The Dismal Science Quiz

Finals

Round 1

Dries

Clockwise

Infinite Pounce: +10/-10

Infinite Bounce: +10/0

Q1. This company is known for producing watches

and are the world’s fifth largest watch makers exporting to over 32 countries.

Some of the famous brands from the company include Fastrack, Octane, Raga, Tanishq, Zoya etc. On September 2013, it unveiled the everyday French Luxury Perfume line.

They have three masculine and three feminine fragrances. Which is this fragrance brand from this company?

Ans.

Skinn.

Q2. Started in in 1928 when brothers, Paul V. and Joseph

E. Galvin, purchased the bankrupt Stewart Battery Company's battery-eliminator plans and manufacturing equipment at auction for $750.

The company's first products were battery-eliminators, devices that enabled battery-powered radios to operate on household electricity. 

Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio, and created the name by using the name used in America for cars and the names of popular companies Crayola and Maviola.

Give me the company.

Ans.

Motorola

3.

Which is the oldest publishing house in the world, having been  Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534?

 Authors published have included John Milton, William Harvey, Isaac Newton, Bertrand Russell, and Stephen Hawking.

Ans.

Cambridge University Press.

4. This is a product from Hidden Reflex, a software

product company founded by Alok Bharadwaj and Peddada Sathi Babu and based in Washington DC and Bangalore, India respectively. Built on chromium platform it is engineered to protect your privacy. This is also India’s first and only browser. Id the browser.

Ans.

Epic Browser.

5. Tribute for what event.

Ans.

Tour De France.

6. "As every school-age wizard knows, the fact that we

X on Y is probably our worst-kept secret. No Muggle illustration of a witch is complete without a Y and however ludicrous these drawings are (for none of the Y depicted by Muggles would stay up in the air for a moment), they remind us that we were careless for far too many centuries to be surprised that Y and magic are inextricably linked in the Muggle mind.“

—Kennilworthy Whisp,

from Quidditch Through the Ages

Ans.

X- fly Y- Broomsticks

7.

This company was originally founded in Liverpool in 1845 by John Pilkington and Henry Wilson. It is most known for producing huge passenger ships including the much acclaimed Titanic. Which company?

Ans.

White Star Line

8.

Though not the first to do it, the Sporting Times had early done it successfully, the Financial Times made certain changes to itself in 1893 to remain different from the competitors.

What was the feature which is now synonymous with most newspapers of its kind?

Ans.

Salmon Pink colour.

9. It was designed by English sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes and carries

with it a story about secret passion between John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (editor of The Car Illustrated magazine) and Eleanor Velasco Thornton.

Eleanor was the secretary of John Walter, who fell in love with her. Their secret love was to remain hidden, limited to their circle of friends, for more than a decade. The reason for the secrecy was Montagu was married to Lady Cecil Victoria Constance Kerr since 1889.

Eleanor died on 30 December 1915 when the SS Persia was torpedoed by a U-boat south of Crete. She had been accompanying Lord Montagu who had been directed to assume a command in India.

What did their story inspire in the world of cars?

Ans. The Spirit Of Ecstasy

10.

This word is believed to have been derived from the Latin word gaggire, meaning "to chatter", which was used to describe speech that the listener did not understand. It is a type of language that is used in a particular context and may not be well understood outside of it. Which is this word used in business excessively?

Ans. Jargon.

11. The ___ ___ _____ is published by The

Economist as an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity (PPP) between two currencies and provides a test of the extent to which market exchange rates result in goods costing the same in different countries.

It "seeks to make exchange-rate theory a bit more digestible"

Ans. The Big Mac Index The Big Mac index suggests that, in theory, changes

in exchange rates between currencies should affect the price that consumers pay for a Big Mac in a particular nation, replacing the "basket" with the popular hamburger.

For example, if the price of a Big Mac is $4.00 in the U.S. as compared to 2.5 pounds sterling in Britain, we would expect that the exchange rate would be 1.60 (4/2.5 = 1.60). If the exchange rate of dollars to pounds is any greater, the Big Mac Index would state that the pound was over-valued, any lower and it would be under-valued.

12. Put Funda.

What you are going to hear is the genius of a dude called Krish Ashok.

Ans.

Italian Food items are the lyrics.

13.Which company sells this nail polish brand?

Ans.

Facebook

14.

What was started in 1978, as a hobby by Dilip Kapur on his return to India after his Ph.D in International Affairs in the United States?

Ans. Hidesign

15. X was founded in the 17th century but officially

became a company in the 19th century under Alan X. The company is the eighth largest international conglomerate in universe.

