Quiz : Business Quiz

Host: ICM, Kannur

Date: 29th June 2011 ( 9 am)

Teams of 2 – Open to Students and Corporates

QuizMaster: Rohit Nair

For more details, call: +91-9656961040

Literate India 2020 aims at nurturing India’s future generations through the spirit of inquiry and innovation – the cornerstone of our Country’s Development.   The Quiz is an annual national event for high school students of class 8, 9 &  10. The Topic for this Quiz is “INDIA”.

For more details, please visit the official site: http://focusindiaquiz.weebly.com

Walmart

Walmart History

Walmart Trivia

Walmart is the largest retailer in the world while Carrefour, Target & Tesco are the other big ones!

Quiz Info from KQA

We will hold ASKQANCE 2011, KQA’s 28th Anniversary Quizzing Festival in two parts during June 2011.

Askqance School and College Quizzes
Date: Sunday 19 June 2011
Venue: St. John’s Auditorium, Koramangala, Bangalore.

The events planned include a Middle-School Championship (Std.V-VII), a High School Championship (Std VIII-X), a Junior College Championship (PUC/XI and XII) and a College Championship (PUC to PG)

Askqance Open Quizzes
Date: Friday 24 June 2011, Saturday 25 June 2011 and Sunday 26 June 2011.
Venue: Institution of Agricultural Technologists, Queen’s Road, Bangalore.

Some Chennai wit called our 2010 anniversary ‘the Woodstock of Quizzing’. On the same theme, another Chennai wag sent us the suggestion that we should call this year’s anniversary ‘a KQArian Exposition of Peace, Love and Quizzing’.

We blenched a little bit and complained a lot about the consequences of exposure to the Cooum. Having recovered, we now undertake to provide the quizzing; those who turn up will have to organise their own peace and love.

The events planned:
June 24th: 1600hrs onwards
History of Ideas Quiz, followed by the Travel Quiz.
Both are for teams of two members.

June 25th: 0930hrs onwards
Open Science Quiz (teams of 4)
Mega-Whats Face-off Semi-Final I
Mega-Whats Face-off Semi-Final II
Open Film Quiz (teams of 2)

June 26th: 0930hrs onwards
Sports and Leisure Quiz (teams of 2)
Sesame–The General Open Quiz (Teams of 4)
Mega-Whats Face-off Final

All of the sixteen teams that qualified for the Mega-Whats Face-off have confirmed that they will be present. Thus, two teams from Chennai, five teams from Bangalore, two teams from Mumbai,and one team each from Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Panaji, Pune, Thrissur and Coimbatore will contest for the title of National Open Quizzing champions.

Do come!

Thank you

Arul Mani

Brand: Godrej

What is Godrej: The Godrej Group is an Indian Conglomerate Headquartered in Mumbai, having interests in real estate, FMCG, industrial engineering, appliances, furniture, security and agri care.

Brands: Good Knight, Ezee, Jet, Hit, Genteel, Cinthol, Shikakai, Swastik, Godrej No 1, Crowning Glory, Protekt, Godrej Shaving Cream, Kesh Kala, Anoop Hair Oil, Kali Mehendi, Nupoor, Renew, Go Jiyo.

Founders: Ardeshir Godrej, Pirojsha Godrej.

History: After two of his ventures burst, Ardeshir Godrej established a Lock manufacturing company in 1897 at a tiny shed in Lalbaug, Mumbai, rented at Rs.20.He began by manufacturing hi-security ‘anchor’ lock on May 7. His brother Pirojsha Godrej joined in 1906, after completing engineering from Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute, Bombay.

