Illuminati
Q1.
 Q1. The term was coined in 1914 by Friedrich von Wieser in his book
  "Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Wirtschaft".

 However, there have been many predecessors: Benjamin Franklin
  described the concept as "time is money" in his Advice to a Young
  Tradesman, Written by an Old One (1748), quoted by Max Weber in his
  The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905):

    “Remember, that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his
    labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle, one half of that day, though he spends
    but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the
    only expense; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings
    besides.

 … Remember, that money is the prolific, generating nature. Money can
  beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings
  turned is six, turned again is seven and threepence, and so on, till it
  becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces
  every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a
  breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.

 On july 5 1946 what costume was designed by french
  automotive engineer Loius Reard and why did he call
  it so?
Q5.
_______________ is an international
doughnut and coffee retailer founded in
1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts by
William Rosenberg. It is now
headquartered in Canton,
Massachusetts. Despite originally
focusing on donuts and other baked
goods, over half of _______________
business today is in coffee, making it
more of a competitor to Starbucks as
opposed to traditional competitors Krispy
Q6.

 When Indian forces drove away Portuguese from this
  colony it became, in the eyes of international law, an
  independent country. The residents of the colony
  requested India for administrative help. Mr.
  K.G.Badlani , an officer of the Indian Administrative
  Service, was sent as the administrator.In 1961,Mr.
  Badlani was ,for one day, designated the ‗Prime
  Minister‘ of this country,so that as the head of the
  country he could sign an agreement with the Prime
  Minister of India,Mr. Jawahar Lal Nehru, and formally
  merge the country with the ‗Republic of India‘.
Q7.
 The _______ originated from the Magadh region of India,
  present day South Bihar where it is also known as phoolki.
  The English meaning of _______ is "watery bread" or "crisp
  sphere eaten.‖ In Rajasthan,it is known as Pani ke bataashe
  / Patashi, in Bangladesh, West Bengal as phuchka,in
  Orissa, South Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh as Gup Chup. The
  filling is made by lightly mashing boiled potatoes with black
  salt, salt, some spices, a generous portion of tamarind pulp
  (made by mashing ripe tamarind in tamarind water) and
  chilli (powder/chopped/boiled & pasted).
Q8.
 Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king
  from history:


 Spades – __________


 Hearts – ____________


 Clubs –________________


 Diamonds – _________
Q9.
 Named after, The Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of __________
  (1850–1942), third son of Queen Victoria and uncle of King
  George VI, __________‘s Georgian architecture is modeled
  after the Royal Crescent in Bath, England, who visited India in
  1921. Prior to its construction the area was a ridge, covered
  with kikar trees inhabited by jackals and wild pigs, where
  residents of Kashmere Gate, Civil Lines area visited during the
  weekends for partridge hunting. Today, ____________ is one
  of the most vibrant business districts of Delhi. But the constant
  development projects have led to certain problems, like
  dispute over property rights, encroachments, haphazard
  development, unauthorized construction, traffic congestion and
  others.
Q10.
 He once famously said that "the aim of English cricket, is in
  fact, mainly, to beat Australia.". Can you identify this English
  bowler (picture on left)?
Q11.

 "Lal Kuddi Maidan Khaddi?"... Amul gave this caption
  on their trademark current affair images...

 for what current affair did they use this caption???

 (HINT:Link it to the opening ceremony of London
  Olympics 2012)
Q12.
 Q. XY is a British centenarian marathon runner of Punjabi Sikh
  origin. He is a world record holder in his age bracket. His
  current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6
  hours 2 minutes, and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5
  hours 40 minutes, at the age of 92, at the 2003 Toronto
  Waterfront Marathon. XY had stated, "I won't stop running until
  I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon
  runner ever and, "At the time when people start retiring, I
  thought of running at the age of 63...and today I won the
  marathon at 93 years of age.―XY‘s biography, titled "Turbaned
  Tornado", was formally released in the Attlee Room of Britain's
  House of Lords on 7 July 2011 by Lord Anthony Young of
  Norwood Green and retired British Crown Court judge Sir Mota
  Singh. The 114-page book, penned by Hoshiarpur-based
  writer Khushwant Singh, traces the runner's roots and tries to
  capture his life's journey, including the impact of X on the world
  around him..
Q13.
 ___________ is the southern gate of one of the many gates of
  the historic walled city of Delhi, or Shahjahanabad. The gate
  links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi. At
  present, it stands in the middle of the road, at the end of Netaji
  Subhash Chandra Road, in Daryaganj.

