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ASPIREED Cell MNIT2k16Business Quiz

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Are you ready for the biggest battle of the wits

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Preliminary Round

One does not simply walk into the main quiz

Give hints on njakak3

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Established in 2015, this is one of the fastest growing smartphone company in India. Recently became very popular due to the launch of Freedom 251, the cheapest smartphone in the world. Which company am I talking about?

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Recently rebranded company, designed by founder.2

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How do we better know the company which facilitates Pay Through Mobile?3

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How do we better know this person? (Hint: He is really good at what he does)4

Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC) is afast food restaurantchain that specializes infried chickenand is headquartered inLouisville,Kentucky, in the United States. It is the world's second largest restaurant chain (as measured by sales) afterMcDonald's, with 18,875 outlets in 118 countries and territories as of December 2013. KFC was founded byHarland Sanders, an entrepreneur who began selling fried chicken from his roadside restaurant inCorbin, Kentucky, during theGreat Depression. Sanders identified the potential of the restaurantfranchisingconcept, and the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" franchise opened inUtahin 1952. KFC popularized chicken in the fast food industry, diversifying the market by challenging the established dominance of thehamburger. By branding himself as "Colonel Sanders", Harland became a prominent figure of American cultural history, and his image remains widely used in KFC advertising.

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______ was started in October 2008 by Shradha Sharma. Shradha lives her life in stories. And believes, every story is unique and every story matters. Since its inception, _______has profiled stories of over 15,000 entrepreneurs, and has provided business networking opportunities to over 50,000 entrepreneurs via our conferences and meetups. We are agnostic to sector and scale, covering entrepreneurs, startups and business ideas from web, mobile, cloud, e-commerce, enterprise to social, green and creative domains among others.6

YourStory (give funding too)10

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The _______ prizes is a parody of ______Prizes and is given out in early October each year for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. The stated aim of the prizes is to "honor achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think". The first awards were created in 1991 by Marc Abrahams, editor and co-founder of the Annals of Improbable Research, and the master of ceremonies at all subsequent awards ceremonies. 9

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__________ was started by Brown and Spiegel as a project for one of Spiegel's classes at Stanford University, where Spiegel was a product design major. Beginning under the name "Picaboo", the two later brought Murphy into the project to code the application. When Spiegel floated the idea in April 2011 in front of the product design class for his final project, classmates balked at the idea of impermanent photos.11

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The slogan of the company is Be You! and shares its name with this fruit.14

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Big Billion day Flipkart Appiness day Amazon Savings day Snapdeal Great Online Shopping Festival ?15

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This company in electronics gets its name from Korean for three stars or tri-star.16

Samsung is a company based in Seoul, South Korea, and as such, its name is purely Korean. Samsung is actually a word made of two parts - Sam and Sung, and each of them has a meaning. Sam stands for three and Sung means stars, so combined together Samsung literally translates as three stars or tristar.20

The Razor/Razorblade business model owes its name to ______, founder of the eponymous razorblade company. The story goes that _______'s idea for creating disposable razors stemmed from his personal experience with a straight razor so worn it was rendered useless. They reasoned - and rightly so - that if he could offer consumers a sturdy, permanent razor supplemented by cheap, easily replaceable blades, he could corner the men's facial grooming market and create a massive, repeat customer base

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In 1943 in Santa Fe, Land was asked by his 3-year-old daughter why the camera that they used couldn't produce a photo immediately. He mulled the question over and was inspired to invent such a device. Then in 1947, Land publicly demonstrated an instant camera, called the ______ Land Camera, with film. The cameras were soon an instant success, selling out during the Christmas season in 1948, and would remain on the market for 50 years thereafter.19

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BEST TEAM NAMESBiz Khalifa - Chetan Sharma and Ansh KathpaliaLes Quizarables Himanshu and Sudhanshu PareekhMeth Lab Einsteins Danish and BennetBribed the Quizmaster Akshay and Shivam GuptaIntel inside, mantle outside Akshay and JonathanSchrdinger's Men-We can and cant Gaurav and Aditya

The Top 6 teams

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RulesThe QMs decision is NOT final. You can argue with him/ coax him or bribe him into giving you extra points. Weaknesses include Chocolates/Share of the prizes. In general words- Tum QM ko kuch bolna mat. Bas setting kar lena.

In case of any doubts, go for the funny answer. It might turn out to be correct.

