Bizzards, the business quiz as part of marathon quiz series Bizzathlon @ Backwaters, IIM Kozhikode was hosted by the famous quizmaster Rajeev D'Silva.
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Bizzards Finals
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1. Bizzards Finals
2. FORMAT Round 1 8 questions Written Round 2 32 questions on
Infinite Pounce Round 3 8 questions on Infinite Pounce + Theme
3. BUSINESS BUILDING Written round Differential scoring +15 if
1or 2 teams get it right +10 if 3-5 teams get it right +5 if 6-8
teams get it right
4. In this episode of The Simpsons , the denizens of
Springfield write to renowned architect Frank Gehry asking him to
design a new concert hall in their city. Which real-life building
does this parody? 1
5. This iconic building, one that appears frequently in popular
culture, served as the headquarters of which global corporation
from 1930 to the 1950s? 2
6. This 23-storey landmark on Mumbais Marine Drive was built in
1974 as the corporate headquarters of the entity after which it was
named. It was the first building in India to have an escalator, and
was one of the targets of the 1993 Bombay bombings. In February
2013 its main occupant completed a phased withdrawal from the
building after it had been decided to move their headquarters to
New Delhi, although its Chairmans office and its iconic logo havent
been removed yet. Which building? 3
7. Completed in 2011 and called the Laces building, this
structure was based on the concept of connecting bridges at various
levels acting like laces and tying the different work-spaces
together. This is the global R&D centre of which company?
4
8. The Fox Plaza in Los Angeles is the official headquarters of
Twentieth Century Fox and has featured in several movies including
Speed, Airheads & Fight Club. Its most well-known role,
however, was as the headquarters of which fictional company in
a1988 film? 5
9. In the news nowadays in India because TCS is now its title
sponsor, the Amsterdam Marathon was earlier called the ING
Amsterdam Marathon. To commemorate the event in 2011, what did the
company do to their headquarters, in a nod to a nickname that its
building is known by? 6
10. ING House in Amsterdam is also known by another nickname
because of its supposed resemblance to the classic design of a
household device first produced in 1979 by Black & Decker that
has now become a genericized trademark. Which one? 7
11. If & when this project is realized, this tower will
become the highest building in Europe. It is slated to be the
headquarters of which company, and takes design inspiration from a
prominent feature of its logo? 8
12. Answers
13. In this episode of The Simpsons , the denizens of
Springfield write to renowned architect Frank Gehry asking him to
design a new concert hall in their city. Which real-life building
does this parody? 1
14. The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles 1
15. This iconic building, one that appears frequently in
popular culture, served as the headquarters of which global
corporation from 1930 to the 1950s? 2
16. 2
17. This 23-storey landmark on Mumbais Marine Drive was built
in 1974 as the corporate headquarters of the entity after which it
was named. It was the first building in India to have an escalator,
and was one of the targets of the 1993 Bombay bombings. In February
2013 its main occupant completed a phased withdrawal from the
building after it had been decided to move their headquarters to
New Delhi, although its Chairmans office and its iconic logo havent
been removed yet. Which building? 3
18. The Air India building 3
19. Completed in 2011 and called the Laces building, this
structure was based on the concept of connecting bridges at various
levels acting like laces and tying the different work-spaces
together. This is the global R&D centre of which company?
4
20. 4
21. The Fox Plaza in Los Angeles is the official headquarters
of Twentieth Century Fox and has featured in several movies
including Speed, Airheads & Fight Club. Its most well-known
role, however, was as the headquarters of which fictional company
in a1988 film? 5
22. 5
23. In the news nowadays in India because TCS is now its title
sponsor, the Amsterdam Marathon was earlier called the ING
Amsterdam Marathon. To commemorate the event in 2011, what did the
company do to their headquarters, in a nod to a nickname that its
building is known by? 6
24. Shoelaces. The building is called the shoe. 6
25. ING House in Amsterdam is also known by another nickname
because of its supposed resemblance to the classic design of a
household device first produced in 1979 by Black & Decker that
has now become a genericized trademark. Which one? 7
26. Dustbuster 7
27. If & when this project is realized, this tower will
become the highest building in Europe. It is slated to be the
headquarters of which company, and takes design inspiration from a
prominent feature of its logo? 8
28. 8
29. Infinite Pounce +10 for a correct answer +10/-5 for a wrong
answer 20 questions clockwise, 12 questions anti-clockwise
30. Cheap Chinese Imports Origins Fast Food Games People Play
Off-beat Professions Travel Urban Legends Newspapers Agriculture
Crime & Punishment Marketing Food Book Profits Connect -ing
People Newsmakers Places Inspiration Snake Oil Salesmen Blast From
The Past Music Jargonaut Fashion Luxury Brand Names History Board
