Biz Quiz Me

2012-09-02T17:58:00.001-07:00

Weekly Business Quiz #4

1. Hasbro has a tie up with Funskool India to market its toys and games in India. Name the parent company of Funskool.
ANS. MRF

2. Which company gets its name from a fruit which used to be exported to England from a Moroccan port?
ANS. Tangerine

3. Name the newspaper started by industrialist Vijaypath Singhania of the J.K. Group.
ANS. The Indian Post

4. What does TIMES stand for in the name of TIMES Television, the Television division of Bennett and Coleman Ltd.
ANS. Television for Information, Music, Entertainment and Sports

5. A Bombay based jewellery house launched a range of earrings called H.B. a couple of years ago. Why were they called H.B. ?
ANS. After Henry Blofeld the popular cricket commentator known for his penchant for earrings

6. When Henry Ford died, amongst his last possessions was a test tube. What did it supposedly contain?
ANS. The last breath of Thomas Alva Edison

7. This brand manufactured by Kazuo Tazima gets its name from three words – Machine, Instrument, Optical. Which brand?
ANS. Minolta

8. In which merchant bank did P.G.Wodehouse work for two years?
ANS. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

9. To which company did the shipment of tea destroyed by the American colonists during the Boston Tea Party in 1773 belong?
ANS. The East India Company

10. What was advertised with the slogan “You press the button and we do the rest” ?
ANS. Kodak

11. What is an unrhymed Japanese poem of 3 lines, containing 17 syllables called? It is also the name of an Indian saree range.
ANS. Haiku

12. Honda advertised in the 1960s with the line “You meet the nicest people on a Honda”. Which Indian automobiles advertised two decades later with the same line?
ANS. Kinetic Honda and Contessa

13. Which brand created a sensation by sticking a Ford Cortina to a billboard at a busy junction in London?
ANS. Araldite

14. During Wimbledon 1995 Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played a mock tennis match at Trafalgar Square in London. Why?
ANS. To shoot a commercial for Nike

15. Which Indian brand combined the Coke and Pepsi ad slogans to come up with the line “The real thing is the choice of the new generations”?
ANS. London Pilsner Beer

16. What was launched in 1959 in Kansas by the Carney Brothers?
ANS. Pizza Hut

17. The highest ever wicket partnership in England was between Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes in 1923 against Essex in Leyton. How is this significant to the present day corporate world?
ANS. They scored 555 runs giving 555 cigarettes their name

18. Complete this line “There is but one cup to win, eleven proud people, twelve proud nations, lean to win the cup ________ .
ANS. Share the Magic

19. What food item was patented in 1830 and called ‘Dr. Miles compound Tomato extract’?
ANS. Tomato Ketchup

20. Which Indian clothing brand gets its name from Greek for ‘Circle of Animals’?
ANS. Zodiac

2012-08-05T16:33:00.003-07:00

Weekly Business Quiz #3

1. As per the Economist, which is the busiest airline route in the world for the year 2011?

Ans. Between Seoul and Jeju in South Korea

2. Which co had a nuclear reactor in their office building in New York for 30 years?

Ans. Kodak

3. On what issue the Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson had to quit?

Ans. Inaccurate information given in CV

4. Which brand took advertising into outer space in the year 2001 when a Russian rocket had its big logo painted on it?

Ans. Pizza hut

5. Name the hair dresser who pioneered the ‘Bob cut’

Ans. Vidal Sassoon

6. What is the meaning of the term seignior age in public finance?

Ans. The difference between the value of money and the cost to produce it

7. Which types of biscuits are very popular from Kayani bakery of Pune?

Ans. Shrewsbury biscuits

8. What unique feedback does the hybrid car Honda Insight provides to its drivers?

Ans. Mileage based on the way they’re driving

9. What is the real name of the JP Morgan trader labeled London whale who has caused a 2 bn $ trading loss?

Ans. Bruno Iskil

10. After its split with TATA Motors where has Fiat started its first independent dealership?

Ans. Hyderabad

11. Which MNC seed co is in the eye of the storm between Hindu and TOI started by a P Sainath article?

Ans. Monsanto

12. Who are the Partners of Dunkin Donuts in India?

Ans. Jubilant Foodworks

13. How many failures did Rovio have before they hit pay dirt with Angry Birds?

Ans. 51 failures

14. What or who is a “brogrammer” in Silicon Valley speak?

Ans. A programmer who breaks the usual expectations of quiet nerdiness and calls everyone else a ’bro’. Made famous in the movie The Social Network.

