This document appears to be a business quiz containing 20 multiple choice questions. It was created by Somnath Chanda for the Ecowhizz - YESM event in 2016. The questions cover topics like popular brands, current events, business terms, and famous people and aim to test business and general knowledge.

1. Researched & Conducted by
Somnath Chanda
Elimination Round

2. Rules
* 20 questions.
* Each question carries 1 mark.
* Star-marked questions (i.e, 1, 5, 10, 15 & 20) will be
counted to break the ties.
* Every decision of the QM is final.

6. What is the one word expression for ‘rules of the
house’ or ‘laws of the house’?
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7. Hallmarked as per the BIS standards,
tamperproof packaging and advanced anti-
counterfeit features of the products make these
very safe and easily recyclable. Distributed
through designated state-owned Metals and
Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC)
outlets, they will be engraved with the emblem of
Ashok Chakra and the face of Mahatma Gandhi
on both the sides, respectively.
What is being talked about?
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8. This popular company, which owes its origin to a
catering service run by two Italian brothers in
Mumbai, was later given a new identity by a
Parsee family in 1958. Recently, a legal dispute led
to the outlets in Eastern India to embrace a new
name which literally translates to ‘my love’.
Put funda.
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9. Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo was best known for
creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of
objects such as fruits, vegetables and other items.
Some of the examples are :--
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The Librarian The Jurist The Waiter

10. Which ‘profession’ has
been depicted in this
Arcimboldo creation?
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11. What is this ghazal doing in a biz-quiz?
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12. Why this tech-savvy lady, co-founder of Flickr and
Hunch, is not allowed to open a Facebook account?
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13. Who is responsible for all these recent memes?
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14. Whom do you get from the clues?
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15. How would you connect a Civil Engineer named
Georges Nagelmackers, who proposed something for
the European market in 1870 (became functional in
1893) and novelist Agatha Christie?
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16. Nintendo Power once blocked a certain ‘player’
because of his complete domination as the America’s
#1 Tetris champion for a long period. In the new
rankings published thereafter, who became the topper?
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17. As revealed recently, ‘what’ is said to be
responsible for this run-out?
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18. Which brand in the world of cosmetics, was
started by a 19-year-old entrepreneur named Tom
Lyle Williams when he noticed his older sister
applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to
her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look?
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19. Who has recently been appointed as the Tourism
New Zealand’s first Indian Brand Ambassador?
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20. What word, now used as a generic term for a
particular type of business-establishments, comes
from the name of this building in Paris?
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21. The story began in 1965, when
a 35 year old gentleman,
known as ‘Barobabu’ in his
close circles, acquired a small
shop in Chitpur, Kolkata.
Just, name the company.
(The vis. will work as a clue)
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22. Ebrahim Rahbari, an Economist in the Global
Economics Team at Citigroup coined a
portmanteau word in 2012. But that word has been
in most business headlines in mid-2015 because of
something which happened during that time.
Which word was that?
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23. Keeping up with
the tradition of
featuring older
spokespersons, this
2009 ad by Louis
Vuitton, was made
by O&M to mark
the 40th anniversary
of which
momentous
occasion in the
history of mankind?
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24. The logo of the ATK features
five stars which symbolically
represent the five owners who
forms the consortium Kolkata
Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Apart from Sourav Ganguly,
Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv
Goenka and Utsav Parekh,
who is the 5th member of that
consortium?
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25. Implemented in multiple regional editions of
Amazon, including the UK, French, German, Italian,
Canadian and Japanese storefronts, the Amazon
Standard Identification Number is a
10-character alphanumeric unique code assigned by
Amazon.com for product-identification.
How do the Indians, especially the South Indians,
remember the name of this new code better?
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26. Which company made this funny video to encash
the 2015-festive season and tried to make a grand
entry in this part of India through one of their
marquee projects?
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29. What is the one word expression for ‘rules of the
house’ or ‘laws of the house’?
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30. Economics
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31. Hallmarked as per the BIS standards,
tamperproof packaging and advanced anti-
counterfeit features of the products make these
very safe and easily recyclable. Distributed
through designated state-owned Metals and
Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC)
outlets, they will be engraved with the emblem of
Ashok Chakra and the face of Mahatma Gandhi
on both the sides, respectively.
What is being talked about?
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32. India’s Gold Coin
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33. This popular company, which owes its origin to a
catering service run by two Italian brothers in
Mumbai, was later given a new identity by a
Parsee family in 1958. Recently, a legal dispute led
to the Kolkata outlets to embrace a new name
which literally translates to ‘my love’.
Put funda.
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34. Monginis became Mio Amore
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35. Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo was best known for
creating imaginative portrait heads made entirely of
objects such as fruits, vegetables and other items.
Some of the examples are :--
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A quiz by Somnath ChandaEcowhizz – YESM : 2016
The Librarian The Jurist The Waiter

