Weekly quiz held at IIT Patna on the date mentioned

1. Question 1

2. Connect:

3. Question 2

4. This logo was drawn by Ronald Wayne
in 1976.
It depicts Isaac Newton sitting under a
tree, an apple dangling precipitously
above his head. The phrase on the
outside border reads, “Newton… A
Mind Forever Voyaging Through
Strange Seas of Thought … Alone.”
Not surprisingly, the above logo only
lasted a year before X commissioned
graphic designer Rob Janoff to come
up with something a little bit more
modern. Who’s X?

5. Question 3

6. It was the early 1950’s. India
had just won her freedom and
the economy was shaky. Upper
middle class women were
spending valuable foreign
exchange on western X while
the more middle class women
had no access to quality X
because of non-availability in
the Indian market. Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
approached JRD Tata to come
up with a solution. He came up
with Y. What was Y ?

7. Question 4

8. X was created by Eustace Fernandes, the
art director of DaCunha Communications
in 1966, the same year the simple yet
catchy phrase “Y_Z” was coined by
Sylvester DaCunha’s wife, Nisha DaCunha.
In 1966, DaCunha and Fernandes designed
the mascot’s first public appearance on
billboards. The cute image of X kneeling in
prayer, with one eye closed got an
immediate positive response from the
public.
Identify X.
(BONUS for identifying Y_Z)

9. Question 5

10. The first
three
pictures are
connected to
X.

11. Question 6

12. There have been rumors that the logo of Apple inc.
was a tribute to X, a computer scientist who
committed suicide in 1954 by cyanide poisoning,
and had been found with a half-eaten apple next to
his bed. But it turned out that the bite in the Apple
logo is there for scale, so the apple would not be
confused with a cherry.
Identify X.
The person helped the allied forces to emerge
victorious over the german forces by breaking the
Y code.
Give Y.
(BONUS for guessing Y correctly)

13. Question 7

14. In 1898, one year after the
establishment of Nippon Gakki
Co., Ltd., forerunner of today’s X
Corporation, the Company
decided to use a tuning fork as the
corporate mark, and a design
featuring a "Chinese phoenix
holding a tuning fork in its mouth"
as the trademark. After undergoing
a variety of changes paralleling
the growth of the Company, the
tuning fork mark and the X Logo
was finally standardized . Today
the logo is a combination of three
tuning forks . Identify X.HINT : It is an automobile
and music equipment
producer.

15. Question 8

16. connect

17. Question 9

18. • The name of the company X comes from a mathematical term with a
value 10^(100) .
Starting in September 1998, the company’s first workspace was
Susan Wojcicki’s garage on Santa Margarita Ave. in Menlo Park,
California.
• X was originally named BackRub.

19. Question 10

21. 1.Sugarpova is a premium candy line that reflects the fun, fashionable,
sweet side of international sensation X. A long time candy lover with a
surprising sweet tooth, X has created her own candy business to offer an
accessible bit of luxury interpreting classic candies in her own signature
style.
2.X went to Harvard to study global management and leadership for her
product .
3.X was born on April 19, 1987 in Nyagan, western Siberia, after her
parents fled their home in Gomel following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Now a global superstar, she is a UN Goodwill Ambassador, and has
donated heavily to Chernobyl-related projects.
Identify X.

22. Question 11

23. A term which means : persistent high inflation combined with
high unemployment and stagnant demand in a country's
economy.
Hint:wordplay.

24. Question 12

25. “The piece weighs about 11 kilos. Its height is 650mm tall. The base is a
hardwood base – with any concept trophy, we have to render, draw to
scale. We either draw freehand or pen work. That’s the starting point.”
It’s not just a matter of drawing it out. There are a lot of calculations
behind it, too.
“It’s a lot of responsibility,” says Zoe Clarke, the Design Manager. “You
need to be artistic, and try to produce a nice, organic looking design. But
then you need to also have the math behind to work out how it’s being
made, and to the drawings.”
What is being talked of ?

26. Question 13

27. The first X was sold to Harpal Singh in 1983 who owned it for the rest
of his life.
The last X was rolled out from the company's Gurgaon plant on January
18, 2014, and sent to a dealer in Shillong .
Since it first came out in 1983, X became popular among the masses
and held its ground as the most common choice among carriers for
middle class families. Since its production, 2.5 million units of X have
been sold. At the time of the launch, X was priced at Rs. 50,000.
identify X.

28. Question 14

30. “It serves two purposes: One is to really show the quality and strength
of X, the other one is having a very recognizable branding element so
that people in the 1880s, early 1890s could walk in and be like “I want
the pants with the two horses.”
Jonathan Cheung, X’s head of design
X is a very famous brand . Identify.

31. Question 15

32. Which
place has
all the
three?
Taj Mahal
KumbhakaranWhite House

33. Question 16

35. Question 17

37. Question 18

38. X owns Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and Porsche.
It was started by Y in 1937 and an entire city was built just to house the
factories and the workers.
Give X and Y.

39. Question 19

41. Question 20

42. Each piece bears a glyph (a letter or other character), or glyphs,
symbolizing the multilingualism of X. As with the latin word ‘W’, these
glyphs are in most cases the first glyph or glyphs of the name X
rendered in that language. The empty space at the top represents the
incomplete nature of the project.
What project are we talking of ? More precisely, what is X?

43. Question 21

45. The end