Mini Biz Quiz by Aditya Gupta.

1. Biz Quiz
By Aditya Gupta

2. Rules
• 18 questions
• +20 on direct
• +30/-10 on pounce.
• +10 on pass
• No hints will be provided

3. Question 1
• X named his store Y after watching the classic film but apparently
there was a bar that was called the same and the owner of the bar
came and said, "this is going to confuse things to have two Ys."
• They had already made the molds for the letters in the sign, so they
just rearranged them to see what they could find, and they
found Z, which leaves fans wondering where the additional A came
from, but there is speculation that they had more than one set of
letters.
• In addition, the price for the letters "B" and "O" were double the
price as it costs more to make them round and at the time this
presented a significant cost for the new company.
• Identify X, Y/Z

4. Question 1
• X named his store Y after watching the classic film but apparently
there was a bar that was called the same and the owner of the bar
came and said, "this is going to confuse things to have two Ys."
• They had already made the molds for the letters in the sign, so they
just rearranged them to see what they could find, and they
found Z, which leaves fans wondering where the additional A came
from, but there is speculation that they had more than one set of
letters.
• In addition, the price for the letters "B" and "O" were double the
price as it costs more to make them round and at the time this
presented a significant cost for the new company.
• Identify X, Y/Z

5. Answer
• X – Amancio Ortega • Y – Zobra, Z – Zara

6. Question 2
• The origins of “X” date back to the founding of Precision
Optical Instruments Laboratory in 1937. In 1934 the company
switched to the name of its first camera, “Y” named in the
honor of Japanese Buddhist God of Mercy.
• When the company sought to begin full scale marketing, it
needed a brand name that would be accepted worldwide. It
was in 1947 when the company renamed itself to “X”. The
word “X” comes from the Buddhist bodhisattva Guan Yin and
has a number of meanings, including scriptures, criterion, and
standard.
• Identify X/Y

7. Question 2
• The origins of “X” date back to the founding of Precision
Optical Instruments Laboratory in 1937. In 1934 the company
switched to the name of its first camera, “Y” named in the
honor of Japanese Buddhist God of Mercy.
• When the company sought to begin full scale marketing, it
needed a brand name that would be accepted worldwide. It
was in 1947 when the company renamed itself to “X”. The
word “X” comes from the Buddhist bodhisattva Guan Yin and
has a number of meanings, including scriptures, criterion, and
standard.
• Identify X/Y

8. Answer
• X – Canon, Y – Kwanon

9. Question 3
• What historic event is being depicted in this picture?

10. Question 3
• What historic event is being depicted in this picture?

11. Answer
• Buttonwood Agreement, which took place on May 17, 1792,
started the New York Stock & Exchange Board now called
the New York Stock Exchange. This agreement was signed by
24 stockbrokers outside of 68 Wall Street, New York under a
buttonwood tree.
• The organization drafted its consbal on March 8, 1817, and
named itself the "New York Stock & Exchange Board". In 1863,
this name was shortened to its modern form, the "New York
Stock Exchange".

12. Question 4
CONNECT
• While serving as a lieutenant colonel of the Confederate Army's
Third Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Georgia State Guard, he was
wounded in the Battle of Columbus, Georgia(1865). He sustained
his injury from a saber with which he was slashed across his chest .
• Vin Mariani was very popular in its day, even among royalty such
as Queen Victoria. Pope Leo XIII and later Pope Saint Pius X were
both Vin Mariani drinkers. Thomas Edison claimed that Vin Mariani
helped him stay awake longer.
• French Wine Coca was advertised as a cure for nerve
trouble, dyspepsia, mental and physical exhaustion, gastric
irritability, wasting diseases, constipation, headache, and
impotence.

