Biz-Tech Quiz

The Biz-Tech Quiz
IIT Kanpur Quiz Club
Quizmaster:
Anshul Roy

Note
1. This quiz has been hastily put together in under a week.
Appy Polly Logies for the dip in quality.
2. Wikipedia has been assumed to be factually correct
while preparing this quiz.
3. The answer to none of the questions in this quiz is 42.
Answering 42 to any question would result in immediate
disqualiﬁcations.
4. The more you stare at the question, the more the answer
stares back at you.
5. Kindly refrain from cybernetic investigations.
6. QM is God, his decisions are ﬁnal and binding.

Rules of the Round
• 20 questions in total.
• +20/-10 on a pounce.
• +10/-0 on a bounce.
• On pounces I need the exact answer. No fundas.

Q - 1
In Tintin comics, Laszlo
Carriedas is a wealthy
entrepreneur and millionaire,
involved in many fields of
business including aircraft
construction, clothing, oil,
cinema, the press and the
drink brand Sani-Cola.
Which real-life businessman
served as an inspiration for
this character?

Q - 2
Zcash is a privacy focussed cryptocurrency and it is the
26th most valuable cryptocurrency with a market cap of
over 1.3 billion USD.
In 2018, as part of their “Powers of Tau” ceremony
designed to create and then dispose of cryptographic
“toxic waste,” the founders of Zcash used X sourced
from Y to create low-level __________, which were then
converted into random numbers used to generate
Zcash’s public cryptography parameters.
Id X and Y.

Answer
X = Radioactive material
Y = Chernobyl nuclear reactor

Q - 3
“Consuming Passion” is a 2008
British movie which features
three interwoven stories. Each
of these stories concerns a
central female character who is
somehow connected with a
particular company.
This movie was released to
celebrate the 100th year
anniversary of which company?

Q - 4
Robert Williams was an American engineer who worked at
Ford’s factory in Michigan. He died in 1979 due to an
accident while he was gathering parts in a storage facility.
His family sued Ford for a total of $15 million, and the
court concluded that there were not enough safety
measures in place to prevent such an accident from
happening.
Why is his death so historic in the world of technology?

Answer
First human death due to a robot

Q - 5
Ofo is a Beijing based bicycle sharing startup founded in 2014.
The company’s name and it’s logo were chosen because of
their resemblance to what?

Q - 6
X is a 1942 American musical
film directed by Mark Sandrich
and starring Bing Crosby and
Fred Astaire.
In 1952, when Kemmons
Wilson was starting a company,
his architect Eddie Bluestein
suggested the name X as a
joke. However, Wilson liked the
name and hence the company
was named after this film.
ID X.

Q - 7
The Deutsche Bank Twin
Towers are situated in
Frankfurt and serve as the
worldwide headquarters of
Deutsche Bank.
These towers are
nicknamed X and Y, the
two basic aspects of every
financial transaction.
ID X and Y.

Q - 8
ID the blacked out part from this XKCD comic strip.

Q - 9
The "X line" is a 10-km long defensive line made of dragon's
teeth that was built during the WW2 between Bassins and
Prangins, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. (images on
next slide)
These lines of defensive blocks can be found all over
Switzerland, but more predominantly in border areas. Their
purpose was to stop tank invasions.
The 2,700 9-ton concrete blocks that make up the defences
are similar to the shape of X, which gave its name to the line.
ID X.

Q - 10
Luxo is a Norwegian manufacturer of lamps. Based in Oslo, it
has sales throughout Europe and North America. This
company was founded in 1934 by Jac Jacobsen, and it is
currently a subsidiary of Glamox Group.
In 2010, which company was sued by Luxo for trademark
infringement?

Q - 11
In 2017, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a warning
letter to Nashoba Brook Bakery, reprimanding the Massachusetts
based baker about a particular ingredient it lists in its granola.
The agency wrote in the letter - “Your Nashoba Granola label lists
ingredient X. X is not a common or usual name of an ingredient, and
is considered to be an intervening material because of this reason.”
In an interview, the CEO of Nashoba bakery said - “I really like that
we list X in the granola. People ask us what makes it so good. It’s
kind of nice that this artisan bakery can say there’s X in it and it puts
a smile on people’s face. Situations like that where the government is
telling you you can’t list X as an ingredient, because it might be
deceptive, just feels so silly.”
Id X.

