A business quiz conducted by me in NIT Goa as a precursor to Tata Crucible Goa regionals

1. QUANTA presents
Crucible pushups (Biz-flavoured quiz)
QM: SAHIL H.R.

2. Tata Crucible Details
•A national level business quiz
•Teams of 2
•Date: 12th February 2017 (Sunday)
•Venue: BITS Pilani Goa Campus
•Time: 1 pm-5pm
Participate in large numbers. Will be fun!

3. Rules
Unnecessary shouting out of answers will incur a strict penalty
of -20 points
In case of multiple answers, only the first one will be taken
Answers to be given approximately within 5 seconds after the
pressing of the buzzer
QM’s decision is final and binding on all
Don’t forget to have fun!

4. Round 1
6 questions
Infinite bounce (+10/0)
Clockwise
Pounce (+10/-10)

5. 1.
In Indian mythology, it is a beautiful, supernatural female being.
It is youthful and elegant and superb in the art of dancing. Its
name translates to ‘celestial maiden’ in English. A famous brand
shares its name with such a being. What am I talking about?

6. ANSWER

7. 1.
Apsara

8. 2.
These were first introduced by Ferrero in 1969, under the name "Refreshing
Mints". In 1970, they were re-named after the distinctive sound of the mints
rattling in their container. What is being talked about?

9. ANSWER

10. 2.
Tic-tac

11. 3.
X is an American multinational video hosting service founded on December
8, 2009 as a joint venture between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony
Music Entertainment (SME). It is based in New York City and its shareholders
now consist of both UMG and SME as well as Abu Dhabi Media and Google
after it took a 7% share in 2013, with Warner Music Group (WMG) joining in
August 2016.
Which service am I talking about?

12. ANSWER

13. 3.
Vevo

14. 4.
Identify the ad man who has come up with these hilarious taglines:
Cheese, its milk that you chew.
Crackers, because your cheese needs a buddy.
A grape, because who can get a watermelon in your mouth.
The phone, bringing you closer to people who have phones.
Bagels and donuts, round food for every mood.
Pants, like shorts but longer.

15. ANSWER

16. 4.
Chandler Bing

17. 5.

18. 5.
Everton Two is the name of the flagship store of Everton Football Club,
through which it sells its official merchandise. It is located inside one of the
biggest malls of the city.
All you have to do is tell me, what is the reasoning behind the unusual name
‘Everton Two’ for the store?

19. ANSWER

20. 5.
The mall in which it is located is ‘Liverpool One’.
Hence the address of the store is:
Everton Two, Liverpool One
11 South John Street
Merseyside L1 8BU

21. 6.
It is a unit of measurement for the speed and movement direction of a
computer mouse. The speed of the mouse is the ratio between how many
pixels the cursor moves on the screen and how many centimeters you move
the mouse on the mouse pad. What is this unit of measurement, named after
a fictional cartoon character, known as?

22. ANSWER

23. 6.
Mickey

24. Round 2
6 questions
On the buzzer once (+10/-10)
If no team buzzes or answer is incorrect, then we pass it anti-
clockwise.
Infinite bounce (+5/0)

25. 1.
Their name is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and coquere (to cook),
and, hence, means "twice-cooked". This is because they were originally
cooked in a twofold process: first baked, and then dried out in a slow oven.
What am I talking about (generic name)?

26. ANSWER

27. 1.
Biscuits

28. 2.
The Ig Nobel Prize is a parody of the Nobel Prize and it is awarded to "honour
achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think". Which
company received the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry ‘for solving the problem
of excessive automobile pollution emissions by automatically,
electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being
tested’?

29. ANSWER

30. 2.
Volkswagen

31. 3.
Motorola Droid was an Android smartphone that was released in
2009. From which famous filmmaker did Motorola have to
acquire a license in order to name their phone?

32. ANSWER

33. 3.
George Lucas
(He owns the trademark of the word ‘droid’ which is used by him often in the
Star Wars franchise)

34. 4.
This term comes from the French marché aux puces, a name originally given
to a market in Paris which specialized in shabby second-hand goods of the
kind that might contain small flightless insects. What am I talking about?

35. ANSWER

36. 4.
Flea Market

37. 5.
According to Stanford University and Microsoft researchers, playing this game could
add up to 41 days to our lives. This is because players of this game walk an extra
1473 steps a day, as compared to non-players.
Which game, luring people worldwide, am I talking about?

38. ANSWER

39. 5.
Pokémon Go

40. 6.
This is a 200 page book by Sheridan Simove, a British author and entrepreneur. It has a rating of 4.3/5
on Goodreads. Sheridan Simove said: “This book is the result of 39 years of painstaking research and
practical study into the subject. I left nothing to chance and really threw myself into my work.”
What is so unusual about this book, that makes it different from all other books?

41. ANSWER

42. 6.
All the 200 pages are blank!

43. Round 3
6 visuals
On the buzzer once (+10/-10)
If no team buzzes or answer is incorrect, then we pass it
clockwise.
Infinite bounce (+5/0)

44. 1
This is the first set of official National Emojis of a certain country. The one in the
centre is called ‘Unbreakable’ and provides a huge clue about the country. Which
country is it?

