BOARDROOM BATTLE

Business

100

• This man co-founded Microsoft.

→  Bill Gates

200

•  This is the term for the total value of goods and services produced in a country.

→  GDP

300

•  An IPO stands for this type of public offering.

→ Initial Public Offering

400

•  This business term describes a situation where a single company dominates a market.

→  monopoly

500

•  This Indian company’s slogan is “Har ek friend zaroori hota hai.”

→  Airtel

GK

100

•  This Indian river is known as the holiest.

→ Ganges

200

•  This planet is closest to the sun.

→ Mercury

300

• The capital of France.

→  Paris

400

•  This metal is liquid at room temperature.

→ mercury

500

•  This country has the most number of official languages.

→ South Africa

English

100

•  This word is both a noun and a verb: to book a ticket.

→ "book"

200

•  The antonym of "joy."

→  "sorrow"

300

•  A word that sounds the same but has a different meaning.

→ homophone

400

• Identify the figure of speech: “Time is a thief.”

→ metaphor

500

•  This punctuation mark is used to indicate possession.

→  apostrophe

Mathematics

100

• This is the value of π (to 2 decimal places).

→  3.14

200

• This shape has six sides.

→ hexagon

300

• The square root of 144.

→  12

400

• A triangle with all sides equal.

→  equilateral

500

• This is the formula for the area of a circle.

→  πr²?

Logical Reasoning

100

At night, they come without being fetched. By day, they’re lost without being stolen. What are they?

→ stars

200

Using only addition, how can you add eight 8s to get 1000

→ 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000

300

A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but her brothers have only half as many brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are there?

→ 4 sisters, 3 brothers?

400

Ravi is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years, he will be twice as old. What’s the son’s age now?

→  10

500

I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

→ echo