This is an intra-college Quiz contest conducted in Vanguard Business School, Bengaluru. In-Quiz-itive is the in-house Quiz competition conducted by students of VBS who are well supported by their Management.

1. In-Quiz-itive
Elimination Round
Quiz Master:
Kaushik PKN
PGPM (2014-16)
06-08-2015

2. Rules
• Quizmaster is the God
• Quizmaster is the only God unless the higher God decides to
intervene
• Sleep deprived quizmaster is liable to be irritable and violent
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

3. 1. What collective word for kittens connect it
to Amazon
Ans: Kindle

4. 2. In 1995, it appeared in a book of
useless inventions in Japan. Since then
it has gone on to become a cool
accessory to go with smart phones.
What are we talking about?
Hint: Its related to the 2013 word of the year
Ans: Sellfie Stick

5. 3. If you move
vertically on
elevator and
diagonally on
escalator, on
what you move
horizontally
Ans: Travelator

6. 4. If 2010 FIFA world cup bought
worldwide attention to Vuvuzela, what
phenomenon, now associated with
various sporting events did 1986 FIFA
world cup introduce
Hint: 1986 world cup was hosted in Mexico
Ans: Mexican Waves

7. 5. Players of Manchester
Utd are called Red Devils,
West Ham players are
known as Hammers,
similarly what do they call
players of Southampton
FC
Ans: The Saints

8. 6. In affectionate remembrance of X, which died at
the Oval on 29 August, Deeply lamented by large
circle of sorrowing friends and acquaintances
R.I.P
Identify X and for bonus point
identify the event it gave rise
to?
Ans: English Cricket, Ashes was started

9. 7. If 10 hurdles are there
in 110 m Hurdle race,
how many hurdles in 400
m hurdles
Ans: 10

10. 8. If Boeing 747 is
known as a “Jumbo-
Jet” then what is
Boeing 787 commonly
called
Ans: Dreamliner

11. 9. What is common to Cupcake,
Donut, Éclair, Ginger Bread,
Honeycomb, X,Y and Z
For bonus point identify X,Y and Z
Hint: After Z latest Version was released this year
Ans: Android Versions, Ice-cream sandwich, Jellybean, KitKat

12. 10. Its official name is “The
Hellenic Republic”. How is this
ancient country better known to us
Hint: This country was very much in news recently
Ans: Greece

13. 11. In which
computer game
you come across
Blinky, Inky, Pinky
and Clyde
Ans: Pacman

14. 12. What happened
in the 31st Minute of
the 2014 FIFA world-
cup match between
Mexico and
Netherlands for the
very first time in
International
Football
Ans: Cooling Break

15. 13. According to
Indian mythology
who is the son of
Shakuntala
Ans: Bharata

16. 14. Which e-
Commerce deal is
being talked about as
“Kunal calling Kunal”
Ans: Snapdeal Acquiring Freecharge (Kunal Bahl & Kunal Shah)

17. 15. Jim-O-Neill coined a term X in 2001 through
the paper “Building Better Global Economy Xs”
written for Goldman Sachs global economic
paper series
Identify X
Hint: X is recently in news
Ans: BRIC

18. 16. Ferule, Open Cap, Top notch,
Rib Stretcher, Top spring, Central
spring and Bottom spring, followed
by a tip cup and then a crook
Top to down
description of What??
Ans: Umbrella

19. 17. What is the
financial
connection
between the
highlighted
countries
Ans: Having rupee as currency

20. 18. Who
gave this
epic ad
Ans: Durex

21. 19. Identify the company
which used the variation of
this famous RK Laxman’s
cartoon as it’s logo.
For Bonus point identify
the founder of the
company
Ans: Air Deccan, Capt. Gopinath

22. 20. Adam's mother had
three children. The first
child was named April.
The second child was
named May. What was the
third child's name?
Ans: Adam

23. In-Quiz-itive
Final Round

24. Rules
• 3 Rounds
• First 2 Rounds in Infinite Bounce
• Option of Pounce available in both rounds
• Pounce and succeed – 15 points
• Round 1: Pounce and fail-No negative points
• Round 2: Pounce and fail-10 negative points
• Final Round: Gamble  Gamble your points before question is
asked… You win or lose the same points

