Biz Quiz, IIT Kharagpur Quiz Week, Finals

Biz Quiz
IIT Kharagpur Quiz Week
By –
Harsh Agarwal
Mohit Tulsyan

Written I
Myths and Legends
5 Questions
+10/0 on all questions
Bonus +10 on getting all the answers right

1. Identify the company
 In Greek mythology, the Sirens were creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their
enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their
island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In
some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of
Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in
the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations
were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.
 Basing on the above, X, decided to use a Siren as its logo. It claims that just like
sirens used to lure sailors after enchanting them by its voice, their caffeinated
products will lure you back, again and again.

2. Just give me the company.
 X is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design,
development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear,
apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near
Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's largest
supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports
equipment.
 Named after the Greek goddess of victory, X was initially called Blue Ribbon
Sports.

3. Id X.
 In the original Greek mythology, X was a Greek goddess who opened her
Y, and released a horde of evil on mankind to cause them misery.
 Unlike the mythology, X Radio is music streaming and rating website
which “opens a Y of music to create peace and harmony”

4. Which drink am I talking about which finds its
devout fan base to include Guns and Roses, Neil
Patrick Harris among others.
 Translated literally from German, X means ‘master of hunters’. The hunting them
runs through the brand, as the label features a poem by a hunter and a reference
to the patron saint of hunters, Saint Hubertus and Saint Eustace.
 According to its website, “Our striking logo draws from the tale of Saint Hubertus.
Once a wild huntsman, Hubertus had a vision of a mighty stag carrying a glowing
cross between its antlers. The vision transformed him and afterwards he
championed a greater respect for nature, eventually becoming known as the
patron saint of hunters. Curt Mast thought this powerful story was a perfect match
to his potent elixir and adopted the emblem of the stag in honor of the true
‘Hunting Master’.”

5. Give me the company named after X.
 X was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges in
the Hebrew Bible (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last of the leaders who "judged"
Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered to be an
Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian
Enkidu and the Greek Heracles. He had the power of being very strong and sturdy, and
even killed a lion with his bare hands.
 X was betrayed by his lover Delilah, who ordered a servant to cut his hair while he was
sleeping and turned him over to his Philistine enemies, who gouged out his eyes and
forced him to grind grain in a mill at Gaza. When the Philistines took X into their temple
of Dagon, X asked to rest against one of the support pillars; after being granted
permission, he prayed to God and miraculously recovered his strength, allowing him to
grasp hold of the columns and tear them down, killing himself and all the Philistines
with him.
 In the movie “Shape of Water” the above is referenced to and Richard Strickland
compares himself to X.

Written I
Myths and Legends
Answers

Identify the company
 In Greek mythology, the Sirens were creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their
enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their
island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In
some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of
Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in
the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations
were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.
 Basing on the above, X, decided to use a Siren as its logo. It claims that just like
sirens used to lure sailors after enchanting them by its voice, their caffeinated
products will lure you back, again and again.

Just give me the company.
 X is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design,
development, manufacturing, and worldwide marketing and sales of footwear,
apparel, equipment, accessories, and services. The company is headquartered near
Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. It is the world's largest
supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports
equipment.
 Named after the Greek goddess of victory, X was initially called Blue Ribbon
Sports.

Id X.
 In the original Greek mythology, X was a Greek goddess who opened her
Y, and released a horde of evil on mankind to cause them misery.
 Unlike the mythology, X Radio is music streaming and rating website
which “opens a Y of music to create peace and harmony”

Which drink am I talking about which finds its
devout fan base to include Guns and Roses, Neil
Patrick Harris among others.
 Translated literally from German, X means ‘master of hunters’. The hunting them
runs through the brand, as the label features a poem by a hunter and a reference
to the patron saint of hunters, Saint Hubertus and Saint Eustace.
 According to its website, “Our striking logo draws from the tale of Saint Hubertus.
Once a wild huntsman, Hubertus had a vision of a mighty stag carrying a glowing
cross between its antlers. The vision transformed him and afterwards he
championed a greater respect for nature, eventually becoming known as the
patron saint of hunters. Curt Mast thought this powerful story was a perfect match
to his potent elixir and adopted the emblem of the stag in honor of the true
‘Hunting Master’.”