15. Which brand of condoms has signed up Sunny Leone for endorsing their product?

Ans. Manforce condoms

2012-08-05T16:16:00.003-07:00

Weekly Business Quiz #2

1. Which Tech major has launched a new social platform called so.cl?

Ans. Microsoft

2. Name the apex agency in India that gives products Halal certification.

Ans. Halal India

3. As per Jeff Bezos” __________ of the 100 top titles in Kindle today are self published”? Fill in the blank

Ans. 16

4. As per AAI, India has how many airports and airstrips?

Ans. 456

5. Why is Priscilla Chan in the news?

Ans. She married FB founder Mark Zuckerberg recently

6. Zuckerberg delayed taking FB public until he had no choice. What was the regulatory compulsion?

Ans. Publishing quarterly results for over 500 private investors

7. Which. Law states that “for any group of size n, the number of Subgroups that can be assembled is 2 ^ n.?

Ans. Reed’s law

8. Connect the following Between, Path, Familyleaf, and Storytree …

Ans. New online social networks which promote private interactions

9. Connect the Mumbai non-profit Millennium Mams with Warren Buffett.

Ans. 16 ladies from this NGO went to Omaha to listen to Buffett’s AGM speech of Berkshire Hathaway

10. Which Hollywood celebrity has taken Punjab actor Varinder Singh Ghumman as the brand ambassador for his products?

Ans. Arnold Schwarzenegger

11. Which group has acquired a 27 % stake in Living Media, the co that publishes India Today?

Ans. Aditya Birla group

12. Starbucks invites its rivals to Coffee cup Summit at MIT. What do they discuss in that summit?

Ans. Disposal of paper cups

13. Which co as a part of its sustainability initiatives has devised a calculator for calculating the carbon footprint of every package?

Ans. UPS

14. As per the new TRAI guidelines, max how many minutes of advertising time is allowed per hour of TV broadcast ?

Ans. 12 mins per hour

15. Which Indian group has acquired the US based health information co Decision Resources for US $ 635 mn?

Ans. Piramal

2012-08-05T16:00:00.001-07:00

Weekly Business Quiz #1

1. What is unique about The Divorce Hotel?

Ans. They have packages for couples to have divorce during weekend with legal and other services

2. Which American multiplex chain of 5000 screens was acquired by the Chinese group Dalian Wanda for over 2.5 billion $?

Ans. AMC

3. Name the business group of Aike Batista, the richest man in Brazil and 7th richest worldwide.

Ans. EBX Group

4. Name this IIT Madras alumnus who is often called the Canadian Buffett for his value investing skills.

Ans. V.Prem Watsa of Fairfax

5. What was the earlier name of SML Isuzu Limited?

Ans. Swaraj Mazda Limited

6. Why did Zuckerberg marry 1 day after the Facebook IPO?

Ans. Bec California divorce laws says any wealth acquired before marriage cannot be shared

7. What is Grexit in the context of the Euro crisis?

Ans. Exit of Greece from Euro

8. Who has acquired the online marketplace co Ariba for 4.5 Bn $?

Ans. SAP

9. What item belonging to Late Ronald Reagan is being auctioned online?

Ans. A vial of his blood

10. Which Mumbai based group is positioning apartments based on the cars they own, Dadar for BMW and Worli for RR owners?

