The document discusses Peter Norton of Norton Anti-Virus, the Beatles on the cover of LIFE magazine, and the Dutch East India Company introducing shares in 1610 to bolster capital resources. It also mentions Sir J.D. Hooker founding the Botanical Survey of India in 1890 after finding no records to help study the flora of British India. Finally, it discusses Henry Leland ordering an electric starter to be fitted to the 1912 Cadillac after a friend was killed cranking the car by hand.
- His grandfather was the Kotwal of Delhi during the 1857 revolt. His father chaired the X commission, which was a counter to the British Simon commission.
- He had severe hay fever attacks every June and would wear a gas mask on his bicycle rides to work. He would also count pedal rotations to manually adjust his bicycle chain instead of getting it repaired.
- During his time, he was known to chain his mug to radiator pipes to prevent theft.
This document contains a series of trivia questions about companies, brands, and other topics related to business and current events. It asks the reader to identify movies that featured prominent product placement, companies known for their mascots, magazines and their slogans, details about specific Rolex watches and watches in general, quotes attributed to famous investors, types of bonds, exclusive products created by certain companies, mobile operating systems, organizations and their origins, countries related to technology and policies, connections between people and industries like coffee, special military teams, popular biscuit brands, parent companies, Swiss companies, locations of company headquarters, biographies of people, locations where company projects were shifted to, renamed international organizations, origins of fashion houses, media
Sports Quiz at Quizzers Anonymous 2014 (finals)Kiran Gowda
Here are the clubs that have completed the continental treble:
- Barcelona (2009)
- Manchester United (1999)
- Inter Milan (2010)
- Bayern Munich (2013)
- Celtic (1967)
- PSV Eindhoven (1988)
- Ajax (1972)
That's 7 clubs.
This document contains a list of various brands, people, places, books, and other topics including Araldite, Nifty, Rakesh Kapoor, Just Do It, Hard Rock Cafe, Pratibha Patil, Citigroup, Antilla, Meg Whitman, Chetan Bhagat, Ubuntu, Facebook, Rupee Symbol Selection, The World Is Flat. The list appears to be providing potential responses or topics for a quiz or game with categories including brands, people, places, books and other miscellaneous topics.
This document contains multiple choice questions about business, current events, marketing concepts, and more. It asks the reader to identify people like CEOs, companies, products, and terms based on clues provided. The questions cover a wide range of topics testing general knowledge.
Kqa asqkance 2014 social sciences quiz finalsreydv
1. Created in 1748 by Giambattita Nolli, the Nolli Map measured 7 x 6 feet and provided the most accurate street map of Rome at the time.
2. Unlike previous maps, it distinguished between public spaces (churches, piazzas) and private buildings, showing how the city was organized spatially.
3. It had a major influence on urban planning by revealing the relationships between buildings, streets, and open spaces in the city in an innovative way. The Nolli Map became a model for mapping cities and understanding urban form.
The document discusses Peter Norton of Norton Anti-Virus, the Beatles on the cover of LIFE magazine, and the Dutch East India Company introducing shares in 1610 to bolster capital resources. It also mentions Sir J.D. Hooker founding the Botanical Survey of India in 1890 after finding no records to help study the flora of British India. Finally, it discusses Henry Leland ordering an electric starter to be fitted to the 1912 Cadillac after a friend was killed cranking the car by hand.
- His grandfather was the Kotwal of Delhi during the 1857 revolt. His father chaired the X commission, which was a counter to the British Simon commission.
- He had severe hay fever attacks every June and would wear a gas mask on his bicycle rides to work. He would also count pedal rotations to manually adjust his bicycle chain instead of getting it repaired.
- During his time, he was known to chain his mug to radiator pipes to prevent theft.
This document contains a series of trivia questions about companies, brands, and other topics related to business and current events. It asks the reader to identify movies that featured prominent product placement, companies known for their mascots, magazines and their slogans, details about specific Rolex watches and watches in general, quotes attributed to famous investors, types of bonds, exclusive products created by certain companies, mobile operating systems, organizations and their origins, countries related to technology and policies, connections between people and industries like coffee, special military teams, popular biscuit brands, parent companies, Swiss companies, locations of company headquarters, biographies of people, locations where company projects were shifted to, renamed international organizations, origins of fashion houses, media
Sports Quiz at Quizzers Anonymous 2014 (finals)Kiran Gowda
Here are the clubs that have completed the continental treble:
- Barcelona (2009)
- Manchester United (1999)
- Inter Milan (2010)
- Bayern Munich (2013)
- Celtic (1967)
- PSV Eindhoven (1988)
- Ajax (1972)
That's 7 clubs.