Mamata Room To -land Court Room Investing Brand Names II Sweet
Teeth Sweet Teeth II Pharma
31. The company identified by this logo started in 1931 as the
Huafu Y Factory, before renaming itself to the Shanghai X Y Company
in 1966. Its products are ubiquitous in China, as they once were in
India, and for many of us our first introduction to a certain type
of product was a X Y. Give X Y. Cheap Chinese Imports
32. Cheap Chinese Imports
33. In 1986, realizing that customers looked at McDonalds as
more of a daytime restaurant, the chain launched a campaign to woo
more customers to their restaurants in the night. The campaign,
which lasted until the late 1990s, consisted of a series of ads
featuring a mascot singing words set to a popular song. What was
the name of the mascot, which was a play on the original title of
the song? Fast Food
34. Mac Tonight. The song was, of course, Mack the Knife. Fast
Food
35. This Japanese video game company, in the news recently for
its acquisition of the Finnish gaming company Supercell, gets its
name from the Anglicized pronunciation of a shortening of gongye
hezuoshe, the slogan of the Chinese Industrial Corporations that
means work together. Name it. Games People Play
36. Games People Play
37. He has been publishing books since 1992, but he broke out
of the mold in 2001 with Gods Debris , a novella that conjectured
that God blew himself up in the Big Bang and all matter is in fact
Gods debris. His 2004 sequel to this book was called The Religion
War . This is his latest book. Name the author. Book Profits
38. Book Profits
39. The man on the left is an American author. The woman on the
right is an Indian author. Who and what connects them? Connecting
People
40. Steve Jobs, Stay Hungry Stay Foolish Connecting People
41. Connect. Inspiration
42. Carmen Mirandas character in the film served as inspiration
for Miss Chiquita, who was created by Dik Browne, better know as
the creator of Hagar the Horrible. Inspiration
43. Deuterium, also known as heavy hydrogen, is expected to
play a key role in the generation of clean energy as and when cold
nuclear fusion becomes a reality. The waters at the bottom of the
Philippine Trench in the Philippine Sea are said to contain
abnormally high levels of deuterium. Having acquired the exclusive
right to extract water from the trench, who is currently seeking
billions of dollars of investment into a venture to extract
deuterium from the sea, a venture that is claimed could eventually
yield 829 billion dollars worth of deuterium? Snake Oil
Salesmen
44. Imelda Marcos Snake Oil Salesmen
45. This river in Milan gets its name from a Greek word that
means light, quick and nimble. A steel-tubing business that stood
on its banks was bombed in the Second World War, and after the war
its founder decided to change his line of business. He launched a
brand that he named after the river, since he wanted his new
product to have the same attributes as the name stood for. Which
nowdefunct brand once hugely popular in India and whose trademarks
are in fact still owned by an Indian company? Blast From The
Past
46. Lambretta Blast From The Past
47. This piece from Puck magazine in 1881 is the first known
instance of the use of what? Origins
48. Emoticons Origins
49. Based on the principle of the Colour Wheel, this tool was
created in 1974 by Ann C. Noble, then a professor at the University
of California. What kind of professional would use it? Off-beat
Professions
50. A sommelier, or wine-taster. Off-beat Professions
51. Last Sunday, the second-longest non-stop commercial flight
took off for the last time from Los Angeles. The longest non-stop
commercial flight, operated by the same airline, will take off for
the last time on November 23 rd from Newark, flying for 18-20 hours
(depending on weather conditions) and traversing 9,500 miles via
the North Pole. Both these flights connect with which city?
Travel
52. Singapore. Travel
53. This illustration parodies which recent event?
Newsmakers
54. Micromax signing Hugh Jackman as their brand ambassador.
Newsmakers
55. The hamlet of ____________ in the town of Harrison in New
York gets its name from a popular legend that says that in 1695, an
Indian chief named Pathungo sold John Harrison, after whom the town
is named, as much land as he could cover in a day on horseback.
Rather fittingly, the global headquarters of MasterCard are located
here. Fill in the blank. Places
56. Purchase Places
57. Although he recorded his last studio album in 2001 and last
produced an album in 2011, for Slim the Mobster, he topped Forbes
Magazines 2012 list for the highest-earning musicians with an
income of $110 million, owing primarily to the $100 million he
picked from the sale of a 51% stake in his company Beats
Electronics to Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC. Who? Music
58. Dr. Dre Music
59. This term originated in the early 19 th century, and
referred to a method of crossing a fence that was impossible and
hence came to mean an absurdly impossible action. Douglas
Engelbart, better known as the inventor of the computer mouse, used
the term in the name of a research institute he founded in 1970,
but his usage of the term was in reference to the process used by
lumberjacks to hoist themselves up trees, and this is the context
in which it is widely used today, that is, to refer to a process
that is self-sustaining and doesnt need external help. What term?
