Business Quiz - Hyderabad Quiz Club

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Hyderabad Quiz Club’s
Monthly Quiz
Topic : Business and Technology

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6 Rounds
10 Questions in each round
Bounce & Pounce

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According to public relations, The concept “X” was born following a train
wreck on October 28, 1906, in Atlantic City, N.J.,
The train was owned by Pennsylvania Railroad. In response to the
disaster, he convinced the railroad to issue a statement about what had
transpired. In doing so, he set in motion a practice for companies to
address important issues, to offer an explanation of what had happened.
The New York Times was so impressed by Lee’s release that they printed
it exactly as he had written it
When Ivy Lee created what is widely believed to be the first concept “X”,
he established an invaluable component to any public relations
campaign.
Id the CONCEPT “X” ?
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Concept of press release
Ivy Lee’s

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Arnold O Beckham, invented pHmeter in 1934 while working as a professor at
Caltech & later founded a company named Beckman Instruments, Inc.
William _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ completed his studies at Caltech and MIT. He graduated in 1936
and immediately started work at Bell Labs, later he left Bell labs to join Caltech as
visiting professor, here he struck up friendship with Beckham
Beckman agreed to back William's efforts in transistor research, under the
umbrella of his company, Beckman Instruments. However, William's mother was
aging and often ill, and he decided to live closer to her house
Which new company was formed / What did this lead to ?
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Shockley Semiconductors Laboratory
/ Silicon valley
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The Old English
Sheepdog is
the Mascot for which
brand. It was first
introduced in
advertising campaigns
in 1961.
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The breed was known as
a 'Dulux dog' rather than
a Sheepdog

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In 1817, the Baptist Education Society of the
State of New York was founded by thirteen
men
The University longtime love affair with the
No. 13 that is based on the story of our
founding in 1817 when 13 men met in the
frontier settlement of Hamilton with “13
dollars, 13 prayers, and 13 articles.”
In fact ,The campus address is 13
OAK DRIVE in HAMILTON, NY
We changed our name in 1846 to Madison
University and became “X” in 1890,
recognizing nearly 70 years of continuous
involvement by the “X” family.
Among the trustees was William “X”, founder
of a soap company
X?
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Larry & Sergy, once met APJ Abdul Kalam and asked his opinion
on Google
Kalam then said that he is not satisfied with it because he cant
search in Tamil
This conversation inspired them to launch Google search in
various languages
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Companies by South Indian ﬁlm stars
Kajal
Tammana
Surya
Ram Charan

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JEFF BEZOS & 10,000 YEAR
CLOCK

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Around 25 years ago, ……….. was in Mysore when he ate soft
and fluffy Xs served at a roadside dhaba. Despite ….. tried his
best to find out the recipe, the dhaba owners refused to
reveal. Even ………..’s cook Srinivas could not figure out the
recipe for such fluffy Xs. Being a good cook himself, ………..
started experimenting on his own and he invented a complete
new fluffy and oil-less X in the process.
This recipe was recently patented as ….. X
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What was the
name given to this
print ad released
by Dr.Pepper ??
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Microlattice is the
lightest metallic
structure ever
made
Which company
made this ?
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Microlattice is the lightest metallic structure ever made. At 99.99% air,
it's light enough to balance on top of a dandelion, while its structure
makes it strong. Strength and record breaking lightness make it a
potential metal for future planes and vehicles.
Boeing

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What is the NYSE STOCK QUOTE for
“ THE ASIA TIGERS FUND ” ??
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In his book Business
Sutra, Devdautt
Pattanaik talks about
3B Frame work
What does 3B stand
for ?
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This company released limited-
edition hot sauce called 10^32
Kelvin made with Carolina
Reaper and Trinidad Moruga
Scorpion peppers, two of the
hottest peppers in the world.
The sauce is meant to
represent "absolute hot," or the
highest temperature matter
can withstand before it begins
to break down. Which company
came up this idea?
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By the request of GENERAL
EISENHOWER in 1943,When US ARMY
TROOPS landed in NORTH AFRICA
during WW 2 ,What they bought along
with equipment, troops n artillery,
which made 3 Plants that could
support troops along the border
line ??
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They bought 3 COCA-COLA bottling Plants for troops fighting along the
border line for keeping troops fresh and enthusiastic.

