A Biz Tech Quiz conducted by me and Aabhas Kedia for Thapar Quizzing Club, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology on 8th February, 2018. The quiz is divided in 3 parts. One is the quiz conducted by me (26 Q), the second is the one conducted by Aabhas (11 Q) and the third is the relatively short and easier prelims (7 Q). The quiz is mostly easy with no or less binary type questions.

1. The BizTech
Quiz
Lit Week 2018
Thapar Quizzing Club

2. Instructions
2
● Quick and Short quiz.
● 26 Questions.
● Infinite Pounce format.
● +10 direct. +20/-10 pounce

3. Always go for the
pounce even if you are
1% sure – personal
experience
3

4. The Pioneer is an English language newspaper in India. It is the
second oldest English paper in India still in circulation after The
Times of India.
This paper was founded in Allahabad and once had Rudyard
Kipling as its editor.
In 1990, it was purchased by an industrial group who then
launched the paper in many cities. The group later sold it to cut
losses.
Which business group with whom we are all familiar with?
4
1

5. *blank*
5

6. Thapar Group under Mr. LM
Thapar
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7. It is an interpretation that the logo represents a building
surrounded by four boundary walls leaving spaces on each side. It
has a meaning that the bank will help people in building their
dream homes focusing completely on the housing sector.
In the logo, the square block present at the centre part resembles
a building and the four corner walls resemble a focus symbol in
cameras. These corner walls are represented in red colour
resembling high focus.
Which financial institution is this?
7
2

8. *blank*
8

9. Housing Development
Finance Corporation (HDFC)
9

10. This is a British security software and hardware company which
develops products for communication, endpoint, encryption,
network security, email security, mobile security and unified
threat management.
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of
the FTSE 250 Index.
In 2014, this company acquired an Indian company which led to a
change that affects us now. Which company with which we are all
familiar with?
10
3

11. *blank*
11

12. Sophos
Cyberoam (Indian Co)
12

13. Barry Callebaut is a Swiss company which is the world’s largest
cocoa processor.
In September 2017 they introduced a product which has been in
development for 13 years since the company said it first
discovered a new type of cocoa bean during experiments and
refinements in their labs.
The product has been described by the company as a tension
between berry-fruitiness and luscious smoothness but no extra
colours or flavours are added to create its signature look, which
instead comes from a powder extracted during the processing.
What did they introduce?
13
4

14. *blank*
14

15. Ruby Chocolate – the Pink
colour chocolate
15

16. What is the significance of this webpage?
16
5

17. *blank*
17

18. The first ever webpage
created by Tim Berners Lee
18

19. Subject?
19
6

20. *blank*
20

21. Kapil Mohan, creator of Old
Monk
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22. 22
7From the About section of a company -
Devika Narain and Company was born on the dining table of a
small rented apartment with the simple goal of creating spaces
that were personal and uniquely Indian.
Today, our team of young designers work with local artisans and
craftsmen to tell personal histories through spaces and celebrate
the heritage of the Indian subcontinent with a modern sensibility.
What did the company do that led to a huge media coverage in
2017?

23. *blank*
23

24. Wedding planner and
designer of Virat and
Anushka’s wedding
24

25. Kraft durch Freude (KdF) meaning Strength Through Joy was the
German leisure organization, organizing tourist trips and resorts in
Nazi Germany which soon became the world’s largest tourism
operator in the 1930’s.
An idea for a new product had been conceptualized by KdF in the
1930’s whose aim had been for a small saloon that could carry a
German family of five.
To buy one people had to join a special savings scheme run by the
organisation.
However, the product couldn’t materialize due to WW2. After the
War, it became a symbol of Germany worldwide. What?
25
8

26. *blank*
26

27. Volkswagen Beetle
27

28. Pre Independence, these railway coaches were used for the
personal travel of rulers of princely states like Gujarat, Rajputana,
the Nizam of Hyderabad and also the Viceroy of India.
After Independence, these coaches were discontinued since they
were not feasible to operate owing to their well decorated
traditional interiors with gorgeous furnishings.
In 1982, inspired by these coaches, something was created. What?
28
9

29. *blank*
29

30. Palace on Wheels
30

31. Hanson Robotics Limited is a Hong Kong-based engineering and
robotics company founded in 2013 by Dr. David Hanson. The
company has patented the use of a spongy elastomer skin called
‘Frubber’ – flesh rubber which has been called disturbingly
realistic to human skin.
In 2017, a product of the company made news across the world
and is the most popular product of the company. What?
31
10

