Business, Technology, and Entertainment Quiz

1. THE TENT-
BIZ QUIZ
BY:-
ALANKAR
DEVTA
2ND YEAR
EEE

3. Regeln und Vorschriften:-
• 25 Questions in all,spanning
Technology,Business, and Entertainment.
• 10 Dries, 1 theme-based round with 5
questions, &1 Written Round comprising
10 questions.
• Direct/Pass:- +10/0
• Pounce:- +10/-10
• Feel free to guess, coz the QM is not
Pahlaj Nihalani.
• QM is God (coz the name's enough)

4. 1.
• The early recipes of white X were found in a Middle
Eastern book in Baghdad in the 10th century where it
was borrowed from Central Asia,that X was called
(nā if). One of these recipes indicates that the nā ifṭ ṭ
comes from Harran, a city located between Urfa (now in
southeast Turkey) and Aleppo, Syria.
• Largely associated with the Christmas season, X is
known as "Turrón" in France,"Torró" is Spain,"Cupedia"
in Latin,"Mandolato" in Greece,"Qubbajd" in Malta and in
the city of Tabriz in Iran.
• ID X, which is set to take the entire world by storm in
August/September 2016.

6. ANSWER:-
• X-Nougat (Android's latest version set to be
released in August/September 2016)

7. 2.
• Various projects under this initiative are:-
• > Establishment of MAITRI, for development of
G2B(Government To Business) services in the state.
• > Establishment of an Aerospace Park in Mihan, a small
town near Nagpur, by Reliance Aerospace.
• > Setting up of a Vehicle-cum-spare parts production
plant by General Motors in Talegaon, Pune.
• > Setting up of an IT ODC(Offshore Development
Centre) in Mumbai and Pune,by Brindley Technologies,
to cater to its foreign clientele coming here from across
the Globe.
• What is this initiative that was set up on the lines of
"Make In India", also has a similar name?

9. ANSWER:-

10. 3.
• According to a certain John Reuel, X means "someone
who is far-sighted", or "having divine vision".
• John says that with the help of X, one can see events
happening in other parts of the world.
• According to him, X's were made by the Elves of
Vallinor,in the Uttermost, by the Noldor, or even may be
by Feanor himself.
• Many X's were made, but only 8 of them are mentioned
in John's works.
• What is X, that is making waves in the security software
and big data analysis sector?
• On Pounce- Also give me the movie series that is being
discussed here.

11. CRYPTIC HINT:-

13. ANSWER:-
• X- Palantir (Palantir Technologies founded by
Peter Theil)
• Movie series:- Lord of the Rings
• P.S.:- That certain John Reuel is John Ronald
Reuel Tolkein, a.k.a. JRR Tolkein

14. 4.
• Exide Life Insurance Company Limited, is a 100% Indian
owned life insurance company, owned by the Exide
Industries of the Raheja Group.
• Exide Life Insurance was formerly known as ING Vysya
Life Insurance. It deals with the life insurance products,
providing long-term protection and savings option.
• However, this new identity of this entity got a major boost
when the Raheja Group roped in Y as their brand
ambassador.
• The new ad for Exide Life Insurance makes use of some
exciting punchlines regarding Y, such as "A billion hearts
trust him", "Lamba Saath, Bharose Ki Baat" with the
hashtag:- "#YKaSaath".
• Simple Enough. Id Y.

16. ANSWER:-

17. 5.
• Daniel Harold "Danny" Rolling, also known as the
"Gainesville Ripper", was an American serial killer who
murdered five students in Gainesville, Florida.
• In total, Rolling confessed to killing eight people. Rolling
was sentenced to death for the murders in 1994. He was
executed by lethal injection in 2006.
• While on death row at Florida State Prison, Rolling wrote
songs and poems and drew pictures. His works have
been referred to as an example of "Murderabilia".
• However, his life story hogged international limelight
when a certain Mr. Meade wrote the script for a "cult
classic",partly based on Danny's life.
• This script was later bought by Miramax Films for their
new Dimension Films label, in the spring of 1995.
• What "cult classic" are we talking about?

21. • In case you were wandering, that certain
Mr. Meade is Kevin Meade Williamson,the
celebrated Script-writer,director, and
filmmaker.

