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BLITZ (Business + Literature) Quiz Finals, IITG Quiz Fest
The document describes a quiz competition hosted by Acumen, with Dhrubojit Bhattacharya as the quizmaster. It provides the rules and format for 3 rounds of the quiz, including questions on various topics ranging from books and authors to logos and taglines. The rounds include a standard question round, a logo and tagline identification round, and a long connect question round with sets of related terms.
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- 1. ACUMEN (QUIZ CLUB) PRESENT Qurious,the Quiz Fest
- 2. BLITZ QUIZ FINALS Quizmaster DhrubojitBhattacharya 1stYear, Dept of EEE
- 3. GENERAL RULES • NoGoogling Allowed • Quizmaster’s decision is final
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- 5. Round 1 :Standard Bounce-Pounce Round • 16 Questions, progressing in clockwise order. • General Bounce and Pounce round. • Infinite pounce • +15 on Direct, +10 on Pass • +20/-10 on Pounce
- 6. Q1. PUNCHTANTRA by P.C. Balasubramaniam and Raja Krishnamoorthy ‘A must-read!’—Prakash Iyer, author ofThe Habit ofWinning ‘Very innovative, crisp and exciting’—Ravi Subramanian, author ofThe Incredible Banker ‘Amazed to see the creativity, interpretation and the strong relevance of some of the punch lines in both business and life management.’—Rajinikanth What is a book on?
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- 9. Q2. X (a bank)andY (a football club) have presented the XY credit card, makingY only the third club to have launched a co- branded credit card in their name after Manchester United and FC Barcelona. Identify X andY. Partial points
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- 11. X : ICICIBANK Y : MOHUN BAGAN
- 12. Q3. The only brandlogo visible from Space. It is 18,500-square- foot logo in Area 51 in the Nevada desert. It took a team of nearly 50 designers, engineers, scientists (including astrophysicists), architects and other professionals working nearly three months to conceive, create and execute building the world’s largest logo. What is it the logo of? Hint :Think ‘murica
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- 15. Q4. The book containeda character resembling Balasaheb Thackeray, the leader of the right-wing party Shiv Sena.The book faced protests from the party.The book also contained a dog named, Jawaharlal, named after India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao unofficially banned the book. In September 1995, the local publishers Rupa & Co. were asked to stop selling the book. Rupa & Co. decided to approach the Supreme Court of India in response.The court the declared the ban unconstitutional in February 1996.Which Salman Rushdie novel am I talking about?
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- 17. THE MOOR’S LASTSIGH
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- 21. Q6. On December 21,2011, Barnes & Noble accidentally shipped 1500 copies of X before the release date to people who had pre-ordered the book.The author released a statement saying, "Mistakes happen. The people who made this error were not bad or incompetent people, and they were not acting maliciously.We all make mistakes, and it is not my wish to see Barnes and Noble or any of their employees vilified.” Many people who received the book pledged not to read it until its release date, January 10, 2012, or discuss it until the next day, January 11, as per a request of the author's not to spoil it for other readers. Most kept to this promise leaving the experience untarnished for those who got the book on the intended release date.Which novel?
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- 24. Q7. In 1520, CountHieronymus Schlick of Bohemia began minting coins called as “Joachimsthler”. It was later shortened to taler or thaler and this shortened word eventually found it’s way to the English language as ________.The origin of it’s sign is derived from the Spanish Coat of Arms. FITB.
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- 27. Q8. Founder of afamous Airline, who is the author of Losing myVirginity, Screw it – Let’s Do It.?
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- 30. Q9. In 1988,Warner Bros.bought the Summy Company for $25 million.With this,They also got the rights to something the company owned, itself valued at $5 million.This has been the subject of a lot of legal debate.What? Hint :You can hear this once a year for a particular person
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- 33. Q10. Eric Arthur Blairwrote a famous novel based on the Russian Revolution of 1917, portraying the end of monarch rule and spreading a powerful message, “power corrupts”. Some call it a fairy tale with a political purpose. Its name is ?
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- 36. Q11. Thomas Sutherland wasa Scottish banker and Liberal Party politician. He was educated in Aberdeen and he got his start clerking in the London office of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam NavigationCompany (P&O). Soon after, P&O promoted Sutherland to superintendent, assigning him to Hong Kong to manage the firm's Asian operation. The Sutherland Street in SheungWan, Hong Kong was named after him.Which bank did he establish?
