Biz Quiz @ Interface 2011, BITS Pilani

Biz Quiz – Interface 2011A Quiz By UtsabSaha, RishabhKaul and Vivek Krishnan

Preliminary Round25 QuestionsWritten RoundQuizmaster’s Decision is final.Don’t Panic

Question 1This 18,500 word behemoth of a document featured the word reforms only 14 times, yet it changed the face of the Indian economy forever. Identify this legendary piece of paperwork.

Question 2Identify these two gentlemen and the eponymous brand they started which urges you to be “One in a Million”.

Question 3The ad campaign for which cigarette brand allured generations of smokers with it “Made for each other” tag line?

Question 4ConnectDelhi - DotMumbai - DiamondHyderabad - StarKolkata - No Identifying Mark

Question 5Shahrukh Khan did it in 2005, AbhishekBachchan did it in 2009. Ali Zafar also did the same in Pakistan in 2009. Who was the first of his kind to do this?

Question 6ConnectSatyamHimachal Futuristic Communications Ltd.SSIAftek InfosysZee TelefilmsPentamediaSilverline Padmini TDSQGlobal Telesystems (Global)

Question 7The 2004 Tagline for which company was : "Screw Yourself"?

Question 8This company made its first magnetic tape by inviting all the family members of their employees to help them in painting the magnetic material on to thin strips of handmade paper with paint brushes. Years later IBM chose them as their exclusive provider for magnetic backup tapes. Identify.

Question 9*Poppin' Fresh was created by Leo Burnett copywriter Rudy Perz as he sat in his kitchen, one night in 1965 under pressure to create a marketing campaign for ____________ Crescent Rolls.Originally drawn by Martin Nodell, it was animated using claymation (stop motion) techniques though now CGI is used. How do we better know Poppin' Fresh?

Question 10*In 2007, who become the first Scotsman to appear on an English banknote when his portrait was used on the new £ 20 note issued by the Bank of England?

Question 11*These were the four pillars of American economic policy between 1980 and 1988:Reduce government spending,Reduce income and capital gains marginal tax rates,Reduce government regulation,Control the money supply to reduce inflation.During this period the GDP growth rate rose from 0.3% to 4.1%, unemployment rates fell from 7.1% to 5.5% and Inflation fell from 13.8% to about 4%. The policies are more popularly known by a term first coined by Paul Harvey. What?

Question 12Def jam Records is a Hip Hop label which is a part of the Universal Music Group. Who was President and CEO of DefJam between 2004 and 2007?

Question 13This German term was used to refer to gamekeepers and forresters in the Reich's hunting law since 1934. A common joke is to refer to it as __________ which rhymes exactly with the word and is German for Liver Glue. The label for this product shows a stag with the christian cross between its antlers. Identify this popular brand.

Question 14*The "____________ ______" branding campaign was created in 1972 featuring 'models' in the Sarong Kebaya designed by french couturier Pierre Balmain. Though it has often been criticised by observers for being sexist and encouraging the western stereotype of Asian women being subservient and docile. The airline continues to run the campaign 38 years hence with the tag line:"___________ ______ - You're a great way to fly"

Question 15*The name of this car means "omen" or "sign" in Japanese, perhaps an indication of the future releases from this marque. The company's plans are to import this car as a completely built unit(CBU). Leading to its high price. A picture of the original concept car is given on the next slide. identify.

Question 16_______________ is an application debugger included with the windows operating system. It is usually named, among other things, dwwin.exe. The original diagnostic name of the tool was "Sherlock", the idea being that it would collect error information following a problem. Starting with windows vista _______________ has been replaced by "Problem Reports and Solutions". FIB.

Question 17Which book by Connie Bruck chronicles the rise of Michael Milken of Drexel-Burnham-Lambert and the Junk Bond ‘Raiders’ and Is named after the unnoficial name for the Annual Drexel High Yield Bonds Conference that was held every year from the late 1970’s to the late 1980’s.

Question 18X Bunnies are a species of anthropomorphic rabbits which run on batteries. They re usually shown competing against each other in some kind of sport, where the one powered by X batteries inevitably wins. What is X?

AnswerThe 1991 Fiscal Budget presented by the then Finance Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

AnswerBen Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.

AnswerMint marks for Indian Currency coins indicating the city of minting.

AnswerPaul Newman was the first male movie Star to appear in an advvertisement for Lux Soap.

AnswerCollectively known as K-10 Stocks or the stocks in which Ketan Parekh had the highest volume of trade.

AnswerAdam Smith, the father of Modern Economics

AnswerSean Cory Carter a.k.a. Jay-Z

Question 15The name of this car means "omen" or "sign" in Japanese, perhaps an indication of the future releases from this marque. The company's plans are to import this car as a completely built unit(CBU). Leading to its high price. A picture of the original concept car is given on the next slide. identify.

AnswerSuzuki Kizashi, Launched in India this a couple of days ago.

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Welcome to the JungleWritten roundTheme: Animal Mascots+5 for every correct answer+10 for getting all 6 correct

Mascot No. 1The WWF Logo was designed by Sir Peter Scott based on preliminary sketches by Scottish naturalist, Gerald Watterson. The logo was inspired by a Panda named X

Rand.6 Year old Kuttinarayanan's playfulness attracted praise from both Rajiv and Indira Gandhi in 1982. Though he died in 2005 his legacy got revived in 2011. How do we better know Kuttinarayanan and the new legacy he inspired?

TeenWhat is this faithful dog’s name?

Straight from WikiBel had made the original drawing himself, after seeing a traveling meat wagon during World War I called "La Wachkyrie," a play on the word for Valkyrie. In the beginning she wasn't __________, she wasn't red and she didn't wear earrings.

