SOME GK QUESTIONS..........

ankitgokani

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Hi,
these r some of the questions that might help some of u.



BUSINESS QUIZ

1. K Malleswari, the lone medal winner for India in the millenium Olympics, and the first woman from India to ever win a medal, is employed at which Central Government Corporation?

2. First there was Bridgestone, and then Mitsubishi; What giant automaker of Japan was embroiled, recently, in a quality-related (again!) controversy?

3. The Times of India launched its latest edition in which city?

4. Which famous fashion accessories House first started as leather goods shop in Florence in 1921?

5. Uncle Pai is associated with which once roaringly successful publishers of children’s literature?

6. Which international airline uses the slogan "Smooth As Silk" in its advertisements?

7. Which TV programme currently aired in India, is sponsored by a) Colgate b) Bajaj c) Dettol and d) LG?

8. Who are the maker of the soft contact lens "Accuvue"?

9. Named "Manager of the Century" by the business magazine ‘Fortune’, he was recently in India? Who is he?

10. The "Three Golden Balls" is the traditional symbol of which class of businessmen, especially in Europe?

11. Which is the largest ‘unlisted’ company in India in terms of turnover?

12. What watchmaker sells an environment-friendly brand of watches called "Eco Drive"?

13. The useful thumb rule in Economics, "Bad money drives out the good" goes by what name?

14. What is film Production Company owned by the Hollywood star Dustin Hoffman?

15.What famous place in New York gets its name from the original location of a stockade built by the Dutch in 1653 to keep out the attacking English colonists and Red Indians?

16. Which famous TV personality owns a film production company called Harpo Films? Look hard at the name, may be you can decipher the answer.

17. The person next-in-command to the CEO is often referred to as the ‘Upper Roger’. From what Indian (Sanskrit) word does this phrase come?

18. Some aeroplanes of which airline sported Meera Mehta’s "Paithan Sari Motif"on their tails for sometime?

19. Who or what is a MAMBA?

20. Under what brand name is the compound "sidenafil citrate’ sold by the pharma company, Pfizer?

21. What ‘social expression’ company (if I may coin a phrase) was started by the 18 year old Joyce Hall in 1910?

22. Which is the biggest toy retail chain in the world?

23. Here’s a Dot-buster: Which award-winning net-based furniture selling company, despite being backed by Amazon.com, filed for bankruptcy, recently?

24. What is the name given to software developed exclusively for use by infants and toddlers?

25. What major currency is known as ‘Greenbacks’ in slang?

26. Who is the only Asian to be included in Sunday Times list of " The Wealthiest 200 in Britain since 1066"?

27. R Gopalan who is basking in the limelight for his role as a the official emissary in the Raj Kumar Kidnapping case, is the editor of which Tamil Magazine?

28. What we know as Maruti Zen was launched worldwide by Suzuki in the 90’s under what name?

29. Zee Movies is contemplating a co-branding exercise in collaboration with which major Hollywood Film studio?

30. Ashok H Advani is the publisher of which business magazine?

31. Lord Raj Kumar Bagri is the first non-Briton Chairman of what mercantile organization

32. You’ve heard of BSA motorcycles and surely seen BSA bicycles on Indian roads. What does BSA stand for?

33. What brand of Firestone tyres is creating an uproar in the USA, for causing many fatalities on the highway because of a manufacturing defect?

34. He appears in a series of books which made publishing history, and he is the most famous pupil of the "Hogwart’s Witchcraft School". Who is this fictional character?

35. To which fashion house did the minister Maneka Gandhi address her remark, "The skin of the python is no less precious to the snake than fur is to the fox"?

36. The ‘Calatrava Cross’ is the emblem of which coveted brand of Swiss watch?

37. What famous sports goods company did Phil Knight and Bill Boweman launch in 1964?

38. Which Indian textile brand proudly proclaims "Since 1925"in its advertisements?

39. Which famous hospital chain of India sells an accident insurance cover called "Dost’?

40. What product is associated with the Colombian mascot "Juan Valdez"?

41. Which newspaper baron started his career by launching the "Adelaide Herald" when he was just 23years old?

42. The Hollywood horror flick "Crocodile 2 – Death Roll" was recently shot in which film studio in India?

43. ‘The Striding Man’ is the logo of which best selling brand of scotch whiskey?

44. In his recent visit to New Delhi, in which 5 star Hotel did Bill Gates stay?

45. What automobile, still seen on the roads with minor variations, did Ferdinand Porsche develop under the behest of Adolf Hitler?

46. Mumbai-born Fareed Zackaria has been appointed the editor of which international newsmagazine?

47. Which textile company of India is head quartered at "Neville House"?

48. What useful and innovative computer accessory did Douglas Engelbert invent in 1968?

49. At long last the Department of Telecommunications (DoT, for short) has been transformed in to a corporation. What is its name in its new avatar?

50. What ingredient of chewing gum comes from the South American sapodilla tree?
 

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51. Which Indian confectioneries brand and Times Warner are involved in a legal wrangle over the 'Bunny' logo?

52. What is the consulting firm recently acquired by the electronics giant Hewlett-Packard?

53. What pharma company markets the 'Ayurvedic Concepts' range of health products?

54. What Hyderabad based company has been contracted by Cantor Index plc to supply giant- sized, inflatable images of the latest contenders to American Presidency-Bush and Gore?

55. What internationally famous sports apparel company was started in the 1930's by a champion tennis-player of France?

56. Prime Minister AB Vajpayee under went knee surgery in which Mumbai hospital?

57. According to 'BBC's Moneytalk' which German brand is ranked No. 1 amongst car audio products?

58. Who was chosen to be the first and only recipient in India of the choicest, limited edition champagne 'Espirit du Siecle'?

59. Which Hollywood star and brand ambassador of Omega watches was recently in India to meet the Dalai Lama?

60. What tourist attraction in London, designed by Sir Richard Rogers especially for the millennium, is in grave financial crisis because of its failure to attract enough visitors?

61. OM Gruppen of Sweden is in the news for wanting to takeover of all things which European stock exchange?

62. Carlos Ghosn, living up to his sobriquet of 'Le Cost-Killer', is putting which ailing Japanese carmaker on the road to recovery?

63. In the mesmerically popular TV Game show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the prize money is issued on the cheques of which bank?

64. What redoubtable Swiss watchmaker markets a range of metal-cased watches under a clever and ironic name of "Irony"?

65. In the world of Food and Agriculture what does the acronym GM stand for?

66. The indigenously produced Hepatitis b vaccine called Shanvac B, which is giving the multinationals a run for their money, is produced by which company?

67. Sierra Leone is now always in the news for the bloody civil war which is raging there. Otherwise it was known for its highly lucrative export trade in which mineral?

68. What 'wireless' technology, which has almost become a buzzword, is named after an ancient Viking chief?

69. What is the new name of the TV channel TNT, after its recent rechristening?

70. Sumantra Ghoshal has been appointed the founding Dean of which fledgling Business School?

71. Arun Bajoria's takeover threat was targeted at which company?

72. Which Bank has launched the "India Millennium Deposits" to mobilize resources of NRI&s?

73. The quality enforcing technique of 'Six Sigma' was first introduced by which American company?

74. Which airline uses the slogan "Be Good to Yourself" in its ads?

75. What is the expensive delicacy obtained from the fish sturgeon especially found in the Caspian Sea?

76. What is the name of the new generation fuel cell car recently developed by GM?

77. Which large chaebol, now in dire straits, was started by five friends in 1979 to manufacture and export garments?

78. Which Dutch brewery is ranked as the biggest producer of beer in Europe?

79. What prized and exclusive cars are manufactured in Malvern Link, North west of London?

80. In collaboration which Bollywood star is 'Emami' proposing to launch a range of Ayurvedic personal care products?

81. What is the name of the alliance formed by airlines such as Delta, Air France, Aero Mexico and Korean Air?

82. Which Budapest-born American CEO's biography is entitled "Swimming Across"?

83. Who is the 'person of Indian origin' who was hailed by the online magazine 'Valley Talk' as "the most successful Venture Capitalist of all time"?