This document contains a list of various brands, people, places, books, and other topics including Araldite, Nifty, Rakesh Kapoor, Just Do It, Hard Rock Cafe, Pratibha Patil, Citigroup, Antilla, Meg Whitman, Chetan Bhagat, Ubuntu, Facebook, Rupee Symbol Selection, The World Is Flat. The list appears to be providing potential responses or topics for a quiz or game with categories including brands, people, places, books and other miscellaneous topics.
This document contains multiple choice questions about business, current events, marketing concepts, and more. It asks the reader to identify people like CEOs, companies, products, and terms based on clues provided. The questions cover a wide range of topics testing general knowledge.
Kqa asqkance 2014 social sciences quiz finalsreydv
1. Created in 1748 by Giambattita Nolli, the Nolli Map measured 7 x 6 feet and provided the most accurate street map of Rome at the time.
2. Unlike previous maps, it distinguished between public spaces (churches, piazzas) and private buildings, showing how the city was organized spatially.
3. It had a major influence on urban planning by revealing the relationships between buildings, streets, and open spaces in the city in an innovative way. The Nolli Map became a model for mapping cities and understanding urban form.
The document contains a series of questions across multiple subjects including general knowledge, science, and medicine. It appears to be a quiz or exam covering topics such as computers, biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and other medical topics. The questions are in multiple choice format with 4 answer options for each.
This document summarizes a general quiz with various rounds of questions on diverse topics. The quiz consists of direct questions worth 10 points and indirect questions worth 5 points. Clues are only provided for questions with no objections. Long visual connects provide 4 visual clues worth 20, 15, 10, and 5 points respectively for identifying the connection between the clues. The quiz master's decision is final. The document concludes by thanking the organizers and others for inspiring the quiz, and dedicating the quiz to a cockroach killed last night.
The document discusses a retail store's marketing strategy of printing footprints on the floor leading up to the store. It notes that the footprints are meant to guide customers to the store on the first floor of the mall and represents how marketing techniques can direct foot traffic. The strategy is described as very well thought out and something that could be implemented by many stores worldwide to help marketing.
The document discusses a trivia game with multiple choice questions about various topics. Some of the questions are:
1) A question about the original logo of the famous Woodstock music festival in 1969.
2) A theory that the film Fight Club is a sequel to the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, based on similarities between characters.
3) Identification of the Indian clarinetist Shankar Tucker, known for his YouTube and Kickstarter projects.
The University of Alberta gathered 4,979 students, staff, and faculty to play dodgeball for over an hour, reclaiming the Guinness World Record for largest dodgeball game for the third year in a row. David J. Peterson created the language of Dothraki for the TV show Game of Thrones by first ruling out unrealistic words and building a vocabulary and grammar. The "Soup Nazi" is a strict New York chef who demands customers follow his ordering policies or are denied service.
The document discusses the differences between IQ (intelligence quotient) and EQ (emotional intelligence quotient). While IQ is useful for learning and school, EQ is a better predictor of success in life and career. EQ involves self-awareness of one's own emotions, social awareness of others' emotions, relationship management skills, and self-management of emotions. Developing EQ abilities like recognizing emotions, handling relationships, and motivating oneself can be learned and are important for achieving happiness and success beyond what IQ alone provides.
Doosra World Cup (The Best of Three Worlds) quiz with Vatsal Vora, Nikita Moghe and Nikhil Hirve as quizmasters. The quiz contains questions from various topics including movies, books, science, history and more. Players can earn points for correct answers but also lose points for incorrect answers. Every fourth question is part of a connect round to test long term memory of players.
This document contains the questions and answers from a business quiz. It includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about business, brands, and economics. The questions cover topics like landmark Indian economic reforms, cigarette brand slogans, and business scandals. The correct answers are provided at the end.
