Mop Bustle 2009 - Prelim

MOP Vaishnav - Bustle 2009 - Prelims 1. Fun question or should I say a question for MOP - What’s the rank secured by MOP in the Business India B-School rankings? 88 2. Once Sarojini Naidu jokingly said “it will cost a lot of X to take Gandhi out of Y” connect it with all hoopla around austerity drive. Money and Poverty (or Poor) 3. The Pursuit of Happyness scene was shown - In which brokerage firm did Will Smith did his internship in the movie? Dean Witter 4. This IT brand’s name is said to be based on the phrase “I Love IT” but originally it derives its name from the name of an amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark. Which brand? IBM Tivoli from Tivoli Gardens 5. Connect George Bush, Chidambaram, Naveen Jindal, Manmohan Singh, Fortis and BNP Paribas from the period Dec 2008 to April 2009 - which led to a phrase Shoe gate , sock and awe or shoe throwing - something to do with shoe was given points 6. A ad of GE shown - who did the art work? Dr.Seuss

7. Logo of McDonalds Drive Thru

8. Manufactured by GD Pharmaceuticals and was given free for all the people on 15th August, 1947. Which popular brand now not so popular... Boroline 9. Which Hindu deity has a human as its vahana? Kubera 10. The chemical equation of Methyl Isocyanate was shown - importance of it in business Bhopal Gas Tragedy 11. The SI unit of Electric conductance is the same as the name of the the company founded by the gentleman (photo was shown) Siemens 12. Logo of Dakkar Rally

13. This old city in India was famous for Diamonds and name became synonymous for vast wealth. - Which old city - shares its name with famous liquor brand Golconda 14. _________ Treaty was made between Arthur C.Clarke and Isaac Asimov on who is the “ best science fiction writer in the world”. A picture clue was given Park Avenue 15. Connect KingFisher, a picture of a graph,Lumiere Brothers, a song , forgot the last clue NDTV - the song was Imagine, profit, lumiere, NDTV-Kingfisher JV for GoodTimes 16. What was the first source of revenue for East India Company in India? Hundi in Tirupathi Temple 17. For the first time in History, Merriam Webster and American Dialect Society have agreed upon a single word as the Word of the Year - 2008. Which word/ Bailout 18. Which company was the sponsor of Durand Trophy till 2006 - there was an extended clue. Mitesh made a mistake of saying it’s a 4 letter word and the question had to be scrapped and be considered in case of tie-break Osian 19. Project Gutenberg is a open source project digitizing books and cultural works. Which is the highest ranked Indian Book? Kamasutra 20. This was a registered trademark of Abraham Gesner and for several years only the North American Gas Light Company and the Downer Company was allowed to use this name for their lamp oil. What? Kerosene

21. An ad for Hard Rock Cafe - not the original picture shown but the fork is important ;)

22. An album cover for shown - parodied on which logo Ferrari

23. Parodied ad of Viagra

24. The Central Excise Tax shed a word in 1996 - it was originally made for that but was removed as it was irrelevant. Which word Salt - it was The Central Excise Salt tax 25. This company was started by Robert Wood inspired by a antisepsis speech by Joesph Lister and was joined by brothers James Wood and Edward Mead in 1885 to form a line of ready to use products. Which company? Johnson & Johnson 26. Which doctor - Walmartization of Health Care - South Indian - Not Prathap C.Reddy Devi Shetty 27. Which company was started by Nathanial.B.Wales in 1916 in Detroit - now owned by some other company Kelvinator 28. What did the Mughals used to wipe their hands after finishing their food - think about another food stuff Roomali Roti

29. SVC - the pictures used in different Rupee Notes in the reverse order 30. What was sold to Ken Bates for 1 pound and led to a legal battle with Marler estates _ not an usual business Chelsea FC 31. It was said that three of four ships sailing from London had consignments - funda about sailors using it - could not get it fully Eno 32. Art work by Pirate Bay as a protest

33. Who was the most employee of a particular Baskin & Robbins store shown in the picture Barack Obama

34. If the gas leaks out of the capsule, it goes flat. Therefore, the ---------- design uses a dense gas, so the gas stays inside the capsule. In US Patent 4219945, Mr. Rudy mentions a large number of possible gases, which he describes as "supergases." Generally, the "supergases" are halogenated hydrocarbons, with the exception of sulfur hexafluoride. The patent mentions ethane hexafluoride and sulfur hexafluoride. as being the best two choices. Since "denseness" is proportional to molecular weight, calculations with a periodic table would suggest that the gas is sulfur hexafluoride Patent of Nike Air 35. if you use the Markov Chains probability theory on Monopoly, which place you are likely to end up? Jail 36. Lenny Kravitz Song - where are you hearing this music for the past one month Aegon Religare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDsHJUKlw2I