84. Consequent upon a long drawn out family feud, what is the new name assumed by Andersen Consulting?

85. Italy's Monte Paschi di Seine, established in 1472, has the distinction of being the oldest of its kind. What is it?

86. Which advertising legend is supposed to have advised, "If you have nothing to say, sing it!"

87. Hans Wilsdorf, a German who set up his business in Switzerland, and later moved to London became the founder of which famous brand of watches?

88. Touted as one of the most useful inventions of this century, it was invented by George Mestral after he noticed burr sticking to his clothes on his return from a walk in the woods. What is it?

89. What is the 'highest scoring partnership' in cricket, which became a world famous brand of cigarettes?

90. Unit Trust's recent intention of terminating what scheme has caused public outcry and a lot of litigation?

91.Which mobile phone manufacturer is popularizing mobile-telephone etiquette with its 'mobile manners' campaign?

92.Which Indian TV channel owned the transmission rights for the 50th Miss World contest held in the
Millennium Dome in London?

93. Bajaj auto is setting up a two wheeler assembly line in which South American country?

94.Merino, one of the finest types of wool, is associated with which country?

95.In the heyday of nationalization, which PSU emerged from the amalgamation of ESSO and Caltex?

96.What biscuit in McVittie's range was originally developed by Sir Alexander Grant in the 1890's?

97.In the world of TV transmission technology, what does the much-talked about acronym DTH stand for?

98.With what product would you associate the well-known designs such as 'American Tank' and 'Tank
Francaise'?

99.Which Indian packaging company has taken over a firm called 'Propack' in China?

100.What is the internationally known brand of ice-cream co- promoted by an ex-hippie named Ben Cohen?
 

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101.In what make of car did the couple from Calcutta, MS Choudhary and his wife Neena, achieve the record for first circumnavigation of the world?

102.What international brand of cigarette is named after a ritzy street in London?

103.Which is the biggest Petroleum Company in the world?

104.Nazomi 503, is the fastest of its kind in the world. What is it?

105.Dhunji Rana was the model for what enduring and macho icon in Indian advertising?

106. Who is the hotshot executive of Indian origin with PepsiCo, who appears in the Fortunes list of 50 most powerful women in corporate America?

107. What is the prized sports drink in the Quaker Oat's portfolio which makes merger with it so desirable to suitors like Coke, Pepsi or Danone?

108. What is the Danish Electronics Company famed for producing 'haute couture' stuff in areas like Stereos, Televisions and Telephones?

109. What internationally famous brand of shoes is named whimsically after a rural American dish made from corn, fed to pet dogs?

110. "Beeps" and "Peeps' were the experimental prototypes of what legendary hard terrain vehicle?

111. Tidel Park, yet another of those prestigious complexes housing software firms, is associated with which city?

112. What invention was called the Lover's Telegraph" when first exhibited in Philadelphia, 1876?

113. What now universally popular food item was called "Food of the Gods", by Linnaeus the eminent naturalist of the nineteenth century?

114. Which aircraft manufactures the A3XX superjumbo, slated to be the biggest civilian aircraft?

115. What international brand of shirts, marketed in India too, is observing 150 years of existence?

116. The Dynatac made in the1970's was the first of its kind. What is this product which became extremely visible in India only in the mid 90's?

117. What was the epoch-making book written in the 60's by Rachel Carson, which awakened the world to the dangers of environmental pollution but incurred the wrath of industrial giants like Dupont?

118. What car being sold in India celebrated its first birthday recently with a birthday song sung especially for it by Shankar (Breathless) Mahadevan?

119. What hard liquor traditionally made from potatoes, literally means 'Little Water' in the native tongue?

120. What French sports fashion house has begun to sell India inspired knitwear kurta-pajamas successfully?

121. What large India retail chain proudly describes itself as 'The Family Store' in its advertisements?

122. Everyone has heard of the catchphrase "Intel Inside". But who authored a book entitled "Inside Intel"?

123. What brand of 'cold cream', also available in India, derives its name from a latin word meaning 'snow white'?

124. In Mumbai's underworld slang the word 'kavva' refers to what handy communication device?

125. With what cigarette brand (now gone up in smoke, I'm afraid), would you associate the once ubiquitous slogan "For Men of Action-- Satisfaction"?

126. What do you call the style of selling where the bid price goes down progressively until the deal is closed?

127. With which Management Guru of Indian Origin would you most associate the phrase "Core Competence"?

128. What is the popular (though not available in India) low calorie soft drink produced by Coca Cola, having a three letter name?

129. What expensive and legendary brand of cars is supposedly named after the founder of Dertroit - the car manufacturing capital of the world?

130. Which company started by Jim Clark has its headquarters at 'Mountain View'?

131. What is name of the range of bestselling digital cameras manufactured by Sony?

132. In UK, what brand of beer is most preffered as an accompaniment to India food?

133. What potent liquor, also known a 'the Green Fairy', is extracted from wormwood?

134. What invention, in its early years, was described as 'the horse that never says nay'?

135. Back to acronyms. What does the first three letters of 'Sun Microsystems' stand for?

136. A Navigator could mean many things. But a company has launched a toothbrush called Navigator. Which company are we talking about?

137. Tata Finance has launched a credit card with a tie up with which credit card company?

138. Kabhi Dekha Hai Aisa TV? Big Picture! Big Sound! .... Onida. Which ad agency created this award winning advertisement?

139. Which company has the advertising punchline, "The Power To Create"?
140. The movies Mohabbatein, Raju Chacha and Mission Kashmir had breath-taking special effects. Name the company that created these effects.

141. Which company makes Ujala?

142. If you can't beat them, join them. Which clock company has decided to shift base to China so that it remains competitive?

143. An Indian businessman has been named among Businessweek's top entrepreneurs for 2000. Name him.

144. The beautiful Ekta Kapoor, daughter of film star Jeetendra, is a highly successful producer of television serials. Name her company.

145. We all know what bulls and bears do. What would sheep do in the stock market?

146. Which media group (you have to name the company, not the newspaper) has launched India's first electronic newspaper, or e-paper?

147. Nescafe has two coffee brands. One is Nescafe Classic and the other is?

148. The Human Genome Project has been in the news because government agencies and private sector companies have been racing to become the first to decipher the human genome. Name the private sector company which was in this race?

149. For which electronics brand does Rahul Dravid model?

150. Ceat. This tyre company gives the cricket ratings. To which group does this company belong?
 

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MP Guru
ANSWERS


1. Food Corporation of India
2. Toyota
3. Hyderabad
4. Gucci
5. Amar Chitra Katha
6. Thai
7. Kaun Banega Crorepati
8. Johnson & Johnson
9. Jack Welch
10. Pawnbrokers
11. Maruti Udyog
12. Ciitizen
13. Greshams Law
14. Punch Productions
15. Wall Street
16. Oprah Winfrey
17. Yuva Raja
18. British Airways
19. Middle Aged Middlebrow Acheiver
20. Viagra
21. Hallmark
22. Toys R US
23. Living.Com
24. Lapware
25. US Dollars
26. L. N. Mittal
27. Nakkheeran
28. Alto
29. MGM
30. Business India
31. London Metal Exchange
32. Birmingham Small Arms
33. Wilderness
34. Harry Potter
35. Calvin Klein
36. Patek Phillippe
37. Nike
38. Raymond’s
39. Apollo
40. Coffee
41. Rupert Murdoch
42. Ramoji Film City
43. Johnny Walker
44. Maurya Sheraton
45. Volkswaggen
46. Newsweek
47. Bombay Dyeing
48. The Mouse
49. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
50. Chicle
 

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51. Nutrine
52. Pricewaterhouse Coopers