 The Gate built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1638 as part of the
  rubble–built high fort walls that encircled the Shahajahanabad,
  and is similar in design and architecture to the northern gate of
  the walled city, the Kashmiri Gate (1853). It was built by
  Nawab Qudsiya Begum, the wife of Mughal Emperor Ahmad
  Shah (r. 1748- 1754), in 1751.
Q14.
 ________ is an Indian American businessman who was the
  managing director (chief executive) of management consultancy
  McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2003 and a business leader
  in India and the United States. In his capacity at McKinsey,
  ______ was recognized as the first Indian-born CEO of a global
  corporation. After becoming a senior partner emeritus at
  McKinsey, _______ served as corporate chairman, board
  director or strategic advisor to a variety of large and notable
  organizations: corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter
  and Gamble and American Airlines, and non-profits including
  The Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and the International
  Chamber of Commerce.

 He was convicted in June 2012 on insider trading charges
  stemming from the Raj Rajaratnam Galleon Group case on four
  criminal felony counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. He is
  expected to appeal and awaits sentencing in October 2012.
Q15.
 _______, which is also known as olympic ______ to distinguish
  it from historical ______, is a family of combat sports using
  bladed weapons. It is usually practised with the help of a sword
  or mini-blade.

 __________ is one of five sports which have been featured at
  every one of the modern Olympic Games, the other four being
  Athletics, Cycling, Swimming, and Gymnastics. The sport of
  __________ is divided into three weapons:

    1)Foil—a light thrusting weapon that targets the torso, including
the              back, but not the arms.

   2)Sabre—a light cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the
entire body above the waist, excluding the hands.

  3)Épée—a heavier thrusting weapon that targets the entire
body.
Q16.

 Who regulates commodity exchanges
  in India? Name the regulator.
Q17.
 _____________ is a large Spanish corporation and the
  world's largest fashion group.

 It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing in
  activities related to textile design, production and distribution.
  Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man, and the world's 5th
  richest man, is the founder and current largest shareholder.
  The chairman of ________ is Pablo Isla.

   _________ runs over more than 5,402 stores worldwide and
owns       brands like Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Oysho, Pull and
Bear, Stradivarius, Zara, Tempe and Uterqüe, and also a low cost
brand Lefties.
Q18.

Whose statement, regarding who?

―I‘ve never dared to break the glass of

his house while playing cricket as I used

to be extremely scared of him.‖
Q19.
What are these statements part of?
"If your balls be found anywhere
touching one another you are to
lift the first ball till you play the last."
"The weight of the ball must not
be greater than 1.62oz., and the
size not less than 1.68 inches in
diameter"
Coined by editor Dave Carnie to describe
the kind of relationships that develop
between skaters who spend a great deal of
time together it is defined as a form of
homosocial intimacy between two or more
men. What term are we talking about?
 When Electrolux first marketed it‘s vacuum
 cleaner in the USA, their slogan was such that it
 made
 a mockery of them. This happened because the
 Swedish
 speaking Electrolux people didn‘t know much
 about US
 slang. What was the slogan ?
 In ancient Egypt, the people of the Bousiris

 delta used to put water and barley in barrels

 and leave it exposed to yeast bearing winds

 from the east. What word in the English

 language has this led to?
What is being analysed
   Widely regarded as the world‘s first billionaire,
    At the age of 86, penned the

   following words to sum up his life:

   ―I was early taught to work as well

   as play,

   My life has been one long, happy

   holiday;

   Full of work and full of play-

   I dropped the worry on the way-

   And God was good to me

   everyday.‖
   A ______ is a medieval siege engine, employed either

   to smash walls or to throw projectiles over them. They

   were made from wood. It appeared in both Christian

   and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the

   twelfth century. It could fling three hundred pound

   (140 kg) projectiles at high speeds into enemy

   fortifications. On occasion, disease-infected corpses

   were flung into cities to infect the people under siege:

   a medieval variant of biological warfare. ______ MS is

   a font designed for Microsoft in 1996. It is named after

   the siege engine.
 Tech historians such as Jonathan Cooper-

 Smith now acknowledge that it has been the

 biggest accelerator for the growth of every

 major communication technology- from the

 Polaroid to VCRs and Cable TV and then to

 the Internet. What?
Name
   • ________ is the closest thing to an Omniscient entity

   in existence, which can be scientifically verified.

   • ________ is everywhere at once (Omnipresent)

   • ________ is potentially immortal.

   • ________ answers prayers.

   • ________ is infinite.

   • ________ remembers all.

