Ignited minds 2.0(prelims + finals)

RULES
• Total no. of questions is 15.
• Scoring (+1/0)
• (*) marked questions will be the tie breakers (in case of a tie, the number of
correctly answered star marked questions will be taken into consideration,
followed by sudden death and at last the time of submission.)
• Top 6 of both the groups combined will qualify for the Finals
• If any two sheets (Google Forms) are found to be similar in every aspect, they
will be directly disqualified.
• Organizer’s decision is final

Q.1
● X's love for the Army is a well-known fact.
● "We thought of tweaking the designations and adding a quirky touch by
giving ranks instead. It is an extension of our respect and admiration for the
Armed Forces. The new project is extremely well written, and the world
created by the author is an adventure we are waiting to get to your screens,
magical realism. It is a mythological sci-fi that explores the journey of a
mysterious aghori", was stated by Y about their forthcoming webseries of
their business venture.
● Interestingly X and Y is known as Alpha and Alpha 1 of their company.
Identify X and Y.

ANSWER 1
X - M.S. Dhoni Y - Sakshi Dhoni

Q.2(*)
● X came into existence just a few weeks after the end of World War II. The 32-year-old
man, along with a small group of seven engineers at University of Hannover's laboratory
in Germany worked on what would be X’s first product - a voltmeter.
● The very next year, the laboratory produced something X would be know for - a
microphone. Over the next few years, the lab worked on miniaturization, creating the
DM3 'invisible' microphone in 1949 and a set of magnetic, miniature headphones in the
early 1950s. Ten years after their first voltmeter, the seven-member group had grown to
over 250. In 1958, they renamed themselves and became ‘X Electronic’.
● In the 1960s, after the founder of X was named an honorary professor by the Hanover
Technical University, X went on and created several innovative designs that included a
stereo microphone, an answering machine for Telefunken and the world's first baby
monitor, known as the 'Babysitter’.
Identify X

Q.3
Identify X and Y and mentioned the funda . (0.25/0.25/0.5)
•Saudi Aramco
•X
•Softbank
•Agricultural Bank of China
•Industrial and commercial Bank of China
•Y

ANSWER 3
X – Alibaba
Y - AIA
funda -> Biggest Global IPO ever

Q.4
______is a meteorological instrument used as a wind profiler to measure the
scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence. _____systems are used
to measure wind speed at various heights above the ground, and the
thermodynamic structure of the lower layer of the atmosphere.
FITB

Q.5
● The long-time rival companies have been engaged in mutually targeted
marketing campaigns for the direct competition between each company's
product lines. Beginning in the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the intensity of
these campaigns have led to them, and the competition in general being
termed as X.
● During the peak of X, Y saw its flagship product losing the market share to Z
and in the mid 1980s Y introduced it's modified product which became
popular in a very short period. To tackle this Z launched their own campaign
where the customers can redeem their points with the merchandise of Z.
Identify X, Y and Z . (No partial points)

ANSWER 5
X - Cola Wars
Y- Coca Cola
Z- Pepsi

Q.6
In 1943, Richard James, a naval mechanical engineer stationed at the William
Cramp & Sons shipyards in Philadelphia, was developing springs that could support
and stabilize sensitive instruments aboard ships in rough seas. James accidentally
knocked one of the springs from a shelf and instead of falling and crashing, it re-
coiled itself and stood upright. James's wife Betty later recalled, "He came home
and said, 'I think if I got the right property of steel and the right tension; I could
make it walk.”.
That day something was accidentally invented which gets its name from two words
meaning "sleek and graceful”.
What is being talked about?

Q.7
The history of the X & Y goes back to Scotland in the 1830s, when a man
named X used a locally available variety of wool to create a cloth that quickly
gained popularity with the elite classes. He was soon joined by financer Y, and
the brand was named after the duo.
Identify the brand

Q.8(*)
When founder William Rosenberg opened his first coffee shop in Quincy,
Massachusetts in 1948, it was originally named Open Kettle and served coffee,
pastries and sandwiches. Two years later, X was officially born, and it is rumored that
an Executive Architect produced the name, inspired by the idea of dipping Y into a
coffee. Four years later, Rosenberg had already opened five locations. The original X
is still standing in Quincy today and has been restored to its 1950’s glory with a retro
design.
What is XY ?