13. Question 4
CONNECT
• While serving as a lieutenant colonel of the Confederate Army's
Third Georgia Cavalry Battalion, Georgia State Guard, he was
wounded in the Battle of Columbus, Georgia(1865). He sustained
his injury from a saber with which he was slashed across his chest .
• Vin Mariani was very popular in its day, even among royalty such
as Queen Victoria. Pope Leo XIII and later Pope Saint Pius X were
both Vin Mariani drinkers. Thomas Edison claimed that Vin Mariani
helped him stay awake longer.
• French Wine Coca was advertised as a cure for nerve
trouble, dyspepsia, mental and physical exhaustion, gastric
irritability, wasting diseases, constipation, headache, and
impotence.

14. Answer
• Coca Cola

15. Question 5
• Identify the author

16. Question 5
• Identify the author

17. Answer
• David Novak

18. Question 6
• Art Deco is an influential visual arts design style that first appeared
in France just before WWI and began flourishing internationally in
1920s, 1930s, and 1940s before its popularity waned after WWII. It
is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with
Machine Age imagery and materials. It was used widely in
consumer products such as automobiles, furniture, cookware,
china, textiles, clocks, and electronic items such as radios,
telephones, and jukeboxes. It also influenced architecture, interior
design, industrial design, fashion, graphic arts, and cinema. This
style was used by X in 1935 to design the logo for Y, a company
founded by former president of United Artists . Y was originally
created as a painting on several layers of glass and animated frame-
by-frame.
• Identify X and Y.

19. Question 6
• Art Deco is an influential visual arts design style that first appeared
in France just before WWI and began flourishing internationally in
1920s, 1930s, and 1940s before its popularity waned after WWII. It
is an eclectic style that combines traditional craft motifs with
Machine Age imagery and materials. It was used widely in
consumer products such as automobiles, furniture, cookware,
china, textiles, clocks, and electronic items such as radios,
telephones, and jukeboxes. It also influenced architecture, interior
design, industrial design, fashion, graphic arts, and cinema. This
style was used by X in 1935 to design the logo for Y, a company
founded by former president of United Artists . Y was originally
created as a painting on several layers of glass and animated frame-
by-frame.
• Identify X and Y.

20. Answer
• X – Emil Kosa, Jr • Y – 20th Century Fox

21. Question 7
• Australia were playing against England in the first test in
December 1979. On the second day of the play, X emerged
onto the field carrying Y which was manufactured by his
friend Graeme Monaghan. It was not the first time X had used
Y, as he had employed one 12 days previously in a Test against
West Indies, without incident.
• The trouble began on the 4th ball of the second day, when X
straight drove a ball from Ian Botham. The ball went for three
runs, and nothing appeared untoward. However, Australian
captain Greg Chappel thought that the ball should have gone
for a four. English captain Mike Brearley complained to the
umpires that Y was damaging the leather cricket ball.
• Identify X and Y

22. Question 7
• Australia were playing against England in the first test in
December 1979. On the second day of the play, X emerged
onto the field carrying Y which was manufactured by his
friend Graeme Monaghan. It was not the first time X had used
Y, as he had employed one 12 days previously in a Test against
West Indies, without incident.
• The trouble began on the 4th ball of the second day, when X
straight drove a ball from Ian Botham. The ball went for three
runs, and nothing appeared untoward. However, Australian
captain Greg Chappel thought that the ball should have gone
for a four. English captain Mike Brearley complained to the
umpires that Y was damaging the leather cricket ball.
• Identify X and Y

23. Answer
• X – Dennis Lillee • Y – Combat

24. Question 8
• Founded by Abhishek Mazumdar and Anurag Mazumdar, X is
a digital media publication based in Bengaluru, India.
Struggling with their engineering studies and backlog and
they loosing all hopes of anyone offering them with any job to
secure their future, they started X to take the spice
exasperation business out of the news and rather provide
high quality content even though none of them were from the
journalism or media background, neither did they had any
connections with anyone in the media industry. Today, X has
more than 10 million monthly visitors.
• Identify X.

