RULES
• There are 6 questions with different marking schemes.
• Starting with lowest-ranked team, each team gets to
choose which question they would like to attempt
• Option of taking a Jack by each team, wherein they can
double the stakes after seeing the question.
+15/-0
• Based on 2012 Information, this bank was the third
largest in the world, as measured by total assets, by
Bloomberg and Forbes. Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of
the black swan) was one of the former employees of this
universal bank. This bank is also the title sponsor of many
major lawn-tennis tournaments. Name this Bank.
+20/-5
• “When I was a kid and played with my friends, I always
chose to be _____ . I let my friends share the names of
my other idols between themselves.”- Zinedine Zidane
• This person has been record goal scorer of France, until
Thiery Henry surpassed him in 2007. Due to his
leadership, as well as his technical and creative attributes,
he was given the nickname "Le Roi". Name the person.
+25/-10
• This game was patented under the name 'Sphairistike' by
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield in 1874. Charles VIII of
France died in 1498 after hitting his head on the door of
this game playing arena. George VI is the only member of
the royal family to have ever competed in this game.
Louis X was history first player to be known by name.
• Name the Game?
+30/-15
• It was actually developed in 1879 by Joseph Lawrence, a
chemist in St. Louis, Missouri as a powerful surgical
antiseptic. It was later sold, in distilled form, as both a
floor cleaner and a cure for gonorrhea. Originally
marketed by the Lambert Pharmaceutical Company
(which later became Warner-Lambert), it is manufactured
and distributed by Johnson and Johnson.
• Name the product which we are talking about?
+40/-20
• It is Walmart's 125,000-square-foot (11,600 m2)
datacenter which is located in Caverna, Missouri, near the
Arkansas border. The datacenter has a supposed
capacity of over 460 terabytes of data, or 460 trillion bytes
of data. It is built directly on top of bedrock which gives it
maximum strength to withstand many natural and man-
made disasters. It is also self-sufficient with generators
and the capability to retain data link with the Wal-Mart.
• Name this place.
+50/-25
• Laxmi Publications Group, Wintech Taparia, Aura Inc.,
INDUS Enviro, Eko India Financial Services Private
Limited.
• What do these Indian start-ups have in common?