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KNOW YOUR QUIZ MASTER
GOWTHAM S
BCom (2022-25)
THE QUIZ CLUB OF PSGCAS

BEFORE GETTING INTO THE BUSINESS:
THERE ARE 20 QUESTIONS
EACH CONTAINS 1 POINT, NO NEGATIVES
THERE ARE INBUILT TIE BREAKERS (STAR
MARKED QUESTIONS)

#1
Elango corporation school, in Shenoy Nagar Madurai was in a
dire state until this billionaire entrepreneur “X”, who is an
alumnus of that school, donated a whopping 15 cr for the
development and the expansion of the school. the whole
renovation process involved setting up of smart classes and
new buildings and a lot more for the students. This billionaire
entrepreneur has also founded a multinational IT company,
and also is an educationalist having institutions in Chennai,
Greater Noida etc. Subsequently he is also an alumni of PSG
College of Technology. Identify the entrepreneur “X”

ANS:
#2
Indian Institutes
of Management (IIMs)

The mascot of Air deccan is
referred to as the “Common
Man”. This common man was
illustrated by Indian Author and
cartoonist R. K. Laxman. This
“Common Man” has also been
brought to the limelight due to
some recent depictions of him.
Where recently could you have
seen the “Common Man”?
#3

Nolan Kent Rhoades, The
founder of this product “X” also
patented this schematic design
of the product under the name
“Writing Instrument”. Later, the
rights of this product was
acquired by a very famous
company “Y” in the year 1953,
who also started to produce this
product under Rhoades’ design.
ID X and Y
#4

ANS:
#4
X- Clicker pen
Y- Parker

Eldorado Mines, a mining company from Canada who
exclusively worked in the Great Bear Lake area in
Canada had found deposits of metals and minerals like
iron, copper, uranium, and cobalt in the vicinity. This
company from the 1930's secured a jackpot of a deal with
The American Military in the year 1942 to supply tonnes
and tonnes of uranium towards a military operation.
And later Eldorado mines was made into a public
company in the year 1944 due to their high demand.
What project did the company supply uranium for?
#5

ANS:
#5
Largest uranium supplier
for the Manhattan Project

Initially known as “Saikai of Miami inc.” this company was
found by Nelson Gonzalez and Alex Aguila. This company
specialized in assembling of Desktops, Laptops,
workstations etc. Due to the founders’ fond of the hit TV
show the “X-files” they changed the name of the company
into _____________________ . Later, in the year 2006 Dell, a leading
PC manufacturing company had acquired this company and
started to produce a line of gaming hardwares under the
same. Now this company is still a subsidiary of Dell and still
their products are being sold. FITB
#6

In the year 2023, “X”
made a “Pre-launch” of
their line of electric
vehicles combatting
global EV monopolies.
This product is the odd
one in the product line
of this company.
#7
The company had also gained global sight due to their extremely low price
listing of their cars. This company’s line of EV’s are also being memed to
explode due to overheating which is the sole problem which the company
is facing in their main product line. Identify the company.

This online site was created by then-18-year-old Leif K-Brooks
in the year 2009. This online site facilitated voice and video
chat with people around the globe. The initial years of the
site was welcomed with a whopping 150,000 users. Brooks,
while stating the reason behind the name of the site, said:
#8
"I was working on a different project before “X” and it kept
breaking due to an error from a third-party service it used.
The error code wasn't documented, and I wanted a name for
it, so I nicknamed it 'error code omega' because it was
apocalyptic. “X” was eventually named after that." Recently,
the site shut down after 14 years of its run. Identify X.

“Smile Pay” is a new innovation
into the field of digital
payments introduced by “X”
bank. This new way of digital
payment even reduces the
need of us to carry any digital
devices with us, but our face.
This payment method uses our
facial biometrics to initiate and
complete the payment. Identify
the “X” bank which intro-d this.
#9

ANS:
#10
Actors involved in Vimal Elaichi’s
ADs / ad ambassadors.

