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

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2015 Chennai prelims

1.      John D Rockefeller’s Standard Oil- set up in 1863 to refine oil for what special purpose?

Ans. Lighting lamps

2.      What essential part of celebrations & parades come from the Italian word for “small sweet?”

Ans. Confetti

3.      The ______ ceremony marks the beginning of printing of budget documents of India’s budget?

Ans. Halwa

4.      Farida Khambata – what first in the world of Tata?

Ans. First woman director on Tata Sons

5.      Name the car in India which is also the highest male singing voice.

Ans. Alto

6.      Originally made from buffalo- hide & thread, 1^st worn as early as 13^th century- earlier called Kapashi, Kachkadi.

Ans. Kolhapuri Chappal

7.      Whose co., MPL Communications owns copy rights to more than 3000 songs including Buddy Holly.

Ans. Paul McCartney

8.      Composer of Raag- Darjeeling?

Ans. Niladri Kumar

9.      SJM Holdings Ltd, with 9.7 bn in 2011, followed by LV Sands Corp, and Caesars Entertainment, top 3 cos in which category? (Giri: Focus on LV to get the ans)

Ans. Casinos

10.  Tax literally meaning ‘according to value’ in Latin- based on real estate (clue: 1^st word has only 2 letters)

Ans. Ad Valorem

11.  Euromonitor estimates the business to be $2 bn. 1^st in China, it has an atomizer, LED, battery and vaporizer (Giri: It’s the future of the world)

Ans. E-cigarettes

12.  Business leader, engineer, chemist, scientist, inventor. Founded Nitroglycerin Aktiebolaget AB in Sweden.

Ans. Alfred Nobel

13.  In 1963, who was the 1^st head of government to have appeared in famous Playboy interview series?

Ans. Jawaharlal Nehru

14.  Whose creators envisioned him in a 1933 short story as a bald & telepathic villain seeking world domination?

Ans. Superman

15.  Which brand that was started due to a hit to meat & pie sales. Slogan- Stop me & Buy one.

Ans. Wall’s ice cream

16.  Identify [logo]

Ans. Versace

17.  Famous hyphenated brand – noun & verb. I am stuck on _____ because  ____ is stuck on me.

Ans. Band-aid

18.  First version of what item, used of war – Korean placed it next to telephones to note messages.

Ans. White Boards

19.  Brand owned by Kimberly – Clarke – gets name from St. Andrews Mill.

Ans. Andrex

20.  Bharat Airways (1947), now non-operational, was owned by which renown business house?

Ans. Birla

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2014 Chennai

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2014
Chennai Prelims

1.       French football hero. Ooh Aah ____.

Ans. Eric Cantona

2.       Gene Roddenberry drafted a proposal for the science fiction series and publicly marketed it as a “Western in outer space.”

Ans. Star Trek

3.       Conté grading system is used to measure the hardness of a ______.

Ans. Pencil

4.       Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. Huge name in the world of finance started this famous journal.

Ans. Wall Street Journal

5.       The name of Romanian and Moldovan leu translates into ____ in Romanian language. It’s an animal. (Giri: Some teams wrote peacock, parrot :-) )

Ans. Lion

6.       After gamification, this recently coined term refers to learning resources for people below 12 yrs.

Ans. Kidification

7.       The first of this machine was built for concentration camps in Nazi Germany (1940) built by German companies I.A. Topf and Sons of Erfurt, and C.H. Kori GmbH.

Ans. Crematoria

8.       This company is said to have gone from cars to kitchens.

Ans. Premier

9.       (Ans) Kosher

10.   ____ _____ said that his work in advertising ‘taught me to write like a job. If you have the client coming in that afternoon for his new campaign, you can’t not have it. You have to have it. What’s more, it has to be good.’ Name this world famous author.

Ans. Salman Rushdie

11.   In 1965 this Ford product won the Tiffany Gold Medal for excellence in American design, the first automobile ever to do so.

Ans. Mustang

12.   Print ad. Clue: Two words. H_____ & N_____.

13.   William Scott Pinckney, CEO of which direct selling company was arrested by Andhra Pradesh police recently?

Ans. Amway

14.   (Ans) Chess

15.   This canned foam was in news during the 2014 football world cup.

Ans. Vanishing spray

16.   This Russian, son of a farmer, invented something that is popular in today’s world, especially Pakistan (Giri: Pak was a giveaway).

Ans. Mikhail Kalashnikov

17.   ____ acquired Harlequin Enterprises from Torstar Corporation, the largest newspaper in terms of supply in Canada. (Giri: This business head continues to acquire newspapers across the world).

Ans. News Corp headed by Rupert Murdoch

18.   This big diversified company acquired Bangalore-based Balan Natural Foods B, a natural juice brand, for about 100 crore.

Ans. ITC

19.   Image of Vishal Sikka

20.   Image of Ray Ban print advert- Never Hide