loyola economics dept biz-gen quiz.

1. Researched and hosted by:,
Aditya Ganesh, John Alias and
Noyel Sebastian

2.  Department of Economics.
 LEAD team.
 Guinea pigs: Aaron Jude,Taran Singh,
Vignesh Kiran , SanjayVijay.
 AravindAnil for background support.

8.  C-17 globemaster is a high-wing, 4 engine,T-tailed
military transport aircraft that can carry large equipment,
supplies troops directly to small airfields to harsh terrain
anywhere in the world. IL-76 is a medium range transport
aircraft by Ilyshin Aviation complex which serves the same
purpose.
 During demonetization, these aircrafts were used to take
care of the cash crunch-to ferry currency notes from
government printing presses at Nasik and Mysuru as a
request from the finance ministry
 The point of the question is C-17 Globemaster and IL-76
were used for some other purpose which was a cause of
‘National interest and a State agony’. What was the
cause?

9. Longyearbyen, Norway- northernmost
 McMurdo station, Antarctic-
southernmost
Khunjerab Pass, Pakistan- highest
Ein Bokek, Dead sea- lowest

10.  Who owns the domain name 466453.com?

11.  ParkTae-Joon, a former prime minister and
ex-army officer is the founder of the world
famous company X. It is a leading company in
it’s field and has setup it’s factory in India in
Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha and has
entered into an MoU with government of
karnataka.

12.  _____ is an individual or business that offers secured loans to
people, with items of personal property used as collateral. If an
item is put for a loan, within a certain contractual period of time he
may redeem it for the amount of the loan plus some agreed-upon
amount for interest.
 Inspite of early Roman Catholic Church prohibitions against
charging interest on loans, there is some evidence that the
Franciscans were permitted to begin this practice as an aid to the
poor. St.Nicholas is considered to be the patron saint of these
people. Crusaders, predominantly in France, brokered their land
holdings to monasteries and diocese for funds to supply, outfit,
and transport their armies to the Holy Land.
 Their symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar.The three
sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy,
owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard, under the name
of Lombard banking. FITB.

13.  MarkWaugh scored a fine century on debut
for Australia against England in 1990-91. But
a couple of years later in Sri Lanka, he ran
into trouble, bagging successive pairs of
ducks in Colombo and Moratuwa. 4 ducks in a
row earned him the temporary nickname X.
Waugh’s teammates generously pointed out
that if there had been another test he had a
chance to be renamed ‘Olympic’.

15.  The company that owns the distillery claims
that it was founded in 1866. However, in the
2004 biography "Blood&Whiskey:The life &
times of X" author Peter Krass maintains that
land & deed records show that the distillery
was actually not founded until in 1875?

16.  This independence era silver coinage of India
features a powerful king from that era, who
also founded an Indian bank.This coinage
belonged to which princely state?
 (Image slide follows)

18.  Mr X’s family owns a huge business
conglomerate. Mr X was involved in a big
controversy which might trigger a claim
under the Directors & Officers
(D&O) insurance cover.The term was
adopted into Gujarati from a Portuguese
word, meaning "master" or "teacher“.

19.  “The concept of X has been a long cherished aspiration that of
creating independent India's first planned hill city. A realisation of
a superior living space, where all the three tenets of life 'Shanti',
'Sukh' and 'Santhushti' can be experienced and cherished in a
cosmic environment that exudes natural beauty and radiates
energy.This is indeed a world created for the love of life, where
life can be lived, relished and celebrated” as given by the official
site of X’s parent company.
 X is also connected by air from Mumbai and is equipped with its
own airstrip.The city is spread over 10,600 acres (4,300 ha) of hilly
terrain. It is one of India’s best planned city.The largest lake is 1.5
km in length . It also boasts of a PGA 18 hole golf course . Recently
Supreme Court of India asked to attach this specific asset in order
to compensate the concern of consumers due to the weird act of
the owner.
 ID X. (Image slide follows)

21. What is common for these car brands?
 Porsche
 Bugatti
 Ferrari
 Rolls-Royce
 Pagani
 Ford

22.  This place is founded by public health scientist
Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by a
particular group of people.This place is
reputedly south Asia’s and India’s largest red-
Light district, located in the North Calcutta.
Currently this place is under Durbar Mahila
Samanwaya committee.
 The point in my question is, during
demonetisation this place was again back in
news because of the problem of giving change
after a particular act.
 About which place am I talking about?

