IBQ is happy to present a new Guest Quiz Master Chandramouli Sarkar. Here is a set of questions compiled by him. Here is a mix of questions on Biz-Tech and other subjects.

Question # 1

The person “X” evolved from a successful __________ to a reality television star and turned her/his name into a brand. Licensed “X” products have included board game, steaks, cologne, vodka, furniture and even a clothing line.

 “X” has portrayed himself in cameo appearances in movies and on television including “Zoolander”, “Sex and the City” and “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York”. Now one of the most influential people of the world, once allegedly conned her/his way into the Forbes 400.

Identify X

Question # 2

“Ishan” was only a little, barefooted errand boy, the son of a poor blacksmith. In 1805, at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed to a bookseller for seven years, as was the custom in England, to learn the combined trades of bookbinding and book-selling.

In his spare time, he read works on science, electricity, chemistry, and natural philosophy. He was especially delighted with an article on electricity which he found in a volume of the “Encyclopedia Britannica”, given to him for binding.

A kind-hearted customer, who had noticed his interest in scientific works, offered to take him to the Royal Institution, meet Sir Humphry Davy. Davy once joked that his assistant “Ishan” was his greatest discovery.

Identify “Ishan”

Question # 3.

Colonel Dyer’s (of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre) Dad was a lit guy. It dates back to the 1820s when Edward Abraham Dyer (The dad) moved from England to set up “X”’s first factory in India.

The Scotsman Sir Edward Dyer originally founded the “X” making factory at Kasauli, Himachal Pardesh. This company later changed it’s hand from the Dyers to Meakins.

X tastes like roasted coffee beans and vanilla. “X” can give you a healthy and strong heart. Also, it decreases cholesterol levels in the body.

Identify X

Question # 4.

It was founded in 1884, when Swiss entrepreneur Julius “X” had a vision: to make good-tasting and nutritious food accessible to busy, working families. He invented a dehydrated pea and bean soup, to provide nutritious, easy to prepare food for busy women who worked in factories and didn’t have time to prepare healthy meals. Nestlé acquired X in 1947 and today, more than 120 years later, Julius “X”s ambition of making delicious, quality and nutritious food accessible to all is still thriving.

Identify this famous Swiss Born Brand or ID “X”.

Question # 5

Kibble was founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley, California. It was originally a rent-by-mail DVD service and competed with “Blockbuster”. Users would order the films they wanted on their website, put in an order, and “X” would post them to their door. After renters had finished with the DVDs, they would simply post them back. Rentals were around $4 plus a $2 postage charge. After significant growth, “X” would switch to a subscriber-based model. Once there was a mix up a few hundred received discs full of Chinese pornography.

Kibble is better known as X. Identify X.

Question # 6.

Jonathan Badeen, the Chief Strategy Officer of “X” likes to take the credit for “Inventing the _______”, According to him, the idea for “X” came to him when- “I was getting out of the shower one morning, wiping the mirror because the room was steamy, and I saw myself staring back at myself. Then I wiped the other direction. All of a sudden it clicked. I started thinking about the way I organize photos in real life. It mimics the real world, where you’re able to pick something up and put it over there.”

What did he come up with? And ID “X”

Question # 7.

This is maintained since 1947 by the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the _______is a metaphor for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technical advances.

Question # 8.

Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson are credited with creating ________, but their accounts of the character’s conception differ, each providing their own version of events. Finger’s, Kane’s, and Robinson’s versions acknowledge that Finger produced an image of actor Conrad Veidt in character as Gwynplaine in the 1928 film The Man Who _______ as an inspiration for the character’s appearance, and Robinson produced a sketch for the characters business card.

The character suffers from Risus sardonicus or rictus grin is a highly characteristic, abnormal, sustained spasm of the facial muscles that appears to produce a lip stretch.

Question # 9.

Their debut album this famous band, recorded and mixed in just about 36 hours in October 1968, at Olympic Studios in London, kicked open the door for all extremes and experiments. The phallic image of the blown-up Hindenburg airship on the cover. Branding for this band have Nordic origins as well. The name of this band originated from a humorous conversation among several musicians who thought that the band was going to be a huge flop. And chances were, it would go down like a lead balloon (Hindenburg). Which famous band am I talking about?

Question # 10.

Armalcolite is a titanium-rich mineral with the chemical formula (Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O5. It was discovered by 3 explorers one summer in ’69.  And thus it was named in their honor. The synthesis of this metal requires low pressures, high temperatures and rapid quenching from about 1,000 °C to the ambient temperature. The crystal structure is the same for the ortho- and para-armalcolite. Along with the ores of Armalcolite, Tranquillityite deposits are also found.

Why is the metal named like that/ what’s Special about it?

Question # 11.

I was named after a warehouse owner for my developers company. I first appeared as a carpenter in a game developed by the same industry. I always wear a cap because my creator had difficulty in drawing my hair. My creator is not allowed to bike to work because his safety is too important. My first name is also my last name, I even have my own T.V. show and movies.  who am I?

Question # 12.

Connect 4

Question # 13.

“Leaving Microsoft To Change The World” by John Wood. The order was placed on October 22nd, 2007 (22:24:17, to be exact) and was delivered to Mahbubnagar, a city 150KM outside of Hyderabad. This was a very important milestone for which firm?

Question # 14.

“X” is a global brand and has more than 100 variants worldwide. ”X” originated as a result of difficulties importing into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo. To bypass this, Max Keith, the head of the German division of the company during the war, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including whey and apple pomace. The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith’s exhorting his team to “use their imagination” (a word in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, exclaimed “X!”. Thus “X” was named. ID “X”.

Question # 15.

In Italy, money dealers worked from benches or tables. If a money dealer ran out of money, his bench or table was broken in half and he was out of business. The word had its French equivalent and subsequently made its way into the English language as both a figure of speech and a literal definition of what happened to the affected person.

ID this term widely used term. (Mainly in legal and financial context)

Answers

1. Donald Trump

2. Michael Faraday

3. Old Monk

4. Maggi by Julius Maggi

5. Netflix

6. Right Swipe on Tinder / Tinder inc.

7. Doomsday Clock

8. DC Comic’s The Joker

9. Led Zeppelin

10. The were discovered on the Moon. By Neil “ARM”strong, Buzz “AL”drin, Michael “CO”lins at the TRANQUILITY BASE of APOLLO 11 mission thus the other deposit is named the mineral Tranquillityite.

11. Mario by Nintendo

12. Alfred Nobel (Former US President Obama with Nobel Peace Prize, Obituary for him, TNT formula, Dynamite Invented by Alfred Nobel)

13. The very first product sold on Flipkart

14. Fanta from the German word “Fantasie”

15. Banca (Broken) + Rotta (Bench) = Bankrupt

About the Guest Quizmaster

In Chandramouli’s own words ” I have a penchant for reading, sketching/art and an omnivorous curiosity for the world around me. Growing up as a passionate quizzer, I have been quizmaster for multiple intercollegiate quizzes. 

I am an engineer from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. After a stint with the Tata Group, I am currently pursuing my master’s degree from SP Jain Institute for Management Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.

Linkedin: Chandramouli Sarkar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/csarkar1/)