Business Quiz, ICE 17 Management Fest at NMCC Hall Kannur

2. ROUND I
Pounce(+10/-5), Bounce(+10)

3. 1
• Amalgam, a popular word famous among
chemistry students, was recently in news in
relation with an incident happened in Kerala.
Where was the amalgam formed?

5. • Shabarimala
• An alloy of mercury with another metal

7. • In 2017 January, a Chennai-based footwear
manufacturer, Wishall International, demanded
10% customs duty draw back for an exported
good. But the Centre and Revenue department
refused his claim.
• The core of the dispute is the Centre’s order, that
export of X attracts 10% customs duty drawback
while export of B attracts only 5% drawback. But
Delhi High Court involved in the matter and
approved the claim of Wishal saying that his
product is actually X. What was the controversy?

9. • Product Sandal
• Woman’s footwear without a back strap a
“sandal”

11. • ”If we want to make something like that, we
need to fork out a £7.6m in materials and
£2.16m in labour costs to make an exact
version. That adds up to £9.76m for a solid
steel seat that weighs around 2.5 tonnes. But
its exact value comes out of the dominance its
owner deserves”.
• Description of the most valuable furniture
item on screen. What?

13. Iron Throne

14. • Why exactly the registration of this stupid
domain name
iuqerfsodp9ifjaposdfjhgosurijfaewrwergwea.com
by a 22 year old UK man considered smart?

16. • Prevented Wannacry attack

17. • I

18. • In retail business, what do we call the
temporary use of physical space, opening a
short-term shop to create a long lasting
impression with potential customers?

20. • Pop-up Shop

22. • This was a a classic ad
catchphrase in 80’s,
from American
international fast food
restaurant chain
Wendy’s with a sharp
jab at competitors
Burger King and
McDonald’s. Where’s
the X? What?

26. ROUND II
Pounce(+10/-10), Bounce(+10)

27. • Coins were once made of pure gold and silver,
and through everyday use were subject to
damage. So cutting or filing a small amount off
the coin would probably go unnoticed. The cut-
off pieces would be melted into a bar and used
to make counterfeit coins.
• To prevent the new coins from being clipped, In
1696 someone introduced the idea of adding
text around their rim, a practise still followed
today. Who was that iconic personality?

29. Isaac Newton

30. • In currency exchange theory, What term is
used to compare thee average cost of goods
and services between countries?

32. • Purchasing power parity

33. • Which economic intelligence agency was
formed in India, in 1 May 1956 with a primary
objective to impose two key acts of
Government of India
1. Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999
(FEMA)
2. Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002
(PMLA)

36. • X is the study of mathematical models of
conflict and cooperation between intelligent
rational decision-makers
• Psychologists call it as ‘The theory of social
situations’. What is the equivalent term for
the same in economics?

38. • Game theory

39. • There is an international financial institution
called BIS which serves as a bank for all
central banks, formed with a mission to serve
central banks in their pursuit of monetary and
financial stability,
• It is based in Basel, Switzerland. Expand BIS?

42. • What analytical tool used to describe price
movements of a security was thought to have
been developed in Japan by a rice trader
Munehisa Homma and introduced to the
western world by Steve Nison?

44. • Candle Stick chart

45. ROUND III
SOLVE BIZ ANAGRAM
+5/Question, Total: 50 points

46. RULES
• Set of unscrambled words will be shown in the
slides with a short phrase or description
leading to the right answer
• Re-arrange these words and create right word
• Slides will be shown for 15 seconds
• 10 Questions | +5 for right answer | No
negative marks

47. WAVES MOD
Property of God

48. WOOD FORM HUT
Passing of information from person
to person

49. AS A BIN
Chairperson of GCPL

50. WILD LOGO
An intangible asset

51. TIGER STUNT
Human? Machine?

52. HAAY ASK
Sanskrit for ‘Never diminishing in
value’

53. BOOK BEN ROD
Taj Malal, 3Roses, Red Label

54. THE LAKE
Investigative journalism

55. A BILL ENEMY
May be she’s born with it

56. MORE MUD MAN
A written message in business or
diplomacy.

57. Answers

58. WAVES MOD
Property of God
DEVASWOM

59. WOOD FORM HUT
Passing of information from person
to person
WORD OF MOUTH

60. AS A BIN
Chairperson of GCPL
NISABA

61. WILD LOGO
An intangible asset
GOODWILL

62. TIGER STUNT
Human? Machine?
TURING TEST

63. HAAY ASK
Sanskrit for ‘Never diminishing in
value’
AKSHAYA

64. BOOK BEN ROD
Taj Malal, 3Roses, Red Label
BROOKE BOND

65. THE LAKE
Investigative journalism
TEHELKA

66. A BILL ENEMY
May be she’s ………………….
MAYBELLINE

67. MORE MUD MAN
A written message in business or
diplomacy.
MEMORANDUM

69. ROUND IV:
IMAGE & INFOGRAPHICS
+5/Question, Total: 50 points

70. RULES
• All questions based on image shown in the
slides. Write your answers in a paper
• 10 Questions | +5 for right answer | No
negative marks

71. In 1919, who joined with D.W.Griffith,
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford
to form this film production company?

72. These sketches were drawn in 1920. To
design what?

73. What precious material was used for
the creation of these sculptures?

74. ‘Monument to the discoveries’. In which
European country you can find this?

75. Historical Importance of these coins?
Antiochan Stater Tyrian Shekel

76. • In 2015 a Bangalore-
based businessman, had
paid a total of Rs 13 lakh
for a William IV Double
Mohurs coin. It was the
highest price ever paid for
a coin in India.
• Besides these fact why
these coin is important in
the Banking history of
India?

