Quiz stuff/Facts: Business, Economy & Finance

BizQuiz #36

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000

What is an 'Escrow Account', a most popular term in M&A Deals?
In M&A deals, Escrow accounts are meant for safekeeping of payments made by the bidder till the time the deal is closed, after which it is released to the other party.

Who has tied up with one of the IPL teams, 'Delhi Daredevils' as their official travel partner and will organise the entire travel requirements for the team as a part of the deal?
Yatra.com

Tulsi Tanti is a founder of Pune-based World's fifth's largest supplier of wind turbines. Name the company.
Suzlon Energy

Recently, Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has allowed three more credit information companies to do business. Name them.
1. Equifax Credit Information Services,
2. Experian Credit Information Company, and
3. Highmark Credit Information Services.

What's P20, which is recently in news, associated with Cricket?
It's England and Wales Cricket Board’s(ECB's) new Twenty20 competition.

BizQuiz #35

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Which company claims itself as the only company in the world having the technology to produce the steel in-house for manufacturing Razor blades?
Vidyut mettalics Ltd, owner of SuperMax brand

Name the oil major who first set up a refinery in India, introduced LPG and Bitumen to the nation and the first company to introduce the co-branded credit cards and rewards programme in Petroleum Sector?
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.

Which corporation was built by three youngsters Tushar Jani, Clyde cooper and Kushroo Dubash?
Blue Dart Express

“To be success in Business, be daring, be first, be different” is the guiding principle of which Business women?
Anita Roddick of the Bodyshop.

In print media what is “Bulldog Edition”?
A particular edition that is available earlier than other editions of same publication.

BizQuiz #34

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:53:00 +0000

Name the eyewear division of Reliance Retail.
Vision Express

Who recently got the recognition as India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs in The Economic Times Corporate Dossier?
Mr. Ratan Tata

Which division of Hampshire Hotels and Resorts, plans to open "Dream brand hotels" in various cities in India, including Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi with a Rs 5,000-crore (Rs 50 billion) investment?
The Vikram Chatwal Hotels

Name the eyewear division of Titan Industries Ltd.
Titan Eye+

What does ATCA stand for?
Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture.
(ATCA is a next generation platform that incorporates the latest trends in high-speed interconnect technologies and next generation processors, offering improved reliability.)

BizQuiz #33

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:20:00 +0000

Which is the most traded commodity in the world?
Crude Oil

Gulliver's Travels is the inspiration for the name of which familiar internet company?
Yahoo!

Bombay House is the headquarters of which industrial house?
The Tatas

Who was the first chairman of ICICI Ltd?
A Ramaswami Mudaliar

Who writes the popular strip 'Dilbert' based on office and business life?
Scott Adams

Who is the founder of General Electric?
Thomas Alva Edison

What foreign company did Tata Tea acquire a stake in last week?
Grand

We know the Nano as the Rs1 lakh car. How much did the original affordable car, the Ford Model T, sell for in the second decade of the twentieth century?
$850

Which is the largest-selling soap brand in India?
Lifebuoy

What does the term GAAP stand for?
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

BizQuiz #32

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:27:00 +0000

Expand MPS, a scale used to measure the overall potential of workers' intrinsic motivation and used in the Job Diagnostic Survey developed by Richard Hackman and Greg Oldham?

Motivating Potential Score

What are "Blind Ads" in HR parlance?

Recruitment advertisements that does not have the name or identity of the Employee

Which internationally acclaimed Indian movie has been included as a case study for 'Human Behavior at Work' by Indian Institute of Management, Indore?

Lagaan

CAMEL is an effective system of rating by the banks. The model insists five main criteria and based on these the financial health is evaluated on a scale of highest to lowest, 1 to 5. In that, A means 'asset quality', M means 'management' and L for 'liability', then what are C and E refer?

Capital adequacy and Earnings

Reportedly, what were male employees of Walt Disney contractually not permitted to have?

A Moustache

BizQuiz #31

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:24:00 +0000

On which business tycoon was the movie 'Aviator' based?

Howard Hughes

What did October 29, 1929, the date of the great stock market crash, come to be known as?

Black Tuesday

'The Polyester Prince' is the unauthorised biography of which industrialist?

Dhirubai Ambani

By what contraction is The American Way better known?

Amway

Col Sanders started which famous eatery?

