biz and finance quiz xavier's management society fest 2017

Biz And Finance

QuizResearched and conducted byDr. Aakash Roy

Rules• Clockwise (13)

• Anticlockwise (13)

• Written Round (6)

• Infinite Bounce.

• Flat Scoring of Plus Ten. No Negatives

Clockwise…

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• Which modern day discipline, relevant to topics concerning this quiz, has been derived from the ancient Greek phrase for “Rules of the House” ?

Economics

2

• A seven lettered name of a merchant has entered the lexicon as a synonym for the term “loan shark”.

• This name can be connected with actors Al Pacino and Henry Irving.

• What name am I looking for ?

Shylock

3

• In the early part of the 20th century, debates raged regarding the supremacy of boxers belonging to two different weight categories.

• No such comparisons were really feasible since they never faced off each other.

• Which three word expression which features the name of a currency of an European nation, was developed in an attempt to make such a comparison irrespective of the weight categories ?

Pound for Pound

4

• Sagar Dayarani, an alumnus of SXC, Kolkata in collaboration with his friend set up a company in 2008 which has grown exponentially since then.

• It stakes its claim as the first of its kind to have experimented with its basic product and a host of other items like burgers, chaats, sizzlers and even chocolates.

• Which company ?

5

• What is apparently the secret to all of

their success ?

6

• The cartoon on the right is an advertisement

featuring the “Brown Bomber” Joe Louis, knocking out Buddy

Baer on January 9,1942.• What item/product is

he promoting ?

War Bonds

7

• Which two word sobriquet can be associated with all these beautiful ladies ?

Liril Girl

8• The following two gentleman are the first and

last entrants in a three member ‘non-hierarchical’ list.

• Which list and Who is the missing link ?

Cyrus Mistry, Only non-Tata to become chairman of Tata Industries

9• Bunny Chow, a popular street food staple in

South Africa owes its origins to a small vegetarian restaurant, established in Durban in the early 20th century.

• What does “Bunny” refer to ?

Baniya

10• This is a 1998 book by a certain

Hamish McDonald. The Indian edition ran into trouble. HarperCollins India, which had the Indian rights, had completed editing the manuscript and even started having pages printed, though those had not been collated and bound as a book. Reliance was seeking injunctions against the book’s publication at the high courts in Ahmadabad and Delhi.

• What is the name of the book ?

The Polyester Prince

11

• This picture was tweeted on 7th February 2017 with the following message.

• “Virat Kohli became the 2nd Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to shine on the front cover of Wisden - world's most famous sports book.”

• Whose twitter handle is this ?

11

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• The X is an outstanding example of the influence of an innovative transportation system on the social and economic development of a multi-cultural region, which was to serve as a model for similar developments in many parts of the world.

• The above is a justification for an honour that was bestowed upon X in 1999, making it the first of its kind in India and only the second in the world.

• Identify X which was originally developed to facilitate trade in a certain region of our country.

Darjeeling Himalayan Railways

13 Connect them to a certain person who hails

from this hallowed institution .

Laxmi Mittal

Anti Clockwise…

14

• Which business entity can be associated with these local giants, that has been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past year ?

United Breweries

15

• In 1986, American Express—rival to official sponsor Visa Inc., began a marketing campaign in Asia promoting merchandise from a fictitious "Olympic Heritage Committee," supposedly based in Switzerland. American Express halted the campaign following complaints by the International Olympic Committee.

• In a follow-up, American Express released ads featuring a photo from the opening ceremony of the 1986 Asian Games held in the same city, captioned "Amex welcomes you to Seoul," which implied that it was a photo of the Olympics' opening ceremony.

• As a retaliation, Visa ads ran with the tagline ‘the Olympics don’t take American Express’, which promoted that its sponsorship deal with the IOC meant that only Visa cards are accepted at Olympic venues and for purchasing tickets

• What is this known to us in the world of business?

Credit Card Wars

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• The _________ was originally a symbol of brewers in the Middle Ages in Holland and the rest of Europe and was said to have mystical power to protect the quality of the brew.

• However, in the 1960s at the peak of cold war, it was perceived as a symbol for Communism and hence the brand saw a decline in its popularity in the US.

• To counter this, they changed the colour from red to white.

• What is being discussed ?

17

• An NGO called International Human Rights Association served it the first legal notice before the brand X for using their name, which critics initially thought to be an in-film-placement.

• If the NGO’s problem was with the word ‘Hindustan’, what was the name of the brand?

• Also, which infamous “item” was the uproar about ?

18

• Often used interchangeably in common parlance to denote forms of taxes, what is the difference between ‘duty’ and ‘cess’ ?

19• According to Colesworthy Grant in his book “Anglo Indian

Sketches” :• “ Here may be seen the jewels of Golconda and

Bundelkhand, the shawls of Cashmere, the broad cloths of England, silks of Murshidabad and Benares, muslins of Dacca, Calicoes, ginghams, Chintzes and beads from Coromandel, fruits and firs of Cabul, silk fabrics and brocades of Persia, spices and myrch from Ceylon, Spice Islands and Arabia, shells from the eastern coast and straits, drugs, dried fruit and sweetmeats from Arabia and Turkey, cow’s tails from Tibet and ivory from Ceylon”

• Which locality is he speaking about ? (picture next slide)

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Burrabazar

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• This is the Viswanatha temple in a town near Madurai, which is the reason behind the naming of this place. The economy of this small town depends on a particular set of products. The logo of one such product has been shown on the right.

• What is the name of this town and what product ?

Shivkashi

21

• These are yesteryear brands of a commonplace item. What ?

Matchsticks

22

• He introduced a new system of revenue known as zabt and a system of taxation called dahshala. He took a careful survey of crop yields and prices cultivated for a 10-year period 1570-1580. On this basis tax was fixed on each crop in cash. Each province was divided into revenue circles with their own rates of revenue and a schedule of individual crops.

• Who is this part of navaratna from the court of Akbar ?

Raja Todormal

23

• In 2008, Democrats and Republicans joined to expand the nation’s oldest federal wildlife law to cover illegal logging.

• Federal investigators picked this company as the first target of the new provision, confiscating _______ of ebony two years ago that allegedly came from wood illegally logged in Madagascar.

• Which company ?

Gibson Guitars

24

• What is the official term for such an advert ?

Surrogate Advertisement

25• If these two Patels were there, the last time

this happened in India, who are the duo at the helm, this time ?

Arun Jaitley, Urjit Patel

26• This is a 1898 poster

showing the mascot of a company founded by two brothers, who apart from their products are also known for their tourism guides.

• Which company ?

Michelin

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