Q 2017 National Quiz

1. TECH-BIZ QUIZ
“Q” 2017
ILS Law College, Pune
8th September 2017
Mummy ka Pyaar

2. SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mr. Shashank Sabale
Mr. Arvind Patil

3. PRELIMS

4. 1. X was started as a cashback and promotional discounts
company for organized retailers called Paisaback.
Y acquired X for $60 million on July 27 this year. The deal
gives the private sector lender access to X’s claimed 52 million
customers and provides impetus to its digital journey.
ID X, Y.

5. 2. X is a beverage company set up by New Delhi-based entrepreneur
Ankur Jain.
Not happy with the standard of breweries he came across in India,
Jain decided to lease one in Belgium, and import the brew, till he
found a suitable brewery in India.
And although Jain wants Y, the flagship brand to be known as a craft
beer, he does not believe that craft beer should always have a small
scale of production.
ID X, Y.

6. 3. In 2007, this logo was designed by graphic designer Irina
Blok. The design team was tasked with a project to create a
universally identifiable icon with the specific inclusion of a
[blanked] in the final design.
After numerous design developments based on science fiction
and space movies, the team eventually sought inspiration from
the human symbol on restroom doors and modified the figure
into a [blanked] shape.
ID the logo.

7. 4. X is a film entertainment company in India. The company,
which began as a joint venture agreement between Priya
Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited in
1995 with 60:40 ratio, began its commercial operations in June
1997.
ID X.

8. 5*. X can set reminders, recognize natural voice without the
requirement for keyboard input, and answer questions using
information. X was brought to life by Jen Taylor, the actress of
a character in the “Bungie” folklore.
Y is capable of voice interaction, music playback, streaming
podcasts, playing audiobooks, and using itself as a home
automation system. Y came to life at Lab126.
On August 30 2017, The Verge reported that X and Y could
now interact with each other exchanging much intelligent and
valuable information. ID X and Y.

9. 6. ____ ____ is the name given to a company considered to
be large, safe and prestigious.
Such companies are usually well-known, have a large market
capitalization and a good track record of dividend payments of
stocks.
ID the term commonly used in the stock market.

10. 7. X is an Irish businessman of Indian origin.
He went to London to study at Imperial College for a B.Sc.
degree in civil engineering. He then went on to take an M.Sc.
in management from the London Business School.
He was the sixth chairman of _____ group, and only the
second to not bear the surname _____, also the name of the
group.
ID X.

11. 8. On 29 September 2015, X was asked if he was being Santa
Claus in giving more than expected or should his statement be
read as hawkish.
“I don’t know what you want to call me... Santa Claus...you
want to call me hawk, I don’t know. I don’t go by this. My
name is X and _ __ ___ _ __.” he said.
X released a book on 4 September 2017. It is described as “a
front-row view” of X’s tenure in “those turbulent but exciting
times”. The title of this book Y, is derived from the
abovementioned quote. ID X, Y.

12. 9. X is a Japanese food and chemical corporation which
produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners,
amino acids, and pharmaceuticals.
In particular it is the world's largest producer of aspartame,
with a 40% global market share.
Its name X in Japanese means “essence of taste.” X is also the
trade name for its original product.
ID X.

13. 10*. X is an autonomous regional satellite navigation
system, that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing
services. It covers India and a region extending 1,500 km
around it. It is on par with the US-based GPS, Russia’s
Glonass and Galileo developed by Europe.
In line with his practice to rename earlier projects with catchy
names, Mr. Narendra Modi renamed the project as Y on 28
April 2016. Y’s meaning in Sanskrit/Hindi is ‘sailor’ or
‘navigator’.
Give me X or Y.

14. 11. In 1945, the National Research Corporation (NRC) of Boston,
developed a method of concentrating orange juice into a powder
using a high-vacuum evaporation process for use in the U.S. war
effort. The war ended and the contract was canceled before the
factory could be built.
Rather than selling powder to the public market, the company decided
to create frozen orange juice concentrate, using a process that
eliminated 80 percent of the water in orange juice. A Boston
marketing firm came up with the name X, implying the juice was
quick and easy to prepare.
The company was later renamed as X Corp. It was purchased by
Coca-Cola in 1960.
ID X.