And The Answers Are…Chi-ChiAppu, StumpyNipperTaco BellLa VacheQueRit(the Laughing Cow)

Infinete Bounce CW+10 For CorrectStandard Rules ApplyPoints Do MatterQuizmaster’s decision remains final.

Question 1Identify and Put Fundae

AnswerThe House of Beurze in Bruges outside which medieval traders conducted their business. Origin for the word Bourse now used to refer to many stock exchanges.

Question 2The name for which popular web framework originates from the Swahili for ‘all together’ or ‘as a whole’?

Question 3What do the countries marked in this colour depict?

AnswersCurrencies pegged to the dollar.

AnswerCommunications Minister Sukh Ram and JyotiBasu Were the first official users of the cellphone in India. The Network was the B K Modi Backed Modi-Telstra which later became Spice.

Question 5The fact is that the word was neither coined nor used for the first time by Disney. The first appearance of the portmanteau was in fact in a print advertisement in the February 16th, 1942 issue of Time Magazine for The Aluminium Corporation of America (Alcoa).(Picture on Next Slide)

Question 6The name for which automobile manufacturer comes from the first kanji letter of Osaka and the Japanese word for engine?

Question 7These four students from NYU’s Courant Institute are working on perhaps the world’s first distributed social network. Their software allows you to host a personal web server or ‘pod’ where all your photographs, personal information etc. are stored on your computer and not on a centralised server, thus ensuring greater privacy. What is the name of this new social network? (Picture on Next Slide)

Question 8Yuksom Breweries Pvt. Ltd., manufacturers of popular beer brands He Man, Hit and Dansberg, acquired Rhino Breweries of Assam in 2009 in an attempt to protect its market share in the core markets it operates in. Who is the principal promoter of Yuksom Breweries Pvt. Ltd.?

Question 9The Force India F1 Cars are named VJM01, VJM02 and VJM03 (According to the F1 season’s they raced in). Who are they named after?

AnswerContrary to popular perception they are not named after ViJayMallya but infact after the 3 team owners Vijay Mallya, Jan Mol and Michael Mol.

Question 10This is the poster for a movie called “Midaq Alley”, starring Salma Hayek, based on a 1947 Nobel Prize for Literature winning Novel By the same name. Though the movie is based in Mexico City, the original novel is set in an alley in which world famous, centuries old souk?

AnswerKhan-el-Khalili Market in Cairo.

Question 11Shi Yongxin is the head of an organisation that runs over 40 companies around the world. The organisation’s interests range from film production, merchandise sales and kung fu shows. It was also rumoured to be contemplating an IPO with a Hong Kong based Travel Company. He is the first person in his organisation to get an MBA degree. Who is Shi Yongxin?

AnswerShi Yongxin is the 13th abbot of the Shaolin Temple.

Question 12This man, one of the richest men in the world, get his last name from his adoptive father, a Russian immigrant Jew from Crimea who named himself after his point of entry into the United States. He co-authored a project for the CIA which was given the working title “One Real Asshole Called _____ _______”.Identify.

Long Visual ConnectBeing a tale of romance, adventure, terror and drama…In 8 Acts

And the answers are….LuxorKoh-i-noorMont BlancWrite Bros. (Wright Bros.)Pierre CardinParker (Parker bros. games)CelloCamel

Infinite Bounce (CCW)12 Questions. Points Do matter. ‘Nuff said.

Question 1$14 M :Average value Generated by any public appearance.2.3% Increase in cumulative Abnormal returns Following 18 major public appearances. 0.5% is the average increase when a company announces a new celebrity endorser.$2.7 B Total value created for 29 Companies by ________'s wardrobe choices in 189 Public Appearances from November 2008 to December 2009What is being described above?

Answer 1The Michelle Obama Effect (How the first lady’s fashion choices affect the stock price of the fashion houses she patronises.)

Question 2This is the logo of a ‘terrorist’ organisation that recently declared a war against a pillar of capitalsm. Identify the organisation and why they are in the news right now.

AnswerThe Food Liberation Army (FLA). They have kidnapped a statue of Ronald McDonald and threaten to “Execute” him if their demands are not met.

Question 3The title card of a new talk show on UTV Bloomberg. What has been blacked out?

Question 4Connect the two images.

Question 5The career of X spanned academia, private enterprise, government, and humanitarian service. He was a professor at Harvard Business School in the early 1940s; an executive at Ford Motor Company for 15 years, becoming its president in 1960; the secretary of defense for seven years under presidents Kennedy and Johnson; and the president of the World Bank for 13 years. However, because of his role in the Vietnam War, when he died in 2009, at age 93, the New York Times’obituary headline described him simply as the “architect of a futile war.” Identify X.

Question 6What is the significance of the following PIL:M.C. Mehta vs. Union of Indian and Others[7], Writ Petition (Civil) No. 13029 of 1985.The real fruition of this lawsuit though was only observed 17 years later in the national capital of Delhi.

AnswerDelhi’s Public transport system was converted to CNG.

Question 7X was MTV’s second reality show after “The Real World”. It was a pioneer in the field of Adventure/Travel/Road Tripping Reality Television. It ran for 14 season between 1995 and 2007. Also the inspiration for our very own MTV Roadies. Identify

Question 8First framed by Eric S. Raymond in his essay "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" how is this statement better known?"Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"

AnswerLinus' Law, Named in honour of Linus Torvalds. The Cathedral and the Bazaar was written by Raymond based on his observations of the development of the Linux kernel and his development of 'Fetchmail'.

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