general quiz jan 2016

Business, Current Affairs, Etymo, Sports…

Basically, General!Vivek Raju

Q0• This was the English team line up against India. Who was the captain of the Indian side that match?

• Russel (Captain)• Smith• Burton• Brooks• Wesson• Neol• Benson• Harrison• Flynn• Willis• Yardley

A0• Bhuvan

Q1X company was started in Dec 2015 after much publicized complaints by members of a conservative (few of them radical) group who believed two major disasters of the country that happened in 2014 were because of the western customs adopted by the industry in which X operates.Ironically, Ravi Alagendrran and Karthiyani Govindan who started X to cater to the beliefs of the conservative group do not belong to that group. Id X.

A1Rayani airlines – Malaysia’s first Sharia compliant airlines. Portmanteau of the founders names Ravi and KarthiyaniIn response to MH370 and Flight 17 in Ukraine of Malaysian Airlines

Q2If US has the Yankee BondsJapan ha Samurai BondsChina has Dim Sum bondsIndia has _______?Give funda too!

A2• Masala Bonds• Masala bond is a term used to refer to a financial instrument through

which Indian entities can raise money from overseas markets in the rupee, not foreign currency.

Q3Made famous by social networking sites, X featured in Time magazine’s Top 10 phenomenon in 2012. By 2013, X had become so commonplace that it was decided to be included in the Oxford Dictionary.

In October 2015, Y announced that it is trying out a new technology that will help online shoppers to authorize transactions using X. They call it “Pay by X”. This usage of X is totally in a different context than what it is generally known for.

Id X and Y.

A3• X: Selfie• Y: Mastercard

Q4

Player Goals Matches Goals/Matches

X 50 88 0.57

Lionel Messi 49 105 0.47

Wayne Rooney 51 109 0.47

Cristiano Ronaldo 55 123 0.45

Id X. Give funda.

A4

Q5X, off spring of a ‘happy’ Hollywood actor was recently unveiled as the face of Company Y’s new Spring/Summer 2016 Womenswear collection because of a particular choice of dress X made the previous year. The ad campaign gets its quirkiness because of the ironic selection of X as its new face.

Id X and Y and the peculiarity of the ad campaign.

A5• X: Jaden smith• Y: Louis Vitton• Male as the face of Womenswear collection. As Jaden Smith wore a

skirt in 2015

Q6Mumbai is going to be the host to a mobile museum for 2 months from Feb 2016. This museum is going to be the first of its kind in the world. The museum will display pottery, textiles, and a lot other artefacts made at a particular area of Mumbai. The museum will also be situated in that particular area of Mumbai.The organizers say they want to challenge people’s perception about that area of Mumbai through the museum.Id the area and the why the museum is going to be the first of its kind.

A6• Dharavi• World’s first slum museum

Q7Very recently former computer programmer Wes Cherry came out saying that he made X when he was working as an intern in Y in 1988 and was never paid for it. Company Y only gave him an 'IBM XT' computer to fix bugs during the school year, he said. He claimed he made X after seeing something similar on a Mac.Id X and Y

A7

• Y: Microsoft• X: Solitaire game

Q8Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in Bengaluru-based Tracxn. This is already his second investment in 2016.What does Tracxn do?Hint: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes

A8Tracxn is an online market platform for investors and start ups to connect and transact. It helps VCs, AIs and other investors track, analyse startups and connect with the ones they are most interested in.Basically, It is the Uber/Amazon for the startup market.

Q9• He is Temba Bavuma. What did he recently achieve?

A9

Q10X, similar to carpe diem, implies that one should enjoy life, even if that entails taking risks. Used in youth culture, it was popularized in a 2011 song by a Canadian rapper.Oh, X is an acronym.And online media including The Washington Post and The Huffington Post describe X as the "newest acronym you'll love to hate” and "dumb”X?

A10

Q11• Mark Waugh when on a tour to the Sri lanka in 1990-91 was highly

unsuccessful in scoring runs and bagged successive pairs of ducks. His scores in 4 innings in 2 tests read 0,0,0,0. What nickname, did he earn due to this incident?

A11

Q12Kenya-born and London-educated , she attempted in vain to get into airlines business twice, by starting Crown Express and Magic Air.She is now (in)famous for other reasons. Who?

A12

• Nira Radia

Q13• Where is this located?

• Hint: The building would more relevant in the world of finance and not at.• And the city would

make for a derby in Serie A

A13

• In front of Milan Stock Exchange

Q14• In the Ecole Nationale Institute in France, a group of students created

a software X. While they did so, other members used to go out to the streets of Paris and collect Y from the streets. By the time the software was done, they had hundreds of Ys. • Hence the logo of X became Y. • Id X and Y

A14

• Y: Traffic Cones• X: VLC Media Player

Q15• Connect

A15

• Y Combinator

Q16• 1 and 2 signify Airlines • 3 is Travel and Entertainment • 4 and 5 are Banking and Financial • 6 is Merchandizing and Banking • 7 is Petroleum • 8 is Telecommunication • 9 is a National assignment What are we talking about

A16

• Credit Card first Digit • The major industry identifier (MII) tells you what the card is for

Q17• Identify the logo

A17

• Yandex.ru• The most used search engine in Russia

Q18• Where would you see all these

symbols together?

A18

Q19• Gary Gilmore was a notorious murderer and committed two

gruesome murders. He was executed by a firing squad on January 17,1977 in Utah. His last three words have made him a legend in the world of Business and Branding. What were his last words?

A19

Q20The following table gives the exchange rates of a particular currency and its denominations? Id the currency and its denominations

A20

• Galleon, Sickel, Knut

Q21• This term traces its origin to an opera La _______ by French composer

Edmond Audran in 1880. The plotline revolves around a farm girl who is believed to bring good luck to whoever possesses her, so long as she remains a virgin. The term has now become integral to sports and sporting events. What term?

A21

• Mascot

Q22X was coined by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976) as a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles in explaining the spread of ideas and cultural phenomena. X means "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture." It acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena.

A22

• Meme

Q23A place called Murano near Venice is known for its glass blowers. If these glass blowers get it wrong they always end up doing a flask. Which word originated because this?

A23

• Fiasco

Q24• Meet X• X describes himself as Y’s first

‘business guy’ and helped run Y’s non engineering parts - business development, finance, marketing, operations• X is an alumnus of IIT-D and ISB• Be like X

A24• X: Neeraj Arora• Y: Whatsapp

Q25This is an outlet in Nashville, Tennessee , USA . Give Funda!

A25• This is the world’s first coin operated car vending machine

Quizzing…..after all this time??Always!

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