Ans. Wadia Group

11. Name the Facebook CFO who is being blamed for the IPO fumble

Ans. David Ebersman

12. Which brand of mixie an affiliate of Philips got badly affected bcoz of Jayalalithaa’s freebie schemes in TN?

Ans. Preethi

13. McDowells becomes the 2nd brand to reach 2 Billion $ in retail sales in India. Which was the first?

Ans. Amul

14. Who has acquired controlling stake in Thomas Cook’s India operations?

Ans. Fairfax belonging to Indian American Prem Watsa

15. In which Stock Exchange will Formula One will soon be listed?

Ans. Singapore

2012-05-08T23:58:00.001-07:00

BUSINESS QUIZ; Part 1

1. What is the name of Head Quarters of Tata Group?

Answer: Bombay House

2. India's first steel mill was built by Tata. In which year was it completed?

Answer: 1911

3. About 66% of the Tata capital is allocated by Tata Sons for which purpose?

Answer: Philanthropic trusts

4. What was the first Indian luxury hotel established by the Tata Group?

Answer: Taj Mahal Hotel

5. The Tata group consists of how many companies?

Answer: 114 companies

6. When was the ministry of divestment formed in India?

Answer: 1999

7. Which was the first successful divestment of a PSU carried out by the NDA?

Answer: Lagan Jute Machinery Company Ltd

8. Who were the final three bidders for Balco when it was being privatized? (Bharat Aluminum Corporation ltd)

Answer: Sterlite, Hindalco, Alcoa

9. Who was the first minister for divestment under NDA government?

Answer: Arun Jaitley

10. Under which Indian prime minister were guidelines for the divestment process first laid down?

Answer: Chandra Shekhar

11. Who are the Bretton Woods Sisters?

Answer: World Bank and IMF

12. Who is the President of World Bank?

Answer: Jim Yong Kim

13. Who is the Managing Director of IMF?

Answer: Christine Lagarde

14. Who is WTO Director-General?

Answer: Pascal Lamy

15. When did the World Bank come into being?

Answer: July 1944

16. What was Former Name of World Bank?

Answer: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)

17. Who was the first president of the World Bank?

Answer: Eugene Meyer (18 June, 1946)

18. Which Asian nation was the first to get a World Bank loan?

Answer: India on August 18, 1949 for Railway Reconstruction and Development.

19. When did India sign the World Bank Articles of Agreement?

Answer: 1945

20. Which organization instituted the Nobel Prize for Economics?

Answer: Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden)

21. Who is the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for Economics?

Answer: Amartya Sen. (for his studies in Welfare Economics)

22. How many women have won the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1969?

Answer: None

23. Who is the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics?

Answer: William Vickrey

24. How many times have three people shared the Nobel Prize for Economics?

Answer: Three Times

25. Who was the first governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

Answer: Sir Osborne Smith (April 1st, 1935)

26. Who has been the longest-serving RBI governor?

Answer: Sir Bengal Rama Raju

27. Who had the shortest term as RBI governor?

Answer: A.Ghosh

28. Which RBI governor has written Indian Economy: Essays on Money and Finance?

Answer: Dr C Rangarajan

29. Who was the first Indian to become the RBI governor?

Answer: Sir Chintaman D Deshmukh

30. Which brand of scooter when translated into Italian means 'wasp'?

Answer: Vespa

31. Which popular car audio system company's name when translated into German means 'blue point'?

Answer: Blaupunkt

32. Which brand name is derived from the word 'polar' suggesting coolness?

Answer: Polo

33. When translated in Korean what does Daewoo mean?

Answer: Great Universe

34. With a presence in 27 countries, the name of which company means 'three oceans?'

Answer: Sanyo

35. Which was the first private mutual fund company in India?

Answer: Kothari Pioneer (1993)

