Biz + Auto + Tech QUIZ

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Round 1 Take it easy…..

+10 for correct answerInfinite bounceNo negative !! :D :D BINDASS KHELO !!!

RULES

1.X refers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity.

The term is most often used in reference to a first attempt in sport or gambling, but is also used in many other diverse contexts.

The term is also used when no skill whatsoever is involved, such as a first-time slot machine player winning the jackpot.

BEGINNER'S LUCK

2.

X is derived from the old French word ‘Bougette’. This is a plan of all expenses and revenues. It is an important concept in microeconomics to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more goods.

Gimme X.

BUDGET

3.

The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage.

Which law ?

DILBERT PRINCIPLE

4.

This term now widely used in the business community first appeared in Alex Osborn’s 1953 book Applied Imagination. It is a group or individual creativity technique by which efforts are made to find a conclusion for a specific problem by gathering a list of ideas generated spontaneously. This technique is considered more effective than individuals working alone in generating ideas.

What am I talking about ??

BRAIN STORMING

5.

In the early 18th Century, Lahore was famous for its weekend markets. The tradition was such that the first sale on every market day was made to a dwarf. What practice has this resulted in?

BOUNI

6.

7.

“one who undertakes an enterprise, especially a contractor , acting as

intermediary between capital and labour”

ENTERPRENEUR

8.

Essentially meaning reckoning of money received and paid , probably derived

from the Latin word computus, meaning ‘a

calculation’

ACCOUNT

9.

"USB _________" prevent accidental data exchange when your device is plugged in to another device with a USB cable. USB __________ achieve this by cutting off the data pins in the USB cable and allowing only the power pins to connect through.Thus, these "USB _________" prevent attacks like "juice jacking". l(image on next slide)

CONDOM

10.

THINK OUT OF THE BOX

11.

It comes from an old french word which means to 'cut off, clip, pare or

divide' in terms of stitching and tailoring. It was first recorded as a

noun with the meaning of “a sale in small quantities”.

Which word?

RETAIL

12. Jean Claude Vann Damm

VOLVO

Round 2 Shut up and Pounce!!

Infinite Bounce + Pounce+10 on infinite bounce+20 / -10 on Pounce

RULES

1.

Reality Tours & Travels is one of the few operators which provide guided tours of a specific area and charges of the tour may vary from Rs. 500 per person for a short tour to Rs. 1000 per person for a private long tour.

Which AREA do they operate?

DHARAVI

2. Which famous brand which advertises itself as A journey of excellenceA saga of transformation

A signature of majestic lifestyleA tradition of extraordinary fragrance…

sponsored the recently concluded Jaipur lit fest and started a six word story contest which got trolled on twitter.

3.•The just missed it club is a club/group of people who cancelled their voyage aboard the RMS Titanic despite of having tickets booked.

•A very famous conspiracy theory about the Titanic and its sinking takes into account the fact that the just missed it club had the person X and many of his close associates and people he planning to do business with soon in it.

•The conspiracy theory says that X hatched a plan to kill off his opponents on the matter of the federal reserve inspired by a book titled "Wreck of the Titan" written in 1898 by a man named Morgan Robertson.

•Who is this famous businessman X ? (pic follows)

JP MORGAN

4.

The name X means Chinese millet. In 2011, its CEO suggested there are more meanings than just the "millet and rice". He linked the "first part" to the Buddhist concept that "a single grain of rice of a Buddhist is as great as a mountain," suggesting X wants to work from the little things, instead of starting by striving for perfection, while "later part" is an acronym for Mobile Internet. In 2012 President of its originating country said that the name is about revolution and being able to bring innovation in the tech world.

XIAOMI MI

5.

The story goes that X and Y were sharing the same villa with their wives during the World War II. X was hiding in the bunker below the house with his wife. There was an air raid on the town so naturally, Y also came down to the bunker with his wife to hide. Upon seeing Y, X commented "The bastards have come again!", actually referring to the ones air raiding the town. Y assumed that X had called him and his wife names and obviously got really offended.This specific incident impacted the world of business greatly.

ADI AND RUDI DASSLER

6. What started ?

GOOGLE DOODLE

7.

8.

lA _________ machine is a theoretical device that manipulates symbols contained on a strip of tape. Despite its simplicity, a _______ machine can be adapted to simulate the logic of any computer algorithm and is particularly useful in explaining the functions of a CPU inside of a computer.The ________machine was described by X in 1936 as an “automatic machine”.

TURING

9. In the news.....

Wings Rainbow, the first and only one of its kind is a radio taxi service and was launched in January 2016. The initiative has been flagged off by the Wings Travels and Humsafar Trust in Mumbai and is expected to start functioning from 2017.The service was flagged off with five volunteers from The Humsafar Trust signing up to drive the radio cabs.lWhy is it first of its kind ?

LGBT DRIVERS

10.

United Kingdom – WalkersAustralia – Smith’sEgypt - ChipsyVietnam – PocaIsrael – TapuchipsColombia – MargaritaMexico – SabritasIndia - ??

LAYS

11.•The halo effect is a cognitive bias in which an observer's overall impression of a person, company, brand, or product influences the observer's feelings and thoughts about that entity's character or properties. This effect is widely used in advertising when choosing brand ambassadors.

