KwizKraftPRAYAAG - 2015

Rules of the game25 Questions in the prelim worth 30 points

No negative marking. Feel free to guess.

Exact and complete answer expected.

No part points. Quizmaster’s decision remains final.

Top 6 teams in the finals.

Top 7 teams in the finals if the difference between team 6 and 7 is ≤ 1

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Q.1Founded in 1960 by Farooq Irani in collaboration with aCzechoslovakian company, _______ ______ India Ltd was aMysore based company which used to manufacture the Yezdibrand of motorcycles. It became defunct in 2005.

Fill in the blanks.

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Ans.1Ideal Jawa

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Q.2She was the CEO of the Clean Water Initiative. A charity, non-profit organization intent on bringing clean water todeveloping, impoverished countries.

During her tenure, she proved to be just as ruthless andpragmatic as her husband. One example was firing half of theCWI staff due to unavailability of funds. Also, one of themain reasons for her even working at CWI was simply to makeherself and her husband seem like caring individuals.

Who is being described?

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Ans.2Claire Underwood

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Q.3Identify the company behind this campaign which was takendown for obvious reasons.

(Image on the next slide)

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Ans.3OnePlus

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Q.4The 2010 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to EricAdams of MIT, Scott Socolofsky of Texas A&M University,Stephen Masutani of the University of Hawaii, and X, fordisproving an old belief.

Identify X.

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Ans.4BP plc (former name British Petroleum)

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Q.5Identify the company from the print ad.

(Image on the next slide)

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Ans.5Norwegian Air Shuttle / Norwegian

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Q.6In 2015, Kotak Mahindra Bank launched a new savingsaccount product aimed at the tech-savvy crowd.

An interesting feature of the account is what the bank calls________ banking where users can send commands out totheir bank account using _________.

Fill in the blanks (exact word required)

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Ans.6Hashtag

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Q.7My name is _______ ___________ and I teach corporatefinance and valuation. I describe myself as a teacher first, whoalso happens to love untangling the puzzles of corporatefinance and valuation, and writing about my experiences. As aresult of my activities, I happen to be at the intersection ofthree businesses, education, publishing and financial services,that are all big, inefficiently run and deserve to be disrupted.

I may not have the power to change the status quo in any ofthese businesses, but I can stir the pot, and this website is myattempt to do so.

Who is this?

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Ans.7Aswath Damodaran

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Q.8An American actor and former NFL practice squad widereceiver is widely known as the main character for a series ofX commercials. (X is a brand and refers to him as X man).

Also, if he appears in the US commercials, who appears in theIndian commercials (Y)?

Identify X and Y.

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Ans.8X - Old Spice

Y - Milind Soman (Isaiah Mustafa in US commercials)

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Q.9What are these?

“Please don’t recount this vote.” - Al Gore

“Me. Me. Me. Me. Me.” - Stephen Colbert

“President Obama ... Sounds good, right?” - AriannaHuffington

“Thank God Conan got promoted” - Jimmy Fallon

“96 year old startup. FTW” - Forbes

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Ans.9The Webbys (The Oscars of the Internet) acceptance speech(five words only)

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Q.10________ is a genus of sea slugs, a nudibranch, a shell-lessmarine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.

________ is also the name of a company founded in 1926.

This Edmund Blair Leighton painting might help you get theanswer. (Image on the next slide)

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Ans.10Godiva

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Q.11Print ad for?

(Image on the next slide)

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Ans.11De Beers

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Q.12X was started in 1959, in technical collaboration with Y(company).

In this 1959 letter, Y’s chairman expresses the confidence thatthe products “will be of a desirable and satisfactory quality”.

(Image on the next slide)

Identify.

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Ans.12X: Pressure Cooker and Appliance Private Limited which laterbecame Hawkins Cookers Limited. The letter was addressed toH.D. Vasudeva

Y: L. G. Hawkins and Co.

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Q.13Currently, these two are the largest players in their space inIndia.

X - Takes its name from the mean and the standard deviationof a probability distribution.

Y - “We are geeky enough to call our conference room the‘Nash Equilibrium Room’,” said Srikanth Velamakanni, Co-founder and CEO, in a Forbes interview.