25. Round 1

26. Connect the Following
Ans: Ratan Tata’s personal investments

27. Instead of GDP, Bhutan uses GNH as a
measure of progress. It is an attempt to
define an indicator that measures quality
of life in more holistic terms instead of
basing it on cold economics. What does
GNH stand for
Hint: Bhutan is a/an X country in the world
1 point, if you correctly identify H in
GNH
Ans: Gross National Happiness

28. Malcom Nash Tilak Raj
Gurman
Randawa
Daan Van
Bunge
Stuart Broad
Connect them
Ans: Bowlers who were hit for 6 sixes in an over in official cricket

29. Identify this
person who had a
spectacular fall
from grace in one
of the biggest
incident of Insider
trading in Wal-
street
Ans: Rajat Gupta

30. Ayrton Senna
John Dawson
Damer
Jules BianchiFritz Glatz Denis Welch
Connect them
Ans: Last 5 drivers who died due to crash in F1 racing

31. The creator of Archie comics Tom Moore
passed away. In the world of Internet, what
are Archie, Veronica and Jughead ?
Ans: Internet Search Engines

32. Douglas Englebart invented a device
invented a device in 1960s which changed
the way computing is done. The German
name for the device is “Rollkugel” where
the device got a more elegant form. What
is this device that is used almost in every
Tech firm today
Ans: Mouse

33. I was born in Malaysia to Indian parents. I
graduated from London School of Business
and was an auditor in Virgin Atlantic. I got
inspired by our founder Richard Bransen and
retired as financial controller of Virgin
records and started a company of my own.
We recently expanded our operations to
India. For full points Identify who am I and
my company
Ans: Tony Fernandes, Air Asia

34. Round 2

35. He was the most important person in Britain
after Prime Minister. His position in Govt
was something that was created specially to
accommodate him. His position didn’t exist
before his tenure and cease to exist after he
leaves. He can connect dots that are far
apart and seemingly unrelated to one
another. His analytical skills are unmatched
and are better than his more illustrious
brother
Who am I referring to?
Ans: Mycroft Holmes

36. I was born in Nagpur, Maharastra, completed my
PhD from Columbia University and joined Morgan
Stanley. Then I joined X as CEO when X was in the
midst of huge crisis. I survived on $1 a year Salary
with no bonus for 2 years becoming the lowest
paid CEO of an MNC. Finally after 2 years I
improved the performance of X so much so that
my company gave me a compensation of $23.2 m
making me one of the highest paid CEO
Identify me and my company X
Ans: Vikram Pandit, Citi Group

37. What is
the
speciality
of this
logo
Ans: Rider riding a bicycle

38. Allejandro
Gonzalez
Innaritu
Alfonso Cuaron Tom HooperAng Lee
Michel
Hazanavicius
Connect them
Ans: Last 5 Oscar winning directors

39. Who published
this ad? On
what occasion
was this ad
published
Ans: Pepsi on April fools
day

40. Bharat Ratna has been surrounded by several
controversies. Identify which particular
controversy following set of images are trying
to depict
Self Nominated

41. In Cycling competitors often
tend to form a tight little
mass cycling together
because it reduces drag. A 7
letter French word is usually
used to refer such formation,
very close in meaning to a 7
letter English word for a
military unit. Give me either
word
Ans: Peleton or Platoon

42. Around 2nd Century AD,
Maldives was nicknamed as
“The Money Islands”
because it was one of the
major suppliers of something
to the ancient world. The
logo of Maldives Monetary
Authority preserves this
legacy
What are we
talking about??
Cowrey Shells used as currency then

43. Gamble

44. Jai Jawaan, Jai Kissan: Lal
Bahadur Shastri::Jai
Vigyan:_______
Ans: Atal Bihari Vajapayee

45. On What occasion did Google
came up with this doodle
Ans: Labours’ day (May Day)

46. This fruit is bore by
the plant is known as
Cocklebur, Xanthium
or burdock. One of its
characters influenced
an invention which
everyone of us have
used at least once.
What is the invention
Ans: Velcro

47. Identify the missing company and
identify the link between these
companies
Ans: Flipkart bought out all these. Myntra is missing company