53. Himalaya Drugs Company
54. Unique Inflatables
55. Lacoste
56. Breach Candy
57. Blaupunkt
58. Prannoy Roy
59. Pierce Brosnan
60. Millennium Dome
61. London Stock Exchange
62. Nissan Motors
63. ICICI Bank
64. Swatch
65. Genitically Modified
66. Shantha Biotechnics
67. Diamonds
68. Bluetooth
69. TCM
70. Indian School Of Business, Hyderabad
71. Bombay Dyeing
72. State Bank Of India
73. Motorola
74. The Emirates
75. Caviar
76. Hydrogen
77. Daewoo
78. Heinneken
79. Morgan
80. Madhuri Dixit
81. Sky Team
82. Andy Grove
83. Vinod Khosla
84. Accenture
85. Bank
86. David Ogilvy
87. Rolex
88. Velcro
89. 555
90. Rajyalakshmi
91. Nokia
92. Zee
93. Brazil
94. Australia
95. Hindustan Petroleum
96. Digestive
97. Direct To Home
98. Watches
99. Essel
100. Ben & Jerry
 

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100. Ben & Jerry
101. Contessa Classic
102. Pall Mall
103. Shell
104. Train
105. Zodiac Man
106. Indra Nooyi
107. Gatorade

108. Bang & Oluffsan
109. Hush Puppies
110. Jeep
111. Chennai
112. Telephone
113. Chocolate
114. Airbus Industry
115. Arrow
116. Mobile (Cell) Phone
117. The Silent Spring
118. Ford Ikon
119. Vodka
120. Lacoste
121. Pantaloon's
122. Tim Jackson
123. Nivea
124. Cellular Phone
125. Scissors
126. Dutch Auction
127. C. K. Prahlad
128. Tab
129. Cadillac
130. Netscape
131. Mavica
132. Cobra
133. Absinthe
134. Bicycle
135. Stanford University Network
136. Colgate
137. American Express
138. Oglivy And Mather (O&M)
139. Epson
140. Western Outdoor
141. Jyothi Labs
142. Ajanta Quartz
143. Sunil Mittal (Bharti Telecom)
144. Balaji Telefilms
145. Follow The Leader
146. Living Media India Ltd
147. Sunrise
148. Celera Genomics
149. Thomson
150. RPG Enterprises
 

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1. Pepsico has acquired which American food and drink company recently, which Coca Cola had also bid for but rejected by its board?
(a) Kellogg's b) Quaker Oats c) Cadbury Schweppes d) General Milks

2. Who became the first woman to head a Fortune 500 company (The Washington Post) after her husband’s death?
a) Linda Goodman b) Nancy Eldridge c) Katherine Graham d) Denise Albrecht

3. Which of the following figures is nearest to the Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of banks in 1999-2000?
a) Rs. 52,000 crore b) Rs. 46,000 crore c) Rs. 67,000 crore d) Rs. 75,000 crore

4. What does SMS stand for in the communications industry?
a) Sharp Microchip Service b) Simple Messaging and Start-up
c) Simple Messaging Service d) Short Messaging System
 

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5. Match the following top four Bangalore’s businessmen with the companies they own:
I. Narayan Murthy i) Infosys
II. Azim Premji ii) Kids Kemp
III. Vijay Mallaya iii) Wipro
IV. Ravi Melwani iv) UB group
a) I-i, II-ii, III-iii, IV-iv b) I-i, II-iii, III-ii, IV-iv
c) I-i, II-iii, III-iv, IV-ii d) I-i, II-iv, III-iii, IV-ii

6. Why was the website, “Wahindia.com” in the news recently?
a) it launched a new service b) it laid off some of its employees
c) it announced its closure d) it decided to become an ISP

7. Who, among the following, is the President of the World Bank?
a) James Wolfensohn b) Michael Camadeuss c) Michael Bonsignore d) Robert Bishop

8. Which television channel has started ‘Kaun Banega Kangal’ as a spoof of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati?'
a) Start TV b) Sony TV c) Channel V d) MTV

9. Which of the following banks has launched credit card co-branded with HSBC?
a) SBI b) PNB c) Bank of Baroda d) Canara Bank

10) What is ‘Red Hat’?
a) a fashion accessory b) a danger signal in shipping industry c) a medicine for AIDS
d) a company owned by Linux, the free operating system for computers

11) Which company uses the punchline “Applying thought”?
a) LML b) IBM c) Wipro d) Compaq

12) Name the company formed by film star Shah Rukh Khan for a variety of business interests?
a) SRK.com b) Shah Rukh & Co. c) SRKWORLD d) Dreamz

13) Who, among the following, has been selected as ‘Businessman of the year 2000’ by Business India magazine?
a) Narayan Murthy b) Azim Premji c) Mukesh Armbani d) Kumarmangalam Birla

14) Which company has launched personalised CDs under the brand "Hamara CD”?
a) Polydor b) EMI c) HMV d) GPI

15) Which advertising agency has created the advertisements for “Color Plus”?
a) O & M b) HTA c) Rubecon d) Euro RSCG

16. Who designed the Nike logo ‘Swoosh’ in 1971 and how much was she paid for it?
16. Caroline Davidson, a college student. She was paid $35 for it.

17. ‘Tony the Tiger’ is the mascot for which product?
17. Kellog’s Frosties.

18. What is the claim to fame of Miral Durlabhji in the world of Indian Advertising?
18. He played the Junior Onida Devil

19. “If You don’t have to answer to anyone, what would you do’ is the tag line for what?
19. Harley Davidson

20. Wrigley’s once distributed one million pieces of this company’s product as handouts for a sales promotion. What product and which company?
20. Gillette and the Disposable Shaving Razor

21. What is the Quickie P 300?
21. The brand of wheelchair that Christopher Reeve uses following his accident

22. Invented in the 1920s, by C.L.Briggs, in Missouri, this product contained Lithium salts and was initially called ‘Bib-label Lithiated Lemon Lime Soda’. What?
22. UP

23. Apart from speeds of aircraft, what is the Mach 3?
23. Gillette’s new razor that contains 3 blades

24. What are ‘Toast in New York’, ‘Mad about Mauve’, ‘Raisin’ rage’?
24. Shades of Revlon Lipstick

25. ‘Work Less, do more’ is the tag line for what?
25. Microsoft Office 97

26. Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavorotti appear in an ad for an airline. Name the airline and the service advertised.
26. Japanese Airlines and Executive Class

27. ‘A Cigarette is a perfect type of perfect pleasure’ was BAT’s first punchline. To whom are the above words attributed?
27. Oscar Wilde

28. Who started Naturence Research Labs?
28. Manoj Prabhakar

29. In the 1960s girls carried a penny in their shoes lest their dates failed to drop them home. What product got its name from this?
29. Penny Loafers

30. Which is the official footwear of the Woodstock music festival?
30. Burkinstock Sandals

30. How do we better know the company J.W.Foster and Co.?
30. Reebok

31. Sears Roebuck and Co., the retailing giant started selling products through mail order. What was the first product sold through mail order?
31. Quartz Watches

32. Launched in 1935 as a chocolate crisp, it was later renamed after an 18th century London Club. Name the product.
32. Kit-Kat

33. In the book ‘Around the World in 80 Days’, Phileas Fogg withdraws 20000 Guineas from a bank. Name the bank.
33. Barings’ Bank

34. What did Timothy Leary brand as LSD of the future?
34. The Internet

35. Singer Sewing Machines was the first company to introduce a highly innovative marketing tool. What was it?
35. Buying goods through installment schemes.

36. In the movie ‘Forrest Gump’, Tom Hanks is frequently shown drinking a particular drink. Which one?
36. Dr. Pepper

37. “Nov 7,1912 July 3,1996 I’ve lost my voice” What is the significance of this ad?
37. This was the Air India ad given out after the death of Bobby Kooka. The first date was when Air India was founded as Tata Airlines by J R D Tata. The second date was the death of Booby Kooka.