Q.9(*)
X is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with
an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic
signals transmitted by wires and flight control computers determine how to move
the actuators at each control surface to provide the ordered response. It can use
mechanical flight control backup systems (Boeing 777) or use fully X controls. Airbus
A320 was First Aircraft to have it.
Identify X.

Q.10(*)
This is the patent of an
invention to lift a boat over
shoals. Identify the person
who came up with this
design.
(The person behind it is very
famous american person
known for “watching”
theatres)

Q.11
LA Jackson, a gentleman from UK started this company named as London Rubber
Company in 1915 and its main work was to sell imported barber shop supplies. In
1929 X was launched by the company and the full form of this X was “Durability,
reliability, and excellence” and this X is sill in market although X stopped its
production in UK in 2007 but it is still produced in southeast-asia. X was first brand
to develop and undergo electronic testing in their specific field.
Give me X

Q.12
The term ______________________is 16 years old and was coined by Kevin Ashton in
1999 during his work at Procter & Gamble. Ashton who was working in supply chain
optimization, wanted to attract senior management’s attention to a new exciting
technology called RFID.
Because of something was the hottest new trend in 1999 and because it somehow
made sense, he called his presentation ________________________ . Even though
Kevin grabbed the interest of some P&G executives, the term
________________________ did not get widespread attention for the next 10 years.
FITB (All are same)

Q.13(*)
The origins of the X can be traced to World War II. Scientists in Britain had developed
the magnetron, as part of a radar system to spot Nazi warplanes. The technology was
passed to the United States, and Raytheon was among the companies putting it to use
for the military. In early 1945, the Raytheon Company was looking for something to
sell to civilians after World War II was over. The company’s head, Laurence Marshall,
convened a team of technicians to come up with an answer. One of these technicians
suggested that Raytheon should build on its radar expertise by making X . One day
while experimenting over X, an egg got exploded over the R&D and thus its use
became more significant.
Give me X

Q.14(*)
William X Jr. was an American physicist born in Brooklyn, New York. In his career, he
obtained 129 patents covering a variety of electric devices. In 1913, he also patented an all-
steel vacuum bottle, and formed the X Bottle Company.
His Son Harold X was an American businessman and one of the founders of Y in 1935. For
20 years, he ran Y until he left the firm in 1955.
Y came into existence , in response to the Glass–Steagall Act that required the splitting of
commercial and investment banking businesses. In its first year the company operated
with a 24% market share (US$1.1 billion) in public offerings and private placements.
Give me X and Y (partial points)

ANSWER 14
X - Stanley Y- Morgan & Stanley

Q.15
The tragic end of the dodos occurred because Dutch sailors brought pigs to the
island of Mauritius, which plundered the dodos' nests and ate their eggs and
ultimately drove the birds to extinction. It is a misconception that the sailors ate
the dodos themselves - they rarely did so as the meat tastes bad.
What in the world of technology, is a magnificent historical reconstruction of this
tale ?

THE ONLY RULE THAT MATTERS
Always keep your cameras on and your hands visible during
the quiz

OTHER RULES
● 4 rounds, all bounce/pounce (last round is connect round)
● Marking Scheme
○ +10/0 on bounce
○ +20/-10 on pounce
● Odd round will go clockwise
● Even round will go counter-clockwise
● QM is God

EXAMPLE QUESTION
Who was the first president of India

Q.1
Sheikh Deen Mohammad was born in Patna in mid 18th century and served as a
surgeon in the British army against the Marathas. After he retired from the army,
he went to Ireland with his captain in the army and initially settled in Cork. After
marriage, he settled in London and became an writer and entrepreneur. He
became the first Indian author to write book in english and introduced shampoo
culture in UK. Also he started something there and becoming first of its kind in UK.
The thing which he started is still very popular in UK and one of the conclusion of
this that it caused a very known debate in the House of the Commons few years
back.
What did he start ??

