Finalas of BizTech Quiz by Manas Daruka at IIT Guwahati October 2017

1. Biz-Tech Quiz
Acumen,Quiz club
IIT Guwahati
Finals
18/10/2017

2. Rules
> 20 Questions.
> Infinite Bounce and usual Pounce.
> +10/0 on direct and bounce.
> +15/-10 on pounce.
> You can pounce on your own question.

3. Ques 1.
The X campaign was launched in 1973 and predates Y, which was created in
1989. There are differences in appearance—the Y wears sunglasses, has larger
ears, is a different shade of pink, and has a different body shape.
When X debuted in North America, it was intended to be just a one-shot
character, but when A's(owner of Y) parody became a great success, B(owner
of X) decided to revive the X. The X no longer appears in North America due to
A filing a trademark claim for its marketing use in the United States and
Canada.
In Europe, Australia and South America and the term "X" has entered the
vernacular as a term for anything that continues indefatigably, while in North
America the term "Y" has a similar connotation. The campaign X is also well
known in India. Id X.

4. Safety Slide

5. Ans. X: Duracell Bunny
Y: Energizer Bunny

6. Ques 2.
This is an emoticon used by people
all across Europe. It became
popular in 2013. This emoticon is
known as “X-Raute” based on a
hand gesture. It has also been
termed as “X Diamond” or
"Triangle of Power" by
English-speaking media. Who is the
inspiration(X) behind this
emoticon?

7. Safety Slide

8. Ans. Angela Merkel

9. Ques 3.
In March 2017, X launched a range of perfumes called “Threat de Toilette”,
featuring a number of scents, including - “Social Enginoir", “Mal-wear",
“Ransom”, and “Phish”. In a press release, X said that - “Fear awakens our
senses. The men and women who wear Threat de Toilette understand today's
online threats and protect themselves against them. Fear is no longer felt only
in the physical world – it's all around us in our connected lives too and we
need to make sure we're constantly protected.”
Later, X became the subject of controversy in the United States, over
allegations that the company has engaged with the Russian Federal Security
Service (FSB), in the wake of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential
election. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security subsequently banned its
products from all government departments on 13 September 2017. Id X.

10. Safety Slide

11. Ans. X: Kaspersky

12. Ques 4.
X is made at four locations in India. Their places of origin are identified by
special marks on X. They are:
X made in Bombay has a Diamond under the date.
X made in Hyderabad has a Star under the date.
X made in Noida contains a Dot under the date.
X made in Kolkata may not anything symbol or a ‘c’.
What is X.

13. Safety Slide

14. Ans. Indian Currency coins

15. Ques 5.
X is a private American software and services company co-founded by Peter
Thiel which specializes in big data analysis. The company is known for two
projects in particular: X Gotham and X Metropolis. In 2009 and 2010
respectively, X was used to uncover the GhostNet and the Shadow Network.
The GhostNet was a China-based cyber “espionage network” targeting 1,295
computers in 103 countries, including the Dalai Lama’s office, a NATO
computer and various national embassies.
As the naming of their products, the company is also named after a magical
artefact from a work of fiction. Either give the name of the company(also the
name of the artefact) or the work of fiction with the power of artefact.

16. Safety Slide

17. Ans. Palantir Technologies
Palantíri (singular Palantír) also known as Seeing-stones, were spherical
stone objects used for the purpose of communication in Middle-earth
and beyond.

18. Ques 6.
X was designed in 1944 by Hans Hilfiker and has become a Swiss
national icon, included among examples of outstanding 20th-century
design by both the Design Museum in London and the Museum of
Modern Art in New York City, and its design is licensed for use on
certain Apple devices such as iPads and iPhones. Apple was initially
accused of using the design without permission. It was reported that
Apple ultimately paid the owners about US$22.4 million to license the
use of the X. Apple later removed the design from its operating system
with iOS 7.

19. Safety Slide

20. Ans. Clock face design of the swiss railway
clock.

21. Ques 7.
X is produced by Antares, which was formerly called Jupiter Systems.
X was initially created by Andy Hildebrand, an engineer working for
Exxon. He developed methods for interpreting seismic data and
subsequently realized that the technology could be used to detect,
analyze, and modify ___________ .
Priyanka Chopra, in her Reddit AMA, was asked a question about the
importance of it for her career.

22. Safety Slide

23. Ans. Auto-tune

24. Ques 8.
This periodic publication has published various short stories by novelists
including Roald Dahl, Jack Kerouac, Margaret Atwood, Ian Fleming, Arthur C
Clarke, Vladimir Nabokov, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, P. G. Wodehouse, Haruki
Murakami. Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 was serialised in three of its issues
in 1954 for just $400. Name the publication.

