My business quiz taken at Qutopia session #24. Hope you like it :)

1. The Quizepreneur
A BUSINESS QUIZ BY HORSE

2. Rules
 The sole business of this quiz is business.
 Set aside all other business other than business.

3. Round 1
Origin of terms

4. Q1.
 X is actually a French term which means “adventurer”. It was coined by
Jean-Baptiste Say who studied Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations and
agreed on all points of the book except the omission of X.
 In his own writings, Say pointed out it was X who sought out inefficient
uses of resources and moved them into productive areas thereby X are
more profitable and important than other agents of the economy.

6. X = Entrepreneur

7. Q2
 This word, Y is also borrowed from French and is synonymous to “refresh”.
Its first use was by an ancient French guy named Boulanger who had
inscribed on the window of his establishment, a line from the
Gospels: "Venite ad me omnes qui stomacho laboratis et ego vos
_________."
 Things that he sold in his shop included consommés intended to "restore"
a person's strength.
 What is the word Y?

9. Y = Restaurant

10. Q3.
 More a humorous hypothesis than a theory, X count theory states that
stock prices and X production are inversely related.
 Those who back this theory suggest that a fall in stock prices make the
people take pain relievers like X.
 What is X?

12. X = Aspirin

13. Q4.
 “_______ __ ____” is a phrase originating from Europe which describes an
Employee learning something the hard way, like being “immersed” in their
field of employment
 The phrase has its roots in battle terminology. Like a soldier first time in
battle, the best way to train someone for a situation is to et them actually
face them the situation rather than make them just study those situations
 Blanks indicative of length.

14.  Hint:
 In a certain religion, what do you do by immersing someone in a special
kind of water. This is the first blank
 The last blank is one of the five elements.

15. Baptism by Fire

16. Q5.
 Certain market conditions make pessimistic or _______ investors to buy
back the shares that they sold at a price higher than what they earned by
selling the same share.
 This phenomenon is called “____ _______”. It is called so as it forces or
_______ out the money out of their pockets making them incur a loss.

18. Bear Squeeze

19. Round 2
Themed Round
 Guess the theme in first or second question, get 100 points bonus.
 Guess the theme in third question, get 75 points bonus
 Guess the theme in fourth question, get 50 points bonus
 Guess the theme at any further point, get 20 points bonus

20. Q1.
 This submarine is actually a “Wet Sub” for SCUBA divers, not having a dry
environment, requiring occupants to don scuba gear.
 It was built specifically for the film, using a Lotus Espirit S1 bodyshell, for
about $100,000 at the time.
 The interior bears no resemblance to a car, being just a platform for scuba
divers.
 The exterior was shaped in the form of an Espirit to give the protagonist, a
“glamorous“ car to drive.
 The submarine was named after an autogyro in an earlier movie of the
series which was named after Nellie Wallace.
 Name the Submarine and the movie. (Part points available)

22. Wet Nellie from James Bond “The spy
who loved me”

23. Q2.
 X is a term with relatively new usage. It means ‘One who understands the
true priceless value in life, the experience and all it offers. Not to be
confused with materialistic goods that break, are stolen, or go out of
fashion, but rather the ”Thrill” of Life's amazing experiences’.
 Nik Halik claims to be the world’s first X.
 The X are extremely rich with flamboyant lifestyles and generally
billionaires.
 Forbes publishes a list of Xs which includes people like Richard Branson
and Peter Stordalen

25. X = Thrillionaire

26. Any guesses for the theme?

27. Q3.
 The director shot the film in California because he felt that too many
superhero films were set on the East Coast, especially New York City.
 During filming, the actors were free to create their own dialogue because
pre-production was focused on the story and action. Rubber and metal
versions of the armors, created by Stan Winston's company, were mixed
with computer-generated imagery to create the title character.
 These should be hints enough to guess this movie that the production
company put in production as its first self-financed film, with Paramount
Pictures as its distributor.

29. Iron Man

30. Any guesses for the theme?

31. Q4.
 X was named after Puff the X (a song by American band Peter, Paul and
Mary), because when people were told about X they joked about and
thought that X must be the idea of someone who is high on weed.
 X indeed became a reality and was the first commercial vehicle to have a
rendezvous with the International Space Station.
 Tell me X (Part points for the company associated with X)

33. X = Dragon Capsule by SpaceX

34. Q5.
 Few people know that X is the second oldest publicly listed American
Automaker (behind Ford).GM went bankrupt - and now, it's stock is only 4
months younger than X.
 Among other achievements that X can tout, one of its models achieved the
Best Safety Rating of Any Car Ever Tested.
 X?

36. X = Tesla Motors

37. The theme is Elon Musk
 Wet Nellie is owned by Elon Musk
 Elon Musk is said to be a thrillionaire
 Iron Man is said to be based partly on Elon Musk
 Spacex and Tesla Motors are owned by Elon Musk

38. Round 3
Some General Business Questions

39. Q1.
 The inception of _____took place way back in mid seventies, in West
Bengal, when two childhood friends, Mr. R.S. Agarwal and Mr. R.S.
Goenka left their high profile jobs as Chartered Accountants, with the Birla
Group to set up Kemco Chemicals • An Ayurvedic medicine and cosmetic
manufacturing unit in Kolkata, in 1974. In 1995, Kemco Chemicals, the
partnership firm was converted into a Public Limited Company under the
name of ______Ltd.

41. Emami Ltd.

42. Q2.
 The currency at the time the British invaded India was ____.
 Whenever an Indian vendor used to sell cheap items to the British soldiers,
they’d say I won’t give you a ____ for this.
 This led to the emergence of a popular phrase.
 FITB

44. Damn and I don’t give a damn

45. Q3.
 Becoming more prevalent under current times, who are open collar
workers?

47. People who work from home

48. Q4.
 Having its origin in the city of Bangalore, it has a restaurant located on the
Lal Bagh Road in Bangalore and Gandhinagar area as well and also for
the pre-packed food articles which are sold in packets having the______
logo.
 ____also claims to be the inventor of the popular South-Indian breakfast
item, Rava idli
 It is said that once a Chief Minister of Karnataka stood in a queue to have
masala dosa at this restaurant
 In 2007 it was sold to Norwegian Firm Orkla

50. MTR

51. Q5.
 In 1946 the company's founder Erling Persson was on a trip to the United
States and came up with the business idea of offering fashionable clothing
at attractive prices. In 1947 he opened his first shop Västerås, Sweden
________which exclusively sold women's clothing. ______is Swedish and
means "for her" and/or "hers". In 1968 the hunting apparel retailer_____
Widforss was acquired, which led to the inclusion of a menswear collection
in the product range and the name change to__________.
 Since 100% FDI has now been allowed in India, the company has plans
for aggressive expansion in India

53. H & M

54. Q6.
 Celebrity endorsements began way back in the 19th century when Queen
Victoria endorsed a product. The brand is still in existence today. Name it.

56. Cadbury Cocoa

57. Q7.
 What does 241 in Montblanc Gandhi 241 Limited edition signify?

59. 241 miles of Dandi March

60. Identify the global conglomerate that is being
commemorated, based out of India by this stamp
on completion of 100 years of its operations?

62. The Godrej Group

63. Id the co-author whose name has
been blanked out

65. Raghuram Rajan

66. Q10.
 With a dimension of 9.7 by 6.3 centimetres, it is made of 100 per cent
cotton rags. It will weigh 90 grams per square metre and have thickness of
110 microns. It will have the bilingual signature of Rajiv Mehrishi. After a
gap of 20 years, what is being re-introduced again in the year 2015?

68. One rupee note

69. Thankyou very much. You are
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