Give me the company named after X.
 X was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges in
the Hebrew Bible (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last of the leaders who "judged"
Israel before the institution of the monarchy. He is sometimes considered to be an
Israelite version of the popular Near Eastern folk hero also embodied by the Sumerian
Enkidu and the Greek Heracles. He had the power of being very strong and sturdy, and
even killed a lion with his bare hands.
 X was betrayed by his lover Delilah, who ordered a servant to cut his hair while he was
sleeping and turned him over to his Philistine enemies, who gouged out his eyes and
forced him to grind grain in a mill at Gaza. When the Philistines took X into their temple
of Dagon, X asked to rest against one of the support pillars; after being granted
permission, he prayed to God and miraculously recovered his strength, allowing him to
grasp hold of the columns and tear them down, killing himself and all the Philistines
with him.
 In the movie “Shape of Water” the above is referenced to and Richard Strickland
compares himself to X.

Dries I
Khichdi
Rolling Bounce and Infinite Pounce
10 Questions
+10/0 on Bounce
+10/-5 on Pounce

1. Black and Bulky ;)
 X was originally a textile company with a small plastics unit acquired in the early
1970s when the textile business needed card cans, for which the company had
imported plastic rotational moulding technology. This idea of plastics in the textile
industry did not work out. The company thought laterally to see if the rusty
overhead Ys could be replaced with new plastic ones that the company could build.
The company’s ‘one-piece-ready plastic Y’ was exhibited for the first time at the
ChemTech exhibition in Bombay in 1975. Around that time there was a cement and
steel crunch in the country and as they polluted the water, Ys from X, made from
food grade polyethylene debuted in the country.

SAFETY SLIDE, so that I don’t overshoot.

2. ID the extremely viral, and witty creation(s) of
Akshar Pathak. This is an extract from his ‘About
Me’.
 Minimal Bollywood Posters happened. Got published in about 90 newspapers
and magazines. Gave a few TEDx talks. I face stage fright in public restrooms, so all
this was relatively this was much bigger. Put up an Exhibition at IHC. Life was about
to be all about champagne, coke and throwing tv’s out of windows from then on.
Not. Met the girl of my dreams. There’s almost no scary movie left that we haven’t
watched together. Our favorite is probably ‘The Cabin in the Woods‘. We plan to
travel around the globe and cover most of the countries within the next five years.
Then we get married and have kids. Cos the amount of times I’ve had to say NO!
to facebook games and events invitations, has totally prepared me to be a
father already. Started working at X.

3. Identify this organization.
 The average cost of facilitating ‘this’ is currently $10,130, a cost that’s been rising
steadily: It’s up 30 percent from 2010. And the 38-year-old organization will soon
appeal to a crowd sourcing platform for help footing that bill. Joining hands with PwC,
they have created a crowd funding platform for people to contribute, hoping that will
bring more transparency to how their money comes in. It facilitates about 29,000
successful applications from over 100,000 applications per year and executes those,
however expensive it might be.
 In the spring of 1980, 7-year-old Christopher James Greicius (August 13, 1972 – May 3,
1980) was being treated for leukemia. He aspired to be a police officer. U.S. Customs
Officer Tommy Austin befriended Chris and worked with officers at the Arizona
Department of Public Safety to plan an experience to lift Greicius' spirits. Chris spent the
day as a police officer, rode in a police helicopter, received a custom-tailored police
uniform, and was sworn in as the first honorary Public Safety patrolman in state history.
This became the inspiration for the organization

4. Holy cows! Just ID the country.
 This country has brought in KPMG to implement uniform
internationally accepted accounting practices in his country,
Ernst & Young to scrutinise the management of its utilities
and municipal services, Deloitte & Touche to audit its bank,
McKinsey along with Chris Patten (former head of BBC and
Governor of Hong Kong) to restructure its media operations
and Spencer Stuart to recruit top management talent from
around the globe. Name the country.

