BUSINESS QUIZ-18
1. Connect Modern foods, HUL, Wockhardt, Monginis, Switz Group??
Trivia- India's first PSU divestment
Ans.ModernFoods was India's first PSU divestment.It was owned by HUL.
Now it has been bought by Switz group.Wockhardt and Monginis are owned
by Switz group. This group is Middle East based and owned by Mumbai's
Taizoon Khorakiwala.
2.Owner of Mr.Beans Coffee Junction?
Ans. TATA
3.What is unique about Sriram Gopal Raju pharma, Herbo Lab and Divya Pharmacy?
Ans.First Medical Cos to sell products at branches of Post Offices.
4.UMBRO is an acronym for??
Ans.HUMPHREY BROTHERS
5. Who's the largest operator of Duty Free Retail Shops?
Hint: Owner of Autogrill Restraunts.
Ans.BENETTON
6. "Testament of a Furniture dealer" is the Autobiography of which business legend?
Ans.Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA Furniture
7. What is the claim to fame of the Costa Rica based airline Nature Air?
Ans.World's only neutral carbon airline
8. Can u name the only 4 OEM's who manufacture both Cars and Bikes?
Ans.Honda, BMW, Suzuki, Peugeot
9.BeingGirl.Com is the portal by which Company?
Ans. P& G
10. Bangalore based 'Karutari Networks' has acquired Dutch 'Sher Agencies' to become worlds
largest producer of____________ ???
Ans. Roses
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-17
1.Whose product launches have had the code names Cupcake, Donut and Éclair?
Ans.Google’s versions of its Android application
2.Name the oldest legal journal published in India?
Ans.Madras Law Journal established in 1891
3.In which country is Tata Motors launching its Indica electric car before rolling it out in India in 2010?
Ans.Norway
4.What is the name given to a corporate structure in which a number of organisations link together, usually by taking small stakes in each other to have close business relationships, often being suppliers to each other?
Ans.Keiretsu, the Japanese term when translated literally means headless combine
5.The founder of which company in the 1930s worked for the Elka Company before he started on his own?
Ans.Charles Revson, the founder of Revlon
6.The components of this invention that were put together in 1907 by an asthmatic janitor working in a department store in the US, consisted of an electric fan motor, a soap box stapled to a broom handle and a pillow case. Which product and brand was born out of this invention?
Ans.The portable electric vacuum cleaner invented by James Murray Spangler and later sold to WH Hoover who bought the patent and started the Hoover company
7.Who said this about whom: “One of the great industrialists, may God preserve him”?
Ans.Joseph Stalin on Henry Ford
8.Which brand is linked with the origin of the concept instant fashion?
Ans.Zara
9.Whose mascot is Dr Rabbit?
Ans.Colgate toothpaste
1.Whose product launches have had the code names Cupcake, Donut and Éclair?
Ans.Google’s versions of its Android application
2.Name the oldest legal journal published in India?
Ans.Madras Law Journal established in 1891
3.In which country is Tata Motors launching its Indica electric car before rolling it out in India in 2010?
Ans.Norway
4.What is the name given to a corporate structure in which a number of organisations link together, usually by taking small stakes in each other to have close business relationships, often being suppliers to each other?
Ans.Keiretsu, the Japanese term when translated literally means headless combine
5.The founder of which company in the 1930s worked for the Elka Company before he started on his own?
Ans.Charles Revson, the founder of Revlon
6.The components of this invention that were put together in 1907 by an asthmatic janitor working in a department store in the US, consisted of an electric fan motor, a soap box stapled to a broom handle and a pillow case. Which product and brand was born out of this invention?
Ans.The portable electric vacuum cleaner invented by James Murray Spangler and later sold to WH Hoover who bought the patent and started the Hoover company
7.Who said this about whom: “One of the great industrialists, may God preserve him”?
Ans.Joseph Stalin on Henry Ford
8.Which brand is linked with the origin of the concept instant fashion?
Ans.Zara
9.Whose mascot is Dr Rabbit?
Ans.Colgate toothpaste
Sunday, November 15, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-16
1.Which company was started as High Tech Computer Corporation?
Ans.HTC
2.The Milanka Price Index is one of the indices of which stock exchange?