15. 12. Logo of? coined by Kanye West, was developed in the 2010s to
describe a style of rapping which, according to Rizoh of the Houston
Press, uses “three main ingredients: a metaphor, a pause, and a one-
word punch line, often placed at the end of a rhyme”.
Rappers Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Drake, and Lil Wayne are credited
with the popularization of hashtag rap, while the style has been
criticized by Ludacris and others.
The term is derived from a identification used on social network and
microblogging services. It allows users to apply dynamic, user-
generated marking that makes it possible for others to easily find
messages with a specific theme or content. ID the term.

16. 13. In January 2016, Dera Sacha Sauda became a
commercial organisation with the launch of a plethora of
products under the brand name of X.
Following in the footsteps of yoga guru Ramdev whose
Patanjali products are already in the market, Dera chief
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh launched nearly 400 products
under this brand.
ID X.

17. 14. X is an Iranian-American businessman who in August 2005,
was promoted as Expedia's CEO.
He is also a board director for BET.com, Hotels.com and several
other companies. X also sits on the board of the New York Times
Company.
In August 2017, X accepted his new role as the next CEO of ____,
where he will succeed its founder. The founder was forced to resign
amidst mounting allegations of workplace culture and sexual
harassment rampant at the company.
ID X.

18. 15*. The Royal Dutch Mint on June 22, 2011 produced what
is the first __ _____ coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the mint in Utrecht. The coins were limited edition, produced
in silver (€5) as well as gold (€10).
The Mint promises that if you do something “…you will be
surprised at what you’ll see”. The coin leads to
http://www.q5g.nl and resolves to the Royal Dutch Mint’s non-
mobile site.
What is unique about this coin?

19. 16. His real name is Abhinav Kumar. He is a German MNC’s
country development head (India).
He has become an internet star in India. He gets hate for
looking unkempt and ordinary in a crumpled gray shirt, skinny,
baggy jeans, and a blazer. His lack of a fully grown beard and
mustache has also come under scrutiny.
If you watch TV or YouTube videos, you would have come
across this guy.
What is the reason for his popularity?

20. 17. X shut down an artificial intelligence engine on 31 July
2017 after developers discovered that the AI had created its
own unique language that humans can’t understand.
Researchers at the FAIR Lab found that two chatbots had
deviated from the script and were communicating in a new
language developed without human input.
It is as concerning as it is amazing – simultaneously a glimpse
of both the awesome and horrifying potential of AI. A
transcript follows on the next slide. ID X.

21. 17. Bob: i can i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
me to
Bob: you i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me
Bob: i i can i i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me
Bob: i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22. 18. The score that X assigns corresponds to the percentage of
critics who’ve judged it to be “fresh,” meaning their opinion of
it is more positive than negative. The idea is to quickly offer a
sense of critical consensus.
“Our goal is to serve fans by giving them useful tools and one-
stop access to critic reviews, user ratings, and news to help
with their decisions,” according to Jeff Voris, vice president at
X.
What am I talking about?

23. 19. The brand, which is known for its witty and smart ads,
recently broke the Internet with its latest campaign.
Taking place over a period of ten years, the series depicts a
fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution
of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the
early 1990s.
The show's title refers to a computer machine code instruction,
the execution of which would cause the computer's CPU to
stop working.
ID X.

24. 20. X which calls itself the “largest integrated death care
service provider in Asia,” sells tombstones, funeral services,
and burial plots in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
But its largest, most-lucrative, and fastest-growing business is
in so-called “niches,” or reserved spots for relatives to leave
the urns of the deceased.
It provides services mostly to ethnic Chinese Buddhists and
Taoists.
ID X.

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26. ANSWERS

27. 1. X was started as a cashback and promotional discounts
company for organized retailers called Paisaback.
Y acquired X for $60 million on July 27 this year. The deal
gives the private sector lender access to X’s claimed 52 million
customers and provides impetus to its digital journey.
ID X, Y.

28. CAUTION

29. X: Freecharge
Y: Axis Bank

30. 2. X is a beverage company set up by New Delhi-based entrepreneur
Ankur Jain.
Not happy with the standard of breweries he came across in India,
Jain decided to lease one in Belgium, and import the brew, till he
found a suitable brewery in India.
And although Jain wants Y, the flagship brand to be known as a craft
beer, he does not believe that craft beer should always have a small
scale of production.
ID X, Y.

