Finquizzitive - for Document on Business Trivia Questions

RULES
• 25 Questions
• Each question carries 1 mark. Part points will be provided wherever
applicable.
• Questions 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 are star marked and will be used to resolve
ties. (Please star mark them on your answer sheets)
• In case there is a tie even after the star marked, then the team getting the
first question wrong starting from Q1. will be eliminated.
• Top 8 teams go to the finals.
• Use of cell phones will directly lead to disqualification
• QM decision is final and binding.

Question 1
• The person in the image was France's
last king. He took power in 1830 after
the July Revolution, but was forced to
abdicate after an uprising in 1848.
• This brand is named after this French
King and is one of the largest apparel
brand in India.
• This brand also runs an online
Fashion magazine known as “The
Label”
• Identify this brand.

Question 2
• The son of a politician, he is from the town of Ludhiana in Punjab. He
started his first business in 1976 at the age of 18, to make crankshafts
for local bicycle manufacturers. In 1982 he became the exclusive
dealer for Suzuki Motors‘s portable electric power generators
imported from Japan. The importing of telecom equipment were
banned by the Indian Government as ITI (Indian Telecom Industry)
monopoly practices & sole OEM for Department of
Telecommunication. He established the first company to manufacture
push button telephones in India.
Identify him

Question 3
• The logo of this company represents a compass
pointing to true north that reminds its employees to
stick to its true principles always. It originated from a
doodle drawn by its chairman-to-be Orid Gadiesh in
1992 just before he delivered a companywide speech.
Name the company which is extremely popular
among CBSites.

Question 4
• In a November 12, 1911 edition of
The Constitution newspaper,
published in Atlanta, the Southern
Compressed Coal Company placed
an ad for “Coalettes,” a refined fuel
product for fires.
• What did this ad inspire?

*Question 5*
• The founder of this company was managing a 20 man textile
business when he started to face problems due to erratic supply
of ______. This was his highest business expenditure after textile
raw materials. The cost of ______ was so large that it would
offset the profits made. This led him to supply ______ for his
own business. When successful, he sold off his textile business
and started this company. Which is this company which derives
its name from a combination of words which in a major Indian
language mean clever thinking and loans?

Answer 5
• Suzlon gets its name from the Gujarati word sooj-booj
which means clever thinking and loans which is
pronounced as Lon

Connect the 4 business leaders that are a part of something first
started in India. The concept originated in Japan and popularized by
USA. It has been produced locally by more than 30 countries
Question 6

Question 7
• This company introduced a new logo
inspired by its 1968 design in August 2016.
• As an attempt to revamp the brand the
CEO said "The X brand is recognized
throughout the world, and this new look
reinforces our commitment to staying
fresh and forward-thinking with a design
that is clear and confident without losing
sight of our heritage.“
• Identify X.

Question 8
• The concept for X was described as being a streaming service for
music videos with the goal being to attract more high-end advertisers.
The site's other revenue sources include a merchandise store and
referral links to purchase viewed songs on Amazon Music and iTunes.
• It started as a joint venture between two of the "big three" record
companies, Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music
Entertainment (SME). The third"big three" company, Warner Music
Group (WMG) joined in August 2016 after it’s new logo was unveiled.
• Name this company which is one of the most viewed on internet.

Question 9
• This is the star V838 Monocerotis, a red
variable star in the constellation Monoceros
about 20,000 light years (6 kpc) from the Sun
and is one of the largest stars in the universe.
The nickname given to it has inspired the
name and the logo of an Internet brand.
• Name the brand who’s parent company has
been in the news recently for a different
reason.

Answer 9
• The Firefox Start
• Mozilla Firefox

*Question 10*
• These are 2 brands launched by X.
• The first one was promoted on Good Morning America, CNBC, and more,
but it never arrived in store. Troubled by law suites the damage was done
and brand was lost.
• The story behind the jewellery and timepiece line seemed straightforward:
it was created in 2010, and sold on QVC, then QVC eventually stopped
selling it, though by all accounts it sold relatively well. The pieces can still
be found floating around Craigslist and eBay.
• The second brand has been in the news recently for using wrong medium
for promotions.
• Identify X. (images on next slide)

Answer 10
• Melania Trump
• Melania Caviar Beauty Line
• Melania Timepiece and Fashion Jewelery

Question 11
• "When I'm not feeling quite so prosperous, I might go with the
$2.61," he explains. "That's two sausage patties and then I put
them together and then pour myself a Coke. $3.17 is a bacon,
egg, and cheese biscuit. But the market's down this morning, so I
think I'll pass up the $3.17 and go with the $2.95." The $2.95
option is a Sausage McMuffin with egg and cheese.
• Who is this person whose decision to buy which breakfast
sandwich depends upon the volatility of Stock Market?

Answer 11
• Warren Buffet.
• On his driveway to his office, he stops at the McDonalds to buy
breakfast in the amounts of either $2.61, $2.95, or $3.17

Question 12
• Who is the business stalwart who
shared about his life after
retirement on twitter on 26
January, 2017.
• He has been making headlines
since early November last year.
(bigger image on next slide)

Question 13
• She was impressed by his teachings and his book ‘Progress and
Poverty”. What did she invent to illustrate his teachings for which she
was granted a U.S. Patent 748,626 on January 5, 1904?