Ans.Colombo Stock Exchange
3.SQUAT, KOREA
Unscramble the above for a twoword name of a brand of an Indianheaded multinational.
Ans.Quaker Oats
4."It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." Legendary ad line of which brand?
Ans.Timex
5.What started in 1871 as the United Fruit Company is today ...?
Ans.Chiquita
6.Which brand recently changed hands from McGraw-Hill to Bloomberg?
Ans.BusinessWeek
1.Which company was started as High Tech Computer Corporation?
Ans.HTC
2.The Milanka Price Index is one of the indices of which stock exchange?
Ans.Colombo Stock Exchange
3.SQUAT, KOREA
Unscramble the above for a twoword name of a brand of an Indianheaded multinational.
Ans.Quaker Oats
4."It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." Legendary ad line of which brand?
Ans.Timex
5.What started in 1871 as the United Fruit Company is today ...?
Ans.Chiquita
6.Which brand recently changed hands from McGraw-Hill to Bloomberg?
Ans.BusinessWeek
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
BUSINES QUIZ-15
1.Which company or brand publishes a bi-annual magazine titled Innovation? This company is looked upon as one of the most innovative in its business.
Ans.Carl Zeiss, the German optics company
2.What’s the term for a blog that appears to be written by an individual, but is actually maintained by a company’s marketing department or public relations firm to push a product or service?
Ans.Flog or flogging (fake blogging)
3.Name the US bank which is opening a branch inside a Dunkin Donuts store. The bank is a part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
Ans.Citizens Bank
4.Nearly 300 years ago, this breed of horses was developed in Scotland. These powerful horses are easily recognised by the long hair covering their hooves. For over 75 years, they served as ambassadors of a well-known American brand. The company also breeds these horses. Name the horse brand and the horse breed.
Ans.Budweiser Clydesdales. Clydesdale is a place in Scotland.
5.Inspired by the book Innovation Tournaments written by Wharton Business School professors which company has joined hands in sponsoring a global innovation tournament?
Ans.Wipro Technologies
6.Who is often referred to as the father of the pill?
Ans.Carl Djerassi, who developed a synthetic equivalent of progesterone, the key ingredient in contraceptive pills
7.Who said this: “I knew we needed a weapon to break through the US market, and it has to be something different, something that nobody else was making”?
Ans.Akio Morita of Sony
8.What is common to Piqqem, a company that leverages the wisdom of crowds, and Apple Computers?
Ans.Both these companies got their angel funding from Mike Markkula Jr, without which they would not have existed
9.What are No Fear Motherload and No Fear Bloodshot?
Ans.Energy drink brands of Pepsi
1.Which company or brand publishes a bi-annual magazine titled Innovation? This company is looked upon as one of the most innovative in its business.
Ans.Carl Zeiss, the German optics company
2.What’s the term for a blog that appears to be written by an individual, but is actually maintained by a company’s marketing department or public relations firm to push a product or service?
Ans.Flog or flogging (fake blogging)
3.Name the US bank which is opening a branch inside a Dunkin Donuts store. The bank is a part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
Ans.Citizens Bank
4.Nearly 300 years ago, this breed of horses was developed in Scotland. These powerful horses are easily recognised by the long hair covering their hooves. For over 75 years, they served as ambassadors of a well-known American brand. The company also breeds these horses. Name the horse brand and the horse breed.
Ans.Budweiser Clydesdales. Clydesdale is a place in Scotland.
5.Inspired by the book Innovation Tournaments written by Wharton Business School professors which company has joined hands in sponsoring a global innovation tournament?
Ans.Wipro Technologies
6.Who is often referred to as the father of the pill?
Ans.Carl Djerassi, who developed a synthetic equivalent of progesterone, the key ingredient in contraceptive pills
7.Who said this: “I knew we needed a weapon to break through the US market, and it has to be something different, something that nobody else was making”?
Ans.Akio Morita of Sony
8.What is common to Piqqem, a company that leverages the wisdom of crowds, and Apple Computers?
Ans.Both these companies got their angel funding from Mike Markkula Jr, without which they would not have existed
9.What are No Fear Motherload and No Fear Bloodshot?
