admissions were for thoseinjured by falling Xs, two fatalities. This figure went on to bemisquoted as 150 worldwide, based on the assumption thatelsewhere in the world there was also a similar number of X 40. Coconuts 41. Going for the theme? +30/-15 now. 42. Q7. This is Halma, a strategy board game invented in1883/84 by George Howard Monks, an Americansurgeon at Harvard Medical School. The goal of the game is to transfer all of one'spieces from one's own camp into the camp in theopposing corner. On each turn, a player eithermoves a single piece to an adjacent open square,or jumps over one or more pieces in sequence. Though it is still played in the modern world, acertain more famous game, a simplified variation ofHalma, was created in USA to circumvent thepatent for Halma Which game? 43. Chinese Checkers 44. Q8. The X university is a 12,000 m2 training facilityof McDonald's Corp., located near Chicago,started by Ray Kroc in 1984. This corporate university was designed toinstruct personnel employed by McDonald's inthe various aspects of restaurantmanagement. More than 80,000 people have graduated fromthis facility. A 1986 teen sex comedy film satirized thisuniversity. 45. Hamburger University 46. Still? +10/-5 at this point. 47. And the theme is.+5 if you still get it. Last Chance. Greenland Panama Hats Dry Cleaning Funny Bone Koala Bear Coconuts ChineseCheckers Hamburger 48. All of these are Misnomers. A misnomer is a word or term thatsuggests a meaning that is known tobe wrong. 49. Theme III: Countries Quiz. All the 8 countries are linked to theparticular theme. Each question has the flag of thecountry as a hint. 50. Q1. During the Second World War therewas a shortage of clothing in X, sothese originated with the BritishArmy for wear in tropical and desertclimates, and they are still worn bythe Royal Navy. What is this, which is named after X? 51. Bermuda Shorts 52. Q2.Audio removed.:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_9eAAIhBu0 Kokomo is a song by The Beach Boys from1988 and became a No. 1 Hit in the US,Japan, and Australia. The place in the song is fictional, thoughthere are several places in the world namedKokomo, in places like Indiana, Arkansasand Hawaii. The lyrics go like:X, Jamaica, ooh I want to take ya.Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama.Key Largo, Montego, baby why don't we go,Jamaica. 53. Aruba 54. Anybody going for the theme? +40/-20 if you get it now. 55. Q3. This country has three UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites: The Castles and Townwalls of King Edward I in Gwynedd;Pontcysyllte Aqueduct; andthe Blaenavon Industrial Landscape. Also, these two cricketers who playedfor another country are from thiscountry. Give me the country. 56. Wales Robert Croft and Simon Jones 57. Q4. Connect. 58. All 3 have Puerto Rican origin 59. Theme anyone? +30/-15 at this juncture. 60. Q5. The name of this country hasbecome associated with ashade of blue, because of thedeep-blue version of the liquornamed X (also known as BlueX). The liqueur itself wasdeveloped here, when a localexperimented with the rinds ofthe local sweet Valencia orangeknown as laraha. It is naturally colourless, but isoften given artificial colouring,most commonly blue or orange,which confers an exoticappearance to cocktails and 61. Curaao 62. Q6. This British explorer, navigator, cartographer, andcaptain in the Royal Navy arrived in 1773 onthese islands and named the islands the HerveyIslands. The name X Islands, in his honour, appearedon a Russian naval chart published in the 1820s. Wood carvings on this island were once acommon art form but interest has declined.Rarotonga is known for its fisherman's gods andstaff-gods, Atiu for its woodenseats, Mitiaro, Mauke & Atiu for mace and slabgods and Mangaia for its ceremonial adzes. 63. Only one other comparable exampleis known apart from this one inthe British Museum. 64. Cook Islands 65. Going for the theme? +30/-15 now. 66. Q7. This airline operates services to 12destinations and is based in the airporton the right. The company is owned by ChinaNational Aviation Corporation (CNAC)(51%), TAPPortugal (20%), STDM (14%), EVAAir (5%), the government of X (5%) andX investors (5%). Which airline? 67. Air Macau 68. Q8. This country (XY) is the southernmost territory ofthe U.S. and one of two U.S. territories (alongwith Jarvis Island) south of the Equator. The flag of this country consists of a red-edgedwhite triangle pointing towards the hoist chargedwith a bald eagle clutching a war club and fly-whisk,with dark blue upper and lower triangles. The colours used epitomize the traditionalcolours of the United States and Y. The Bald Eagle represents the U.S. and featureson the flag, despite the fact it is not a native ofXY. 69. American Samoa 70. Still? +10/-5 at this point. 71. And the theme is.