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The Business Quiz for Corporates
@pooniajay
UDAAN

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PRELIMSwrittenaasana

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RULES
Answer all 25 questions + 1
The 1st letter of each answer (in order) completes a
very famous tagline
The questions which are the first letters of each
word of the tagline are secondary tie-breakers
Getting the tagline is a primary tie-breaker
No negatives

4.
1
These are the results of a poll conducted by a magazine in
2006. However, these poll results were ignored in favour of
a (hugely critical) choice by the magazine (and this poll was
removed from its online edition). What is being talked
about and who was the eventual choice?

5.
2
Name the term derived from an Arabic root word
meaning ‘change and transform’. It indicates a bill of
exchange or a promissory note.

6.
3
This is a decision principle for time management
popularized by Stephen Covey in his books. Named after a
former US president, what is it called?

7.
4
Which American sports clothing company, founded by
Kevin Plank, overtook Adidas in the U.S. sportswear
market to be number 2 in 2014?

8.
5
Titled 'The Visit' and tag lined 'bold is beautiful', this is
one of the most talked about ad across the country for its
attempt at defying what social taboo?

9.
6
Samson & Goliath are two cranes that dominate the
skyline of Belfast and are landmark structures of the city.
They are located in Harland & Wolff yard. What is H&W's
best know construction?

10.
7
Starting in 1936, this chain is now owned and managed by
its employees. The maximum number of its outlets are in
Kerala. What am I talking about?

11.
8
In a first for the magazine industry, who is 'guest editing'
the July-August issue of MORE magazine? This is also the
third time she will make an appearance on the magazine's
cover.

12.
9
What are these types of -
Calcutta, Camden, Chinese, Demsetz, Vickrey, English,
French, Combinatorial, Reverse, Walrasian and Japanese

13.
10
This is an advertisement for what?

14.
11
Traditionally, X is a position at a venture capital firm.
Typically, the goal is for the X to create the next company
that the VC firm will fund.
Usually, it is temporary and not permanent.
What is this position?

15.
12
Identify this stockbroker, famous in a different field. He
bought himself a seat in the Adelaide Stock Exchange in
the 1940s.

16.
13
Whose investment portfolio is this-

17.
14
By what name do we know this media player?

18.
15
These are companies under which parent group?

19.
16
John is (an angry) founder of the software whose current
owners distanced themselves from John, by rebranding the
software, as he came out with this obscene and profane
video about how to uninstall the software. Which Santa
Clara based company owns this software since 2011?

20.
17
Maintained by Palakkad's District Tourism Promotion
Council, this is the Malampuzha Garden. Who conceived
and designed the garden?

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18
Fill in the blanks with one word-
 _______ Parachute- large payment made by company
to a senior executive upon termination of employment
 _______ Hello- signing bonus when a person is given a
persuasion strategy induced to leave a previous
employer
 _______ Handcuff- terms in a contract for substantial
financial penalties in leaving that employment
premature

22.
19
Identify this Army officer famous in a related field and
commemorated in this stamp.

23.
20
What’s the missing word?

24.
21
The PEN Literary Awards are the most comprehensive in
the United States. Each year, PEN confers more than
$150,000 to writers in various fields. PEN Freedom of
Expression Courage Award 2015 has been ‘controversially’
awarded to?

25.
22
Who is the subject of this 2006 film?

26.
23
United Nations' World Meteorological Organization
replaced the name of a hurricane from its 2016 list of
hurricane names due to certain recent developments. They
replaced the earlier name which was the name of an
ancient Egyptian goddess with ‘Ivette’. What name was
replaced?

27.
24
Broadsheet, Nordisch, Rhenish, Swiss, Berliner etc. are all
formats of what?

28.
25
Pax Lab, a San Francisco based company, recently got a
$46.7 million funding. They make two products Pax and
Juul. According to their website, they are reinventing the
industry (worth $7 billion in 2014) with their products.
What is their business of interest?

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THE
QUALIFIERS

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UDAANfinals

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ROUND 1hangmanaasana

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RULES2 parallel rounds
First letter of the answer  Fills in a letter
 12 questions. 6 A -> F
6 F -> A
 6 points as base score.
+1 on each pass.
 Direct question to team
after the team that
answered correct
 No negatives
 3 questions. 4 clues each
 15/-5, 12/-5, 8/-5, 5/0
 All on the buzzer. Only 1
attempt at each clue.

33.
15/-5
PERSON

34.
1
This is from a May 17 Valencia vs Celta Vigo match. Why
are the Valencia players wearing jerseys with their names
written this way?

35.
15/-5
From his website- he is the very definition of the American
success story
N

36.
2
Sitting in a bar with a few MBA students after a talk, Ray
Kroc asked them “What business am I in?”
The students laughed, and finally someone said, “Ray, who
in the world doesn't know that you’re in the hamburger
business.”
Ray chuckled. “That is what I thought you would say.” He
paused and then quickly said, “Ladies and gentlemen, I’m
not in the hamburger business. My business is ___ __.”