SAFETY SLIDE
500 EXTRA LELE, PAR ANSWER BATA DE YAAR

ANSWER
First Indian Restaurant and introduction to Indian cuisine in UK

Q.2
In the next slide there is a picture of X. It was invented by Y in 1898. X is believed
to be the first model construction system in which main components are reusable
metal strips, plates, angle girders, axles, gears, tyres, nut and bolt. It acquired its
competitor named Erector in 2000 and in 2013, it was acquired by Spin Master, a
Canadian toy company. The company X has its production plant in Calais, France.
The inventor, Y is also known for inventing model trains and Dinky Toys and in
1930’s he became a Conservative MP from the seat of Everton.
Give X and Y (I need the exact spelling of X)

ANSWER
X- Meccano
Y- Frank Hornby

Q.3
In the next slide there is doodle dedicated to a person named XY. Now, the person
XY was actually a chemist but the surname Y when named in short is used in very
different aspect. In culinary world, it is either named as a component in an
american comfort food or a famous trademark product of a famous food company
P . Also in tech world, it is used to describe a product particularly sold by company
Q.
Give me Y , P , Q ( part points )

The Doodle dedicated to the person

ANSWER
Y - Macintosh
P - McDonalds(Big Mac)
Q - Apple (MacBook)

Q.4
This person is Ferdinand Monoyer. He
introduced a standard unit for something
which almost don’t have any unit other than
this. He also has changed a lot of lives just by
adding random letters in between his name
and his name can be derived if it is read in a
particular pattern of the original page. Many
people are lucky if they haven’t seen his
invention.
What is the purpose of his invention ??

ANSWER
The Monoyer Chart
Used for Visual Accuray /
eye power testing

Q.5
X was made by Frederick Banting, a Canadian scientist and inventor. It was made
in early 1920’s and the first user of this product was a 14 year old boy named
Leonard Thompson. The first ever commercial production of X was done by a
company named Lilly and it was commercially available in 1923. X was first tested
and made by experimentation on dogs and later it was made using a particular
part of cow(related to digestive system) and alcohol. Before the invention of X a
particular disease was called equivalent to slow death. Now X is one of the highest
selling products in its domain and is used worldwide.
Give me X, for which Banting got the nobel prize in 1923.

Q.6
The city of X has two famous football teams A & B. A was started as a football and
cricket club whereas B was started as a club that would oppose policies of A
because A only prefered people from the country the clubs are based and B’s
literal translation is International in english. But surprisingly, the main sponsors of
B were once the owner of A and the home ground was made by the sponsors of B
in late 20’s. The sponsors, C are in the market of tyre and rubbers and they are the
7th Largest tyre producer in the world.
Give me A, B and C ( No Part Points )

ANSWER
A - AC Milan
B - Inter Milan
C - Pirelli

Q.7
The name of this iconic piece of history comes from a world war 2 aircraft which
was considered as one of the best aircraft ever made for its category. It came for
public appearance in 1962 and was designed by an executive designer named John
Najjar and a stylist named Philip T. Clark and first time it was used by formula 1
driver Dan Gurney. Now this iconic piece of history is in it’s 6th generation and still
one of the most popular of its kind.
Which Iconic piece of history of vehicle is being talked about ?

Q.8
The idea of this thing was decided and released in 1998 but the company which
releases it, was incorporated in 2000. It was made in such a way that it could
notify the users that if the server gets crashed, there will be no one to rectify the
server problem. But when the company became incorporate, the first one was
made for the French Bastille Day in 2000 and it received good reception and then
there are lot of them made by many people.
What is being talked about ??

Q.9
XY traces its roots to a textile manufacturing company established by Oliver Chace in
1839 as the Valley Falls Company in Valley Falls, Rhode Island. Chace had previously
worked for Samuel Slater, the founder of the first successful textile mill in America.
Chace founded his first textile mill in 1806. In 1929, the Valley Falls Company merged
with the X Cotton Manufacturing Company established in 1889, in Adams,
Massachusetts. The combined company was known as X Fine Spinning Associates.
In 1955, X Fine Spinning Associates merged with the Y Manufacturing Company which
had been founded in 1888 in New Bedford, Massachusetts by Horatio Y with profits
from whaling and the China Trade
XY then had 15 plants employing over 12,000 workers with over $120 million in
revenue, and was headquartered in New Bedford.