5. #90s_kids
Which electronic giant introduced Betamax (X)?
 Not so long ago, before DC, Pen Drives and Google Drive, we all used CDs and DVDs to
pirate movies. One generation prior to that, was the great Video Tape war, where X’s
Betamax took on JVC’s VHS.
 In the Betamax vs VHS war, in team Beta were X, Sanyo, Toshiba, Pioneer, Murphy,
Aiwa and NEC, while VHS had JVC, Panasonic, Mitsubishi and Sharp.
 The first home video recorder to hit the market back in 1975 was from X, and used the
company's Betamax format. Soon after that, JVC released a competing home video
recorder that was lighter, cheaper, and used VHS format tapes that could hold a two-
hour movie instead of Betamax's one-hour limit—and that was the key.
 VHS was readily embraced by the video rental industry because a single cassette could
hold an entire movie. And it was that slight advantage in popularity and price that
eventually gave VHS a greater market share that grew and grew until Betamax became
nothing more than a footnote in the history of consumer electronics.

6. So what did the Physicists do which would
also remind you of a very famous quote by
Einstein (almost the same)?
 The year was 1986, and the American Physical Society’s annual April meeting was
slated to be held in San Diego. But when scheduling conflicts caused the hotel
arrangements to fall through just a few months before, the conference's organizers
were left scrambling to find an alternative destination that could accommodate the
crowd—and ended up settling on Las Vegas's MGM grand.
 It was an unmitigated disaster for the Grand. Financially, it was the worst week
they’d ever had. After the conference was over, APS was politely asked never to
return—not just by the MGM Grand, but by the entire city of Las Vegas.
Everyone knows that it's a near-impossibility to beat a casino's odds on a large
scale. Lucky individuals' wins are always subsidized by the unlucky masses, and
everyone's luck runs out eventually.

The physicists simply refused to gamble
Physicists do

7. #KnowYourQM_Question(2)
As per the hotel website, “The transformation of the legendary Harland &
Wolff headquarters and spectacular Drawing Offices is now complete.
Belfast's newest boutique hotel offers an unforgettable experience for
anyone visiting Northern Ireland on business or for pleasure.”
What is this hotel aptly named? Helpful image on the next slide.

Titanic. Harland & Wolff were its
shipbuilders. Yo OENA.

8. Only one surname should come to mind
 Thomas X was born in a small hamlet in Guernsey called Le Bourg in 1793. At the
age of ten he was apprenticed to his brother-in-law Joseph Antoine Chevalier, who
produced the Gazette de l'Île de Guernsey, the first printed newspaper on the
island. During this period Thomas gained a thorough knowledge of printing.
 In 1818 he moved to London with his family and set up shop initially as a straw hat
manufacturer, but he soon diversified into bookbinding and the embossing of
leather, and then into paper manufacture. By around 1828 his interests had moved
to playing cards and he began to put everything he had learnt into practice. X's
early letterpress playing cards c.1832 are on the next slide. The Ace of Spades
carries the duty of one shilling at the top and has the text "By His Majesty's Royal
Letters Patent" printed at the bottom which had been granted to X by King William
IV for 'certain improvements in making or manufacturing and ornamenting playing
cards.'

Written – II
Quirky Startups
5 Questions
+10/0 normally
+20/-10 with stakes

1. Give me X.
 Offensive Crayons is being pitched to those who are tired of boring crayon colors like
blue, red, white, and just slightly more interesting shades like burnt sienna. They’ve
gotten rid of the “safe colors,” and instead, each crayon in the pack features an
offensive name such as Miscarriage Maroon, Travel Ban Brown, Boner Pill Blue, Privilege,
Two In The Pink, and more. They’re even taking the offensiveness to the next level by
only offering the Privilege crayon to those who have white privilege, meaning that only
“Caucasian backers” can buy those exclusive white crayons.
 “This is the X[5][7][8] version of Crayola,” the team explained. “We’re creating products
that are exciting, engaging, and downright offensive. Offensive comedy itself is nothing
new, and nowadays it seems like too many people are hesitant to push that envelope.
All we’re doing is combining the joy of coloring with the anxiety and appalling reality
that is life.”

2. As usual, give me, ummm…X!
 The X-enger, derived from the word X+Messenger, is the world’s first and only
operating and commercially viable X transferal device in existence
 The original X-enger concept was conceived at the National University of
Singapore in 2011, and has evolved into the creation of Singapore incorporated X-
engers Pte Ltd in 2012
 Combining resources and a developers from Singapore, Sri Lanka, Spain, Taiwan ,
USA and China over 2 years, the first batch of the said product was first dispatched
in 2015.
 X-engers aims to be the world’s leader in embodied emotional communication
hardware manufacturing and product development, not just a single product
company

3. Either fill in the blanks or give me the
funda about Knops
 How often does it happen that you go and sit in a flight, thinking you would chill
and suddenly you hear the dreaded sound of a baby/kid crying in the seat behind
you?
 Or you want to go to a concert but due to the fear of your ears falling off, you skip
it?
 Well, no more. Here comes Knops, the ______ ______ for your ears.

