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Mukunth Booth Virtual Quiz - Questions
Mukunth Booth Virtual Quiz - Questions
QM – Mukunth Raghavan
Format
5
Where would you have seen these women (not exhaustive) and why might
you not see this list extending going forward?
Round 1 Answers - Sushi and Sake
Safety Slide
Gratin, as in Au Gratin
5
Where would you have seen these women (not exhaustive) and why might
you not see this list extending going forward?
Safety Slide
Models for Aunt Jemima ; Name and Image
being pulled on grounds of racial stereotype
Round 2 – Brand Equity
What came out of this conversation, has become an iconic fashion symbol.
Till 2010, there was a waiting time of several years. The strong demand
meant that the product had a massive resale leading to many crimes, and Y
subsequently went on to regret her association with the product. X and Y?
3
What you see here is the Beam Pro, a revolutionary
product that aims to challenge conventional ideas of
remote communication and collaboration.
There are several variations of the drink – one of the relatively less
appealing variations is one that adds milk to the original recipe. The drink
gets its name from a 1980s movie, rather appropriate for this mixture.
Which movie? (5 pts)
Round 2 Answers – Brand Equity
What came out of this conversation, has become an iconic fashion symbol.
Till 2010, there was a waiting time of several years. The strong demand
meant that the product had a massive resale leading to many crimes, and Y
subsequently went on to regret her association with the product. X and Y?
Safety Slide
Hermès ; Jane Birkin ( Birkin Bag )
3
What you see here is the Beam Pro, a revolutionary
product that aims to challenge conventional ideas of
remote communication and collaboration.
There are several variations of the drink – one of the relatively less
appealing variations is one that adds milk to the original recipe. The drink
gets its name from a 1980s movie, rather appropriate for this mixture.
Which movie? (5 pts)
Safety Slide
Johnnie Walker, Jack Daniel, Jim Beam;
Cocktails need to have other ingredients outside of alcohol;
Leonard Nimoy’s Three Men and a Baby (Milk <=> Baby)
Round 3 – Covidon’t
Coincidentally, he was the medical advisor for which 2011 “project”, that
has shot into prominence in Q1 2020 thanks to recent global
developments?
2
Thanks to the Covid situation, NYC Broadway had to cancel all the shows for the
foreseeable future. One of the upcoming shows that couldn’t begin as originally
scheduled, is the revival of a hugely successful play that was first staged in 1962
(and later made into a multiple Academy award winning movie few years later).
The premise involves a college professor and his wife inviting a younger academic
and his wife over for drinks after a late-night party, leading to an evening of sadistic
games, attempted seductions and shattering revelations. Playwright Albee, who
won the Tony Award for this play, spotted a phrase written on a mirror in a public
toilet and found it to be a bland, intellectual joke and decided to use it as the title.
Which play, whose revival might have to now wait a few months?
3
California was completely unprepared for its Covid response few weeks
ago, and medical workers were facing severe shortages of masks, gloves
etc. The situation was somewhat improved in the Los Angeles area, due to
donations of large stocks of these from an unexpected (or in many ways,
an obviously popular) source.
Coincidentally, he was the medical advisor for which 2011 “project”, that
has shot into prominence in Q1 2020 thanks to recent global
developments?
Safety Slide
Contagion
2
Thanks to the Covid situation, NYC Broadway had to cancel all the shows for the
foreseeable future. One of the upcoming shows that couldn’t begin as originally
scheduled, is the revival of a hugely successful play that was first staged in 1962
(and later made into a multiple Academy award winning movie few years later).
The premise involves a college professor and his wife inviting a younger academic
and his wife over for drinks after a late-night party, leading to an evening of sadistic
games, attempted seductions and shattering revelations. Playwright Albee, who
won the Tony Award for this play, spotted a phrase written on a mirror in a public
toilet and found it to be a bland, intellectual joke and decided to use it as the title.
Which play, whose revival might have to now wait a few months?
Safety Slide
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3
California was completely unprepared for its Covid response few weeks
ago, and medical workers were facing severe shortages of masks, gloves
etc. The situation was somewhat improved in the Los Angeles area, due to
donations of large stocks of these from an unexpected (or in many ways,
an obviously popular) source.
In 2006, Bong Joon-Ho had made another movie, his third feature-length
film. The film concerns a monster kidnapping a man's daughter, and his
attempts to rescue her. It won several awards including Best Film at the
Asian Film Awards. What was the name of the 2006 movie – rather
appropriate given it was directed by the director of this year’s winner
‘Parasite’?
2
TV Adaptation (2005) of an iconic New York Times non-fiction best-seller
(2000). Book and author?
3
The lead singer of this band, got the name from studying the play "All My
Sons” by Arthur Miller in a theater class. The play is set in World War II
and is inspired by a true story, wherein the Wright Aeronautical
Corporation based in Ohio had conspired with armed forces inspection
officers to approve defective aircraft engines – this resulted in several
deaths in the Air Force.
The CDC and other public health organizations quickly recognized the cause
and issued warnings urging people especially kids, to stay away from the
source, which in most cases was a certain unconventional pet. If come in
contact, they were asked to thoroughly wash their hands soap and water.
What caused this outbreak? Why might washing hands not be the primary fix?
5
Comedy Central Roasts are typically no-holds-barred events loaded with
offensive humor. But it is not uncommon for celebrity ‘roastees’ to
request certain topics to be off limits. For example, Charlie Sheen wanted
to keep jokes about his mom out of scope. Similarly, William Shatner
asked that the death of his wife not be mentioned.
