Quizmasters: Aditya Gupta and Anmol Singh

1. BIZMAAVAT
The Biz-Tech Quiz
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ADITYA GUPTA
ANMOL SINGH

2. RULES
24 Questions in the final round.
+50/-20 on pounce.
+20 on direct.
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3. Q1.
 The Ferdinand Mangellan was a private railway vehicle built in 1929 by Pullman
Company in Lot 6246, Plan 3972B. It was one of the six similar vehicles constructed in
two batches – four on Lots 6037 and two on 6246. Each of them were named after
famous explorers: David Livingstone, Henry Stanley, Marco Polo, Robert Peary (on Lot
6037), Roald Amundsen and Ferdinand Mangellan (on Lot 6246).
 After the World War 2, the vehicle was chosen on suggestion by Secret Service agent
Mike Reilly and White House Press Secretary Stephen Early for _______ as they felt the
need for a specially equipped and armored vehicle rather than using standard
equipment provided by Pullman Company. The vehicle was constructed for a very
special purpose at the time when travel by railroad was the most common means of
travelling long distances over the vast expanses of land in the United States.
 For what specific purpose were vehicles like Ferdinand Mangellan used for? Bonus
points for FITB.

5. Answer
 Whistle Stop Campaigns. Politicians used these cars to makes a series of
brief appearances or speeches at a number of small towns over a short
period of time. At each stop, the candidate would make a speech from the
train, but might rarely set foot on the ground. "Whistle stop" campaign
speeches would be made from the rear platform of a train.

6. Q2.
 Overbrook Entertainment is an American entertainment company based in
Culver City, California, United States. The production company was started
by partners ______ and James Lassiter between 1997 and 1999, about the
same time the production for Wild Wild West was underway. The name
“Overtook” is derived from ________’s neighborhood in West
Philadelphia. _______ claimed in a TV show to have started the company in
order to serve as producer and find roles and uses his role in the company
to help unknown artists record music and also records music for some of his
movies in Overbrook. Apart from being known for having ________ as a
partner, the company is also known for its website that has a very distinctive
feature.
 FITB. What feature am I talking about?

8. Answer
 Will Smith. The website has no web pages and only features a compilation
of videos from the movies Will Smith has acted in, directed or produced
through the company.

9. Q3.
 In a broader historical context, country’s obsession with the image of their leader is
rooted in methods used by the Soviet Union. Back in those days, every town in the
country had a statue of Vladimir Lenin as its centerpiece, and every office, school
and hospital, and at times even every home, housed some sort of depiction of
Lenin and Stalin. This is one of the reasons why the market for ______-related
products is incredibly diverse in the country, accompanied by _______ maintenance
of 88% positive rating in the country. ____ T-shirts are very popular as gifts for foreign
business partners, and are often worn by the localities while on a holiday in hot
countries like Turkey or Spain. The market is not just limited to T-shirts. A quick Google
search reveals fridge magnets and key rings, home essentials like _____ rugs and
crockery, ______ nail stickers, chocolate bars called “Tender _____” are highly
popular.
 FITB.

11. Answer
 Vladimir Putin

12. Q4.
 A ______________ is an activist advocating widespread use of strong
cryptography and privacy-enhancing technologies as a route to social and
political change. The activists largely use electronic mailing lists to communicate
with each other, with the aim to achieve privacy and security through proactive
use of cryptography. The origins of the term date back to 1992, when Eric
Hughes, Timothy C. May and John Gilmore founded a small group that met
monthly at Gillmore’s company Cygnus Solutions and was humorously termed
__________ by Jude Milhon at one of the first meeting. The technical roots of
__________ ideas can be traced back to work by cryptographer David Chaum
on topics such as anonymous digital cash and pseudonymous reputation
systems, described in his paper “Security with identification: Transaction Systems
to Make Big Brother Obsolete” (1985).
 FITB.

14. Answer
 Cypherpunks

15. Q5.
 The idea of creating _______ dates back to 2001 when the publicization of Enron
Scandal revealed that Jeffrey Skilling had a way of hiding the financial losses of the
trading business and other operations of the company by building an asset, such as a
power plant, and immediately claim the projected profit on its books, even though it
hadn't made one dime from it.
 The scandal eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation and the de
facto dissolution of Arthur Andersen, which was one of the five
largest audit and accountancy partnerships in the world. The scandal shook investor’s
as well as public confidence in the corporate enterprises. In order to restore investor
trust and public confidence in the corporate industry, Michael P. Gallagher, an
American businessman, created the _____________ in 2002, which now has become a
worldwide phenomenon.
 What am I talking about?

