Business Quiz Set 39

*1) While X was on his official visit after addressing  a joint session of Parliament he visited a village in Gurgaon where his mother had spent several month in India as a Peace Corp worker during the WW II. X and his wife gifted a TV set to the village and promised funds. In result this village changed its name  and named it after X. Id the X ? 

-  Jimmy Carter, Village name changed to CarterPuri.

2) He was a American Businessman who founded a Shoe company in 1956 . But he is often credited with the invention famous concept today followed in most of the industries. What is concept it is ? 

- Harold Alfond,  Factory Outlet Store 

3) What is this in India came in existence in 1964, discontinued in 2000 named after queen of Chittor. Rajinikanth, Dev Anand, Amir Khan were its users. The most recent appearence of this appeared in John Abraham and Nana Patekar movie Taxi No. 9211. Id what I am talking about ? 

- Premier “Padmini” 

4) This idea of this marketing tool came to some young executive of mCheck when they were in flight going to Bangalore. Today this marketing tool became a unique selling proposition for the company X, founded in 2010. Advertiser often use this tool for sampling or get response about there product. The first time the service went viral was during the 2011 Cricket World Cup in India Pakistan match. Id this company and the concept it is ? 

- Company : ZipDial , Concept : Missed-call marketing 

5) Id which country, local company came up with this drink commemorating country liberation. 

- South Korea ( 815 stand for 15 August)

6)  This was the first of its kind place came in existence way back in 1510's in Mecca but was banned because it started attracting political gatherings. Later this was opened in Damascus in 1530 and not long after there were many such places in Cario even. After the introduction in Europe it quickly became very popular, first of such venue was opened in Venice in 1629, in England first time it was set up in 1652 in Oxford by a Jewish named Jacob and in America had its first in Boston in 1676. Id what place I am talking about which gave birth to number of financial institution in this world ? 

- Cafe (Coffe House) 

7) This hospitality brand started in 1927 as a beer seller in Washington. As the founder of this company was faithful member of  Mormon Church, sought to share the church's teachings with others by placing a copy of this book (in visual) in each hotel room alongside a copy of Bible. a tradition that has endured for a long time. Id this hospitality brand ? 

- Marriott Corporation

Connect

38) Connect ? (Person on the right is a scientist who exposed something recently) 

-  Volkswagen's emission test scam. (Leonardo DiCaprio is set to work on a movie based on the scam & Arvind Tiruvengadam who exposed the scam with his team)

37) Connect ? 

- Hamleys collaboration with Grofers for toys delivery. 

1. William Hamley founded Hamleys toys store.
2. French Ludendo Groupe bought Hamleys' business in 2012
3. Hamleys were supposed to start partnership with Reliance
4. Grofers became their online partner in India for toys delivery

36) Give me the overall connection ?

- Bill Gates, Prince Alwaleed, Isadore Sharp. Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts founder Isadore Sharp sold the entire business to Bill Gates and Prince Alwaleed.

35)  Id the personality ?

- A G Krishnamurthy

The logo is of DDB Mudra. It was founded by A G Krishnamurthy. Girl sitting with PAA is Rasana Girl (Taruni Sachdev) who was launched by A G Krishnamurthy & authored the book Dhirubhai Ambani: Against All Odds

34) Connect ? 

- Rupa & Co.
All of Chetan Bhagat books have been published by them.

D. Mehra was the founder of Rupa & Co.
Current owner of Rupa & Co. launched 'Aleph Book Company'

33) Give me overall Connection ? 

- The Sunday Guradian both are founder of it 

32) Connect 

-  Birla 
a) Jay Mehta, earlier married to Sujata Birla, sister of Yash Birla
b) Yash Birla Group logo
c) Hindustan Times newspaper owned by Shobhana Bhartia, daughter of KK Birla
d) Aditya Birla Group's fibre division, Birla Cellulose

31) 6) Give me overall connection ? 

- Silvio Berlusconi, former PM of Italy. He is a controlling shareholder of Mediaset, owner of A.C. Milan and founded Forza Italia


30) Connect to a brand ?

- Crompton Greaves, (Part of Avantha Group(logo Shown), Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (Photo Shown) ,logo of their CSR programme).
29) Connect ?

- Kings XI Punjab; Title Sponsor - Tata Motors Prima, Online Partner - Amazon.in, Co-owners - Preity Zinta and Dabur’s Mohit Burman
28) Connect to a group ? 

- Essel Group own all these venture 

27) Give me overall connection ? 

- Silvio Berlusconi, former PM of Italy. He is a controlling shareholder of Mediaset, owner of A.C. Milan and founded Forza Italia
26) Connect 

-  Birla 
a) Jay Mehta, earlier married to Sujata Birla, sister of Yash Birla
b) Yash Birla Group logo
c) Hindustan Times newspaper owned by Shobhana Bhartia, daughter of KK Birla
d) Aditya Birla Group's fibre division, Birla Cellulose

25) Connect ? 