23.  This team is owned by X.The team was on a
roll last year winning a major title. Beginning
of the last season, the odds of the team
winning the title was 5000/1. Some lucky fans
made a lot of fortune by the end of the
season. X runs a worldwide chain of duty free
shops. Plenty of clues…..Gimme “X”?

25.  In 2006, he sponsored a bridge tournament
for a tournament named after him. Modelled
on the Ryder cup in golf- held immediately
before it in the city- the teams are chosen by
invitation, with a female team and 5 male
teams provided by each country. He made a
cameo inWWE and is a global businessman.
His background music is "Money,
money........". Identify the person.

26.  X founded by Gottfrid Svartholm and Frederick Neij,
who are known by their nicknames ”anakata” and
“TiAMO” respectively. X claims to be a non profit
entity based in the Seychelles, however this is
disputed.
 X is an online index of digital content of
entertainment media and software, where visitors can
search, download and contribute magnet links and
torrent files.
 Recently X has setup a campaign to raise money to
buy sea land and designate it as ‘Micronation’ in an
attempt to circumvent international copyright law.

27.  X is a leading smartphone maker worldwide.
It is known for its . Even the firm admits it has
enjoyed higher margins from selling millions
of fluffy promotional toys—in the form of a
bunny —than it has from handsets.
 Which company am I talking about?

28.  Chelembra bank robbery was one of the most
planned bank robbery in Kerala history and it
was inspired by the movie Dhoom.The thieves
were clever enough to deviate the attention of
the investigation team by writing something on
the wall of the bank.They also left 1kg of looted
gold in an Hyderabad hotel to further deviate
them.
 So whom did they deviate attention to / what
did they quote on the wall?

29.  Usually, football teams are paid hefty sums
for endorsing brands. Strangely in 2006 this
football club paid a hefty sum to enter into
agreement with X and on the occasion of
their 10th anniversary in 2016, the contract
was extended a further 4 years.Whom did
the club pay to get itself associated with?

30.  In 1988, Pepsico gained entry into India
through a joint venture with Punjab
government owned Punjab Agro Industrial
Corporation (PAIC) andVoltas India Limited.
Under Until 1991, under what brand name did
they sell their products which mean "waves"
in Hindi?

33.  C-17 globemaster is a high-wing, 4 engine,T-tailed
military transport aircraft that can carry large equipment,
supplies troops directly to small airfields to harsh terrain
anywhere in the world. IL-76 is a medium range transport
aircraft by Ilyshin Aviation complex which serves the same
purpose.
 During demonetization, these aircrafts were used to take
care of the cash crunch-to ferry currency notes from
government printing presses at Nasik and Mysuru as a
request from the finance ministry
 The point of the question is C-17 Globemaster and IL-76
were used for some other purpose which was a cause of
‘National interest and a State agony’. What was the
cause?

35. Longyearbyen, Norway- northernmost
 McMurdo station, Antarctic-
southernmost
Khunjerab Pass, Pakistan- highest
Ein Bokek, Dead sea- lowest

37.  Who owns the domain name 466453.com?

39.  ParkTae-Joon, a former prime minister and
ex-army officer is the founder of the world
famous company X. It is a leading company in
it’s field and has setup it’s factory in India in
Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha and has
entered into an MoU with government of
karnataka.

41.  _____ is an individual or business that offers secured loans to
people, with items of personal property used as collateral. If an
item is put for a loan, within a certain contractual period of time he
may redeem it for the amount of the loan plus some agreed-upon
amount for interest.
 Inspite of early Roman Catholic Church prohibitions against
charging interest on loans, there is some evidence that the
Franciscans were permitted to begin this practice as an aid to the
poor. St.Nicholas is considered to be the patron saint of these
people. Crusaders, predominantly in France, brokered their land
holdings to monasteries and diocese for funds to supply, outfit,
and transport their armies to the Holy Land.
 Their symbol is three spheres suspended from a bar.The three
sphere symbol is attributed to the Medici family of Florence, Italy,
owing to its symbolic meaning of Lombard, under the name
of Lombard banking. FITB.

43.  MarkWaugh scored a fine century on debut
for Australia against England in 1990-91. But
a couple of years later in Sri Lanka, he ran
into trouble, bagging successive pairs of
ducks in Colombo and Moratuwa. 4 ducks in a
row earned him the temporary nickname X.
Waugh’s teammates generously pointed out
that if there had been another test he had a
chance to be renamed ‘Olympic’.