Trivia:

1. In 1904, Godrej and Boyce gave the first public test of their fire resistant quality safes at Lalbaug which burned for three hours with paper inside. In 1905, they supplied a safe to her Royal Highness, The Princess Of Wales.
2. Godrej secured its first patent (patent # 15773) in 1909 for spring less lock under the seal of King Edward VII of England.
3. In 1919, godrej launched Soap No. 2. Ardeshir called it Soap No 2 as he hoped to better its quality and thereafter launch Godrej No 1 (1922).
4. In 1951, in the wake of India’s 1^st General Election, Godrej received an order from Election Commission to manufacture 9 Lac Ballot Boxes at Rs. 44 Lac within 3 months. These ballot boxes were dispatched from the railway sliding at Vikroli to different states.
5. Cinthol was launched on 15^th August, 1952 with the world-famous proven deodorant hexachlorophene (G-11). The name Cinthol is derived from Synthetic Phenol: Synth+ol.
6. In 1955, Godrej manufactured India’s first indigenous typewriter, the market for which was dominated by foreign brands like Remington, Halda and Facit.
7. In 1986, Sambhu Anubhawane, a job-typist from Bombay enters Guiness book of world records aftertyping continuously for 123 hours on a Godrej Prima Typewriter.
8. Godrej Washing machine were used on the highways by dhabas to churn Lassi.
9. The group’s original logo, red in color, depicts founder Ardeshir Godrej’s signature in a running hand. This was replaced with a bright rainbow colored cursive signature in 2008. The new corporate identity was created by Interbrand.

Brand: Phillips-Van Heusen

What is PVH: Philip-Van Heusen is an American apparel company, and the world’s largest shirt company.

Brands: Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, Izod, Arrow, Bass.

Founder(s): John M. Van Heusen, Isaac Phillips.

History: The history of Phillips-Van Heusen can be traced back to 1876, when G. H. Bass began his shoe manufacturing company in Maine. Separately, John M. Van Heusen and Isaac Phillips met and formed the Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation. In 1881, Moses Phillips and his wife Endel began sewing shirts by hand and selling them from pushcarts to local Pottsville, Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners. This grew into a shirt business in New York City.

Trivia:

1. PVH placed one of the first ever shirt ads in the Saturday Evening Post.
2. The Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation received a patent for a self-folding collar in 1919, which was released to the public in 1921 and was successful. The first collar attached shirt was introduced in 1929.
3. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh wears Bass Aviation Boots on his historic transatlantic flight from New York to Paris.
4. In 1952, Legendary tennis player René Lacoste partners with the David Crystal company, owner of the IZOD brand, to market a new pique knit. The company’s popularity soars, as an increasing number of celebrities are spotted in these shirts.
5. In 1982, PVH launches Geoffrey Beene shirts, one of America’s top selling designer dress shirts.
6. Vin Draddy acquired the rights to the Izod name in the early 1900s. PVH acquired the brand in 1995. It was followed by the Arrow brand in 2000 and the Calvin Klein Company in 2002.
7. In 2004, PVH Dress Shirt Group expands it license agreements to include MICHAEL Michael Kors, BCBG Max Azria, BCBG Attitude, Sean John and Donald H. Trump Signature.
8. The corporation began making men’s apparel under the Timberland name in 2008
9. On 15th March 2010, Phillips-Van Heusen acquired Tommy Hilfiger for $3 Billion
10. PVH has licensing agreement with brands like Chaps, DKNY, Michael Kors, Donald Trump’s Signature Collection, Joe, Kenneth Cole, Nautica,  Ted Baker.

Brand utch Boy Paint

What is Dutch Boy: The Dutch Boy Group is a world renowned paint manufacturing company.

History: The company was founded in 1907 as the National Lead Company, Dutch Boy is currently a subsidiary of, and is owned and operated by, the Diversified Brands Division of the Sherwin-Williams Company.

Trivia:

1. The company was named after “The Dutch Process” which helped perfect paint quality in 16th century Holland.
2. The boy in the Dutch Boy logo was painted by artist Lawrence Carmichael Earle.
3. Ironically, Michael E. Brady, the nine-year-old boy who became the inspiration for the famous Dutch Boy® trademark, was not Dutch at all, but an Irish-American who lived near the artist commissioned to create the logo.
4. Dutch Boy paint has been used for some very prestigious jobs including: The Hollywood Sign, The White House, The Golden Gate Bridge, Disney World, US Naval Battleships and aircraft carriers.
5. Since 1907, the Dutch Boy logo has changed seven different times: 1917 1947 1957 1967 1977 2000.