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- 39. Q12. Founded by RanbirSingh and Gurbax Singh in 1961 and headquarters situated at Gurgaon, Haryana, this healthcare brand is a subsidiary of Japanese pharma giant Daiichi Sankyo. Present MD is Arul Sahwney.Which healthcare brand.
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- 41. RANBAXY LABORATORIES RAN(bir) +(gur)BAX
- 42. Q13. TheWolf ofWall Streetis a 2013 American biographical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese. It features Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie among others. On which real life stockbroker is this movie based on?
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- 45. Q14. Born In Motihari, Bihar in 1903. He adopted the nom de plume X because, as he told Eleanor Jacques, "It is a good round English name. X's work continues to influence popular and political culture, and the term X is descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices has entered the language together with several of his neologisms, includingColdWar, thought police, Room 101, doublethink, and thought crime. Give X.
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- 48. Q15. ________________ is aterm that refers to globalization or cultural colonization.This term gets its name from one of the most famous soft drinks of the world. The term is used to imply either the importation/spread ofWestern (particularly American) goods or an infusion of Western and especially American cultural values that competes with the local culture, especially as the concerned soft drink brand is concerned. While it is possible to use the term benignly, it has been used pejoratively to liken globalization toWesternization or Americanization. For example, according to linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann, "with globalization, homogenization and ____________, there will be more and more groups added to the forlorn club of the lost- heritage peoples.“ FITB.
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- 51. Q16. With which companyhas Hindustan Motors combined to produce Contessa?This company has also started producing buses and trucks in India. It is headquartered atTokyo and their diesel engines are used by General Motors and Renault-Nissan Alliance. Logo on next slide.
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- 55. Round 2 :Logo andTagline round • Written round. • 5 logos first, then 5 taglines will be shown • +10/0 for all questions • +20 if all logos correct, +20 if all taglines correct
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- 61. 1. “The Network isthe Computer”
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- 65. 5. “For a hundredmillion reasons”
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- 77. Round 3 :Long Connect • 2 sets of long connects • +20/-10 for each individual connect • Points for overall connect mentioned on top of respective slide
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- 79. +40 / -20 Deloitte,PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst &Young, and KPMG compose the ___________.They are so called because they are the four largest international professional services networks, offering audit, assurance, tax, consulting, advisory, actuarial, corporate finance, and legal services.They handle the vast majority of audits for publicly traded companies as well as many private companies, creating an oligopoly in auditing large companies.
- 80. +30 / -15 Theearliest recorded version of the rhyme is in TommyThumb's Pretty Song Book, published in London in about 1744.The rhyme is thought by some commentators to have originated as a counting- out rhyme.Westmoreland shepherds in the nineteenth century used the numbers Hevera (8), Devera (9) and Dick (10).Which nursery rhyme am I talking about?
- 81. +20 / -10 Theorigin of the phrase seems to go back to observations that elephants follow the same paths and even hand down genetic memories of directions and places grounds across generations. Each elephant clan has a certain burial place, like many human communities, and always help the dying ones get back there if they are not killed traumatically first. Which phrase?
- 82. +10 / 0 TheU.S. title of Murder in the Calais Coach was used to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel Stamboul Train which had been published in the United States as ____________, which is actually the name of the novel outside US. FITB
- 83. ANSWERS 1. The Big4 2. Hickory Dickory Dock 3. Elephants Can Remember 4. Murder on the Orient Express
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- 86. +50 / -25 Xis an international brand of instant soups, stocks, ketchup and noodles. It was founded in Switzerland in 1872. Best known in India and Malaysia for noodles, it was acquired by Nestle in 1947. Identify this brand
- 87. +40 / -20 Yis a luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello. Founded as ScuderiaY, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal cars. 50% of it was acquired by Fiat in 1969. IdentifyY.
