CUSAT Callidus Corporate Quiz 2011 – Mitesh Agarwal
1) He once said – “My model for business is The ________: They kept each other’s negative tendencies in check; they balanced each other. And the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Great things in business are never done by one person, they are done by a team of people.” Who & Fill in the Blank?
Steve Jobs, The Beatles
2) Not the first-ever but definitely the first mainstream film in India to use a financing technique. What finance technique was used?
I AM by Onir – First Mainstream Indian movie to use Crowdsourcing as a financing technique.
3) Four Seasons Hotels logo
4) What connects the following: Manas Sarkar, a 17 year ‘cadet’ footballer Pawan Kumar, a senior associate for quality control A tribal beneficiary of the “Tejaswini” Project A Commonwealth Gold medallist in Archery Jyoti Pandey, A Departmental Ethics coordinator A Dutch researcher, formerly an employee of Corus Sadhan Baske, a tomato farmer The fifth woman to scale Mt. Everest
Tata Steel “Values Stronger Than Steel” ad campaign.
5) Jim O’Neill, an economist with Goldman Sachs, coined the acronym ‘BRIC’ to refer to Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Now he has come up with ‘MIST’, a next set of emerging economies. M____ I________ S___ ______ T______?
Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, and Turkey
6) This forgotten Indian brand was created by TOMCO –the Tata Oil Mills Company. The shape of the product matched the name—it was round, and thus different from all its competitors. It was available in three different fragrances—Gulab, Chameli and Khus. Which product are we talking about?
Moti Soap
7) Connect – Channel V and Rama Bijapurkar
We Are Like This/That Only Rama Bijapurkar, Channel V Byline
8) A movie that pays tribute to 2 Swiss designers – Max Miedinger & Eduard Hoffmann
Helvetica
9) Researchers from Harvard, Duke and Tulane University found that increasing the labour required for a product actually leads to greater appreciation for it. People seem to appreciate what they self-build! They have coined a term for it inspired by a business entity that symbolizes the above theory. What is this effect/term?
IKEA efefct
10) It is both what a President said he was in 1961, and something you would say for Mint in India, Le Monde in France, and The Guardian in the UK. What single word are we looking for?
Berliner
11) On the Abbey Road cover, who or what is generally regarded as the “5th Beatle”?
VW Beetle
12) The owners of the Orlando Magic NBA team are a company called RDV Sports, Inc. RDV is essentially the initials of a famous biz personality (visual) and along with another person started an enterprise that is owned by Alticor. Name the person or the entity.
Richard DeVos – Amway Orlando Magic plays in the Amway Arena
13) Who issued these bank notes?
Netaji
14) Connect
Quentin Tarantino Trademarks
He has worked for Big Kahuna & Red Cigarettes
15) Corradino Ascanio, the creator of the Vespa, decided to modify his creation for the benefit of ordinary people in Italy who were still feeling the pinch of World War II and could not afford four-wheelers. The result, the Piaggio Ape C, launched in 1956, inspired the look of what familiar sight on Indian roads?
Autorickshaws
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16) It is 1.9cm in diameter, 0.4cm deep and has a 0.8cm inner ring. The original is white in colour, and has the brand name embossed on both sides around the ring, The ingredients include: sugar, glucose syrup, modified starch, stearic acid (of vegetable origin), and mint oils.
What?
Polo
17) French philosopher Voltaire quoted “The instruction we find in books is like Y. We fetch it from our neighbours, X it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.”
X, Y? (no part points)
Fire |Kindle
18) Think very simple & connect with a single word. First image is a painting by Rabindranath Tagore.
Priceless
19) Fill in the blanks.
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook | Julian Assange of Wikileaks
20) This term, applied to some beverages, derives its origins from a Latin word meaning to invigorate or stimulate the heart?
Cordial
21) This alloy owes its name to the fact that the cutlery manager of the British firm RF Mosley- Ernest Stuart, tested it in a vinegar solution and was very impressed by the results. Which alloy?
Stainless Steel
22) It was instituted in 1900 and works by the following system; one unit indicates being good in a particular category; two units indicate that something is worth a detour while three, given rarely, suggest the place is worth making a special visit for. What?
Michelin Stars
23) First used in 1884 at the Pony House restaurant in Dayton Ohio. Invented by the restaurateur who ran Pony House and inspired by something he saw on board a ship travelling to Europe. This invention was described in later ad campaigns as the Bell Heard Around the World. What?
Cash register
24) “Baldness is handsome in a man, beautiful in a _________”
“It takes a tough man to make a tender _________”
“I’m not about to compromise when it comes to my legs and breasts”
Name the product.
Chicken
25) MP Tourism TVC
26) TVC
27) When stocks begin to rebound, voices of caution suggest it may be only a ____ ______ _____ : this is a phrase coined in The Financial Times in 1985 by reporters in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to signify a slight rise after a great fall, according to William Safire .
What phrase?
Dead Cat Bounce
28) Identify the person & what’s he is doing ?
David Sarnoff, Broadcasting the Sinking of the Titanic
29) Map depicting the sprouting of ___ – a 2000s phenomenon in India.
Malls
30) Connect.
Cricket World Cup sponsors
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