Business Quiz Quiz code…2536

Quiz code…2536Sun Microsystems IIT-B Business QuizIIT-Powai28 Jan 2007

He was born Wu Bai-fu in Taiwan but changed his name when he migrated to Japan. Ironically, his product was considered a luxury item when it was introduced since Japanese grocery stores always sold fresh Udon & Soba varieties at one-sixth the cost of his new concept. Who & What did he introduce?

 The Times Group (Bennet, Coleman) has little success in ventures outside its core business. Some examples being Times Guaranty, Times Bank, Timesofmoney.com, Timesmaitri.com etc. A few decades ago they sold tea under a brand name. The ads featured “luminaries” like Behram Contractor (Busy Bee) & Khushwant Singh amongst others. What brand name?

 This slang (word) is almost certainly and logically derived from the slang ‘doss-house’, meaning a very cheap hostel or room. In Elizabethan England ‘doss’ was a straw bed, (derived from ‘dossel’ meaning bundle of straw)Which commonly used slang?

The Prudential Insurance Co of America stopped using its most popular slogan in the mid 1980s, due to jokes which related to the death of Rock Hudson from AIDS. What slogan?

Legend has it that the Maharaja of Mysore travelled by a special train that stopped at _____ station & he had been served _____ with chutney. What popular South Indian food item are we talking about?

This trend was started by Copacabana Restaurants. In India Saravana Bhavan (Chennai) & Café Masala (Delhi) introduced it. What?

It was established in 1958 with assistance from UNESCO and with funds contributed by the Soviet Union. Its temporary home in 1958 was at the Silk and Art Silk Mills Research Association (SASMIRA) building in Worli. Name it.

 In the 1970s, this firm did a research for HLL & the insight they got was that the Indian housewife spent her entire time cooking or managing the house except the 10 mins that she spends taking a bath. They then commissioned what she day dreamed from dawn to dusk. What resulted? 

The company CKX has the following major assets and holdings:Global Rights – Elvis Presley – the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley, and the operations of Graceland

 Majority Global Rights – Muhammad Ali – an 80% interest in the name, likeness, trademarks, and licensing agreements of Muhammad Ali including Ali’s “Greatest Of All Time” (or G.O.A.T.) slogan•19 Entertainment – acquired from Simon Fuller in 2005 for $200 million. 19 owns, among other things, a share of the rights to the Idol series, including Pop Idol in Great Britain, American Idol in the United States, and numerous other international versions.

  What does CK stand for?

BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT Quiz code…2535

Quiz code…2535 Sharpshooters 2007QM: Guru Rao

Mansukhbhai Mahadevbhai Kothari was sitting outside a small shop, tired after a hard day of cycling and hawking his home made goods. He noticed that some customers at the shop were getting impatient with the time taken to get their favourite item. This brand was thus born in 1973. Which brand?

 This brand was invented by Alexander Liepa of Montgomery, Ohio for the US Army. It was introduced across the USA in 1973. It is especially known for its packaging (invented by Fred Baur). In 2006, it released a unique product wherein the brand had food-coloring printed on them with either trivia questions or jokes in red or blue ink. Which brand?

This company is owned by John and Robert Kirby and Graham Burke. The company takes its name from a shopping strip called “Croydon ___” in Melbourne. Which company?

This personality is launching incense sticks that have been christened ‘Karyasiddhi Grah Dhoop’. The ‘spiritually powered’ incense sticks are recommended for prosperity through planetary appeasement. Whom are we talking about? 

This company was granted licenses to offer fixed line, cellular and ILD licenses in Mauritius in 2004. With the launch of nationwide mobile services called Mokoze, it has completed a full portfolio of telecoms services in Mauritius, including local and international fixed line voice telephony. Name the company.

 “Meet Or Delete” a social networking site is operated by HP along with which other media major?

With which company would you associate – Trumpasaurus, swoop, cruiter, skeeter, nettie, thwacker, Al-ert, Technopillar ?

On August 15^th 2006, Harley Davidson had its NYSE ticker symbol changed. What did it change to?

Jonty Rhodes joined this company after his retirement from international cricket. He is currently the head of sponsorship there. Which company?

Sky Television plc a four-channel television service (Sky Channel, Eurosport, Sky Movies and Sky News.) launched by Rupert Murdoch’s News International on February 5, 1989 is credited with the commercial launch of what? 

The Wall Street Journal has coined a term which means public confession as a form of therapy. What’s the term called?IF LIBOR is London Inter Bank Offer Rate what is SHIBOR ?

 “Nano City” on the outskirts of Chandigarh is an initiative by HSIIDC and which eminent business icon?

Headed by Naguib Sawiris, it operates under various brand names such as Djezzy, IraQna & Sheba in Algeria, Iraq & Bangaldesh markets repsectively. The company’s participation in India is considered to be a threat to national security by defence Mr Pranab Mukherjee due to its involvement in the Pakistan. Name it. 

The Financial Times turned 100 years old on 4^th Jan 1993. How did it celebrate this occasion? 

This personality is a civic activist, especially with respect to municipal administration in Bangalore. An art collector, this person has also authored ‘Ale and Arty,’ a coffee table book about brewing beer illustrated by paintings of some of India’s renowned artists. Famous brewing families and beer firms are the subject of the book. Who?

Which company suspended its sponsorship of the show ‘Big Brother’ as it thought Channel 4 had not taken sufficient action in response to the alleged racism in the show?

ICH LIEBE ES, C’EST TOUT CE QUE J’AIME, ISTE BUNU SEVIYORUM, LOVE KO’TO. How do we know it in English?

This publication was founded by Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri, founder-father of the Akali Movement. The opening ceremony was performed by Mahatma Gandhi on September 15, 1924. It has been edited at times by people like Devdas Gandhi (the son of Mahatma Gandhi) and Khushwant Singh. Other sister publications are Nandan (Monthly children’s magazine) and Kadambani (Monthly literary magazine). What?

He was born in 1962 in a hamlet called Umreth in western India. In 1977 he worked with Shyam Benegal as a spot boy. He was a CA by 1984. Apart from a brief flirtation with journalism and a long-time affair with writing, he also participated in politics. His favorite slogan, “roti, kapada, makan, bijli and bandwidth” epitomized the needs of the emerging 21st century Indian. Who?

Launched on Feb 16, 2006, it is India’s first white label credit card. It does not carry on its face the brand of the issuer, as against a co-branded credit card which bears the logos of both the alliance partners. Name the card.

The original name was Mahindra’s ____ General Purpose Epoxy Compound. What brand?

 I-Ven Realty Ltd, a joint venture company formed by Oberoi Constructions and ICICI Venture Funds has recently bought a plot in Worli (Mumbai)for Rs108 crore from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and plans to develop the same into India’s tallest residential building of 65 storeys with each floor having its personal swimming pool and gymnasium. What is so unique about this project?

 Toptable is the largest online restaurant booker in Europe. It provides bookings for Time Out, British Airways, The Times Online and Visit London. It is an online platform for restaurant owners to advertise their venues. Diners can read and compare information about restaurants before their table booking online. It was founded by entrepreneur Karen Hanton in 2000 along with another famous name. Who? In November 2006, U.S. District Judge James Robertson ordered the Treasury Department to change U.S. banknotes. What was the reason cited for this change?