The Burning Bridges 6.0

THE BURNING BRIDGES 6
THE BUSINESS QUIZ
WITH PRATYUSH PRAN SARMA
AT SADDA-ADDA
THE COTTON COLLEGE HUB QUIZ
EVENT
1ST APRIL CONFERENCE HALL

Rules -
1. This is a business quiz.
2. The quiz master (me, -_-) has researched all the questions, and
has tried to cross-check almost every info. Any resemblance to
questions in other blogs/pages/quizzes are purely coincidental.
But there may be arguments, and I would like to handle that after
the quiz. I am not the God, neither the Boss, I am a mere human.
So have pity on me.

There are 5 rounds. All written.
May the force be with you.

• Contains 10 questions.
• Each question carries 1 point each.
•Write them down.

1. Henry Barraud (16 May 1811 – 17
June 1874) was an English
portrait, subject and animal painter.
Henry excelled in painting animals,
but his works were chiefly portraits,
with horses and dogs, and subject
pictures, such as 'The Pope blessing
the Animals' (painted in 1842).
What did his son, Francis’s most
famous creation inspire?

2. The red-billed streamertail (Trochilus
polytmus), also known as the doctor
bird, scissor-tail or scissors
tail hummingbird, is indigenous to this
country, where it is the most abundant and
widespread member of the
hummingbird family.
Which national airline has this bird as its
logo?
(The reason - the bird being the national
bird of that country)

3. Duff Beer is the most popular brand of beer in Springfield. It is Homer
Simpson's favorite drink, and is enthusiastically promoted by The Duffs,
mascots for Duff Beer. They appear as costumed characters at the Duff
Gardens theme park. They are Tipsy, Queasy, Surly,
Sleazy, Edgy, Dizzy and Remorseful.
Easy one – what are they referenced to?

The Seven dwarves from Snow-white fame

4. Skåne County, sometimes referred to as "Scania County" in English, is
the southernmost county or län, of Sweden, basically corresponding to the
traditional province Skåne. The coat of arms for Skåne County is the same
as for the province of Skåne, only with the tinctures reversed and the
crown, beak and tongue of the griffin in the same color.
Which company bears the same thing on its logo?

5. The label of the product contains the following verse from the
poem Weidmannsheil, by the forester, hunter, and ornithologist Oskar von
Riesenthal.
Das ist des ______ Ehrenschild,
daß er beschützt und hegt sein Wild,
weidmännisch jagt, wie sich’s gehört,
den Schöpfer im Geschöpfe ehrt.
The translation is:
It is the hunter’s honour that he
Protects and preserves his game,
Hunts sportsmanlike, honours the
Creator in His creatures.
Name the company.

6. It is a manufacturer of premium chocolates and related products. It was founded in 1926
in Brussels, Belgium, by Joseph Draps who opened his first boutique in the Grand Place in
Brussels under its present name, in honour of a legend. In 1967, it was purchased by the
Campbell Soup Company. On December 20, 2007, Campbell announced that it entered into an
agreement to sell it to Yıldız Holding based in Istanbul, Turkey, which is the owner
of Ülker group and the largest consumer goods manufacturer in theTurkish food industry.
Lawyers of the company have sent a series of letters warning the public house of the company
in Geneva, Switzerland, that they are infringing upon their intellectual property with the latest,
asking them to cease and desist from using the name. Pru Porretta, MBE, who was behind the
revival of Dame Goodyver's Daye in Coventry, England, where a procession through the city's
streets includes her representing ____ ______ riding a horse commented "I think it's very sad.
______ was a great woman who challenged her husband to stop the terrible things that were
happening to the people. I'm sure ____ ______ wouldn't care for a company which seems to be
taking something that wasn't theirs originally and want to use it for themselves and nobody
else. It's about our rich heritage. I would say it's morally wrong“
Which company?

Godiva Chocolatier
Named after the legend of Lady Godiva

7. Crisis Relief Singapore is a nonprofit organisation that helps the
disadvantaged in times of crisis. A series of powerful images depicting
people in need shows that its better to truly help those who need it than
doing ‘something’. The posters read ”______ ____ _______” “Be a
volunteer. Change a life.”
FITB with the name of the campaign or explain what it is about.
Pictures in the next slide

Liking isn’t helping
The ad shows that it takes more than just liking a status to spread awareness and truly help those
who need it. "Liking isn't helping," the ads read. "Be a volunteer. Change a life."

8. ______ was a British multinational involved in the manufacture of
various rubber goods. Its business was founded in 1889 in conjunction
with Harvey du Cros by John Boyd ______ who had discovered
the pneumatic tyre. It was one of the first multinationals, and under du
Cros and, after him, under Eric Geddes grew to be one of the largest
British industrial companies.
There are two types of latex foam used in making these things – Talalay
and _____. But because Talalay is expensive, so ______ is used. And this is
the reason why ______ has now become the generic name for these
things.
FITB!

Dunlop
The reason why mattresses are called Dunlop.

9. After graduating from the local high
school, he went on to get his first Bachelor of
Science degree from A.C.
College at Guntur in 1958. He then earned his
BSc-Tech in Pharmaceuticals and Fine
chemicals from UDCT, Mumbai followed by a
PhD in chemical engineering from
the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in
1969. The Government of India honoured him
with the Padma Shri in 2001 and later with
the Padmabhushan for his contribution. He
was also a member of the Indian Prime
Minister's Council onTrade and Industry.
Which company did he found?