- Rupa & Co.
All of Chetan Bhagat books have been published by them.

D. Mehra was the founder of Rupa & Co.
Current owner of Rupa & Co. launched 'Aleph Book Company'

24)  Connect ?

- Pizza Hut
Connection - PepsiCo was the former brand owner of Pizza Hut, Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial with his grand daughter, Old logo of Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut launched a reading incentive program for children called "Book It!"
23)  Connect ? 

- Enron
22) Connect  

-  George Bernard Shaw, only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize (Literature, 1925) and an Academy Award (The New Statesman was founded with the support of George Bernard Shaw , a co-founder of the London School of Economics, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Movie Pygmalion)

21) Connect ?

 -  Alibaba
Alibaba has invested in Paytm
Alibaba launched the online bank MyBank
Jerry Yang led Yahoo!'s investment in Alibaba and later became a member of its board
Laiwang is the mobile messaging app released by Alibaba

20) Connect ? 

- Versace ( 1st pic is of Elizabeth Hurley, the brand gained widespread international coverage due to the "Black Versace dress of Elizabeth Hurley".  Sunland Group,  built Luxury Hotel  and named after Versace brand & last one is movie House of Versace tell the story about the brand.

19) Connect ? 

 

- John Scully.
( PepsiCo Former President introduced Pepsi Challenge, Co-Founder Zeta Interactive, Founder Obi Worldphone, Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels will play his role in upcoming movie “Steve Jobs”.

18) Connect ? 

- Kings XI Punjab; Title Sponsor - Tata Motors Prima, Online Partner - Amazon.in, Co-owners - Preity Zinta and Dabur’s Mohit Burman

17) Connect to a brand ?

- Crompton Greaves, (Part of Avantha Group(logo Shown), Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton (Photo Shown) ,logo of their CSR programme).

16) Connect to fashion brand ? 

- DNKY, Brand owned by LMVH, having venture with DLF in India and Donna Karan founder of the brand. 

15) Connect with a company ?  

- Microsoft is the overall answer ( Avanade JV of Microsoft with Accenture, Kin mobile phone from Microsoft, Spartan logo new browser from teh Microsoft for Window 10, and Microsoft car. 

14) Connect to a company ?

-CBS, Westinghouse acquired the network in 1995 later sold to the Viacom, sometime also known as called the "Tiffany Network"  National Amusements own this in today time and 60 min a famous programe of channel. 

13) Connect ? 
                                                
- Micromax, Micromax  ficitional character of Marvel Universe, YU is micromax brand and its founder.

12) Connect ?

- Philips, was founded by Gerald Philips, maternal cousin of Karl Marx, Philips teamed with Sony to launch CDs, Alia Bhatt is the brand ambassador of Philips beauty range of products, Philips launched FTM India chapter as part of their "Obsessed with Sound" campaign, an older logo of Philips.

11) Connect to a brand ?

-  The Willy Wonka Candy Company,Quaker made this first, later sold to Nestle, man on right is Roald Dahl Willy Wonka Candy was fictional brand in his classic children's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Willy Wonka character. 

10) Connect ?  

- Andy Murray, Scottish Tennis Player.
Connection - 4 year partnership with sports apparel company "Under Armour", Purchased "Cromlix House" for 1.8 million Euros, global ambassador of WWF, started the management company 77.

9) Connect to a personality ?

-   George Soros, own 4% share in BSE, Bank of England, Open society founded by him and having stake in Manchester 

8) Connect to a company founded in 1945, which became the first of its kind of company in Asia to provide one of essential services in India ?

- Kamani Engineering Corporation Limited, first electric power transmission company in Asia

7)  Connect to a brand ?

- Zomato,Earlier known as FoodiEbay, Yuri Miller recently invested in this, Sanjeev Bikhchandani own share in this company through InfoEdge, menumania.com first acquition. 

6) Connect to a personality ?

- Neil Armstrong, he was a brand ambassador for Chrysler and also voiced a character in Quantum Quest and CEO of EDO corporation. 

5) Connect ? 

- RBI, Sir Osborne smith, Hilton Young below and RBI earlier HQ

4) Connect ?
                                                             
- Chelsea, Roman Abramovich who own this, Chelsea city after which club is named, Samsung main sponsor and appeared in the movie Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

3)  India most controversial project ?

- Lavasa city, Gautam Thaper having stake in this, designed after the Portofino city in Italy and Ajit Gulabchnad promoter of Lavasa 

2) Connect to a famous IT company ?

- Mphasis Unleash the next. owned by HP, its previous logo and its founder Mr Jerry Rao (right), Chairman and CEO, Mr Jeroen Tas

1) Connect to a vintage brand ?

- Binaca

Business Quiz Set- 38

1) This is a kind of phenomenon in the stock market, which show a brief  recovery in the prices of a declining stocks or in other words a short rise in the prices of stocks which have been suffering a fall for a very long period. This is a phrase has been used on the Wall Street for such economic activity since 1985 when Singapore and Malaysia stock market showed a short recovery in its prices. Id what phrase is used to depict such situation into the market ? 

