The document describes rules for a quiz competition consisting of multiple rounds. It provides details about the structure of the first round such as the number of questions, how teams submit answers, and use of tie-breakers. It also lists questions and possible answers about companies, logos, brands, and other trivia topics.

2. Rules
The team size would be decided by the quiz masters.
The quiz consists of descriptive as well as audio-visual questions.
The top scoring teams will be proceeding to the next round . The number
of teams would be decided by the organisers.
The first round consists of 20 questions. All the teams are required to write
their answers in a sheet and submit it for evaluation to the quiz masters.
This round has in-built tie-breakers as star marked questions.
Hints would be provided for a question if there is a majority consensus for
the question.

3. • X was a file hosting and cloud storage service offered by
Microsoft.
• In 2011 a trademark – infringement lawsuit was filed
against the company by Rupert Murdoch’s British Sky
Broadcasting Group, which also offers Internet storage.
As a result of which Microsoft rebranded X as Y keeping
the user interface of the Y site virtually identical to that of
the old X site.
• Y was launched on February 19,2014.
Q1.

4. Q2.

5. The X logo was created in 1971 by graphic
design student Carolyn Davidson, for
$35.00, based on a billing rate of $2.00 per
hour. A faculty member asked Davidson to
help him with some work for his new
sportswear company, Blue Ribbon Sports.
Of the various choices , the teacher picked
one saying “ I don’t love it, but it’ll grow on
Q3.

6. Identify the company that owns this
brand.
Q4.

7. When Francesco Baracca died in
WWI, his mother asked her
industrial friend to immortalize her
son in a certain way. He choose
his company’s logo as a tribute to
Baracca’s plane. Which company
*Q5.

8. Q6.

9. Odhavji Raghavji Patel, the founder of
the world’s biggest wall clock
manufacturing company, established
Ajanta Transistor Clock Manufacturing
Company in 1970 in Gujarat. What is
the name of this second most popular
brand which they use for electronic
Q7.

10. Identify the company.Q8.

11. employs 6000 people, manufactures at 27 facilities in 16
markets on four continents, with sales in more than 150
countries.
• However it does not have a presence anymore in the country
where it was founded.
• At the time it was founded, X’s chief product today was
cheaply made and not considered a refined drink, and rarely
sold in upmarket taverns. Its founder began attempting to
“tame” the product by isolating a proprietary strain of yeast
still used in X production. This yeast gives X’s product its
flavour profile. After experimenting with several techniques
he hit upon filtering the product through charcoal, which
removed impurities. In addition to this, he aged the product in
white oak barrels, which had the effect of mellowing the
drink.
• X’s logo derives from ___________________, which lived in
the rafters of the building where the founder and his brother
opened their first processing unit in 1862.
Q9.

12. In a special episode of Top Gear held at
the Beaulieu National Motor Museum in
Hampshire, X won the title of the
world’s best taxi. Other competitors
included the 1997 Fairway Driver, 1970
Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Crown
Victoria, Toyota HI Ace and the
Mercedes E-Class.
Q10.

13. Q11.

14. Which fruit-based drink was formulated by
the German Cola bottling company due to
shipping restrictions between the US and
Germany during World War II when the
German plant could not get Coca-Cola
syrup ?
Q12.

15. Her full name is Barbara Millicent
Roberts. She has been said to attend
Willows High School and Manhattan
International High School in New York
City. She has an on-off romantic
relationship with her beau Ken Carson.
How is she popularly known ?
Q13.

16. *Q14.

17. She has been a traffic stopper since 1967. Her
wit, her sharp sense of humour and her unique
style of analysing current affairs have always
been a subject of fascination. Towering over at all
prominent landmarks of all major Indian cities, she
has been attracting more eyeballs than even
Bollywood bombshells. And at over 40, she
continues to be envied by even the best in the
Q15.

18. Q16

19. Identify the manufacturer of the car used extensively in the movie.
*Q17.

20. This French automobile manufacturer shocked
the world in 19334 with the innovative traction
Avant, the world’s first mass-production front
wheel drive car. Its significant models include
HY, The Duck, Goddess and CX. Being a
keen marketer, it used Eiffel Tower as the
world’s largest advertising sign as recorded in
the Guinness Book of Records. Identify the
*Q18.

21. • Jean Rene X was a French tennis
player and businessman. He was
nicknamed “the Crocodile” by
fans because of his tenacity on
the court.
• He is also known worldwide as
the creator of the X tennis shirt,
which he introduced in 1929.
Q19.

