Imperio | The Open Business Quiz Finals

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IR Round 1

Imperio| The E-Fest ‘17 Biz-Quiz

Q1


It is not far from the industry to be spreading its market potential into the sex industry as well, given how closely related these two industries can be. Its also nice to see that this industry is promoting a greater incentive for safe sex. Its probably a god move knowing how much stoners like to get busy with each other!These condoms might come in more than one size but they only come in one colour- green. So that means that the person condom is going to be wearing something a little bit like alien costume. The company who created these impressive condoms have appropriately called them Cannadoms.

-Herb.co

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Answer


Weed Condoms!

Q2


Tadao _____’s younger brother Toshio was inspired by Edison and wanted to be an inventor, one of his ideas was ‘the yubiwa pipe’. The founder produced a prototype on a lathe and their father Shigeru went out to market it.

Toshio had also been an expert in electrical works and was able to solve a lot of problems by using all electrical circuits instead of mechanical parts. The funds from the above invention were used for this invention and thus the first product came into being.Which Japanese company started like this?

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Answer


Casio

Q3


Shown here is the logo of Better Shelter Organization.It is meant to improve the lives of people displaced by armed conflicts & natural disasters.They provide a 17.5 sq.m. light weight modular emergency shelter. This meets the basic needs of human activities. The shelter can be easily dismantled, moved & reassembled to different places according to use.

Which company along withUNHRC is behind this initiative?

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Answer


IKEA

Q4


AbioMed was founded in 1981 with the purpose of making something which they accomplished by making the product AbioCor (TIMEs Best Invention of the year 2001).

With this image tell the genre of products AbioMed makes or what in the world was AbioCor first of its kind?Specific answer.

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Answer


AbioCor-Artificial Heart orCirculatory support medical devices.

Q5


Noir Reads is a book service that delivers books to its subscribers montly.Created by activists Derick Brewer & Zelline Imani, the books cater to a certain theme each month.What is special about this service or what do they promote?

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Black Literature/ Black Authors

Q6


Ideal Conceal is a Minnesota based company that has created The Ideal Conceal, a .380 calibre handgun that has double barreled pistol carrying two bullets & comes with complete laser sightings.The product received 12k pre-orders and is due to begin shipments during the latter first quarter of this year. But the European police is worried.

What?

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Answer


Gun like smartphone

Q7


The founder of _______ began experimenting with the distillation of rum and was successful in establishing his business. When Don Facundo and his wife entered their distillery, his wife noticed a colony of bats hanging from the rafters. Then, bats were considered as a symbol of good health, fortune and family unity.

What did they start?

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Answer


Bacardi

Q8


Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group started by the family of B. Vasudeo Rao. This group has its headquarters in Pune and also owns the Venky’s chain.In November 2010, the London section of Venky’s took a 99.9% share in something adverse to their field of business. A lot of changes have been carried out since Venky’s ownership and has led to questioning by the followers.What do they own?

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Answer


Blackburn Rovers

Q9


There have been several demands to have this feature on Facebook and a lot of Facebook pages also advocate the same.Last year the website rolled out new reactions button which is a way of giving users other’s opinions besides just ‘liking’ the status.Zuckerberg seems convinces that disapproval is not good for users, at the risk of generating negativity out of negativity but some users feel that one giant feature is still missing from the website.

What is being described here?

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Answer


Dislike button

Q10


This bronze sculpture titled The Fearless Girl, made by Kristen Visbal was erected at a location on the occasion of Women’s day this year. It faces another structure which you would relate to this location.

These words are erected below the statue -“Know the power of women in leadership. SHE makes a difference”

Which place?

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Answer


Wall Street

Q11


In the early 1900s, oil companies & departmental stores issued their own proprietary ____.These were accepted only at the businesses that issued the card and in limited locations creating customer loyalty and improving customer service.Later, ‘Charg-It’ was introduced in 1946 by John Biggins who was a banker in Brooklyn.The Diner’s Club ____ was the next step in this in 1949 when a Frank McNamara got in a restaurant in New York and was held up because of something.

This inspired Frank to have an alternative to something. What?

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Answer


Credit Cards

Q12


This bank received all the central bank powers in emergency legislation passed during WWII. In 1958-59, there was a controversy concerning the dual function of the bank. Thus Reserve Bank of Australia was formed as a central bank and this was given a commercial status.

Which bank?

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Answer


Commonwealth Bank

Written Round


3 Questions on India & 3 Questions on logos

Q1


Connect

Q2


It was setup in 1992 as the first demutualized electronic exchange in the country and was the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully automated screen-based electronic trading system which offered easy trading facility to the investors spread across the length and breadth of the country.

Which stock exchange?

Q3


The company was founded in 1979 by a Delhi- based entrepreneur who named his company after his neighbor’s dog. He started out by selling books, posters and leather patches, before hitting big with another product.

Which company?

Q4


a) This logo appears in an oval shape which indicates the company’s global presence. It also symbolizes , the customer & the company, shaking hands.

B) Another Japanese automobile company logo represents durability in combination with confidence.

Both of them start with a common letter.Name both.

Q5


Which airlines has its logo as a flying swan with this Chakra from Konark temple placed inside it in orange colour?

Q6


In 1977, William Doyle, Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Commerce recruited Milton Glaser, a productive graphic designer to work on the famous New York advertising campaign.

What is his famous creation?


Audience Shoutout

Q1


Connect

Answer


Ibibo group

Q2


It was setup 1992 as the first demutualized electronic exchange in the country and was the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully automated screen-based electronic trading system which offered easy trading facility to the investors spread across the length and breadth of the country.

