Monthly January 2019 (Tata Crucible prep)

1. 31 questions, all on buzzer.
2. Question will be up for pounce if no one buzzes.
3. Buzzer +20/-20, Pounce +10/-10.

1.
■ XY is an American motion picture famous for producing the films Zero Dark
Thirty, Her, American Hustle, and PhantomThread, all of which have earned Oscar
nominations.Company founded by Megan Ellison in 2011.
■ XY is named after Mount X in Nepal. Ellison visited Mount X on a trip to Nepal.
■ Name the motion picture company.

2.This is a picture from a 2018 Pizza Hut pizza box, what is this
picture describing?

3.
■ ‘X’ were introduced on September 7, 2016 alongside the iPhone
7 and Apple Watch Series 2. On December 13, 2016, Apple released the
‘X’ to be ordered online.
■ Since the release of iOS 10.3, users are able to locate missing ‘X’ by
triggering a ringing noise throughApple's Find My iPhone app.
■ Give X.

4.
■ X’s “Omini” logo pictures the silhouette of a man and woman leaning against each
another. It represents the equality of men and women and their mutual support.
■ The logo was created quite by accident during a photoshoot for a bathing suit
advertisement for Beatrix in 1969. The silhouette cast by the backlighting of a man
and woman leaning against one another seems to say something. The idea grew into
what is now the logo for the X and ___ __ X brands and a recognized symbol of quality
and style.
■ Give X.

5.
■ GreaterThan, India’s first and still the only craft gin brand, was created
by two young entrepreneurs who knew only how to manage bars and
about alcoholic beverages.Their company (Nao Spirits & Beverages)
now launched India’s first “Himalayan dry gin”, ‘X’, meaning Juniper in
Sanskrit.
■ Give X.

6.
■ The __ _______ effect is a term used in political science and media studies to describe
the impact of new media and media sources on global politics, namely, reducing the
government and mainstream media monopoly on information and empowering
groups which previously lacked a global voice.The primary example is the effect's
namesake – the impact of the __ _______ Media Network on the politics of the Arab
world.
■ Which media network?

7.
■ What is the business of Cronos a Canadian company where
Altria Group, the maker of Marlboro has invested ?

8. Logo of which international healthcare group?

9.
■ ___________ ______ was established in 1978. Published by Upkar Prakashan based
inAgra, it is a widely read and popular magazine for exams and covers wide areas from
current affairs, economy, geography, history, politics and constitution of India.The
magazine also has an online version, and is published in English and Hindi languages.
■ According to Indian Readership Survey (IRS), with an average issue readership (AIR) of
2.154 million, in 2011 Q2, it topped the list of career/ education magazines in India it
also had a total readership of 5 million, and was the 3rd largest magazine in India.
■ Identify the magazines.

10.
■ In March 1812, a number of prominent Scotsmen gathered in the Royal
Exchange Coffee Rooms in Edinburgh.They were there to discuss
setting up ‘a general fund for securing provisions to widows, sisters and
other female relatives’ of fundholders so that they would not be
plunged into poverty on the death of the fundholder during and after
the NapoleonicWars. ________ ______' Fund and Life Assurance
Society opened in 1815 as Scotland's first mutual life office.
■ Which life insurance and pensions company I’m talking about?

12.
■ ______ is a brand of soap made in India and marketed by the Indian unit
of Unilever. The brand was previously owned byTata Sons.The name
comes from the Arabic/Persian word, which refers to a public-bathing
establishment in the Middle Eastern countries. It was once a leading
bath soap brand in India.
■ Which soap?

13.
■ The ____ logo was designed by George Opperman who was _____'s first
in-house graphic designer.The design is known as "Fuji" for its
resemblance to the Japanese mountain, although the design's origins
are unrelated to it. Opperman designed the logo intending for the
silhouette to look like the letter A as in _____, and for its three "prongs"
to resemble players and the midline of the "court" in company's first hit
game.
■ Logo of which company?

14.
This is logo of a motorcycle and
moped manufacturer founded
in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1929
by František Janeček,who bought
the motorcycle division
ofWanderer.

15.
■ X has a policy of taking a "value-neutral approach," which extends to not
using the word "terrorist" in its stories, a practice which has attracted
criticism following the September 11 attacks. X' editorial policy states:
"We are committed to reporting the facts and in all situations avoid the
use of emotive terms.The only exception is when we are quoting
someone directly or in indirect speech.“
■ Which news agency?

16.
■ It was started in 1952 famously, because then Prime Minister Jawaharlal
Nehru was concerned that Indian women were spending precious
foreign exchange on beauty products and personally requested JRD
Tata to manufacture them in India.
■ Which famous Indian cosmetics brand?

17.
■ Cambridge dictionary has selected ‘nomophobia’ as the
word of 2018. It means ‘fear’ of ?

Ans. Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile
phone or being unable to use your phone.

18. Print ad of which company?

19.
■ XY is a British hotel chain and the UK's largest hotel brand, with more than 72,000
rooms and 785 hotels.
■ The company was established by Whitbread as TravelY in 1987, to compete
withTravelodge.Whitbread bought X Lodge in 2004 and merged it withTravelY to
form the current business.
■ Which hotel brand?

20.
■ X is a form of lottery which originally involved betting on the opening
and closing rates of cotton transmitted from the NewYorkCotton
Exchange. It originates from before the era of Indian
independence when it was known as AnkadaJugar.
■ What is X?

21.
■ On 3 January 2019,The Coca-ColaCompany completed the acquisition
of _____ ______ , UK-based coffee house chain for a final price of
US$4.9bn.
■ Which British multinational coffeehouse company headquartered
in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

22.
■ Which company known for their compatibility and quality was founded
with the temporary name GatewayTechnology, in February 1982 by Rod
Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, three senior managers from
semiconductor manufacturerTexas Instruments with the investment of
$3,000?

23. Identify this logo from the world of cricket.

24.
■ _________ ____ is a consistent visual advertising slogan applied to
depictions of flight attendants of Singapore Airlines (SIA) dressed in the
distinctive sarong kebaya SIA uniform, in use since 1972, and remains a
prominent element of SIA's marketing.
■ FITB.

25.
■ X is sold in 65 mL containers.The ingredients are water,
skimmed milk, glucose-fructose syrup, sucrose, citrus aroma,
and live Lactobacillus paracasei Shirotabacteria.
■ Which drink?

27.
■ Shortly after moving to San Francisco in October 2007, roommates and former
schoolmates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia could not afford the rent for their loft
apartment. Chesky and Gebbia came up with the idea of putting an air mattress in
their living room and turning it into a bed and breakfast. In February 2008, Nathan
Blecharczyk, Chesky's former roommate, joined as the ChiefTechnologyOfficer and
the third co-founder of the new venture, which they name ___ ___ _ _______, which
they later shortend to X in March 2009.
■ Name the company.

28.
■ X is a live video streaming app forAndroid and iOS developed by
Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired byTwitter before
launch in 2015.They started the company in February 2014, under the
name Bounty.
■ Name the live video streaming app.

29.
■ In 2015, X partnered with Apple Inc. to produce the Apple
Watch X, combining Apple's smartwatch with X specially
crafted single tour, double tour, and cuff watch bands.
■ Give X.

30.
■ For its 40th Anniversary in 2008, ___ ______ celebrated the making of
its four billionth car with the production of a diamond-studded model
worth US$140,000. It had 2700 diamond chips, a total of almost
23 karats, and was cast in white gold, with rubies serving as taillights.
■ FITB.

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