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)

BizQuiz #30

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:55:00 +0000

Which business tycoon owns the Miss World Organisation?
Donald Trump

How much was the creator of the Nike Swoosh logo paid for her work?
$35

Who became famous as the man who broke the Bank of England through his currency speculation?
George Soros

What famously has a river at one end and a graveyard at the other?
Wall Street

What company headed by George Eastman used the slogan, 'You press the button, we do the rest'?
Kodak

BizQuiz #29

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:48:00 +0000

When the newspaper was published in 1838 in Mumbai , it was known as “The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce”. How do we better know that today?
The Times of India

Which is the world’s first patented product?
Epsom salt

Which auto company plans to develop concept car “Aria coupe” and luxury sedan “Magna”?
Telco

Name the creativity simulation technique which tries to make the Familiar strange and strange familiar?
Synectics

Dr. Joseph Juran is the pioneer in this concept. What is that?
Quality Engineering

BizQuiz #28

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:27:00 +0000

This website was originally intended to be called ‘cadabra’, which was short for ‘abracadabra’, but the suggestion was dropped in favour of the present name because it was thought that it would sound like ‘cadaver’. Which website?
Amazon.com

William E. _____ studied at Yale University and worked initially in the timber industry, there he also acquired knowledge of wooden structures. He founded a company on July 15, 1916, together with George Conrad Westervelt, a Navy engineer, and named it after their initials. Soon the name was changed to “Pacific Aero Products”. In 1917, the company got its present name. Which company?
Boeing. Named after William E. Boeing

Fortune named it “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six consecutive years. This firm claimed revenues of $111 billion in 2000. At the end of 2001 it was revealed that its reported financial condition was sustained mostly by institutionalized, systematic, and creatively planned accounting fraud. Which company?
Enron

The first word of the name of this manufacturer means “without equal” in French. Which company?
Sanspareil Greenlands, or SG

The company was founded as ___, Watkins & Co. by Henry Overton ____ I and his partner Watkins, who opened a shop in Castle Street, Bristol in 1786. After Watkin’s retirement in 1789, it became “____ & Co.” This brand was withdrawn in the UK in 1988, but it remained in India and Pakistan.Which brand?
Wills

This company, which shares its name with part of the name of a suburb of Mumbai, began in 1929. It was one of the few Indian players in a market dominated by British brands, and made biscuits affordable at a time when they were luxury goods. Which company?
Parle

BizQuiz #27

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:22:00 +0000

Under Robert Woodruff, Coke changed its formula so that the glycerine in it came not from hog fat but from vegetable sources. For what specific reason was this done?
To ensure it could be certified as kosher.

The Coca Cola company decided to replace Coca Cola or Coke by a new product in 1985. Due to a massive consumer backlash, this new product had to be withdrawn and the original Coke reintroduced. The drink officially came to be known as Coca Cola II. What was the popular name of the new drink?
New Coke

This Italian designer originally trained in medicine before becoming a photographer. He then was in the army, and subsequently worked in a department store. He then worked as a designer, and in 1974, he established a menswear label along with his partner. Who?
Giorgio Armani

Which Italian automobile manufacturing company’s crest/logo comes from the founder’s sunsign?
Lamborghini. The bull logo is inspired by the founder’s sunsign Taurus.

This SUV made by an Indian company for a global market was launched in 1996. It was sold under the brandname ‘Goa’ in Western Europe in order to avoid confusion with another automobile there. Which brand?
Scorpio, by Mahindra

BizQuiz #26

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:51:00 +0000

What is known as “Demand Spillover”?
Sales of a product or brand in one country market generated demands in another country

What is “Double branding” in marketing parlance?
Usage of new and old logos and names.

Which company coined the term “Born Global” firms in the year 1993?
McKinsey

Which company launched “Beat” range of hi tech watches in India?
Swatch

The world famous direct marketing company was founded by Rich Devos and Jay Van Andel in 1959. Name the company.
Amway

Which management term derived from the Greek word which means “Art of the general”?
Strategy

Who is known as the “Father of Mustang”, a famous brand of car?
Lee Iacocca

If you have noticed the health drink advertisements or packs you may have noticed the words RDA balanced formula. What does RDA stands for?
Recommended Dietary Allowance

Who founded the Amul milk co-operative in Gujarat in the year 1902?
Tribuvandas Patel

What were built under a project 178?
FIAT cars Siena, Siena weekend and Palio

What are the bands that carry low ratings with correspondingly higher yields called?
Junk Bonds.