Jargonaut
60. Bootstrapping Jargonaut
61. This is a recent picture of a famous fashion designer,
taken on the occasion of her receiving an OBE. What was her
favourite car? Fashion
62. The Mini Fashion
63. 1. It is silver, just like the two planes used in the
event. 2. Its disc wheels look similar to that of the two planes.
3. Seven gold rings are to be found on it, the same markings that
were allegedly on X and Y. 4. Its name is a combination of X and Y.
These are the primary reasons behind what persistent urban legend?
Urban Legends
64. That Harley-Davidsons Fat Boy is a dedication to the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Urban Legends
65. Produced in the tabloid format and having a circulation of
about 27,000, this Japanese weekly usually contains inspirational
pieces, puzzles, accounts of fishing trips by its bosses, satirical
haikus and tips on how to play traditional board games such as Go
and Shogi. It is perhaps the only one of its kind in the world. Who
are its readers? Newspapers
66. The yakuza. This is the in-house newsletter of the
Yamaguchi-gumi, Japans biggest crime syndicate. Newspapers
67. Before kicking off the week-long deal, for which a Delhi X
wholesaler was brought on board to supply the company 22,500 kg X,
we packed the X in air-tight Y packaging and kept them in a very
damp room for five days to ensure quality was maintained, says
Chief Marketing Officer Sachin Kapur. Nine courier companies were
roped in to deliver the X across 78 cities within three days of the
bid. Thirty per cent of the X were devoured by Delhi! This is the
Business Line described a recent innovative marketing ploy. What
are X and Y? Marketing
68. Onions, Groupon Marketing
69. Its recent sale, for an estimated $200 million, to Swedish
private equity group EQT VI was completely overshadowed by the sale
of its larger sister company. It has already released its first
model after the change of ownership, the Constellation, which will
soon be available in India at the modest price of 6.5 lakh rupees.
Its products have in the past been dismissed as tasteless trash and
technologically modest. Which luxury brand? Luxury
70. Luxury
71. Its founders were both Polish Jews who wanted to pay
tribute to Denmarks exemplary treatment of its Jews during the
Second World War. The name however, is not Danish, but a
nonsensical name that the founders, who had no knowledge of Danish,
came up with that sounded Danish. Early packaging for the brand
carried a label with the outline map of Denmark on it. Which brand?
Brand Names
72. Brand Names
73. Inaugurated in March 2013, this is the Indian Business
Museum, the first of its kind in India. Where specifically would
you find it? History
74. At IIM-Kozhikode History
75. This small town in Hooghly district gets its name from a
factory that was set up there in 1948 to manufacture products under
a joint venture between an Indian and an American company. Name the
town. Mamataland
76. Mamataland
77. This is the website of the leading audience measurement
organization in Canada, started in 1944 as a division of the
Canadian Association of Broadcasters. It has since then owned the
rights to a name that led it to file a trademark violation suit
against a larger, more well-known company to cease using the name
or to finance the cost of their rebranding. The suit was dismissed
in 2012. Name it. Board Room To Court Room
78. Board Room To Court Room
79. Board Room To Court Room
80. It is a saline-tolerant variety of rice unique to Kerala,
and earlier this year formally received a GI tag. Once covering
more than 5000 hectares in Alappuzha, Thissur and Ernakulam, its
usage has dwindled of late, which has led to the recently-formed
________ Samrakshana Samara Samiti coming up with an innovative way
to finance its revival. The organization has floated __________
Bonds at a 1000 rupees each investors can opt to either receive a
return in kind or cash. Fill in the blanks. Agriculture
81. Pokkali Agriculture
82. In January 1989, Kenneth Lamar X, a mentally ill customer,
held up a pizza outlet in Atlanta for over 5 hours. An ad campaign
being run by the pizza chain at that time featured an annoying
character called the X, and he thought they were a personal attack
against him. After forcing the employees to make a pizza for him,
and unsuccessfully demanding $100,000, a getaway car and a copy of
The Widows Son, he surrendered to the police. After the incident
ended, Police Chief Reed Miller offered a memorable assessment to
reporters: "He's ______X. What is X? Crime & Punishment
83. Crime & Punishment
84. Established in 2010, this take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh
has a Unique Selling Proposition. It only serves food from one
nation at a time, changing every six months; the changeover is
celebrated with a small festival and music from the new nation.