45. ANSWER

46. 1
Finland
(The central emoji is a Nokia 3310)

47. 2.
Max Factor is a cosmetics company founded in 1909. In its early days, it specialised in movie make-
up. What is this machine, constructed by it in 1939, to check the indelibility of one of its products?
Put funda.

48. ANSWER

49. 2.
Kissing machine
(to check indelibility of their lipstick)

50. 3.
This is a controversial ad based on Malala Yousoufzai. Which brand is this that shows her bouncing on
its product and achieving greater heights? The product’s bouncy nature is thus depicted.

51. ANSWER

52. 3.

53. 4.
This is the skeletal structure of 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid. Its common name comes from the Latin
word for bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827. It is a common ingredient in energy drinks
like Red Bull. What is its common name?

54. ANSWER

55. 4.
Taurine

56. 5.
This is Mount Matterhorn in the Alps. It lies on the border between Switzerland and Italy. Which famous
product’s shape is said to have been inspired from it?

57. ANSWER

58. 5.
Toblerone

59. 6.

60. 6.
The previous slide shows a Punyachi mulgi. Her name is Ruchi Sanghvi. She holds a bachelor's
and master's degree in electrical computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
In 2005, she became the first ever female engineer to be hired by which famous giant?

61. ANSWER

62. 6.
Facebook Inc.

63. Round 4
12 questions
+5/+10/+15 for all questions
Negative value will be the same as chosen value
Default score: +5/-5
Choose your score before giving the answer
Maximum 2 shots on the buzzer per question
A team can buzz only once for a question

64. 1.
Allen Canning Company is a canning company based in Alma, Arkansas, United States.
Around 1987, Alma called itself the "Spinach Capital of the World" because the Allen
Canning Company canned more than half of all the spinach canned in the U.S., about
60 million pounds (27,000,000 kg) annually.
Allen Canning Company’s canned spinach is named after a famous character. Who?

65. ANSWER

66. 1.

67. 2.
This song was recorded by an American EDM group and a French DJ. It was a
commercial success, peaking at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at
number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. It reached number one in several other
countries. In September 2015, it was named by Spotify as the most globally
streamed song of the summer. The accompanying music video for the song
was filmed in ND Studios, Karjat and Kaul Heritage City, Vasai in Maharashtra,
India, and premiered on March 23, 2015.
Which song?

68. ANSWER

69. 2.
Lean On

70. 3.
While in the forests of Burma, M. Manal, the founder of this company, became interested in
Rauwolfia serpentine, a root which helped to pacify elephants. Becoming engrossed in the
intriguing effects surrounding the root, Manal went on studying various herbs, and producing
tablets. Manal's motivation and vision was to bring the traditional science of Ayurveda to society
in a contemporary form.
Manal’s company was founded in 1930 in Dehradun, but subsequently it advanced to Mumbai
and extended across India. In 1991, the company moved its research and development facility to
Bangalore, where it is currently HQd.
Which company, that is named after a particular geographic entity, am I alluding to?

71. ANSWER

72. 3.
The Himalaya Drug Company

73. 4.
This electrical appliance manufacturer was founded in 1977 by
Kochouseph Chittilappilly. Its logo is a marsupial with a joey ‘to
show that they protect’. What am I talking about?

74. ANSWER

75. 4.

76. 5.
This is the logo of which famous Indian company, whose motto is ‘India’s Entertainment
Powerhouse’?

77. ANSWER

78. 5.
Balaji Telefilms

79. 6.
Which person released his own app, which contains these emojis?

80. ANSWER

81. 6.
Shane Warne

82. 7.
Bristlr is a dating app like Tindr, but with a difference. It is only for a certain group
of people. Its tagline is “Connecting those with _______ to those who want to
stroke _______”.
What group of people is this at which the app is aimed?

83. ANSWER

84. 7.
It is a dating app for people with beards

85. 8.
This is the Chakra at the Konark Temple in Orissa. Which airline’s logo is a flying swan with this
Chakra placed inside it in orange colour?

86. ANSWER

87. 8.

88. 9.
The origin of this dish is traced to textile mill workers in Mumbai in the 1850s. The mill workers used
to have lunch breaks too short for a full meal, and a light lunch was preferred to a heavy one, as the
employees had to return to strenuous physical labour after lunch. A vendor created this dish using
items or parts of other dishes available on the menu.
Which dish am I talking about?

89. ANSWER

90. 9.
Pav Bhaji

91. 10.
This is a book about which company?

92. ANSWER

93. 10.
Lego

94. 11.
Which famous Indian actor was the protagonist of these comics which were published in the 1980s?

95. ANSWER

96. 11.
Amitabh Bachchan

97. 12.
On any given night in Havana, dozens of men can be found “balloon fishing”
along the Havana seawall, using their floats to carry their lines as far as 900 feet
into the coastal waters.
In this technique, which unusual product do they use as the float, that serves to
keep the bait high in the water and increases the line’s resistance against the
pull of fishes?

98. ANSWER

99. 12. Condoms!

100. THANK YOU
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