E-cell Quiz
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20 questions – 10 clockwise, 10 reverse
No negative marking
Infinite bounce
Familiar answers, so attempt a guess.
1. ID these two brothers and what they
founded.
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Answer
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Sachin and Binny Bansal
Flipkart.com
2. This comic strip is a play on „Calvin and
Hobbes‟. Identify the “doll”.
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Steve Jobs
3. What is being parodied here?
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The Twitter „fail-whale‟
4. All of us would be familiar
with what this guy founded
in 2002 (launched on May 5,
2003). What?
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Answer
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LinkedIn
5. Id.
 We are all familiar with his work. How?
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Answer
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Dennis Hwang
He crafts Google Doodles
6. This husband and wife team have seen the
popularity of their creation soar with
increasing pace since its release on Aug 4,
2011. What familiar timepass did they create?
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Temple Run

Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova
7. This tennis
superstar earned a
certain nickname
because of his
tenacity on the
court. This
nickname was later
used in the logo of
the company he
founded. Company?
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Answer
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Rene Lacoste
8. The YKK Corporation produces architectural
products and industrial machinery. However,
it is most famous for producing Xs.
Its factory site in Macon, Georgia produces 7
million of these a day. It also produces its
own brass to make the teeth and slider parts
of X. The same factory also dyes the fabric
part of X.
 X is the signature product of YKK and YKK is
the largest supplier.
 What is X?
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The Zipper
9. ID
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Surf Excel
10. connect
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Susan Bennett is the voice of Siri
11. In the 1950s, Ferrucio X, tractor
manufacturer with a penchant for fast cars,
approached Enzo Ferrari about the
substandard cluth, poor interiors, etc of his
purchased Ferrari. Enzo dismissed him saying
“You know how to drive a tractor, but you will
never learn to drive a Ferrari”.
What did Ferrucio do?
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Answer
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He constructed his own car to outperform the
Ferrari
Lamborghini
12. ID these well dressed gentlemen
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Answer
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Dolce & Gabbana
13. In 1960, two brothers Tom and James
purchased this store for about $575. Later,
James traded his half of the business to Tom
for a used Volkswagen Beetle.
The franchise started with three stores in
1969, as reflected by 3 dots in its logo. Which
franchise, familiar to all of us in Ranchi?
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Dominos pizza
14. Whose visiting card is this?
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Walt Disney
15. Tarangini Mitra loved pirouetting and her
performance at her school‟s annual day
function caught the eye of Mr. Padmasree,
reputed ad-director, who decided to use it in
his next ad, accompanied by a jingle.
What was the ad for?
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Washing powder Nirma
16.
One of the greatest
entrepreneurs of the
20th Century, he was as
remembered for his
eccentric behaviour
and reclusion as he
was for his
achievements. Pictured
is an artist‟s rendition
of his later life.
He was also the subject
of a 2004 Oscar
nominated biopic.
Who?
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Howard Hughes
17. The Panic of 1907, was a financial crisis
that almost crippled the American economy.
X stepped in personally and took charge in
resolving the crisis. He helped redirect money
between banks, secure international lines of
credit and bought plummeting stocks of
healthy corporations. This eventually led to
the formation of the Federal Reserve System.
However, critics were soon to attack him for his
overpowering role in the economy, as shown
in the following cartoon.
Who?
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J. P. Morgan
18. X was the third-generation head of the
family-run business Y. Y was founded as a
maker of playing cards but X dreamed big
and after several failed ventures into food,
taxis, love-motels, etc… Y found its calling in
its original industry, and would later be a
benchmark and now a global giant with
competition from Sony and Microsoft.
Id X and Y
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X – Hiroshi Yamauchi
Y – Nintendo
19. ID this paragon of Indian TV
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Ramanand Sagar
Producer of Ramayan, Alif Laila, etc…
20. These became popular in the US by the end
of Summer 2004 and later garnered
worldwide recognition. They come is different
sizes and are elastic and predominantly
yellow. There was speculation that there
would be a drop in sales post 2012, but sales
have only grown. A 2013 article estimates
that a total of 80 million of these have been
sold to date.
What?
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Livestrong wristbands
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