2015 jan quiz prelims

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January 2015 Quiz

Quiz Masters

Sridhar Babu & Hemant Mainkar

Rounds

• “Level Playing Field” – Written round• “Brands & Companies” – Corporate round• “Anything goes” – Mixed Bag round • “Who’s who” – Personalities & Achievers• “Join the dots” - Connections round – On the

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January 2015 Quiz

Level Playing Field

QMs: Sridhar Babu & Hemant Mainkar

Level Playing Field• 20 questions common to all participants

• Clues will appear on the screen

• Write the answers in the sheets provided

• 1 point for a correct answer

• No negative marks

• Checking will be done at the end of the round

• Scores will be used to form teams for the rest of the quiz

Level Playing Field - Question 1

• Name the company/brand that used the tagline till 2012 with great success

• “Think Outside The Bun”

Level Playing Field - Question 2

• Name the individual who has won the highest number of Academy Awards (Oscars)?

Level Playing Field - Question 3

• The British tabloid “The Sun” recently was thought to have discontinued a regular feature under pressure from activists, only to reintroduce it after a couple of days

• What feature?

Level Playing Field - Question 4

• In 2010, Facebook paid a fairly significant amount to American Farm Bureau Federation as part of an important acquisition

• What was acquired?

Level Playing Field - Question 5• As per convention, an identified member of the US

cabinet stays away from important events such as Presidential inaugurations, State of the Union addresses, joint sessions of congress, etc.

• What specific term is used to refer to this person?

Level Playing Field - Question 6• What separates the Northern & Southern islands

of New Zealand?

Level Playing Field - Question 7• “Pomology” refers to the study of what?

Level Playing Field - Question 8• If you were a ‘kibitzer’, what would you be doing?

Level Playing Field - Question 9

• Where would you use the above currency symbol?

Level Playing Field - Question 10• Test your knowledge of Collective nouns:

“A __________ of crows”. Fill in the blank.

Level Playing Field - Question 11

• What is the correct mathematical name of this Division Sign “/”?

Level Playing Field –Question 12

• Name the Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty

Level Playing Field - Question 13

• Originally known as Idlewild Airport, by what name is it known today?

Level Playing Field - Question 14

• What Du Pont product has been used to describe the blame evading qualities of Ronald Reagan and John Gotti?

Level Playing Field - Question 15• When would you be charged an “agio”?

Level Playing Field - Question 16• Contrary to popular belief, the phrase “Survival of

the fittest” was not coined by Charles Darwin but by a philosopher. Who?

Level Playing Field - Question 17• At the age of sixteen in 1966, his first business

venture was a magazine called ”Student”

• In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business

• In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores

• Whom are we talking about?

Level Playing Field - Question 18• What company’s name is Korean for Great Universe

or Great House?

Level Playing Field - Question 19

• Which country’s Prime Minister recently blamed Apple for killing its entire economy?

Level Playing Field - Question 20

• Real Madrid decided to remove the cross from its logo recently. What prompted them to do so?

January 2015 Quiz

Answers for Level Playing Field

Level Playing Field - Question 1

• Name the company/brand that used the tagline till 2012 with great success

• “Think Outside The Bun”

• Taco Bell

Level Playing Field - Question 2

• Name the individual who has won the highest number of Academy Awards (Oscars)?

• Walt Disney

Level Playing Field - Question 3

• The British tabloid “The Sun” recently was thought to have discontinued a regular feature under pressure from activists, only to reintroduce it after a couple of days

• What feature?

• Page 3 Nude photo feature, which was the subject of vehement campaigns by feminists

Level Playing Field - Question 4

• In 2010, Facebook paid a fairly significant amount to American Farm Bureau Federation as part of an important acquisition

• What was acquired?

• The domain name fb.com for which they paid approx $8.5 million which makes it among the highest such sale ever

Level Playing Field - Question 5• As per convention, an identified member of the US

cabinet stays away from important events such as Presidential inaugurations, State of the Union addresses, joint sessions of congress, etc.

• What specific term is used to refer to this person?

• ‘Designated Survivor’ or ‘Designated Successor’

Level Playing Field - Question 6• What separates the Northern & Southern islands

of New Zealand?

• Cook Strait

Level Playing Field - Question 7• “Pomology” refers to the study of what?

• Study of fruits and fruit cultivation

Level Playing Field - Question 8• If you were a ‘kibitzer’, what would you be doing?

• Silently watching a card game, specifically bridge

Level Playing Field - Question 9

• Where would you use the above currency symbol?

• Russian Rouble

Level Playing Field - Question 10• Test your knowledge of Collective nouns:

“A __________ of crows”. Fill in the blank.

• Murder

Level Playing Field - Question 11

• What is the correct mathematical name of this Division Sign “/”?

• Virgule

Level Playing Field –Question 12

• Name the Greek Goddess of Love & Beauty

• Aphrodite

Level Playing Field - Question 13

• Originally known as Idlewild Airport, by what name is it known today?

• John F Kennedy International Airport

Level Playing Field - Question 14

• What Du Pont product has been used to describe the blame evading qualities of Ronald Regan and John Gotti?

• TEFLON

Level Playing Field - Question 15• When would you be charged an “agio”?

• When converting currency (agio is the term used to describe the premium or percentage paid for the exchange of one currency for another)

Level Playing Field - Question 16• Contrary to popular belief, the phrase “Survival of

the fittest” was not coined by Charles Darwin but by a philosopher. Who?

• Herbert Spencer

Level Playing Field - Question 17• At the age of sixteen in 1966, his first business

venture was a magazine called ”Student”

• In 1970, he set up a mail-order record business

• In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores

• Whom are we talking about?

• Richard Branson, boss of Virgin group

Level Playing Field - Question 18• What company’s name is Korean for Great Universe

or Great House?

• Daewoo

Level Playing Field - Question 19

• Which country’s Prime Minister recently blamed Apple for killing its entire economy?

• Finland

Level Playing Field - Question 20

• Real Madrid decided to remove the cross from its logo recently. What prompted them to do so?

• Their recent tie-up with National Bank of Abu Dhabi