Ans.Energy drink brands of Pepsi
Thursday, November 5, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-14
1.GoldPlus is a brand that belongs to which group?
Ans.TATA
2.'America Runs on ....'
Fill up the blank in the tagline with a brand in the food business.
Ans.Dunkin
3.MY GEM, I SHOUT
Unscramble the above for a twoword trademark that Man & Machine bagged, beating Apple, recently.
Ans.Mighty Mouse
4.Karan Johar is the creative consultant and brand ambassador of which TV channel?
Ans.NDTV Imagine
5.Someone said this recently: "With the blessings of my mother, and invoking the power of Lord Shiva from this most sacred of holy places, I am once again reaching out to ...., and hope and pray that my feelings will be reciprocated." One name has been left out from the quote. Who's the speaker?
Ans.Anil Ambani
1.GoldPlus is a brand that belongs to which group?
Ans.TATA
2.'America Runs on ....'
Fill up the blank in the tagline with a brand in the food business.
Ans.Dunkin
3.MY GEM, I SHOUT
Unscramble the above for a twoword trademark that Man & Machine bagged, beating Apple, recently.
Ans.Mighty Mouse
4.Karan Johar is the creative consultant and brand ambassador of which TV channel?
Ans.NDTV Imagine
5.Someone said this recently: "With the blessings of my mother, and invoking the power of Lord Shiva from this most sacred of holy places, I am once again reaching out to ...., and hope and pray that my feelings will be reciprocated." One name has been left out from the quote. Who's the speaker?
Ans.Anil Ambani
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-13
1.The aggregators and plagiarists will soon have to pay a price for the coopting of our content." Whose recent words?
Ans.Rupert Murdoch
2.Whose new ad campaign has the line ‘You Know When It’s Real’?
Ans.Wendy's
3.Whose 23-yearold son is poised to take over as the president of public agency EPAD?
Ans.Nicolas Sarkozy
4.Recently Nikos Kardasiss has been put at the helm at ...?
Ans.Jet Airways
5.ILL ZEBRA ICON Unscramble the above for a two word name of a fashion company.
Ans.Liz Claiborne
1.The aggregators and plagiarists will soon have to pay a price for the coopting of our content." Whose recent words?
Ans.Rupert Murdoch
2.Whose new ad campaign has the line ‘You Know When It’s Real’?
Ans.Wendy's
3.Whose 23-yearold son is poised to take over as the president of public agency EPAD?
Ans.Nicolas Sarkozy
4.Recently Nikos Kardasiss has been put at the helm at ...?
Ans.Jet Airways
5.ILL ZEBRA ICON Unscramble the above for a two word name of a fashion company.
Ans.Liz Claiborne
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-12
1.Desire, Calgaro, Diya, Kashmi, Maya and Lucera are some of the brands of this company. It has 25 film stars who are its brand ambassadors. Name it.
Ans.Gitanjali Gems
2.A consumer products company’s marketers videotaped men taking shower and were surprised that many used body wash on their hair. This led to the company to introduce a hair and body wash combined product. Name the company and the brand it launched.
Ans.Procter & Gamble, Old Spice High Endurance Hair and Body Wash
3.What was introduced by Levi Strauss on its jeans to help its salesmen identify and count the number of Levi’s jeans at rodeos?
Ans.The tiny red tab on Levi’s Jeans was introduced in 1936 for easy identification
4.The original design for the Volkswagen beetle is supposedly stolen from a non-German company by Adolf Hitler and handed over to Ferdinand Porsche to build it. Identify the company and its nationality.
Ans.Tatra, a Czech company
5.In which product would one find Aero Shake, Jump and Peek?
Ans.Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system
6.Antarctica and Brahma are popular brands of what and are sold in which country?
Ans.Beer brands sold in Brazil
7.Name the law that states: “A social network’s effectiveness grows exponentially with the addition of each new member.”
Ans.Reeds Law, devised by computer scientist Dave Reed
8.Which brand is identified by its signature ‘potato, potato, potato’ sound?
Ans.Roar of Harley Davidson bikes
9.A Swedish advertising man joined hands with the world’s first advertising agency in the late 1970s to create the Chivas Regal of vodkas. Identify the brand and the person behind it.