1. The document is a business quiz containing 20 multiple choice questions.
2. Questions cover topics like Godwin's law, business acquisitions, radio history, web browsers, technology founders, camera brands, tech companies, and more.
3. Many questions test knowledge of company names and origins, such as questions about WhatsApp, Leica cameras, Yonex badminton equipment, and the dictionary origin of the Reebok brand name.
- The document discusses various trivia questions about movies, books, historical figures, and more.
- Topics included Apocalypse Now, Gandhi, Brigitte Bardot, haircuts in finance, tiki mugs, Ang Lee, Stalin, and comfort women during WWII.
- Multiple choice answers are provided for fill-in-the-blank style questions about the topics.
Sports Quiz at Quizzers Anonymous 2014 (prelims)Kiran Gowda
1) The document announces a sports quiz called "The MC/BC Sports Quiz" hosted by Trivial Pursuit and Quizzers Anonymous '14 in association with Pantheon '14.
2) It provides rules for the quiz, stating there will be 33 questions with the top eight teams making the finals, and rules around searching for answers and scoring.
3) The first question asks about the last British player to win a senior title at Wimbledon before Andy Murray in 2012.
This quiz consists of 32 questions with varying point values for correct and incorrect answers. The quizmaster's decision is final. Questions cover topics like movies, sports, literature, and current events to test the participants' general knowledge. Accurate and complete answers are required to receive full points. Partial answers may receive partial credit at the quizmaster's discretion.
This document provides information about an upcoming quiz competition including the names of the quiz masters and scoring details. It states that the quiz masters are Siddharth Bagdi, Kanishk Kaul, and Amit Gaikwad. For correct answers, players will receive +20 points and for wrong answers they will receive 0 points with no negative scoring. The document then provides snippets of information about different topics that will be covered in the quiz along with clues to identify the topics.
A quiz at Reverie,the annual fest of Gargi College(Univ. of Delhi), on 12 Feb 2015. Questions Inc. in association with Quiz Society, Gargi College.
Pls point out errors, if you find any.
Prelims Cut off: 8 Top Score: 13
Shah Rukh Khan topped the list of worst actors in the world according to a recent list published by IMDB. Twerking, a dance move involving shaking the hips and buttocks, was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2013 after Miley Cyrus performed the dance at an awards show. Nokia once produced a line of personal computers called MikroMikko. All the players listed under "CONNECT" were born in South Africa but represented England in cricket. The original logo of Apple featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree and was replaced by Steve Jobs with the iconic rainbow logo.
The document contains 20 questions about various topics including brands, products, current events, and history. It tests the reader's knowledge on subjects like trademarks, payment systems, currencies, and prominent individuals. The questions cover well-known companies, economic indicators, and social media phenomena.
Vinita Bali is the CEO of Britannia Industries. Mallika Srinivasan is the director of the TAFE group and was given the 2006 Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Falguni Nayar is the MD of Kotak Mahindra Capital.
The document contains a series of questions across multiple subjects including general knowledge, science, and medicine. It appears to be a quiz or exam covering topics such as computers, biology, chemistry, pharmacology, and other medical topics. The questions are in multiple choice format with 4 answer options for each.
This document summarizes a general quiz with various rounds of questions on diverse topics. The quiz consists of direct questions worth 10 points and indirect questions worth 5 points. Clues are only provided for questions with no objections. Long visual connects provide 4 visual clues worth 20, 15, 10, and 5 points respectively for identifying the connection between the clues. The quiz master's decision is final. The document concludes by thanking the organizers and others for inspiring the quiz, and dedicating the quiz to a cockroach killed last night.
The document discusses a retail store's marketing strategy of printing footprints on the floor leading up to the store. It notes that the footprints are meant to guide customers to the store on the first floor of the mall and represents how marketing techniques can direct foot traffic. The strategy is described as very well thought out and something that could be implemented by many stores worldwide to help marketing.
The document discusses a trivia game with multiple choice questions about various topics. Some of the questions are:
1) A question about the original logo of the famous Woodstock music festival in 1969.
2) A theory that the film Fight Club is a sequel to the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, based on similarities between characters.
3) Identification of the Indian clarinetist Shankar Tucker, known for his YouTube and Kickstarter projects.