Q.10
This company was established in 1885 in England by two brothers Ralph and Albert. The
company set up their first shop in London, selling sport goods made up of rubber. Soon they
became popular and started manufacturing sport equipment. In 1902, the company signed a
contract with a very famous association because the association required a certain reliable
product and this 1902 contract became the longest ever sports sponsorship contract in the
history which stands till now. For the association, one of the most important rule if you are
playing in the event hosted on the premises is that all white dress has to be worn as white
colour clothes shows less sweat as compared to other colours.
Which company and the event the association conducts for which the company provides
sponsorship? (Part Points)

ANSWER
Company - Slazenger
Event - Wimbledon tennis championship

Q.11
The image shown in the next slide is one of the oldest of its type in the world
issued in november, 1623. It was issued by a company named Verenigde
Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) and the company’s main work was to trade with a
certain region of the world. Also this company is credited to start a establishment
in 1602 in Amsterdam and it is still in operation and the establishment is now
present in almost all countries in the world and it is considered to be a important
aspect of economy in the country.
What is the establishment and what is the image shown in next slide ?

ANSWER
Establishment - Stock Exchange
Image - Bonds

Q.12
The image on next slide is of Esplanade Mansion. This building was completed in 1869 and
this building is the oldest multi-story building in the world made of prefabricated cast iron
pieces only. But in 1870, it was started for different purpose and it was a famous building
among the britishers during late 19th century. But according to some historians, a certain
person was denied entry and as a revenge, the person made a building, which was much
more grand than this Esplanade Mansion and on December 16, 1903, a new company
under a huge company was started and by 1920, the actual importance of the Esplanade
Mansion was lost and became what is now today.
So which person was not allowed to enter the Esplanade Mansion and What was started
in 1903?

ANSWER
Jamshedji Tata
Taj Hotels

Q.13
X was made in the 60’s after the demand was put up by company called Pan
America because they want something that would able to reduce upto 30% cost
per customer. X had its lead designer as Joe Sutter and it was made in world’s
largest factory by volume. X had its first public appearance in 1969 and it was first
of its kind in the world. Still now, X can be seen in service and it has become so
iconic that sometimes a particular word is being defined by X. It is also defined as
the “queen” of its sector
Give me the iconic X

Q.14
The work on X started after WW2 in 1945. It is said that the designer of this got
the inspiration what Germans called it as Strumgewehr vierundvierzig. It was
issued in 1948 for the use of the organisation called as Sovetskaya Sukhoputnye
Voyska. X became so popular that a country adopted this as an symbol in their
national flag. But due to its popularity, it has also become a symbol for
representing terrorism and revolt. The no. of X present worldwide is so many that
according to 2004 count, it was around 75 million.
Give me X.

Q.15
Before X’s success story could begin, something entirely different had to be invented –
Eucerit. Eucerit acts as an emulsifier and combines oil and water into an extremely fine,
stable mixture. Fortunately, Dr Isaac Lifschütz had developed this completely new
emulsifier by 1911. Dermatologist Professor Paul Gerson Unna admired Dr Lifschütz’s
specialist knowledge in this area and presented it to Dr Oscar Troplowitz, chemist and co-
founder of Beiersdorf. The latter immediately realised that the water-in-oil emulsion
would form the perfect base for cosmetics. All they now needed was a name and once
the emulsion was finished, it had a snow white colour. The name X comes from the Latin
words and when translated to english literally means “snow white”.
Identify X

Q.16 Give the brand and FITB(size specific)
•The upward curve for this brand started in mid 1940s when the Singhanias took over.
Little is known about their branding during the 50s and 60s, but they went with the
‘Chess King’ motif during this period to focus on the higher end market. In the 70s and
80s they had similar branding exercises where the focus shifted to the common man
rather than high end customers.
•The part of the brand identity that we are most familiar with came in 1992, when Rajiv
Agarwal of Nexus Equity introduced ‘___ ________ ___’ into the picture. This became so
synonymous with the brand that some of their ads didn’t even focus on their main
product, and they eventually had to include a sentence claiming their product felt
heavenly, just to bring the focus back.

ANSWER
Raymonds
The Complete Man

Q.17
X was started by two brothers named Paul and Vincent by buying a company from
bankruptcy in 1928. It’s one of the products was household radio in the 30’s and
named after the initial name of X. As the automotive industry boomed, it also changed
their main product line and shifted over a particular car component and it became a
huge hit among masses that whenever a person wants to name this component, X was
enough to define it. But in the 2010’s the same company came to verge of bankruptcy
because they didn’t changed with the market and its competitor left it miles behind in
terms of customer.
Give me X