Brand: ITC

What is ITC: ITC is an FMCG major, headquartered in Kolkata ,India. The company’s business interests spans Cigarettes & Tobacco, Hotels, Information Technology, Packaging, Paperboards & Specialty Papers, Agri-business, Foods, Lifestyle Retailing, Education & Stationery and Personal Care.

Brands:

Cigarettes: W. D. & H. O. Wills, Gold Flake Kings, Gold Flake Premium, Navy Cut, Insignia, India Kings, Classic (Verve, Menthol, Menthol Rush, Regular, Mild & Ultra Mild), 555, Benson & Hedges, Silk Cut, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol, Lucky Strike, Players and Flake

Foods: Kitchens Of India, Aashirvaad, Minto, Sunfeast, Candyman, Bingo,

Apparel: Wills Lifestyle, John Players.

Personal Care: Fiama Di Wills, Vivel, Superia,

Stationary: Paperkraft, Classmate

Matches: iKno, Mangaldeep, Aim, Aim Mega and Aim Metro.

Agarbattis: Spriha, Mangaldeep.

History: The Company traces its origin to Wills, Watkins & Co. founded by Henry Overton Wills I and his partner Watkins, who opened a shop in Castle Street, Bristol in 1786. After the retirement of his partner in 1789, it became Wills & Co. The company pioneered canteens for the workers, free medical care, sports facilities and paid holidays. In 1830, the company was renamed W.D. & H.O. Wills. In 1901 Sir William Henry Wills formed the Imperial Tobacco Company from a merger of W.D. & H.O. Wills with seven other British tobacco companies.

ITC was incorporated on August 24, 1910 under the name Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited. As the Company’s ownership progressively Indianised, the name of the Company was changed from Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited to India Tobacco Company Limited in 1970 and then to I.T.C. Limited in 1974.

Trivia:

1. The company’s corporate HQ ‘Virginia House’ is located on the plot of land at 37, Chowringhee (now renamed JL Nehru Road), which it purchased on August 24, 1926 to mark its 16^th anniversary.
2. In recognition of the Company’s multi-business portfolio encompassing a wide range of businesses, the full stops in the Company’s name were removed effective September 18, 2001. The Company now stands rechristened ‘ITC Limited’.
3. The Company’s ‘e-Choupal’ initiative is enabling Indian agriculture significantly enhance its competitiveness by empowering Indian farmers through the power of the Internet. It has been chosen as a case study by Harvard Business School
4. In 1975 the Company launched its Hotels business with the acquisition of a hotel in Chennai which was rechristened ‘ITC-Welcomgroup Hotel Chola’.
5. In 1985, ITC set up Surya Tobacco Co. in Nepal as an Indo-Nepal and British joint venture. Since inception, its shares have been held by ITC, British American Tobacco and various independent shareholders in Nepal.
6. In 1979, ITC entered the Paperboards business by promoting ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited, which today has become the market leader in India. Bhadrachalam Paperboards amalgamated with the Company effective March 13, 2002

What is GNU: The “GNU Project” is the project to develop the GNU system . The GNU operating system is a complete free software system, upward-compatible with Unix.

Founded by Richard Stallman on September 27, 1983.

The name GNU is a recursive acronym for Gnu’s Not Unix. According to the official website, the name GNU was chosen “because it met a few requirements; first, it was a recursive acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix”, second, because it was a real word, and third, it was fun to say (or Sing).”

Trivia:

• The GNU manifesto was the first popular publication of the Copyleft concept. Copyleft is what helps maintain free use of this software among other programmers. Copyleft gives the legal right to everyone to use, edit, and redistribute programs or program’s code as long as the distribution terms do not change.
• The Linux kernel was developed by Linus Torvalds using GNU applications
• Richard Stallman’s only computer is a Lemote Yeeloong netbook (using the same company’s Loongson processor) which he chose because it can run with 100% free software even at the BIOS level.
• Richard Stallman has a main-belt asteroid called 9882 Stallman (1994 SS9) named after him. It was discovered on September 28, 1994 by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.
• Stallman chooses not to celebrate Christmas, instead celebrating Grav-mass on December 25. The name and date are references to Isaac Newton, whose birthday falls on that day on the old style calendar.