Which stock exchange?

Answer


National Stock Exchange

Q3


The company was founded in 1979 by a Delhi- based entrepreneur who named his company after his neighbor’s dog. He started out by selling books, posters and leather patches, before hitting big with another product.

Which company?

Answer


Archie’s

Q4


a) This logo appears in an oval shape which indicates the company’s global presence. It also symbolizes , the customer & the company, shaking hands.

B) Another Japanese automobile company logo represents durability in combination with confidence.

Both of them start with a common letter.Name both.

Answer


Hyundai & Honda

Q5


Which airlines has its logo as a flying swan with this Chakra from Konark temple placed inside it in orange colour?

Answer


Air India

Q6


In 1977, William Doyle, Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Commerce recruited Milton Glaser, a productive graphic designer to work on the famous New York advertising campaign.

What is his famous creation?

Answer


I Love NY


IR Round 2

Q13


This is a people powered movement that began on September, 2011 in Liberty Square, Manhattan. Trying to fight back against the corrosive power of major banks & multinational corporations over the democratic process. Co-created by Micah White, it aims to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future.

Which campaign?

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Answer


Occupy Wall Street

Q14


______ is United Kingdom’s largest food wholesale operator which Tesco bought in January this year.

They used to sponsor something since its beginning until 2002, The Man Group (an investment firm) took hold of it.

What do they sponsor?

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Answer


Man Booker Prize

Q15


When Christopher Gavigan and his wife found themselves utterly frustrated trying to find the perfect products for their babies & homes they founded – The Honest Company.

"When I became a mom, I finally became the person I am, that I always should have been," she says. "It's the most satisfying job in the world. But, it can also be overwhelming and confusing. I created The Honest Company to help moms and to give all children a better, safer start.“

Who is the founder?

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Jessica Alba

Q16


Ross Ulbridght under a pseudonym ‘Dread Pirate Roberts’ founded this website that was an online black market place for selling of illegal drugs. As part of the dark web, the users were only were able to browse it anonymously & securely. Launched in Feb 2011, this was shut down by the FBI.

What was the name of this website?

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Q17


In 1893, Jamsetji Tata & Swami Vivekananda on a voyage were discussing about Tata’s plans of bringing the steel industry to India. Jamsetji was inspired by Vivekananda’s views on science and leadership abilities.A draft proposal to set up this place was approved under committee of Lord Curzon and the land was donated by Sir Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore.

Which place?

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Answer


Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Audience Question


X is a phantom island that was reputed, during the 15th-century age of exploration, to lie in the Atlantic Ocean, far to the west of Portugal and Spain. The island also went by the name of Isle of Seven Cities.

Name X?

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Answer


Antilia

Q18


Reid and Marcia are the co-creators of what started in the year 2004 at their apartment in Manhattan. Their motto was to provide a structured format where people safely learn and enjoy communicating their interests and exploring consensual non-sexual touch and affection.

What?

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Cuddle parties/ Cuddle groups

Q19


AARP The Magazine is sent on a bi-monthly basis to every single member of the AARP (American Association of R______ People). This lifestyle magazine is the most circulated magazine in the of the United States, with over 23 million copies circulated in 2015 alone. Their content primarily focuses on health and age-related topics, and it often features interviews from older celebrities. Its previous name was Modern Maturity.

AARP is a non-profit organization with the mission to enhance the quality of life for all as they age. Started in 1958 by Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus to promote her philosophy of productive aging.

What is the subject of AARP The Magazine or AARP The Organization is about what?

Q19


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Answer


Retired people

Q20


The term ‘X’ originally comes from Broadway theatre where it was used to describe wealthy individuals who provided money for theatrical productions that would otherwise have to shut down.

In 1978, William Wetzel, then a professor at the University of New Hampshire and founder of its Center for Venture Research, completed a pioneering study on how entrepreneurs raised seed capital in the USA, and he began using the term ‘X’ to describe the investors that supported them.

X are often retired entrepreneurs or executives, who maybe interested in doing this for reasons that go beyond monetary returns. These include wanting to keep abreast of current developments in a particular business arena, mentoring another generation of entrepreneurs and making use of their experience.

What term?

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Angel Investor

Q21


This website began in August 2013 as a secret side project by five colleagues -Sattvik Mishra, Sriparna Tikekar, Rishi Pratim Mukherjee, Debarshi Banerjee, Saransh Singh and Suparn Pandey.

It can be said it is a clone of another famous based website and categorizes itself as “Bored at Work Network”

Which website?

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Answer


ScoopWhoop

Q22


Leonardo Del Vecchio started this Italian company in 1961. He began his career as the apprentice to a tool & die maker in Milan, but decided to turn his metal working skills to making spectacle parts.

Google Glasses, Ray-Ban, Oakley and Persol are some of their famous brands.

Who has the monopoly behind all these?

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Luxottica

Q23


The first of these came in the market in 17th century in France – made from water & lemon juice sweetened with honey. In the 1770s, scientists made important progress in replicating natural mineral waters. Englishmen Joseph Priestley impregnated distilled water with carbon dioxide. Another Englishman, John Mervin Nooth, improved Priestley’s design and sold his apparatus for commercial use in pharmacies.

What do we call these?

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Answer


Soda Drinks

Q24


The Ig Nobel Prize awarded to “honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think”. Which company received the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry ‘for solving the problem of excessive automobile pollution emissions by automatically, electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being tested’?

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Volkswagen


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