4. ID X, the name of the startup/product which is
a portmanteau of two words that explain its
entire functionality
 You are putting on the finishing touches of your client’s biggest event of the year. The
tables are set, the lights are lit, and the aroma of fine dining is filling the room. However,
the guests seemed to be drawn in by a colorful display of fog. Intrigued by this sight,
the guests run their fingers through the cold mist to find out by surprise that the
images move along the tips of their fingers–almost as if everything is in the palm of
their hands.
 This display becomes the most memorable piece of the party due to its power to bring
the guests together to interact and experience the capabilities of this display. It is truly
unlike anything the guests have ever seen.
 This piece of technology is no dream. Within the past few years, a team of Russian
technicians has invented X: a 3D multi-touch screen technology that projects images
onto an aerodynamic layer of fog. Combined by an infrared camera, projector, motion
sensors, and cold fog made up of ultra fine water droplets, X is able to take interactive
technology to the next level.

5. Simple enough, ID Y.
 When a friend and fellow classmate’s demise turned out to be a case of suicide
owing to placement pressure, Richa Singh understood the existence of stigma
associated with the idea of counselling. Along with the stigma associated with
visiting a mental health counsellor, it showed up the ugly face of peer pressure,
placement pressure, parental pressure and other issues which looked very simple
on the face of it but “the repercussions were serious,” says Richa.
 This lead to Y, a counselling website, of which we all have heard of.

Written – II
Quirky Startups
Answers

Give me X.
 Offensive Crayons is being pitched to those who are tired of boring crayon colors like
blue, red, white, and just slightly more interesting shades like burnt sienna. They’ve
gotten rid of the “safe colors,” and instead, each crayon in the pack features an
offensive name such as Miscarriage Maroon, Travel Ban Brown, Boner Pill Blue, Privilege,
Two In The Pink, and more. They’re even taking the offensiveness to the next level by
only offering the Privilege crayon to those who have white privilege, meaning that only
“Caucasian backers” can buy those exclusive white crayons.
 “This is the X[5][7][8] version of Crayola,” the team explained. “We’re creating products
that are exciting, engaging, and downright offensive. Offensive comedy itself is nothing
new, and nowadays it seems like too many people are hesitant to push that envelope.
All we’re doing is combining the joy of coloring with the anxiety and appalling reality
that is life.”

As usual, give me, ummm…X!
 The X-enger, derived from the word X+Messenger, is the world’s first and only
operating and commercially viable X transferal device in existence
 The original X-enger concept was conceived at the National University of
Singapore in 2011, and has evolved into the creation of Singapore incorporated X-
engers Pte Ltd in 2012
 Combining resources and a developers from Singapore, Sri Lanka, Spain, Taiwan ,
USA and China over 2 years, the first batch of the said product was first dispatched
in 2015.
 X-engers aims to be the world’s leader in embodied emotional communication
hardware manufacturing and product development, not just a single product
company

Either fill in the blanks or give me the
funda about Knops
 How often does it happen that you go and sit in a flight, thinking you would chill
and suddenly you hear the dreaded sound of a baby/kid crying in the seat behind
you?
 Or you want to go to a concert but due to the fear of your ears falling off, you skip
it?
 Well, no more. Here comes Knops, the ______ ______ for your ears.

Volume Button. It controls the amount of
sound heard by your ears

ID X, the name of the startup/product which is a
portmanteau of two words that explain its entire
functionality
 You are putting on the finishing touches of your client’s biggest event of the year. The
tables are set, the lights are lit, and the aroma of fine dining is filling the room. However,
the guests seemed to be drawn in by a colorful display of fog. Intrigued by this sight,
the guests run their fingers through the cold mist to find out by surprise that the
images move along the tips of their fingers–almost as if everything is in the palm of
their hands.
 This display becomes the most memorable piece of the party due to its power to bring
the guests together to interact and experience the capabilities of this display. It is truly
unlike anything the guests have ever seen.
 This piece of technology is no dream. Within the past few years, a team of Russian
technicians has invented X: a 3D multi-touch screen technology that projects images
onto an aerodynamic layer of fog. Combined by an infrared camera, projector, motion
sensors, and cold fog made up of ultra fine water droplets, X is able to take interactive
technology to the next level.

