This document contains summaries of multiple passages on various topics. The passages discuss campaigns run by organizations, business started with small capital, name changes of brands, famous authors and their travel experiences, logos and advertisements of companies, and identification of fictional organizations, products and companies based on clues provided.

1. Hub Quiz on 13/12/2014
By
Kritartha Neog
7th Semester, Civil
Assam Engineering College, Guwahati- 13

2. X ran a campaign inviting 7 women of different ages and
different ethnicities to get sketched.FBI trained artists
drew two pictures of them, one based on the way they
described themselves and one based on the description
of strangers. It showed that they are more beautiful then
they really think . Who ran this campaign?

6. X started out a business in 1970s with 2000
rupee in capital, a Lambretta scooter, a table,
two chairs, a clerk and an errand boy. Its
company employees and agent has never
formed union. The group doesn’t declare any
dividends, 40% of the profit is spent on
welfare of workers called “kartvyayogi” 35%
goes into the company net owned funds and
the rest is spent on social work. The owner
called his corporate philosophy “collective
materialism”. Id X or the company which is in
all the wrong news for the last year or so.

8. Several names were
considered for this system.
Among the options that were
rejected were names such as
‘Moi’ and ‘Tim’. The name by
which it is known today was
coined in the 1980s and it
would be difficult to think
of anything else that suits it
better. What is the name of
the system

9. The worldwide web.
The name came into
being in 1989. Tim
Berns Lee considerd
the names Moi(Mine of
information) and
Tim(The information
Mine)

10. In 1963, a popular product
ran afoul of its producer, a
public sector company,
because its name clashed
with that of ruling congress
president, K Kamaraj . Its
name was changed and today
it is today,among the highest
selling brands in its category.
Name the brand

11. Nirodh

12. Mark Twain was practically bankrupt
in 1894 due to a failed investment in a
‘revolutionary ‘typesetting machine .
To work himself out of a $100,000 debt
,he undertook a tour of the British
Empire and wrote a book called
“Following the equator”. During his
travels he came to mumbai and wrote
about the crows he saw outside the
balcony of his room. Where did he
stay?

13. Watson Hotel

14. The founders of this company
named it after Pegasus,the
winged horse of Greek
mythology. However the
decided to do an adjustment
to the name because they
thought that the new name
would give them a higher
alphabetical standing. What
resulted thus?

16. Book about what?

18. In the evening of Sep 29, 1913, he boarded the
steamer Dresden in Antwerp on his way to London. He took
dinner on board the ship and then retired to his cabin at about
10 p.m., leaving word to be called the next morning at 6:15 a.m.;
but he was never seen alive again.
Why should we
remember this
man-of-science?

19. Rudolph Diesel
(invented the
Diesel Engine)

20. Developed by the East China Architectural Design and Research
Institute, this is a master-plan of __X__, which has geographical
coordinates 23°9’26’’N 72°41’12’’E.

21. GIFT CITY. Gujarat

22. AD FOR???

24. First of its kind. What?

25. First T.V Remote

27. Same Language Subtitles

28. X launched its first in-house magazine
Anamika last year. the colourful
magazine provides an insight into the
world of X with sections such as retina
scans, fingerprinting, bar codes and
footprints.
Identify x.

29. R&AW

30. At Google, for products to
be accepted they need to
pass a “toothbrush test “.
What is it ?

31. Should be used atleast twice a day

32. “…a burst of sunshine through a cool wisp of wind, it’s
sweet and tangy, surprising and juicy. It tickles like a
delicious secret that you cannot bear to share. And
how lush it feels at every sip, like an instant whiff of a
fresh bouquet of flowers in spring! With a quick sharp
jolt of tart and a sudden burst of sugary-citrusy-
sweetness, it leaves your tongue tingling pleasantly.
Then, it curls deliciously around your taste buds,
tantalizing your imagination & ripples happily down
your spine.” This is the copy of World’s First Tastable
Ad (claimed to be ) created by Ogilvy One Dubai for its
client X. Identify X.

34. Around the late 1980s when Indrajaal
Comics was beginning to close shop
and Amar Chitra Katha was printing re-runs,
three brothers decided to open their own
comic book publication house. In their quest
for the Indian super hero, X was born. After
25 years of producing an entire universe of
superheroes, X is the largest comic book
publishing house in India. They have
published more than 5000 titles and are home
to more than 20 characters. Identify X.

35. Raj Comics

36. Print Ad for

39. Kingston

41. SSANGYONG

42. Id this logo ?

43. SKINN perfume by TITAN

44. Id the advertiser ?

45. OLAY

47. Samsung C & T (Construction & Trading)

48. In 1904, Gus Mears acquired an athletics stadium
with the aim of turning it into a football stadium. An
offer to lease it to the nearby Fulham was turned
down. Mears opted to start his own club to use the
stadium & thus a new club was born on 10 March
1905 at “THE RISING SUN PUB”. The club took their
first European honour in 1971 with a win over Real
Madrid in Athens. In 2013, IFFHS ranked it the best
club in the world replacing Barcelona. Identify this
famous football club.

51. VOLKSWAGON

52. What started thus?

53. HP

55. NOKIA

56. X is an Italian brand of scooter
manufacturer. The name means wasp in
Italian. From their inception, X
scooters have been known for their
painted, pressed steel unibody which
combines a complete cowling for the
engine (enclosing the engine
mechanism and concealing dirt or
grease), a flat floorboard (providing
foot protection), and a prominent
front fairing (providing wind
protection) into a structural unit
ID X

58. Logo Of?

60. Jay Leno, the famous
American stand-up comedian &
talk show host is famous for
owning a fleet of more than
100 cars, 90 bikes, 5 trucks
and 4 aircrafts. Which is the
only Indian autobrand that is
a part of this enviable
collection?

62. Why has this restaurant located in a shopping mall
in Ningbo, a city in China’s northeastern Zhejiang
province become such a major tourist attraction?

64. Flipkart started off in a flat
whose number was 610,
in a housing society in
Bangalore. What did they
do to immortalise this
number?

66. What first was incorporated
in this mobile?

67. Rupee Symbol

68. Who publishes this fashion and lifestyle magazine?

70. LOGO? Think local

71. Brigosha Technologies

72. From whose paintings has the designs
on the ‘Duronto’ express been derived?

73. Mamata Didi

74. What makes the Lumia 535
special in comparison to the
rest of the Lumia. I am not
looking for any feature or
USP.

75. First microsoft branded Lumia

76. Why was this company in news
for all the wrong reasons during
our examination?

77. Phil Hughes was wearing the
helmet of this brand
……………need I say more?

78. ID this fictional organization. If u are
an avid movie watcher or comic
fanatic you will crack it in seconds

79. S.H.I.E.L.D

80. AD for the milk brand ‘Fairlife’.
This ad was in controversy for
its sexist overtones. Which
Global giant owns this brand?

81. COCA COLA

82. This is Wau Kuching, a type of Kite. It served as
the inspiration for what?

84. The manufacturer of the item comes
in Indian news everytime around this
time of the year.ID the company

92. Parent company?

94. Connect to a company

100. ID the production house

101. DISNEY

102. Thank You !!!!
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