B) Who prohibited anyone making jokes about him not being as wealthy
as he claimed? (2011 Roast)
Round 4 Answers – Pop Culture
In 2006, Bong Joon-Ho had made another movie, his third feature-length
film. The film concerns a monster kidnapping a man's daughter, and his
attempts to rescue her. It won several awards including Best Film at the
Asian Film Awards. What was the name of the 2006 movie – rather
appropriate given it was directed by the director of this year’s winner
‘Parasite’?
Safety Slide
Host ( <-> Parasite)
2
TV Adaptation (2005) of an iconic New York Times non-fiction best-seller
(2000). Book and author?
Safety Slide
Kitchen Confidential ; Anthony Bourdain
3
The lead singer of this band, got the name from studying the play "All My
Sons” by Arthur Miller in a theater class. The play is set in World War II
and is inspired by a true story, wherein the Wright Aeronautical
Corporation based in Ohio had conspired with armed forces inspection
officers to approve defective aircraft engines – this resulted in several
deaths in the Air Force.
The CDC and other public health organizations quickly recognized the cause
and issued warnings urging people especially kids, to stay away from the
source, which in most cases was a certain unconventional pet. If come in
contact, they were asked to thoroughly wash their hands soap and water.
What caused this outbreak? Why might washing hands not be the primary fix?
Safety Slide
Disney’s Princess and the Frog released;
Kids (and others?) were kissing frogs…
5
Comedy Central Roasts are typically no-holds-barred events loaded with
offensive humor. But it is not uncommon for celebrity ‘roastees’ to
request certain topics to be off limits. For example, Charlie Sheen wanted
to keep jokes about his mom out of scope. Similarly, William Shatner
asked that the death of his wife not be mentioned.
B) Who prohibited anyone making jokes about him not being as wealthy
as he claimed? (2011 Roast)
Safety Slide
A – Pamela Anderson ; B – Donald Trump
Round 5 – R.A.J.A.N
Which Executive MBA ‘07 alumnus of Booth are we talking about, who also sits
on the Board of Trustees at the University of Chicago?
<last name goes into the answer scheme of the round>
2
Booth’s Harper Center has one of the best contemporary art collections in
the world. One of them is an installation in the Concourse level by Allen
Ruppersberg, who is part of the first generation of American ‘Conceptual’
artists that changed the way art was thought about and made. His oeuvre
of work includes paintings, prints, photographs, installations and books,
true to the spirit of ‘Conceptual’ art.
Who is the Booth professor X? <first name goes into the pattern>
Also, who is the NBA player whose pro career X helped kickstart?
4
ATI is an interdisciplinary research group that was established at Chicago Booth
in January 2009. Its primary purpose is to bring together faculty from a variety of
disciplines including behavioral science, economics, finance, marketing,
operations and political science, whose research use mathematical modelling for
understanding phenomena and devising solutions to problems (optimization
frameworks, game theory models etc). ATI conducts weekly seminars during Fall
and Spring quarters that feature internal and external researchers working on
significant topics, and a year-round Visiting Fellows Program that hosts experts
from across the globe for weeklong visits to UChicago to share expertise.
If “I” is Initiative, what does “AT” abbreviate to, something UChicago is reputed
for?
5
According to the two authors, they spent an enormous amount of time
deciding the imagery they wanted to associate with their book and their
idea overall. In order to emphasize being soft, thoughtful and controlled,
they chose to use the imagery of a mother animal gently pushing her baby.
The usage of simple but effective illustrations involving animals to depict
complex phenomena and ideologies is a cognitive bias well within the
book’s subject matter.
What best-selling book’s cover are we describing here, with one author
associated with Chicago Booth while the other spent 27 years at UChicago
Law School before serving in Obama administration?
Round 5 Answers – R.A.J.A.N
Which Executive MBA ‘07 alumnus of Booth are we talking about, who also sits
on the Board of Trustees at the University of Chicago?
<last name goes into the answer scheme of the round>
Safety Slide
Tandean Rustandy
2
Booth’s Harper Center has one of the best contemporary art collections in
the world. One of them is an installation in the Concourse level by Allen
Ruppersberg, who is part of the first generation of American ‘Conceptual’
artists that changed the way art was thought about and made. His oeuvre
of work includes paintings, prints, photographs, installations and books,
true to the spirit of ‘Conceptual’ art.
Who is the Booth professor X? <first name goes into the pattern>
Also, who is the NBA player whose pro career X helped kickstart?
Safety Slide
John Huizinga ; Yao Ming
4
ATI is an interdisciplinary research group that was established at Chicago Booth
in January 2009. Its primary purpose is to bring together faculty from a variety of
disciplines including behavioral science, economics, finance, marketing,
operations and political science, whose research use mathematical modelling for
understanding phenomena and devising solutions to problems (optimization
frameworks, game theory models etc). ATI conducts weekly seminars during Fall
and Spring quarters that feature internal and external researchers working on
significant topics, and a year-round Visiting Fellows Program that hosts experts
from across the globe for weeklong visits to UChicago to share expertise.
If “I” is Initiative, what does “AT” abbreviate to, something UChicago is reputed
for?
Safety Slide
Applied Theory
5
According to the two authors, they spent an enormous amount of time
deciding the imagery they wanted to associate with their book and their
idea overall. In order to emphasize being soft, thoughtful and controlled,
they chose to use the imagery of a mother animal gently pushing her baby.
The usage of simple but effective illustrations involving animals to depict
complex phenomena and ideologies is a cognitive bias well within the
book’s subject matter.
What best-selling book’s cover are we describing here, with one author
associated with Chicago Booth while the other spent 27 years at UChicago
Law School before serving in Obama administration?
Safety Slide
Nudge
FINAL SCORES