The quiz was conducted at SMS Cusat as part of the fest Talent time 2k19.

2. Prelims
26 questions
Top 6/8 teams to the finals
1 point for a correct answer
No negatives
Q11-Q20 are **starred questions

3. Q1.
 She was described by The Guardian of London as the "Queen of the
curve",who "liberated architectural geometry, giving it a whole new
expressive identity".
 Her major works include the aquatic centre for the London 2012 Olympics,
Michigan State University's Broad Art Museum in the US, the Guangzhou
Opera House in China, and the Beijing Daxing International Airport, also in
China.
 She became the first woman to win a prestigious award in 2004.
 Who?
 Also identify the foundation which sponsors the award.

4. Zaha Hahid
Hyatt Foundation (Pritzker Prize)

5. Q2.
 In May 2016, a bronze statue of him was installed by the Switzerland
government as a tribute. The statue weights about 250 kg and was
inaugurated by wife Pamela and actor Rani Mukerjee (his daughter-in-
law). The statue is located near the Congress Centre in Interlaken, a
popular tourist spot. On a vacation to Switzerland,Ranveer Singh
shared a picture of himself, posing with the statue, on Instagram.
 Who?

7. Yash Chopra

8. Q3.
 The company continues to protect its trademark in most if not
all trademark categories.Despite their efforts, many
dictionaries continue to include the use of this word as a verb,
including the Oxford English Dictionary. In 2012, the
Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) of India declared
it a non-generic term after "almost 50 years (1963–2009) of
continued existence on the register without challenge.Most
Indians still use it as a synonym for something.
 Which company/term?

9. Xerox

10. Q4.
 The company was established in 2008 by Sagar Daryani and
Binod Homagai, alumni of St. Xavier's College, in Kolkata.
 They are mainly specialized in a type of South Asian
dumpling, popular across the Indian subcontinent and the
Himalayan regions.
 Which fast-food chain?

11. Wow!Momo

12. Q5.
 This brand was set up during the early 1990s in conjunction with Cott,
a Canadian company that specialises in bottling own-label drinks.
Cott was looking for a major international brand that could have
global appeal. X was looking to widen his business interests and to
rival two global giants.
 X himself attended the USA launch of this brand, driving a tank into
New York City's Times Square as part of the launch.
 Which brand?
 X?

13. Virgin Cola
Richard Branson

14. Q6.
 1) The company was founded by Harold Humphreys, along with his brother
Wallace in a small workshop in Wilmslow, Cheshire, inspired by the growing
interest in football witnessed nationwide. The name is a quasi-
portmanteau inspired by Humphreys Brothers Clothing. Their kit debut was
in the 1934 FA Cup final, when both teams Manchester City
and Portsmouth wore kits designed and manufactured by the company.
 2) The company was founded on September 25, 1996 by Kevin Plank, a then
24-year-old former special teams captain of the University of Maryland
football team. Plank initially began the business from his grandmother's
basement in Washington, D.C.[4] He spent his time traveling up and down the
East Coast with nothing but apparel in the trunk of his car. His first team sale
came at the end of 1996 with a $17,000 sale. Which company that uses a
British spelling?

15. Umbro
Under Armour

16. Q7.
 Axon is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company which develops
technology and weapons products for law enforcement and
civilians.
 The company has diversified into technology products for law
enforcement, including a line of body cameras and Evidence.com,
a cloud-based digital evidence platform. As of 2018, body
cameras and associated services comprise a quarter of Axon's
overall business.
 What is their most famous offering?

17. TASER

18. Q8.
 Production was started as a cottage industry about 80 years ago in a few
villages surrounding X and marketed at the Bhuban Danga Market.The
material used is vegetable tanned leather with art work done by touch
dyeing.Its artistic leather bags are popular in foreign markets and are exported
to many countries including Japan and the U.S.They are generally made of E. I.
Leather (East India Leather) from sheepskin and goatskin.
 Identify the location X,which is well known to us thanks to a University
founded there several decades ago.

