The document contains a business quiz with 20 multiple choice questions. It provides the rules for the quiz, which include scoring of +1 for correct answers and 0 for incorrect answers. The top 8 teams will qualify for the finals. It also describes what will happen in case of ties in scores. The questions cover topics in business, mathematics, companies, products and people in the news.

1. Business Quiz
Dimension 2019
By Sasank Gurajapu

2. Prelims

3. Rules
● 20 Questions
● +1 / 0
● Feel free to guess
● In-built Tie Breakers, which will be revealed
after the sheets are collected
● Top 8 teams qualify for finals
● In case of tie, tie break score is considered
● In case of further tie, first mistake in tie break is
eliminated
● In case of further tie, first mistake in general
questions is eliminated

4. Question 1
This mathematical term was coined by James Joseph Sylvester
in 1850 and it means “Womb” in Latin.
The Chinese text The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
written in 10th–2nd century BCE is the first example of the use
this mathematical concept.
What’s the mathematical concept in question?

5. Question 2
Connect -
● American Cotton Oil Company
● American Sugar Company
● American Tobacco Company
● Chicago Gas Company
● Distilling & Cattle Feeding
Company
● General Electric
● Laclede Gas Company
● National Lead Company
● North American Company
● Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company
● U.S. Leather Company
● United States Rubber Company

6. Question 3
He initially fielded Alfa Romeo racing cars for gentleman
drivers, functioning as the racing division of Alfa Romeo. He left
the company and established Auto Avio Costruzioni. Years
later, the company was renamed into the name we are now
familiar with.
Which company are we talking about?

7. Question 4
This term was first coined by Raelph Vaerst. But it is credited to
be first used by Don Hoeffler.
Which term from world of business are we talking about here?

8. Question 5
In 2012, X became the first commercially run United States
digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.
One of X’s former logo is given below.

9. Question 6
What relevance does this, Boston Celtics NBA player, have in
world of social media websites?

10. Question 7
Drew Houston, student at MIT, had a trouble of forgetting his
USB stick at almost every other place. This prompted him to
envision a product which is claim to fame even now.
What product/company are we talking about?

11. Question 8
How is this cute animal from Africa relevant in the world of
companies?

12. Question 9
In 1932, XY joined the Nazi Party and became a member of
the SS and eventually started manufacturing uniforms for
them. During the course, forced laborers from Poland and
France were used to manufacture the uniforms.
XY went on to become a well-adored fashion brand.
What is XY?

13. Question 10
X was started by K. M. Mammen Mappillai as a toy balloon
manufacturing unit in 1946 at Tiruvottiyur, Madras.
Tie up with Mansfield, an Ohio based company, changed
company’s direction into the field it’s most relevant today.
What is X?

14. Question 11
In 1976, a group of six engineers, all former employees of
Delhi Cloth & General Mills started a company that would
make personal computers. Initially floated as Microcomp
Limited, later changed its name to become a prominent name
among Indian IT industry.
Which company are we talking about here?

15. Question 12
A barefoot young girl carrying oranges on her head and
wearing clothing that resembles a Hawaiian grass skirt and lei.
Which drink’s former mascot was this?

16. Question 13
Electronics company XY started as ‘Kasuga Radio Co.’ in Japan
in 1946 and became ‘Trio Corporation’ in 1960?
X, a name common to Japan and North America that had been
tested and proven acceptable to American consumers, and Y,
referring to the durable substance as well as suggesting a
relation to Hollywood, California.

17. Question 14
Mr. X's contribution was to use volatility standard deviation to make
trading bands adaptive. Since 1987, he has published the ’’Capital
Growth Letter,’’ a newsletter which provides technical analysis of
the financial markets.
When X first introduced the concept to the public on Financial News
Network, they had no name. During the program, the interviewer
pointed to the bands and inquired as to what they were; X replied
"Let's call them X Bands."

18. Question 15
Slidenafil ( Structure in picture below ) was originally
discovered by Pfizer medication in 1989 while looking for a
treatment for heart related chest pain. As a classic case of drug
repositioning, this was sold under which commonly known
name?

19. Question 16
Ranbir Singh and Gurbax singh started this pharmaceutical
company in 1937 as a distributor for Japanese Company
Shionogi.
It later went on to expand in USA in 1990’s and has become
one of the most reputed Pharmaceutical company.
Which company are we talking about?

20. Question 17
At time of her death in 2017, Liliane Bettercourt was the
richest woman in the world, thanks to her being the primary
stakeholder in the cosmetics company established by her
father Eugene Schueller. Which french cosmetics company
was she related to?

21. Question 18
Identify the person and the group of companies he is related to?

22. Question 19
Identify this person who has been in the news recently for her
personal matters which also affect business in general.