22. *Q20.

23. • X was a file hosting and cloud storage service offered by
Microsoft.
• In 2011 a trademark – infringement lawsuit was filed
against the company by Rupert Murdoch’s British Sky
Broadcasting Group, which also offers Internet storage.
As a result of which Microsoft rebranded X as Y keeping
the user interface of the Y site virtually identical to that of
the old X site.
• Y was launched on February 19,2014.
Q1.

24. X – Skydrive
Y - OneDrive

25. Q2.

27. The X logo was created in 1971 by graphic
design student Carolyn Davidson, for
$35.00, based on a billing rate of $2.00 per
hour. A faculty member asked Davidson to
help him with some work for his new
sportswear company, Blue Ribbon Sports.
Of the various choices , the teacher picked
one saying “ I don’t love it, but it’ll grow on
Q3.

28. Swoosh by Nike

29. Identify the company that owns this
brand.
Q4.

30. ITC

31. When Francesco Baracca died in
WWI, his mother asked her
industrial friend to immortalize her
son in a certain way. He choose
his company’s logo as a tribute to
Baracca’s plane. Which company
Q5.

33. Q6.

35. Odhavji Raghavji Patel, the founder of
the world’s biggest wall clock
manufacturing company, established
Ajanta Transistor Clock Manufacturing
Company in 1970 in Gujarat. What is
the name of this second most popular
brand which they use for electronic
Q7.

37. Identify the company.Q8.

39. employs 6000 people, manufactures at 27 facilities in 16
markets on four continents, with sales in more than 150
countries.
• However it does not have a presence anymore in the country
where it was founded.
• At the time it was founded, X’s chief product today was
cheaply made and not considered a refined drink, and rarely
sold in upmarket taverns. Its founder began attempting to
“tame” the product by isolating a proprietary strain of yeast
still used in X production. This yeast gives X’s product its
flavour profile. After experimenting with several techniques
he hit upon filtering the product through charcoal, which
removed impurities. In addition to this, he aged the product in
white oak barrels, which had the effect of mellowing the
drink.
• X’s logo derives from ___________________, which lived in
the rafters of the building where the founder and his brother
opened their first processing unit in 1862.
Q9.

41. In a special episode of Top Gear held at
the Beaulieu National Motor Museum in
Hampshire, X won the title of the
world’s best taxi. Other competitors
included the 1997 Fairway Driver, 1970
Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Crown
Victoria, Toyota HI Ace and the
Mercedes E-Class.
Q10.

42. Hindustan Ambassador

43. Q11.

45. Which fruit-based drink was formulated by
the German Cola bottling company due to
shipping restrictions between the US and
Germany during World War II when the
German plant could not get Coca-Cola
syrup ?
Q12.

47. Her full name is Barbara Millicent
Roberts. She has been said to attend
Willows High School and Manhattan
International High School in New York
City. She has an on-off romantic
relationship with her beau Ken Carson.
Q13.

49. Q14.

50. DURACELL

51. She has been a traffic stopper since 1967. Her
wit, her sharp sense of humour and her unique
style of analysing current affairs have always
been a subject of fascination. Towering over at all
prominent landmarks of all major Indian cities, she
has been attracting more eyeballs than even
Bollywood bombshells. And at over 40, she
continues to be envied by even the best in the
Q15.

52. Amul Girl

53. Q16

55. Identify the manufacturer of the car used extensively in the movie.
Q17.

56. Ford Model A

57. This French automobile manufacturer shocked
the world in 19334 with the innovative traction
Avant, the world’s first mass-production front
wheel drive car. Its significant models include
HY, The Duck, Goddess and CX. Being a
keen marketer, it used Eiffel Tower as the
world’s largest advertising sign as recorded in
the Guinness Book of Records. Identify the
Q18.

58. Citroen

59. • Jean Rene X was a French tennis
player and businessman. He was
nicknamed “the Crocodile” by
fans because of his tenacity on
the court.
• He is also known worldwide as
the creator of the X tennis shirt,
which he introduced in 1929.
Q19.

61. Q20.

63. Round 2

64. Rules (Round 2)
+10 for correct answer (Direct or pass). No negatives.
If a team answers the question, the next direct goes to the team numbered
next to you. If no one answers, the next question goes to the next team.
Pounce – Gives you a chance to score off an easy question, eve if its not
your direct.
Register your pounce in the pounce time when the question is made public
for all. +10/-5
Show your answer in writing. Wrong/No answer gives you negative points

65. Which game originally appeared in
1896 is a simplification of the
traditional Indian Cross and Circle
game Pachisi and is called “Fia” in
Sweden ? It shares its name with
an alternative rock band from St.
Q1.