+5 if you still get it. Last Chance. Bermuda Aruba Wales Puerto Rico Curaao Cook Islands Macau American Samoa 72. FIFA Members That Aren'tIndependent Countries 73. Theme IV: Personality Quiz. All 8 personality connect to certaintheme. +15/-10 on the 1st clue. +10/-5 on the 2nd. +5/0 on the 3rd. 74. Q1. In 2004, archaeologists discovered a 9,000 yearold female skeleton excavated in Bulgaria with anearly flawless set of teeth and named it afterthis actress. She has devoted her time to UNICEF as well asto other charitable organizations. In1995, shewent to Port-au-Prince, as she said, "to educatemyself". After George Clooney and Brad Pitt found outthat she was going to be joining them in apopular movie series 1st film, they sent her acard that read, We heard that you get 20 perfilm. And in it was a $20 bill. 75. Julia Roberts 76. Q2. In 1993, he was banned from the Oscarsafter making anti-China comments. He was married to supermodel CindyCrawford from 1991 to 1995. In November2002, he married model and actress CareyLowell. In 2010 he stated that the decision to goto war in Iraq was one that the Americanpeople were not in support of and that theadministration at the time "bullied" Americansinto the decision. He blamed the situation ona very "poor president" 77. Richard Gere 78. Anybody going for the theme? +40/-20 if you get it now. 79. Q3. Before becoming an actor, Y was an RJ for RadioCeylon and dreamt of interviewing his favourite actressX. The interview was arranged but seeing X for the firsttime in person, Y fumbled and could not utter a word infront of her and the interview was cancelled. X, with her now husband Y formed the Ajanta ArtsCultural Troupe, which roped in several leading actorsand singers of the time, and performed at remotefrontiers to entertain the Indian soldiers; it was the firsttroupe to perform in Dhaka, after the War of 1971 andthe formation of Bangladesh. X died in 1981 of pancreatic cancer, a few days beforeher son, Z made his debut in Hindi films. In 1982, the XMemorial Cancer Foundation was established in hermemory. 80. Nargis 81. Q4. One day, after his divorce with his wife RobinGivens, he dropped by to visit unannounced, tofind her sitting in a car with Brad Pitt. X claimedthat Pitt was terrified and begged him not to getviolent. Once he opened some fan mail, stumblingacross a letter from a woman whod begged himto call and speak to her child, who was dying ofcancer. He did so immediately, only to find outthat the call had come a year too late. Uponlearning the news, he promptly burst into tears. He has been given nicknames such as TheBaddest Man on the Planet, Kid Dynamite, andIron Mike. 82. Mike Tyson 83. Theme anyone? +30/-15 at this juncture. 84. Q5.Audio removed. Clue 3:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_izvAbhExY X is a certified private pilot. He owns fiveaircrafts one of which is an ex-QantasBoeing 707138 which bears the marksof Qantas, as X acts as an officialgoodwill ambassador for the airlinewherever he flies. Movies like Splash (Tom Hanks),American Gigolo, Chicago and An Officerand a Gentleman (all Richard Gere)were first offered to him, but he turnedthem down. 85. John Travolta 86. Q6. Penguin Publishers released the first biographyof him. But he refused to accept it. According tohim, it was considerably removed from reality. He featured in a kids programme called WonderBalloon on Doordarshan in 1980. Playing fourkeyboards on TV was an exhilarating experiencefor X. Soon after the programme was aired,people started to recognise me on the street:Oh, its that kid. We saw him on TV lastSunday. He has collaborated with Mani Ratnam on manyoccasions, and is the only person who can meetX at any time of his choice. 87. A.R. Rahman 88. Going for the theme? +30/-15 now. 89. Q7. She was born in Hyderabad State, her fatherwas then deputy general manager of the EastIndia Company owned Elgin Mills. Her fatherwas the son of a famous painter. She led the Indian Film Censor Board fromOctober 2004 till March 2011. In December2005 she was chosen as an UNICEFGoodwill Ambassador. She became the first Indian actress to appearin a bikini in An Evening in Paris. 90. Sharmila Tagore 91. Q8. He founded Dark Horse Records in 1974 andco-founded HandMade Films in 1978. He named his son after the 6th and 7th notesof the Indian music scale, which is also thename of a raga. A versatile musician, he played 26 differentinstruments. Every fan knows he could playthe guitar and the sitar. But he was also wellaccomplished on the conga drum, the Africandrum, the xylophone, violin, harmonica,marimba, and glockenspiel. 92. George Harrison 93. Still? +10/-5 at this point. 94. And the theme is.+5 if you still get it. Last Chance. Julia Roberts Richard Gere Nargis Mike Tyson John Travolta A. R. Rahman Sharmila Tagore George Harrison 95. All of them Changed theirReligion Julia Roberts: Christianity To Hinduism afteracting in the movie 'Eat, Pray Love. Richard Gere: Christianity To Buddhism. Heis practising Buddhism and is a vegetariannow. Nargis: After her marriage, converted toHinduism and embraced the name NirmalaDutt. Mike Tyson: Mike Tyson served a prisonsentence for rape and assault during whichhe converted to Islam. He once tweeted apicture of himself at the shrine of Mecca. 96. John Travolta: Travolta was born and broughtup in a Catholic family, but later chose to convertto the Church of Scientology. A R Rahman: His dad was a Hindu and mothera Muslim, he grew up as an atheist. In 1989, A.R. Rahman officially converted to Islam. He wasnamed Dileep, at birth. Coincidentally enough, hemarried a woman called Saira Banu! Sharmila Tagore: Changed from Hinduism ToIslam when she married. She also took a newname as Begum Ayesha. George Harrison: He converted to fromChristianity to Hinduism during his visit to India.He remained a vegetarian all his life.