36. Samir Arora, who was banned by the Securities and Exchange Board of India, was a part of which mutual fund?

Answer: Alliance Capital

37. Which was the first public sector mutual fund to be set up after the Unit Trust of India?

Answer: SBI Mutual Fund

38. HDFC Standard Life Mutual Fund recently bought out which of its competitors?

Answer: Zurich India Mutual Fund

39. Which is the official advertising agency of the Indian government?

Answer: Directorate of Audio Visual Publicity

40. Which ad agency manages the career of cricket star Yuvraj Singh?

Answer: Percept D'Mark

41. Which Indian biscuit brand is the single largest selling biscuit in the world in its segment?

Answer: Parle G

42. The late television star and actress, Priya Tendulkar, used to endorse which brand of biscuits?

Answer: Priya Gold

43. Which biscuit company was associated with the TV program, Kaun Banega Crorepati?

Answer: Britannia Industries

44. Which was the first Indian bank to open an international branch and where?

Answer: Bank of India in London

45. Which bank was founded in 1906 at the temple town of Udupi and is today among one of India's largest banks?

Answer: Corporation Bank

46. When were banks in India nationalized?

Answer: 1969

47. Rana Talwar, who is now the head of Sabre Capital, was formerly the CEO of which bank?

Answer: Standard Chartered Plc

48. Who is behind the current Wipro, Britannia, Marico and Lakme logos?

Answer: Shombit Sengupta

49. Who was the first Indian actress to model for Lux soap?

Answer: Leela Chitnis

50. What do you call a stock market trend that is neither bullish nor bearish?

Answer: Chicken market

2012-05-07T20:51:00.001-07:00

COMPUTER/IT BUSINESS QUIZ

1. When carly fiorina joined hp, she started the campaign to renovate its

Image. What exactly did she do?

Ans. It was a video campaign showing the garage where Hewlett& Packard first made

the oscillator and then showing her in front of it.

2. What were bill gates and Paul Allen’s sat score?

Ans. Paul Allen: 1600, which was considered perfect. Bill gate: 1590

3. Which school did Larry Ellison go to? When did he start oracle?

Ans. Ellison went to university of Chicago, dropped out after one semester. Also had gone to uic, dropped out from there too... Oracle started of a CIA project in 1977. Ellison was 33 then. Oracle – 1978

4. Who founded adobe along with john and when?

Ans. December 1982, john Warnock and Charles geschke

5. ‘corporated incorporated' and 'limited unlimited' were names considered but not adopted. What was finally adopted?

Ans. Microsoft

6. What was hp's first product? When?

Ans. Audio oscillator (1938)

7. What is the old name of 3i InfoTech?

Ans. ICICI InfoTech is the old name

8. Which online matrimony site was founded by j. Murugavel, who himself found his wife through the internet.

Ans. Bharatmatrimony.com

9. New Mac os introduced by apple?

Ans. Os x mountain lion

10. What was IBM nicknamed as in 1960's? Why?

Ans. Big blue, due to its big size and blue color. Also the color of the employees’ uniform was of blue color and they seemed to be present at most of the places.

11. Founder of 6-sigma methodology?

Ans. Motorola - actually brought in the practice. Ge - developed and established it professionally.

12. Hewlett & Packard, the founders, were very particular about the quality to be

Perfect. When Carly Fiorina was hired, she changed that to..... (give name of what it is called)

Ans. Adopt and go. Keep the winners and ditch the losers.

13. Hp - Compaq merger was challenged in court by one of the largest shareholders of hp, who was the guy? (He lost the case)

Ans. Walter Hewlett, son of bill Hewlett

14. What was Accenture previously known as??

Ans. Andersen consulting

15. What is the name of the annual newsletter that Microsoft publishes?

Ans. 10 great mistakes that Microsoft did

16. Expand Wipro.

Ans. Western India products limited

17. Hp developed a programming language as competitor to java. What did they name it?

Ans. Hp chai

18. Which university did bill gates drop out before establishing Microsoft?

Ans. Harvard

19. What is the full form of yahoo?

Ans. Yet another hierarchical officious oracle

20. What was the first name of Google? Why was it changed?

Ans. It was formed under the name googol. However the first contract cheque that the founders received was for Google. From then the company is known as Google.

21. Which is the largest and 2nd largest bpo in India?

Ans. Genpact is the largest and then comes tcs’s bpo

22. Whose designed computer in garage took the world by storm?

Ans. Steve jobs, Steve wozniak

23. Which country has the domain name ".ch"?

Ans. Switzerland

24. When MIT graduate Ray Tomlinson showed his invention to one of his

Colleagues he also told him: "don’t tell anyone i did this! This is not what we

Are supposed to be working on." what did Ray Tomlinson invent?

Ans. Email... [Ray Tomlinson invented email and popularized the '@' sign for email addresses.]