Brand: Dell

Brand: Christian Louboutin

What is Christian Louboutin: It is a high-end woman’s shoe brand designed by a French footwear designer who goes by the same name.

History: Christian Louboutin, the designer, was born in the year 1963. A prohibiting sign that banned women from wearing high heels to the museum as it would damage the floor was the inspiration behind designing high heel shoes for women. Louboutin began sketching shoes in his early teens.

Christian worked under Roger Vivier before he founded his brand. Louboutin was a freelance shoe designer for some time. He did some work for Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent during the 1980’s. He launched his own company in November 1991 under his own name.

Trivia:

1) Shiny red soles are his signature style. He has even filed an application for U.S. trademark protection of this red sole design. His employees red nail polish was the inspiration behind the red soles of his shoes.

2) His famous customers include Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Lopez, Oprah, Nicole Kidman, Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker.

3) Jennifer Lopez has a song called “Louboutins” in her album “Love”.

4) As brides-to-be required “something blue”, Christina Louboutin shoes were available with baby blue soles for a short time.

5) Christian Louboutin briefly left the fashion industry to work as a landscape designer after his stint with Roger Vivier.

6) Though each Christian Louboutin Boutique is different, each was designed and decorated by Louboutin himself.

7) His red sole design is the inspiration behind the “Louboutin Manicure” – painting the underside of the nail red and the top black.

Date: 19th June 2011

Venue: Pragjyoti ITA Machkhowa, Guwahati

Open Quiz on Games and Sports

About

A sports quiz that will encompass numerous interesting and fascinating facts and trivia based questions from the incredible world sports apart from deciphering some lesser-known and riveting factoids from the lives of some of the legends and icons of Indian and world sports. The quiz will have dry, audio & visual questions and will be hosted by Suvam Pal & Boria Majumdar (Guest quizmaster).

Preliminary Round

A preliminary written round comprised to 30 questions (20 dry, 5 audio & 5 visual questions) to select 8-10 best teams for the final round. There will be a few marked questions which will be decider or differentiator in case of a tie between two or more teams.

Final Round

The final will feature 10 interesting rounds (6 dry, 2 audio & 2 video) with the 8-10 finalist teams. 10 points for each correct answer (both for direct and pass questions). In case of a tie between two teams, there will be tie-breaking questions.

For more details, visit the official site: http://www.sportsquest2011.in/

Brand: Adobe Systems

Carrefour

What is Carrefour: It is a French international hypermarket chain. Headquartered in Levallois-Perret, France,Carrefour is one of the largest hypermarket chains in the world.

Founder(s): Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey

Brands: Atacadão, Hyperstar,  Bairro, Express,  Market, Dia, Ed, Marche Plus, Proxi , Sherpa, Dìperdì, Smile Market, Ok!, Express

Carrefour History 

The first store opened on June 3, 1959, in suburban Annecy near a crossroads . The group was created by Marcel Fournier, Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey and grew into a chain from this first sales outlet. In 1999 it merged with Promodès, known as Continent, one of its major competitors in the French market.

Brand Name: Carrefour literally means ‘Crossroads’ in French.

Carrefour Trivia

1. The founders were inspired by several seminars they had attended in the United States led by “The Pope of modern distribution” Bernardo Trujillo. Their slogan was ‘No Parking. No Business’.
2. In April 1976, they launched a private label Produits libres (free products) line of fifty foodstuffs, including oil, biscuits (crackers and cookies), milk, and pasta, sold in unbranded white packages at substantially lower prices.
3. The retail group pioneered the concept of a hypermarket, a large supermarket and a department store under the same roof. They opened their first hypermarket June 15, 1963 in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, near Paris in France.
4. It opened its first hypermarket in Spain under ‘PRYCA’ banner.
5. It literally means ‘Crossroads’ in French.