36. Which famous cricketer endorsed Colman’s Mustard?
36. W G Grace

37. Who was the Time Man of the Year 1997?
37. Andy Grove, former Intel CEO

38. The first product made by this company was a car record player. They gave themselves a name similar to the name of the market leader in record players in those days. Today, this company has a worldwide presence and is known as a premier communications company. Name the company?
38. Motorola

39. Mitchell Kapor, a Bostonian, is a teacher of Transcendental Meditation and a Buddhist. In 1988, he started a foundation for electronic free speech. But he is the founder of a well-know company. Which one?
39. Lotus

40. An American inventor Herman Hollerith devised an electromechanical
counting machine that used punched cards to tabulate the results of the 1890 United States census. The firm that grew out of this business eventually became which familiar company?
40. IBM (international Business Machines)

41. Nolan Bushnell launched the video game industry with the founding of a company that took its name from the Japanese game of "Go" where the
word is used to warn an opponent that he is in danger of losing. Name the Company?
41. Atari

42. In the Internet lingo, if someone advised you to 'RTFM', what is he telling you to do?
42. Read the F***ing Manual

43. What is a three-finger exercise?
43. Pressing Ctrl+Alt+del on the Keyboard (cold reboot)

44. Why did Intel call the successor to the 486 Processor series "Pentium", instead of using a combination of digits as they had always done?
44. Because Numbers cannot be trademarked.

45. He shares his first name with a character in "Peanuts" and he is known
as the person who wrote Linux. Who?
45. Linus Torvalds

46. If you find yourself in an Infinite Loop in the Bay area, where would you be?
46. Apple’s HQ

47. What is the section of Yahoo that is dedicated to kids called?
47. Yahooligans

48. What are "Bells & Whistles"?
48. Features in a software that are of cosmetic value only.

49. A program that automatically sends a default reply to the senders of
incoming email messages is called?
49. Auto Responders or Vacation Responders

50. Which Bangalorean started the free e-mail service "Hotmail"?
50. Sabeer Bhatia
 

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51. It is the name of a very famous river in South America. However,
Amazon is also known in the wired world for what?
51. The largest bookstore in the Universe

52. What is electronic money known as in common internet parlance?
52. Cybercash

53. It is not something that you'd like to eat even if you were stranded in an island with adequate supplies of it. However, which unpopular food item is also the term used to describe unwanted mail sent to a mass of e-mail addresses to advertise products or services?
53. Spam

54. What is DPI in computer printing terminology?
54. Dots per inch

55. What is the term for a small, book-sized computer with a screen that allows you to read the digitized text of a book complete with a touch-sensitive screen and stylus that let you highlight, annotate, or bookmark the book?
55. An e-book.

56. Before the World Wide Web, what was the system for finding and displaying document files stored on the Internet. It was named for the mascot of the college where it was developed, the University of Minnesota?
56. Gopher

57. Which company started in a garage in Palo Alto received its first order from Disney, the making the film Fantasia, for Oscillators?
57. Hewlett Packard

58. What do we call software that has become so loaded with features that it practically takes up all of a computer's hard disk and requires much too much of its RAM to run?
58. Bloatware

59. Who is called the father of computing for his contribution to the basic design of the Computer through what he called the analytical engine?
59. Charles Babbage

60. DVD, the new technology that looks like a CD-ROM but holds over 4.7 Gb of data (can hold a full length movie) stands for?
60. Digital Versatile Disc

61. Who is a 404? (clue : The Internet)
61. A clueless person, from the www error message "404 not found"

62. Which word, meaning both "an opportunistic Computer hacker" and science
Fiction dealing with future urban societies dominated by computers" was coined by writer Bruce Bethke?
62. Cyberpunk

63. What is a program that is disguised as useful software but which actually crashes your hard-disk called?
63. Trojan Horse

64. What is Spanish for a "tall pole"?(clue : ask the Document Company)
64. Palo Alto

65. In the field of Computers, the statement "the power of a microprocessor doubles every 18 months...." is better known as?
65. Moore’s Law

66. Name the first Indian product to be put up (earlier this week) on Microsoft's Site Builder Network site? Hint - it is a customised customer e-mail manager
66. Bangalore-based Aditi Technologies’ Talisma.

67. What was Project Memphis?
67. Code name for the development of Windows 98. Project Chicago was Windows 95.

68. M.H.Hasham lost his family business of rice exports when the Govt. nationalised it in 1940. Unfazed he plunged into the oil business setting up Western India Vegetable Products in 1945. At the time of partition he was invited by Mohd. Ali Jinnah to join his ministry in Pakistan. He refused and chose to stay on in India. His company did not grow too much and at the time of his death in 1967 had just two fairly successful Vanaspati brands Sunflower and Camel. Which company?
68. WIPRO

69. Why did Homi Sethna of TOMCO name India’s first detergent bar, 501?
69. All the soaps at that time were imported from England and came in batches of 500. Homi Sethna was instrumental in launching India’s first ever detergent bar and in order to drive the point home to the British he named it 501.

70. Which company was founded by Frank A. Seiberling and his brother Charles in 1900. Its main product was lined with long staple cotton?
70. Good Year

71. Why is IBM called the ‘Big Blue’?
71. IBM built its reputation on customer service. It had an army of blue suited salesmen who swarmed all over the US. Therefore it got the name Big Blue

72. This brand was launched in India with one of the largest advertising budgets – Rs. 15 Crore which was 60% of its turnover. 1.5 Crore of this was used to buy up 5 minutes of airtime on the same day at the same time on every TV Channel thus accomplishing for the first time in India, what in advertising jargon is known as a ‘road block’. Which brand?
72. Real Value vacuumiser.

73. Revlon was founded by Charles Revson. Then why is it called Revlon?
73. The ‘L’ was added in honour of the nail polish supplier Charles Lachman.

74. The 1900 Corporation, USA introduced a product under a brand name which became a huge success. The company soon adopted the brand name as the name of the company. Which company?
74. Whirlpool

75. In 1980, Rolls Royce launched their ‘Silver Spirit’ model highlighting a particular feature. What feature and why?
75. David Ogilvy’s ad for the Rolls Royce had the adline ‘At 60 miles per hour, the only sound comes from the clock’. The team of engineers who designed the car were not impressed that the clock made a noise. So Rolls Royce worked on installing a noise free digital clock that was soundless and installed it in the ‘Silver Spirit’. This was the feature that was highlighted.

76. One morning in 1935, a small time businessman Bishandas Basil hit upon the idea of setting up a sewing machine factory in Calcutta. He thus set up Jay Engineering Works. The machines went on to become a huge success. What name were the machines sold under and why?
76. It was called Usha after Bishandas’s daughter.

77. This person named his company’s leading brand after his nephew, the son of his brother Ramniklal. What brand and who?
77. Vimal and Dhirubhai Ambani

78. ‘I have 3 priorities – God, family and __________, and at work these get reversed’. So said the founder of this famous company. 8 months after he died his company sold its 50 billionth product and dislodged Sears Roebuck to enter the Dow Jones 30 Index. Name the founder and the company.
78. Ray Kroc and McDonald’s.

79. In the Ford Escort ad featuring Leander Paes he drinks a particular soft drink and has two books in the car. Name all three.
79. 7 Up, Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 and Jack Higgins’ Thunderpoint.

80. In 1884, a practicing and self-dispensing doctor in Calcutta, Dr. S.K.Burman launched three ayurvedic machines. The medicines were sold on a ‘value for money plank’ and were sent to patients through VPP. Two of the brands he launched were Juri Tap, an anti-malarial and Plaguin for Plague. He also launched a third brand, which was a digestive and exists even today. Later a company which was named in his honour took over the brands. Name the doctor and the company.
80. The doctor was Dr. S.K.Burman. He was affectionately called Daktar Burman by the locals thus giving the company the name Dabur. The third brand was Pudin Hara.

81. Who on whom – ‘If he was a plumber, he would control all the water in the world and force anyone who wants a drop of the precious liquid to cut a deal with him’.
81. Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle on Bill Gates
82. The owner of this well known Indian brand once worked as a lab assistant at the Lalbhai Group’s New Cotton Mills, followed y the Gujarat Govt.’s Dept. of Mining and Geology. In his free time he would manufacture his product, which he sold door-to-door on Sundays for Rs. 3 a Kg. While his nearest competitor sold it at Rs. 15. Who and what?
82. Karsanbhai Patel and Nirma.

