COMPANIES & BRANDS QUIZ

BY: SHOURYA SHRIVASTAVA

1.Which is Tata Group’s oldest surviving brand?

1.TCS2.TATA MOTORS3.THE TAJ PALACE4.TATA AIRLINES

ANSWER…… THE TAJ PALACE The hotel's original building was commissioned

by Tata and first opened its doors to guests on 16 December 1903. It is widely believed that Jamsetji Tata decided to build the hotel after he was refused entry to one of the city's grand hotels of the time, Watson's Hotel, as it was restricted to "whites only". The cost of construction was £250,000 ( 2,20,26,000 Rupees as of now) . During World War I the hotel was converted into a hospital with 600 beds.

2.This auto giant was set up to assemble jeeps from Willys, USA IN 1945. It is now known as Mahindra & Mahindra. What was it called in 1945?

ANSWER…… Mahindra & Mohammed After Partition, one of its founders

Ghulam Mohammed (the others being Jagdish Chandra Mahindra and Kailash Chandra Mahindra) migrated to Pakistan, and the company was renamed as Mahindra and Mahindra.

3. What does this logo symbolize?

ANSWER…… Baskin Robbins offers 31 flavours of

ice-cream. The number 31 is hidden in the logo within the letters of B and R. Founded by Irv Robbins and Burt Baskins.

4. What does this logo symbolize?

ANSWER…… The Audi emblem with its four

rings identifies one of Germany's oldest-established automobile manufacturers. It symbolizes the 1932 combining of four previously independent motor-vehicle manufacturers: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. These companies form the roots of what is today AUDI AG.

5.Who was the first Indian Governor of RBI?

1.CD DESHMUKH2.BENEGAL RAMA RAU3.KG AMBEGAONKAR4.H.V.R IYENGAR

ANSWER…… CD DESHMUKH Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath

Deshmukh,  was an Indian civil servant and the first Indian to be appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India in 1943 by the British authorities after Osborne Smith and James Taylor. He subsequently served as the Finance Minister in the Union Cabinet (1950–1956).

NAME THE CEOs

•Name The CEO.

•Answer...JACK DORSEY

•Name The CEO.

•Answer...

JEFF BEZOS

•Name The CEO.

•Answer...

JEFF WEINER

•Name The CEO.

•Answer...

ASHOK VENKATRAMANI

•Name The CEO.

•Answer...

DEUTSCHE BANKCEO: ANSHU JAIN

•Name The CEO Of This Company.

•Answer...

SHANTANU NARAYEN

VISUAL ROUND

1.Connect and Name the Company.

1.Connect and Name the Company.

2.Identify and name these founders.

2.Identify and name these founders.

BILL HEWLETT &DAVID PACKARD

2. What do they have in common?

2. What do they have in common?

ALL OF THEM

WERE CEOs OF APPLE.

1.1977 to 1981 – Michael Scott

2.1981 to 1983 – Mike Markkula

3.1983 to 1993 – John Sculley

4.1993 to 1996-Michael Splinder

5.1996 to 1997 – Gil Amelio

6.1997 to 2011 – Steve Jobs

7.2011 – Present : Tim Cook

ROUND 3: IDENTIFY THE COMPANY BY ITS FORMER LOGO.

ROUND 4:Tell the place of the Company’s origin

ROUND 5 : CLUE ROUND

1. Name the person. 1st clue: He is the CEO of Cascade

Development. He authored the book “Business @ The Speed of Thought”.

2nd CLUE 2nd CLUE: CURRENTLY, HE SERVES AS

THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVISOR OF MICROSOFT. HE LEFT HIS EARLIER DESIGNATION IN FEB 2014.

ANSWER...

BILL GATES

2. Name the company. 1st clue: It is the world’s largest

company by revenue.

2nd CLUE 2nd CLUE: it operates hypermarkets,

discount markets and grocery markets.

ANSWER...

Walmart

3. Name the company. 1st clue: It has always been known for its simple three-

stripe logo, the simplest form of which was first created in 1976. Back then, the three stripes were just three stripes and they didn’t have much meaning behind them—the brand just wanted something unique that would look good on the product .

In the 90′s, the logo was tweaked further and the three stripes were turned diagonally on their side to create the shape of a mountain peak. The new design kept the basic idea of the original logo while giving purpose to those three stripes, which now represent the struggle athletes must endure to achieve greatness.

2nd CLUE 2nd CLUE: It is famous for its shoes in

India and abroad. Herbert Hainer is the CEO of this company.

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

ANSWER...

ADIDAS

4. Name the company. 1st clue:X began programming at a young age-

when he was 12 he created a messaging program that his father used in his dental office, allowing the receptionist to notify him of new patients without yelling across the office.

X took a computer graduate class at the nearby Mercy College while still in high school.

His parents even hired a computer tutor to work with the young X, but the tutor admitted that it quickly became difficult to stay ahead of his pupil, referring to him as a "prodigy."

2nd CLUE 2nd CLUE: He was approached by several

companies with job offers (including AOL and Microsoft) before he even graduated high school, but X turned them all down. He was once the youngest billionaire in the world.

ANSWER...

MARK ZUCKERBERG

4. Name the company. 1st clue:

2nd CLUE 2nd CLUE: The company has HQ in

Bangalore. In 2014, it acquired a big e-commerce company of Fashion for approx. 2000 crores.

ANSWER...

Flipkart