22. 6.
• “X” is a viral meme referring to any stimulus that evokes the memory
of a traumatic event or episode.
• While the word is most commonly used in the context of Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), it has been since adopted by
those in the social justice blogosphere to refer to any topical issue
that is deemed contentious or debatable, and to a lesser extent, the
term has been also re-appropriated as an ironic term used by their
detractors to criticize certain issues that may be seen as too trivial
or irrelevant to discuss in length.
• The word originated from the psychological phrase “trauma X" or
something that causes a traumatic past event to come back into
memory.
• The concept of X was initially formulated in 1918 in relation to post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a disorder that can develop after
a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, indicated by
recurring distressing flashbacks.
• identify this meme X.

24. ANSWER:-
• X- Trigger/Triggered

25. SOME MORE OF THEM:-

26. EVEN MORE OF THEM-

27. 7.
• #kolstylz
• If:-
• 10-3
= Milibitcoin
• 10-6
= Microbitcoin
• Then:-
• 10-8
= ??
• (Think outta the Box)

28. "CRYPTIC" HINTS:-

30. ANSWER:-
• SATOSHI

31. 8.
• Of late,there have been publications of some really weird
"obituaries".
• One journalist has recorded 29 such "obituaries" as of early 2015.
• Forbes magazine declared X "dead" in June 2011,followed by
Gizmodo Australia in August 2011.Wired magazine wrote it had
"expired" in December 2012.Ouishare Magazine declared, "game
over, X" in May 2013,and New York Magazine stated X was "on its
path to grave" in June 2013.Reuters published an "obituary" for X in
January 2014.Street Insider declared X "dead" in February
2014,followed by The Weekly Standard in March 2014,Salon in
March 2014,Vice News in March 2014,and Financial Times in
September 2014.In January 2015, USA Today states X was
"headed to the ash heap", and The Telegraph declared "the end of
X experiment".
• Id X, which is as "controversial" as its death rumours.

33. ANSWER:-
• X- Bitcoin

34. 9.
• X, a real-life character, has been represented many
times on reel.
• X is often portrayed as the person having probably the
most powerful job in the world, which X actually did in
real-life too.
• X was portrayed by voice-actor Neil Ross in the
animated series and Hasbro toy property named
"Inhumanoids", where X, along with scientist-hero group
"Earth Corps", foil an earth-threatening experiment
carried out by the evil scientists of the Soviet Union.
• In the Transformers' Children Book "Sun Raid" written by
Merrill Farnsworth, X is seen awarding scientist Health
Blasedale for his work on solar power.
• However, X was also portrayed in Marvel's New
Universe, and also in the comics version of the
animated-series "The Transformers", acting as a
sidekick to Optimus Prime. Give me X.

36. CRYPTIC HINT:-

38. ANSWER:-
• X- Ronald Reagan (Former P.O.T.U.S.)

39. 10.
• "___ _____ __ __ ______ ______" is the eleventh
episode of the American television police procedural
fantasy drama Awake, which originally aired on the
National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on May 10,
2012.
• Written by Leonard Chang and series creator Kyle
Killen, "___ _____ __ __ ______ ______" earned a
Nielsen rating of 0.9, being watched by 2.51 million
viewers upon its initial broadcast in the United States.
• This phrase, however, was used in a "remarkable scene"
in a 1983 cult-classic, which revolves around the life of a
Cuban refugee in Miami, who rises to become a powerful
drug kingpin.
• Simple Enough, FITB.
• On pounce, also give me the movie.

40. CRYPTIC HINT:-

42. ANSWER:-

43. THEME ROUND:-
• There will be 5 questions in this round.
• Each individual correct answer will fetch
you 10 points.
• The points at stake for the overall theme
will be shown atop the respective slides.
• All the answers of these 5 questions will
lead you to a common connection, which
happens to be the theme of this round.

44. 1.(+100/-100)
This person in the picture is
standing in his winter garden
known as Pompeji, next to a
table with laboratory
equipment, a bottle of lager, a
beer glass, and books by
Louis Pasteur and Emil
Christian Hansen. A renowned
industrialist and brewer, what
is his clam to fame, something
that is named eponymously
after his son?