20. Santiniketan

21. Q9.
 Percy Spencer become interested in wireless communications after learning
about the wireless operators aboard the Titanic when it sank. While with the
navy, he made himself an expert on radio technology: "I just got hold of a lot
of textbooks and taught myself while I was standing watch at night.“
 One day Spencer was standing in front of an active radar set when he noticed
the candy bar he had in his pocket had melted. Spencer was not the first to
notice this phenomenon, but he was the first to investigate it. He decided to
experiment using food, including popcorn kernels. What resulted?
 Also identify the company where he worked as the chief of the power
tube division and it gets its name from a word meaning "light of/from the
gods“.

22. Microwave Oven
Raytheon

23. Q10.
 _____ Software Inc. (founded 1981 in Denver, Colorado) is a privately owned
software company which specializes in enterprise publishing software for
automating the production of customer communications. The company's
original goal was to "create software that would be the platform for
publishing", just as _____ are the basis for all matter”
 FITB.
 The company got its name from a subatomic particle which has a literary
origin. Which book/author?

24. Quark
Finnegans Wake/James Joyce

25. Q11.
 An extract from which company’s official website?
 “From ages past, they have been man’s constant companion and
are seen proudly displayed in Egyptian wall engravings, held aloft by
Buddhist monks in their long journeys into the unknown and in Manu
Smrithi. _________ have always been part of India’s rich cultural
heritage. Lord Krishna , who transformed Govardhana mountain in to
an _________ and Kuchela Brahmin ,who came with beaten rice ,
holding aloft his _________ revel the divine and human longing for a
shady protection . This dream in the heart of man which is along old
as the world itself has found expression in a unique form the
‘_________” that we carry today.”

26. Popy

27. Q12.
 German football manager Jupp Heynckes was nicknamed ______
because his face would sometimes redden under the stress of
matches.
 FITB with a MNC that was founded in 1919 and headquartered in
Munich.

28. Osram

29. Q13.
 A cameo from the 2003 film The Italian Job.
 Who is the guy on the right and which controversial
company was founded by him?

30. Napster
Shawn Fanning

31. Q14.
 Early in the 21th century, two Italian brothers ran a catering service in
Mumbai's Fort precinct, which was popular with the city's European residents. In
1958, the catering service was taken over by the Khorakiwala family.
 In 1971, the company adopted the franchise model of business, with a stated
emphasis on localized production for local tastes. It also models itself on the
"food boutique" concept, focusing on quality, presentation and service.
 Identify the company which is also present in Alexandria, Cairo and Mansoura
in Egypt.

32. Monginis

33. Q15.
 Few years ago,Google announced a partnership with X on the development of
touch-sensitive, connected textiles, known as Project Jacquard.
 The smart fabric is woven with conductive yarns spun from wires and materials
like cotton or polyester. These wires are to pass the signals to sensor
embedded in buttons of the clothing made of this fabric— and they pass along
the impulse to the wearer’s smartphone, tablet or smart watch.
 Which company?

34. Levi Strauss

35. Q16.
 IT was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. All of his experiments
took place in his mother's kitchen.
 Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce
shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit
Smack, leaving only a powder. This powder was later renamed. Perkins moved his
production to Chicago in 1931 and Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953.
 The product was infamously used in a 1978 context and the name is also
present in the title of a work of literary journalism by Tom Wolfe.
 Which product?

36. Kool-Aid

37. Q17.
 In 2018, he launched a brand of rosé, dubbed Hampton Water, with his son
Jesse. The wine made Wine Spectator’s list of the 100 best wines in 2018. It
was the top-rated rosé on the venerable list, a major accolade for such a
young venture.
 He was also the founder and majority owner of the Arena Football League
team, the Philadelphia Soul. He is the founder of an eponymous foundation
founded in 2006, to combat issues that force families and individuals into
economic despair.
 Who?

38. Jon Bon Jovi

39. Q18.
 She had her own line of fashion items, including clothes, handbags, shoes,
and accessories, available in major U.S. and Canadian department stores
including Macy's and Hudson's Bay.
 Her brand was criticized for allegedly copying designs by other
designers, and by PETA and other animal rights activists for using fur from
rabbits.
 In February 2017, department store chains Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom
dropped her fashion line, citing "poor performance.“
 On July 24, 2018, she announced that she shut down her company after
deciding to pursue a career in public policy instead of returning to her
fashion business.
 Who?