Q - 12
Star of ________ is a 182
carat X originating from Sri
Lanka. This gem was given
to film actress Mary Pickford
by her husband, Douglas
Fairbanks. It is currently
placed at the Smithsonian
Museum in Washington D.C.
Which famous brand gets it’s
name from this gem?

Q - 13
Gabardine is a tough, tightly woven fabric used to make
suits, overcoats, trousers, uniforms, windbreakers and
other garments.
This fabric was invented in 1879 by the founder of a
company. This company also made gabardine clothes for
polar explorers, including Roald Amundsen, the first man
to reach the South Pole, in 1911 and Ernest Shackleton,
who led a 1914 expedition to cross Antarctica.
Which company?

Q - 14
Which software’s slogan/mascot was inspired from a
Wesley Willis track called “Whip The Llama's Ass”?

Q - 15
It has been observed that a certain company’s stock prices
rise whenever a particular person’s film is released. This has
been termed as “The X Effect”.
Some of the films in which this effect has been observed are -
• Oct. 3, 2008 - Rachel Getting Married - 0.44% rise
• Jan. 5, 2009 - Bride Wars - 2.61% rise
• Feb. 8, 2010 - Valentine’s Day - 1.01% rise
• March 5, 2010 - Alice in Wonderland - 0.74% rise
• Nov. 24, 2010 - Love and Other Drugs - 1.62% rise
Identify the person and the company.

Answer
Anne Hathaway and Berkshire Hathaway

Q - 16
This company was founded in 1949 by Toshio Iue, the
brother-in-law of Konosuke Matsushita (the founder of
Panasonic). It initially manufactured bicycle generator
lamps.
The company's name means three oceans in Japanese,
referring to the founder's ambition to sell their products
worldwide, across the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.
Which company am I talking about?

Q - 17
PKD is a humanoid robot made by
Hanson Robotics in 2005. This robot
has been modelled after X and is a live
repository of X’s literary works, interview
transcripts, images and recordings of
voice.
Identify X and name the most famous
robot made by Hanson Robotics.

Answer
X = Philip K. Dick, Sophia

Q - 18
It is believed that the name of this social networking
phenomenon originates from a song by the Russian rock
band Lumen.
The song's opening lines are - "Why scream / When no
one hears / What we're talking about?" and it features a
"huge X" that can't break through a net.
Which social networking phenomenon?

Q - 19
Which gaming company started “The Hieroglyphs Initiative” in
2017, a research project with Google, in which machine learning
algorithms are used to translate the hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt?
Which game were they trying to promote?

Answer
Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed Origins: Mysteries of Egypt

Q - 20
Daisie is a new mobile app which is
going to be released in August 2018.
It is a social networking app for talent
discovery and collaboration. The
overall goal is to help newcomers
gain exposure for their creative work
while connecting them with others
who can provide guidance as they
continue their careers.
Which famous celebrity is behind this
app?

Rules of the Round
• Identify the companies which have dogs as their
mascots or logos.
• 5 points for each correct answer.
• Bonus 20 points if you get all the answers correct.

Answers
1. Softbank
2. Target
3. Hush Puppies
4. Syndicate Bank
5. Dulux
6. Taco Bell

Rules of the Round
• Identify the overall connect between the companies.
• No points for individual answers.
• Points for connect are written on each slide.

Answer
Companies named after the founder’s child

Rules of the Round
• Identify the artists who are being paid homage to by
Google Doodles.
• 5 points for each correct answer.
• Bonus 20 points if you get all the answers correct.

Answers
1. Andy Warhol
2. Keith Harring
3. Wassily Kandinsky
4. Piet Mondrian
5. Diego Rivera
6. Claude Monet
7. MC Escher
8. Paul Cezanne
9. Jackson Pollock
10. Gustav Klimt

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