What is ACE Quiz 2011
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ACE Quiz 2011 is Asha Hyderabad’s annual fundraising quiz, a battle among the best brains from Hyderabad’s (and beyond!) corporate houses.
ACE has been attracting over 100 participants from various corporate houses of the city for the past five years now and is a regular fixture on the city’s quizzing schedule attracting audiences of over 500 people.  It offers participants a chance to pit their wits against the best and win prizes worth over Rs. 60,000.  The quiz is conducted by Quizerati, a leading group of quizmasters.

Date & Time
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June 18, 2011 (Saturday), 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Venue
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Khemka Auditorium, Indian School of Business (ISB), Gachibowli, Hyderabad

Share the cause
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You can be a part of this endeavour and help us by participating in the Quiz.
* Your company can send in teams for participation in the quiz.
* The Registration Fee for Participation is Rs. 3000 for one team (2 team members). Rs. 2500, if multiple teams.
Participation amount is eligible for 50 per cent tax exemption under Sec 80G of the IT Act.

More Information
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Visit our website at http://www.acequiz.info for more details such as
registration forms, rules, contact information etc.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in
touch with us via email at ace@ashaindia.org or call our volunteers
Giri        99494 74871     giri@ashaindia.org
Jayanti     93939 30802     jayanti@ashaindia.org

Brand : Nivea

What is Nivea: Nivea is a global skin- and body-care brand, owned by the German company Beiersdorf.

History: The Company Beiersdorf was founded on March 28 1882 in Hamburg, Germany by pharmacist Carl Paul Beiersdorf. In 1890 it was acquired by pharmacist Dr. Oscar Troplowitz who had, till then, successfully developed and produced the first technical adhesive tapes along with medical plasters and the first adhesive rubber. NIVEA Creme required the work of three extremely resourceful men – Dr. Oscar Tropowitz, Prof. Paul Gerson Unna and Dr. Isaac Lifschutz - for its development.

Trivia:

1. NIVEA is of polish origin, bought by German investors.
2. In 1909, Beiersdorf had launched Labello. It is the first lip care product in sliding tube packaging. The term Labello is derived from the Latin for “beautiful lip” (labeo = lip; bello = beautiful).
3. After decades of research, Dr Isaac Lifschutz invented Eucerit, which meant that a product was now available which could combine an active substance, fat, with water to give a stable base for ointments. Dr Oscar Troplowitz used this as the base for his new innovation: NIVEA.
4. In accordance with the custom of giving Latin names to pharmaceutical products, Dr. Troplowitz called his snow-white cream “NIVEA”, derived from the Latin adjective “niveus/nivea/niveum”, meaning snow white.
5. Just after invention, NIVEA Cream was sold in a yellow tin. The fanciful decoration of green tendrils reflected a popular artistic trend of the period, Art Nouveau (French for “new art”).
6. The now popular blue packaging was introduced in 1925.
7. The first advertisement of NIVEA was created by the famous poster artist Hans Rudi Erdt who designed the poster “With the Likeness of a Lady” in 1912.

Brand: Pillsbury

What is Pillsbury: Pillsbury is a range of refrigerated and baking products from General Mills

Founder: Charles Alfred Pillsbury, John Sargent Pillsbury.

History: The C.A. Pillsbury and Company was founded in 1872 by John Pillsbury and his uncle John on the bank of river Mississippi. In 1923, the Pillsbury company regained the lost control of Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Company, Ltd. which subsequently was incorporated in 1935 as Pillsbury Flour Mills Company.

