Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz 2013
Chennai Prelims
1.
Identify the personality
Ans. Sanjeev Goenka, Vice
Chairman, RPG Enterprises
2.
Japanese term adopted by Shigeo Shingo that
means “mistake proofing”.
Ans. Poka-yoke
3.
Very famous automobile giant that advocates use
of original parts. Even as the Indian car industry is reeling under slowdown,
this company’s car sales have grown phenomenally.
Ans. Volkswagen
4.
Name this leather co. listed as COH in NYSE.
Ans. Coach Inc.
5.
Their first book, Across Asia on the Cheap, was
written and published by Englishman Tony Wheeler and his wife Maureen Wheeler
in Sydney in 1973. Identify.
Ans. Lonely Planet Publications
6.
American financier, banker, philanthropist and
art collector who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation
during his time. He saved major New York banks from becoming bankrupt by personally
taking charge, thereby resolving the 1907 crisis.
Ans. J.P. Morgan
7.
_______ is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to
hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence
of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.
Ans. The Streisand Effect
8.
“My word is my bond” is its motto. Identify.
Ans. London Stock Exchange
9.
Name this Hong Kong-based club whose turnover
jumped 12.3 per cent to a record HK$94.4 billion ((€9.27
billion/$12.16 billion).
Ans. Hong Kong Jockey Club
10.
Based in Dallas, Texas, name this intercity bus
service, a common carrier of passengers serving over 3,700 destinations in the
United States, Canada, and Mexico. Along with its flagship Greyhound brand, and
the subsidiary Greyhound Express brand, the company also operates or
co-operates BoltBus, NeOn,
and YO! Bus.
Ans. Greyhound
11.
First appeared in 1884, it contained nine
railroads and two industrial companies that appeared in the Customer's
Afternoon Letter, a daily two-page financial news bulletin which was the
precursor to The Wall Street Journal.
Ans. Dow Jones Industrial Average
12.
First airlines to introduce online check-in. It’s
also the name of the place (Pickbrain: not necessarily a country). The system
was first offered on a limited basis starting in September 1999, and was
available to the general public on selected flights the following month.
Ans. Alaska Airlines
13.
The founders of this co. had their first Free
Cone Day, where they gave free scoops to their local community way back in 1978
- and we've done it every year since! Identify.
Ans. Ben & Jerry’s
14.
The paper's motto, "All the News That's Fit
to Print", appears in the upper left-hand corner of the front page. Its
website has adapted it to "All the News That's Fit to Click."
Ans. The New York Times
15.
_______ began as a family magazine, launched in
1886 by Schlicht & Field of New York.
Ans. Cosmopolitan
16.
______ were introduced to the American public by
the National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco) on March 6, 1912. Porcello held five
patents directly related to his work on this cookie.
Ans. Oreo
17.
Name this imaging company that would have been
humongous in size had leveraged on its strengths (patents). It sold 1,100
digital imaging and processing patents to an organized consortium of 12 tech
companies — Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Fujifilm, Google, HTC, Huawei,
Microsoft, RIM, Samsung and Shutterfly for $525 million. The portfolio was said
to be worth around $2.5 billion, but Kodak settled for the $525 million.
Ans. Kodak
18.
Virgin Chairman Sir Richard Branson drove a _____
(military vehicle) into Times Square and crushed a bunch of Coke and Pepsi.
Ans. Tank
19.
Identify the CEO and majority owner of Semco SA,
a Brazilian company best known for its radical form of industrial democracy and
corporate re-engineering, also the Author of the international bestseller, and The
Seven Day Weekend.
Ans. Ricardo Semler
20.
In 1942 Revolite, then a division of Johnson
& Johnson, originally developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive
applied to a durable cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used as
sealing tape on ammunition cases during World War II.
Ans. Duck tape
21.
Listed as DEO on the NYSE.
Ans. Diageo
22.
Popular youth icon
Ans. Justin Bieber
23.
______ is a fictional cat, and the "evil
director of human resources" in the Dilbert comic strip
Ans. Catbert
24.
“The Reach and Limits of Growth: Economic
Recession, Development and Human Capability” insights by ________.
Ans. Amartya Kumar Sen
