The Biz-Tech QuizIIT Kanpur Quiz Club

Quizmaster: Anshul Roy

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Answering 42 to any question would result in immediate disqualifications.

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The Prelims

Rules of the Round• 15 questions in total.

• No negative marks.

• Top 8 teams qualify for the finals.

• Last 5 questions are star-marked.

Q - 1Pambar Falls is a waterfall situated in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Due to it’s association with an iconic advertisement created by Alyque Padamsee in 1975, Pambar Falls is popularly known by it’s nickname - “X Falls”.

Id X.

Q - 2“Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is a music album (image on next slide) by the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan which was limited to a single copy sold in 2015. This album was recorded in secret over 6 years, and was stored in a secured vault in Morocco.

The album was auctioned to the highest bidder for $2 million in 2015. It is the most expensive musical work ever sold. A legal agreement with the purchaser states it cannot be commercially exploited for 88 years.

The owner of this album is the ex-CEO of an infamous company. He/She had threatened to destroy this album but then shared the intro and two tracks after Donald Trump was elected president. In 2017, he/she participated in a live stream interview, in which he/she played a few minutes of this album.

Who is the owner of this music album?

Q - 3The person in this image (next slide) is X, a famous French tennis player and a former world no.1

In 1927, as a member of the French Davis Cup team, X made a bet with his team’s captain about whether he would win a certain match. The stakes were a suitcase he had seen in a Boston store, which was made of Y ______. When the press came to know about this story, X was nicknamed “the Y”.

After retiring from tennis in 1933, X started a famous company and paid homage to his nickname Y.

Which company?

Q - 4Viacheslav Semenchuk, a Russian businessman launched a new cryptocurrency called BitCoen in September 2017. The currency is based on the value of US dollar.

This cryptocurrency is made specifically to be used by the _______ community. BitCoen’s website describes it as the world’s first “X cryptocurrency”. The word “Coen” is a common surname in the _______ community and in the Y language it means “priest”. This cryptocurrency will be managed by a “Council of Six” made up solely of _______ representatives. The representatives will likely be prominent leaders in both public and private sectors.

For what particular community has this cryptocurrency been invented?

Q - 5Radiolinja was a Finnish telecommunication company founded on September 19, 1988. Currently the company is known as Elisa Corporation. In 1991, Radiolinja in collaboration with Telenokia and Siemens achieved something significant in the world of tech.

What?

Q - 6 In June 2017, X announced that it would be opening up a physical store in New York City (images on next slides) so that the users of X can meet up in real life.

This physical store would be called "Hive" and would serve coffee, would have a bar and would also sell X merchandise.

The founder and CEO of X, Whitney Wolfe, says that this physical store would help X's users with "professional and social networking”.

Id X.

Q - 7After 46 years of being first launched, ______ released a new version of X in 2017 designed to be more inclusive and color-blind friendly. The new “X ColorADD” costs $5.99 and contains extra graphic symbols that represent the primary colors.

It is is named after ColorADD, a global organization founded in Portugal to aid those who are colorblind, and the symbols are part of a code ColorADD created to help identify colors.

Id X.

Q - 8In 2007, Richard Stallman took the stage to address the Yale Political Union, Yale University’s parliamentary debate society. He gave a speech about DRM.

During the speech, some students who were dressed up as ninjas staged a mock attack on Richard Stallman (images on next slide), with the aim of re-creating something in front of a live audience.

What did these students try to recreate?

Q - 9The Plaza Hotel (image on next slide), located near Central Park, in Manhattan is an iconic New York City landmark. It was opened in 1907. It was owned by Donald Trump from 1988 to 1995, and Ivanka Trump served as the hotel’s president.

The Plaza Hotel has featured in novels like “The Great Gatsby”, in movies like “Home Alone 2” and in TV shows like “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”.

In 2012, the company X bought 75% controlling stake in this hotel for $570 million. However, recently, in order to refund money to it’s investors, X is planning to sell it’s stake in The Plaza Hotel for $500 million.

Id X.

Q - 10________ed is a slang term used when a superior product loses out to an inferior product. This term refers to the adoption of X over ________ in the 1970s and 1980s.

________ was perceived as the superior product, but the pricing and economies of scale behind X relegated ________ to obsolescence.

Since then, the term ________ed has been applied to many technology showdowns, such as the browser wars between Netscape and Microsoft and the ongoing competition between Microsoft and Apple.

FITB and also identify X.

