Here is the prelims of an Inter-College Business quiz, recently hosted by me as part of the HR CONNECT-2018 by Department of Commerce.

1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUSINESS QUIZ
19th SEPTEMBER 2018

2.  Department of Commerce, Stella Maris College,
Chennai.
 Rumaiza Fathima.

4.  20 Questions, 25 points in total.
 Questions 11-15 are * marked to resolve ties. If
again tie persists sudden death from first.
 Questions 16-20 are double pointers.
 Do not Google, Googlers will rot in hell. If caught red
hand, immediate disqualification.
 Quiz master’s decision will be final.

6.  Tamil Nadu’s flower growing industry used to be in its
peak during the months of August- September.
 Their supplies to Tirumala Temple and other certain
functions used to be overshadowed by this certain
once-a-year phenomenon leading them to exorbitant
profits.
 Sudden plunge in all these happened leaving them to
a sharp drop in their turnover.
 What reason?

7.  What historic occasion
led Durex to come up
with this much
applauded ad?

8.  Alfred P Sloan, during his years at GM created a multi-
divisional structure with each division being operated by a
chief executive.
 This resulted in a phenomenal growth, taming the market
leader Ford Motors with a turnover of $1.5 billion.
 They termed this organizational model as Federal
__________ which was later recognized and promoted by
management gurus like Drucker and Chandler.
 FITB.

9.  Mammy two shoes is a heavy-set middle-aged woman. Her
face still turns to be a mystery for many as it is rarely seen.
 The lady is famous for her authoritative character and
misbehavior towards her worker, where the worker’s task is
often sabotaged by it’s arch rival.
 She was thrown out of her work for racial remarks but called
back later due to her popularity.
 Whom are we talking about?
popularity

10.  What made thisTata vehicle to be in the
limelight during 2018 Asian Games?

11.  Assam – Bhutan bilateral trade receives a fresh attention
after the inauguration of BorderTrade Centre at Darranga.
 The market experiences unlikely heavy traffic in recent days
for a product exported from India.
 The availability of this product for a price around Rs.50 made
this possible.
 What product?

12.  “Because you can’t see the person who is sending
you, are sometimes uncertain whether they are
serious or joking.” This is from a Carnegie Mellon
Bulletin board from 1982.
 These lines were part of the decision to bring in
something that’s ubiquitous today.What?

13.  The Sorrows of Young Werther is a Johann Wolfgang
Goethe’s loosely autobiographical novel.
 The novel served inspiration for a Tokyo based MNC when
it was incorporated in 1948 which later expanded itself to
candy manufacturing, financial services, beverages etc..
 Which company, that could also attribute it’s name to a
member of a 17th century English family (quiz master’s
analogy)?
 Image slide follows

15.  A 0.05% of tax is levied on all financial market
transactions in order to raise resources for fighting
poverty and climate change at home and abroad.
 Named after a Daniel Defoe character, what tax is
this?

16.  The royal doctor of Shah Jahan advised him to have
additional spicy and oily food in order to nullify the effect of
contaminated water fromYamuna that he usually drank.
 This led to the creation of a much popular item in the royal
kitchen.
 What was created, where the modern version of this item is
much popular in Chennai?

17.  One mode of testing the authenticity of these items is using
Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
 The recent findings made it simple for artisans as well as its
connoisseurs as Raman Spectroscopy is an apt method
where it does not require the removal of frame and glass
while testing the authenticity of these items.
 A peak in the Raman graph could validate the use of fake
unless it is a metal.
 What is been tested?

18.  Sean Murray was eager to create a game that captured the
sense of exploration and optimism of science fiction writings
and art of the 1970s and 1980s
 The classic 1984 video game Elite has inspired Sean as a child
and inspired him to come up with some thing else of the
similar nature. He was excited by the mix of galactic
exploration, trading and space combat.
 The asteroid mining, docking in space stations and getting
chased by greedy space pirates also inspired him.
 What?
 Image Slide follows.

20.  Carvaan is a portable digital audio player with in-built
stereo speakers and 5000 evergreen Hindi songs inside.
 This was marketed by R.P. Goenka group under their new
brand, christened to represent aptly what they do.
 Which brand.
 Image slide follows.

