Great Lakes Business Quiz 2016 prelims

Prelims

1) In early 1940s, which popular term meant the largest of aerial bombs, single bombs capable of destroying a whole city area was also known as ‘cookies’ during the firebombing of Hamburg? 

Ans. Blockbuster

2) 

Ans. Burger King ad

3) Which famous Indian’s fiction book was called ‘The Hotel Rivera’? 

Ans. RK Laxman

4) Which country first introduced tobacco packaging warning messages?

Ans. Australia

5) Identify the author: (Giri: This is probably the only book in which Bipasha Basu and Abhishek Bachchan's remarks have appeared on the front cover) :)

Ans. Raj Kundra

6) What formula is this used for?

Ans. Temple Run scoring formula

7) Which businessman appeared as FDR in the short film '1944'?

Ans. Steve Jobs

8) Which brand named after Nihal & Vijay Kharbanda is the official apparel partner of Bharat FC in i-League?

Ans. Nivia

9) Pasta Gianduja was the first variant of which international brand started by Pietro, a baker in Alba, Italy? 

Ans. Nutella

10) Which company headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany was sued in 1995 by International Olympic Committee in the International Trademark court for their logo? 

Ans. Audi 

11) Russia introduced it in 1704; the US introduced it in 1792. What was introduced in India in 1957?
Ans. Decimalization of Indian rupee

12) Which company started as Kraftfahrzeug Trunkenpolz Mattighofen in 1934 in Austria, but was later renamed when a businessman named Ernst Kronreif invested in it? 

Ans. KTM

13) What co. did the duo start?

Ans. Quora

14) Which term means a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry derives from the title applied by Foreigners to the bosses of Japan in the 18^th century?

Ans. Tycoon

15) Who is the only Indian to have won both the ‘Bharat Ratna’ and ‘Nishaan-e-Pakistan’, the highest civilian award in Pakistan? 

Ans. Morarji Desai

16) Ananda Vikatan’s founder SS Vasan also set up ___________ ___________?

Ans. Gemini Studios

17) Which two word term was first used in Chicago Tribune at Christmas Eve 1986 and meant doing an act specifically for the reason of cheering oneself up? 

Ans. Retail Therapy

18) Which Geneva headquartered organization adopted its abbreviated name in reference to a Greek word meaning ‘equal’? (Giri: Every organisation wants to earn it)

Ans. ISO

19) For which company Evelyn Venable lend her face? (clue: entertainment)

Ans. Columbia Pictures

20) CVC Capital Partners holds the controlling stake of 35% in Jersey based ‘Delta Topco’, the parent company that holds the license the run what event until 2110? 

Ans. Formula One

21)

 

Ans. Silicon Valley TV Series

 

22) Which currency replaced the Indian Rupee in Bhutan from 1974? 

Ans. Ngultrum

23) 

Ans. Nike MAG patent

24) ‘Sarah Whitehead’ also known as the ‘Black Nun’, a woman whose ghost is said to have haunted which famous bank giving the bank its popular nickname ‘The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street’? 

Ans. The Bank of England

25) 

Ans. Survey of India Logo