*Q - 11*“Wish Upon the Pleiades” is an anime series (image on next slide) produced by the studio Gainax in collaboration with the company X, as a part of X’s advertising campaign. The series was released on YouTube in February 2011. An anime television series aired in Japan between April and June 2015. This anime series’ main character is a magical girl named X.

X’s logo is a representation of the Pleiades star cluster, which is found in the Taurus constellation, and un-coincidentally called X in Japanese. Hence the series was named “Wish Upon the Pleiades” .

Id X.

*Q - 12*The well shown in this image (next slide) is located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 20 m east of the Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic mythology, it is a miraculously generated source of water from God, which sprang thousands of years ago when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was left with his mother in the desert, where he was thirsty and kept crying. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj pilgrimage, in order to drink its water.

Which product manufactured in Iran derives it’s name from this well?

*Q - 13*Monte Fitz Roy is a mountain (image on next slide) situated on the border between Chile and Argentina. It is among the most technically challenging mountains for mountaineers on Earth.

In 1968, Yvon Chouinard, climbed Monte Fitz Roy. Five years later, he founded a company and used Monte Fitz Roy as the inspiration for this company’s logo.

Which company?

*Q - 14*In 1943, Richard James was working as a naval mechanical engineer stationed in Philadelphia. He was working with Xs that could support and stabilize sensitive instruments aboard ships in rough seas. Once he accidentally dropped a X from a shelf and observed it’s motion. The idea for Y struck him then and he experimented with different types of Xs over the next year and eventually perfected Y.

The name Y (which means “sleek and graceful”) was chosen by Richard’s wife Betty after she leafed through the dictionary and thought that the word described the motion of a X.

Id Y.

*Q - 15*The music video for Radiohead's song "House of Cards” (next slide) was released in 2007. This music video was directed by Zoo Films and it was made using a particular technological device.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Thom Yorke said - "I always like the idea of using technology in a way that it wasn't meant to be used, the struggle to get your head round what you can do with it."

What technological device was used to make this music video, and where is this device more commonly used nowadays?

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Q - 1Pambar Falls is a waterfall situated in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu. Due to it’s association with an iconic advertisement created by Alyque Padamsee in 1975, Pambar Falls is popularly known by it’s nickname - “X Falls”.

Id X.

AnswerX = Liril

Q - 2“Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” is a music album (image on next slide) by the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan which was limited to a single copy sold in 2015. This album was recorded in secret over 6 years, and was stored in a secured vault in Morocco.

The album was auctioned to the highest bidder for $2 million in 2015. It is the most expensive musical work ever sold. A legal agreement with the purchaser states it cannot be commercially exploited for 88 years.

The owner of this album is the ex-CEO of an infamous company. He/She had threatened to destroy this album but then shared the intro and two tracks after Donald Trump was elected president. In 2017, he/she participated in a live stream interview, in which he/she played a few minutes of this album.

Who is the owner of this music album?

AnswerMartin Shkreli

Q - 3The person in this image (next slide) is X, a famous French tennis player and a former world no.1

In 1927, as a member of the French Davis Cup team, X made a bet with his team’s captain about whether he would win a certain match. The stakes were a suitcase he had seen in a Boston store, which was made of Y ______. When the press came to know about this story, X was nicknamed “the Y”.

After retiring from tennis in 1933, X started a famous company and paid homage to his nickname Y.

Which company?

AnswerLacoste

Q - 4Viacheslav Semenchuk, a Russian businessman launched a new cryptocurrency called BitCoen in September 2017. The currency is based on the value of US dollar.

This cryptocurrency is made specifically to be used by the _______ community. BitCoen’s website describes it as the world’s first “X cryptocurrency”. The word “Coen” is a common surname in the _______ community and in the Y language it means “priest”. This cryptocurrency will be managed by a “Council of Six” made up solely of _______ representatives. The representatives will likely be prominent leaders in both public and private sectors.

For what particular community has this cryptocurrency been invented?

AnswerJewish community

Q - 5Radiolinja was a Finnish telecommunication company founded on September 19, 1988. Currently the company is known as Elisa Corporation. In 1991, Radiolinja in collaboration with Telenokia and Siemens achieved something significant in the world of tech.

What?

AnswerWorld’s first GSM call

Q - 6 In June 2017, X announced that it would be opening up a physical store in New York City (images on next slides) so that the users of X can meet up in real life.

This physical store would be called "Hive" and would serve coffee, would have a bar and would also sell X merchandise.

The founder and CEO of X, Whitney Wolfe, says that this physical store would help X's users with "professional and social networking”.