83. In 1994, IBM ran a campaign whose punchline was ‘Flight 4.0 to Chicago is delayed’. What was IBM referring to?
83. Microsoft’s delay in launching Windows 95 (Windows 4.0 officially) which was codenamed ‘Chicago’.

84. What was the contribution of Caroline Davidson, a college student to the world of business in 1971?
84. She designed the Nike logo ‘Swoosh’ for which she was paid $35.

85. This company was founded by Joyce and brother Rolle. Together they developed one of the world’s largest art organisations with over 400 artists. What?
85. Hallmark Cards.

86. What is the claim to fame of Sergei Zyman in the marketing world?
86. He was behind the disastrous launch of ‘New Coke’ in 1984.

87. In 1947, Digamber Parasuram Dandekar, a small time entrepreneur was sitting in an Irani restaurant in Bombay, drinking tea. An advertisement caught his eye then. Inspired, he launched a brand which controls 60% of its market today. Which brand?
87. Camel and Camlin Stationery. He saw the ad for Camel cigarettes, which went ‘I would walk a mile for a Camel’. He started Camel Stationery and his first product was Camel Ink with the line ‘Camel Ink writes for mils and miles without a break’.

88. What did Nestle do in 1938, on the request of the Brazilian Govt.?
88. It invented ‘Instant Coffee’.

89. Which brand’s logo, in the form that it appears on it products, always weighs 0.38 gms and is the surest sign of the authenticity of the product?
89. Lacoste

90. In corporate jargon, what is ‘Cold Calling’?
90. Making an unsolicited call in person on a perspective customer to sell a product.

91. According to Business Week, when the New York trade center was bombed in 1993, a man by name Jim McIntyre led a group of people across 34 floors in total darkness to safety. What did he use for light?
91. A Times Indiglo watch.

92. The first wholly Indian made commercial was for Dalda Vanaspati. Who sang the jingle?
92. Talat Mehmood.

93. Which major Japanese company started in 1915 with the manufacture of pencils and only later moved on to the products that they are today famous for, also retaining the brandname of the pencils for all their products?
93. Sharp

94. In the UK, what is a ‘Pink Pound’?
94. Money earned from offering services or selling products to gays.

95. According to McDonald’s , what is the ‘Golden Arches theory of Conflict prevention’?
95. No country with McDonald’s has ever gone to war with each other.

96. Bill Gates and his team at Microsoft took a team of reporters into a submarine during a product launch. Why did Gates do this?
96. To show what it was like, to live in a ‘windowless world’. The product of course was Windows

97. In 1891, James C. Fargo, then President of a particular company went on a business trip to Europe. Fed up with a certain kind of hassle that he repeatedly faced, he asked the manager of the European branch of the company, Marcellus Berry, to devise a solution. What resulted?
97. Fargo had problems carrying money abroad. He could carry currency gold or non-negotiable drafts or letters of credits, all acceptable only at the banks they named. Berry came up with the idea of a cheque that could be signed and paid for on purchasing and again on encashment, thus allowing safe carrying anywhere the cheques were accepted. In other words, he invented Travellers’ Cheques. The company was American Express.

98. What is common to Aspirin, Cellophane, Corn flakes, Escalator, Kerosene, Nylon, thermos and Zipper?
98. Brand names that have become words in English language.

99. Which TELCO product is named after its long time chief Sumant Moolgaonkar?
99. The Tata Sumo

100. What was concocted by a pharmacist named Caleb D Bradham as a cure for dyspepsia?
100. Pepsi
 

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101. What did a newly wed Johnson and Johnson employee named Earl G Dickson come up with in 1920 because his wife, who was inexperienced in the kitchen kept burning and cutting herself?
101. Band –Aid

102. Which Indian brand gets its name from the Latin word for ‘strength’ or ‘vigour’?
102. Vim detergent

103. Which Indian product was launched by ace magician Franz Hararay at a magic show in Delhi?
103. The TVS Spectra

104. Which soft drink, invented in the 1920s by C.L.Briggs in Price’s Branch, Missouri was originally called Bib-Label Lithianted Lemon Hearted Soda and was guaranteed to take the ‘ouch out of the grouch’?
104. 7-UP

105. The name of the cassette and record company TIPS is an acronym for what?
105. To Improve and Promote Singing

106. By 1861, this product, produced in USA, enjoyed higher sales abroad than in the USA. In Africa, salesmen had to customise the machine because the tribesmen wanted it to be noisier, because they believed ‘good iron made more noise’. Mahatma Gandhi described it as ‘One of the few useful things ever invented’. What?
106. The Singer Sewing Machine

107. What does the T in the name of the Indian entertainment conglomerate T-Series stand for?
107. Trishul

108. What do the letters ESPN in the name of the TV channel stand for?
108. Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
109. Which European supermarket chain opened their first Indian outlet in Bangalore and later sold out to the Tatas who renamed it ‘Westside’?
109. Littlewoods

110. What was designed by Umesh Rao, a young empoyee of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency on an idea by Booby Kooka?
110. The Air India Maharaja

111. What do the letters in the names of the Indian corporate giants BPL and MRF stand for?
111. BPL – British Physical Laboratories, MRF – Madras Rubber Factory

112. What is common to MRF, Britannia, Elf, BPL?
112. All corporate giants who run sports academies in India viz. The MRF Pace Foundation at Chennai, The Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy at Chennai, The Elf Vengsarkar Cricket Academy at Mumbai and the BPL Padukone Badminton Academy at Bangalore.

113. What according to the Indian government is the only 3 wheeler that you can drive without a license?
113. The Road Roller

114. Persis Khambatta and Protima Bedi both died on the same day. A month earlier they had been interviewed together on a Television show. Name the show and the host.
114. ‘Not a nice man to know’ hosted by Kushwant Singh on Star Plus

115. What name is derived from the Persian for ‘Huge sheet of water’?
115. India. Since the Persians couldn’t pronounce Sindhu, they referred to it as ‘the huge sheet of water’ or ‘India’.

116. Which animal is the largest member of the Pig family?
116. The Hippopotamus

117. This vehicle was used for all general purposes during the World Wars and it was said that it could do anything but talk. What?
117. The General Purpose Vehicle or the Jeep (from GP)

118. In Tirupati, the Hundi receives millions of rupees every year. What is the mythological reason for the Hundi to be there in the first place?
118. Once Vishnu was reborn on earth to take back Lakshmi who had come away after a fight. In that birth he needed money to marry her and he borrowed it from Kubera since he had none. Till today his devotees are helping him pay back the loan by contributing to the Hundi.

119. Nowadays, there is this trend of conducting marriages at weird locales, like on a plane. But, for a wedding conducted on a plane, the rule is that Sikh rites have to be followed even though it is a Hindu wedding. Why?
119. Because the Sikh rites of marriage don’t need the marriage to be conducted in the presence of Agni or fire.

120. Complete the lines – “Till earth and sky stand, presently at God’s great judgement seat, _____________”.
120. “East is East and West is West and the Twain shall never meet” from Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Ballads of the East and West’

121. In the world of Children’s fiction, if you followed the directions “Second to the right and straight on till morning”, where would you go?
121. Neverland (Peter Pan)

122. The road outside the Chicago Art Institute in Chicago was originally called Michigan Avenue. Now it has been renamed after an Indian. Who?
122. Swami Vivekananda

123. Captain Haddock is the President of an organization called SSS. What odes SSS stand for?
123. Society of Sober Sailors

124. The chief architectural planner of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, David H. Burnham wanted to produce a homegrown structure that would rival the Eiffel Tower. He conducted a competition. The winner was George Washington Gale. What did he invent?
124. The Giant Wheel or the Ferris Wheel

125. What practice evolved when Eskimos murdered the captain of the ship Heartsease in 1612?
125. The practice of flying the flag at half-mast.
 

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126. The San Francisco Chronicle described this person as having ‘the determination of Bjorn Borg, the grunt of Jimmy Connors and the laugh of Woody Woodpecker’. Who?
126. Monica Seles

127. In 1979, the Nobel Prize winners for medicine Sir Geoffrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack were neither doctors nor physiologists. Why were they then awarded the Nobel Prize?
127. For inventing the CAT scan.