Simple enough, ID Y.
 When a friend and fellow classmate’s demise turned out to be a case of suicide
owing to placement pressure, Richa Singh understood the existence of stigma
associated with the idea of counselling. Along with the stigma associated with
visiting a mental health counsellor, it showed up the ugly face of peer pressure,
placement pressure, parental pressure and other issues which looked very simple
on the face of it but “the repercussions were serious,” says Richa.
 This lead to Y, a counselling website, of which we all have heard of.

yourDOST.com which is providing free
mental health counselling to KGPians

Dry Round – II
The ‘Finer Things’ in Life
Automobiles, Food, Music, Racism, Liquor et al.
+20/-10

1. Ahem, ahem.
What is the two-worded
request that I have blanked
out?

2. Surprise, Surprise.
 The name of which Cookie/Biscuit Brand is also a slang for a
Black who acts or thinks like a White because of its black
exterior and it becomes white as you go inside?

3. ID X
 This may be a little confusing, but until 1903, it is universally accepted that
X contained a significant amount of X in it.
 Though X was not made illegal in USA until 1914, the change in public
opinion about the use of X caused a significant decrease of its amount in
X. However, it was not until 1929 that X was entirely X free.
 In fact, odd as it may sound X never tried to hide its X content. The man
who created X, got his idea from a French refreshment which contains X,
and the name of the product, reflects its origins.

4. ID X
 X has used the same logo — capitalized font beneath a lion crest —
continuously for 227 years, making it the world’s oldest unaltered logo in
continuous use, according to the company website. Perhaps even more
remarkable, the company has occupied the same location on London’s
Strand since its founding by Thomas X, its founder in 1706.

5. What is ‘inemuri’ at a work-place?
In Japan, if you’re partaking in ‘Inemuri’ at your
workplace, your colleagues would actually be
impressed, unlike in India where you’d definitely be
looked down upon.

Sleeping at work – Signifies you have been
working very hard!

6. What was the material on which Bone Music
was created? (X in the question)
 In Russia, during the Cold War, Stalin had banned music being imported from the west.
 A young 19 year-old sound engineer Ruslan Bogoslowski in Leningrad changed the
game when he created a device to bootleg western albums so he could distribute them
across Russia. Problem was he couldn't find material to bootleg his pressings onto, vinyl
was scare as were all petroleum products after the war. The music thus available was
aptly called “Bone Music or Ribs”.
 For 20 years he handmade and sold about 1,000,000 bootlegs onto X, of everything
from classical to the Beach Boys, eventually spending five years imprisoned in Siberia for
this rebellion.
 For over 20 years, Bone Music was the only way Russian music lovers could get western
music, which they played at "music and coffee parties" in their kitchens, away from the
KGB ears and eyes.

7. Name the automobile brand and the name of
the ornament that adorns all the cars of the
brand.
 Automobile enthusiast John Montagu commissioned Charles Sykes to create a
hood ornament for his prized car. Sykes crafted a figurine of Montagu’s lover
Eleanor Thornton, in fluttering robes, a finger held against her lips to symbolize the
secrecy of their relationship. It was called ‘The Whisper.’
 Sykes was later asked to create a uniform ornament for the same automobile
brand, and he turned to his former work for inspiration.

8. Give me X. Also tell me the change brought
out for this special edition bottle.
 The limited edition bottles from Johnnie Walker, will be available in the US from
March, which coincides with Women's History Month and International Women's
Day celebrations.
 This is part of the brand's 'Keep Walking America' campaign and Johnnie Walker
will donate $1 for every bottle of X produced to organisations that work for
women's causes.
 "Important conversations about gender continue to be at the forefront of culture
and we strongly believe there is no better time than now to introduce our X and
contribute to pioneering organizations that share our mission. We are proud to
toast the many achievements of women and everyone on the journey towards
progress in gender equality," Stephanie Jacoby, Vice-President of Johnnie Walker,
said.

Johnnie Walker becomes Jane Walker

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