Ans.Absolut Vodka. In 1978, Gunnar Broman decided to create “the Chivas Regal of vodkas” and he approached the ad agency NW Ayer.
1.Desire, Calgaro, Diya, Kashmi, Maya and Lucera are some of the brands of this company. It has 25 film stars who are its brand ambassadors. Name it.
Ans.Gitanjali Gems
2.A consumer products company’s marketers videotaped men taking shower and were surprised that many used body wash on their hair. This led to the company to introduce a hair and body wash combined product. Name the company and the brand it launched.
Ans.Procter & Gamble, Old Spice High Endurance Hair and Body Wash
3.What was introduced by Levi Strauss on its jeans to help its salesmen identify and count the number of Levi’s jeans at rodeos?
Ans.The tiny red tab on Levi’s Jeans was introduced in 1936 for easy identification
4.The original design for the Volkswagen beetle is supposedly stolen from a non-German company by Adolf Hitler and handed over to Ferdinand Porsche to build it. Identify the company and its nationality.
Ans.Tatra, a Czech company
5.In which product would one find Aero Shake, Jump and Peek?
Ans.Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system
6.Antarctica and Brahma are popular brands of what and are sold in which country?
Ans.Beer brands sold in Brazil
7.Name the law that states: “A social network’s effectiveness grows exponentially with the addition of each new member.”
Ans.Reeds Law, devised by computer scientist Dave Reed
8.Which brand is identified by its signature ‘potato, potato, potato’ sound?
Ans.Roar of Harley Davidson bikes
9.A Swedish advertising man joined hands with the world’s first advertising agency in the late 1970s to create the Chivas Regal of vodkas. Identify the brand and the person behind it.
Ans.Absolut Vodka. In 1978, Gunnar Broman decided to create “the Chivas Regal of vodkas” and he approached the ad agency NW Ayer.
Monday, November 2, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-11
1.Deepika Padukone in 2004 and Preity Zinta in 1997 modelled for which brand?
Ans.Liril soap.
2.The Rolling Stones, Abba, Simply Red, Beyonce, Harley Davidson and Tina Turner are some of its customers… soon it will add the late Michael Jackson to its list of customers. Identify the company.
Ans.Bravado, the world’s leading merchandising company which is a subsidiary f Universal Music.
3.The founder of this multinational company was forced to flee the guillotine in France and on his voyage to the US, he and his family were reduced to eating soup made from boiled rats. They founded the company in the 1800s. Name the company.
Ans.DuPont.
4.Whom did the US House of Representatives recognise as the true inventor of the telephone in the year 2002?
Ans.Antonio Mucci, an Italian inventor.
5.The eight calligraphic strokes it takes to write this company’s name in Japanese is regarded as a lucky number. Identify the company.
Ans.Toyota.
6.Who ran the ad, “Good things come to those who wait, it takes 119.53 secs to pour the perfect pint,” and why?
Ans.Guinness Beer in the UK, in order to stem its losses since its customers could not wait 10 minutes for the head of the beer to settle.
7.Like the row numbered 13 missing in aircrafts, why are there no fourth and 44th floors in most Chinese-owned hotels in Asia?
Ans.The number four is considered the unluckiest number by the Chinese because in Mandarin, four is denoted as Si and sounds like the word shi which means death.
8.Which company introduced green ketchup and what was it called?
Ans.EZ Squirt Blastin was launched by Heinz in 2001.
9.Happiness Factory is the mockumentary of which brand?
Ans.Coca-Cola.
10.Identify the brand of this company that also runs a community relations initiative focussed on supporting families after they’ve adopted a child.
Ans.Jockey.
1.Deepika Padukone in 2004 and Preity Zinta in 1997 modelled for which brand?
Ans.Liril soap.
2.The Rolling Stones, Abba, Simply Red, Beyonce, Harley Davidson and Tina Turner are some of its customers… soon it will add the late Michael Jackson to its list of customers. Identify the company.
Ans.Bravado, the world’s leading merchandising company which is a subsidiary f Universal Music.