•Similarly, The devil effect, also known as the reverse halo effect, is when people allow an undesirable trait to influence their evaluation of other traits. Which company recently had to face an instance of the Devil Effect?

SNAPDEAL – AMIR KHAN CASE

The company's founder Paul V. Galvin and investor Bill Lear created the brand name X. Galvin and Lear mulled over names for the product on a cross-country trip and came up with X which was a blend of Y and the then popular suffix – Z, used with audio equipment of the time. The product was such a success that Galvin changed the name of the company to X.

12.

MOTOROLA

Round 3 Write It Down Bro!!

+10 on correct ansNo negative !! :D

RULES

1.

Costa Coffee, which sells 108 million cups of coffee worldwide each year, has come out with a special insurance policy with Lloyd's of London for Gennaro Pelliccia. This insurance is worth a whopping $14,000,000 (only some 84 Crore rupees :O :O . What’s this insurance all about ?

INSURED HIS TONGUE. HE IS THE CHIEF COFFEE TASTER

2. Laws of ? •X may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

•X must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

•X must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

(BONUS 5 for stating who gave this Laws)

ROBOTICSISAAC ASIMOV

3.

EdgeRank is an algorithm developed by Facebook to govern what is displayed—and how high—on the News Feed.

4.

BANK OF BARODABANK OF INDIAVIJAYA BANK

PNBSTATE BANK OF INDORE

ALL ARE BANKS

5.

6. •Axel•Bose Jefferson•Cydney Bass•Milwaukee Jon•Pearl McKurdy•X•Slim Jim•Teflon Mike

Bonus (+5) for giving X

ROADRASHRHONDA

7. CONNECT

INVESTMENTS BY RATAN TATA

8.

9. WHAT'S NEW

GONE CASHLESS

10.

•Eurion•Microlettering•Latent Image•Fluorescence•Optically Variable Ink•Interwoven Fibres

BANK NOTES

11.

POPE MOBILES

12.

•X, an iconic product and brand, once consisted of an unusual compound Y. The existence of this in the raw material for the product was not much of an issue for quite some time but caused widespread hue and cry after awareness of its side effects grew.

•The manufacturing company then modified the recipe to remove it. However, long after it had ceased to contain any significant amount of Y, in the Southeastern U.S., "dope" remained a common colloquialism for X, and "dope-wagons" were trucks that transported it.

•What is X and Y. (+5 for each)

COCA COLA COCAINE

Round 4 OJASSVI BHAVA !!

Differential scoring !!Points awarded = (Total teams-No. of teams giving Right answer) * 5Write Bro

RULES

OJASSVI

BHAVA

ORKUT

Even though it is sometimes used to refer to a particular class of vehicles, the word actually represents a brand owned by Chrysler Group. It's name is believed to have been abbreviated from 'General Purpose' vehicle. The first civilian version of these appeard in 1945 during the end of Second World War.lWhich vehicle is being referred to ??

OJASSVI

BHAVA

JEEP

X is best known for two classic works: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. X is cited as the father of modern economics and is still among the most influential thinkers in the field of economics today. (pic on next slide)

OJASSVI

BHAVA

ADAM SMITH

Headquarted in town X, this multinational conglomerate comprises numerous subsidiaries and businesses, starting from trading and diversifying into foods and electronics. It has a powerful influence on the country's economic development, politics, media and culture and has been a major driving force behind the 'Miracle on the Han River'.

OJASSVI

BHAVA

SAMSUNG

________ is a brand of canned precooked meat products made by Hormel Foods Corporation, US. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II. By the early 1970s the name ______ was often misused to describe any canned meat product containing pork, such as pork luncheon meat. However, we know it for a completely different context than that of its origin.

OJASSVI

BHAVA

SPAM

Originally developed by students at the École Centrale Paris in 1996, it is now developed by contributors worldwide and is coordinated by VideoLAN, a non-profit organization. The icon used by it is a reference to the traffic cones collected by Ecole Centrale's Networking Student's Association. lWhat am I talking about ?

OJASSVI

BHAVA

VLC

OJASSVI

BHAVA

Written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4000 contributors, including 110 Nobel Prize winners and five former American presidents. Regarded as one of the most scholarly of its kind. What ??

OJASSVI

BHAVA

BRITANNICA

X made his first appearance in 2006, won numerous awards and became famous all over the world. A certain 11 year old boy with the surname Bhanot, threatened to sue X and in his legal notice, claimed Rs 1 crore because of the harassment he has faced from his school mates owing to similarity in name. Give me the immensely popular fictional character X.

OJASSVI

BHAVA

In a show, which is being aired on the BBC, Top Gear's executive director Richard Hammond organised a world taxi shootout in which ________ emerged winner, beating competitors from all over the globe. _______ started life in Britain as the Morris Oxford.“It's so tough that although it now lives in World of Top Gear, with a quick wash and brush up, it could be back in service tomorrow” - Richard .CK Birla Group began the production of ______ in 1948 in Hooghly, West Bengal.

OJASSVI

BHAVA

AMBASSADOR

_______ is an Indian airline based in Gurgaon . The carrier, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, commenced operations on 9 January 2015 with its inaugural flight between Delhi and Mumbai and had carried one million passengers by December 2015._______ was the first airline to introduce premium economy seats on domestic routes in India.

OJASSVI

BHAVA

AOJASSVI

BHAVA

APPLE MACINTOSH LAUNCH 1984