17. Answer
 Stevie Awards

18. Q6.
 The name _______ became popular for businesses by the 1920s, when
alphabetized business telephone directories such as the Yellow Pages began to
be widespread. An early global ________ brand name was the “________ City”
whistle made from mid 1870s onwards by J Hudson & Co. There was a flood of
businesses named _________, including supermarket chains, shoe manufacturers
and construction companies. The name ______ also had other connotations for
people in Los Angeles at the time. During the time the Warner Bros. cartoons
were being produced, the traffic lights in Los Angeles were manufactured by the
_____ Traffic Signal Company. The traffic lights paired "Stop" and "Go" semaphore
arms with small red and green lights. Bells played the role of today's amber or
yellow lights, ringing when the flags changed - a process that took five seconds.
 FITB

20. Answer
 Acme

21. Q7.
 The _____________s is a chain of restaurants that was founded in 1972 by Al
Copeland in order to compete with KFC. The name, as claimed by the
founder, is derived from the name of a fictional detective that appeared in
the movie “French Connection” and not from the comic strip and cartoon
character ___________. Ironically, the chain later acquired the rights to use
the cartoon character for marketing. However, in late November 2006, AFC
announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King
Features Syndicate, effectively ending their association with the character.
 FITB

23. Answer
 Popeyes

24. Q8.
 The _____________ was founded in 1980 and was a pioneer maker of portable
computers. Their first product was released on April 3, 1981 and became the first
commercially successful portable microcomputer. Unlike other startup
companies, __________’s first product was ready soon after its founding. The
product became a commercial hit to the extent that the company had difficulty
meeting the demand, and the company grew from 12 employees to 3,000
people and $73 million in revenue in 12 months. However, the founder damaged
the current sales when he began showing company’s next product to journalists
in 1983. Dealers rapidly started cancelling orders for the first product in
anticipation of the new product, leading to large piles of unsold inventory. This
eventually led the company to bankruptcy.
 This incident led to the formation of which phenomenon?

26. Answer
 Osborne Effect, named after Osborne Computer Corporation. It refers to
the unintended consequences of a company announcing a future
product, unaware of the risks involved or when the timing is misjudged,
which ends up having a negative impact on the sales of the current
product. This is often the case when a product is announced too long
before its actual availability. This has the immediate effect of customers
canceling or deferring orders for the current product, knowing that it will
soon be obsolete, and any unexpected delays often means the new
product comes to be perceived as vaporware, damaging the company's
credibility and profitability.

27. Q9.
 Released on April 28, 2017, through Visionary Music Group and Def Jam
Recordings as the third single from his third studio album Everybody, “1-800-272-
8255” is a song by American rapper Logic. Produced by Logic and 6ix, the song
features guest vocals from singer-songwriters Alessia Cara and Khalid. According
to _________ ________ ______ _________, in three weeks following the single’s
release, call directed to the organization rose by 27%, while visits to their website
increased from 300,000 to 400,000 over the following months. Its Director of
Communications Frances Gonzalez reported that, following the night of the 2017
MTV Video Music Awards the organization experienced a 50% surge in the
number of calls to their hotline as a result of the performance of the song by
Logic, Cara and Khalid during the show.
 Put Funda.

29. Answer
 1-800-272-8255 is the phone number of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
The song was dedicated to depressed people who wanted commit suicide.

30. Q10.
 X is a toothpaste brand of Hawley and Hazel Chemical Company
established in Shanghai in 1933 and later based in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Hawley and Hazel was acquired in 1985 by the U.S. conglomerate Colgate
Palmolive though the product was not marketed by Colgate.
 The logo of X was inspired from an American minstrel performer Al Jolson,
who became popular for his blackface performances. The packaging
featured an image of a wide eyed smiling dark-skinned black male wearing
a top hat, monocle and bow tie, an image associated with minstrel shows.

32. Answer
 Darlie/Darkie

33. Q11.
 X is a pattern of symbols (picture in the next slide) incorporated into a
number of banknote designs worldwide since 1996. It is added to help
imaging the soft wares to detect the presence of bank note in a digital
image. Its name was coined by security researcher Markus Kuhn, who
uncovered the pattern on the 10 euro banknote in early 2002 while
experimenting with a Xerox color photocopier that refused to reproduced
banknotes.
 Identify X.

36. Answer
 Eurion Constellation/ Omron Rings/ Doughnut

37. Q12.
 The process of ______ __________, invented in 1906 by Jacques-Arsène
d'Arsonval and his assistant Frédéric Bordas at the laboratory of biophysics
of Collège de France in Paris, has numerous applications. These applications
include but are not limited to: the processing of food, pharmaceuticals, and
diagnostic kits; restoration of water damaged documents, preparation of river-
bottom sludge for hydrocarbon analysis; the manufacturing of ceramics used in
semiconductor industry; production of synthetic skin and so on. The Modern
______ __________ was developed during the World War II when a certain item
was being sent to Europe from the US, which used to get spoiled before
reaching its intended recipients. The process was developed as a commercial
technique that enabled the item to be rendered chemically stable and viable.
 FITB. How was it used during the WWII?