36. Which ‘profession’ has
been depicted in this
Arcimboldo creation?
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37. The Fruitseller
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38. What is this ghazal doing in a biz-quiz?
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39. 5
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40. Why this tech-savvy lady, co-founder of Flickr and
Hunch, is not allowed to open a Facebook account?
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41. Caterina Fake is not allowed because ‘Fake’
is a banned word in fb-account names
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42. Who is responsible for all these recent memes?
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43. Neil Nitin Mukesh
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44. Whom do you get from the clues?
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45. Dominique Strauss-Kahn
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46. How would you connect a Civil Engineer named
Georges Nagelmackers, who proposed something for
the European market in 1870 (became functional in
1893) and novelist Agatha Christie?
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47. Orient Express
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48. Nintendo Power once blocked a certain ‘player’
because of his complete domination as the America’s
#1 Tetris champion for a long period. In the new
rankings published thereafter, who became the topper?
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49. Steve Wozniak
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50. As revealed recently, ‘what’ is said to be
responsible for this run-out?
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51. Viagra
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52. Which brand in the world of cosmetics, was
started by a 19-year-old entrepreneur named Tom
Lyle Williams when he noticed his older sister
applying a mixture of Vaseline and coal dust to
her eyelashes to give them a darker, fuller look?
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53. Maybelline
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54. Who has recently been appointed as the Tourism
New Zealand’s first Indian Brand Ambassador?
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55. Sidharth Malhotra
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56. What word, now used as a generic term for a
particular type of business-establishments, comes
from the name of this building in Paris?
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57. Bourse (for Stock Exchanges)
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58. The story began in 1965, when
a 35 year old gentleman,
known as ‘Barobabu’ in his
close circles, acquired a small
shop in Chitpur, Kolkata.
Just, name the company.
(The vis. will work as a clue)
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59. Khadim’s
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60. Ebrahim Rahbari, an Economist in the Global
Economics Team at Citigroup coined a
portmanteau word in 2012. But that word has been
in most business headlines in mid-2015 because of
something which happened during that time.
Which word was that?
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61. Grexit
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62. Keeping up with
the tradition of
featuring older
spokespersons, this
2009 ad by Louis
Vuitton, was made
by O&M to mark
the 40th anniversary
of which
momentous
occasion in the
history of mankind?
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A quiz by Somnath ChandaEcowhizz – YESM : 2016

63. Apollo 11 Mission / First Moon Landing
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64. The logo of the ATK features
five stars which symbolically
represent the five owners who
forms the consortium Kolkata
Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Apart from Sourav Ganguly,
Harshavardhan Neotia, Sanjiv
Goenka and Utsav Parekh,
who is the 5th member of that
consortium?
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65. Atletico Madrid
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66. Implemented in multiple regional editions of
Amazon, including the UK, French, German, Italian,
Canadian and Japanese storefronts, the Amazon
Standard Identification Number is a
10-character alphanumeric unique code assigned by
Amazon.com for product-identification.
How do the Indians, especially the South Indians,
remember the name of this new code better?
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67. ASIN
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68. Which company made this funny video to encash
the 2015-festive season and tried to make a grand
entry in this part of India through one of their
marquee projects?
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69. Star Cement
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