The University of Alberta gathered 4,979 students, staff, and faculty to play dodgeball for over an hour, reclaiming the Guinness World Record for largest dodgeball game for the third year in a row. David J. Peterson created the language of Dothraki for the TV show Game of Thrones by first ruling out unrealistic words and building a vocabulary and grammar. The "Soup Nazi" is a strict New York chef who demands customers follow his ordering policies or are denied service.
The document discusses the differences between IQ (intelligence quotient) and EQ (emotional intelligence quotient). While IQ is useful for learning and school, EQ is a better predictor of success in life and career. EQ involves self-awareness of one's own emotions, social awareness of others' emotions, relationship management skills, and self-management of emotions. Developing EQ abilities like recognizing emotions, handling relationships, and motivating oneself can be learned and are important for achieving happiness and success beyond what IQ alone provides.
Doosra World Cup (The Best of Three Worlds) quiz with Vatsal Vora, Nikita Moghe and Nikhil Hirve as quizmasters. The quiz contains questions from various topics including movies, books, science, history and more. Players can earn points for correct answers but also lose points for incorrect answers. Every fourth question is part of a connect round to test long term memory of players.
This document contains the questions and answers from a business quiz. It includes 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about business, brands, and economics. The questions cover topics like landmark Indian economic reforms, cigarette brand slogans, and business scandals. The correct answers are provided at the end.
1. The document is a business quiz containing 20 multiple choice questions.
2. Questions cover topics like Godwin's law, business acquisitions, radio history, web browsers, technology founders, camera brands, tech companies, and more.
3. Many questions test knowledge of company names and origins, such as questions about WhatsApp, Leica cameras, Yonex badminton equipment, and the dictionary origin of the Reebok brand name.
- The document discusses various trivia questions about movies, books, historical figures, and more.
- Topics included Apocalypse Now, Gandhi, Brigitte Bardot, haircuts in finance, tiki mugs, Ang Lee, Stalin, and comfort women during WWII.
- Multiple choice answers are provided for fill-in-the-blank style questions about the topics.
Sports Quiz at Quizzers Anonymous 2014 (prelims)Kiran Gowda
1) The document announces a sports quiz called "The MC/BC Sports Quiz" hosted by Trivial Pursuit and Quizzers Anonymous '14 in association with Pantheon '14.
2) It provides rules for the quiz, stating there will be 33 questions with the top eight teams making the finals, and rules around searching for answers and scoring.
3) The first question asks about the last British player to win a senior title at Wimbledon before Andy Murray in 2012.
This quiz consists of 32 questions with varying point values for correct and incorrect answers. The quizmaster's decision is final. Questions cover topics like movies, sports, literature, and current events to test the participants' general knowledge. Accurate and complete answers are required to receive full points. Partial answers may receive partial credit at the quizmaster's discretion.
This document provides information about an upcoming quiz competition including the names of the quiz masters and scoring details. It states that the quiz masters are Siddharth Bagdi, Kanishk Kaul, and Amit Gaikwad. For correct answers, players will receive +20 points and for wrong answers they will receive 0 points with no negative scoring. The document then provides snippets of information about different topics that will be covered in the quiz along with clues to identify the topics.
A quiz at Reverie,the annual fest of Gargi College(Univ. of Delhi), on 12 Feb 2015. Questions Inc. in association with Quiz Society, Gargi College.
Pls point out errors, if you find any.
Prelims Cut off: 8 Top Score: 13
Shah Rukh Khan topped the list of worst actors in the world according to a recent list published by IMDB. Twerking, a dance move involving shaking the hips and buttocks, was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 2013 after Miley Cyrus performed the dance at an awards show. Nokia once produced a line of personal computers called MikroMikko. All the players listed under "CONNECT" were born in South Africa but represented England in cricket. The original logo of Apple featured Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree and was replaced by Steve Jobs with the iconic rainbow logo.
The document contains 20 questions about various topics including brands, products, current events, and history. It tests the reader's knowledge on subjects like trademarks, payment systems, currencies, and prominent individuals. The questions cover well-known companies, economic indicators, and social media phenomena.
Vinita Bali is the CEO of Britannia Industries. Mallika Srinivasan is the director of the TAFE group and was given the 2006 Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Falguni Nayar is the MD of Kotak Mahindra Capital.