39. Answer
 Freeze Drying. To transport Blood Serum to the wounded. Because of the
lack of simultaneous refrigeration and transport, many serum supplies were
spoiling before reaching them. Freeze Drying technique enable the serum
to remain stable.

40. Q13.
 ______ _____ _____ is a global network of 45 independent, locally led and
funded partner organizations which was founded in 2007 by Wendy Kopp
and Brett Wigdortz after fielding numerous requests from social
entrepreneurs around the world who wanted to create similar organizations
that would expand educational opportunity in their countries and at the
same time, develop diverse graduates and professionals to exert leadership
through a two year commitment. In 2008, a group of Indian activists met
Wendy Kopp and following a McKinsey study, started adapting the “Theory
of Change” of Kopp’s another organization, resulting in the formation of X. X
is now a part of _____ ______ ______.
 Identify X

42. Answer
 Teach For India, founded by Shaheen Mistri

43. Q14.
 The downfall of the brand X is, to a large extent, associated with Sardar
Vallabhai Patel’s idea of empowering Indian farmers. By 1945, X was
flourishing and had touched a record production of 3 million pounds of
butter every year. Despite this success rate, it did not do much to help
improve the condition of Indian farmers as they found very difficult to sell
milk in the market. This was brought to the attention of Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel who had been toying with the idea of opening a cooperative society
since 1942, finally initiated a co-operative movement with the farmers in
1946. This led to the formation of Amul on 14 December 1946. With this
decline in dairy operations, _______ was bought over by its main promoters
then diverted business towards tanning and leather production.
 Identify X

45. Answer
 Polson

46. Q15.
 The 2003 Cricket World Cup was the eight Cricket World Cup. It was co-hosted
by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya from 9th February to 23rd March 2003. The
tournament was eventually won by Australia who won all 11 of their matches,
beating India in the final played at Wanderers Stadium. However, before the
final match, __________ introduced a new product X in India as a gesture of
support to the Indian Cricket Team by highlighting a certain characteristic of the
Indian Cricket Team. Originally, X was launched in mid-2002 to compete with the
Vanilla-flavored version of the product launched by one of its biggest rivals.
According to its consumers, the flavor is like raspberries or blueberries, or similar
to cotton candy with a berry like after taste and much more sugary than the
regular products of _____________.
 What product am I talking about?

48. Answer
 Pepsi Blue

49. Q16.
 While you may associate XY with an entirely different field, XY is also
a successful businessman. XY owns Ace Security and Protection
Agency which currently caters to Bollywood actors such as
Amitabh Bacchan, Salman Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Shahrukh
Khan and Aamir Khan; also to the Indian Premier League ex-
Chairman and ex-Commissioner Lalit Modi and his son Ruchir Modi.
Some of the movie projects that Ace Security and Protection
Agency has also lent its services to are Lagaan, Dil Chahta Hai,
Yaadien, Na Tum Jano Na Hum, Saathiya and Armaan.
 Who am I talking about?

51. Answer
 Ronit Roy

52. Q17.
 CL 9 was a universal remote company started by _____ ____________. The
company was in business for three years, from 1985 to 1988, coming out
with the 6502-based CL 9 CORE remote control in 1987, the first universal
programmable remote control. The idea of starting the company
developed while he was working at another company that he co-founded.
While he enjoyed his work, he didn't feel he was making a valuable
contribution since he was pulled out of the office so often to act as the
company’s spokesperson. At the same time, ______ ___________ had a
myriad of electronic entertainment devices in his home, each controlled
with a different remote control. Having to fiddle with so many remotes
frustrated him, and he came up with the idea of inventing universal remote.
 FITB

54. Answer
 Steve Wozniak

55. Q18.
 The reason why ____________, which means Motor of the Mass in
Chinese, is pronounced differently in American and German
markets is that the German “V” is pronounced as the American
English “F” and the German “W” is pronounced as the American
English “V”. Furthermore the letter “a” is pronounced as “ah” and
the letter “g” is a hard “g” as in “Go, Get” in German. However, this
does not mean that either of the pronunciations is wrong.
 What am I talking about?

