Business Quiz (business, taglines & personalities)

2. Question:
Which company has come up with
Powermat that will help in wireless
charging of mobile phones ? Select
Starbucks in US will have these.

3. Answer:
Duracell (a division of P & G)

4. Question:
“Live for Likes” is the new tagline for
which e-retailer ?

5. Answer:
Myntra

6. Question:
Which Indian IT services company is
associated with FIFA World Cup with
over 100 staff deployed in 12 venues ?

7. Answer:
Tech Mahindra

8. Question:
Name the travel website where both the
Ambani brothers are investors, Anil first
and now Mukesh.

9. Answer:
Yatra.com

10. Question:
Malcolm Glazer who passed away
recently was the owner of which famous
football club ?

11. Answer:
Manchester United

12. Question:
Who has the trading symbol of KO on
NYSE?

13. Answer:
Coca-Cola Co.

14. Question:
Money plant ATM network of which
bank?

15. Answer:
Karnataka Bank

16. Question:
Jeff Bezos leaves one empty chair in
every conference room – for the most
important person . Who is it ?

17. Answer:
The Customer

18. Question:
“Move fast and break things. Unless you
are breaking stuff, you are not moving
fast enough.” Who said this ?

19. Answer:
Mark Zuckerberg

20. Question:
Which Indian website recently received
the highest number of hits on a single
day ?

21. Answer:
Election Commission of India

22. Question:
X is a collection of short stories published
in 1943 by Indian Thought Publications.
The book was republished outside India in
1982. The book includes 19 stories, all set in
the fictional town, located in South India.
Each of the stories portrays a facet of life in
that town. The New York Times described
the virtue of the book as “everyone in the
book seems to have a capacity for
responding to the quality of his particular
hour. It’s an art we need to study and
revive.” Identify the book.

23. Answer:
Malgudi Days

24. Question:
X is a Swahili phrase that can translated
literally as “no worries”. Its meaning is
similar to English phrase “no problem”
or Australian English phrase “no
worries” and also can be translated to
“don’t worry, be happy. Identify X.

25. Answer:
HakunaMatata

26. Question:
C. K. Ranganathan started this company
with Rs. 15000 and believes in quality
products in small quantities at a low
price. This Chennai based company has
been giving sleepless nights to FMCG
majors. The company targeted the
‘bottom of the pyramid’ with the sachet
revolution and mass marketing in rural
areas. Its most popular brands are Nyle
and Chik. Name the company.

27. Answer:
CavinCare

28. Question:
This is from the memoirs of someone’s wife.
When that someone went to meet his would-be-
wife’s father, he was wearing a bright red
shirt. He told him that he wanted to become
a politician with Communist party and
wanted to open an orphanage (though his
salary was not enough to support his family).
He proposed to his wife saying “I am only 5’4”
tall. I come from lower middle class family. I
can never become rich in my life & I can
never give you any riches.” Nonetheless, she
married him and rest is history. Who is this
person?

29. Answer:
NarayanMurthy

30. Question:
The way in which Frank Robinson wrote
the name of a product was so elegant,
and original, that it was decided to use
his handwriting for the logo of the
product. Name the product that even
today, uses Robinson’s script as its
trademark.

31. Answer:

32. Question:
This word was coined by Deepak Mohani
(IIT K, IIM C), who was rated as India’s
foremost market strategist by many
investors during the 1990’s. This word
gained popularity within a few years.
What is that word?

33. Answer:
Sensex

34. Question:
The very earliest known examples of the
graphic are attributed to Harvey Ball, a
commercial artist in Massachusetts. He
devised the face in 1963 for an insurance firm
that wanted an internal campaign to
improve employee morale. Ball never
attempted to use, promote or trademark the
image; it fell into the public domain in the
United States before that could be
accomplished. As a result, Ball never made
any profit for the iconic image beyond his
initial $ 45 fee. The figure has become iconic
throughout the world. Which figure?

35. Answer:
The Smiley symbol

36. Question:
In 1885, a British businessman sold off
his breweries in Shimla, Rawalpindi and
Mandalay to X. In 1949, Y owned it and it
was positioned as a form of ‘Som Ras’,
‘The drink of Hindu Gods’ and was
named after a chain of English pubs.
What are we talking about?

37. Answer:
Old Monk

39. Question:
Don’t dream it. Drive it.

40. Answer:
Jaguar

41. Question:
The World is Waiting

42. Answer:
British Airways

43. Question:
Faster, Easier, Bingo

44. Answer:
Yahoo search

45. Question:
The Difference Lies In Our DNA

46. Answer:
Biocon

47. Question:
Where do you want to go today?

48. Answer:
Microsoft

49. Question:
Enjoy The Change

50. Answer:
Wills Lifestyle

51. Question:
Journalism of Courage

52. Answer:
The Indian Express

53. Question:
Invent

54. Answer:
Hewlett Packard

55. Question:
Think outside the bun

56. Answer:
Taco Bell

57. Question:
Zindagi ke saath bhi, zindagi ke baad
bhi

58. Answer:
LIC
(Life Insurance Corporation)

59. ROUND -3:
ABBREVIATIONS

60. Question:
TLC stands for?

61. Answer:
The Learning Channel

62. Question:
SAP stands for?

63. Answer:
Systems, Applications, Products in
data processing

64. Question:
YAHOO stands for?

65. Answer:
Yet Another Hierarchical Officious
Oracle

66. Question:
WIPRO stands for?

67. Answer:
Western Indian Products

68. Question:
HTC stands for?

69. Answer:
High Tech Computer Corporation

70. Question:
Wi-Fi stands for?

71. Answer:
Wireless Fidelity

72. ROUND – 4:
IDENTIFY THE PERSONALITY

74. HINT:
(1883-1971) – French Fashion designer

75. Answer:
Coco Chanel

77. HINT:
Oracle Corporation Founder and CEO

78. Answer:
Larry Ellison (Lawrence Joseph
Ellison)

80. HINT:
McDonald Fast Food Restaurant Entrepreneur

81. Answer:
Ray Kroc (Ray Arthur Kroc)

83. HINT:
Playwright, Poet and Novelist

84. Answer:
Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal
O'Flahertie Wills Wilde)

86. HINT:
Amazon.com founder

87. Answer:
Jeff Bezos (Jeffrey Preston Bezos)

89. HINT:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

90. Answer:
Winston Churchill (Sir Winston
Leonard Spencer Churchill)

91. Prepared by : saumya singh
christ university