The cajon instrument is a hollow box-shaped Latin percussion
instrument that has been around for centuries but only gained
worldwide popularity in the last few decades. The meaning of the
word cajón in spanish is literally a ‘crate.’ This simple wooden
instrument may also be called a cahon or box drum, although it is
not classified as a drum because it doesn’t have a membrane.
Cajon has increased in popularity in the recent times only. The
sales boom of this instrument was initiated when company “X”
started to specialize in cajon production and later become the
name for it too, like cajon is now majorly identified with the
name “X” instead of its original name. ID the company “X”
#11

This shape is called the Hyperbolic Paraboloid. This resembles the shape
of a saddle and can be easily stacked upon. A company is uniquely and
specifically associated a lot with this shape. ID the company
#12

This meme depicts something
which is prevailing in the tech
scenes. Intel, Apple, AMD,
Qualcomm and other major tech
giants who market their goods as
their own technology but they
actually source their
semiconductors and silicon
boards from this company “X” and
these tech giants do nothing but
merely provide the design to “X”.
Without the company “X” we even
cannot imagine modern
technology. ID this Taiwan based
company
#13

ANS:
TSMC -
Taiwan Semiconductors
Manufacturing Company
#13

Fill in the analogy
#14
ROG, TUF
Victus, Omen
Alienware, G series
Aspire, Nitro
Blade
?
Asus
HP
Dell
Acer
Razer
Lenovo
-
-
-
-
-
-

ANS:
Legion
(all others are respective
gaming laptops of their
brands)
#14

“X” a toy making company had their boy
mascot Mac “X” in their initial logo which
is displayed here. Later the logo went
through a lot of changes and now the logo
of the company is simply a typeface of the
name of the company. In the past year,
the company made a bold attempt to
make the kids who are differently abled to
feel good about themselves by making a
down syndrome version of their signature
“Girl Toy”. ID the company through their
early logo and the description.
#15

These are some interactive
characters who appear in an
educational app. This app has
introduced “gamification” and
“competition” in learning which
has led the app to capture a
vast number of market of
digital education. This app has
been proved to have increased
learners through their
gamification of education.
Moreover, this application has
won the “iPhone App of the
year” in the year 2013. Identify
the application.
#16

Mysore paints and Varnish ltd. is considered to be one of the sole
producer of the Phosphoric ink in the whole country and it also
exports this ink to 30 other different countries due to its long
lasting utility. They use a silver nitrate compound which can stay
in the surface for a long time after usage which is, in general the
sole purpose of any ink. Mysore paints and varnish limited
strictly follow the guidelines given by the Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) as it
exports its ink to multiple countries, and it is also used
exclusively around the whole country. Where does this
phosphoric ink produced by this company majorly used?
#17

“X”, a food brand found a creative solution to the problem of broke cookies by
drawing inspiration from the Japanese art of Kintsugi. This centuries-old technique,
which means 'golden joinery,' involves repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed
with precious metals, adding a new layer of imperfect beauty to a once-damaged
item. Similarly, a campaign by “X” transformed broken cookies into a delightful
experience by allowing customers to repair them with its classic cream filling.
#18

Then america’s most powerful tech
corporation “X” was said to provide
punch cards to the nazi german troops to
identify jews in this book. Although “X”
has not directly denied any evidences in
this book, it has criticised the author’s
research methods to arrive at this
conclusion. This tech company was
dominating the punched card market
during those days as punched cards was
one of the most efficient way to store
and transmit data. ID X / the blank
#19

Namco limited is a japanese game company
headquartered at tokyo, japan. Namco was
founded in the year 1955 and since its inception,
it was one of the major makers of arcade games.
It is the maker of famous titles like Galaga,
Xevious and pole position. In the year 1980's
Namco released a game which was one of their
best ever games, and since its release the main
character based on whose name the game has
been named is the mascot of the company. What
popular game did they release, which made them
to keep it as their mascot since 1980's?
#20

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