25. Connect: Microsoft, Garry kasparov & Irina krush.

Ans. World internet chess championship [in 1999, a 'kasparov vs. The world'

Chess match was held on msn.com. Although anybody in the world could

Suggest a move; literally the entire world went by teenage prodigy Irina krush's

(15 yrs.) Choice of moves.]

26. Which famous software personality once admitted on the David Letterman?

Show in the us that he modified his school time-table program so that all

Girls would be in his class at any given time?

Ans. Bill gates

27. What major technology was developed by European telecom major Ericsson in 1999? How did the technology get its name?

Ans. Blue tooth. Ericsson named the technology after Danish king herald blatand, better known as harald blue tooth. The king gad a great desire for blueberries due to which His teeth would always remain blue & hence the nickname.

28. Which internet term originally meant "harmless, creative fun"?

Ans. Hacking

29. Which Indian started his company on 3rd floor apartment at 10 st Paul Street?

Cambridge Massachusetts? His wife was his first employee and the year was 1972.

Ans. Narendra k patni (patni computer systems)

30. Infosys has decided to make a public offering without listing in----

Ans. Japan

31. Which computer firm also manufactured clocks?

Ans. IBM

32. What is the full form of Intel?

Ans. Integrated electronics

33. Which Indian played a lead role in the development of the Pentium chip for Intel and the k6 chip for AMD?

Ans. Vinod dham

34. According to cnn, internet, cell phone, pc and fiber optics come at 1, 2, 3, 4 in the top 25 innovations in the technical world. Which innovation occupies the 5th position?

Ans. E-mail

35. What was coined on June 12, 1995 in an e-mail sent by a 52-year old?

Massachusetts programmer named David eddy. He later said, "People were calling it cdc and faddle. There were other contenders. It just came off my fingertips." what am I referring to?

Ans. Y2K

36. Addition of “n”; in the European version of windows xp; i.e. Xpn signifies

Ans. It means not included with windows media player.

37. Which Indian businessman was part of the design team at Intel that designed the Intel 80486 microprocessor?

Ans. Rajeev Chandrasekhar of BPL

2012-05-06T19:24:00.001-07:00

HOW FAMOUS COMPANIES GOT THEIR NAMES

2012-05-06T02:55:00.001-07:00

INTERNATIONAL BISINESS QUIZ

1. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MUTUAL FUND COMPANY?
ANS. VANGUARD

2. NAME THE CEO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING 3G MOBILE PHONES IN THE MARKET.
HINT: THE COMPANY IS VODAFONE.
ANS. PAUL DONOVAN

3. FORMER NAME OF EXXON MOBIL? WHO OWNED IT? WHAT WAS THE PARENT COMPANY'S NAME??
ANS. PREVIOUS COMPANY: STANDARD OIL AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN ORDER
PARENT COMPANY: ESSO

4. WHICH TOP BSCHOOL REJECTED WARREN BUFFETT AND WHY? WHICH ONE ACCEPTED?
ANS. HARVARD (BECAUSE HE WAS TOO YOUNG) ACCEPTED BY COLUMBIA

5. WHERE WAS THE FIRST STOCK EXCHANGE ESTABLISHED?
ANS. 1531. IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM

6. WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATION BILL?
ANS. THE APPROPRIATION BILL IS THE GREEN SIGNAL TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUND TO PAY OFF EXPENSES...

7. WHAT IS CALPERS?
ANS. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PENSIONERS- ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTORS THE WORLD OVER AS THEY HANDLE THE PENSION MONEY OF ALL CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES

8. WHAT IS A GOLDEN PARACHUTE?
ANS. IT’S DONE SPECIFICALLY KEEPING IN MIND MERGERS OR TAKEOVER OF THE CO. I.E. IF THE CO. IS
TO BE MERGED OR TAKEN OVER THE CEO MAY NOT KEEP HIS JOB SO IN HIS CONTRACT THERE IS A PROVISION FOR HIS FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT IN SUCH A CASE

9. WHAT WAS VISA INTERNATIONAL KNOWN AS BEFORE 1976?
ANS. BANKAMERICA CARD

10. ANOTHER BIG WIG, HAD SHOWN A RABBIT UNDER CROSSHAIR WITH AD LINE: WE R GOING
RABBIT HUNTING. WHICH COMP ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
ANS. PENTHOUSE

