Slides of the Blitz Quiz conducted by me during IITG Quiz Fest, Qurious 2015

1. ACUMEN (QUIZ CLUB)
PRESENT
Qurious, the Quiz Fest

2. BLITZ QUIZ PRELIMS
Quizmaster
Dhrubojit Bhattacharya
1stYear, Dept of EEE

3. RULES
• 30 Questions, +1 on every correct answer.
• No Googling Allowed
• Quizmaster’s decision is final

4. LETTHE QUIZ BEGIN

5. Q1.
Which Indian entrepreneur, chairperson of IIM Bangalore, has
authored “Ale & Arty :The story of beer”?

6. KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW

7. Q2.
What term is used to describe exceptional compensation
package offered by acquiring company to the top executives
of the company being bought?

8. GOLDEN LIFE-JACKET

9. Q3.
X is a 1925 novel that follows a cast of characters living in
the fictional town ofWest Egg on prosperous Long
Island in the summer of 1922.The story primarily concerns
a young and mysterious millionaire and his quixotic
passion and obsession for the beautiful
former debutante Daisy Buchanan. It is considered the
magnum opus of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Id X.

10. THE GREAT GATSBY

11. Q4.
It was founded by JC Jacobsen in 1847. One of the oldest
breweries in Copenhagen is open for tours and famous visitors
includeWinston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II. In 1975, it
introduced the ‘Probably the best lager in the world’ slogan
with voice over by OrsonWelles. In India, breweries are located
in Altar,Aurangabad and Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh).
Which alcohol brand?

12. CARLSBERG

13. Q5.
Connect the following brands : Etihad Airways, Lux,
Panasonic, Pantene,Veet

14. BRANDS ENDORSED BY KATRINA KAIF

15. Q6.
Identify the voice of the speaker.

16. CHETAN BHAGAT

17. Q7.
What are those bonds called which matured in the year 2007?

18. JAMES BONDS :P

19. Q8.
Author of Things Fall Apart (1958), identify this Nigerian
novelist, poet and professor.

20. CHINUA ACHEBE

21. Q9.
The split of two famous brothers, M and N, led to a divided
town. Both were members of the Nazi party, and when N was
arrested by American soldiers, he was convinced that his
brother M had turned him in. Name the two brands founded
by M and N.

23. Q10.
This famous kids author X, was greatly inspired by A and
made his own detective novel series between 1965 and
1992, which he calledY, whereY is the detective and his
assistant is “Topshe”. Y lives in 21 Rajani Sen Road. Give
me X andY.

24. X : SATYAJIT RAY
Y : Feluda/Prodosh Chandra Mitter

25. Q11.
What unique distinction does JohnWood’s “Leaving Microsoft
To ChangeTheWorld” hold in the world of Indian e-
commerce?

26. First book sold on Flipkart

27. Q12.
Which website, founded by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz
Stone, literally means “a short burst of inconsequential
information”?

28. TWITTER

29. Q13.
Connect.

30. CECELIA AHERN
All the three are hints of Cecelia Ahern novels
1. Hillary Swank and Gerard Butler starred in ‘P.S. I LoveYou’
2. The song is ‘IfYou Could See Me Now’
3. ‘Where the Rainbow ends’

31. Q14.
Connect the following terms : Petrol,Trampoline, Heroin,Yo-
Yo, Zipper

32. Earlier/Present trademarks which have
become generic names

33. Q15.
Print Ad for?

34. COCA-COLA LIGHT

35. Q16.
This term refers to a politically unstable country
dependent upon limited agriculture (e.g. Banana) and
ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy and (but not
necessary) corrupt politico-economic clique.What term
am I talking about, first used by O. Henry in Cabbages and
Kings?

36. BANANA REPUBLIC

37. Q17.
The name of the company means “I put together” (which is
what you actually do with it) in Latin, but the company claims
it is a mere coincidence, and etymology of the word is entirely
Danish, where it is combination of two words meaning “play
well”. Name this company, which earlier manufactured
wooden toys.

39. Q18.
It is known as P45 in UK and Ireland and C4 in Belgium. It is the
practice of including a discharge notice with pay envelope.
Name this business term.

41. Q19.
Identify the significance of the house to the field of IT world,
shown on the next slide.

43. The house in Palo Alto where HP started

44. Q20.
Which Nobel Laureate’s collections of short stories include
“TheView From Castle Rock”, “Dear Life” and “Too Much
Happiness”? According to the Nobel Society, she is the
“master of contemporary short story”. She won the Nobel
Prize for literature in 2013.

45. ALICE MUNRO

46. Q21.
Advertisement for what?Video on next slide.

48. GILETTE

49. Q22.
Designed to be equal parts protagonist and antagonist,
______ has become a modern icon in pop culture for
revolution and anarchy. Famously clad all in black and
wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, this character appears in a
novel by Alan Moore. Give the novel and FITB (part points)

50. V (fromV forVendetta)

51. Q23.
Originally named Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory,
two years later they renamed to the name of their first
camera, which was actually named after the Japanese name of
the Buddhist goddess of mercy. Name this brand.

52. CANON
The camera was named Kwanon

53. Q24.
Reference to what/which book? #sitter

54. The Hitchhiker’s GuideToThe Galaxy

55. Q25.
Between 1978 and 2006, there were a number of legal
disputes betweenApple Corps and computer
manufacturerApple Computers (now Apple Inc.) over
competing trademark rights.Who founded AppleCorps
Ltd, a multi-armed multimedia corporation in 1968?

57. Q26.
Put Funda

59. Q27.
Identify

60. SHERYL SANDBERG

61. Q28.
Wayne McLaren, David McLean, Dick Hammer and Eric
Lawson are models who have all died of smoking-related
diseases.
What did they model for?

63. Q29.
Which novel begins with –
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
the possession of good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
?

64. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

65. Q30.
Sometimes called the ‘AmericanTolkien’, his blog is named
‘Not a Blog’, and does all his writings on a DOS machine
runningWordstar 4.0. Name him.