BizQuiz #25

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:50:00 +0000

This region encompasses the Southern part of the San Francisco Bay area in Northern California. It gets its name from the fact that it was home to a large number of integrated circuit manufacturers. Which region?
Silicon Valley

According to various etymologies, the name of this city originates from one of the terms – ‘stone of heroes’, ‘city of guards’ or ‘city of boiled beans’. Which city?
Bangalore

Most packages of this Perfetti owned brand of mints describe it as ‘chewy dragées’ .Which?
Mentos

This is one of P&G’s oldest brands. Due to this, P&G’s headquarters are often referred to as ‘____ towers’ and its factory and research center as ____dale. Which brand are we talking about?
Ivory

Which brand of soap gets its name from ‘camee’, the French word for ‘jewel’?
Camay

BizQuiz #24

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:35:00 +0000

This game has been known by the names Literati, Alfapet, Funworder, Skip-A- Cross, Scramble, Spelofun, Palabras Cruzadas ("crossed words") and Word for Word. What is the popular name of this game?
Scrabble

Which game gets its name from the Italian/Spanish word for ‘one’?
Uno

The first prototypes for this were originally named "Rocky" (the marine/soldier) "Skip" (the sailor) and "Ace" (the pilot), before the currently used name was chosen. What is the current name?
GI Joe

The packaging on this product originally portrayed the ships Friendship and Grand Turk. Which product?
Old Spice

This guy was a salesman for cork seals. He’d see bottle caps with the cork seals thrown away after opening the bottle. This inspired him to base his business on a disposable product. Which company did he start?
Gillette, founded by King Camp Gillette, who built his business around disposable razor blades.

BizQuiz #23

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:13:00 +0000

In 1921 the three presidency banks in India named Bank of Bombay, Bank of Bengal and Bank of Madras were amalgated to form which other bank?
Imperial Bank of India.

Where is the European Central Bank located?
Frankfurt.

Which country’s foreign market is known as ‘Rembrandt Market’?
The Netherlands.

Which was the first indian company listed on NYSE?
Silverline Technologies Ltd(STL)

What term was coined by Don Hoeffler and appeared in 1971 in a magazine called ‘Electronic News’?
Silicon Valley

BizQuiz #22

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:12:00 +0000

Which word was derived from the french word Bougette meaning ‘Little Bag’?
Budget.

Who created SDR, Special Drawing Rights, in 1967 which deals with the reserve of International Assets whose value is based on widely used currencies?
International Monetary fund.

In financial Lingo, What is a ‘Bridge Loan’?
Temporary finance provided until the availability of Long term Arrangements.

What is the rate of Interest at which short term funds are exchanged between banks in London called?
LIBOR, London Interbank offered rate.

Which is first india’s first credit rating agency set up jointly by LIC, GIC, UTI, ICICI and Asian Development Bank in January 1988?
CRISIL – credit rating information services of india limited.

BizQuiz #21

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:10:00 +0000

Name the famous personality who founded the Pratichi trust with the use of his Nobel Prize money?
Amartya sen

In India, Where is the paper for currency manufactured?
Security Paper Mills, Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh.

What do you call when a firm’s actual bank balance is greater than the balance shown in the firm’s book?
Payment float.

What is a credit crunch?
Supply of credit falls inspite of sufficient demand.

What does ‘Asset Tripping’ mean?
Buying a company to sell its asset

BizQuiz #20

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:03:00 +0000

What is the name of Belgium’s National Airlines?
SABENA

Big Blue is IBM. Which Corporate is referred as Big Black?
UPS.

Cathay Pacific Airlines, claims to be heart of Asia, is a part of which group?
Swire group.

Which multinationals owns the brand Georgia(Ice coffee) and Aquaris (Isotanic Drink)?
Coca cola.

Which famous corporate’s head quarters is known as “Bush house”?
BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation).

BizQuiz #19

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:08:00 +0000

Buyback of shares is quite familiar to everyone. But what does BUYBACK means while managing people?
Buying back of a personnel, who attempts to resign, with an offer of increase in salary or wages and other benefits.

Boulwarism is a popular negotiation strategy. Who developed this concept?
General Electric Company.

In Management jargon, What is meant by Semiotics?
Study of symbols and signs and their impact on Consumer behavior.

What was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1973 in Dallas, Texas, USA?
South West Airlines.

Which famous corporate was founded in 1894 in Zlin and made its presence in India in 1931 and commenced the manufacturing of shoes at Batanagar plant in 1936?
BATA

BizQuiz #18

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:59:00 +0000

Name the term used for depreciating a company’s intangible assets?
Amortization

What is known as the cost of living index which represents the goods and services purchased by consumers?
Consumer price index.

Royal & Sun Alliance recently re-entered, after 29 years, to Indian Financial market & it is the first foreign insurance company started operations here through a joint venture with an Indian company. Name the company?
Sundaram Finance.