57. Answer
 Why Volkswagen is pronounced as Folksvahgen in Germany.

58. Q19.
 X is a slang term for an automobile door which were originally used on
horse drawn carriages but are rarely found on modern vehicles primarily
because of safety concerns. The nickname is mainly due to the design’s
propensity to seriously injure someone as there was a greater risk of falling
out as the airflow will open the door even further instead of pushing them
close. These types of doors were popular with mobsters in the gangster era
of 1930s, owing to the ease of pushing someone out of the moving vehicle.
 After the World War II was mostly limited to rear doors of four-door sedans.
The best-known use of _______________ on post-World War II American
automobiles was the Lincoln Continental 4 door convertibles and sedans
(1961–1969) and Ford Thunderbird1967–1971 four-door sedans.
 Identify X.

60. Answer
 Suicide Doors

61. Q20.
 In the game EVE Online, there are structures known as Player Owned Starbases
(POS). POS are very important structures used for a number of operations (such
as moving ships in relative safety, moon shining, reacting moon minerals, and
building ships and parts of ships, etc.). The POS Code was mostly written by a
programmer, who ended up writing over 1.5 million lines of code. He, later, got
killed in an auto accident. The other developers, thus had one very important
system that touches on many vital parts of the game. They have looked at the
code and tried to figure out what to do with it, only to notice something.
Because of that, over the last 10 years, the developers have tried to touch the
POS code as little as possible. Eventually, they gave up on the idea and
introduced a brand new structure in 2016 called Citadels. They will, eventually,
take over all the functions of POS and then POS will be turned off.
 What was the reason why they failed to make changes in the original code?

63. Answer
 The original programmer failed to put any comments, because of that no
one could understand the code.

64. Q21.
 Officially commenced on December 27, 2015, _____ is an e-commerce website
which was launched by XY. The website features a “Get Started” option. Once
the user click on it, the site takes him/her to a “Fans Only” section where one can
join by filling a form. The form page reads, “Even I don’t like forms. But ek baar
yeh fill karo (but please fill it once), then only SHOPPING. Which everyone
LOVES.” However, soon after its launch, the site landed into a controversy
because its name was similar to a very famous market association. Sanjiv Mehra,
the president of this association told the IndianExpress.com, “Before we file a
case against them, we would prefer persuading XY for not using the name of
___.” He further added: “When someone goes to the website ____, people will
think it to be the official website of the famous market in Delhi. You will
immediately connect my market to that online website.”
 FITB and Identify XY.

66. Answer
 KhanMarketOnline, Salman Khan

67. Q22.
 Argleton was a phantom settlement that appeared on Google
Maps and Google Earth but did not exist. The supposed location of Argleton was
between the A59 road and Town Green railway station within the civil
parish of Aughton in West Lancashire, England, The anomaly was first noticed by
Mike Nolan, head of web services at nearby Edge Hill University, who posted
about it on his blog in September 2008. Although, Google admitted in 2010 that
it was a mapping error, but some still believe that that Google deliberately
added it. This practice dates back to 1930s when Otto G. Lindberg, , director of
the General Drafting Co. (GDC), and his assistant, Ernest Alpers, were charged
with creating a New York state map, and they plotted the fictional town of
Agloe — an anagram of their initials — on a dirt road between Beaverkill and
Rockland.
 Why did they add a fictional town?

69. Answer
 What they created is known as a "trap" or "paper town," a device used as a
type of copyright protection. In addition to including fake towns, roads and
rivers, cartographers may also create false bends in streets or alter
mountain elevations — all in an attempt to catch those who might copy
their work.

70. Q23.
 “2017 was the worst year yet for Syrian children as violence ripped
apart places like schools, hospitals, playgrounds, parks and
children’s own homes. More than 8 million Syrian children, inside
and outside the country, are in need of humanitarian aid, and
millions have borne witness to unrelenting violence from the brutal
conflict that began more than 6 years ago”, says the official
website of UNICEF. UNICEF, being one of the largest organizations
working towards helping the Syrian children recently launched a
new program “Game Chaingers” under which it is requesting
gamers to do a certain activity.
 What request did UNICEF make?

72. Answer
 UNICEF requests gamers to mine Ethereum to raise money for Syrian
children. The program lets participants install mining software from their
website after which the mined Ethereum is sent directly to UNICEF’s
account.

73. Q24.
 Airbus’ autonomous, electric car air taxi successfully made its first
flight recently, after plans for its development were released way
back in January 2017. The passenger drone _________ flew fully self-
piloted in Pendleton, Oregon, reaching a height of 5 meters for a
duration of 53 seconds. The project was launched in early 2016 as
one of the first pursuits of A3 (pronounced A-cubed), the Silicon
Valley arm of Airbus. Designed to minimize traffic on inner-city
roads, Airbus sees ________ as the electric vertical take-off and
landing (eVTOL) aircraft as a solution to the growing need for
urban mobility.
 What is the name of the project?

75. Answer
 Vahana

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