45. 2.(+90/-90) (Hint-Airline)

46. 3.(+80/-80)-Identify this Oil Giant from Azerbaijan

47. 4.(+70/-70)
• The Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue, currently also
known by its sponsorship name as "X Arena", is an
Australian sports venue that is part of the National
Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria.
• Earlier known as the Vodafone arena, this multi-purpose
has the distinction of hosting many games of Australian
Open in 2016.
• Apart from tennis, this also has been the home venue for
netball teams like Melbourne Kestrels,Melbourne Vixens,
and Melbourne Phoenix.
• "X Arena" happens to be the first stadium in the world to
be named after a Chinese company.
• Simple enough, identify this Chinese Tech Giant X.
• (X goes into the connect/theme)

48. 5.(+60/-60)
• The instrumentals of this song
samples the song "Bang My Head",
from the 2015 album "Listen".
• The track for this song was also
recorded with the help of one million
fans around the world through the
help of a special online app.
• This currently-viral song has topped
the music charts in
France,Germany,Israel,Luxembourg,
Mexico, and Switzerland in less than
two months of its release.
• This song also features vocals from
Swedish Teenage sensation Zara
Larsson.
• Identify this song, that has been
making waves from the past one
month.

50. 1.
This person in the picture is
standing in his winter garden
known as Pompeji, next to a
table with laboratory
equipment, a bottle of lager, a
beer glass, and books by
Louis Pasteur and Emil
Christian Hansen. A renowned
industrialist and brewer, what
is his clam to fame, something
that is named eponymously
after his son?

51. ANSWER(+50/-50):-

52. 2.(Hint-Airline)

53. ANSWER(+40/-40):-

54. 3.Identify this Oil Giant from Azerbaijan

55. ANSWER(+30/-30):-

56. 4.
• The Melbourne Park Multi-Purpose Venue, currently also
known by its sponsorship name as "X Arena", is an
Australian sports venue that is part of the National
Tennis Centre at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria.
• Earlier known as the Vodafone arena, this multi-purpose
has the distinction of hosting many games of Australian
Open in 2016.
• Apart from tennis, this also has been the home venue for
netball teams like Melbourne Kestrels,Melbourne Vixens,
and Melbourne Phoenix.
• "X Arena" happens to be the first stadium in the world to
be named after a Chinese company.
• Simple enough, identify this Chinese Tech Giant X.
• (X goes into the connect/theme)

57. ANSWER(+20/-20):-

58. 5.
• The instrumentals of this song
samples the song "Bang My Head",
from the 2015 album "Listen".
• The track for this song was also
recorded with the help of one million
fans around the world through the
help of a special online app.
• This currently-viral song has topped
the music charts in
France,Germany,Israel,Luxembourg,
Mexico, and Switzerland in less than
two months of its release.
• This song also features vocals from
Swedish Teenage sensation Zara
Larsson.
• Identify this song, that has been
making waves from the past one
month.

59. ANSWER(+10/-10):-

60. GUESS THE THEME (+5/0):-
• 1. CARLSBERG
• 2. TURKISH AIRLINES
• 3. SOCAR
• 4. HISENSE
• 5. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU

61. THEME:-

62. WRITTEN ROUND
• Given here are the images of 10 iconic
paintings recreated by some famous
companies/brands in their ads.
• Rules:-
• +5 to name the company/brand.
• +5 to name the painter/painting.
• +20 bonus for naming all correctly.
• P.S.:- 120 Points at stake

63. 1.

64. 2.

65. 3.

66. 4.

67. 5.

68. 6.

69. 7.

70. 8.

71. 9.

72. 10.

74. 1.

75. ANSWER:- Lipton(Dali-Persistence of Memory)

76. 2.

77. ANSWER- Allianz(Rene Magritte-Treachery of
Images)

78. 3.

79. ANSWER:- Lego(American Gothic by Grant
Wood)

80. 4.

81. ANSWER:- Lexus(Van Gogh-Sunflowers)

82. 5.

83. ANSWER:- Mazda(Picasso)

84. 6.

85. ANSWER:- Pizza Hut(Monalisa by Da Vinci)

86. 7.

87. ANSWER:- Volkswagen(MC Escher-Endless
Stairs)

88. 8.

89. ANSWER:- Mountain Dew(Pablo Picasso)

90. 9.

91. ANSWER:- Ferrero Rocher(Sandro Botticelli-Birth
of Venus)

92. 10.

93. ANSWER:- Mortein(Da Vinci-The Last
Supper)

94. AN ALANKAR
DEVTA
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