   • ________ can "do no evil" (Omnibenevolent)

   • Evidence of ________'s existence is abundant.
   This cricketer was considered as perhaps the greatest all

   rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-class

   wickets with a bowling average of 10.32 He was also a

   fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting

   average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a result of

   rheumatism . He was posthumously selected as Wisden

   Cricketer of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his

   retirement from first-class cricket.

   Identify the cricketer.
 The name of X when
  translated to english
  means ―LEAVE LUCK
  TO HEAVEN ―
 Before entering into
  their current field the X
  had tried luck in Card
  manufacturing,Cab
  Service etc
 Identify X and their
  product to the right 
Which iconic company
 X is an American businessman and is the president and
  chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a
  holding company for his varied business interests, most
  notably in the food processing industry. He holds
  controlling stakes in Y, and owns the Tampa Bay
  Buccaneers, a National Football League team in
  Tampa, Florida, United States. He is more famous for
  his ownership of Y.
   This famous publication runs several opinion columns whose names reflect their
    topic:

   Bagehot (Britain) — named for Walter Bagehot , 19th century British constitutional
    expert and an early editor

   Charlemagne (Europe) — named for Charlemagne, founder of the Frankish Empire

   Lexington (United States) — named for Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the
    beginning of the American Revolutionary War

   Buttonwood (Finance) — named for the buttonwood tree where early Wall Street
    traders gathered

   Banyan (Asia) — this column was established in April 2009 and focuses on various
    issues across the Asian continent.

   Schumpeter (Business) — named for the economist Joseph Schumpeter
connect
 X is a confection which was first created by Rowntree's
  of York, England
 It is now produced worldwide by Y, which acquired
  Rowntree in 1988, except in the United States where it is
  made under licence by Z
    Each bar consists of fingers composed of three layers of
    crème-filled wafer, covered in an outer layer of chocolate
 Launched in 1935, X was originally known as 'Chocolate
  Crisp'
 Its first product was a simple rice cooker which failed
  miserably.

 In the early stages the company kept itself alive by
  selling heating pads.

 These pads were made by stitching wires on cloth.

 It derived its name from a railway company. The
  company had a name which was changed so that its
  American customers could easily pronounce it.
5. Explain the ad.
Answers
A1.
A4.
 Bikini, after Bikini Atoll where on July 1 a bomb
  explosion took place.
A8.
   Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:



   Spades – King David



   Hearts – Charlemagne



   Clubs -Alexander, the Great



   Diamonds – Julius Caesar

Quiz prelims

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Q1.  Q1. Theterm was coined in 1914 by Friedrich von Wieser in his book "Theorie der gesellschaftlichen Wirtschaft".  However, there have been many predecessors: Benjamin Franklin described the concept as "time is money" in his Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One (1748), quoted by Max Weber in his The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905):  “Remember, that time is money. He that can earn ten shillings a day by his labor, and goes abroad, or sits idle, one half of that day, though he spends but sixpence during his diversion or idleness, ought not to reckon that the only expense; he has really spent, or rather thrown away, five shillings besides.  … Remember, that money is the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shillings turned is six, turned again is seven and threepence, and so on, till it becomes a hundred pounds. The more there is of it, the more it produces every turning, so that the profits rise quicker and quicker. He that kills a breeding sow, destroys all her offspring to the thousandth generation. He
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    Q4.  On july5 1946 what costume was designed by french automotive engineer Loius Reard and why did he call it so?
  • 6.
    Q5. _______________ is aninternational doughnut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts by William Rosenberg. It is now headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts. Despite originally focusing on donuts and other baked goods, over half of _______________ business today is in coffee, making it more of a competitor to Starbucks as opposed to traditional competitors Krispy
  • 7.
    Q6.  When Indianforces drove away Portuguese from this colony it became, in the eyes of international law, an independent country. The residents of the colony requested India for administrative help. Mr. K.G.Badlani , an officer of the Indian Administrative Service, was sent as the administrator.In 1961,Mr. Badlani was ,for one day, designated the ‗Prime Minister‘ of this country,so that as the head of the country he could sign an agreement with the Prime Minister of India,Mr. Jawahar Lal Nehru, and formally merge the country with the ‗Republic of India‘.
  • 8.
    Q7.  The _______originated from the Magadh region of India, present day South Bihar where it is also known as phoolki. The English meaning of _______ is "watery bread" or "crisp sphere eaten.‖ In Rajasthan,it is known as Pani ke bataashe / Patashi, in Bangladesh, West Bengal as phuchka,in Orissa, South Jharkhand, Chhatisgarh as Gup Chup. The filling is made by lightly mashing boiled potatoes with black salt, salt, some spices, a generous portion of tamarind pulp (made by mashing ripe tamarind in tamarind water) and chilli (powder/chopped/boiled & pasted).
  • 9.
    Q8.  Each kingin a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:  Spades – __________  Hearts – ____________  Clubs –________________  Diamonds – _________
  • 10.
    Q9.  Named after,The Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of __________ (1850–1942), third son of Queen Victoria and uncle of King George VI, __________‘s Georgian architecture is modeled after the Royal Crescent in Bath, England, who visited India in 1921. Prior to its construction the area was a ridge, covered with kikar trees inhabited by jackals and wild pigs, where residents of Kashmere Gate, Civil Lines area visited during the weekends for partridge hunting. Today, ____________ is one of the most vibrant business districts of Delhi. But the constant development projects have led to certain problems, like dispute over property rights, encroachments, haphazard development, unauthorized construction, traffic congestion and others.
  • 11.
    Q10.  He oncefamously said that "the aim of English cricket, is in fact, mainly, to beat Australia.". Can you identify this English bowler (picture on left)?
  • 12.
    Q11.  "Lal KuddiMaidan Khaddi?"... Amul gave this caption on their trademark current affair images...  for what current affair did they use this caption???  (HINT:Link it to the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012)
  • 13.
    Q12.  Q. XYis a British centenarian marathon runner of Punjabi Sikh origin. He is a world record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours 2 minutes, and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes, at the age of 92, at the 2003 Toronto Waterfront Marathon. XY had stated, "I won't stop running until I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon runner ever and, "At the time when people start retiring, I thought of running at the age of 63...and today I won the marathon at 93 years of age.―XY‘s biography, titled "Turbaned Tornado", was formally released in the Attlee Room of Britain's House of Lords on 7 July 2011 by Lord Anthony Young of Norwood Green and retired British Crown Court judge Sir Mota Singh. The 114-page book, penned by Hoshiarpur-based writer Khushwant Singh, traces the runner's roots and tries to capture his life's journey, including the impact of X on the world around him..
  • 14.
    Q13.  ___________ isthe southern gate of one of the many gates of the historic walled city of Delhi, or Shahjahanabad. The gate links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi. At present, it stands in the middle of the road, at the end of Netaji Subhash Chandra Road, in Daryaganj.  The Gate built by Emperor Shah Jahan in 1638 as part of the rubble–built high fort walls that encircled the Shahajahanabad, and is similar in design and architecture to the northern gate of the walled city, the Kashmiri Gate (1853). It was built by Nawab Qudsiya Begum, the wife of Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah (r. 1748- 1754), in 1751.
  • 15.
    Q14.  ________ isan Indian American businessman who was the managing director (chief executive) of management consultancy McKinsey & Company from 1994 to 2003 and a business leader in India and the United States. In his capacity at McKinsey, ______ was recognized as the first Indian-born CEO of a global corporation. After becoming a senior partner emeritus at McKinsey, _______ served as corporate chairman, board director or strategic advisor to a variety of large and notable organizations: corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter and Gamble and American Airlines, and non-profits including The Gates Foundation, The Global Fund and the International Chamber of Commerce.  He was convicted in June 2012 on insider trading charges stemming from the Raj Rajaratnam Galleon Group case on four criminal felony counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. He is expected to appeal and awaits sentencing in October 2012.
  • 16.