Id X.

AnswerX = Bumble

Q - 7After 46 years of being first launched, ______ released a new version of X in 2017 designed to be more inclusive and color-blind friendly. The new “X ColorADD” costs $5.99 and contains extra graphic symbols that represent the primary colors.

It is is named after ColorADD, a global organization founded in Portugal to aid those who are colorblind, and the symbols are part of a code ColorADD created to help identify colors.

Id X.

AnswerX = Uno

Q - 8In 2007, Richard Stallman took the stage to address the Yale Political Union, Yale University’s parliamentary debate society. He gave a speech about DRM.

During the speech, some students who were dressed up as ninjas staged a mock attack on Richard Stallman (images on next slide), with the aim of re-creating something in front of a live audience.

What did these students try to recreate?

AnswerXKCD: Open Source

Q - 9The Plaza Hotel (image on next slide), located near Central Park, in Manhattan is an iconic New York City landmark. It was opened in 1907. It was owned by Donald Trump from 1988 to 1995, and Ivanka Trump served as the hotel’s president.

The Plaza Hotel has featured in novels like “The Great Gatsby”, in movies like “Home Alone 2” and in TV shows like “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody”.

In 2012, the company X bought 75% controlling stake in this hotel for $570 million. However, recently, in order to refund money to it’s investors, X is planning to sell it’s stake in The Plaza Hotel for $500 million.

Id X.

AnswerX = Sahara Group

Q - 10________ed is a slang term used when a superior product loses out to an inferior product. This term refers to the adoption of X over ________ in the 1970s and 1980s.

________ was perceived as the superior product, but the pricing and economies of scale behind X relegated ________ to obsolescence.

Since then, the term ________ed has been applied to many technology showdowns, such as the browser wars between Netscape and Microsoft and the ongoing competition between Microsoft and Apple.

FITB and also identify X.

AnswerBetamax, X = VHS

*Q - 11*“Wish Upon the Pleiades” is an anime series (image on next slide) produced by the studio Gainax in collaboration with the company X, as a part of X’s advertising campaign. The series was released on YouTube in February 2011. An anime television series aired in Japan between April and June 2015. This anime series’ main character is a magical girl named X.

X’s logo is a representation of the Pleiades star cluster, which is found in the Taurus constellation, and un-coincidentally called X in Japanese. Hence the series was named “Wish Upon the Pleiades” .

Id X.

AnswerX = Subaru

*Q - 12*The well shown in this image (next slide) is located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 20 m east of the Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic mythology, it is a miraculously generated source of water from God, which sprang thousands of years ago when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was left with his mother in the desert, where he was thirsty and kept crying. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing the Hajj pilgrimage, in order to drink its water.

Which product manufactured in Iran derives it’s name from this well?

AnswerZamZam Cola

*Q - 13*Monte Fitz Roy is a mountain (image on next slide) situated on the border between Chile and Argentina. It is among the most technically challenging mountains for mountaineers on Earth.

In 1968, Yvon Chouinard, climbed Monte Fitz Roy. Five years later, he founded a company and used Monte Fitz Roy as the inspiration for this company’s logo.

Which company?

AnswerPatagonia

*Q - 14*In 1943, Richard James was working as a naval mechanical engineer stationed in Philadelphia. He was working with Xs that could support and stabilize sensitive instruments aboard ships in rough seas. Once he accidentally dropped a X from a shelf and observed it’s motion. The idea for Y struck him then and he experimented with different types of Xs over the next year and eventually perfected Y.

The name Y (which means “sleek and graceful”) was chosen by Richard’s wife Betty after she leafed through the dictionary and thought that the word described the motion of a X.

Id Y.

AnswerY = Slinky

*Q - 15*The music video for Radiohead's song "House of Cards” (next slide) was released in 2007. This music video was directed by Zoo Films and it was made using a particular technological device.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Thom Yorke said - "I always like the idea of using technology in a way that it wasn't meant to be used, the struggle to get your head round what you can do with it."

What technological device was used to make this music video, and where is this device more commonly used nowadays?

AnswerLiDAR technology (used in self-driving cars)

The Finals

“WikiHow Image Macros” memes serve as safety slides in this quiz, keep an eye out for some easy chuckles.

Infinite Bounce

Rules of the Round• 20 questions in total.

• +20/-10 on a pounce.

• +10/-0 on a bounce.

• On pounces I need the exact answer. No fundas.

Q - 1The Grist Mill (image on next slide) is located in Sudbury, Massachusetts and was built in 1929. It was commissioned by Henry Ford.