Identify X and Y (1 point each)

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Ans.13X - Mu Sigma

Y - Fractal Analytics

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Q.14X has a cameo in several films: Around the World in 80 Days(2004), where he played a hot-air balloon operator; SupermanReturns, where he was credited as a “Shuttle Engineer”.

He also has a cameo in the James Bond film Casino Royalewhere he is seen as a passenger going through Miami Airportsecurity check-in and being frisked. British Airways edited outhis cameo in their in-flight screening of the movie.

Identify.

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Ans.14Richard Branson

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Q.15X introduced in 1983 by Y has allowed its fans their choice oftaste, to travel with them, to stay with them, handy for useanytime and anywhere.

X shares its name with Polianthes tuberosa and is also the nameof a 1974 Hindi film starring Amol Palekar and Vidya Sinha.

Identify X and Y (1 point each)

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Ans.15X - Rajnigandha (Pan Masala)

Y - DS Group

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Q.16There are two stars honoring X on the Hollywood Walk ofFame.

The first was unveiled in 1961, located on HollywoodBoulevard near the intersection of Highland Avenue.

After Y was built in 2001, a second was installed, facing theentrance to the Y.

Identify X and Y. (1 point each)

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Ans.16X - George Eastman

Y - Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre)

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Q.17The Mirchi _____ Awards, instituted by Radio Mirchi in 2004,is a platform that lauds the best in radio advertising.

With participation from advertising agencies across thecountry, these awards honour the professionals and theadvertising agencies that create the sizzling spots we hear onair.

Fill in the blank.

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Ans.17Mirchi Kaan Awards

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Q.18The logo illustrates the central idea of _______, as articulatedin “The ______ Way” – “man living in harmony with man,man living in harmony with nature, and man living as part ofnature.”

As a graphic, this logo is a “rebus” or visual pun. On onehand, it depicts a tree, which is significant as a symbol ofnature, significant because of the Bodhi tree’s importance tothe story of __________, and significant because the tree is ametaphor for life and of giving. On the other hand, it showsinterlinked figures of the people who have come together tocreate this.

Identify.

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Ans.18Nalanda University

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Q.19Ad for which brand? X

What’s the name of the collection? Y

Identify X and Y (1 point each)

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Q.19X - Tanishq

Y - Kolam

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Q.20This company claims to be an activist against ‘SubstandardOccidental Shit’. The founder and CEO, Jaydeep Barman wasinspired by something he had seen in his hometown ofKolkata.

According to him, “I was fascinated by the concept of _____.It’s a bit like a pizza, except that it’s not flat.”

Identify the company.

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Ans.20Faaso's (Fanatic Activism Against Substandard OccidentalShit)

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Q.21“Boom, Like That” is a 2004 single by Mark Knopfler, fromhis album Shangri-La.

Who is being talked about in this song?

Exact answer required. Spelling is important.

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Ans.21Ray Kroc

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Q.22Hasbro and HBO are teaming up for this 2015 release, a gamethat may take you longer to play than it takes X to write thebooks.

No word yet on whether defeat-by-beheadings will be anoption, but you have to hope so.

Identify the game. Exact answer please.

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Ans.22‘Game Of Thrones’ Monopoly

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Q.23The _________ is a Plains Indian tribe. They were among thefirst to acquire horses (from the Spanish) and resisted whitesettlers fiercely.

The Boeing–Sikorsky RAH-66 ________ was an advancedhelicopter designed for the United States Army.

Fill in the blank. Images on the next slide.

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Ans.23Comanche

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Q.24Oseltamivir was discovered by scientists at Gilead Scienceswho exclusively licensed their relevant patents to Roche in1996.

A competing product called Zanamivir was developed byAustralian firm Biota Holdings. Zanamivir is marketed byGSK under the name Relenza.

Under what name is Oseltamivir marketed by Rocheworldwide?

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Ans.24Tamiflu

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Q.25This is the logo of a not-for-profitorganization based in the Netherlandswhose project has received a variety ofcriticism, mostly relating to medical,technical and financial feasibility.

Three Indians have made it to their top100 list. The promotional video for thethird phase of selection says ‘who haswhat it takes to colonize _______ neverto return’.

Identify the organization. Exact nameplease.

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Ans.25Mars One

Mars One wants to establish a permanent human settlementon Mars. Crews of four will depart every two years, starting in2024.

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