25. Question 8
• Founded by Abhishek Mazumdar and Anurag Mazumdar, X is
a digital media publication based in Bengaluru, India.
Struggling with their engineering studies and backlog and
they loosing all hopes of anyone offering them with any job to
secure their future, they started X to take the spice
exasperation business out of the news and rather provide
high quality content even though none of them were from the
journalism or media background, neither did they had any
connections with anyone in the media industry. Today, X has
more than 10 million monthly visitors.
• Identify X.

26. Answer
THE
LOGICAL
INDIAN

27. Question 9
• He is considered to be the
“Father of Toyota
Production System”, which
became “Lean Manufactu-
ring” in the U.S
• He also devised “Muda”,
also known as “Seven
Wastes”, which is a key
concept in TPS as one of the
three types of deviation for
optimal allocation of
resources.

28. Question 9
• He is considered to be the
“Father of Toyota
Production System”, which
became “Lean Manufactu-
ring” in the U.S
• He also devised “Muda”,
also known as “Seven
Wastes”, which is a key
concept in TPS as one of the
three types of deviation for
optimal allocation of
resources.

29. Answer
Taichii Ohno
(1912-1990)

30. Question 10
• Guess the print ad

31. Question 10
• Guess the print ad

32. Answer
• National Geographic

33. Question 11
• Guess the print ad

34. Question 11
• Guess the print ad

35. Answer
• IKEA

36. Question 12
• Guess the print ad

37. Question 12
• Guess the print ad

38. Answer
• Fevikwik

39. Question 13
• X was a Costa Rica-based centralized digital currency service that
billed itself as the "oldest, safest and most popular payment
processor, serving millions all around a world“. It allowed users to
register and transfer money to other users with only a name, e-mail
address, and birth date. No efforts were made by the site to verify
identities of its users, making it an attractive payment processor to
scam artists.
• In May 2013, X was shut down by United States federal prosecutors
under the Patriot Act after an investigation by authorities across 17
countries. The United States charged founder Arthur Budovsky and
six others with money laundering and operating an unlicensed
financial transaction company.
• Richard Weber, head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service criminal
investigation unit, declared, "If Al Capone were alive today, this is
how he would be hiding his money“. Identify X.

40. Question 13
• X was a Costa Rica-based centralized digital currency service that
billed itself as the "oldest, safest and most popular payment
processor, serving millions all around a world“. It allowed users to
register and transfer money to other users with only a name, e-mail
address, and birth date. No efforts were made by the site to verify
identities of its users, making it an attractive payment processor to
scam artists.
• In May 2013, X was shut down by United States federal prosecutors
under the Patriot Act after an investigation by authorities across 17
countries. The United States charged founder Arthur Budovsky and
six others with money laundering and operating an unlicensed
financial transaction company.
• Richard Weber, head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service criminal
investigation unit, declared, "If Al Capone were alive today, this is
how he would be hiding his money“. Identify X.

41. Answer

42. Question 14
• Identify the co-author

43. Question 14
• Identify the co-author

44. Answer
• Peter Thiel

45. Question 15
• Inspired by the idea of collaboration, three IIT Kharagpur
alumni, Ankit D.P, Somnath Meker and Chandrashekhar Iyer,
decided to launch X. By October 2011, X got funded and
incubated under the Technology Business Incubators (TBI)
program by DST, Government of India at Science and
Technology Entrepreneurs. X launched Y as its first product.
The founders said that they launched Y because “they wanted
to start by solving a small yet a very common problem”. The
main feature of Y is that it prevents tangling of earphones. Y is
available online for Rs 200.
• Identify X/Y

46. Question 15
• Inspired by the idea of collaboration, three IIT Kharagpur
alumni, Ankit D.P, Somnath Meker and Chandrashekhar Iyer,
decided to launch X. By October 2011, X got funded and
incubated under the Technology Business Incubators (TBI)
program by DST, Government of India at Science and
Technology Entrepreneurs. X launched Y as its first product.
The founders said that they launched Y because “they wanted
to start by solving a small yet a very common problem”. The
main feature of Y is that it prevents tangling of earphones. Y is
available online for Rs 200.
• Identify X/Y