77. On screen appearance of Al Pacino.
Identify the character?

78. ID the British luxury fashion house
from the check clothing pattern

79. A Zurich based Company Climeworks built this factory.
It’s a first of its kind attempt with a futuristic mission.
What is this? (Image follows…)

80. (…)

82. Cubans are using condom for a totally
different reason. What?

84. ICE BQ Graphics

85. In 1919, who joined with D.W.Griffith,
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford
to form this film production company?

87. These sketches were drawn in 1920. To
design what?

89. What precious material was used for
the creation of these sculptures?

90. Elephant tusk ivory

91. ‘Monument to the discoveries’. In which
European country you can find this?

92. LISBON

93. Historical Importance of these coins?
Antiochan Stater Tyrian Shekel

94. Judas’s Thirty silver coin

95. • In 2015 a Bangalore-
based businessman, had
paid a total of Rs 13 lakh
for a William IV Double
Mohurs coin. It was the
highest price ever paid for
a coin in India.
• Besides these fact why
these coin is important in
the Banking history of
India?

96. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA SEAL

97. On screen appearance of Al Pacino.
Identify the character?

99. ID the British luxury fashion house
from the check clothing pattern

101. A Zurich based Company Climeworks built this factory.
It’s a first of its kind attempt with a futuristic mission.
What is this? (Image follows…)

104. Capturing CO2 from the air to
turn it into a useful product

105. Cubans are using condom for a totally
different reason. What?

106. Wine Production

107. ROUND 5
Pounce(+15/-15), Bounce(+10)

108. • In 2013, someone who decided to invest in Byju’s
App, enquired about the valuation of his
business. Byju replied almost four times than the
actual valuation and managed him to invest
Rs500 million through their investment wing
AARIN Capital.
• The parent company behind AARIN Capital also
famous because of their 60 years long
contribution to the Indian Higher Education
segment. Identify the Business Group?

112. • A popular word in India during early 1930’s
became a part of his name, because he was born
at a time when India’s struggle for freedom
reached a new dimension by demanding self rule
under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.
• He has written the biography of Indira Gandhi
and was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1983.
• These are the two political connection of a
famous business magnate who was born in 1931
in Punjab. Who?

114. Lord Swaraj Paul

115. Connect

116. • A negative impact is common to this song and
a phenomenon called Cetacean stranding. In
2013, Something started in Russian social
network community Vkontakte also became
noted for same reason of negative publicity.
What am I talking about?

118. Unusual suicides

123. B R SHETTY

124. • After 1996 World Cup, Indian World Cup Organising
Committee claimed a huge loss of Rs 1.56 million. The
worst part in the balance sheet was a payment of
$28,80,000 to an agency called Half Moon Image
Consultants without specifying what their role and
kind of business in relation with the WC event.
• But the cricket audience would remember this
company for a publicity stunt focused remark and a
controversy followed claiming that a famous celebrity
would be projecting the true beauty of womanhood
while taking off her clothes in the opening ceremony.
Who was the celebrity?

127. • This free economic zone located in the
western end of Dubai is home to businesses
from over 100 countries. It attracts more than
32 percent of the UAE’s foreign direct
investment and contributes over 21 percent of
Dubai’s GDP. What am I talking about?

131. ROUND VI
Asset | Brand Dominance | Market
leadership
Pounce(+20/-20), Bounce(+10)

132. • In 2004 a company spent $100 million for a retailer targeted
awareness program and $400 million for advertisement for a single
brand in India.
• Same year they invested $150 million to import machineries in its
Maharashtra plant just to revamp the packaging of that brand. And
became a brand having most over engineered packaging in India.
• Their advertising expenditure increased rapidly in the following
years, with the help of O&M India they created series of ads related
with the consumer behavior patterns in a middle class joint family
using the softest sales pitch ever .
• The parent company holds 70% of the market share in its segment
and more than 30% is contributed by these brand alone.
• Story of the biggest brand repositioning experiment in Indian
corporate history. Identify the brand?

136. • Logo of a crypto-currency with
secure high-difficulty blockchain
that is 3 times faster than Bitcoin
• Its logo has been represented like
an element in a periodic table.
• Because in fiction, this is known as
a valuable mineral and a room
temperature super conductor.
Hence a solution to save the earth
from its energy crisis.
• Name the crypto-currency
designed to be fast, secure and
rare?

139. • This person is probably more responsible for the creation
of American middle class and the development of America
as a great industrial power.
• He was perhaps the greatest environmentalist of his time,
being considered as the ultimate recycler.
• When most of the oil refiners dumped oil wastes in nearby
rivers, he believed that there would be a God given use for
every particle in a barrel of oil and he was determined to
find it. After the major product has been removed from oil
his staffs found used for remaining components. That’s why
we have ‘Gasoline as fuel’, ‘Tars for Road paving’ and bi-
products to manufacture paints.
• Who?

141. JOHN D ROCKEFELLER

142. Two active campaigns targeting Indian youths
from a brand positioned for confidence.
• #MomentsofIntensity:
• #Makeyourmove: To help you get closer to
your crush
• Their brand communication follows… Identify
the brand?

148. • Recently, One among the biggest Oracle
database in world was formed in India with
approximately 740 million user accounts and
500 tera-byte data. How can you connect the
images following with this huge technical
integration?

151. SBI merger with associated
banks

152. A 3 step process to calculate something
online. Screenshots follows(…)
In the first step you need to enter

153. (…)

157. THANK YOU
SHYJU CHATHAMPALLI
Wing20 Edulabs
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