32. *blank*
32

33. Sophia
33

34. What did The Economist mean by
The Book of Jobs?
34
11

35. *blank*
35

36. iPad
36

37. ChameleonMask is a product created by Jun Rekimoto, deputy
director of Sony Computer Science Laboratories which hopes to
provide people with human surrogates who would interact with
the real world on the customer’s behalf.
To do this, each surrogate would wear a screen on their head that
displays the customer’s face and plays the customer’s voice.
What common name has been given to this service which is
actually the name of another very popular gig service?
37
12

38. *blank*
38

39. Human Uber
39

40. DirectX is a collection of API’s from Microsoft for game
programming on Windows platform.
The original logo resembled a deformed radiation warning symbol
and the original name of the project was Project Manhattan
(codename for the US nuclear bomb development during WW2).
According to the head of the division, the naming was intentional
and it meant to do what the original program did. However,
Microsoft later refuted this fact.
What was the main purpose behind the selection of such a name?
40
13

41. *blank*
41

42. Displace Japanese video
game makers from
dominating video game
industry
42

43. This is 2013 advertisement is for which tech product (a software)?
For video click here (online)
43
14

44. *blank*
44

45. Internet Explorer
45

46. State Street Global Advisors is the world’s third largest asset
manager headquartered in US.
SSGA has a fund called SHE Fund which invests only in companies
that have women in top leadership positions. To promote the one
year anniversary of the Fund, SSGA along with McCann New York
(advertising agency) pulled off a stunt in early March 2017 in
Manhattan, NY to symbolize the power of women in leadership.
Originally it meant to last for only a week, later it was decided that
the stunt will be in place till February 2018.
What?
46
15

47. *blank*
47

48. Fearless Girl – the statue opposite the
famous Charging Bull of Wall Street
48

49. The origin for this word comes from the Latin word for head. This
word and the word cattle comes from the same root. The
etymology reveals roots in the trade and ownership of animals.
In the Roman days, the number of cattle you owned represented
ones wealth and the wealth was calculated by counting the heads
of cattle.
Which word is this?
49
16

50. *blank*
50

51. Capital from kapitalis and
kaput
51

52. Find the missing word which is refers to a loosely associated
network of activist and hactivist entity.
52
17

53. *blank*
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54. Anonymous
54

55. On 5th February, 2018, the makers of Doritos – Fritolay and
PepsiCo announced that they would soon launch a lady friendly
version of the product finding a gap in the market.
In an interview, Indra Nooyi, CEO PepsiCo aid that while men ate
the fluorescent triangular snacks licking their orange fingers ‘with
great glee’ and pouring the scraps from the bottom of the bag into
their mouths, women didn’t.
The snack will come in packs designed especially to fit into
women's handbags.
What is the main reason behind the introduction of the packs
which is also one of the characteristics features of Doritos?
55
18

56. *blank*
56

57. The crisps would have lesser
crunch and will be less messy.
57

58. Mosler Safe Company, started in 1874 and went bankrupt in 2001.
Their safes were chiefly installed in some branches of the Mitsui
Bank, headquarted in Japan.
It had a really prestigious reputation, due to certain events that
transpired in the mid-1940’s. After 1950, they started making
claims that their safes could withstand forces of tremendous
magnitude.
Even the US Declaration of Independence is stored in a Mosler
Safe.
What claim did they make?
58
19

59. *blank*
59

60. Nuclear blast proof safes
60

61. There are two theories which tells about its development.
One is that it was designed to slow down a process which involved
the early days typewriters which had metal rams for the keys. The
keys would jam if someone typed too fast.
Another theory was that it was designed by the telegraph
operators to since it was easier and faster to decipher Morse
Code.
What?
61
20

62. *blank*
62

63. QWERTY layout
63

64. This is the coat of arms of which company (owned by Jeff Bezos)
whose motto means Step by Step, Ferociously?
The company’s name refers to its point of origin.
64
21

65. *blank*
65

66. Blue Origin – it refers to Earth, the
blue planet
66

67. During the 1840’s when plans for railways in India were being
made, there were some Indians too who wished to bring rail
transportation to India.
One of the early railway companies formed was the Great
Western Railway of Bengal by an industrialist who is also the
grandfather of an imminent person.
Since EICo didn’t want that such an important enterprise be under
native management, GWRB wasn’t favoured.
Who is this person who has one of the most famous surnames of
Bengal?
67
22