128. What, during the French Revolution, were called Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
128. The King, Queen and Jack on a pack of cards.

129. Which is the most famous publication of the company Bennett and Coleman?
129. The Times of India

130. In 1935, Carl Van Ossietzsky, German journalist and pacifist won the Nobel Prize by beating a much more famous person whose nomination for the Prize was vehemently opposed by the British. Who?
130. Mahatma Gandhi

131. Sage Bhagiratha performed penance to bring Ganga to earth. Sage Kashyapa performed penance to bring which river to earth?
131. Saraswathi

132. Devonshire House is one of the most popular haunts of Bangaloreans. By what name is it better known?
132. Galaxy Theatre

133. She was the first winner of the Asian Women’s amateur Table Tennis title but is better known for her professional life. Who?
133. Kiran Bedi

134. The controversial movie ‘Fire’ is the first of director Deepa Mehta’s ‘Elements’ trilogy. Name the other two.
134. Earth and Water

135. Which two cricketers and singer have been signed on to endorse Coca Cola in addition to Saurav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath?
135. Robin Singh, Anil Kumble and Daler Mehndi

136. Which celebrity made her Hindi film debut in the small role of the wife of tribal Raghubir Yadav in the award winning ‘Massey Saheb’?
136. Arundhati Roy

137. Who was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize for 1998?
137. Amartya Sen (The Bank of Sweden Prize is the Economics Nobel)

138. Recently a Dubai based company launched a range of perfumes called ‘SK’. After whom is it named?
138. Shahrukh Khan

139. In the world of comics whose mind ‘works faster than a computer’?
139. Chacha Chaudhary

140. Which Kannada movie won the National Award for Best Film in 1998?
140. Girish Kasaravalli’s ‘Thayi Saaheba’

141. Where in Bangalore would you find the following words inscribed ‘Government’s work is God’s work’?
141. On the Vidhana Soudha

142. What is advertised with the line ‘Nothing else matters at nine’?
142. Star News

143. In the world of Indian classical music how are Lalitha and Haripriya better known?
143. Hyderabad Sisters

144. In the name of the popular computer iMAC, What does the ‘i’ stand for?
144. Internet

145. It was earlier called as ‘The Statuette’. How do we know it today?
145. The Oscar

146. Who or what did Shakespeare describe as ‘the green eyed monster’?
146. Jealousy

147. In the Mahabharata, other than the Kauravas who else had a hundred brothers?
147. Shakuni

148. Whose autobiography is titled ‘Wings of Fire’?
148. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

149. Who edits the women’s magazine ‘New Woman’?
149. Hema Malini

150. Which cricketer is slated to star opposite Madhuri Dixit in a forthcoming film?
150. Ajay Jadeja
 

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1. What was born in a pub in London during a barroom argument on which bird was the fastest in the British Isles?
1. The Guinness Book of Records

2. Which king, the son of Sage Pulyasta was an accomplished veena player and his royal flag bore it as his insignia?
2. Ravana

3. What according to the Indian government is the only 3 wheeler that you can drive without a license?
3. The Road Roller

4. Persis Khambatta and Protima Bedi both died on the same day. A month earlier they had been interviewed together on a Television show. Name the show and the host.
4. ‘Not a nice man to know’ hosted by Kushwant Singh on Star Plus

5. What name is derived from the Persian for ‘Huge sheet of water’?
5. India. Since the Persians couldn’t pronounce Sindhu, they referred to it as ‘the huge sheet of water’ or ‘India’.

6. Which animal is the largest member of the Pig family?
6. The Hippopotamus

7. This vehicle was used for all general purposes during the World Wars and it was said that it could do anything but talk. What?
7. The General Purpose Vehicle or the Jeep (from GP)

8. In Tirupati, the Hundi receives millions of rupees every year. What is the mythological reason for the Hundi to be there in the first place?
8. Once Vishnu was reborn on earth to take back Lakshmi who had come away after a fight. In that birth he needed money to marry her and he borrowed it from Kubera since he had none. Till today his devotees are helping him pay back the loan by contributing to the Hundi.

9. Nowadays, there is this trend of conducting marriages at weird locales, like on a plane. But, for a wedding conducted on a plane, the rule is that Sikh rites have to be followed even though it is a Hindu wedding. Why?
9. Because the Sikh rites of marriage don’t need the marriage to be conducted in the presence of Agni or fire.

10. Complete the lines – “Till earth and sky stand, presently at God’s great judgement seat, _____________”.
10. “East is East and West is West and the Twain shall never meet” from Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Ballads of the East and West’

11. In the world of Children’s fiction, if you followed the directions “Second to the right and straight on till morning”, where would you go?
11. Neverland (Peter Pan)

12. The road outside the Chicago Art Institute in Chicago was originally called Michigan Avenue. Now it has been renamed after an Indian. Who?
12. Swami Vivekananda

13. Captain Haddock is the President of an organization called SSS. What odes SSS stand for?
13. Society of Sober Sailors

14. The chief architectural planner of the 1893 World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, David H. Burnham wanted to produce a homegrown structure that would rival the Eiffel Tower. He conducted a competition. The winner was George Washington Gale. What did he invent?
14. The Giant Wheel or the Ferris Wheel

15. What practice evolved when Eskimos murdered the captain of the ship Heartsease in 1612?
15. The practice of flying the flag at half-mast.

16. The San Francisco Chronicle described this person as having ‘the determination of Bjorn Borg, the grunt of Jimmy Connors and the laugh of Woody Woodpecker’. Who?
16. Monica Seles

17. In 1979, the Nobel Prize winners for medicine Sir Geoffrey Hounsfield and Allan Cormack were neither doctors nor physiologists. Why were they then awarded the Nobel Prize?
17. For inventing the CAT scan.

18. What, during the French Revolution, were called Liberty, Equality and Fraternity?
18. The King, Queen and Jack on a pack of cards.

19. Which is the most famous publication of the company Bennett and Coleman?
19. The Times of India

20. In 1935, Carl Van Ossietzsky, German journalist and pacifist won the Nobel Prize by beating a much more famous person whose nomination for the Prize was vehemently opposed by the British. Who?
20. Mahatma Gandhi

21. Sage Bhagiratha performed penance to bring Ganga to earth. Sage Kashyapa performed penance to bring which river to earth?
21. Saraswathi

22. Devonshire House is one of the most popular haunts of Bangaloreans. By what name is it better known?
22. Galaxy Theatre

23. She was the first winner of the Asian Women’s amateur Table Tennis title but is better known for her professional life. Who?
23. Kiran Bedi

24. The controversial movie ‘Fire’ is the first of director Deepa Mehta’s ‘Elements’ trilogy. Name the other two.
24. Earth and Water

25. Which two cricketers and singer have been signed on to endorse Coca Cola in addition to Saurav Ganguly and Javagal Srinath?
25. Robin Singh, Anil Kumble and Daler Mehndi

26. Which celebrity made her Hindi film debut in the small role of the wife of tribal Raghubir Yadav in the award winning ‘Massey Saheb’?
26. Arundhati Roy

27. Who was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize for 1998?
27. Amartya Sen (The Bank of Sweden Prize is the Economics Nobel)

28. Recently a Dubai based company launched a range of perfumes called ‘SK’. After whom is it named?
28. Shahrukh Khan

29. In the world of comics whose mind ‘works faster than a computer’?
29. Chacha Chaudhary

30. Which Kannada movie won the National Award for Best Film in 1998?
30. Girish Kasaravalli’s ‘Thayi Saaheba’

31. Where in Bangalore would you find the following words inscribed ‘Government’s work is God’s work’?
31. On the Vidhana Soudha