37.
12/-5
Owns Miss Universe Organisation since 1996
N
R

38.
3
_________ trading is the auspicious stock market trading
for an hour on Diwali. It is a symbolic and old ritual, that
has been retained and observed for ages. As Diwali also
marks the beginning of the New Year, it is believed that
_________ trading on this day brings in wealth and
prosperity. The NSE held this year’s session for 75
minutes.
Fill in the blank.

39.
8/-5
Signature phrase ‘You’re fired’ in a reality game show he
hosted
N
MR

40.
2A 4
Air Asia India recently unveiled its 4th aircraft with a
livery dedicated to JRD Tata as a mark of respect. What
has it been christened as?

41.
5/0
‘Make America Great Again’
N
MT R

42.
15/-5
CONCEPT / PRINCIPLE

43.
5
Nicknamed 'The field of Jeans', this is the home stadium
of the San Francisco 49ers. Which San Francisco based
company bought the naming rights to this stadium in
2013?

44.
15/-5
Coined by Columbia University media law professor, Tim
Wu in 2003
L

45.
6D 6
Who wrote this 1952 book? The central character in this
book is the financial expert Margayya, who offers advice
to his fellow townspeople from under his position at the
banyan tree.

46.
12/-5
CNET’s reason for fallout of Comcast’s acquisition of
Time Warner Cable
LR

47.
UB Center is an unusual Alabama attraction that sees over
a million visitors every year. It goes by the tagline 'You
never know what you'll find'. Started in 1970, what is it the
only one of it's kind in USA?
5A 7

48.
8/-5
In India, Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT)
services was released seeking comments from public
LRU

49.
8
Activists and groups like Human Rights Watch, PEN and
Amnesty International are using #Baku2015 to highlight the
arrests of journalists and arbitrary detention of activists.
This tag is causing a PR disaster for what on going event?

50.
5/0
E
LRUE

51.
15/-5
ORGANISATION

52.
9
Identify the advertiser.

53.
15/-5
43000 members, 81 branches and 27 divisions all over India
G

54.
Bono became a subject of controversy when he said “We
are a tiny little country, we don’t have scale, and our
version of scale is to be innovative and to be clever, and X
has brought our country the only prosperity we’ve
known.” However, his country's government announced
plans late last year to close X, the country's biggest
loophole , apparently under pressure from OECD and
European Commission. What is X?
7D 10

55.
12/-5
Started in 1959 from the terrace of a building in Girgaum
G D

56.
11
1978- Launched as a tabloid
1980- Changed to magazine format
2006- Tabloid format again and dropped ‘The' from its
name
2012- Back to the Magazine format with a new masthead
Which magazine's life has been discussed here?

57.
8/-5
Appearance of Babla on its packaging
S
G D

58.
Celebrating approval of government contracts, these
posters were released by an organisation to promote
tourism to what destination?
10A 12

59.
5/0
Branches managed by sanchalikas. Only women can
become members and are called ‘sisters’
S M
G D

60.
ROUND 2choosaasana

61.
RULES
6 Teams. 6 sets. 3 choices.
1st choice- What’s yours and only yours.
2nd choice- What’s yours but you can share.
3rd choice- What’s for everybody but yours to
decide
1st – 6/0. 2nd – 6/0 or 4/-4 each. 3rd – 6/-6.
Bonus 5 for answering all 3.

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SET 1 SET 2 SET 3
SET 4 SET 5 SET 6
Japanese
Management
Airline livery
Forbes lists
Why did Microsoft
Special coins
Scandal
Celeb side
business
Movie Theatre
Guru speak
Corporate jargon
Islam banking
21st c. invention
Controversy
connect
90s ads
Codes
Post 1947
Economics
DRESSING SENSE
Logo inspiration

63.
Japanese Management
Meaning ‘continuous improvement', which management
concept has 5 key factors-
Seiri
Seiton
Seiso
Seiketsu, and
Shitsuke?

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3A Airline livery
Which flag carrier is celebrating its country's 50th year of
independence with a special livery, featuring a large flag of
the country on 2 Airbus A380s?

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5D Forbes lists
Forbes Fictional 15 is a list of 15 richest people in the
realm of fiction. To qualify for the list, members must be
‘both fictional (in the sense that we excluded mythological
and folkloric figures) and characters (meaning they are part
of a narrative story or series of stories), in addition to
being wealthy.’
The one exception to the rule was X, who is now missing
since 2006 as Forbes received letters arguing that X is real.
Who is X?

66.
Why did Microsoft
Following is the most credible, but unsubstantiated, reason
for what numerically inconsistent behaviour by Microsoft-
“early testing revealed just how many third party products
had code in the form of X. This was the best solution to
avoid that.”
What is being explained here, by a self proclaimed
Microsoft developer on Reddit?

