This round consisted of 16 questions which were on pounce and part of the technology & business quiz which was conducted as a part of Symbhav 2014 on 23 February 2014!

1. Biz Ipsa Loquitor
The College Corporate TechBiz Quiz
Potpourri – Mixed Bag
16 Questions on Pounce
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3. 1.
• Garm Hava is
a 1973 Hindi-Urdu
film directed by Mysore
Srinivas Sathyu, based on
the partition of India.
• Sathyu recently played a
role which possibly
shares some similarity to
the subject matter of
Garm Hava.
• What role are we talking
about?

4. Answer Follows

5. • He plays Yusuf from Pakistan in the
Google India advertisement, Reunion.

6. 2.
• Nick Woodman chanced upon this idea when
he realized that surfers couldn„t take photos
while they were catching the waves.
• Surfers were using disposable cameras strapped
to their wrists with a rubber band. It would often
fly off in the middle of the action and hit them
in the face.
• In order to fund his idea, Nick and his now-wife
sold 600 belts made of sea shells in the US for as
much as 50 times the price for which they
purchased it originally in a Bali market.
• What did Nick create which are now sold
through his Woodman Labs?
• [Image on next slide]

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9. GoPro
• He created his product being a visual arts
major, despite having no engineering
background.
• Nick recently became a billionaire as Foxconn
took a stake in GoPro.

10. 3.
• The Angarias is a Delhi based setup having a
network all around India. The word “Angaria”
comes the Guajarati word for “courier”, used
synonymously with others such as challaniya in
Hindi – typically charge a 0.5 percent commission
for the transaction.
• Angaria trade is centered around the diamond
business in Mumbai and in Delhi
grain
traders, cloth merchants and other wholesale
traders also use them.
• A recent announcement is proposed to hit them
hard.
• What do they do?

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12. • They are couriers of undocumented
cash
transactions
for
wholesale
business across the country.
• Recent announcement referred to is
the RBI announcement to take back
the notes prior to 2005.

13. 4.
• This entity being the brainchild of Pierre
Lacroix has its name being derived from the
French word for rice and an abbreviation of
Lacroix, the creator’s name.
• In 1796 Napoleon granted the entity a license
to produce _______________ for his troops.
• The introduction of the rice _______ was such
an immediate and staggering success that
the company changes its very name to show
that the product would be defined in that
way from now on.
• What are we talking about?

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15. • Riz La+ is "Riz"
being the French
word for rice and
"La+" an
abbreviation of
Lacroix.

16. 5. •
He was gifted from former President Hugo Chávez of
Venezuela with, the highest award of the Republic – a copy of
the famous sword of Simon Bolivar, which is a relic of
Venezuela and the copy is equal to the highest award of the
country.
• German knife-maker Boker introduced a series of knives in his
honour.
• Who?

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18. • Mikhail Kalashnikov.
• Creator of the AK-47.

19. 6.
• Fact 1:
• Southern California resident Cecilia Abadie was
given a ticket for speeding and for using a
_________.
• Fact 2:
• The law in question was originally drafted to keep
people from watching TV while driving.
• Put the two together and give me an answer.

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21. • Cecilia Abadie was
pulled over and given a
ticket for speeding and
wearing the Google
Glass spectacles while
driving on 30 October
2013.
• A San Diego court
commissioner ruled that
he had found no proof
the device was
operating at the time.
• She was cited for
breaking a California
law barring motorists
from watching TV while
driving.

22. 7.
• Taken from popular, but inaccurate story:
• “ The _____________ has been interpreted
erroneously as a symbolic representation of
the phrase, Oh dear God.”
• Just fill in the blank/blanks.

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24. • Jägermeister

25. • Official origin:
• “Only a legendary stag’s head would suffice, one
with a beaming cross between its antlers. The stag
that appeared to a wild hunter and converted him
to Christianity. The same hunter who would later
become the patron saint of all hunters: Saint
Hubertus”.
• “This stag remains today, as it always has been, the
Jägermeister trademark. A symbol of the
preservation of our quality and tradition.”