3.The founder of this multinational company was forced to flee the guillotine in France and on his voyage to the US, he and his family were reduced to eating soup made from boiled rats. They founded the company in the 1800s. Name the company.
Ans.DuPont.
4.Whom did the US House of Representatives recognise as the true inventor of the telephone in the year 2002?
Ans.Antonio Mucci, an Italian inventor.
5.The eight calligraphic strokes it takes to write this company’s name in Japanese is regarded as a lucky number. Identify the company.
Ans.Toyota.
6.Who ran the ad, “Good things come to those who wait, it takes 119.53 secs to pour the perfect pint,” and why?
Ans.Guinness Beer in the UK, in order to stem its losses since its customers could not wait 10 minutes for the head of the beer to settle.
7.Like the row numbered 13 missing in aircrafts, why are there no fourth and 44th floors in most Chinese-owned hotels in Asia?
Ans.The number four is considered the unluckiest number by the Chinese because in Mandarin, four is denoted as Si and sounds like the word shi which means death.
8.Which company introduced green ketchup and what was it called?
Ans.EZ Squirt Blastin was launched by Heinz in 2001.
9.Happiness Factory is the mockumentary of which brand?
Ans.Coca-Cola.
10.Identify the brand of this company that also runs a community relations initiative focussed on supporting families after they’ve adopted a child.
Ans.Jockey.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
BUSINESS QUIZ-10
1.Dwayne’s Photo is the only lab in the world that still does the complicated film processing of which product/brand? It will continue to do so till the end of 2010.
Ans.Kodakchrome
2.Mahatma Gandhi’s first fast for a public cause during the early 1920s was to help the striking workers of two famous companies. Name them.
Ans.Arvind Mills and Calico Mills
3.Name the world’s first post-graduate research university in science and engineering that will focus only on alternative energy and sustainability.
Ans.Masdar University located in Abu Dhabi
4.Name the founder of the company that was conceived after his wife complained that she couldn’t reach her real estate clients via her cell phone while on vacation in the Bahamas in 1985.
Ans.Iridium, the satellite phone company founded by former Motorola engineer Barry Bertiger
5.With which company are the following linked: Thomas Edison, Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell and the founder of Cornell University?
Ans.Western Union
6.What was founded as the Newton Heath LYR FC during the 1870s?
Ans.Man U or Manchester United
7.The founder of which company said this and about what: “I don’t love it but it will grow on me”?
Ans.Nike’s Philip Knight’s first reaction when he saw the ‘Swoosh’ logo in 1971
8.Which foreign company when it decided to go on its own in the US was called “The advanced car with the backward name”? In its native country, its name when translated into English means Fifty Bells.
Ans.Isuzu
9.What is common to Grasim, Lederle Laboratories and Atul Products Limited?
Ans.They were all established in 1947
1.Dwayne’s Photo is the only lab in the world that still does the complicated film processing of which product/brand? It will continue to do so till the end of 2010.
Ans.Kodakchrome
2.Mahatma Gandhi’s first fast for a public cause during the early 1920s was to help the striking workers of two famous companies. Name them.
Ans.Arvind Mills and Calico Mills
3.Name the world’s first post-graduate research university in science and engineering that will focus only on alternative energy and sustainability.
Ans.Masdar University located in Abu Dhabi
4.Name the founder of the company that was conceived after his wife complained that she couldn’t reach her real estate clients via her cell phone while on vacation in the Bahamas in 1985.
Ans.Iridium, the satellite phone company founded by former Motorola engineer Barry Bertiger
5.With which company are the following linked: Thomas Edison, Samuel Morse, Alexander Graham Bell and the founder of Cornell University?
Ans.Western Union
6.What was founded as the Newton Heath LYR FC during the 1870s?
Ans.Man U or Manchester United
7.The founder of which company said this and about what: “I don’t love it but it will grow on me”?
Ans.Nike’s Philip Knight’s first reaction when he saw the ‘Swoosh’ logo in 1971
8.Which foreign company when it decided to go on its own in the US was called “The advanced car with the backward name”? In its native country, its name when translated into English means Fifty Bells.
Ans.Isuzu
9.What is common to Grasim, Lederle Laboratories and Atul Products Limited?
Ans.They were all established in 1947
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