22.  What Japanese billion dollar industry, which goes
for an unusual cheap price uses more papers than
toilet papers?
 [hint: at times, industry supplies for toilet papers too]

23.  Booz Allen Hamilton was hired in 1940 by the United
States Secretary of the Navy with World War II
preparations for a particular strategy that they
devised.
 The strategy is that the companies would be more
successful if they could call on someone outside their
own organizations for expert, impartial advice.
 This has revolutionized the industry and created even
a new job profile.
 What did they come up with?

24.  Indian Copyright law gives credit to an author’s work for 60
years after the death of the author.
 In 2008, this particular entity decided not to apply for an
extension of all the writings by Gandhiji which were under
their control, thereby making his words freely available to
the world.
 Which entity?
 Also name the train 12655/12656 that travels Chennai
Central – Ahmedabad daily with a similar name.

25.  Intriband is a USA based advertising company which
was roped in by an Indian major for a face shift for
the first time in 20 years.
 The new look, and inspired by the Hindi melody ‘
Sau Saal Jiyenga’ the company decided to launch 50
new products in 12 months.
 Which company? What specialty marked these
changes?

26.  Leica is famous for it’s enlightened behavior toward its
workers as pensions, sick leave, health insurance were
already a part of their workers program.
 During 1940’s countries like France, UK, Hong Kong etc
witnessed large deployment of specific Leica employees.
 Upon arrival in these nations, they received a Leica Camera
and a stipend until they could settle themselves.
 Who were these employees? And Why did this overseas
expansion happen?

27.  Ramudu Bheemudu is a Telugu 1964 blockbuster, starring
N.T.Rama Ramo. The film was the debut production of media
moghul D.Rama Naidu under his Suresh Productions.
 The film was remade in to several other languages where MGR
starred in theTamil version in 1965.
 Recently, the producers of the MGR film sued the grandson of
Rama Naidu for using a similar title of a song from the movie
which was also the title for another film in 1966, for his upcoming
Telugu movie’sTamil release.
 What title?
 Who is the grandson?
 Image slide follows.

29.  This 1918 American silent film was inspired from
William John Locke’s novel of the same name.
 The film featured Mary Pickford in the lead role,
who is one among the founding member of
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
 ID the film. What venture was established by her
along with Charlie Chaplin?
 Video.

31.  Tamil Nadu’s flower growing industry used to be in its
peak during the months of August- September.
 Their supplies to Tirumala Temple and other certain
functions used to be overshadowed by this certain
once-a-year phenomenon leading them to exorbitant
profits.
 Sudden plunge in all these happened leaving them to
a sharp drop in their turnover.
 What reason?

33.  What historic occasion
led Durex to come up
with this much
applauded ad?

35.  Alfred P Sloan, during his years at GM created a multi-
divisional structure with each division being operated by a
chief executive.
 This resulted in a phenomenal growth, taming the market
leader Ford Motors with a turnover of $1.5 billion.
 They termed this organizational model as Federal
__________ which was later recognized and promoted by
management gurus like Drucker and Chandler.
 FITB.

37.  Mammy two shoes is a heavy-set middle-aged woman. Her
face still turns to be a mystery for many as it is rarely seen.
 The lady is famous for her authoritative character and
misbehavior towards her worker, where the worker’s task is
often sabotaged by it’s arch rival.
 She was thrown out of her work for racial remarks but called
back later due to her popularity.
 Whom are we talking about?
popularity

39.  What made thisTata vehicle to be in the
limelight during 2018 Asian Games?

41.  Assam – Bhutan bilateral trade receives a fresh attention
after the inauguration of BorderTrade Centre at Darranga.
 The market experiences unlikely heavy traffic in recent days
for a product exported from India.
 The availability of this product for a price around Rs.50 made
this possible.
 What product?

43.  “Because you can’t see the person who is sending
you, are sometimes uncertain whether they are
serious or joking.” This is from a Carnegie Mellon
Bulletin board from 1982.
 These lines were part of the decision to bring in
something that’s ubiquitous today.What?

