This document outlines the structure and questions for the January 2015 Quiz hosted by SBG Quizzards. It includes 5 rounds covering different topics: Level Playing Field (written round with 20 general knowledge questions), Brands & Companies, Anything Goes, Who's Who, and Connections. The Level Playing Field section provides the 20 questions and their answers on various topics like companies, awards, currencies, and notable people.

1. Welcome to SBG Quizzards

2. January 2015 Quiz
Quiz Masters
Sridhar Babu & Hemant Mainkar

3. Rounds
• “Level Playing Field” – Written round
• “Brands & Companies” – Corporate round
• “Anything goes” – Mixed Bag round
• “Who’s who” – Personalities & Achievers
• “Join the dots” - Connections round – On the
Buzzer

4. January 2015 Quiz
Level Playing Field
QMs: Sridhar Babu & Hemant Mainkar

5. Level Playing Field
• 20 questions common to all participants
• Clues will appear on the screen
• Write the answers in the sheets provided
• 1 point for a correct answer
• No negative marks
• Checking will be done at the end of the round
• Scores will be used to form teams for the rest
of the quiz

6. Level Playing Field - Question 1
• Name the company/brand that used the tagline till
2012 with great success
• “Think Outside The Bun”

7. Level Playing Field - Question 2
• Name the individual who has won the highest
number of Academy Awards (Oscars)?

8. Level Playing Field - Question 3
• The British tabloid “The Sun” recently was thought
to have discontinued a regular feature under
pressure from activists, only to reintroduce it
after a couple of days
• What feature?

9. Level Playing Field - Question 4
• In 2010, Facebook paid a fairly significant amount
to American Farm Bureau Federation as part of an
important acquisition
• What was acquired?

10. Level Playing Field - Question 5
• As per convention, an identified member of the US
cabinet stays away from important events such as
Presidential inaugurations, State of the Union
addresses, joint sessions of congress, etc.
• What specific term is used to refer to this
person?

11. Level Playing Field - Question 6
• What separates the Northern & Southern islands
of New Zealand?

12. Level Playing Field - Question 7
• “Pomology” refers to the study of what?

13. Level Playing Field - Question 8
• If you were a ‘kibitzer’, what would you be doing?

14. Level Playing Field - Question 9
• Where would you use the above currency symbol?

15. Level Playing Field - Question 10
• Test your knowledge of Collective nouns:
“A __________ of crows”. Fill in the blank.

16. Level Playing Field - Question 11
• What is the correct mathematical name of this
Division Sign “/”?

17. Level Playing Field –
Question 12
• Name the Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty

18. Level Playing Field - Question 13
• Originally known as Idlewild Airport, by what name
is it known today?

19. Level Playing Field - Question 14
• What Du Pont product has been used to describe
the blame evading qualities of Ronald Reagan and
John Gotti?

20. Level Playing Field - Question 15
• When would you be charged an “agio”?

21. Level Playing Field - Question 16
• Contrary to popular belief, the phrase “Survival of
the fittest” was not coined by Charles Darwin but
by a philosopher. Who?

22. Level Playing Field - Question 17
• At the age of sixteen in 1966, his first business
venture was a magazine called ”Student”
• In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business
• In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores
• Whom are we talking about?

23. Level Playing Field - Question 18
• What company’s name is Korean for Great Universe
or Great House?

24. Level Playing Field - Question 19
• Which country’s Prime Minister recently blamed
Apple for killing its entire economy?

25. Level Playing Field - Question 20
• Real Madrid decided to remove the cross from its
logo recently. What prompted them to do so?

26. January 2015 Quiz
Answers for Level Playing Field

27. Level Playing Field - Question 1
• Name the company/brand that used the tagline till
2012 with great success
• “Think Outside The Bun”
• Taco Bell

28. Level Playing Field - Question 2
• Name the individual who has won the highest
number of Academy Awards (Oscars)?
• Walt Disney

29. Level Playing Field - Question 3
• The British tabloid “The Sun” recently was thought
to have discontinued a regular feature under
pressure from activists, only to reintroduce it
after a couple of days
• What feature?
• Page 3 Nude photo feature, which was the subject
of vehement campaigns by feminists

30. Level Playing Field - Question 4
• In 2010, Facebook paid a fairly significant amount
to American Farm Bureau Federation as part of an
important acquisition
• What was acquired?
• The domain name fb.com for which they paid
approx $8.5 million which makes it among the
highest such sale ever

31. Level Playing Field - Question 5
• As per convention, an identified member of the US
cabinet stays away from important events such as
Presidential inaugurations, State of the Union
addresses, joint sessions of congress, etc.
• What specific term is used to refer to this
person?
• ‘Designated Survivor’ or ‘Designated Successor’

32. Level Playing Field - Question 6
• What separates the Northern & Southern islands
of New Zealand?
• Cook Strait

33. Level Playing Field - Question 7
• “Pomology” refers to the study of what?
• Study of fruits and fruit cultivation

34. Level Playing Field - Question 8
• If you were a ‘kibitzer’, what would you be doing?
• Silently watching a card game, specifically bridge

35. Level Playing Field - Question 9
• Where would you use the above currency symbol?
• Russian Rouble

36. Level Playing Field - Question 10
• Test your knowledge of Collective nouns:
“A __________ of crows”. Fill in the blank.
• Murder

37. Level Playing Field - Question 11
• What is the correct mathematical name of this
Division Sign “/”?
• Virgule

38. Level Playing Field –
Question 12
• Name the Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty
• Aphrodite

39. Level Playing Field - Question 13
• Originally known as Idlewild Airport, by what name
is it known today?
• John F Kennedy International Airport

40. Level Playing Field - Question 14
• What Du Pont product has been used to describe
the blame evading qualities of Ronald Regan and
John Gotti?
• TEFLON

41. Level Playing Field - Question 15
• When would you be charged an “agio”?
• When converting currency (agio is the term used to
describe the premium or percentage paid for the
exchange of one currency for another)

42. Level Playing Field - Question 16
• Contrary to popular belief, the phrase “Survival of
the fittest” was not coined by Charles Darwin but
by a philosopher. Who?
• Herbert Spencer

43. Level Playing Field - Question 17
• At the age of sixteen in 1966, his first business
venture was a magazine called ”Student”
• In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business
• In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores
• Whom are we talking about?
• Richard Branson, boss of Virgin group

44. Level Playing Field - Question 18
• What company’s name is Korean for Great Universe
or Great House?
• Daewoo

45. Level Playing Field - Question 19
• Which country’s Prime Minister recently blamed
Apple for killing its entire economy?
• Finland

46. Level Playing Field - Question 20
• Real Madrid decided to remove the cross from its
logo recently. What prompted them to do so?
• Their recent tie-up with National Bank of Abu
Dhabi