2. Business Quiz
PRELIMS WITH ANSWERS

3. Rules
• 25+1 questions.
• Each question carries 1 point. (Except
Zeroeth ques)
• Part points to be given wherever
applicable.
• Question 20-25 are Tie-breakers!
• Use of unfair means will lead to
disqualification. Mind your own business!
• QuizMaster’s decision is final and binding.

4. Zeroeth Question
This campaign is started by co-founder of
Microsoft and ‘Wizard of Omaha’. Name any
one of them!

5. 1.
In the letter to 'Giving Pledge' , he wrote
"I was deeply influenced by Gandhi's notion of
holding one's wealth in trusteeship, to be
used for the betterment of society and not as
if one owned it" , thus becoming the first
Indian to sign up for the Giving Pledge, an
undertaking by large-hearted billionaires to
dedicate a majority of their wealth to
philanthropy, whose prime movers have been
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
Who?

7. 2.
X, established in 1906 as X Hindu
Permanent Fund in Mangalore, India, by
Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, is one of the
oldest and major commercial banks of
India. The Government of India
nationalized the bank, along with 13
other major commercial banks of India,
on 19 July 1969. Identify X!

9. 3.
X is a design created in 1971 by Carolyn Davidson,
while she was a graphic design student at Portland
State University. Some people might regard X as a
check mark. X was created when Carolyn was
frustrated about not being able to create a "new
fresh" logo and she drew a quick check on a paper. In
the spring of 1971, Davidson presented a number of
design options to the company , and they ultimately
selected the mark now known globally as the X. The
company’s founder told her "I don't love it but I think
it will grow on me."

10. SWOOSH, NIKE NOT ACCEPTED

11. 4.
In 1976, X , Arjun Malhotra , Subhash
Arora, Badam Kishore Kumar, T.V.
Bharadwaj & Arun Kumar H started
Microcomp Limited. The focus of the
company was design and manufacturing
of scientific calculators. The venture
provided its founders money to start a
company that focused on manufacturing
computers. Identify X.

13. 5.
It is a product design brand from India. It
collaborates with many designers, craftsmen
from across the country to combine
traditional skills and modern design to create
a lifestyle products and ordinary household
goods. One of its most noted products is the
Sandaas Ashtray, an ash-tray designed like an
Indian toilet seat. The company has been
organising an independent music festival
called Music in the Hills, since 2007. Identify
the company/brand.

14. Happily Unmarried!

15. 6.
Which company ran a commercial in
the United States in 1994 widely
thought to be the first commercial
featuring a homosexual couple, it
aired for several weeks before being
pulled due to bomb threats directed
at the company stores?

17. 7.
Product Lines of which brand?
Little Snugglers _________
Little Movers
Snug and Dry
Overnites
Pure and Natural _________
Pull Ups

19. 8.
What refers to an arrangement
where private company acquires
a public company in order to
acquire the status of a public
company?

20. Reverse Merger

21. 9.
Which company’s premier product is
sold under these different brand
names - Formula One, Terreracer,
Link, Carrera, Monaco and Grand
Carrera?

23. 10.
_____________
Australia (0.929)
Netherlands (0.910)
United States (0.910)
New Zealand (0.908)
This world famous list follows this pattern -
Giving numbers from 0 to 1 using their
formula with 1 being the best outcome
possible. Which country tops this list with a
score of 0.943?

24. Norway

25. 11. Retro Print Ad for?

27. 12. Staff of which company?
Susan Richards
Johnny Storm
Christi Stoger
Ethan Crane
Jian Feeta
Bethany Palmer
Jed Schultz
Margaret Kofpulski

28. Fantastic Four Incorporated

29. 13.
This term comes from a field of statistics known
as process capability studies.. Processes that
operate with this approach over the short term
are assumed to produce long-term defect levels
below 3.4 defects per million opportunities. It is a
registered service mark and trademark of
Motorola Inc. As of 2006 Motorola reported over
US$17 billion in savings from this approach.
Other early adopters of Six Sigma who achieved
well-publicized success
include Honeywell and General Electric,
where Jack Welch introduced the method.

31. 14.
X was an indigenous carry-forward system
invented on the Bombay Stock Exchange as a
solution to the perpetual lack of liquidity in
the secondary market. X was banned by the
Securities and Exchange Board of India in 1993
amid complaints from foreign investors, with the
expectation that it would be replaced by
a futures-and-options exchange. Such an
exchange was not established and X was legalized
again in 1996 with a carry-forward limit
of Rs 20 crore per broker) and banned again on
July 2, 2001, following the introduction of futures
contracts in 2000.

33. 15. Connect

35. 16.
Founded in 1995, the company specialized in
film production and event management. The
business was plagued by financial difficulties.
The company burst into the limelight in 1996
when it was responsible for bringing to India
the Miss World Pageant, but was then mired
with controversy when the company was not
able to pay its dues. It was re-launched in
2001 with a slight change in its name.
Who is the owner of this company?

37. 17.
Whose recent tweet?
"There has been more time to be at
home, play with my dogs, and catch upon
smaller things which I never found the
time to do earlier"

39. 18.
A nation's ranking on this index is based on
the average of 10 sub indices : Starting a
business , Dealing with construction permits ,
Getting electricity , Registering property,
Getting credit , Protecting investors , Paying
taxes, Trading across borders , Enforcing
contracts
& Resolving insolvency
India currently ranks 132 on this index. Name
this index created by World Bank.

40. Ease of Doing Business Index

41. 19.
On February 18,2013, somebody hacked X's Twitter
account posting obscene messages and changing its
profile picture to Y's logo.
Someone tweeted from X's account : "We just got
sold to Y!"
When the account was restored, X tweeted:
"Interesting day here at X, but we're back! Welcome
to our new followers. Hope you all stick around!"
Later in the day, Y responded on Twitter that it
empathised with its X counterparts. "Rest assured,
we had nothing to do with the hacking.“
Give me X and Y!

42. X – Burger King, Y – McDonalds!

43. *20.
In the 1990s, the company X extended its cult
heritage brand status too far. It introduced
products like wine coolers, aftershave and
perfumes. Even the loyal fans did not like the
idea, as it did not resonate with the tough brand
identity. The company was clearly not focusing on
what it knew best – building strong ______.
Perfumes and wine coolers were eroding the
mystery of the X brand. After strong criticism
from the loyal customers, the company pulled of
many inappropriate products. Id X.

44. Harley Davidson

45. *21. Identify

47. *22. First logo of?

49. *23.
This brand when launched had
this printed on it –
"Beauty Tips to Keep the Paper
from Your Lips“
Name the brand.

51. *24. What I am talking about?
Poppie Fresh
Granpopper and Granmommer
Poppie and Bun-Bun
Flapjack and Biscuit
Uncle Rollie

53. *25.
Cryptic Clue :
“We are Filmy. We are
Warriors. Our Formula is to
play with Force”

54. Filmy Channel, Pune Warriors India
and Force India in Formula One

55. Finals Begin Shortly!