31. CAUTION

32. X: B9 Beverages
Y: Bira 91

33. 3. In 2007, this logo was designed by graphic designer Irina
Blok. The design team was tasked with a project to create a
universally identifiable icon with the specific inclusion of a
[blanked] in the final design.
After numerous design developments based on science fiction
and space movies, the team eventually sought inspiration from
the human symbol on restroom doors and modified the figure
into a [blanked] shape.
ID the logo.

34. CAUTION

35. The green Android logo

36. 4. X is a film entertainment company in India. The company,
which began as a joint venture agreement between Priya
Exhibitors Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited in
1995 with 60:40 ratio, began its commercial operations in June
1997.
ID X.

37. CAUTION

38. X: PVR Cinemas

39. 5*. X can set reminders, recognize natural voice without the
requirement for keyboard input, and answer questions using
information. X was brought to life by Jen Taylor, the voice
actress of a character in the “Bungie” folklore.
Y is capable of voice interaction, music playback, streaming
podcasts, playing audiobooks, and using itself as a home
automation system. Y came to life at Lab126.
On August 30 2017, The Verge reported that X and Y could
now interact with each other exchanging much intelligent and
valuable information. ID X and Y.

40. CAUTION

41. X: Cortana
Y: Alexa

42. 6. ____ ____ is the name given to a company considered to
be large, safe and prestigious.
Such companies are usually well-known, have a large market
capitalization and a good track record of dividend payments of
stocks.
ID the term commonly used in the stock market.

43. CAUTION

44. Blue Chip

45. 7. X is an Irish businessman of Indian origin.
He went to London to study at Imperial College for a B.Sc.
degree in civil engineering. He then went on to take an M.Sc.
in management from the London Business School.
He was the sixth chairman of _____ group, and only the
second to not bear the surname _____, also the name of the
group.
ID X.

46. CAUTION

47. X: Cyrus Mistry

48. 8. On 29 September 2015, X was asked if he was being Santa
Claus in giving more than expected or should his statement be
read as hawkish.
“I don’t know what you want to call me... Santa Claus...you
want to call me hawk, I don’t know. I don’t go by this. My
name is X and _ __ ___ _ __.” he said.
X released a book on 4 September 2017. It is described as “a
front-row view” of X’s tenure in “those turbulent but exciting
times”. The title of this book Y, is derived from the
abovementioned quote. ID X, Y.

49. CAUTION

50. X: Raghuram G. Rajan
Y: I Do What I Do

51. 9. X is a Japanese food and chemical corporation which
produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners,
amino acids, and pharmaceuticals.
In particular it is the world's largest producer of aspartame,
with a 40% global market share.
Its name X in Japanese means “essence of taste.” X is also the
trade name for its original product.
ID X.

52. CAUTION

53. X: Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

54. 10*. X is an autonomous regional satellite navigation
system, that provides accurate real-time positioning and timing
services. It covers India and a region extending 1,500 km
around it. It is on par with the US-based GPS, Russia’s
Glonass and Galileo developed by Europe.
In line with his practice to rename earlier projects with catchy
names, Mr. Narendra Modi renamed the project as Y on 28
April 2016. Y’s meaning in Sanskrit/Hindi is ‘sailor’ or
‘navigator’.
Give me X or Y.

55. CAUTION

56. X: Indian Regional Navigation Satellite
System (IRNSS) or
Y: Navigation with Indian Constellation
(NavIC)

57. 11. In 1945, the National Research Corporation (NRC) of Boston,
developed a method of concentrating orange juice into a powder
using a high-vacuum evaporation process for use in the U.S. war
effort. The war ended and the contract was canceled before the
factory could be built.
Rather than selling powder to the public market, the company decided
to create frozen orange juice concentrate, using a process that
eliminated 80 percent of the water in orange juice. A Boston
marketing firm came up with the name X, implying the juice was
quick and easy to prepare.
The company was later renamed as X Corp. It was purchased by
Coca-Cola in 1960.
ID X.

58. CAUTION

59. X: Minute Maid

60. 12. Logo of? coined by Kanye West, was developed in the 2010s to
describe a style of rapping which, according to Rizoh of the Houston
Press, uses “three main ingredients: a metaphor, a pause, and a one-
word punch line, often placed at the end of a rhyme”.
Rappers Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, Drake, and Lil Wayne are credited
with the popularization of hashtag rap, while the style has been
criticized by Ludacris and others.
The term is derived from a identification used on social network and
microblogging services. It allows users to apply dynamic, user-
generated marking that makes it possible for others to easily find
messages with a specific theme or content. ID the term.