67.
9A Special coins
Even though France objected to it, Belgium still went
ahead and minted a Waterloo commemorative coin albeit
with a minor change, than what was initially planned, thus
exploiting a loophole. What?

68.
1D Scandal
With what scandal would you associate these
corporations?

69.
Celeb side business
Who owns this restaurant?

70.
Movie Theatres
Carnival Group: Big Cinemas
PVR: DT Cinemas
Cinepolis Group: ??

71.
Guru speak
Identify the management guru explaining how companies
can 'do well by doing good‘.

72.
Corporate jargon
Forbes recently wrote an article about 15 Key Phrases to
Pass Off As a ________ Employee. In it were 15
quintessentially ______ expressions suggested by former
______ employees including,
"What's the so-what?“ "Quick wins"
"At least we now have a better idea of the questions."
"Boiling the ocean“ "Peeling the onion"
Which company's jargons were mocked thus?

73.
Islam banking
The Riba is prohibited in Islam, as it implies any excess
compensation without any due consideration. It is thus not
allowed or encouraged. How do we better know Riba?

74.
21st c. invention
Chuck Hull created a process known as stereolithography
and was thus inducted into the National Inventors Hall of
Fame in 2014. How do we better know stereolithography?

75.
Controversy connect
Connect to a recent controversy:

76.
11A 90s ads
Identify the brand being advertised.

77.
Codes
What do these codes signify?

78.
Post 1947 Economics
Titled A Brief Memorandum Outlining a Plan of Economic
Development for India, how do we better know the plan
drawn by eight influential business leaders (including JRD
Tata, GD Birla) after WWII to develop the Indian
economy post – Independence?

79.
4A Dressing sense
From being called ‘a 1962 Don Draper as he’s taking a dip
in a pool or as the pattern of a picnic blanket in a Little
Miss Muffet nursery rhyme or in a Magic Eye book or on
wallpaper in your grandmother’s powder room' these
shorts, available for $42, made headlines recently for
somebody choice of dressing at an event. Who and where?

80.
2D Logo inspiration
The Kankaria lake in Ahmedabad serves as the inspiration
for the logo of which government owned entity HQ-ed in
Mumbai?

81.
ROUND 3buzzeraasana

82.
RULES
5 questions on the buzzer
5 questions on the bonus
+6/-6 on the buzzer
Pick 4/0 or 10/-6 on the bonus
Bonus only on correct answer

83.
1
Citizens of which country participated in an online vote, in
November 2013, to choose one of the following symbols
for their currency?
4 10

84.
2
Who or what does this statue pay homage to?
4 10

85.
3
Which company launched this feature in October 2014 ‘to
help the community during natural disasters’?
4 10

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4 10 4
This is an ad by an airlines using its country’s flag to
inform about the price of flying to various countries whose
flag can be seen inside. Which airline/country?

87.
8D 5
SUV- Sport Utility Vehicle (Chevrolet Carryall Suburban)
MUV- Multi Utility Vehicle (Bolero)
LUV- Life Utility Vehicle (Ertiga)
PUV- _______ Utility Vehicle (Multix)
Fill in the blank.
4 10

88.
1.4
What methodology to understand human behaviour was
created by John Grinder and Richard Bandler?

89.
1.10
In Forbes’ World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2015 list, only 2
women feature, one at #26 and the other at #47. Name the
2 players.

90.
2.4
‘X is Designed to minimize the amount of junk you get
when you perform a search and to help simplify tasks so
you can make the most informed decision and is thus
called a decision engine’. Decipher X.

91.
2.10
This is Boeing testing a service using sacks of potatoes
instead of humans to develop a new method of ensuring
wireless signals are as reliable as possible. This is because
potatoes' dielectric properties and 'other chemistry' is
decent approximation of humans' response to this service.
What is this service that Boeing is testing?

92.
3.4
This is one of the last paintings by M F Hussain. It was
commissioned by Usha _____ as a tribute to Indian
civilization. She showcased these painting's last year in a
London gallery. Who is Usha?

93.
3.10
Meaning mistake proofing, which Japanese concept
eliminates product defects by preventing, correcting or
drawing attention to human error as they occur? An
example; Ethernet cable

94.
4.4
This is Bozo the clown a popular TV character in the US,
being played by Willard Scott. Scott later went on to
become the first __________, till he was replaced because
of his weight.

95.
4.10
Sidewalk Labs is a new urban innovation company that
aims to improve cities. Their mission is to 'improve life in
cities for everyone through the application of technology
to solve urban problems'. Which company has started this
along with Don Doctoroff, former CEO of Bloomberg?

96.
5.4
The term ‘____-collar worker’ was popularized in the late
1990s by writer and social critic Louise Kappe Howe to
denote women working as nurses, secretaries, and
elementary school teachers. Fill in the blank.

97.
5.10
Around the 10th century, the Vikings had great control
over the people of Ireland. At that time they levied a
unique tax on the people of Ireland. If they failed to pay
the tax, the Vikings would cut their nose. What phrase did
it give rise to?