Hub Quiz on 13/12/2014

By

Kritartha Neog

7th Semester, Civil

Assam Engineering College, Guwahati- 13

X ran a campaign inviting 7 women of different ages and different ethnicities to get sketched.FBI trained artists drew two pictures of them, one based on the way they described themselves and one based on the description of strangers. It showed that they are more beautiful then they really think . Who ran this campaign?

X started out a business in 1970s with 2000

rupee in capital, a Lambretta scooter, a table,

two chairs, a clerk and an errand boy. Its

company employees and agent has never

formed union. The group doesn’t declare any

dividends, 40% of the profit is spent on

welfare of workers called “kartvyayogi” 35%

goes into the company net owned funds and

the rest is spent on social work. The owner

called his corporate philosophy “collective

materialism”. Id X or the company which is in

all the wrong news for the last year or so.

Several names were

considered for this system.

Among the options that were

rejected were names such as

‘Moi’ and ‘Tim’. The name by

which it is known today was

coined in the 1980s and it

would be difficult to think

of anything else that suits it

better. What is the name of

the system

The worldwide web.

The name came into

being in 1989. Tim

Berns Lee considerd

the names Moi(Mine of

information) and

Tim(The information

Mine)

In 1963, a popular product

ran afoul of its producer, a

public sector company,

because its name clashed

with that of ruling congress

president, K Kamaraj . Its

name was changed and today

it is today,among the highest

selling brands in its category.

Name the brand

Nirodh

Mark Twain was practically bankrupt in 1894 due to a failed investment in a ‘revolutionary ‘typesetting machine . To work himself out of a $100,000 debt ,he undertook a tour of the British Empire and wrote a book called “Following the equator”. During his travels he came to mumbai and wrote about the crows he saw outside the balcony of his room. Where did he stay?

Watson Hotel

The founders of this company

named it after Pegasus,the

winged horse of Greek

mythology. However the

decided to do an adjustment

to the name because they

thought that the new name

would give them a higher

alphabetical standing. What

resulted thus?

Book about what?

In the evening of Sep 29, 1913, he boarded the steamer Dresden in Antwerp on his way to London. He took dinner on board the ship and then retired to his cabin at about 10 p.m., leaving word to be called the next morning at 6:15 a.m.; but he was never seen alive again. Why should we remember this man-of-science?

Rudolph Diesel

(invented the

Diesel Engine)

Developed by the East China Architectural Design and Research

Institute, this is a master-plan of __X__, which has geographical

coordinates 23°9’26’’N 72°41’12’’E.

GIFT CITY. Gujarat

AD FOR???

First of its kind. What?

First T.V Remote

Same Language Subtitles

X launched its first in-house magazine

Anamika last year. the colourful

magazine provides an insight into the

world of X with sections such as retina

scans, fingerprinting, bar codes and

footprints.

Identify x.

R&AW

At Google, for products to

be accepted they need to

pass a “toothbrush test “.

What is it ?

Should be used atleast twice a day

“…a burst of sunshine through a cool wisp of wind, it’s

sweet and tangy, surprising and juicy. It tickles like a

delicious secret that you cannot bear to share. And

how lush it feels at every sip, like an instant whiff of a

fresh bouquet of flowers in spring! With a quick sharp

jolt of tart and a sudden burst of sugary-citrusy-

sweetness, it leaves your tongue tingling pleasantly.

Then, it curls deliciously around your taste buds,

tantalizing your imagination & ripples happily down

your spine.” This is the copy of World’s First Tastable

Ad (claimed to be ) created by Ogilvy One Dubai for its

client X. Identify X.

Around the late 1980s when Indrajaal

Comics was beginning to close shop

and Amar Chitra Katha was printing re-runs,

three brothers decided to open their own

comic book publication house. In their quest

for the Indian super hero, X was born. After

25 years of producing an entire universe of

superheroes, X is the largest comic book

publishing house in India. They have

published more than 5000 titles and are home

to more than 20 characters. Identify X.

Raj Comics

Print Ad for

Kingston

SSANGYONG

Id this logo ?

SKINN perfume by TITAN

Id the advertiser ?

OLAY

Samsung C & T (Construction & Trading)

In 1904, Gus Mears acquired an athletics stadium with the aim of turning it into a football stadium. An offer to lease it to the nearby Fulham was turned down. Mears opted to start his own club to use the stadium & thus a new club was born on 10 March 1905 at “THE RISING SUN PUB”. The club took their first European honour in 1971 with a win over Real Madrid in Athens. In 2013, IFFHS ranked it the best club in the world replacing Barcelona. Identify this famous football club.

VOLKSWAGON

What started thus?

HP

NOKIA

X is an Italian brand of scooter

manufacturer. The name means wasp in

Italian. From their inception, X

scooters have been known for their

painted, pressed steel unibody which

combines a complete cowling for the

engine (enclosing the engine

mechanism and concealing dirt or

grease), a flat floorboard (providing

foot protection), and a prominent

front fairing (providing wind

protection) into a structural unit

ID X

Logo Of?

Jay Leno, the famous

American stand-up comedian &

talk show host is famous for

owning a fleet of more than

100 cars, 90 bikes, 5 trucks

and 4 aircrafts. Which is the

only Indian autobrand that is

a part of this enviable

collection?

Why has this restaurant located in a shopping mall in Ningbo, a city in China’s northeastern Zhejiang province become such a major tourist attraction?

Flipkart started off in a flat

whose number was 610,

in a housing society in

Bangalore. What did they

do to immortalise this

number?

What first was incorporated

in this mobile?

Rupee Symbol

Who publishes this fashion and lifestyle magazine?

LOGO? Think local

Brigosha Technologies

From whose paintings has the designs

on the ‘Duronto’ express been derived?

Mamata Didi

What makes the Lumia 535

special in comparison to the

rest of the Lumia. I am not

looking for any feature or

USP.

First microsoft branded Lumia

Why was this company in news for all the wrong reasons during our examination?

Phil Hughes was wearing the helmet of this brand ……………need I say more?

ID this fictional organization. If u are

an avid movie watcher or comic

fanatic you will crack it in seconds

S.H.I.E.L.D

AD for the milk brand ‘Fairlife’.

This ad was in controversy for

its sexist overtones. Which

Global giant owns this brand?

COCA COLA

This is Wau Kuching, a type of Kite. It served as

the inspiration for what?

The manufacturer of the item comes in Indian news everytime around this time of the year.ID the company

Parent company?

Connect to a company

ID the production house

DISNEY

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