Biz Quiz Meet

29-3- 2013
This cartoon is about something that was in the news a
month or so ago. What?
ANSWER
Marissa Mayer banning work from homes
This man’s father Khwaja Abdul ____ , became a firebrand
nationalist when he was all of 15.
In the infamous Kanpur Mosque incident of 1913, the colonial
police had shot at hundreds of people in a mosque close to
where he lived. The senior _____ was present at the meeting
and barely managed to escape with his life. This first-hand
experience of imperial high-handedness filled him with great
dislike for foreign rule.
After earning his doctorate from Berlin University in 1927, he
returned to his country with the dream to set up an all-Indian
firm which he did in 1935.
He gave the company all his patents and proprietary
knowledge without charging a penny.

Whose father and what firm?

ANSWER
Yusuf Hamied, whose father Khwaja Abdul Hamied
setup Cipla
In 1969, when the Gadgil formula was formulated on Five
Year Plan disbursement, this concept was proposed for the
first time based on harsh terrain, backwardness and social
problems.
Three entities were identified as per this formula at that
time, and over time this number grew to 11.
What happened for the first time in 1969 and why is it
in the news?
ANSWER
Special Category States were announced
Nitish Kumar has demanded Bihar to be deemed a
Special Category State
The Economic Times recently had an article
that was titled “For Infosys, Practice does not
make Perfect”.

What was the reason for the title of this

article?
ANSWER
After 12 years, Infosys changed its PR agency from The
Practice to Perfect Relations
Identify the 2 individuals, what is happening
here and what was up for grabs for the winner?
ANSWER
Stevens Aviation chairman Kurt Herwald won his arm-
wrestling match against Southwest Airlines chairman
Herbert Kelleher in the Dallas Sportatorium in 1992. The
match was called to determine the rights to the slogan,
'Plane Smart' which was being used by Stevens Aviation
for a year before Southwest unknowingly began using
the slogan "Just Plane Smart".
Adam Curry is an announcer, internet entrepreneur
and media personality.
He was earlier involved as a presenter on MTV, before
he moved on to pioneer a form of internet news and
music service which made him very famous.

He is widely credited with a form of downloading

internet information and is hence known by a
term ______, which is a pun on something we
most associate Marlon Brando and Mario Puzo
with?
ANSWER
Podfather, since he popularized Podcasting, which is a
pun on Godfather
ANSWER
Ford Figo, Silvio Berlusconi, Paris Hilton
Why were these objects in the news during an event
that happens every 3rd year and was held in 2013?
ANSWER
Heat stamps used by Unilever to market Lifebuoy on rotis
Talking about a recent decision, Chris Wetherell said
that it was doomed to fail because of various reasons –
because the company never believed in the project.
He’s since moved on and started his own company and
has developed numerous other projects to his credit.
What did Chris Wettherel create?
ANSWER
Google Reader
Ravi Apte, chief technology officer of this organization
recently coined a rosy adjective to talk about the
significant competitive advantage it had.
The adjective directly followed from the fact that the
organization can handle two billion order messages
per second.
What is this organization which is the largest of
its kind and what was the adjective?
ANSWER
National Stock Exchange, largest derivative
exchange in the world ahead of NYSE Euronext and
NASDAQ
Trading at the speed of light
Such boards on the sides of buses for
displaying ads are called Decency Boards. Why
are they called so?
ANSWER
Placed on the sides of open top buses to prevent
men sitting below from staring at the ankles of
women sitting on top.
His claim to fame is not known much except
that he was the recipient of something on a
sunny mid-afternoon in April 1973 from a
person who was not exactly his best friend.
Who is he and what did he receive, from
whom?
ANSWER
Joel Engel, AT&T who received the first mobile
phone call from his competitor Martin Cooper of
Motorola.