- 88. +30 / -15 Zis the largest privately held, family owned spirit company. Eponymous with its white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels, including Grey Goose vodka and Bombay Sapphire gin. It is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda. Give me Z
- 89. +20 / -10 Americanprivately owned multinational computer technology company based in Round Rock,Texas, US.This giant is known too make servers, data storage devices, HDTVs, cameras and printers among many other things. With the acquisition of Perot Systems in 2009, this company entered the market for IT services. Identify
- 90. +10 / 0 Mis one of the oldest & largest conglomerates based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The group comprises 36 companies & its flagship company M Auto is ranked as the world's fourth largest two- and three-wheeler manufacturer. Presently it is headed by Rahul M. Give me M
- 91. ANSWERS 1. Maggi 2. Ferrari 3.Bacardi 4. Dell 5. Bajaj
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- 93. Round 4 :Standard Bounce-Pounce Round • 16 Questions, progressing in anticlockwise order. • General Bounce and Pounce round. • Infinite pounce • +15 on Direct, +10 on Pass • +20/-10 on Pounce
- 94. Q1. Founded by DeepakPuri in 1983, this company was initially supposed to start in Bengal, where he set up the first factory. But trade unions forced him to shut it down, making him shift Delhi. Over the years the company has entered the areas of solid-state media, content replication, home entertainment and photovoltaics. It is the only company worldwide to receive the 5-star rating fromTÜV Rheinland for 3 years in a row maintaining high standards of quality in manufacturing PV modules. Which IT company am I talking about?
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- 97. Q2. Identify the novelfrom its minimal poster Author : Anthony Burgess Director of movie : Stanley Kubrick
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- 103. Q4. For MCC vCambridgeshire at Lord's, in 1899, he took seven wickets for 61 runs, and on the same ground two years later carried out his bat for 32 against Leicestershire, who hadWoodcock, Geeson and King to bowl for them. In the Times of October 27, 1915, he was the author of an article on The Greatest of Cricketers - An Appreciation of Dr Grace. Which famous author am I talking about?
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- 105. SIR ARTHUR CONANDOYLE
- 106. Q5. Reply to whosetweet by Zomato?
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- 109. Q6. ‘X’ Jr isthe protagonist of the novel of the same name (ie X). Scholars believe that X's careers, friendships, and love life were most highly influenced by famous authorY‘s experiences, as well as his time working as a child. X's involvement with the law profession and later his career as a writer mirror the experiences ofY. Daniel Radcliffe’s acting debut came at 10 years of age, potraying X in BBC One’sTV film of the same name. X is authored by Charles Dickens. Identify X andY
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- 111. X : DAVIDCOPPERFIELD Y : CHARLES DICKENS
- 112. Q7. Amul Ad forwhat controversy of 2011?
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- 115. Q8. "Do you wantto sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world?” Who said these lines to whom? Answer both parts for points
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- 117. STEVE JOBS ;JOHN SCHULLY
- 118. Q9. In 1909 thisIndia born poet X wrote a poemY inspired by the brutality of British rule in India.T.S. Eliot insisted that it was not a good poem whereas George Orwell stated it as a “good-bad poem”.This poemY announcing the poet’s advice to his son, has been the only poem to inspire the British nation for a century. Give me X andY. Partial Points
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- 121. Q10. This company wasset up in 1938 and named after its founder. It manufactured parts for gas masks duringWorld War II. After the war, its founder turned attention towards making a peace time product.While doing so, he discovered a way of turning polyethylene slag , a byproduct of crude oil refinement, into a strong, resilient, grease free plastic and gave it this name. Name this company.
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- 124. Q11. Bertolt Brecht wrotea novel calledThe resistible rise of Arturo Ui, about a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower racket by ruthlessly disposing of the opposition. Arturo is accompanied by accomplices named Ernesto Roma, Dogburg (or more accurately Houndburg in the German), EmanueleGiri and Guiseppe Givola. Who was this based on?
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- 127. Q12. Lyrical Ballads, witha Few Other Poems is a collection of poems byWordsworth and _______________, first published in 1798 and generally considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature.The immediate effect on critics was modest, but it became and remains a landmark, changing the course of English literature and poetry. FITB.
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- 130. Q13. One of India’sbest selling conspiracy authors, his novels includeThe Rozabal Line, Chanakya’s Chant andThe Krishna Key. His pic is on the next slide. Forbes India included him #98 in Forbes 2012. Identify him.
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- 134. Q14. This book titlecompares the act of the title character to that of Noah (the bible one).We may know this because of the following pic
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- 137. Q15. He began writingunder the pen name "Nawab Rai", but subsequently switched to “_________". A novel writer, story writer and dramatist, he has been referred to as the "Upanyas Samrat" ("Emperor among Novelists") by some Hindi writers.
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- 140. Q16. It traces itshistory to 1855, when five stockbrokers would gather under banyan trees in front of the city’sTown Hall. The location of these meetings changed many times as the number of brokers constantly increased.The group eventually moved to it’s present location in 1874 and in 1875 became an official organization known as "The Native Share & Stock Brokers Association".What am I talking about?
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