Get ready to test yourself in the world of business, from start ups to product innovation as we bring you our very own Business and Innovation quiz! Join in teams of three to showcase your trivia and creativity skills! Date: 17th Sep Venue: LT 2

1. FINALS
BUSINESS & INNOVATION QUIZ

2. Round 1
Dries / Clockwise
+10/-5 on pounce
+10/0 on bounce

3. Q1
During the recession of 2008, Starbucks was facing huge losses. To counter
these, the company launched the Starbucks loyalty card. With the loyalty
card, the customers, especially the regular ones, opted to deposit money in
their Starbucks account for payment instead of paying with cash or credit
card.
Customers couldn't withdraw the money once deposited in their loyalty card
thus starbucks could hold on to a lot of money with its full control over it.
This derived the saying, Starbucks is not a co
ff
ee shop, it’s a _ _ _ _.

4. SAFETY SLIDE

5. Bank

6. Q2
The term X refers to a company that was previously valued at $1 billion but
is now worth much less. India has several examples of X as well, with
Snapdeal being named India's
fi
rst X back then.
The term X is a wordplay on the term which stands in opposite contrast to it,
used to refer to the startups that have done signi
fi
cantly well to reach such
high valuation.
Identify the term.

7. SAFETY SLIDE

8. Unicorpse

9. Q3
According to Russia’s Higher School of Economics, ____ boasts an
extremely high value when sold secondhand. It has a huge popularity among
adults, and also has a serious secondhand market (eBay being the biggest).
____ retires its o
ff
erings about every two years, and once these are not
longer available, their prices jump on the secondhand market. FITB

10. SAFETY SLIDE

11. LEGO

12. Q4
These minimalistic adverts were placed in the subway stations in Berlin. And
the bold header written on it says “come a little closer” encouraging the
passengers to come closer to the adverts from where they can read the
lower part saying __(7)__ services by Bergeman and sons (something people
might need because of this advert).

14. SAFETY SLIDE

15. Funeral services

16. Q5
Since the advent of something in the 1900s, this practice began with the
motive of optimizing the viewing quality. During the 1920s, people started
using this metal because of its re
fl
ective nature that delivered a better image.
Eventually, the use would fall out of fashion as they provided narrower
horizontal/vertical viewing angles compared to their more modern
counterparts because of their inability to completely disperse light. But
because of the early prevalence the term stuck.
What term resulted?

17. SAFETY SLIDE

18. Silverscreen

19. Q6
● Rabbits
● Tortoise
● Snails
● Chickens
● Pigs
● Sheep
● Dogs
● Stags
● Sharks
● Whales
● Wolves*
Connect

20. SAFETY SLIDE

21. Animals in the share market

22. Round 2
Visuals

24. These are the Pambar falls in
Kodaikanal. But ever since a
famous commercial was
fi
rst
shot there, this natural wonder
has become synonymous with a
brand that tourists have assigned
the brand name to this spot.
Identify this brand which is
known for its refreshing
commercials.

28. Round 3
Dries / Anti-clockwise

29. Q1
The brand XY was
fi
rst launched in 1948 in Pakistan and then it was
launched in India in 1959 just with the name X and hence its name has
become quite synonymous in Indian household with overall product
segment.
This brand which is 100+ year-old promotes the message of importance/
goodness of blots and mistakes. It recently became the 1st brand to do $1
billion in sales in Indian home and personal care category.

30. SAFETY SLIDE

31. Surf Excel

32. Q2
MSCHF is a relatively well known sneaker brand famous for creating unique
and innovative sneakers like the Astro boy shoes. Recently they released a
new edition in their Gobstomper series.
The Gobstomper series’ speciality is that although bought in a standard
design, a person can have them in countless possible designs on their own.
What’s special about this design?

34. SAFETY SLIDE

35. By damaging the shoe

36. Q3
_________’s child is fair of face,
_________’s child is full of grace.
_________’s child is full of woe,
_________’s child has far to go.
_________’s child is loving and giving,
_________’s child works hard for a living.
And the child born on the _________
Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.
FITB with the name of a character

37. SAFETY SLIDE

38. Wednesday Addams

39. Q4
In the image is a genus that has over 600 species worldwide, and its
varieties have been used in Chinese medicine for over 1,500 years to cure a
variety of lung and renal illnesses.
However, it is most known for infecting insects and depriving them of all
nourishment before infecting them with spores.It is a crucial narrative
element of a speci
fi
c pop culture event that occurred both a decade ago and
earlier this year.

40. SAFETY SLIDE

41. Cordyceps, The Last of Us

42. Q5
X began as a series of promotional media for NBC Sports’ coverage of the English
Premier League, but was eventually expanded into a show. It initially aired during
the height of the pandemic, went on to gain widespread critical praise, and
bowled over audiences with its sincere optimism and clever quips.
X featured a
fi
ctional app Y, that requires users to talk without seeing any
photographs of the other person in order to bond through the written word. In an
unexpected example of life imitating art, Bumble collaborated with X to bring
this application to the real world.

43. SAFETY SLIDE

44. X- Ted Lasso
Y- banter