Risks would be awarded with a higher return.

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Blah Blah Blah.Very long question in which hint would lie in the last line.. Name the person because the QM has asked you.. Who cares anyways6Value of the question ->

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ARE YOU READY!

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This company was an English and later British joint-stock company, formed to pursue trade with the East Indies but ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and Qing China. It was founded by John Watts and has its headquarters in London. Given below is its current owner. Which company?

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He started his business career at age 17. He is the first resident Indian to win the Thiel Fellowship. 2

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Rietesh Agarawal

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"The smile known around the world," it is second only to Santa Claus in terms of recognition. In 2010, the Corporate Accountability International in Boston, Massachusetts suggested he should retire due to childhood obesity. This is one of his first appearances on television. Who are we talking about?

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She has been described as the de facto leader of the European Union. She was also ranked as the world's second most powerful person by Forbes magazine in 2012 and 2015, the highest ranking ever achieved by a woman. In December 2015, she was named as Time magazine's Person of the Year, with the magazine's cover declaring her to be the "Chancellor of the Free World.

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Angela Dorothea Merkel[a](neKasner; born 17 July 1954) is aGermanpoliticianand formerresearch scientistwho has been theChancellor of Germanysince 2005 and the Leader of theChristian Democratic Union(CDU) since 2000.41

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Angela Merkel

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It is a special, temporary alteration of the logo that is intended to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people. The first was in honor of the Burning Man Festival of 1998, and was designed by the founders to notify users of their absence in case the servers crashed.2AUDIENCE!

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She is the star of Indias most popular ad campaigns and one the worlds longest running ad campaigns known for its humour. She is seen dressed in a polka dottedfrockwith blue hair and a half pony tied up. Who are we talking about?6

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X, is a semi-secret research and development facility. X is located about a half mile from its parent companys corporate headquarters, in Mountain View, California. Scientist and entrepreneur Astro Teller (Captain of Moonshots) directs day-to-day activities. The lab started up in 2010 with the development of a self-driving car. While X projects are often referred to as "moonshots" within the company, not all so-described moonshots are part of X. Tell X and its parent company.6

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The _____ Tower is a mixed-use skyscraper located at 725 Fifth Avenue between East 56th Street and East 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Developed by _________and the Equitable Life Assurance Company (renamed the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company in 2004), it is owned by The __________ Organization, and was designed by Der Scutt of Swanke Hayden Connell. The tower served as the location for Wayne Enterprises in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.

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The British secret agent, traditionally known for his penchant for Martinis, shaken not stirred, is set to enjoy one of the Dutch brewers' beers in at least one scene in the 23rd official Bond adventure as part of a reported $45m (28.2m) product placement deal. Craig said the tie-in was a necessary part of the business of making an expensive project such as Skyfall.4AUDIENCE!

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On 10 November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, then the managing director of the _________ Breweries, went on a shooting party in the North Slob, by the River Slaney in County Wexford, Ireland. After missing a shot at a golden plover, he became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe. That evening at Castlebridge House, he realised that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. Beaver knew that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in pubs throughout Ireland and abroad, but there was no book in the world with which to settle arguments about records. Beaver's idea became reality when ________ employee Christopher Chataway recommended University friends Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London. 6

Guiness The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book of all time.[2][bettersourceneeded]It is one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries in the United States68

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Unlike the infamous Colonel Dyer, his father Ed Dyer is much less known. He started making a product in India that everyone would have if they were not aware of the person who started it. The business is now owned by the Mohan- Meakin group. Putting social media rumours to rest, the senior management at Mohan Meakin Ltd told TOI that its popular brand is not going to be taken off market. What am I talking about?4

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Gary Gilmore was a notorious murderer and committed two gruesome murders. He was executed by a firing squad on January 17,1977 in Utah. His last three words have made him a legend in the world of Business and Branding for a company previously known as Blue Ribbon Sports (BRS), was founded by University of Oregon track athlete Phil Knight and his coach Bill Bowerman in January 1964. What did his last words lead to?4

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The brand was launched in 1929 in Kolkata by Gourmohan Dutta, a Bengali merchant. Over the years, the brand's popularity soared, and it became an icon of national economic self-sufficiency in a nation that was still under the British rule. It is still one of the most popular brands in India.

It is a combination of the antiseptic boric acid, the astringent and sunscreen zinc oxide, and the emollient lanolin and is meant to be used for cuts, cracked lips, rough skin, and to treat infections.6AUDIENCE!