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Idea of making ____________ sparked in Mansukh Prajapati’s mind after 2001’s
earthquake
He experimented for several months and eventually had a viable version of the
____________ that he began selling to people in his own village
To make it more efﬁcient, Prajapati added saw dust and sand in certain
proportions along with clay
Later his product design and business model were given a premium touch by
National Innovation Foundation & Gujarat Grass-roots Innovation Augmentation
Network (GIAN)
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Tinkle, an ACK media
publication, which also owns
Amar Chitra Katha, published
May issue with title as
ShareTheLoad movement For
which Brand describing in a
Tinkle story ??
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?
Identify the blanked out
company and how did it
help Nazis
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IBM provided
punched cards to
Nazis which
helped them to
locate jews
without much
effort

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S Ramachander, personal hairstylist of Nizam laid the seed for ………
….. in 1938
Later S.Bala Prasad took over the family business back then and
started the range of Hippie Cut for men, which was in trend during
70’s
Raj Kapoor, ANR, NTR, Shoban Babu and many other cilm stars were &
are the customers of …….. …..
S Vijay Kanth is the creative head of the group, he is also the creative
hair stylist for close to 100 Tollywood movies which include
Baahubali, Rudramadevi, Aarya 2 etc.,
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Name the company
started by Joseph Cyril
Bamford whose first
product was a welding set
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X is an company owned by the Indian
conglomerate which, through ﬁrst licensed
pilot of India, pioneered aviation in India
over 80 years ago. It is registered with the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation as a
non-scheduled operator. It was founded as
Megapode Airlines Ltd. on November 11,
1993 and was renamed as X on August 9,
2002
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If this picture is
newer version,
clicked in 21st
century
Then how does the
old photo(1860),
replicate the newer
one, clicked at Boston
city ?
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Considered to be the oldest surviving AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH

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India’s ﬁrst commercial seaplane service, headquartered at
Andaman & Nicobar islands was started on Dec 30 2010 by
“Pawan Hans”
What is the name of this service?
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The camera there was a product from Fujihilm

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While BMW was celebrating its 100th
anniversary
This company commented that
“without us there may not be a 200th
anniversary for BMW”
Which company’s comment ?
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She is Medusa, which logo did she inspire ? 10

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Whose name is blanked out ?
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Whose mascot is The Noid
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For what work of
architect Minoru
Yamasaki , made
him feature on the
TIME magazine
on JAN 18th,
1963 ?
His work is still
debated across
the world .
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He was hired as Lead Architect by Port Authority Trans-
Hudson to design WORLD TRADE CENTER .

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A …… …… is a generic term for any tradable
certiﬁcate or permit representing the right to
emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or the mass of
another greenhouse gas with a “carbon dioxide
equivalent”, equivalent to one tonne of carbon
dioxide
…… ……. are traded in stock markets under
“Cap & Trade”/“Emission Trading” incentives
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It was designed by Serbian
sculptor Dragan Radenovic
Numbers 1 and 0 make
reference to the binary system
The interesting design was
selected from more than
10,000 entries in an
international art competition
Whose statue ?
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Export & Import Bank Of India

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Which celebrity’s venture ?
Some of the most notable Haus pieces include the "disco
stick", "iPod LCD glasses", the "meat dress” worn at
the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, and the "egg" vessel
arrived in at the 53rd Grammy Awards.
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JV between ?
Clue - Expand SMART
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The brand “X” was originally registered as a trademark in May
1911 to use it for a new series of SKF ball bearings. “X” was only
used for a short period by “SKF”
“X” was incorporated in 1915 as a subsidiary of AB SKF
In 1924, Assar Gabrielsson, an SKF sales manager and Engineer
Gustaf Larson, the two founders, decided to start the company
“X”
“X”(Latin - iroll) was officially founded on April 14, 1927
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Actresses in James Bond