68. *blank*
68

69. Dwarkanath Tagore –
grandfather of Rabindranath Tagore
69

70. This train was started in 1930 specially for the rich patrons of
Bombay who used to go to Pune to attend horse racing.
Deccan Queen as it is known was India’s first superfast train and is
one of the favourite with the railfans. She is also among the first
trains to have the ISO 9000 certification.
It’s popularity is however its uniqueness. It is the only train in India
right now to have something. This service was withdrawn as it had
exhausted its life and in 2015 was reintroduced as “it is an
emotional issue for the passengers of the Deccan Queen”.
What?
70
23

71. *blank*
71

72. Dining Car
72

73. What is this device aimed at?
73
24

74. *blank*
74

75. Electronic Bubble Wrap
75

76. These are goggles
developed by Tokyo’s
National Institute of
Informatics and they claim
to do a certain job to near
perfection. What?
76
25

77. *blank*
77

78. Privacy Visor to fool face
detection cameras.
78

79. Horlicks this new year launched a social
campaign called #NoFearNewYear with this
video released just a few days back. What is the
subject of this video?
Be exact.
For video click here (online)
79
26

80. 80

81. *blank*
81

82. Fearless Kota – to prevent student
suicides in Kota
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83. 83
That’s All
Scores
Second set follows.

84. QM –AABHAS KEDIA
+10/0
+20/-10
EXTRA POINTS +5/0

85. 1
• Chris Larsen
• Joseph Lubin
• Changpeng Zao
• X
• Matthew Mellon
• Brian Armstrong
• Mathew Roszak
• Anthony Di Iorio
• On 6th February, 2018, Forbes
released this list for the first time.
• What is this list all about?
• (Other names are not shown)

87. The Richest People in Cryptocurrency

88. 2
Connect: (Extra points for the black & white logo)

90. Wadia Group
Bombay Dyeing

91. 3
•One of the earliest setbacks which brought the
company’s functioning to a short halt was its investment
in these 2 flop films (pictures follow).
•Coupled with debt the company had to be eventually
sold off. Started as manz wear private ltd, we know this
enterprise in a completely different field. Which
company?

94. Pantaloons Fashions now known as Aditya Birla
Fashion Pvt. Ltd.

95. 4
•Owned by Kishore Biyani’s Future Group, Brand Factory
did something that no retailer has done ever during a 5-
day promotion campaign in November .
•It was done so as to gain customer loyalty and to bring
exclusivity to shoppers and to their shopping
experience.

97. They charged a cover fee of Rs 100-250 to enter the
store

98. 5
•One of the biggest sought after event during the CES
week, Las Vegas was not at the convention center but at
the Las Vegas strip and was done to lure the techies in
this fine establishment.
•What was the event? Mashable termed it as ‘The most
subversive art show in LasVegas’
•Extra points for the name of the establishment.

100. 2 pole dancing robots.
Sapphire Club, the world’s largest strip club.

101. 6
•Look at the logo and tell me the name of Github’s
mascot.

103. The OctoCat

104. 7
•Identify the logo, recently embroiled in a controversy
w.r.t. SEBI.

106. •Satyam Computers, PwC CASE

107. •Either tell me the name of the investor or the name of
the investment firm.
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109. Yuri Milner, DST GLOBAL

110. 10
•In September Mahindra & Mahindra showcased a new
technology in their tractors. The technology is aimed at
offering small farmers better operational efficiencies for
tasks such as planting, spraying and harvesting.
•What technology?

112. Driverless tractors

113. 11
•In 2013 X made its debut in fashion industry, when it
launched “Project X”.
•Designers were instructed to create garments “inspired
by vegetables found at X’s restaurants.”
•Pictures follow.

118. Subway

119. Prelims
To be used only if necessary (doubt it)

120. 1
•Which film had the tagline – “You don’t get to 500
million friends without making a few enemies.”?

121. 2
•“The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” is an US ad
campaign for which popular grooming product?

122. 3
•What was
founded here?

123. 4
•FITB

124. 5
•What was the tweet all about?

125. 6
•If ‘buy and hold’ is a term used for stocks then for
what commodity is the typo inspired jargon ‘hodlers’
stand for?

126. 7
•Although these were in contention, these were not
selected. What are these?