business quiz (epic quest-1-prelima)

Q1

______is a brand of Unilever. In most of the world the brand is named ______; in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and the United Kingdom it is

named Lynx due to conflicts regarding the trademark.

A1

Axe(Unliver)

Q2

On September 25, 2008 Tracy Reiman from PETA sent a letter to ____ and _____

suggesting that in order to prevent cruelty to dairy cows that their company should use human breast milk in their products.The

companies spokeswoman Liz Brenna says that while the company applauds PETA's novel approach to bring attention to this issue, the

company believes a human mother's milk is best used for her child.

A2

Ben & Jerrys

Q3In 1932 Wallace Flint started a project at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration to enhance customer purchasing. As punch cards were

all the rage at the time, the system they envisioned used a catalog of items with corresponding punch cards for each one. The customer would hand the

cards to a clerk who would load them into a reader. The item would then be found and retrieved from a fully

automated warehouse.An itemized bill was automatically produced. In spite of its promise, punch card systems were expensive and the country was in the midst of the Great Depression. The project never went anywhere, but Flint's efforts would later prove

decisive.What are we talking about?

Barcode

Q4

The first ever _______ which was bought for a meagre amount of some 35 cent.Now _______ has fetched $317,200 (around Rs1.6 crore) at

an online auction.Rocker John Dolmayan, drummer for the Armenian-American alternative

metal band System of a Down, paid the huge amount to possess it.

Superman Comic

Q5

Asarco LLC a US Based firm with intrest in Mining Industry was recently purchased by which

company?

Vedanta Resources

Q6

Vithal,Param Kannampilly & Ramesh Sanbag founded which hospitality chain?

A6

Kamat Hotels

Q7

In 1909, Michio ________ founded the ________ Loom Company in the small seacoast village of

Hamamatsu, Japan.Business boomed as ________ built weaving looms for Japan's giant silk industry.In 1929, Michio ________ invented

a new type of weaving machine, which was exported overseas. ________ filed as many as 120 patents and utility model rights.Despite the

success of his looms, ________ realized his company had to diversify and he began to look

at other products.

A7

Suzuki

Q8

Which brand gets its name from the latin word "I-Roll"

A8

Volvo

Q9

A9

Habil Khorakiwala

Q10

Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer who are the grandsons of the early _______ partner

Pierre Wertheimer.Which famous fashion house do they own?

A10

Chanel

Q11

X signed a record sponsorship deal with Y.Where X is an IPL team.Identify Y?

A11

Idea

Q12

Buying one share of Citigroup will cost its CEO Vikram Pandit his full-year salary.

A12

$1 was citigroup share price just like the CEO salary?

Q13

PM Murthy will be the new CEO of which Indian Company?

A13

Asian Paints

Q14

Recently there has been a Apple Inc. & ADAG promoted RCOM.What is the reason for the

dispute?

A14

I-Phone trademark

Q15

“Edge Connect” is the new variant for which car?

A15

Mahindra Renault Logan

Q16

___ plans to invest Rs3.66 billion for setting up a company that will build “Formula 1” hotels in

India, .___ is french hospitality company

A16

Accor

Q17

Prodyut Bora a LAMP specialist.He handles the Information Technology Cell for____.He earlier

worked in Media Cell for ____.

A17

BJP

Q18

Who is the main owner of private investment company Millhouse LLC?

A18

Roman Abrahimovic

Q19

In 2002, _____ sold the Burger King fast food restaurant chain to a consortium led by the US

firm Texas Pacific for $1.5 billion.____ also owned Pillsbury until 2000 when it was sold to

General Mills.

A19

Diageo

Q20

________-- Records is a independent record label started in 2005 to sign artists who appear on the website _____. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation, operating as a joint-venture between _______ and Interscope Records.Distribution is contracted to Universal Music Group's Fontana Distribution, with manufacturing and external marketing by Universal's Interscope.______ Records operates as a record label located in Beverly Hills, California. The President is ______ co-founder Tom Anderson.

Operation ________ was a concert to honor American military soldiers by _______ that aired on the internet on ______.com. The event was held on March 10, 2008 in Kuwait. It was hosted by the Mexican-American comedian Carlos Mencia.

A20

MySpace