Weekly Business Quiz #14

1. Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), the global pioneer and leader in e-learning and simulations, launched x, an integrated learning solution for the Indian school education sector. What is x?

2. What’s the world’s 1^st Cartoon Network-themed water-park called? (Launched by Turner Broadcasting System in Thailand)

3. Which Japanese chip maker slipped into bankruptcy recently? (It’s Japan’s only maker of Dynamic RAMs)

4. The Oscar nominated film 'Moneyball' is based on the life of which manager of Oakland Athletics Baseball Team?

5. Name the author of the business management book "The Little Big Things".

6. Which Bollywood actor has been roped in as their brand ambassador by OMRON India?

7. Which company’s tagline is “Digital DNA”?

8. Name the 1^st computer spreadsheet to be invented. It was released in 1979 running on an Apple II computer.

9. “Born to play” is the tagline of ___________.

10. A form of insurance that protects you from capital losses resulting from exchange rate fluctuations- _________.

Weekly Business Quiz #13

1. Marico acquired which personal care brand from Reckitt Benkiser? (This is Marico’s 2^nd largest acquisition in India post the acquisition of the Nihar brand from Unilever)

2. Name the pre-paid card launched by Cafe Coffee Day in a move to increase customer’s engagement with the brand.

3. Aegis Ltd, a global outsourcing services company with over 150 clients, is a 100% owned company of which group?

4. Which is India’s & the world’s largest coupon company? (It has a revenue of 16bn with 4,13,000 employees and presence in 80 countries)

5. Which is India’s biggest rural retail chain, operating 230 stores across 8 states?

6. Name the 1^st ever laundry detergent launched by P&G in 1946. (For 38yrs, it ruled this market)

7. Which is the world’s largest library of original contemporary typefaces?

8. Which Indian brand was created in 1884 when Dr. S.K.Burman launched his health care products in a small Calcutta pharmacy?

9. Who is the founder of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL)?

10. The success of which Indian event (estimated budget of around 5 crores this year) is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study co-authored by Professor Tarun Khanna?

Weekly Business Quiz #12

1. India contracted which French arms manufacturer for the supply of 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft? (It’s India’s largest defence deal worth $11 billion)

2. “Good people to bank with” is the tagline of _____________.

3. Which retail chain's tagline is "Start Something New"?

4. Which travel agency promises a memorable travel with its tagline "Memories Unlimited"?

5. "Whoever wins...We lose" was the tagline of which film produced by Twentieth Century Fox at an estimated budget of $60,000,000?

6. Total, one of the world's major oil and gas groups is based in which country?

7. Name the co. which originally traded in rice called ‘3 stars’.

8. Bibendum is the symbol/mascot of which famous tyre company?

9. Which famous automobile maker’s founder, after whom it is named, had the first name Andre-Gustave?

10. Warren Buffett is the world's richest human. But he owes it all to his teacher ____________ (Clue: He is considered the first proponent of value investing, an investment approach he began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928)

Weekly Business Quiz #11

1. Name the CEO and Founder Chairman of UTV Group. 

2. “Experience certainty” is the punchline of _ _ _.

      3. Who is the newly appointed president & CEO of Sony Corp.? 

4. Who was named President and Chief Executive Officer at Research in Motion in January 2012?

5. Sesa Goa, the country’s largest private iron ore exporter, is part of which co.?

6. Tata Nano plant was shifted from Singur in W.Bengal to which place?

7. The concept of “Poverty Premium” with respect to bottom-of-the-pyramid was     proposed by?

8. Which co. is headed by Tulsi Tanti?

9. The reverse mortgage scheme for senior citizens was introduced under the name of Baghban by?

10. “Drive the change” is the tagline of _____________.