In the world of Trade & Commerce what is special about the commissioning of Monte dei paschi si Siena in Italy in 1742?
First Trading Bank in world.

The term is derived from the Greek word ‘Oikanomia’ means “House Management”. What is it?
Economy.

BizQuiz #17

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:43:00 +0000

Which Bank is promoted by 20th century Finance Corporation and Keppel Tatlee Bank of Singapore in India?
Centurion Bank.

Name the first Indian woman CEO of foreign bank.
Tarini Vaidya of KBC Bank, India & South Asia.

In Clayton Alderfer’s ERG theory, R stands for Relatedness, G stands for Growth, then what does E stands for?
Existence.

Who introduced the modern concept of 360 Degree Appraisal?
General Electric Co.

In McKinsey’s 7s Framework there are four Soft Variables : ‘skills’, 'style’, 'staff’ and ‘Shared Values’. What are the other three Hard Variables?
Structure, System, Strategy.

BizQuiz #16

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:20:00 +0000

He is the pioneer in Mutual Fund Industry and often referred as the father of Index fund investing. He also created the first S&P 500 index fund. Identify this famous person?
John Bogle.

Cannaught Plaza restaurant and Hardcastle restaurants have had the responsibility for the entry of which MNC to India?
McDonalds.

What is the name of the holding company in Jet Airways, promoted by Naresh Goyal?
Tail winds, registered in the Isle of man, Mauritius owns 99.99% in Jet Airways.

Who pioneered the concept ESI, Emotional Surplus Identity, in the area of 'Management of Corporate Branding'?
Shombit sen gupta.

How ABN – AMRO got its present name?
ABN – ALGEMENE BANK NETHERLAND/AMRO – Formed after the merger of Amsterdamsche Bank and Rotteramsche Bank.Created after the merger of ABN & AMRO in 1991.

BizQuiz #15

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:42:00 +0000

How better do we know Britain-based Littlewoods retail chain now?
Westside Store
[In 1997, Tatas sold Lakme, their cosmetics business, to Hindustan Lever and acquired the Britain-based Littlewoods retail chain. A new entity called Trent Limited emerged from this move and Littlewoods was renamed Westside.]

'Nobody cares as much' is the tagline of ?
Taj Hotels, Resorts & Palaces

From whom did LN Mittal buy his palatial home in UK?
Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One motor racing tycoon for $120 million from.
[It is called Billioner's lane where you would find the palaces of Queen, Elton Jhone and such likes.]

Hindustan Motors' Ambassador adopted its Model from which British car Model?
Morris Oxford.

How do we better know "Burmah Shell " today ?
BPCL (A Government of India Undertaking )
[Established in 1976, when the Burmah Shell Oil Storage & Distribution Company of India was nationalized]

BizQuiz #14

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:06:00 +0000

When MIT graduate Ray Tomlinson showed his invention to one of his colleagues, he told him: "Don’t tell anyone I did this! This is not what we are supposed to be working on." What did Tomlinson invent?
Email.

Who is the famous brother-in-law of Gururaj Deshpande, the promoter of Sycamore Networks?
N R Narayana Murthy, Infosys Chairman

Which site is the 2nd largest online trading site in India after http://www.icicidirect.com?
http://www.indiabulls.com/

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?
Y2K

Eureka Forbes is a part of which group of companies?
TATA Group

BizQuiz #13

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Cool was codename for what? It was from a major software company based in Washington State, US.
Microsoft's C#

'Now, 2 different talcs in the same pack!'. This headline was in the print ad of which talcum powder brand?
Fair and Lovely

What does BPL & LG stands for?
LG - Lucky Goldstar
BPL - British Physical Laboratories

Which is the largest traded e-commerce site in India?
http://www.irctc.com [Online Tickets Booking site of Indian Railways]

The Monte Carlo brand is owned by ?
Nahar Group

BizQuiz #12

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:45:00 +0000

One of the most expensive properties on the New York Stock Exchange has the symbol BRKB. Name this very large holding company.
Berkshire Hathaway.

In 2004 this Russian company, founded in 1989, accounted for about 93% of Russian natural gas production.
Gazprom(This company provides energy to more than 12 European nations. Lukoil is Russia's largest oil company.)

Blagoevgrad BT is this country's largest cigarette company. Kremikovtzi is its largest metalworking company. Mobiltel is one of its largest communications companies.
Bulgaria

The precursor of this company was founded by an employee, Hans Hollerith, of the US Census Bureau in 1896 in Broome County, New York.
IBM

In the world of trade and commerce what is special about the commissioning of Monte dei Paschi si Siena in Italy in 1742?
First Trading Bank in the World