23. Question 20
Identify the magazine

24. Submit your bids

25. Question 1
This mathematical term was coined by James Joseph Sylvester
in 1850 and it means “Womb” in Latin.
The Chinese text The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
written in 10th–2nd century BCE is the first example of the use
this mathematical concept.
What’s the mathematical concept in question?

26. Matrix
( Thanks to them for this quiz! )

27. Question 2
Connect -
● American Cotton Oil Company
● American Sugar Company
● American Tobacco Company
● Chicago Gas Company
● Distilling & Cattle Feeding
Company
● General Electric
● Laclede Gas Company
● National Lead Company
● North American Company
● Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company
● U.S. Leather Company
● United States Rubber Company

28. Initial companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average - DJIA

29. Question 3
He initially fielded Alfa Romeo racing cars for gentleman
drivers, functioning as the racing division of Alfa Romeo. He
left the company and established Auto Avio Costruzioni.
Years later, the company was renamed into the name we are
now familiar with.
Which company are we talking about?

30. Ferrari

31. Question 4
This term was first coined by Raelph Vaerst. But it is credited
to be first used by Don Hoeffler.
Which term from world of business are we talking about here?

32. Silicon Valley

33. Question 5
In 2012, X became the first commercially run United States
digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize.
One of X’s former logo is given below.

34. Huff Post - Formerly known as The Huffington Post

35. Question 6
What relevance does this, Boston Celtics NBA player, have
in world of social media websites?

36. Larry Bird - Name of Twitter Logo

37. Question 7
Drew Houston, student at MIT, had a trouble of forgetting his
USB stick at almost every other place. This prompted him to
envision a product which is claim to fame even now.
What product/company are we talking about?

38. DropBox

39. Question 8
How is this cute animal from Africa relevant in the world of
companies?

40. Reebok - Derived from the animal “Rhebok”

41. Question 9
In 1932, XY joined the Nazi Party and became a member of
the SS and eventually started manufacturing uniforms for
them. During the course, forced laborers from Poland and
France were used to manufacture the uniforms.
XY went on to become a well-adored fashion brand.
What is XY?

43. Question 10
X was started by K. M. Mammen Mappillai as a toy balloon
manufacturing unit in 1946 at Tiruvottiyur, Madras.
Tie up with Mansfield, an Ohio based company, changed
company’s direction into the field it’s most relevant today.
What is X?

45. Question 11
In 1976, a group of six engineers, all former employees of
Delhi Cloth & General Mills started a company that would
make personal computers. Initially floated as Microcomp
Limited, later changed its name to become a prominent name
among Indian IT industry.
Which company are we talking about here?

47. Question 12
A barefoot young girl carrying oranges on her head and
wearing clothing that resembles a Hawaiian grass skirt and lei.
Which drink’s former mascot was this?

49. Question 13
Electronics company XY started as ‘Kasuga Radio Co.’ in Japan
in 1946 and became ‘Trio Corporation’ in 1960?
X, a name common to Japan and North America that had been
tested and proven acceptable to American consumers, and Y,
referring to the durable substance as well as suggesting a
relation to Hollywood, California.

51. Question 14
Mr. X's contribution was to use volatility standard deviation to make
trading bands adaptive.
Since 1987, he has published the ’’Capital Growth Letter,’’ a
newsletter which provides technical analysis of the financial markets
When X first introduced the concept to the public on Financial News
Network, they had no name. During the program, the interviewer
pointed to the bands and inquired as to what they were; X replied
"Let's call them X Bands."

52. Bollinger Bands

53. Question 15
Slidenafil ( Structure in picture below ) was originally
discovered by Pfizer medication in 1989 while looking for a
treatment for heart related chest pain. As a classic case of drug
repositioning, this was sold under which commonly known
name?

55. Question 16
Ranbir Singh and Gurbax singh started this pharmaceutical
company in 1937 as a distributor for Japanese Company
Shionogi.
It later went on to expand in USA in 1990’s and has become
one of the most reputed Pharmaceutical company.
Which company are we talking about?

57. Question 17
At time of her death in 2017, Liliane Bettercourt was the
richest woman in the world, thanks to her being the primary
stakeholder in the cosmetics company established by her
father Eugene Schueller. Which french cosmetics company
was she related to?

59. Question 18
Identify the person and the group of companies he is related to?

60. Bernard Arnault

61. Question 19
Identify this person who has been in the news recently for her
personal matters which also affect business in general.

62. MacKenzie S. Tuttle Bezos
Ex-Wife of Jeff Bezos and co-founder of Amazon

63. Question 20
Identify the magazine

65. And now the finals!