45.  The Sorrows of Young Werther is a Johann Wolfgang
Goethe’s loosely autobiographical novel.
 The novel served inspiration for a Tokyo based MNC when
it was incorporated in 1948 which later expanded itself to
candy manufacturing, financial services, beverages etc..
 Which company, that could also attribute it’s name to a
member of a 17th century English family (quiz master’s
analogy)?
 Image slide follows

48.  A 0.05% of tax is levied on all financial market
transactions in order to raise resources for fighting
poverty and climate change at home and abroad.
 Named after a Daniel Defoe character, what tax is
this?

50.  The royal doctor of Shah Jahan advised him to have
additional spicy and oily food in order to nullify the effect of
contaminated water fromYamuna that he usually drank.
 This led to the creation of a much popular item in the royal
kitchen.
 What was created, where the modern version of this item is
much popular in Chennai?

52.  One mode of testing the authenticity of these items is using
Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy.
 The recent findings made it simple for artisans as well as its
connoisseurs as Raman Spectroscopy is an apt method
where it does not require the removal of frame and glass
while testing the authenticity of these items.
 A peak in the Raman graph could validate the use of fake
unless it is a metal.
 What is been tested?

54.  Sean Murray was eager to create a game that captured the
sense of exploration and optimism of science fiction writings
and art of the 1970s and 1980s
 The classic 1984 video game Elite has inspired Sean as a child
and inspired him to come up with some thing else of the
similar nature. He was excited by the mix of galactic
exploration, trading and space combat.
 The asteroid mining, docking in space stations and getting
chased by greedy space pirates also inspired him.
 What?
 Image Slide follows.

57.  Carvaan is a portable digital audio player with in-built
stereo speakers and 5000 evergreen Hindi songs inside.
 This was marketed by R.P. Goenka group under their new
brand, christened to represent aptly what they do.
 Which brand.
 Image slide follows.

60.  What Japanese billion dollar industry, which goes
for an unusual cheap price uses more papers than
toilet papers?
 [hint: at times, industry supplies for toilet papers too]

62.  Booz Allen Hamilton was hired in 1940 by the United
States Secretary of the Navy with World War II
preparations for a particular strategy that they
devised.
 The strategy is that the companies would be more
successful if they could call on someone outside their
own organizations for expert, impartial advice.
 This has revolutionized the industry and created even
a new job profile.
 What did they come up with?

64.  Indian Copyright law gives credit to an author’s work for 60
years after the death of the author.
 In 2008, this particular entity decided not to apply for an
extension of all the writings by Gandhiji which were under
their control, thereby making his words freely available to
the world.
 Which entity?
 Also name the train 12655/12656 that travels Chennai
Central – Ahmedabad daily with a similar name.

66.  Intriband is a USA based advertising company which
was roped in by an Indian major for a face shift for
the first time in 20 years.
 The new look, and inspired by the Hindi melody ‘
Sau Saal Jiyenga’ the company decided to launch 50
new products in 12 months.
 Which company? What specialty marked these
changes?

68.  Leica is famous for it’s enlightened behavior toward its
workers as pensions, sick leave, health insurance were
already a part of their workers program.
 During 1940’s countries like France, UK, Hong Kong etc
witnessed large deployment of specific Leica employees.
 Upon arrival in these nations, they received a Leica Camera
and a stipend until they could settle themselves.
 Who were these employees? And Why did this overseas
expansion happen?

70.  Ramudu Bheemudu is a Telugu 1964 blockbuster, starring
N.T.Rama Ramo. The film was the debut production of media
moghul D.Rama Naidu under his Suresh Productions.
 The film was remade in to several other languages where MGR
starred in theTamil version in 1965.
 Recently, the producers of the MGR film sued the grandson of
Rama Naidu for using a similar title of a song from the movie
which was also the title for another film in 1966, for his upcoming
Telugu movie’sTamil release.
 What title?
 Who is the grandson?
 Image slide follows.

73.  This 1918 American silent film was inspired from
William John Locke’s novel of the same name.
 The film featured Mary Pickford in the lead role,
who is one among the founding member of
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
 ID the film. What venture was established by her
along with Charlie Chaplin?
 Video.