    Q15.  _______, whichis also known as olympic ______ to distinguish it from historical ______, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons. It is usually practised with the help of a sword or mini-blade.  __________ is one of five sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games, the other four being Athletics, Cycling, Swimming, and Gymnastics. The sport of __________ is divided into three weapons: 1)Foil—a light thrusting weapon that targets the torso, including the back, but not the arms. 2)Sabre—a light cutting and thrusting weapon that targets the entire body above the waist, excluding the hands. 3)Épée—a heavier thrusting weapon that targets the entire body.
  • 17.
    Q16.  Who regulatescommodity exchanges in India? Name the regulator.
  • 18.
    Q17.  _____________ isa large Spanish corporation and the world's largest fashion group.  It is made up of almost a hundred companies dealing in activities related to textile design, production and distribution. Amancio Ortega, Spain's richest man, and the world's 5th richest man, is the founder and current largest shareholder. The chairman of ________ is Pablo Isla. _________ runs over more than 5,402 stores worldwide and owns brands like Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Oysho, Pull and Bear, Stradivarius, Zara, Tempe and Uterqüe, and also a low cost brand Lefties.
  • 19.
    Q18. Whose statement, regardingwho? ―I‘ve never dared to break the glass of his house while playing cricket as I used to be extremely scared of him.‖
  • 21.
    Q19. What are thesestatements part of? "If your balls be found anywhere touching one another you are to lift the first ball till you play the last." "The weight of the ball must not be greater than 1.62oz., and the size not less than 1.68 inches in diameter"
  • 22.
    Coined by editorDave Carnie to describe the kind of relationships that develop between skaters who spend a great deal of time together it is defined as a form of homosocial intimacy between two or more men. What term are we talking about?
  • 23.
     When Electroluxfirst marketed it‘s vacuum  cleaner in the USA, their slogan was such that it  made  a mockery of them. This happened because the  Swedish  speaking Electrolux people didn‘t know much  about US  slang. What was the slogan ?
  • 24.
     In ancientEgypt, the people of the Bousiris  delta used to put water and barley in barrels  and leave it exposed to yeast bearing winds  from the east. What word in the English  language has this led to?
  • 25.
    What is beinganalysed
  • 26.
    Widely regarded as the world‘s first billionaire, At the age of 86, penned the  following words to sum up his life:  ―I was early taught to work as well  as play,  My life has been one long, happy  holiday;  Full of work and full of play-  I dropped the worry on the way-  And God was good to me  everyday.‖
  • 27.
    A ______ is a medieval siege engine, employed either  to smash walls or to throw projectiles over them. They  were made from wood. It appeared in both Christian  and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the  twelfth century. It could fling three hundred pound  (140 kg) projectiles at high speeds into enemy  fortifications. On occasion, disease-infected corpses  were flung into cities to infect the people under siege:  a medieval variant of biological warfare. ______ MS is  a font designed for Microsoft in 1996. It is named after  the siege engine.
  • 28.
     Tech historianssuch as Jonathan Cooper-  Smith now acknowledge that it has been the  biggest accelerator for the growth of every  major communication technology- from the  Polaroid to VCRs and Cable TV and then to  the Internet. What?
  • 29.
  • 30.
    • ________ is the closest thing to an Omniscient entity  in existence, which can be scientifically verified.  • ________ is everywhere at once (Omnipresent)  • ________ is potentially immortal.  • ________ answers prayers.  • ________ is infinite.  • ________ remembers all.  • ________ can "do no evil" (Omnibenevolent)  • Evidence of ________'s existence is abundant.
  • 31.
    This cricketer was considered as perhaps the greatest all  rounder of his time. In all, he took 1,109 first-class  wickets with a bowling average of 10.32 He was also a  fine batsman (4,140 first-class runs with a batting  average of 14.12).He retired from cricket as a result of  rheumatism . He was posthumously selected as Wisden  Cricketer of the Year in 1913, 50 years after his  retirement from first-class cricket.  Identify the cricketer.
  • 32.
     The nameof X when translated to english means ―LEAVE LUCK TO HEAVEN ―  Before entering into their current field the X had tried luck in Card manufacturing,Cab Service etc  Identify X and their product to the right 
  • 33.
  • 34.
     X isan American businessman and is the president and chief executive officer of First Allied Corporation, a holding company for his varied business interests, most notably in the food processing industry. He holds controlling stakes in Y, and owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a National Football League team in Tampa, Florida, United States. He is more famous for his ownership of Y.
  • 35.
    This famous publication runs several opinion columns whose names reflect their topic:  Bagehot (Britain) — named for Walter Bagehot , 19th century British constitutional expert and an early editor  Charlemagne (Europe) — named for Charlemagne, founder of the Frankish Empire  Lexington (United States) — named for Lexington, Massachusetts, the site of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War  Buttonwood (Finance) — named for the buttonwood tree where early Wall Street traders gathered  Banyan (Asia) — this column was established in April 2009 and focuses on various issues across the Asian continent.  Schumpeter (Business) — named for the economist Joseph Schumpeter
  • 36.
  • 37.
     X isa confection which was first created by Rowntree's of York, England  It is now produced worldwide by Y, which acquired Rowntree in 1988, except in the United States where it is made under licence by Z  Each bar consists of fingers composed of three layers of crème-filled wafer, covered in an outer layer of chocolate  Launched in 1935, X was originally known as 'Chocolate Crisp'
  • 38.
     Its firstproduct was a simple rice cooker which failed miserably.  In the early stages the company kept itself alive by selling heating pads.  These pads were made by stitching wires on cloth.  It derived its name from a railway company. The company had a name which was changed so that its American customers could easily pronounce it.
  • 39.
  • 40.
  • 41.
  • 44.
    A4.  Bikini, afterBikini Atoll where on July 1 a bomb explosion took place.
  • 48.
    A8.  Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:  Spades – King David  Hearts – Charlemagne  Clubs -Alexander, the Great  Diamonds – Julius Caesar