In 1952, Grist Mill signed a lease agreement with the company X and agreed to produce stone-ground whole wheat flour for X’s products. The Grist Mill shipped out its entire output to X plants, during the 15 years of the lease arrangement.

X’s logo is inspired by the architecture of the Grist Mill.

Id X.

AnswerX = Pepperidge Farm

Q - 2X is a protein (image on next slide) that in humans is encoded by the SHH gene. X functions as a chemical signal that is essential for embryonic development. It plays a role in cell growth, cell specialization, and the normal shaping of the body.

The name of this protein is a reference to it’s “spiky appearance” and was devised by Robert Riddle, who was a postdoc fellow at the Department of Genetics at Harvard University, after he saw a X comic that his daughter had brought from England.

Id X.

AnswerX = Sonic Hedgehog

Q - 3In 1919, MIT Professor Frank Shields set out to create a product that would provide for a less irritating shave. He succeeded with the invention of Barbasol – a shaving cream that did not have to be worked into a lather. In 1920, he founded The Barbasol Company. This company is known for inventing and patenting the first aerosol shaving cream can. The can design mimicked a barber's pole, and is still the trademark design used today.

In 2015, The Barbasol Company partnered with the producers of a movie franchise in order to release a limited edition range of branded shaving cans. This was done because a Barbasol Shaving can plays a pivotal role in the movie’s plot.

Which movie franchise am I talking about?

AnswerJurassic Park

Q - 4Which technology's initial name in 1993 was "ChefCat", derived from the name of a cartoon character on the inventor's favorite coffee cup?

AnswerFireWire

Q - 5Watchmen is an American comic-book series published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. The series was created due to a collaboration consisting of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins.

This comic book inspired the creation of what in the world of tech?

AnswerComic Sans font

AnswerLacoste

Q - 6The death of the famous businessman, X, is quite humorous. X died due to an injury which resulted because of him kicking a lock safe.

The office safe was usually opened each morning by X's nephew, Lem Motlow. One morning X came to work early before anyone else had arrived. He had trouble with the combination on the safe, grew frustrated and gave it a hard kick. The blow broke X's big toe. An infection set in and X eventually lost his leg and died of blood poisoning from the injury.

Id this famous businessman X.

AnswerX = Jack Daniels

Q - 7The video shown in the next slide is of a traditional children's game. The objective of this game is to walk in a circle, tapping on each player's head until one is finally chosen and he/she must chase the picker to avoid becoming the next picker.

Which website derives it’s name from this game?

AnswerDuckDuckGo (derived from “Duck Duck Goose”)

Q - 8The SGR-A1 (image on next slide) is a type of sentry gun (a weapon that fires autonomously) that was jointly developed by X and Korea University to assist South Korean troops in the Korean DMZ. The project was started with an initial investment by the South Korean government in 2003.

The gun is widely considered as the earliest commercialized robot with autonomous capabilities and the first of its kind unit to have an integrated system that includes surveillance, tracking, firing, and voice-recognition altogether. With prototypes produced in 2006, the system was designed to replace human-oriented guarding along the DMZ and to provide the "perfect guard operation".

Id X.

AnswerX = Samsung

Q - 9Since 1925, the employees of this company have had a company tradition of climbing Mount Fuji.

Every July all new staff and newly promoted executives climb Mt Fuji. Employees who are not physically able to do so are exempt.

A former employee gave the reasoning behind this as - "The message is, 'We are going to conquer the one symbol that represents Japan more than anything else. And, once we do that, it will signify that we can do anything.'"

Which Japanese company?

AnswerDentsu

Q - 10The gadget shown in this image (next slide) is X. It was launched in 2002 by the company Y.

X runs Microsoft's CE.NET operating system. It supports 802.11b wireless LAN to connect wirelessly with other company infrastructure. The device can support inventory management as well as credit card payments.

In 2010, when Z was announcing it’s own device also called X, there was a naming controversy between the two devices. To settle the trademark infringement allegation, Z purchased the trademark rights from Y for $4 million.

Id X, Y and Z.

AnswerX = iPad, Y = Fujitsu, Z = Apple

Q - 11The following images are examples of a concept proposed by Masahiro Mori, a robotics professor, in 1970.

What is this concept called?

AnswerUncanny Valley

Q - 12In September 2017, Adidas released a new pair of shoes called “Munchen” (image on next slide) to celebrate the 184th Oktoberfest which was held in Munich from 16th September to 3rd October.