26. 8.
• National Geographic in 2011 released a
multimedia
effort
called
“ Seven
Billion ” , aimed at looking at “ the human
being ” since there were seven billion of
those cavorting around the planet.
• The findings were fascinating: “it came to
the conclusion that the most common face
on the planet looks an awful lot like the
gentleman depicted”.
• “He’s a guy, he’s Han Chinese, he is 28 years
old and there are 8,999,999 others out there
that look a lot like him”.
• [Question Continued]

27. • How has this likeness of
Chinese Han gained traction
in the recent past?

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29. • This image is often used on forums to
represent Satoshi Nakamoto; it stems
from the image of the "most typical
person."

30. 9. Connect to a personality:

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32. Rohini Nilekani

33. • Recently Hugh Laurie
managed to get
himself one.
• Other people to have
been bestowed with
the prepaid, lifetime
"crown card" include
celebrities such as
Jay Leno, Jennifer
Hudson, George
Lucas and Robert
Downey Jr.
• What is this card all
about?
10.

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35. • Burger King gave a card to Jennifer
Hudson,
a
former
Burger
King
employee, as she rose to fame, and
bestowed a card on Robert Downey
Jr., who mentioned the fast feeder in
interviews for "Iron Man." George Lucas
got one for his love of the chain and his
history of partnering with BK on his
blockbuster movie releases.
• The chain has also given cards to
certain former employees and others
who are considered "good friends" of
the brand. One such person is Greg
Garcia, who created "My Name is Earl"
and worked at a Southern California
Burger King during the writers strike to
gather material. After writing about his
experience in GQ magazine, Burger
King sent a lifetime card and a box of
branded materials to the show.

36. 11.
• Industry ID (Where Industry ID would
indicate
Travel/Entertainment/Petroleum/Telec
om), Issuer ID, Account ID and
Checksum, totaling 16 are all part of
what?

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38. • Digit 1 (Industry
ID):
• 1 and 2 are Airline
cards
• 3 – Travel and
Entertainment (ex.
Amex)
• 4, 5 – Banking and
Financial (ex.
Visa, Mastercard)
• 6 – Merchandising
and Banking (ex.
Discover, Diners
Club)
• 7 – Petroleum
• 8 – Telecom
• 9 – Misc.

39. 12.
• Founded in London in 1972 by Stephen
Marks, this high street British fashion brand
chanced upon its signature name/label
when the name was being used on faxes
between the United Kingdom and Hong
Kong offices.
• This label was then introduced across the
company as a highly recognizable name to
stand alongside the fashion brand.
• Name the brand and the signature
name/label.

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42. 13.
• This company (X) took over the production of an
award (Y) in 1998, after Pierre Viot, then president of
Y, met the co-president of X.
• The award (Y) is made in-house in their high jewelry
department by the hand of one of their master
craftsmen.
• The solid one-of-a-kind crystal is perfectly beveled
along the edges in the shape of an emerald-cut
diamond. The _______ ____ with its delicate
heart shaped stem dances upward and shines like the
sun.
• The process includes: cutting the design in wax, making
the form in gold, and shaping it to perfection before
carefully assembling it to the crystal so that the award
is ready to be delivered.
• What is the company (X), the award (Y) and where
would it be presented?
[Images on next slide]

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47. 14.
• Aliko Dangote
heads a 20 billion
Dangote Group a
conglomerate
having businesses
in
cement, sugar, co
nfectionary, brew
eries, soft
drink, telecommun
ications industries.
• What is his claim to
fame?

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49. Aliko Dangote – The richest man in
Africa

50. 15.
• Shareholding
pattern of
which entity?
(as of
September
2012)

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53. 16.
• A while back, LandProp Services, the real
esate arm of holding company, X
bought Strand East. Strand East is
intended to be a 6,000-person town X is
building on a 27-acre industrial plot
adjacent to London's 2012 Olympic Park.
• While the town would not necessarily
mimic X‟s style, the village will test the
repeatability of the X's urban schemes in
countries
suffering
from
housing
shortages.
• Give me X. [2 Images on next 2 slides]

54. • Artistic Representation:

55. • Plan to be followed:

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