- Dead Cat Bounce

2) Id the brand following this philosophy of Lovemarks  a theory espoused in a book published by its CEO ? 

- Kevin Roberts, CEO of Ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi

*3) Connect (Full Point on explanation) ?

- Philips, was founded by Gerald Philips, maternal cousin of Karl Marx, Philips teamed with Sony to launch CDs, Alia Bhatt is the brand ambassador of Philips beauty range of products, Philips launched FTM India chapter as part of their "Obsessed with Sound" campaign, an older logo of Philips.

4) Connect to a brand ?

- The Willy Wonka Candy Company,Quaker made this first, later sold to Nestle, man on right is Roald Dahl Willy Wonka Candy was fictional brand in his classic children's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Willy Wonka character. 

5) This website first came online in 1997, it was created by Rasom Scott. Later right to use this website was acquired by D Parisi who run this as an adult website claim to have earned around $1 million a year from this. Later this website was sold to an Real Estate company which advertised its properties on it. But as of 2010 (even today) this website displayed google adv and links to the predominantly dating sites. Id which website I am talking about? 

-  Whitehouse.com

6) This idea was originated in 1985, when X (in pic) was working on a proposal for different business, he needed a ribbon for his printer, but was unable to obtain because his local dealer was closed due to holiday. His frustration towards them led him to enter into grocery business and started his first store in Boston in 1986. Id  X and company he founded, X is hailed sometime as a retail pioneer and innovator ?

- Thomas G. Stemberg; Company - Staples

7) Id the logo of ? 

- Replicant OS

Business Quiz Set- 37

1) Some of his early investment in E-commerce Snapdeal, Myntra & in retail giant such as Tata Group Trent, Koutons, Shopper Stop and FabIndia. Recently in Future Group. Id who I am talking about ?

-  Azim Premji Investment companies list 

2) In 1920's Queen Marie of Romania visited to the US, she enjoyed a product so much that she wrote to the company to supply its product to its country as well. Her letter was in turn was used for advertising this product and she joined the list of celebrities who had previously sponsored this product ?

- Pond's

3) When the founder of the company, X was on a visit to Burma, he saw restless elephants being fed with a root of a plant named Rouwolfia Serpentina which helped to placate them. Inspired by its effect on elephants this young man brought the world first anti-hypertensive drug in 1934. Id the person and company he founded ? 

-  HImalaya Drug Company founded by M Manal. 

4)  X began as a family magazine launched in mid 1880's by Schlicht & Field & today it is published by Hearst Corp. In 1890's this magazine was available at free of cost to the students. Some of the person who have contributed for this magazine were Annie Besant, Theodore Dreiser, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway etc. Id the magazine ?

- Cosmopolitan

5) After doing her MBA from the Harvard in mid 1990's, she joined Mckinsey & Company for a breif period. Later she served as Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers under Bill Clinton in mid 1990's, where she guided US treasury dept to work on forgiving debt in the developing world during the Asian Financial Crisis.  Id Who I am talking about ?

- Sheryl Sandberg 

6) This energy drink X was marketed by the Redux Beverages which was objected by the FDA in 2007 due to its unfortunate name which was doing illegal marketing of street drug and had to withdraw this drink from the market just after its launch. But it was back on the shelves after few month. ID this drink which sold under No Label temporarily ? 

- Cocaine Energy Drink 

*7) Connect (Explain the full connect for the full points) ?   

- Andy murray

Business Quiz Set- 36

1) Which company planned to donate for this pose (in pic) to the Gridiron Greats (a non-profit that helps retired NFL players),  $10,000 during the regular season, $25,000 for the playoffs and $100,000 in the Super Bowl. But NFL banned this practise. Id which brand is this approaching players to give this pose as it is there identity in 2009 ?  

- Captain Morgan 

2) This is a film production company founded by X in early  2010's. Its name was originated from a Hindu Goddess by the same name, who epitomise benevolent abundance of nourishment. But X named this after a famous Himalayan Mountain range in Nepal which X hiked in the 2006. Id this production house or X ?
-  Annapurna Picture by Megan Ellison’s 

3) Connect to a personality ?

  -  George Soros, own 4% share in BSE, Bank of England, Open society founded by him and having stake in Manchester                                                                                         

4) The company founded in late 1750's in Ireland. This company adopted a symbol of Ireland as its logo in 1862 which was continue since the 13th century. They registered this trademark shortly after passing of the Trade Marks Registration Act of 1875 with a little change to distinguished if from the Irish symbol. Id the brand is this ?
- Guinness

5) Can You id the what this Chief Marketing officer is selling ?

  - Oldspice 

6) These are the word said by a famous banker of his time who remained American Banker of the Year in early 2000's and did a prediction in 2003 (given below) after 5 year as per his commitment they didn't became Walmart but Bankrupt for sure. Id the bank it is ?

- Washington Mutual

7) Can you id the brand is this ? 

- Mohan Meakin