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Swedish carmaker Volvo was acquired
by X from Ford in 2010
 
X also owns the British taxi
maker “The London Taxi
Company since 2012”
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“X” supplies casings & panels for
Samsung - S6
“X” also makes news after every three
months in US Financial world, what news
?
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Alcoa
This is the hirst company to announce hinancial results
in every quarter

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Who has been appointed
as Honorary Ambassador
for Green on the
International Day of
Happiness at the UN
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Could France sell the ---- ---- to pay off its debts?
The state-run news agency France 24 has suggested ---- ---- be sold to pay off
France's $2.6 trillion debt. Despite the fact it is said to be "priceless," France
24 speculates the ---- ----could easily be worth $2.4 billion and its sale could
wipe away nearly 0.1 percent of the debt in one fell swoop. Apparently the
work was valued at nearly $100 million in the 1960s, so France 24 estimates
it would be worth $2.4 billion today after inflation. According to law, national
treasures are owned by the nation. They've sold buildings and a large
number of their finest wines from the presidential cellars in an attempt to
lower national debt
On September 2,2014, FRANCE 24 article reads as follows :-
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This company was founded on November 16, 1909 as
Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft.
The world's hirst “X” in revenue service. Merged with
Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei (DZR) in 1935, which
continued operations until the Hindenburg disaster in
1937. Company dissolved in 1940
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In Japanese “X” means “Great Lord”
It represents a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry
It is a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan in power between 1857 and
1868
The term was widely used in 19th century, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was
humorously referred to as the “X” by his aides John Nicolay and John Hay
The term spread to the business community, where it has been used ever since
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First post by
Whitehouse
on which
social
networking
site ?
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What service dose this
app offer ?
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The mobile application provides highlights of the power availability in the country on real time basis.
The Web / Mobile App provides a wealth of information pertaining to the current demand met, shortages if any, surplus power available and the
prices in the Power Exchange.
The real time data and comparison with previous day/year data is also available.
Data from multiple sources, including the States and Power Exchanges, has been made available through a single portal for convenience of all.

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For his recognition towards
increasing the sales and profits
between 1947 to 1972, in what way
Sir David Brown (the head of Aston
Martin from 1947 to 1972) was
honored
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The DB series was named honoring
Sir David Brown (the head of Aston
Martin from 1947 to 1972).
Although, the DB5 is famous for being
the most recognized cinematic James
Bond car, first appearing
in Goldfinger(1964)

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The brand was marketed in the United Kingdom and in Ireland by successful
advertising campaigns which placed the Neapolitan song O Sole Mio into a
variety of stereotypical Italian locations and situations, with its lyrics changed
to
Just one --------,
give it to me,
delicious ice-cream, of Italy,
creamy vanilla and choco dream,
Give me --------,
from Wall's ice cream
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Just one Cornetto,
give it to me,
delicious ice-cream, of Italy,
creamy vanilla and choco dream,
Give me Cornetto,
from Wall's ice cream

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Hint
Ex CEO of CNN
Ex editor of Time
CEO of The Aspen Institue
Author of biographies of
Einstein, Kissinger, Steve
Jobs and Franklin
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Id the company &
with which AP
based company
they are associated
to produce auto
components &
batteries since
2010
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When Iraq was part of the Ottoman Empire, it was
Turkish pound which was the official currency of
Iraq. But when the Ottomans were displaced
from Iraq after the WWI, Iraq was not having
their own financial institution then they adopted
another country monetary system and X became
the principal currency of Iraq and circulated till
1930 before the introduction of Dinar.
Identify X
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What is published by The Economist, proposed by Ruchir Sharma of Morgan Stanley,
Aditi Gandhi and Michael Walton of Centre for Policy Research, and others in 2014
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Put “Business” Funda
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