40. Ivanka Trump

41. Q19.
 Which movie production company founded in 1999
got its name from these two films?

42. Happy Madison

43. Q20.
 In 1936, he successfully predicted that Franklin Roosevelt would defeat
Alfred Landon for the U.S. presidency in direct contradiction to the popular
The Literary Digest; this event popularized the company and made it a
leader in American polling.
 In 1938, he began conducting market research for advertising companies
and the film industry.
 Who?

44. George Gallup

45. Q21.
 The name came from inventor Walter Frederick Morrison, who originally
considered calling it the Whirlo-Way and the Flyin-Saucer. Within
months, Wham-O decided to rename it the _____, though there’s some
debate over what exactly inspired the new title.
 One story has students of a New England college tossing pie tins around
from the _____ Baking Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Wham-O
president Richard Knerr said the name came from a comic strip called "Mr.
_____,.“
 FITB.

46. Frisbee

47. Q22
 The location was closed in November 1954, no one was quite sure what to do
with it. In 1956 the U.S. government started soliciting bids for for any private
corporation or person that wanted to buy this 27-acre government facility.
 The most lavish idea came from the highest bidder, Sol G. Atlas. Mr. Atlas offered
the government $201,000 and wanted to build a $55 million resort. The
government declined Mr. Atlas’ offer — they thought that the facility was worth at
least $6 million — and the location sat dormant for years.
 Which location?
 Which businessman born in 1944 got his name thanks to this location?

48. Ellis Island
Larry Ellison

49. Q23.
 Every year, Gerber choose the baby who best exemplifies their longstanding
heritage of recognizing that every baby is a Gerber baby.
 The 2018 Gerber baby is Lucas Warren, a 1-year-old from Dalton, Georgia.
 What’s so unique about him?

50. He suffers from Downs’ Syndrome

51. Q24.
 This statue has been damaged and defaced many times since the mid-1960s for
various reasons, but has been restored each time. On April 24, 1964, the statue's
head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the Situationist
movement, amongst them Jørgen Nash.The head was never recovered and a new
head was produced and placed on the statue.On July 22, 1984, the right arm was
sawn off and returned two days later by two young men.
 Which statue?
 The statue was commissioned in 1909 by X who was heading a global giant, who
had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale in Copenhagen's Royal
Theatre. Which company?

52. Statue of Little Mermaid
Carlsberg

53. Q25.
 According to researchers, the name dates back to Philadelphia in the mid-
1960s. The day in question is nestled between Thanksgiving and the
traditional Army-Navy football game that's played in Philadelphia, so the
City of Brotherly Love was always bustling with activity on that day. All of the
people were great for retailers, but they were a huge pain for police officers,
cab drivers, and anyone who had to negotiate the city's streets. They started
referring to the annual day of commercial bedlam as X reflect how irritating
it was.
 What popular term?

54. Black Friday

55. Q26.
 Established in 1996 as Sakai of Miami, Inc. by Nelson Gonzalez and
Alex Aguila, they assembles desktops, notebooks, workstations, and
PC gaming consoles.
 According to employees, the name was chosen because of the
founders' fondness for the hit television series The X-Files, which
also inspired the science-fiction themed names of product lines such
as Area-51, Hangar 18, and Aurora.In 1997, it changed it got its
present name.
 Which company?

56. Alienware

57.  Alienware
 Black Friday
 Carlsberg
 Downs’ Syndome
 Ellis Island
 Frisbee
 George Gallup
 Happy Madison
 Ivanka Trump
 Jon Bon Jovi
 Kool-Aid
 Levi Strauss
 Monginis
 Napster
 Osram
 Popy
 Quark
 Raytheon
 Santiniketan
 Taser
 Umbro/Under
Armour
 Virgin Cola
 Wow!Momo
 Xerox
 Yash Chopra
 Zaha Hadid

58. Thank you 