Mad Men, Madison Avenue - The first two lines would be found in the TV show Mad Men about advertising executives in Madison Avenue in New York City in the 1960s. XY refers to Madison Avenue in New York City, which was designated with Y streets running north-south when Manhattan was originally planned out. Steven Smith founded Tazo Tea and later sold it to Starbucks, who then sold it to Unilever for a much higher price.

1. Weekly “Big Quiz”
13-01-2019
Samyuktha

2. Q1)
“____ ____ - term coined in the late 1950s to describe the advertising
executives of XY. They coined it.”
•
XY, of course, has been synonymous with the advertising industry
since the 1920s.
On closer examination, however, the story gets more interesting. Why
is it specifically called XY and not X street, boulevard, or road? When
Manhattan was planned out in 1811, streets (like XY) running North-
South were designated as Ys.
•
The street wasn’t part of the original plan, but was inserted between
Park Avenue(formerly Fourth) and Fifth Avenue in 1836.
Where would you see the first two lines? Identify XY.

3. Mad Men, Madison Avenue

4. Q2) What is the context?

5. Apple, Bend-gate

6. Q3)Who connects these brands?

7. Sasha Chetri

8. Q4)
• Daisuke Inoue is credited with creating the machine, although
he did not benefit from it as he did not patent his creation. He
received the 1999 Ig Nobel Award for the same.
• What is he credited with creating, something that derives from
‘empty’ and ‘orchestra’ in Japanese and is one of Japan’s
biggest cultural exports worldwide?

9. Karaoke

10. Q5) Founders of?

11. Flickr(And Hunch)

12. Q6)
• According to the TIME magazine, X is worth one multiplujillion,
nine obsquatumatillion, six hundred twenty-three dollars and
sixty-two cents.
• X’s accountant, Fenton Crackshell notes that X's money bin
contains 607 tillion 386 zillion 947 trillion 522 billion dollars and
36 cents.
• Forbes magazine listed X No.1 in it’s 2011 ‘Fictional 15’ with
$44 billion. Carl Barks quoted ‘He may or may not have more
money than anybody else, but one thing is certain: he is the
richest ______ in the world’.
• Name X and fill in the blank.

13. Scrooge McDuck

14. Q7) Explain the context.

15. Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna refused to
partner Leander Paes in the men's doubles team
for the London Olympics.

16. Q8)
• The son of Arikesari Maravarman, this Pandya king ruled
between 710 AD and 735 AD.
• He is remembered for his victorious battles against the Cheras
and Cholas and also the Marathas at Mangalapuram
(Mangalore).
• He also started hostilities with the Chalukyas of Badami and
the Gangas. His surname is Ranadhiran.
• What is his first name?

17. Kochchadaiyan Ranadheeran

18. Q9)
• Which fast food giant has decided to fight hunger In India through its
CSR initiative – ‘Add HOPE’. The company has partnered with World
Food Program (WFP), Akshaya Patra Foundation and India Food
Banking Network (IFBN) to provide 20 million meals to the under
privileged children in India by 2020.

19. KFC

20. Q10) Identify both.

21. Sivaji Ganesan, Marlon Brando

22. Q11)
Whose Advertisment for Isner-Mahut Game?

23. Kit-Kat

24. Q12) Connect

25. Ice Bucket Challenge

26. s
• Q13)
• There have been many fantastical proposed origins of this
seemingly odd modish style amongst comic artists. The true
reason, according to Julius Schwartz (famed editor of DC
Comics from 1944-1986), is that this was simply modeled after
the garb of aerial circus performers and wrestlers of the era
(since superheroes are often associated with feats of
athleticism).
• The earliest representation of this can be found in the science
fiction adventure comic strip Flash Gordon (1934).
• What are we talking about?

27. Wearing it the Superhero Style

28. Q14)
These are roughly the reasons to justify which activity?
• It comes under the purview of Coinage act of 2011 which tookover
the Coinage act of 1940. Further it is not included as per section 24(1)
of the RBI Act 1934.
• It is the base unit and not promissory in nature.
• It is an Asset and not a Liability.

29. The Finance Secretary signs the 1 Rs note

30. Q15)
Steven Smith founded Tazo Tea in 1994 & approached ’X’ in 1998,
seeking further investment partners. The company was purchased by
‘X’ in 1999 for $8.1 million. This acquisition was spoken about & left the
business world confused & was termed unusual. In November 2017, ‘X’
sold Tazo to Unilever for $384 million. Identify ‘X’.

31. Starbucks