45.  The company that owns the distillery claims
that it was founded in 1866. However, in the
2004 biography "Blood&Whiskey:The life &
times of X" author Peter Krass maintains that
land & deed records show that the distillery
was actually not founded until in 1875?

47.  This independence era silver coinage of India
features a powerful king from that era, who
also founded an Indian bank.This coinage
belonged to which princely state?
 (Image slide follows)

49.  Mr X’s family owns a huge business
conglomerate. Mr X was involved in a big
controversy which might trigger a claim
under the Directors & Officers
(D&O) insurance cover.The term was
adopted into Gujarati from a Portuguese
word, meaning "master" or "teacher“.

51.  “The concept of X has been a long cherished aspiration that of
creating independent India's first planned hill city. A realisation of
a superior living space, where all the three tenets of life 'Shanti',
'Sukh' and 'Santhushti' can be experienced and cherished in a
cosmic environment that exudes natural beauty and radiates
energy.This is indeed a world created for the love of life, where
life can be lived, relished and celebrated” as given by the official
site of X’s parent company.
 X is also connected by air from Mumbai and is equipped with its
own airstrip.The city is spread over 10,600 acres (4,300 ha) of hilly
terrain. It is one of India’s best planned city.The largest lake is 1.5
km in length . It also boasts of a PGA 18 hole golf course . Recently
Supreme Court of India asked to attach this specific asset in order
to compensate the concern of consumers due to the weird act of
the owner.
 ID X. (Image slide follows)

53. What is common for these car brands?
 Porsche
 Bugatti
 Ferrari
 Rolls-Royce
 Pagani
 Ford

54.  Henry ford
 Enzo ferrari
 Henry Royce- Charles Rolls
 Ferdinand Porsche
 Horacio Pagani

55.  This place is founded by public health scientist
Smarajit Jana in 1992 but is now largely run by a
particular group of people.This place is
reputedly south Asia’s and India’s largest red-
Light district, located in the North Calcutta.
Currently this place is under Durbar Mahila
Samanwaya committee.
 The point in my question is, during
demonetisation this place was again back in
news because of the problem of giving change
after a particular act.
 About which place am I talking about?

57.  This team is owned by X.The team was on a
roll last year winning a major title. Beginning
of the last season, the odds of the team
winning the title was 5000/1. Some lucky fans
made a lot of fortune by the end of the
season. X runs a worldwide chain of duty free
shops. Plenty of clues…..Gimme “X”?

61.  In 2006, he sponsored a bridge tournament
for a tournament named after him. Modelled
on the Ryder cup in golf- held immediately
before it in the city- the teams are chosen by
invitation, with a female team and 5 male
teams provided by each country. He made a
cameo inWWE and is a global businessman.
His background music is "Money,
money........". Identify the person.

63.  X founded by Gottfrid Svartholm and Frederick Neij,
who are known by their nicknames ”anakata” and
“TiAMO” respectively. X claims to be a non profit
entity based in the Seychelles, however this is
disputed.
 X is an online index of digital content of
entertainment media and software, where visitors can
search, download and contribute magnet links and
torrent files.
 Recently X has setup a campaign to raise money to
buy sea land and designate it as ‘Micronation’ in an
attempt to circumvent international copyright law.

65.  X is a leading smartphone maker worldwide.
It is known for its . Even the firm admits it has
enjoyed higher margins from selling millions
of fluffy promotional toys—in the form of a
bunny —than it has from handsets.
 Which company am I talking about?

67.  Chelembra bank robbery was one of the most
planned bank robbery in Kerala history and it
was inspired by the movie Dhoom.The thieves
were clever enough to deviate the attention of
the investigation team by writing something on
the wall of the bank.They also left 1kg of looted
gold in an Hyderabad hotel to further deviate
them.
 So whom did they deviate attention to / what
did they quote on the wall?

69.  Usually, football teams are paid hefty sums
for endorsing brands. Strangely in 2006 this
football club paid a hefty sum to enter into
agreement with X and on the occasion of
their 10th anniversary in 2016, the contract
was extended a further 4 years.Whom did
the club pay to get itself associated with?

71.  In 1988, Pepsico gained entry into India
through a joint venture with Punjab
government owned Punjab Agro Industrial
Corporation (PAIC) andVoltas India Limited.
Under Until 1991, under what brand name did
they sell their products which mean "waves"
in Hindi?