Q.18
The next slide shows a pic of the patent of a very iconic piece of combination of
electronics and music. It was patented in 1956 by a person named Clarence Leonidas
X, an accountant by profession and he established the company X and the first work
towards X was by making 6 P.A. systems for a band in 1933. Y, which is present in
the patent was designed by Clarence Leonidas X and a staff of the company named
Freddie Tavares and the same design is still used and famous users of Y are Billie Joe
Armstrong, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix.
Give me X and Y

ANSWER
X - Fender
Y - Stratocaster

Q.19 What and which company?
● The earliest version of their kind were started at the works of Richard Garrett &
Sons, a company making portable steam engines in England in the 1840s.
● However, most people associate these things with a factory of an automobile
company in Detroit, starting in 1913, and how it really sped up the march of
manufacturing

Q.20
The term X was generated in Dartmouth college when certain people were doing a
workshop and X was used as a term to distinguish the field of cybernetics and to avoid
the influence of cybernetics by a person named Norbert Wiener in 1956. Some people
from Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and IBM were
the first people to work on X and in 60’s, the DARPA was funding X. But in 80’s it saw
decline and now again it is on boom.
Give me X

ANSWER
Artificial Intelligence

Q.21
This product from company X made a history on 11th March, 2008 as the first company
to send a type of food in space. But this would not have been possible if the founder of
X would not have developed a technique of doing “Flash-Frying”. The company X
started after the founder was send to jail for tax-evasion in 1948 and the company
which he started before failed and went to bankruptcy, he started X as a small family
business of producing salt. The famous product of X came in market in 1958 and a
smaller version of it in 1971.
Give me X

Q.22
The company X was formed in 1903 and was formed by 4 people and its based in
Milwaukee, USA. It is one of the two company of its segment to survive great
depression. The company started to produce in mass in the year 1906 and its first
prototype model was for public display in 1904. In 1921, X developed a new type of
powersource for vehicle called as Y and it is known for its significant shape and it has
become a trademark for the company. This company was recently in the news for a sad
reason but X has defined itself as a status symbol around the world. The owners of X are
known worldwide and it is the only of its kind as it can be traded in stock market.
Give me X and Y

ANSWER
X - Harley Davidson
Y - V-Twin

Q.23
X is the one of the most efficient marketing strategies out there today. With the ability
to gain popularity in a short period of time, these are now being utilized by many
companies as their core marketing strategy. It takes around 2 hours on an average to
create them but their success depends totally on how popular they are already. Our
brains are hardwired to process visual information 60,000 texts faster than texts. And if
the visual includes something that has a recall value - like a scene out of the movie The
Matrix - we process it even faster and relate to it even better.
Identify X

Q.24
What they are collectively called??
The collective of these people traces back history of formation in 1914 and one of
the products of this company has won the 1926 Targa Florio.
● Carlo (1881–1910)
● Bindo (1883–1980)
● Alfieri I (1885–1886)
● Alfieri II (23 September 1887–3 March 1932)
● Mario (1890–1981), painter and artist based in Bologna, Milano and Novi Ligure
● Ettore (1894–4 August 1990)
● Ernesto (4 August 1898–1 December 1975)

Q.25 Connect (Common name known to us)
● Walkers
● Smith’s
● Margarita
● Sabritas
● Hostess
● Simba

ANSWER
All are Rakesh Jhunjhunwala holdings

ANSWER
The Wadia Group
1. M.A. Jinnah was father in law of Neville Wadia, CEO of Bombay Dyeing
2. Frank Scott Key, wrote National Anthem of USA on a Wadia built ship
3. Dr. DN Wadia, a prominent geologist worked on Himalayas
4. Atash Behram, the place where Zoroastrian pray, the religion followed by the
Wadias.

ANSWER
Lalit Modi
● He started a joint venture with the Walt Disney Pictures in 1993, called Modi
Entertainment Network, to broadcast some of Disney’s content in India,
including Fashion TV.
● In 1994 he became the pan Indian distributor of ESPN on a ten-year
contract.
● In 2002 he launched an online lottery business in Kerala called Sixo
● He is the President and Managing Director of Modi Enterprises

Q.30 Connect to a Company
● Dwight D. Eisenhower
● Sir Ralph Wedgwood
● Union of South Africa
● Bittern
● Lord Faringdon
● Dominion of Canada
(5 More on this list and one Obvious one is not given)

ANSWER
LNER - London North Eastern Railways
All of them are names of class A4 steam
locomotives of LNER

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