11. WHAT REDOUBTABLE SWISS WATCHMAKER MARKETS A RANGE OF METAL-CASED WATCHES
UNDER A CLEVER AND IRONIC NAME OF "IRONY"?
ANS. SWATCH

12. WHAT DID THE BUTTONWOOD AGREEMENT (1811) LEAD TO?
ANS. NYSE WAS FORMED BECAUSE OF THIS AGREEMENT BY BROKERS OF NY

13. WHAT WAS FIRST LISTING ON NYSE?
ANS. BANK OF NEW YORK

14. ADIDAS HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S FIRST INTELLIGENT RUNNING SHOE? WHAT'S IT CALLED?
ANS. ADIDAS 1 [IT CAN DO 50,000 CALCULATIONS PER SECOND]

15. WHICH COMPANY CLAIMS TO BE THE WORLD'S 2ND LARGEST APPLIANCE MAKER?
ANS. HAIER

16. IT IS KNOWN AS VENTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA, IN INDIA IT IS KNOWN AS---?
ANS. TOYOTA QUAILS [ALSO KNOWN AS UNSER IN MALAYSIA, ZACE IN TAIWAN, TAMARO IN
PHILIPPINES]

17. WHICH COMPANY BOASTS OF HAVING FITTED ITS OPTICAL LENS IN THE CAMERA THAT TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEIL ARMSTRONG WHEN HE FIRST LANDED ON THE MOON?
ANS. CARL ZEISS, LENS WAS ZIESS 60MM & CAMERA HASSLEBLAD 500 ELM

18. WHICH COMPANY INVENTED THE CELL PHONE?
ANS. MOTOROLA & INVENTOR WAS MARTIN COOPER

19. FIRST U.S. COMPANY TO REACH REVENUES OF $1 BILLION WITHOUT MERGER OR ACQUISITION?
ANS. FEDERAL EXPRESS (FEDEX) IN 1983

20. WHO STARTED THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND WHEN?
ANS. CHARLES DOW AND EDWARD JONES IN 1889

21. ING-VYASA - INDIAN COLLABORATION ING-???? - GERMAN COLLABORATION
ANS. ING-DIBA

22. CEO OF WALL MART?
ANS. MIKE DUKE

23. WHICH COMPANY SHIFTED TO ITS ACRONYM BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS
ATTACHED TO ITS MIDDLE NAME?
ANS. COKE

24. WHAT WAS THE EARLIER NAME OF NOKIA?
ANS. FINNISH RUBBER WORKS

25. IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE TERM 'SILICON VALLEY' FIRST USED?
ANS. IN 1971, IN THE MAGAZINE ELECTRONIC NEWS

26. WHAT IS NICKNAMED AS "THE GREAT LADY OF 43RD STREET"?
ANS. NEW YORK TIMES

27. CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF NOKIA---
ANS. RISTO SIILASMAA

28. WHICH 1976 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR ECONOMICS COINED THE SLOGAN "THERE IS NO
SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH"
ANS. MILTON FRIEDMAN

29. WHICH IS THE OLDEST STOCK EXCHANGE IN THE WORLD? WHICH YEAR?
ANS. ANTWERP STOCK EXCHANGE IN BELGIUM.1460, UNDER KING PHILIP [TRADED
IN FINANCIAL SECURITIES SUCH AS BONDS!!]

30. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS BANDUNG LOCATED. PEOPLE MAY RECALL THAT THIS CITY WAS THE
HOST TO CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN COUNTRIES, WHICH LED TO ESTABLISHMENT OF NAM?
ANS. INDONESIA

31. "SUCCESS IS A LOUSY TEACHER "- WHO SAID SO IN “THE ROAD AHEAD “?
ANS. “SUCCESS IS A LOUSY TEACHER. IT SEDUCES SMART PEOPLE INTO THINKING THEY CAN'T LOSE." BILL GATES SAID SO IN HIS BOOK “THE ROAD AHEAD"

32. FIRST ELEVATOR (AKA LIFT) WAS CREATED BY WHICH COMPANY?
ANS. OTIS

33. FIRST MINISTER FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WAS APPOINTED IN WHICH
COUNTRY?
ANS. UK

34. WHAT “OBJECT” WAS NAMED BY TIME MAGAZINE AS THE ‘MAN OF THE YEAR’ IN 1982?
ANS. COMPUTER [IT IS THE ONLY NON HUMAN TO FEATURE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF TIME MAGAZINE.]