25. Safety Slide

26. Ans. Playboy

27. Ques 9.
In 1923, X came out with an ad with the slogan, “Often a bridesmaid, never a
bride.” The creators used a case study approach and built a story around a
character, Edna, who has always been a bridesmaid, but never a bride. They
insinuated that everyone around her, even her friends, knew the real reason
for her lack of success, but since it’s an embarrassing subject to bring up, they
did not tell her. In just seven years since its original campaign in 1923, the
company’s revenues rose from $ 115,000 to $ 8 million. Which company is X?

28. Safety Slide

29. Ans. Listerine

30. Ques 10.
Shi 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. Yongxin has been widely
criticized in the online communities for commercializing the organization and
running it like a business. Who is Shi Yongxin?

31. Safety Slide

32. Ans. Current abbot of the Shaolin Temple

33. Ques 11.
Connect (non-exhaustive list).
● Latinum
● Darsek
● Dirak
● Frang
● Lek
● Lita
● Quatloo
● Renn
● Dollar

34. Safety Slide

35. Ans. Monetary units in Star Trek Universe

36. Ques 12.
Connect.

37. Safety Slide

38. Ans. Saudi Binladin Group

39. Ques 13.
In a blog post titled “PETA has come to X”, the animal rights organisation
announced it has set up its own X server. “Animal-loving X builders, your wish
has been granted! PETA has launched an animal utopia on the popular X
system. True to PETA’s mission—and unlike on other X servers—no animals,
not even digital ones, can be harmed on our dedicated X server! Visitors to
PETA’s custom-made digital island can explore vast expanses of landscapes
where the animals of X roam free. They can also visit extensive vegetable and
flower gardens, walk through a fantastic re-creation of PETA’s HQ, and
discover an abandoned and decaying slaughterhouse.” X?

40. Safety Slide

41. Ans. Minecraft

42. Ques 14.
The name ____ was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance
copywriter. After seeing the prototype, he thought of a phrase from
the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It referred to the fictional
spacecraft used for extra-vehicular activity seen in the movie 2001: A
Space Odyssey. The Jupiter spacecraft Discovery One carries three of
these small, one-man maintenance vehicles. What popular product
name is this?

43. Safety Slide

44. Ans. iPod

45. Ques 15.
Arturo Di Modica spent some $360,000 to create, cast, and install X as a
symbol of the "strength and power of the American people" in 1989. The
sculpture was Di Modica's idea, and in an act of guerrilla art, The NYPD seized
the sculpture and placed it into an impound lot. The ensuing public outcry led
the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to reinstall it.
Recently, On March 7, 2017, the night before International Women's Day,
another bronze sculpture, Y, was placed directly in front of X. The statue was
commissioned as part of a marketing campaign for their gender-diverse _____.
Y was placed facing X, and seems to be staring it down. Though Di Modica has
asked that the statue(Y) to be removed, arguing that the piece exploits his
work for commercial purposes and corrupts X's artistic integrity by distorting
the intent of his statue from "a symbol of prosperity and for strength" into a
villain, and does so for commercial gain. Id X and Y.
(Part points on pounce as well.)

46. Safety Slide

47. Ans. X: Charging Bull
Y: Fearless Girl

48. Ques 16.
X is an effect associated with the blocking of emails, forum posts or search
results by a spam filter or search engine because their text contains a string of
letters that are shared with an obscene word. While computers can easily
identify strings of text within a document, broad blocking rules may result in
false positives, causing innocent phrases to be blocked. The problem was
named after an incident in 1996 in which AOL's profanity filter prevented
residents of a town X in Lincolnshire, England, from creating accounts with
AOL, because the X contained a profanity in the substring. For example, the
URL shitakemushroom.com was refused by ICANN, as the string contained the
word ‘shit’. What is X?

49. Safety Slide

50. Ans. Scunthorpe Problem

51. Ques 17.
X is a brand of clothing founded in 2001 by Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus and
Tom DeLonge, along with their childhood friend Dylan Anderson. X derives its
name from a very famous fictional role model with the logo as a reference to it.

52. Safety Slide

53. Ans. Atticus Clothing,
referring to Atticus
Finch from To Kill a
Mockingbird.

54. Ques 18.

55. Safety Slide

56. Ans. Room for Jack.

57. Ques 19.
Print ad for what product.

58. Safety Slide

59. Ans. Penguin Audiobooks.

60. Ques 20.
X has been target of continuous satire. Washington Post article described the
phenomenon: "Nor is the fashion world enamored of X. Though their maker
touts their 'ultra-hip Italian styling,' lots of folks find them hideous." Tim Gunn,
fashion consultant, told Time magazine, "... the X – it looks like plastic. How
can you take that seriously?"
A blog named "IHateX.com" was founded by two Canadian college students
(one, Kate Leth, referred to the X as "hideous"). The Facebook group "I Don't
Care How Comfortable X is, You Look Like a Dumbass" has been mentioned in
the media. X is no. 6 on the "Worst" list of Maxim's "The 10 Best & Worst
Things to Happen to Men in 2007. What is X?

61. Safety Slide

62. Ans. Crocs

63. Thank You!