61. CAUTION

62. BharatQR

63. 13. In January 2016, Dera Sacha Sauda became a
commercial organisation with the launch of a plethora of
products under the brand name of X.
Following in the footsteps of yoga guru Ramdev whose
Patanjali products are already in the market, Dera chief
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh launched nearly 400 products
under this brand.
ID X.

64. CAUTION

65. MSG
(“Mastana Ji”, “Satnam Ji” and “Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh”)

66. 14. X is an Iranian-American businessman who in August 2005,
was promoted as Expedia's CEO.
He is also a board director for BET.com, Hotels.com and several
other companies. X also sits on the board of the New York Times
Company.
In August 2017, X accepted his new role as the next CEO of ____,
where he will succeed its founder. The founder was forced to resign
amidst mounting allegations of workplace culture and sexual
harassment rampant at the company.
ID X.

67. CAUTION

68. Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber)

69. 15*. The Royal Dutch Mint on June 22, 2011 produced what
is the first __ _____ coin to celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the mint in Utrecht. The coins were limited edition, produced
in silver (€5) as well as gold (€10).
The Mint promises that if you do something “…you will be
surprised at what you’ll see”. The coin leads to
http://www.q5g.nl and resolves to the Royal Dutch Mint’s non-
mobile site.
What is unique about this coin?

70. CAUTION

71. World’s First QR Code Coin

72. 16. His real name is Abhinav Kumar. He is a German MNC’s
country development head (India).
He has become an internet star in India. He gets hate for
looking unkempt and ordinary in a crumpled gray shirt, skinny,
baggy jeans, and a blazer. His lack of a fully grown beard and
mustache has also come under scrutiny.
If you watch TV or YouTube videos, you would have come
across this guy.
What is the reason for his popularity?

73. CAUTION

74. Trivago ad guy – “Kya Aapne Kabhi
Online Hotel Search Kiya Hai?”

75. 17. X shut down an artificial intelligence engine on 31 July
2017 after developers discovered that the AI had created its
own unique language that humans can’t understand.
Researchers at the FAIR Lab found that two chatbots had
deviated from the script and were communicating in a new
language developed without human input.
It is as concerning as it is amazing – simultaneously a glimpse
of both the awesome and horrifying potential of AI. A
transcript follows on the next slide. ID X.

76. 17. Bob: i can i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to
me to
Bob: you i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me
Bob: i i can i i i everything else . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alice: balls have a ball to me to me to me to me to me to me to me
Bob: i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

77. CAUTION

78. X: Facebook
FAIR: Facebook AI Research Lab

79. 18. The score that X assigns corresponds to the percentage of
critics who’ve judged it to be “fresh,” meaning their opinion of
it is more positive than negative. The idea is to quickly offer a
sense of critical consensus.
“Our goal is to serve fans by giving them useful tools and one-
stop access to critic reviews, user ratings, and news to help
with their decisions,” according to Jeff Voris, vice president at
X.
What am I talking about?

80. CAUTION

81. X: Rotten Tomatoes scoring system

82. 19. The brand, which is known for its witty and smart ads,
recently broke the Internet with its latest campaign.
Taking place over a period of ten years, the series depicts a
fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution
of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the
early 1990s.
The show's title refers to a computer machine code instruction,
the execution of which would cause the computer's CPU to
stop working.
ID X.

83. CAUTION

84. . The brand, which is known for its witty and smart ads,
recently broke the Internet with its latest campaign.
Taking place over a period of ten years, the series depicts a
fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution
of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the
early 1990s.
The show's title refers to a computer machine code instruction,
the execution of which would cause the computer's CPU to
stop working.
ID X.

85. Durex Jeans
(Not denims, but is “world’s slimmest pocket
pack.”)

86. 20. X which calls itself the “largest integrated death care
service provider in Asia,” sells tombstones, funeral services,
and burial plots in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
But its largest, most-lucrative, and fastest-growing business is
in so-called “niches,” or reserved spots for relatives to leave
the urns of the deceased.
It provides services mostly to ethnic Chinese Buddhists and
Taoists.
ID X.

87. CAUTION

88. X: Nirvana Asia Group

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