32. What is advertised with the line ‘Nothing else matters at nine’?
32. Star News

33. In the world of Indian classical music how are Lalitha and Haripriya better known?
33. Hyderabad Sisters

34. In the name of the popular computer iMAC, What does the ‘i’ stand for?
34. Internet

35. It was earlier called as ‘The Statuette’. How do we know it today?
35. The Oscar

36. Who or what did Shakespeare describe as ‘the green eyed monster’?
36. Jealousy

37. In the Mahabharata, other than the Kauravas who else had a hundred brothers?
37. Shakuni

38. Whose autobiography is titled ‘Wings of Fire’?
38. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

39. Who edits the women’s magazine ‘New Woman’?
39. Hema Malini

40. Which cricketer is slated to star opposite Madhuri Dixit in a forthcoming film?
40. Ajay Jadeja

41. What was born in a pub in London during a barroom argument on which bird was the fastest in the British Isles?
41. The Guinness Book of Records

42. Which king, the son of Sage Pulyasta was an accomplished veena player and his royal flag bore it as his insignia?
42. Ravana

43. During the late 80s the Times of India group had launched a super premium tea brand which met with a quick death in the market. Name the brand.
43. Editor’s Choice

44. Which industrialist began his career ass an attendant for Burmah Shell Gas in Aden(Yemen)?
44. Dhirubhai Ambani

45. If IBM is the Big Blue, Coca Cola the Big Red, what is Big Black?
45. United Parcel Service
46. Whose first foray into business was the founding of the ‘Laugh-O-gram’ corporation in 1921 which went bankrupt barely two years later?
46. Walt Disney

47. Which company started as a playing card company in 1889 in Japan and literally means ‘Leave luck to Heaven’?
47. Nintendo

48. Which product was launched with the adline ‘It helps a school girl to maintain her complexion’?
48. Palmolive Soap

49. Which brand employs Mercury, the swift messenger of the Gods, a connotation of speed, as its trademark?
49. Good Year

50. The name of which Japanese company literally means ’50 Bells’?
50. Isuzu
 

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51. In the mid 80s, the Beatles’ song ‘revolution’ was licensed for a TV commercial, the first time ever that a Beatles’ song had been licensed for advertising purposes. Name the brand
51. Nike

52. Which was the first commercial symbol to be displayed at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum?
52. The Singapore Girl of Singapore Airlines

53. Derived from the Japanese word for ‘great Prince’, it found its way into English, after foreigners mispronounced it, as something else which came to mean ‘a man of great wealth’. What word?
53. Tycoon from ‘taikon’

54. Which company has its headquarters in Crewe, Cheshire, CWI, 3pl, England?
54. Rolls Royce

55. Who once advertised with the slogan ‘Nothing improvises the circulation of a magazine like a dirty picture’?
55. The Sportstar, the picture in question was the infamous ball tampering incident where Mike Artherton is seen pulling out some sawdust from his pocket and rubbing it on the ball

56. David Whitebread is a little known stage actor and part time model. What is he best known as?
56. The Onida Devil

57. Which ad agency keeps a bowl of fresh apples in the reception areas of its offices all over the world?
57. Leo Burnett

58. Which celebrity owns ‘Unsquashable Inc”?
58. Jahangir Khan

59. Who said ‘I have done more than anyone else to change the face of mankind’?
59. King Camp Gillette

60. Warner Communications & American Express paid Manhattan Design 1000 dollars to design a logo. What?
60. MTV logo
61. In the 1880s a person called Richardson sold this ointment in USA. It was named after his son-in-law. What?
61. Vicks

62. What is the Roman word for ‘To roll over’?
62. Conglomerate (Latin for Roll over is Volvo)

63. Which brand had the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra play at its Indian Launch?
63. Seagram

64. Which media baron was born Jan Ludwik Hoch and died under mysterious circumstances abroad his yacht ‘Lady Ghislaine’?
64. Robert Maxwell

65. Who recently launched a website ‘India 2002’?
65. Harshad Mehta

66. Which computer company recently taken over by Samsung, was founded in 1980 and derives its name from the combination of first letters of first names of the founders?
66. AST, from Albert Wong, Safi Qureshi and Tom Yuen

67. Who heads a Delhi based beauty company called ‘Naturence Research Labs’?
67. Manoj Prabhakar

68. Who actually built a bridge in Sri Lanka for the film ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’?
68. Larsen and Toubro

69. What US Presidential election campaign slogan was lifted in an Indian softdrink jingle to claim that a coke replacement had arrived?
69. ‘Happy days are here again’ by Thums Up

70. This brand of alcohol advertised abroad with the line ‘I thought the Kamasutra was an Indian restaurant until I discovered ________. Their ads also cautioned ‘Remember whatever happens do not over do it’.
70. Smirnoff

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

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

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

74. The ad featuring Moon Moon Sen’s daughter Riya Dev Varma for Nirma lime Soap looks very similar to the Liril ad. Could it be because it was directed by the same person? Who directed them?
74. Kailash Surendranath

75. Name the newspaper started by industrialist Vijaypath Singhania of the J.K. Group.
75. The Indian Post
76. What does TIMES stand for in the name of TIMES Television, the Television division of Bennett and Coleman Ltd.
76. Television for Information, Music, Entertainment and Sports

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

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

80. Which Indian businessman was part of the design team at Intel that designed the Intel 80486 microprocessor?
80. Rajeev Chandrasekhar of BPL

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

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

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

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

85. 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?
85. Kinetic Honda and Contessa

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

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

88. 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”?
88. London Pilsner Beer

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

90. 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?
90. They scored 555 runs giving 555 cigarettes their name

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

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

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

94. Which industrialist – Philanthropist donated $800,00 for the land on which the U.N. General Assembly has been built?
94. John D. Rockefeller Jr.

95. Ken Follett has written a book ‘On the wings of Eagles’ which deals with the true story of how 40 odd employees of an American Company EDS corporation escaped from Iran when caught in the Islamic Revolution. Who owns EDS and appears throughout the book?
95. Ross Perot

96. 17 year old Rudyard Kipling roamed India as Assistant Editor of the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore. He then wrote ‘Soldiers Three’ a series of short tales that launched a pervasive, nation wide enterprise which exists to date. What?
96. The A.H.Wheeler publishing House and chain of bookstores

97. What is a ‘Sen’ in monetary terms?
97. 1/100th of a Yen

98. Which brand derives its name from the Japanese God of Mercy?
98. Canon from Kwanon

99. Following the super success of Food World, the Spencers Group has launched two other chains of superstores. Name them.
99. Music World and Health&Glow

100. Which Indian newspaper advertises with the line “Why settle for anything else”?
100. The Statesman
 

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101. Ads for which Indian product feature the following – a raunchy novel titled ‘fantasies’, perfume and a registered postal package?
101. VIP Frenchie

102. Which Indian newspaper claims along with its price on the masthead that ‘One Paise goes to charity for every issue sold”.
102. The Afternoon Despatch and Courier

103. This was the classification of the highest quality of ships, by the Lloyds shipping Registrar of the world famous insurance association Lloyds. It has now become a phrase in the language meaning something of superior quality. What?
103. The term ‘A-1’

104. Sachin Tendulkar was named after his brother Ajit's favourite music director. Who?
104. Sachin Dev (S D ) Burman

105. Who is known as the 'Terror of MM Hills'?
105. Veerapan

106. In which Indian city did Shivaji marry?
106. Bangalore
107. Which British General was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
107. General Dyer

108. What is the Sanskrit word for 'refined'?
108. Sanskrit

109. In telephone terminology what does ISD stand for?
109. International Subscriber Dialing

110. Which Indian author's first names are Rasipuram Krishnaswamy?
110. R.K.Narayan

111. Name the wife of Agni.
111. Swaha

112. By what name do we know the Hindi actor Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia better?
112. Akshay Kumar

113. Which place in Bangalore was originally known as South Parade?
113. Mahatma Gandhi Road

114. Two wards in the Tihar Jail in New Delhi were named after Indian cricketers by supercop Kiran Bedi. Who?
114. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli

115. To avenge whose death did Bhagat Singh shoot and kill General Saunders?
115. Lala LAjpat rai

116. Why did Pakistan supposedly name its missile 'Ghauri'?
116. Because it thought India had named Prithvi after Prithviraj Chauhan

