Xquizit Finals

8/13/2019 Xquizit Finals

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ROUNDS

1. AD MAD2. INFINITE BOUNCE 1

3. ABSOLUT NECESSITY4. MIXED BAG BOUNCERS5. BATAA KAUN!!

6. INFINITE BOUNCE 27. ROUND ROBIN


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RULES

Print Advertisements Round

6 Questions.

Normal bounce format.

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6 Questions on Infinite Bounce.

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1.

What was started on Saturday, August 1,1981, at 12:01 a.m. , with the words "Ladiesand gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by JohnLack, accompanied by the footage of the firstSpace Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia,which took place earlier that year, and of the

launch of Apollo 11?


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2.

The Trinity College harp (picture in nextslide) is a medieval musical instrument ondisplay in the long room at Trinity CollegeDublin in Ireland. It is an early Irish harp datedto the 14th or 15th century and, along withthe Queen Mary Harp and the Lamont Harp,

is one of the only three surviving medievalGaelic harps.How does this feature in a business quiz?


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According to their website, which companyclassifies their corporate responsibilities as:

1. Commitment to Playing responsibly2. Product safety3. Responsible Manufacturing

4. Sustainability


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4.

Brothers Jayakumar and Kishore areemployed to do a single iconic piece of worktermed as Madras Striping, which they havebeen doing for the past 18 years. A seniorengineer at their workplace, explains: Wetried screen printing and stickers, but nothing

matched the beauty of their strokes.

What are the brothers in charge of?


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The Congress shall have power ... Topromote the progress of science and usefularts, by securing for limited times to authorsand inventors the exclusive right to theirrespective writings and discoveries.

How do we know the above better?


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U.S. Patent Law


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6.

In office lingo, who is Seagull Manager?


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A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise,craps over everything, and then leaves.


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Written RoundAnswers connected to a common theme.

Each correct answer carries 5 points.Getting all answers correct leads to anadditional 10 points.

Answering the theme correctly gets you 10points.


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2.

Who, under the username "Wasp", is a

prominent part in the international hacker

community, known as the "Hacker Republic"?


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Lisbeth Salander

(Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy)


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3.

In July 26, 2007, a ban on gambling at this place in

response to new regulations on Internet gambling

was immediately met with huge protests. In August

2007, a bank called Ginko Financial collapsed due to

a bank run triggered by the ban on gambling, which

halved the size of the place's economy. The

aftershocks of this collapse caused severe liquidityproblems for other banks, which critics had long

asserted were scams. What place?


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Second life


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Apart from pioneering work in twotransportation devices, he has also invented asoda water maker, a clothes brushing machine, a

wall bed, an ultrasound emitter, motorrollerskates, super Calcacolour TV, a new breedof white roses, herbal tablets that keepalcoholics away from the bottle and a machinethat replicates three dimensional objects. Who?


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Which business term is appropriately or ironically(?) named after the Roman word for "plunge" or"sink"


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Merger after mergo .


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What is the subject of the book Bug Tales byPaul Klebahn?

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It has 99 hilarious tributes to Volkswagen (thebug)


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A Who Am I Round. 3 clues shall be provided for each questionQuestions do not pass.+15 on getting it correct on the 1 st clue. +10on the 2 nd and +5 on the 3 rd.

1. I was named thus because my founder liked the


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yfirst letter of my name, the name was short andit could not be mispronounced.

2. My founder was an inventor in his field andcommitted suicide with the following note: To

my friends, my work is done. Why wait?

3. I was the subject of the legendary line: You pressthe button, we do the rest

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1. In 1965 Charles Francis Dolan won thefranchise to build a system called Sterling


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franchise to build a system called SterlingManhattan.. In early 1970, looking for newrevenue sources he came up with the idea ofcreating me

2. Some of the taglines used for me were 1972:

"Different and First"; 1986: "Let's All GetTogether" 1993: "We're Out of Town Today".Was originally called The Green .

3. On Dec 13, 1975 I became the first of a kindduring the "Thrilla in Manila" boxing matchbetween Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Iwas owned by Time Inc.

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1. My founders family used to run a bicycle -repairh h ld h b h


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shop in Treviso he sold his younger brothersbicycle to start me in 1955!

2. He started by selling sweaters made by his sisterto various stores and my own first store was set

up in 1968 . My less known brands are Sisley andPlaylife

3. I am known for my visible and oftencontroversial advertisements

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1. I was the youngest ever Eagle Scout in nativeMissouri, president of my high school council,


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Missouri, president of my high school council,quarter back for my state-champion football team never lost a football match in my life, and built abusiness that became number one in its field.

2. I dreamt of doing an MBA from Wharton andbecoming the President of the USA ended up

joining a J C Penny store in Des Moines Iowa on aUSD 75/ month salary. The dual lessons of hands-on management and frugality stayed with me

3. After a brief stint in the army I bought a varietystore and set up my own business. I grew thenumber of stores rapidly, and would visit each ofmy stores at least once a year, for which I bought anumber of airplanes which I would myself pilot.

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1. I was started as a GE subsidiary by Owen Young,but grew to become the single enterprise definer


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of the national path of learning in the consumerelectronics industry.

2. During my evolution, I managed to buy over coslike Arnold Palmer Enterprises, Hertz, SashaCommunication, Cushman and Wakefield, etc.Earlier in 1926, I acquired AT & T broadcastingSystem and formed the NBC red and blue (NBCblue became ABC)

3. In 1919, David Sarnoff was leading my growth, andmy stakeholding included 30.1 % GE, 20.6 %Westinghouse, 10.3 % AT & T, 4.1 % United Fruit,34.9 % American Marconi.

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In a survey conducted in 1999 to mark theturn of the century, Americans were askedwhich item would they like to see continued

in the next century. Newspapers topped thelist. Which iconic product came second?

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This award recognizesfour people or groupsfor their commitmentto innovation,renewal, and apioneering spiritthrough political,economic, andcultural activities andhas been given since2003.

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Quadriga Award, Brandenburg Gate

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ohno second is a new term that is one ofthe new rages in office life. What does itmean?

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That minuscule fraction of time in which yourealize that youve just made a BIG mistake.

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This organization is famed for their accuracyand is said to meet Six Sigma Standards; Andhence, it is said to have been permitted to

commit 3.4 errors in every millionassignments.One of these errors, affected the lives of two

people in Mumbai; An about-to-retirewidower and an unhappy housewife.

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Dabbawallahs and Lunchbox.

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Doctor S.K.Burman is the founder of andlends his name to which Indian company?


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10 Picture equations.Round on first strike pounce.+10 for correct answers and -5 for wrongones.

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