Trivia:

1. Charles Pillsbury painted his name on the top of the 196-pound flour barrel, with ail heads around the circumference. As packaging evolved the barrelhead remained, looking much as it does today: a blue and white circle with the Pillsbury name and nail heads in white
2. The Pillsbury Company acquired Burger King, Steak & Ale, Bennigans, Godfather Pizza, Haazen Dazs and Green Giant in the second half of 20^th century.
3. The Pillsbury Doughboy, Poppin’ Fresh, was created by the Leo Burnett advertising agency’s copy writer, Rudy Perz, as he was sitting in his kitchen in 1965, under pressure to create an advertising campaign. It was originally drawn by Martin Nodell (creator of Green Lantern) and brought to life using stop motion clay animation.
4. In 1970s, a Pillsbury Doughboy family was created and sold as dolls. They include—Poppie Fresh (Mrs. Pillsbury), GrandPopper and GrandMommer, Biscuit (Cat), Flapjack (Dog), Popper (Son), Bun-Bun (daughter), Rollie (Uncle).
5. Pillsbury Atta was one of the first brandS in India to offer a toll free number. It was branded Namaste Pillsbury and was operational from 9am to 9pm from Monday through Saturdays.
6. The company was purchased by Diageo in 1989 and in 2001, it merged with its old rival General Mills.
7. The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the Ghostbusters movie is inspired by the Pillsbury Doughboy

Brand: Samsonite:

What is Samsonite: Samsonite is a US Corporation known for its products ranging from large suitcases to small toiletries bags and briefcases.

Founder: Jesse Shwayder

Brands: Samsonite, American Tourister, Lark.

History: Samsonite was founded by Jesse Shwayder, as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company in Denver, Colorado, USA in 1910.

Brand Name Origin: Shwayder named one of his initial cases “Samson”, after the Biblical strongman, and began using the trademark Samsonite in 1941. The company changed its name to Samsonite in 1966.

Trivia:

1. Jesse Shwayder worked as a luggage salesman, selling suitcases made by the Seward Trunk & Bag Company, until he used his life savings of $3,500 to establish his own Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, on 10 March 1910.
2. The business initially made folding card tables and furniture under the “Samson” brand
3. Shwayder, who was devoutly religious, also named his son King David and required all company executives to carry the Golden Rule engraved on a golden band.
4. In 1973, The Shwayder family sold the company to Beatrice Foods, which later sold it to PE firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts in 1987.  Samsonite is currently owned jointly by Citi Venture Capital (CVC) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
5. In 1993, Samsonite acquired ‘American Tourister’, whose most memorable ad campaign featured a gorilla (actually a man called Don McLeod in a costume).
6. Samsonite’s early tagline was “Strong Enough to Stand On.“, which later changed to ‘Tough Luggage for a tough world’. Its current tagline is ‘Life is a journey’.
7. The brand is endorsed by Kareena Kapoor in India.
8. Samsonite also got world renowned businessmen including Richard Branson, to endorse their brand

Brand: Britannia:

What is Britannia: Britannia is India’s leading biscuit manufacturer with an estimated 38% market share.

Brands: Tiger, Marie Gold, Nutri Choice, Time Pass, Milk Bikis, 50-50, Good day, Bourbon, Treat.

History: Britannia was founded in 1892 with an investment of Rs. 295. Initially biscuits were manufactured in a small house in central Kolkata. Later, the business was acquired by the Gupta brothers and operated under the name of V.S. Brothers.

In 1918, C H Holmes, an English businessman in Kolkata was taken as a partner and ‘The Britannia Biscuit Company Limited (BBCo)’ was launched. The Mumbai factory was setup in 1924 and Peak Freans, UK acquired a controlling interest in BBCo.

Corporate History: Kerala businessman K. Rajan Pillai secured control of the group in the late 1980s, becoming known in India as the ‘Biscuit King’. In 1993, the Wadia Group acquired a stake in ABIL, UK and became an equal partner with Groupe Danone in Britannia Industries Limited.

Trivia:

1. In 1921 it Britannia becomes the first company east of the Suez to use gas ovens.
2. The company name was changed to the current Britannia Industries Limited in 1979.
3. In 1989, it moved it corporate HQ to Bangalore.
4. In 1997 BIL adopted a new corporate identity ‘Eat Healthy, Think Better’ and a new mission: ‘Make every third Indian a Britannia consumer’.
5. In 2009, Britannia takes full control of Daily Bread; buys out New Zealand’s Fonterra from existing dairy joint venture— Britannia New Zealand Foods (BNZF)
6. The  Wadia Group acquired stake holdings from Group Danone and becomes the single largest shareholder in BIL.