117. From which ancient Indian work do we get the lines 'Satyameva Jayate'?
117. Mandokya Upanishad

118. This product is manufactured only by one company - The Mysore Paints & Varnishes Ltd.What?
118. Voter's Indelible Ink

119. Whose ashes are supposedly stored at the Renkoji Temple in Japan?
119. Subhash Chandra Bose

120. Which actor and director both made their debut in the Kannada film 'Pallavi Anu Pallavi'?
120. Maniratnam and Anil KApoor

121. What is the name of the play by Girish Karnad dealing with Basavanna and his Sharanas?
121. Ghatashraddha

122. Who founded the Mysore Bank now known as the State Bank of Mysore?
122. Sir M. Vishweshvarayya

123. Who is the Indian God of Medicine?
123. Dhanvantri

124. Which of India's greatest freedom fighters got his name because his familywere originally sellers of perfume?
124. Gandhi from gandha
125. The Chipko movement was found to save trees from destruction. By what name was it known inKarnataka?
125. Appiko Movement

126. The letters that he wrote to his daughter from jail were published as a book 'Letters from afather to a daughter' . Name both.
126. Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira GAndhi

127. Which state has the distinction of having the most Jnanpith Award winners?
127. Karnataka

128. Who promotes Kannada theatre through his troupe called Rangayana?
128. B V Karanth

129. Which great writer and poet introduced and promoted the sport of Judo in India?
129. Rabindranath TAgore

130. Who wrote the book "The God of Small Things' which won the Booker Prize last year?
130.
 

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EVEN MORE QUESTIONS..............KEEP SOLVING...............


Whose counsel was requested by the parents of Helen Keller for her education?
Alexander Graham Bell

In 1871 who founded the German Empire and served as its chancellor for 19 years?
Otto von Bismarck

Who was the first actor to receive two consecutive Academy Awards in the Best Actor category?
Spencer Tracy

On which day was Abraham Lincoln shot?
Good Friday

On the flag of which country would you find the image of a dragon?
Bhutan

Which international tennis team tournament was started in 1900?
Davis Cup

Which film director is the niece of the producer-director Guru Dutt?
Kalpana Lajmi

What makes reindeer different from other species of deer?
Both the male and the female have antlers

Which was the world's first national park?
Yellowstone National Park

A program written in a high level language is translated into executable machine instructions by which of these?
Compiler

Q1 What is the Russian parliament known as?
A1 Duma

Q2 What is Quinine ?
A2 It is a medicine used to cure malaria.

Q3 What is the official Chinese newspaper known as?
A3 The Peoples Daily

Q4 Who was the first Indian to award an Oscar?
A4 Ms Persis Khambhatta

Q5 Which is the only movie to be officially blessed by the Pope?
A5 Benhur

Q6 How did the 3 stripes originate on the back of the squirrel?
A6 It is said to have occurred when Lord Shri Ram moved his hand over
the back of the squirrel.

Q7 Which director of Indian origin has directed Signs?
A7 Manoj Night Shyamalan.

Q8 Which is the coolest planet in the solar system?
A8 Pluto

Q9 What is the leader of opposition known in Britan?
A9 Shadow prime minister

Q10 What is the emblem of the United Nations ?
A10 The branch of an olive tree

Q11 Which organization is known as the organization of Brettenwood?
A11 World Bank and IMF

Q12 Name the US state made of 20 islands?
A12 Hawaii

Q13 Who is the author of James Bond ?
A13 Ian Fleming

Q14 Which community owns the lotus temple at Delhi?
A14 Bahaii

Q15 Which is the driest desert in the world?
A15 Atacama

Q16 What is the name of the operation that Indian army had undertaken
in Kargil in 1998?
A16 Operation Vijay

Q17 Who is known as the "little brown sage "
A17 M.K Gandhi

Q18 Which is the only country not to have its name on the stamps?
A18 U.K

Q19 Which is Asia's largest desert?
A19 Gobi

Q 20 Capital of Etophia?
A20 Addis Ababa
 

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BUSINESS

Q1 In TVS what does VS stand for?
A1 Venu Srinivasan Iyengar

Q2 Whose signature do we find on a one rupee note?
A2 Secretary -Ministry of Finance

Q3 Who is the person accredited with the success of Harley Davidson?
A3 Lee Lynch of Carmichael Lynch

Q4 Which company has products that have "NOW" in their names ?
A4 Polaris Software (Network of the World)

Q5 Relate "Kwik –Fit " to Ford?
A5 Kwik-Fit is the Repair and Service chain run by Ford.
Q6 Kobetwo with 3d torrision system & lacing griddle is a range of
shoes from ?
A6 Adidas

Q7 Name the only other branded product at Barista coffee house ?
A7 Evian mineral water

Q8 Ten sports is owned by ?
A8 Taj Television (Abdul Reheman Bukhatir)

Q9 Which company has a vision 4*4 (its target for the year 2004)?
A9 Wipro

Q10 With which product did Shahrukh Khan start endorsing
(advertisements)?
A10 Bhrama Putra (Tea)

Q11 Name Israel's international airline ?
A11 EL AL

Q12 Devkaran Nanji was the founder of ?
A12 Dena Bank

Q13 Which two south based dailies which launched their publication in
Mumbai recently?
A13 Malayala Manorama , Mathrubhumi

Q14 What does "Shogososhas" mean in Japanese ?
A14 It means a conglomorate- a Japanese conglomorate.

Q15 What does a 2 sole 24 mean in Italy ?
A15 Italian financial newspaper

Q16 Which product did Earl E Dickson invent?
A16 Band aid

Q17 Oil king of America?
A17 John D Rockfeller

Q18 Name the packaged ready to eat food from the ITC stable?
A18 Kitchens of India

Q19 Who is known as the "Oracle of Omaha"?
A19 Warren Buffet

Q20 Who owns Berkshire Hathway?
A20 Warren Buffet

Q21 Which Co is listed as KO on the NYSE?
A21 Coke

Will send u more later

Thanks again
 

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MP Guru
1. Royal Stag brand of Whisky is owned by
(1) United Breweries
(2) Shaw Wallace & Co
(3) Seagram
(4) Mohan Meakin

2. Iodex brand of pain balm is owned by
(1) Smithkline Beecham
(2) Wyeth Laboratories
(3) Glaxo
(4) Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

3. Who is the author who created the character Dilbert?
(1) David Scott
(2) Scott Robert
(3) Robert Williams
(4) Scott Adams

4. Which of the year in which Md. Ghazni first invaded India?
(1) 1220 A.D
(2) 1001 A.D
(3) 1348 A.D
(4) 1196 A.D

5. Who invented Parachute?
(1) Leonardo da Vinci
(2) Scanderberg
(3) Sigismund
(4) Van Gogh

6. Which of the following countries fought the first of the opium wars?
(1) Russia - China
(2) Britain - Indonesia
(3) China - Britain
(4) Japan - China

7. Beech King and Cessna are popular models of:
(1) Cars
(2) Aircraft
(3) Ships
(4) Transport vans

8. Cash Reserve Ratio ( CRR) and Stautory Liquidity Ratio (SLR ) are terms most closely related to which of the following industries/markets:
(1) Stock Exchange
(2) Banking
(3) Mutual Fund
(4) Income Tax

9. Dr. Pepper is a famous brand of:
(1) Iced tea
(2) Peppermint
(3) Soft Drinks
(4) None of these

10. Mr. Shiv Nadar is the Chairman of which of the following groups of companies?
(1) Wipro
(2) HCL
(3) Aptech
(4) None of these


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Answer Key
(1) 3 (6) 3
(2) 1 (7) 2
(3) 4 (8) 2
(4) 2 (9) 3
(5)1 (10) 2
 

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ok
just 1 small question more.
quite easy probably..............dont google it though.........


WHAT IS ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA ?


POST UR ANSWERS........................
 

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MP Guru
Triskadekaphobia : Fear of number 13

Clinophobia : Fear of going to bed

Apiphobia : Fear of bees

Soteriophobia : Fear of dependence on others

Ligyrophobia : Fear of loud noises


It never ceases to amaze me the things people can be afraid of......
 
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