Business Quiz conducted at Buzzing Crowd - The Quiz fraternity of DoMS, IIT Roorkee

1. Columbidae – Business Quiz
Gaurav Dadhich
DoMS, IIT Roorkee
25th Feb, 2014

2. Rules:
- Quiz Master is not God. However, he is from the
Placements Committee
- Work out the answer from the question. Take a guess.
Read between the lines
- If your fingers are on the Mobile Phone, my fingers are
pointing outside the door
- If you think the quiz is too difficult - read more often.
- If you think the quiz is easy - read even more often,
make a quiz of your own and conduct the same
- Be aggressive. You are not 5 year olds playing catch.

3. Round 1
+10 for Direct Question
+5 on Pass
No Negative

4. Q.1
Founded in 1971 by Nolan Bunshell and Ted
Dabney as Syzyngy Engineering, the name of
this company means “to hit the target” or “to
receive something fortuitously” in Japanese. It
now owns Hasbro Interactive.

7. Q 2.
Founded by Paul Vincent Galvin as the Galvin
Manufacturing Co., ___X___ is credited with
the first car stereo. This also gives the company
its present name X. Neil Armstrong‟s famous
words “one small step for man, one giant leap
for mankind” was received on a transceiver
made by this company. Identify X.

10. Q 3.
The world‟s most expensive watch is priced at
around $5 Million is made by a company
__X__. X derives its name from the French
word for „porthole‟. It is the official time keeper
of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

13. Q 4.
This Google entity has been recently launched.
Name?

16. Q 5.
Which company is the world‟s largest private
sector employer ? In 2010, this company had
bought the video content delivery company
VUDU.com. It is a family owned business in the
sense that 51% of the shares are owned by the
founder‟s family. Legally, it is a public company.

19. Q 6.
This conglomerate (better known for its
Electronics business) was involved in a 11
company cartel that was fixing electricity prices
in Europe in 2007. In 2011, this company
decided it would donate an electron microscope
to each of the 5 Indonesian Universities.
Recently it bought out Prizm Payments, a
Chennai based company. Its name is Kanji for
“sunrise”. Ticker Symbol: TYO

22. Round 2
+10 – Direct/-5
+20 – Pounce
+5 - On Pass
-10 – Negative on Pounce

23. Q 1.
“Halo” is the name of the new Concept Sports
Car by whom, which they demonstrated in the
Auto Expo 2014?

26. Q 2.
Pocari Sweat is a Japanese sports drink. Why was
it in the news recently?

29. Q 3.
US Regulators recently banned the sale and
import of _____ products manufactured by
Pune-based Jash International, which had
brands like:
Sutra _____ Red
Sutra _____ Menthol
Sutra _____ Red Cone
Sutra _____ Menthol Cone
FITB!

32. Q 4.
TGG is the new consulting firm of a veteran that
has been out of news (thankfully) for some time
now along with the author of the famous book
“Freaknomics”. Whose?

35. Q 5.
Which company is supporting Indian Hockey
with a campaign called “Garv”?

38. Q 6.
Which was the first celebrity to reach 25 Million
Twitter Followers? And, which is the first
celebrity to reach 50Million Twitter Followers?
*Part Points.

41. Round 3
+10 on Direct / No Negative
+10 on Pounce / -10
+5 on Pass

42. Q 1. *Part Points
The term used for most other things like
footwear, fine jewelry and other apparels is
„build to order‟. However, for men‟s clothing, the
term used in this context is ___X___. The
literal meaning of this term is „to speak for
something‟. Also, for women‟s clothing, the term
used is ___Y____. The term Y is protected by
law and is defined by the Chambre de commerce
et d'industrie de Paris based in Paris.

45. Q 2.
According to the investment baron and one of
the richest individual‟s in the world, what was
Warren Buffet‟s life‟s biggest mistake which cost
him close to $200 billion in compounded
interest over years?

48. Q 3.
This organization replaced the state-level “blue
sky laws” in the US and was found in 1934

51. Q 4.
Developed by the East China Architectural
Design and Research Institute, this is a masterplan of __X__, which has geographical
coordinates 23°9‟26‟‟N 72°41‟12‟‟E.

56. Q 5.
Warren Buffet once wrote in his annual
report, “If you meet ___X___ at the annual
meeting, bow deeply”. Which IIT
Kharagpur, Harvard Business School and
Mckinsey Alumnus was he talking of?

59. Q 6.
Jewish Rabi are unhappy with Whatsapp (Hint:
they don‟t want to be Nirmohi Akhara) and have
officially communicated their concerns. What
concern? Why?
Hint?

62. Q 7. Identify the Brand?

65. Q 8.
In the buzzing world of entrepreneurship, who is
a fauxtrepreneur?

68. Q 9.
This is the logo after rebranding effort of a global
giant(largest company in its sector by revenue)
which it has launched in 11 states of the US since
2010. TIME has termed it in its list of Top 10
Worst Corporate Name Changes. This company
is known for its extremely poor customer service
ratings. Which company?

71. Q 10.
Om Perkash Malik graduated from St. Stephen‟s
College in 1986. He launched DesiParty.com in
1994 in the US – an events site for Indian
emigrants.
- Co-founded: South Asian Journalist
Association (1994)
- Written for Forbes.com, WSJ, Red Herring in
senior positions.
- Part of CNET‟s 100 Most Influential Bloggers
What is his more famous creation?

74. Q 11.
Sameer Gehlaut and his IITian friend Rajiv
Ratan bought a defunct securities company with
a NSE membership in 1999 and started offering
brokerage services. In mid-2000, they received
venture funding from Lakshmi Mittal. In 2010,
Punjab appointed them to set a 1350 MW power
plant. Name the company?

77. Q 12.
Bulova is a luxury manufacturer company
of watches and clocks. Its parent company is the
Citizen Watch Company. What unique
distinction does the company hold in the world
of branding?

80. Round 4
+10 on Direct
+20 on Pounce / -10
+5 on Pass

81. Q 1.

84. Q 2.

87. Q 3.

90. Q 4.

93. Q 5.

96. Q 6.

99. Q .7

102. Thank You