47. Answer
• X – Witworks • Y – Rewind
Witworks

48. Question 16
• In business, “X” is a friendly investor
that acquires a corporation at a fair consideration with the
support from the corporation's board of directors and
management. This may be during a period while it is facing
a hostile acquisition from another potential acquirer, “Y” or it
is facing bankruptcy.
• “X” are preferred by the board of directors and/or
management as in most cases as they do not replace the
current board or management with a new board, whereas, in
most cases, “Y” will seek to replace the current board of
directors and/or management with its new board reflective of
its net interest in the corporation's equity. Identify X and Y.

49. Question 16
• In business, “X” is a friendly investor
that acquires a corporation at a fair consideration with the
support from the corporation's board of directors and
management. This may be during a period while it is facing
a hostile acquisition from another potential acquirer, “Y” or it
is facing bankruptcy.
• “X” are preferred by the board of directors and/or
management as in most cases as they do not replace the
current board or management with a new board, whereas, in
most cases, “Y” will seek to replace the current board of
directors and/or management with its new board reflective of
its net interest in the corporation's equity. Identify X and Y.

50. Answer
• X – White Knight
• Y – Black Knight

51. Question 17
• X is a restaurant chain specializing specializing in chicken. It is
owned by Yum! Brands, which also owns its sister
franchise Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut franchises began offering buffalo
chicken wings in 1995. In 2003, Yum! launched X as a hybrid
combo unit with an existing Pizza Hut franchise. As of
September 2008, there were close to 1,600 locations in the
U.S., Canada, and Australia. They are almost always co-located
with Pizza Hut.
• X restaurants sell breaded and traditional Buffalo wings for
take-out and delivery. Their sauces are: Sweet Chili (formerly
Spicy Asian), Spicy BBQ, Honey BBQ, Garlic Parmesan, and
Buffalo (Mild, Medium, and Hot). They also have sauce-free
wings called Naked Wings. Identify X

52. Question 17
• X is a restaurant chain specializing specializing in chicken. It is
owned by Yum! Brands, which also owns its sister
franchise Pizza Hut. Pizza Hut franchises began offering buffalo
chicken wings in 1995. In 2003, Yum! launched X as a hybrid
combo unit with an existing Pizza Hut franchise. As of
September 2008, there were close to 1,600 locations in the
U.S., Canada, and Australia. They are almost always co-located
with Pizza Hut.
• X restaurants sell breaded and traditional Buffalo wings for
take-out and delivery. Their sauces are: Sweet Chili (formerly
Spicy Asian), Spicy BBQ, Honey BBQ, Garlic Parmesan, and
Buffalo (Mild, Medium, and Hot). They also have sauce-free
wings called Naked Wings. Identify X

53. Answer
• X – Wingstreet

54. Question 18
• Initially it was started as 'Brahmanara Coffee Club' in 1924
and changed the name in 1951 to X. In the mid 1970s when
India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was
introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very
low prices. This move made it difficult for X to maintain high
standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify
into the instant food business, selling ready-to-eat snacks
such as chutneys and rasams.
• X has a restaurant located on the Lal Bagh Road
in Bangalore and 6 other branches in the city, as well as one
each in Singapore, Dubai and London. Identify X.

55. Question 18
• Initially it was started as 'Brahmanara Coffee Club' in 1924
and changed the name in 1951 to X. In the mid 1970s when
India was under emergency, a Food Control Act was
introduced which mandated that food was to be sold at very
low prices. This move made it difficult for X to maintain high
standards in its restaurant business and forced it to diversify
into the instant food business, selling ready-to-eat snacks
such as chutneys and rasams.
• X has a restaurant located on the Lal Bagh Road
in Bangalore and 6 other branches in the city, as well as one
each in Singapore, Dubai and London. Identify X.

56. Answer
• X – MTR