Dr. Reddy’s
The man is Kallam Anji Reddy

10. The then 39-year-old, 150-pound Long was described as a "silent man,
unassuming and shy, to the point of bashfulness with a face sunburned to
the color of saddle leather wrinkles radiating from pale blue eyes." He wore
"a ten-gallon Stetson hat, a bandanna around his neck, a bag of Bull
Durham tobacco with its yellow string dangling from his pocket, and blue
denim, the fabric of the profession“
What is being described here?

Clarence Hailey Long’s picture in LIFE magazine, which inspired the
Marlboro Man ads

• Contains 5 questions on ads (posters).
•Write them down.

• Each question carries 2 points each. Part points is
allowed.
•Write them down.

1. ‘X’ in an interview with the New York Times told that he liked movies
with heroic presidents, and cited "Air Force One."
"My favorite was ‘Y’ on the plane," said ‘X’. "I love ‘Y’ — and not just
because he rents my properties. He stood up forAmerica."
Later in another interview, ‘Y’ said, “It’s a movie”, “’X’, it was a movie. It's
not like this in real life, but how would you know?”
Solve for ‘X’ and ‘Y’!

X – DonaldTrump
Y – Harrison Ford

2. In Japanese, the word ‘X’ means "to hit the target" or "to receive
something fortuitously". The word is used in Japanese when a prediction
comes true or when someone wins a lottery. In Chinese and Korean ‘X’ is a
term used in this game – ‘Y’ – for a situation where a stone or chain of
stones has only one liberty, and may be captured on the next move if not
given one or more additional liberties.
Solve for ‘X’ and ‘Y’.

3. The series of four ______-style labels had been designed in colours
including white and yellow, and pink and teal, and launched on 9
September. The cans appeared on Woolworths supermarket shelves in
Australia during June. They were first launched in Target stores in the US
last September to commemorate the 50th anniversary of these paintings.
Name the company and the artist.

4. ‘X’ is a fictional import-export company which acts as a cover for a
certain country’s secret service. When an agent needed to make an
urgent call to the base, on an insecure line, they played the role of a
company representative contacting their ‘managing director’. The
operative then proceeded to report in, concealing his real message in
corporate jargon.
The logo of the company shows a globe having three longitudes and the
equator.
What is ‘X’ ? And how is the managing director better known as?

Universal Exports (of the James Bond fame); M

5. At the age of twelve, ‘X’ was handed over to the care of nuns, and for the next six years
spent a stark, disciplined existence in a convent orphanage, Aubazine, founded
by Cistercians in the 12th century. From her earliest days there, the number five had potent
associations for her. For ‘X’, the number five was especially esteemed as signifying the pure
embodiment of a thing, its spirit, its mystic meaning. The paths that led ‘X’ to the cathedral
for daily prayer were laid out in circular patterns repeating the number five.
‘X’s affinity for the number five co-mingled with the abbey gardens, and by extension the lush
surrounding hillsides abounding with cistus, a five-petal rose.
In 1920, when presented with small glass vials containing sample compositions numbered 1
to 5 and 20 to 24 for her assessment, she chose the fifth vial. She told her master ________,
Ernest Beaux, whom she had commissioned to develop a _______ with modern innovations:
"I present my dress collections on the fifth of May, the fifth month of the year and so we will
let this sample number five keep the name it has already, it will bring good luck.”
Who is ‘X’?Which product’s name was inspired from the above mentioned reason?

X – Coco Chanel;
This is the reason behind the naming of the first perfume Chanel No.5

•Write them down.

1. Anna Hill , a North-Carolina based photographer, felt like cosmetic ads
were so overly manipulated and plastic looking that they might as well be
advertising ‘X’. So she took that idea and ran with it, producing a series of
ads that make ‘X’ the beauty product. One of the taglines were -
"Immortalize Your Beauty. No one will ever know…as long as you never
let anyone see you in person again.“
What is ‘X’ ?

2. These are provided for free in ____ stores worldwide. They are found in small boxes
attached to poles, next to the maps and rulers. They have been known for the wide
variety of designs. Through the years the color changed from blue, to yellow to the
natural color of wood. Although they are free, but most of the people prefer stealing
them.
A spokesman for the Swedish furniture giant said: ‘We provide them to help customers
place orders and we are happy to continue this service.’
But staff say the scale of theft is enormous.
‘Some people walk out with handfuls in their pockets,’ said a Glasgow worker.
‘If the same thing happens in Edinburgh and at the other ten stores south of the Border,
the number of pencils we are losing in a year must run into millions.’
What are we talking about?

3. It is organised annually by the Amaury Sport Organisation. Thierry
Sabine was a French wrangler and motorcycle racer. In 1977 he got lost in
the Tenere Desert during the Abidjan-Nice Race and realised that the
desert would be a good location for a regular rally where amateurs could
test their ability. In December 1977 he organised a race
from Paris to _____, and devoted the rest of his life to its organization.
What was thus started by this guy?

4. Sauza 901 is a tequila line owned by ‘X’ under the mother company
Sauza. The singer/tequila maker claimed that his triple-distilled Sauza 901
tequila is so smooth, it didn't need a chaser — not even a lime wedge. Here
is an audio of ‘X’ talking about Sauza 901.
Id ‘X’.

5. Prabal Gurung is a Singapore-
born Nepali fashion
designer based in New York City.
The pictures on the next slide are
from his designs-collection Fall
2011. The designs were based on a
literary character Miss Havisham,
a wealthy spinster who lived in her
ruined mansion, in the novel ‘X’.
Which novel?

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

• Contains 5 questions on ads (videos).
•Write them down.

There are five questions on video ads.
Identify the respective
companies/lines/brand.

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