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Randolph initially had the idea to start a company that sold something over the Internet, but just didn't know what. The idea came to Hastings when he was forced to pay $40 in overdue fines after returning Apollo 13 (movies) well past its due date. Now one of the biggest internet companies and even started services in India recently. Also a subject of a internet meme. 6

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On April 1, 1996, X took out a full-page advertisement in seven leading U.S. newspapers announcing that the company had purchased the Liberty Bell to "reduce the country's debt" and renamed it the X Liberty Bell". Thousands of people had called their headquarters and the National Park Service before it was revealed at noon on April 1 that the story was a hoax2

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X is an Italian manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products and it is the third biggest chocolate producer and confectionery company in the world.It was founded in 1946 in Alba, Piedmont, Italy by Pietro X, a confectioner and small-time pastry maker who laid the groundwork and famously added hazelnut to save money on chocolate. X is the world's largest consumer of hazelnuts, buying up 25% of global production in 2014.X has never held a press conference and does not allow media visits to its plants and its products are made with machines designed by an in-house engineering department.4

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In 1928, X introduced the "glass and a half" slogan to accompany the Y bar, to advertise the higher milk content. Since 2007 X had a trademark in the United Kingdom for the distinctive purple colour (Pantone 2865C) originally introduced in 1914 as a tribute to Queen Victoria. In October 2013, however, an appeal by Nestl succeeded in overturning that court ruling.2

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P&G wanted to create a perfect chip to address consumer complaints about broken, greasy, and stale chips, as well as air in the bags. The task was assigned to chemist Fredric Baur, who, from 1956 to 1958, created saddle shape from fried dough, and the can to go with it. Their consistent saddle shape is mathematically known as a hyperbolic paraboloid. Their design is reportedly aided by supercomputers to ensure safe aerodynamics while packaging. Name the famous brand.2

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"Dumb ________" as a whole explores the concept of parody law. Fielder describes the laws within the episode as such: "[it] allows you to use trademarks and copyrighted material as long as youre making fun of them." A "frequently asked questions" letter upon the window of the location detailed, in vague terms, its status under copyright law. It stated that the location is operating as an art gallery and is technically "making fun" of Starbucks, calling itself a work of parody art. "The 'coffee' you're buying is considered the art," read the letter. "But that's for our lawyers to worry about. All you need to do is enjoy our delicious coffee! Which famous coffee joint has been the victim of this law.4AUDIENCE!

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X company was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in Billund, Denmark,in 1916. Today it has over 9,000 employees worldwide. Two Danish words were put together to make the name of the company X. Later,it was discovered that in Latin, the term X means "I put together" or "I assemble which was a remarkable coincidence!!Identify X2

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X is an American virtual reality technology company founded by Palmer Luckey and Brendan Iribe. Their first product, still in development, is the Rift, a head-mounted display for immersive technology virtual reality (VR). In March 2014, Facebook agreed to acquire X for US$2 billion in cash and Facebook stock.

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Jaipur based RazorPay became the second India focused startup to be selected for __________, in California. Fast Company has called it "the world's most powerful start-up incubator". Fortune has called it "a spawning ground for emerging tech giants.4

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________ is a Ratan Tata backed rich automotive platform. It has already raised $65 million is trying to expand its presence in other cities. It brings to its readers to-the-minute insights from around the world. Be it a newbie, an auto freak, or a layman in terms of complex car engine and performance terminologies, and is the place where you can read fresh news, and road tests. Started in Jaipur by Ginar Softwares. I am looking for the answer.2

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Today they have a 15 member team, 2 Offices in Mumbai and Delhi and statistically is the 2nd biggest New media Network in the country in the category of Youth Entertainment. Recently they received funding of $10 Million from Tiger Global as was reported on 17th Feb 2016.4

The Viral Feveralso popularly abbreviatedTVFis an online digital entertainment channel. According toArunabh Kumarthe founder of this creative network, the idea behind the launch of the network was to reach out to the younger generation who seldom watch the television to either pass the time or for entertainment.[1]They have created a web series calledPermanent Roommates.[2]The series was the second most-viewed long-form web series in the world at one time.[3]They released their second original series know as 'TVF Pitchers' - a show focused on how engineers working in different companies quit their jobs and start a startup120

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WINNERS

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