Since its opening, the cuisine of Iran, Afghanistan, Venezuela and
Cuba have been featured. Name it, or what is its USP? Food
85. Food
86. It is an investment strategy used in a bear market, when
prices of stocks decline, and is said to derive its name from a
1953 Marilyn Monroe film. However, since the term is sometimes
attributed to Andrew Mellon, who used it while he was the Secretary
of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932, it is more likely derived from
the 1925 novel of the same name on which the movie was based. What
term? Investing
87. Gentlemen Prefer Bonds Investing
88. Tim Keck and Christopher Johnson, two students at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988 were about to launch their
new venture and were wondering what to call it. They were near
broke, and their food rations were down to white bread & X.
Nels Johnson, Christophers uncle, dropped by to see them one day
saw them eating an X sandwich, and said. Thats what you should call
it The X. Which much-loved brand? Brand Names II
89. Brand Names II
90. Ice Breakers is a brand of candy first made by Nabisco and
currently owned by Hershey. Usually packaged in a metal tin, in
2007 Hershey introduced a variant called Ice Breakers Pacs which
was packaged in individual plastic sachets in a plastic container,
but had to withdraw it less than a year later following a public
outrage against the brand. Why? Sweet Teeth
91. The individuals sachets in the box were remarkably similar
to the packaging many street drugs were sold in. Sweet Teeth
92. ___________ Organic Chocolate is a brand of premium organic
chocolate founded in 2001 by Frederick Schilling. Often listed
among the worlds best chocolate, it gets its name from the
Sinhalese corruption of dhatu-garbha, the Sanskrit word for stupa.
The brand enjoys much popularity among Star Wars fans, since it
shares its name with a fictional planet in that movie series,
albeit spelt slightly differently. Name the brand. Sweet Teeth II
The Empire Strikes Back
93. Sweet Teeth II The Empire Strikes Back
94. Ever since its introduction in 1931, Alka-Seltzer has
dominated the US market for effervescent antacid pick-me-ups. In
the 50s and 60s, although they enjoyed a virtual monopoly, sales
were flat, since they had already saturated the market. What did
they do, that resulted in a sudden, sustained spurt in sales?
Pharma
95. They introduced their Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz campaign,
which subtly suggested to people that the normal dosage was two
tablets. Until then everybody took one, which was all that was
needed. Pharma
96. THEME PARK 8 questions anti-clockwise on Infinite Pounce
+10 for every correct answer +10/-5 on the pounce Non-ordered,
non-exhaustive theme +30 to the first team that gets the theme
correct +25, +20, +15 and +10 to the 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th & 5 th
team to get the theme. +5 after that. -5 for every wrong attempt.
Only 1 attempt per team per question.
97. Recently, the uniform worn by the employees of this company
has come in for criticism after a Member of Parliament Ikmal Hisham
Abdul Aziz made a parliamentary request stating that the uniforms
"did not reflect the national identity, following which the
countrys transport ministry has asked it to "reassess the uniforms
to better reflect the our culture. Perhaps the most famous wearer
of this uniform, however, wore it for a single day in May 2013 as a
result of a lost bet. Which company? 1
98. AirAsia 1
99. This is the first issue of a publication that is now owned
by CBS. In an episode of Friends , it is revealed that Chandler and
Joey s copy of this magazine is addressed to Miss Chanandler Bong.
Which publication? 2
100. 2
101. Which well-known entity is missing here? 3
102. 3
103. X was founded in 1982 by Sun Myung Moon, who also founded
the Unification Church, and intended to replace another daily,
which had served as the second newspaper of the city for over a 100
years. Moon was a political conservative, and considered it his
duty to counter his city rivals Y, whose supposed left-liberal bias
had led it to being nicknamed Pravda on the Potomac during the
height of the Cold War . Although it today does function as the
city s second newspaper, Xs circulation has always been a fraction
of that of its more famous rival. Identify X. 4
104. The Washington Times 4
105. The man standing third from left was the son of the
founder of this eponymous motorcycle manufacturer, although his
name is more well-known for its association with aviation. Best
known for the Brutale series of Caf Racers, it dominated motorcycle
racing right through the 50s to the 80s, before falling away as its
parent company went through financial difficulties. Name it. 5
106. 5
107. This building, which is today the Oxford County Court, was
built in 1932 and served as the premises of a dealership run by
William __________, the 1 st Viscount of Nuffield. The name of this
establishment went on to become the name of the company established
by the Viscount, which in turn is well-known as the first part of
which company that lasted from 2000-2005, and will go down in
history as the last company of fully British ownership to
manufacture a certain kind of product? 6
108. 6
109. This 1999 film depicts the goings-on at which business
establishment? 7
110. 7
111. First and last issues of which magazine? 8
112. 8
113. All have at one point been sold through peppercorn
transactions, i.e., for a token payment of 1dollar, 1 pound etc.
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