35. WHICH COMPANY IS THE HIGHEST PRODUCER OF STEEL IN THE WORLD? WHICH
COMPANY IS NO.2?
ANS. ARCELORMITTAL IS NO 1. HEBEI IRON AND STEEL IS NO 2

36. IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE BUTTON WOOD AGREEMENT SIGNED? WHAT DID IT LEAD TO?
ANS. 1792. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

37. THE FIRST FOREIGN COMPANY LISTED IN NYSE?
ANS. SONY

38. WHO WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO MAKE $100M A YEAR?
ANS. AL CAPONE

39. WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A 'BARREL' AS COMMONLY REFERENCED FOR CRUDE OIL
PRODUCTION
ANS. 42 GALLONS (35 UK GALLONS = 42 US GALLONS = 159 LITERS)

40. DURACELL BATTERY IS AN ARM OF WHICH COMPANY?
ANS. GILLETTE [NOW P & G ACQUIRE GILLETTE, THAT’S WHY DURACELL IS UNDER P & G]

41. WHICH MAGAZINE WAS CO-FOUNDED BY HENRY LUCE AND BRITTON HADDEN IN 1923?
ANS. TIME

42. WHICH MAGAZINE USED THE AD LINE “WE’RE GOING RABBIT HUNTING” WITH A
SHARP TONGUE IN CHEEK REFERENCE TO PLAY BOY BUNNIES?
ANS. PENTHOUSE

43. WHICH FINANCIAL COMPANY HAS THE MOTTO IN UTMOST GOOD FAITH?
ANS. LLOYDS INSURANCE

44. WHICH BUSINESS MAGNATE OWNS THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT ALONG WITH CBS
TV?
ANS. DONALD TRUMP

45. WHICH BUSINESS MAGNATE OWNS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE YATCH BROUGHT FROM
THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI?
ANS. SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, THE CROWN PRINCE OF DUBAI.

46. WHICH BRAND CREATED A SENSATION BY STICKING A FORD CORTINA TO A BILLBOARD AT A
BUSY JUNCTION IN LONDON?
ANS. ARALDITE

47. TO WHICH COMPANY DID THE SHIPMENT OF TEA DESTROYED BY THE AMERICAN COLONISTS DURING THE BOSTON TEA PARTY IN 1773 BELONG?
ANS. EAST INDIA COMPANY

48. WHEN HENRY FORD DIED, AMONGST HIS LAST POSSESSIONS WAS A TEST TUBE. WHAT DID IT SUPPOSEDLY CONTAIN?
ANS. LAST BREATH OF EDISON

49. ACCORDING TO PWC & FINANCIAL EXPRESS WHICH COMPANY WAS VOTED AS THE MOST RESPECTED COMPANY FOR FOURTH DECADE?
ANS. GENERAL ELECTRIC

50. WHAT HAS BEEN VOTED BY THE "ADVERTISING AGE" AS THE MARKETING ICON OF
THE 20TH CENTURY?
ANS. MARLBORO MAN

51. WHICH BRILLIANT INVENTOR & BUSINESSMAN KILL HIMSELF LEAVING A NOTE
THAT SAID "WHY WAIT"?
ANS. GEORGE EASTMAN KODAK FAME

52. HEADQUARTERS FOR 'JOHNSON & JOHNSON'?
ANS. NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY

53. WHICH BRITISH COMPANY MADE UK'S FIRST MOBILE CALL AT A FEW MINUTES PAST
MIDNIGHT ON 1ST OF JANUARY 1985?
ANS. VODAFONE

54. BRANDS 'RODEO', 'AXIOM', 'SPORT', AND ‘TROOPER’ BELONG TO WHICH AUTOMOBILE
COMPANY?
ANS. ISUZU