Today, X continues to achieve excellence across a wide range of industry sectors and markets, employing some 170,000 people in 170 countries.

The current Chairman, Bruce X is a keen modernizer and continues to grow the business in the financial sector and in high-end technologies.

Id the huge conglomerate.

Ans.

16.Who are these star storytellers, eaturing on a 1000 mark?

Ans.

Grimm brothers.

Round 2.

Written round.

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Round 3

Dries: 16 questions

Anti-clockwise

Finite Pounce: +20/-20

Infinite Bounce: +10/0

1.

London tube administration came up with an innovative punishment for ticketless passengers. What is it?

Ans.Revealing the climax of new

star wars movie…!!

2. In  his first paper "Cours d'économie politique” he

showed that approximately 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population; he developed the principle by observing that 20% of the peapods in his garden contained 80% of the peas.

It is a common rule of thumb in business; e.g., "80% of your sales come from 20% of your clients.“

Identify the principle or the economist who proposed it?

Ans.

The Pareto principleVilfredo Pareto

3. They at first called it Backrub because this

program analysed the web's "back links" to understand how important a website was, and what other sites it related to.

Backrub operated on Stanford's servers until it eventually took up too much bandwidth.

What is it called now?

Google.

4.

Life Mantras” is a book, the first in the 'Thoughts From Tihar' trilogy which was published in February 2016.

Name the famous author of this book.

Subrata roy

5.

Ans.

Color changes in chocolate M&M's

6.This dress is called “Hobble skirt”. What famous trademarked item is inspired from the shape of this dress?

Ans.

Coca Cola contour bottle

7. This food item was named after John Montagu, 4th

Earl of ....X....., an 18th-century English aristocrat. It is said that he ordered his valet to bring him meat tucked between two pieces of bread, and others began to order "the same as ....X....!!.  It is commonly said that Lord ......X...... was fond of this form of food because it allowed him to continue playing cards, particularly cribbage, while eating, without using a fork, and without getting his cards greasy from eating meat with his bare hands.

Identify the food item named after this English Statesman.

Ans.

Sandwich.

8.

What is the name given to the fraudulent operation that involves paying abnormally high returns to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors rather than from revenues generated by any business?

Ans.

Ponzi Sceme.

9. He (born February 28, 1953) is an American economist,

Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times. In 2008, he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography.

He is known in academia for his work on international economics (including trade theory, economic geography, and international finance), liquidity traps, and currency crises. He is ranked among the most influential academic thinkers in the US.

Identify the person.

Ans.

Paul Krugman.

10. X syndrome (also known

as "Folded skin with scarring), is characterized by multiple, symmetric, circular skin creases, or bands, on the forearms, lower legs, and often the neck that are present at birth. The creases disappear later in life.

It is commonly known as X.

Ans.

Michelin tire syndrome

11. X was struggling to gain market share and its sales were low.

Its owners doubled its price without bringing any change, and their sales were doubled. Consumers saw the increased price as evidence that this must be a quality brand.

In the 1980s, some U.S. universities adopted the same kind of policy, and the X effect came into existence . Colleges started to raise tuition fees to bring in more money and typically saw a significant increase in enrollment. Many parents think that higher priced education is a better education.

Id the economic term which is named after a blended scotch whiskey?

Ans.

Chivas Regal.

12.

X Explains: “One day I was in a coffee shop in San francisco, and

I was thinking Y is a good name. And then a waitress came, and I asked, “ Do you know about Y” and she said “Yes”. And I said, “Yes this is the name”. Then I went onto the street and found 30 people and asked, “Do you know about Y. People from India, people from Germany, people from Tokyo and China. They all knew about Y. Y is a kind,smart businessman and he helped the village.So easy to spell and globally known.”

The ticker sysmbol of “Y “ in NYSE is BABA. Id X & Y

X-Jack Ma Y-Alibaba

13.

Id.

Ans.

14.

X is a game inspired from Pacman and based on a controversy.

Put Funda.

Ans.

15.X is an American upscale clothing brand and retailer founded by brothers Paul and Maurice Marciano. They moved to Los Angeles in 1981 and opened their first store in upscale Beverly Hills area.They are famous for their iconic black-and-white ads in 1985. The company was one of the first companies to create designer jeans. Priyanka Chopra is the new X girl .Id X

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16. Smuggler’s soul is a handmade

perfume made by U K based ethical cosmetics company Lush, created by founder Mark Constantine and his son Simon.

They were looking for a unique way to express themselves and the quality of the product,which resulted into putting a famous Indian personality’s face in their products.

Who is he?

Veerapan