A Corporate Quiz I recently conducted as part of the iCube E-Summit at NSIT. The content put in here is all available online, but has been researched and compiled by me. Feel free to use the content here in your quizzes, but do give credit to yours truly, i.e. Udit Anand, of the NSIT Quiz Club. Feedback is always appreciated.

1. Finals Udit Anand NSIT Quiz Club

2. Round 1: Infinite Loop Clockwise

4. Answer

5. The Auction of Mahatma Gandhi’s Zenith Pocket Watch by Antiquorum Auctioneers in March, 2009

7. Answer

10. Answer

11. Lars Magnus Ericsson

13. Answer

14. Tata Photon Plus, from Tata Teleservices.

16. Answer

17. Sheena Iyengar

18. 6. Connect

19. Hint?

21. Answer

22. Edward Stratemeyer; The Stratemeyer Syndicate

24. Answer

25. Gautam Adani

27. Answer

28. Narendra Murkumbi

30. Answer

31. Nouriel Roubini

33. Answer

34. Sold the three striped trademark to Adidas.

36. +40/-20

37. +35/-20

38. +30/-15

39. +25/-15

40. +20/-10

41. +15/-10

42. +10/-5

43. +5/0

44. Connect Products/things that have become generic/ lost their trademark.

45. Answers

46. George Nissen and Larry Griswold (Trampoline)

47. Thermos

48. A lexander M. P oniatoff Ex cellence = Ampex (Videotape)

49. Abraham Pineo Gesner (Kerosone)

50. Psion netBook

51. Joseph Pilates (Pilates)

52. Friedrich Bayer of Bayer (Aspirin, Heroin)

53. Elisa Otis of Otis (Escalator)

54. Anti-Clockwise

56. Answer

59. Answer

60. W – Macworld X – Macworld Conference & Expo Y - Macintosh

62. Answer

63. Laszlo Biro, Ballpoint Pen

64. 4. Slide #1

65. Slide #2

66. Slide 3 Radhika and Aparna are sisters. Who is their equally famous mother?

67. Answer

68. Gita Piramal

72. Answer

73. becomes

74. 6. Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum. It is also the fourth oldest institution of its kind in the world. In 1984 this couple donated their folk art collection of 50,000 items, nearly doubling items owned by the museum. The couple is famous for contributing to childhood education and development.

75. Answer

76. Frank and Theresa Caplan, founders of Creative Playthings

78. Answer

81. Answer

82. Bill Gammell, Cairn Energy

84. Answer

85. Bullwhip (or Whiplash) Effect

87. Answer

88. Shombit Sengupta, of Shining Emotional Surplus

89. Round 4: Written Differential Round

91. Answer

92. First known reference to a credit card.

94. Answer

95. Cyril Northcote Parkinson & Parkinson’s Law It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

97. Answer

98. Answer - Stevenote

100. Answer

103. Answer

106. Answer

107. Harry Selfridges and Selfridges.

111. Answer

112. X - Darwin Y – Thomas Huxley Z - Hexley

113. Thank You for coming, and staying till the end. 