BUSINESS QUIZ-21

1)Identify the companies from their base lines:
“Now you know” and “Live in the know”.
Ans.Wiley and The Wall Street Journal

2)What are Noom, Re-Janm and Turqua, and name the company that has created them?
Ans.Virtual worlds found on Godrej’s social networking and gaming website GoJiyo.com

3)This product was originally developed for use in tanks and helicopters by soldiers. It is now available in market under model names such as the Thinker, Rogue, Hero, Ace and Bombshell. Name it.
Ans.Jawbone ICON earphones

4)Who dolled up as Guns N’ Roses rock star Axl Rose in the video his employees put together for their annual employee meeting in 2010?
Ans.Warren Buffet for his insurance company Geico’s annual employee meeting

5)What was the outcome of the collaboration between Namco of Japan and Midway of the US?
Ans.They invented Pac-Man in 1983

6)This term originated in England in 1877 and was derived from a word in Hindi which means “to massage” or “to knead”. What is it?
Ans.Shampoo from the Hindi word champo

7)Who was the first MBA ever to be hired by Salomon Brothers? After being fired later, he revolutionised the investment technology business.
Ans.Mike Bloomberg

8)In the history of product marketing what was the X9 factor?
Ans.Unilever claiming that its shampoos contained the X9 factor. Customers had no clue what it was and were enraged. This forced Unilever to take off the nonexistent additive off its label.

9)Which country issued the world’s first postage stamp made out of cork and why?
Ans.Portugal to honour the country’s cork sector, which is the largest producer of corks in the world