67. Q2.

69. On may 4, 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the
MD of a brewery, went on a shooting party
in North Slob, Ireland. He became involved
in an argument over which was the fastest
game bird in Europe. That evening at
Castlebridge House, he realized that it was
impossible to confirm the same from any
reference book. This incident led to the
Q3.

71. Q4.

72. WWF

73. Deloitte Consulting mocked PwC consulting
over the new brand
name which cost $110 mn. What was the
rebranded name of PwC?
Q5.

75. Q6.

77. Which bank is also known as the
“Queens Bank” to many by virtue of it
being reputed to be the bankers to the
British Royal Family and an ATM of the
bank is in the basement of Buckingham
Palace for use by the Royal Family and
Household.
Q7.

79. Q8.

81. What is the full form of PVR Cinemas (the
multiplex brand)?
Q9.

82. Priya Village Roadshow

83. Q10.

85. IDENTIFY THE PARENT COMPANY OF THE FOLLOWING
BRANDS.
Q11.

86. INDITEX

87. WHO IS X ?
Agunnaryd is a locality situated in Sweden with 220 inhabitants in 2010. Agunnaryd is
chiefly associated with a famous industrialist X, who founded ***A (the A of which stands
for Agunnaryd).
Products of the company ***A are named rather than numbered because Mr. X is
dyslexic.
It was simply a matter of necessity to keep things easier. And their crazy names follow an
elaborate system: beds take Norwegian place names, sofas are named after Swedish
towns, kitchen tables are Finnish geographic points of interest, chairs are male first
names, glasses and cups are given adjectives, etc.
Eg. - How do you like dem applen?
Q12.

88. X - Ingvar Feodor Kamprad
IKEA - Ingvar KampradElmtaryd (where
the founder grew up) Agunnaryd (a village
near his hometown).

89. Q13.

91. This brand of beer derives its name from a city in
Southern Bohemia. It is one of the major
breweries that emphasizes humorous
advertising campaigns such as the “Real Men of
Genius” radio commercials. Which brand of beer
?
‘Whassup?’ was a commercial campaign for X
from 1999 to 2002. The commercial made
Q14.

92. Budweiser beer ; the city is
Budweis

93. CONNECT. IDENTIFY THE
COMPANY.
Q15.

95. Which company owes its origin to a
distribution business of speciality
chemicals manufactured by a
German company by BK Parekh ?
The name of the most famous
brand of this company comes from
Q16.

97. Q17.

99. Q18.

101. Q19.

102. Proctor & Gamble

103. IDENTIFY THE
COMPANY.
Q20.

104. MERCEDES BENZ

105. Q21.

107. CONNECTQ22.

108. RocketMail

109. Q23.

110. GUERLAIN

111. Q24.

113. Q25.

115. Q26.

117. Q27.

118. Titan Company Limited

119. • The origins of this product lie in the setting up a factory
in 1916 to use excess reserves of a particular product
which could not be exported to Europe due to the first
world war.
• The company which manufactures the product today
holds a geographical tag on this product.
• In 2006, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became its first brand
ambassador.
Q28.

120. Mysore Sandal Soap

121. Q29.

122. Mahindra Flyte

123. Q30.

124. HEINEKEN JAMMING
FESTIVAL AD

125. TIE BREAKERS

126. Q1.
It was created by an illustrator named
Tom Browne to be a likeness of John
Walker in traditional attire. In th logo, the
man is walking forward, which Diageo
says symbolizes forward thinking and the
pursuit for excellence. How do we
popularly know this logo ?

127. STRIDING MAN
LOGO

128. Q2.

130. Q3.
This brand’s image is the brainchild of
founder’s son Murari Mohan Dutta. On 15
August 1947, Calcutta news papers
carried an advertisement informing
audiences that from two specified city
outlets, it would be distributed free to
anyone who asks for it during the day.

132. Q4.

134. X is a restaurant company. The company operates
175 full service dining restaurants: of which 13 are
under the Grand Lux Cafe marque and 1 under the
Rock Sugar Pan Asian Kitchen marque. It also
operates two bakery production facilities - one in
Calabasas, California and the other in Rocky Mount,
North Carolina. David Overton, the company's
founder, established the future chain's pattern of
offering an eclectic menu and signature product.
According to him, it "does not have any sort of
arrangements with the TV show is and really pleased
Q5.