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E-cell Quiz
20 questions – 10 clockwise, 10 reverse No negative marking Infinite bounce Familiar answers, so attempt a guess.
Rules
1. ID these two brothers and what they founded.
Answer
Sachin and Binny Bansal Flipkart.com
2. This comic strip is a play on ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. Identify the “doll”.
Answer
Steve Jobs
3. What is being parodied here?
Answer
The Twitter ‘fail-whale’
4. All of us would be familiar with what this guy founded in 2002 (launched on May 5, 2003). What?
Answer
5. Id. We are all familiar with his work. How?
Answer
Dennis Hwang He crafts Google Doodles
6. This husband and wife team have seen the popularity of their creation soar with increasing pace since its release on Aug 4, 2011. What familiar timepass did they create?
Answer
Temple Run Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova
7. This tennis superstar earned a certain nickname because of his tenacity on the court. This nickname was later used in the logo of the company he founded. Company?
Answer
Rene Lacoste
8. The YKK Corporation produces architectural products and industrial machinery. However, it is most famous for producing Xs.
Its factory site in Macon, Georgia produces 7 million of these a day. It also produces its own brass to make the teeth and slider parts of X. The same factory also dyes the fabric part of X.
X is the signature product of YKK and YKK is the largest supplier.
What is X?
Answer
The Zipper
9. ID
Answer
Surf Excel
10. connect
Answer
Susan Bennett is the voice of Siri
11. In the 1950s, Ferrucio X, tractor manufacturer with a penchant for fast cars, approached Enzo Ferrari about the substandard cluth, poor interiors, etc of his purchased Ferrari. Enzo dismissed him saying “You know how to drive a tractor, but you will never learn to drive a Ferrari”.
What did Ferrucio do?
Answer
He constructed his own car to outperform the Ferrari
Lamborghini
12. ID these well dressed gentlemen
Answer
Dolce & Gabbana
13. In 1960, two brothers Tom and James purchased this store for about $575. Later, James traded his half of the business to Tom for a used Volkswagen Beetle.
The franchise started with three stores in 1969, as reflected by 3 dots in its logo. Which franchise, familiar to all of us in Ranchi?
Answer
Dominos pizza
14. Whose visiting card is this?
Answer
Walt Disney
15. Tarangini Mitra loved pirouetting and her performance at her school’s annual day function caught the eye of Mr. Padmasree, reputed ad-director, who decided to use it in his next ad, accompanied by a jingle.
What was the ad for?
Answer
Washing powder Nirma
16. One of the greatest
entrepreneurs of the 20th Century, he was as remembered for his eccentric behaviour and reclusion as he was for his achievements. Pictured is an artist’s rendition of his later life.
He was also the subject of a 2004 Oscar nominated biopic.
Who?
Answer
Howard Hughes
17. The Panic of 1907, was a financial crisis that almost crippled the American economy. X stepped in personally and took charge in resolving the crisis. He helped redirect money between banks, secure international lines of credit and bought plummeting stocks of healthy corporations. This eventually led to the formation of the Federal Reserve System.
However, critics were soon to attack him for his overpowering role in the economy, as shown in the following cartoon.
Who?
Answer
J. P. Morgan
18. X was the third-generation head of the family-run business Y. Y was founded as a maker of playing cards but X dreamed big and after several failed ventures into food, taxis, love-motels, etc… Y found its calling in its original industry, and would later be a benchmark and now a global giant with competition from Sony and Microsoft.
Id X and Y
Answer
X – Hiroshi Yamauchi Y – Nintendo
19. ID this paragon of Indian TV
Answer
Ramanand Sagar Producer of Ramayan, Alif Laila, etc…
20. These became popular in the US by the end of Summer 2004 and later garnered worldwide recognition. They come is different sizes and are elastic and predominantly yellow. There was speculation that there would be a drop in sales post 2012, but sales have only grown. A 2013 article estimates that a total of 80 million of these have been sold to date.
What?
Answer
Livestrong wristbands
Fin