Answer 13
• Landlord's game / Monopoly

Question 14
• Ved Pal was a music composer with some forgettable titles like
Oh Bewafa, Gunhegar in his kitty. However, he is most
remembered for a non-film composition. This composition is
iconic in its own way and has remained in currency over many
years since it was first launched.
• Off lately Hritik Roshan has been associated with this brand
which is seen as an unusual move by the company.
• Name this company

Answer 14
• Nirma (The Nirma Jingle)

*Question 15*
• At age 10, Tokushichi I was apprenticed to a money changer. Tokushichi
set up on his own company the following year, using the funds he had
inherited after the death of the money changer and soon started a bank.
Their big moment arrived when the Japanese government issued foreign
currency public bonds to fund the Russo-Japanese war and employed
English speaking staff so that they could take on this international
business. In 1906, they founded an in-house research department to
publish news on trading, stock analysis and current economic trends. In
1917, the company added a securities section to handle bond sales and
underwriting.
• Origins of which company?

Answer 15
• Nomura Securities

Question 16
• X was originally used as a wallpaper cleaner, with the
compound debuting 22 years before X hit the shelves, in a
last ditch effort to save a dying company, the Cincinnati
based soap company, Kutol. The woman Kay Zufall, who
suggested the idea to use the compound as it is used today
also suggested the name. She was not given no credit in the
patent nor any financial compensation.
• ID X.

Question 17
• X’s hobbies include tennis, running, chess, traveling, poetry, singing and
composing (Indian semi-classical). In 2005-06, he composed his first album,
“Yaadon Ke Silsile – An Ode to Friends and Some Romantic Moods.” This
multitalented person has recently been given an important responsibility to
hold. Name this person connecting the images.

Answer 17
• Viral Acharya, Deputy Governor of RBI

Question 18
• The X emblem is a fairly close representation of the Mars
symbol, which also symbolizes the Roman god of war. This
also became a symbol of the relationship between the God
of war and the metal weapons were constructed from at that
time, Iron. The founders wanted a symbol of strength for
their cars and this was a perfect fit.
• ID the Company.

Question 19
• Originally conceived by Norbert D. Larky of RCA Laboratories who
won an Emmy Award in engineering for it in 2001
• Engineering Guideline EG 1-1990. The components of this pattern are
a known standard. Comparing this pattern as received to the known
standard gives video engineers an indication of how an NTSC video
signal has been altered by recording or transmission and what
adjustments must be made to bring it back to specification.
• What is being talked about here?

Answer 19
• The color bar pattern on
Television statics

*Question 20*
• X had tried getting into law school, standup comedy, selling fax
machines, even auditioning at Disney World (X said she didn’t get the
part of Goofy because she was too short). But X’s turning point came
at age 29 when she snipped the feet off a pair of pantyhose so she’d
have a smoother shape under a pair of white pants and thought she
might be onto something. She was. Y shape-wear has since expanded
to more than 200 products and a chain of retail stores, and has scores
of celebrity devotees including Oprah, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Michelle
Obama. In 2013, Blakely—who still owns 100 percent of the
company—made headlines for pledging half her wealth to charitable
causes.
• ID X and Y.

Answer 20
• Sarah Blakely, Spanx

Question 21
• His parents wanted him to become a diplomat, but he was
interested in fashion. He used to sell his fashion sketches outside
school for about 10 cents each. From the money that his father
gave, he opened an art gallery where he sold work by the likes of
Pablo Picasso. He was later called for military service during
WWII. In 1942, he left the military services and started designing
clothes for the wives of Nazi officers and French collaborators.
How do we know him today?

Question 22
• Who tweeted this and what is the significance of this tweet?

Answer 22
• Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter.
• First tweet

Question 23
• Identify the logo’s of the two tobacco giants. The former has agreed
to acquire the latter in a $49.7 billion deal, which will make it the
largest listed tobacco firm. Name both the companies.

Answer 23
• British American Tobacco
• Reynolds American

Question 24
• HMD Global Oy is a Finnish company that develops mobile devices
under the “X" brand name. It was formed in May 2016 announcing its
purchase of part of a company which was described as an 'unwanted
extra'. HMD is made up of veteran X staff, and develops basic feature
phones, as well as smartphones and tablets running on the Android
platform. Manufacturing and distribution is performed by Foxconn's
FIH Mobile division, which has purchased the part of the
manufacturing business.
• The first smartphone was launched on 8 January in the Chinese
Market.
• Name X which is back with a bang.

Answer 24
• Nokia after the launch of Nokia 6

*Question 25*
• Which company has renamed it’s products after the frequently googled
problems that those products solve?
• Each landing page ends with an array of related products such as
"Related relationship problems.“
• The landing page states “X is where life happens. This product’s real
name is _____, but right now we have renamed it to the relationship
problem you just googled. All to make life at home easier for you.
Because life evolves every day and everything, yes everything, can get
better.”
• Name this company (Image on next slide)

FINALS UP NEXT
Those who didn’t make it to the finals shouldn’t lose hope. We
have another event “The Undisclosed” lined up for you .

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