The shoes come in a rich brown colourway inspired by classic Bavarian leather pants, and feature discreet golden lettering that says “Prost” (German for “cheers”), alongside the traditional three stripes. The shoes also boast a red and white micro-check inner lining to match Oktoberfest’s tablecloths.

The exterior of this shoe is coated with a special material which makes this pair of shoes unique. What is unique about these shoes?

AnswerThese shoes are beer and puke resistant

Q - 13Which company derives it’s name from this anthropomorphic mouse named Charles?

AnswerChuck E. Cheese’s Pizza

Q - 14“X Flugtag” is an event (image on next slide) organized by X in which competitors attempt to fly home-made, human-powered flying machines. The flying machines are usually launched off a pier about 30 feet high into a body of water. Most competitors enter for the entertainment value, and the flying machines rarely fly at all.

The first X Flugtag competition was held in 1991 in Vienna. It was such a success that it has been held every year since and in over 35 cities all over the world.

Id X.

AnswerX = Red Bull

Q - 15In 1962, which famous NYC-based company commissioned Andy Warhol to design these Christmas Cards?

AnswerTiffany & Co.

Q - 16The lady in this picture (next slide) is Ann Turner Cook, an American novelist. She’s a member of the Mystery Writers of America, and is the author of the Brandy O' Bannon series of mystery novels.

In 1928, when Ann was 5-months-old, her neighbour Dorothy Hope Smith did a charcoal drawing of Ann.

How do we popularly know this drawing as?

AnswerGerber Baby

Q - 17In April 1946, Tadao ______, an engineer specializing in fabrication technology established the company X.

X’s first major product was the yubiwa pipe (image on next slide), a finger ring that would hold a cigarette, allowing the wearer to smoke the cigarette down to its nub while also leaving the wearer's hands free.

Japan was impoverished immediately following WW2, and cigarettes were a valuable commodity. Hence, X’s yubiwa pipe was a popular product. Later, X diversified into other product categories.

Id X.

AnswerX = Casio

Q - 18“Touch” is a Chinese rental startup based in the city of Xiamen. It launched a mobile app in September 2017 through which customers can order and rent a X for a week. This service is currently being tested in Beijing.

However, this app has faced criticisms due to hygiene concerns.

Touch is a rental startup for what commodity?

AnswerSex Dolls

Q - 19The pocket watch shown in the image (next slide) is known as “The Queen” and it was made by the Swiss company X specifically for Y. Work on the watch begun in 1782 and was completed in 1827. The watch is thought to have been commissioned by Count Hans Axel von Fersen, an admirer and alleged lover of Y.

It contains every watch function known at that time. The most valuable materials (gold, platinum, rubies and sapphires) were used with no limit placed on time or cost. The watch is encased in 18-karat gold, with a clear face that shows the complicated movement of the gears inside. Sapphires were used in the mechanism to decrease friction. It is considered the most complicated watch in history.

Id X and Y.

AnswerX = Breguet, Y = Marie Antoinette

Q - 20The person in this picture (next slide) is Thanasi Kokkinakis, a 21-year-old Australian tennis player. He is more popularly known by his nickname X. Recently, he started a clothing line which used this nickname X for marketing purposes.

Due to this, the company Y sued Thanasi Kokkinakis because of trademark violations. In an official statement, Y claimed that they own the trademark for the term X since the last 59 years in Australia.

Id the company Y and the nickname X.

AnswerX = Special K, Y = Kellogg’s

Written Round

Rules of the Round• Identify the companies from their ticker symbols.

• 10 questions in total.

• 5 points for each correct answer.

• Bonus 10 points if you get all the answers correct.

Questions1. CAKE 2. LUV 3. LVB 4. BUD 5. PZZA 6. CAR 7. HOG 8. MMM 9. RACE 10. BID

Exchange Sheets

Answers1. The Cheesecake Factory 2. Southwest Airlines 3. Steinway & Sons 4. Anheuser-Busch Inbev 5. Papa John’s Pizza 6. Avis 7. Harley Davidson 8. 3M 9. Ferrari 10. Sotheby’s

Long Connect

Rules of the Round• There are 8 image slides in this question. All connect to

a particular thing. • There are no individual questions. • Teams can attempt the overall connect at any time.

Marks allotted for the overall connect would be written at the top of each slide.

• On pounces I need the exact answer. No fundas.

+80/-40

+70/-35

+60/-30

+50/-25

+40/-20

+30/-15

+20/-10

+10/-5

AnswerSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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