SCMHRD Business Quiz – Gautam Bose- 10 Dec 2011
Winners: Amit Pandeya & Francis Rodrigues
Prelims
1) He is known as the Phantom of Bombay House. Who?
2) These Two companies co-marketed an electronic notepad called the___________. The special pen contained a small radio transmitter which told the special pad where it was writing. Which two companies?
3) In 1976, during lunch time at Delhi Cloth Mills, DCM, a group of six young engineers in the office canteen were discussing their work woes at DCM’s calculator division.Despite them all have having jobs that paid them well, they were an unhappy lot — they wanted to do more, riding on their own gumption. They decided to quit their jobs and start a venture of their own.Which company did they start?
4) It was built between 1731 and 1735 as part of the development of the Burlington Estate, and is named after Lady Dorothy _________, wife of the 3rd Earl of Burlington. What?
5) Having become the leading global company in the production of ultra high temperature (UHT) milk, the company collapsed in 2003 with a €14 billion ($20bn; £13bn) hole in its accounts in what remains Europe’s biggest bankruptcy. Which company? Logo was shown http://www.parmalat.com/en/
6) The name _______ is derived from the Spanish term meaning branch and was applied to temporary open air structures that were made of brush or branches (similar to an arbor) and were popular inArizonaduring harvest time. What?
7) Brand ‘X’ is owned by Company ‘Y’. Brand ‘X’ was a primary competitor of Johnny Lightning & matchbox. ‘X”s logo was designed by Rick irons, a Californian Artist who worked with ‘Y’. What are X and Y?
8) Opera Web Browser was a spin off of this company. Name it
9) It was created by Minoru Shirota and is named after the Esperanto word for “yogurt”. A Bollywood actress endorses it. Name the Brand
10) Which FMCG is behind ‘Devil’s Workshop?’
11) It is a genre of Music that originated inYemenin the early 70s. It is also a part of a name of an Indian conglomerate. What’s the good word?
12) This Hip Hop artist has struck some lucrative partnership deals with HP and Chrysler, the latter of which is integrating ______ into its sound system for its 2012 Chrysler 300S.
13) Known as “the man who sold the ________ _______” twice, Victor Lustig was one of the most talented confidence tricksters who ever lived. Born in 1890 inBohemia,Czechoslovakia, he was a glib and charming conman, fluent in multiple languages. Fill in the blanks.
14) He was born in the department ofJura,France. In 1835, he moved toParis. The trip from his hometown toPariswas over 400 kilometres, and he travelled the distance by foot. On his way there, he picked up a series of odd jobs to pay for his journey. There, he became an apprentice Layetier to prominent households. Because of his well established reputation in his fields, Napoleon III of France appointed Vuitton as Layetier to his wife, Empress Eugénie de Montijo. Who?
15) Founded by Prasad Pabrekar, few of the brand sof this company are Helium * Forays. Which company?
16) ___________is the day following Thanksgiving Day in theUnited States, traditionally the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
17) In Muslim countries, esp North Africa and theMiddle Eastit is an open-air marketplace. It is a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold. What?
18) It was founded inLondonon 11 March 1744 when Samuel Baker presided over the disposal of “several hundred scarce and valuable” books from the library of a certain Rt. Hon. Sir John Stanley. In February 2000, A. Alfred Taubman and Diana (Dede) Brooks, the CEO of the company, stepped down amidst a price fixing scandal. On 15 December 2007, it auctioned a limited edition copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, written by J.K. Rowling. What are we talking about?
19) Resort Condominiums is a division of the firm Wyndham Worldwide (spin-off from Cendant).Founded in 1974 by Jon and Christel DeHaan, it has grown to become one of the larger brokers of timeshare trades. How do we know it as?
20) It is a 5% ABV lager brewed inLeuven,Belgiumsince 1926. The first name is Latin for Star. Which brand?
Answers:
1) Shapporji Palonji Mistry
2) IBM & A. T. Cross company | Blank: Crosspad
3) HCL
4) Savile Row
5) Parmalat
6) Ramada
7) X: Hot Wheels | Y: Mattel
8) Telenor
9) Yakult | Kajol
10) Rasna
11) Adani
12) Blank: Beats | Dr. Dre
13) EiffelTower
14) Louis Vuitton
15) Spykar
16) Black Friday
17) Souk
18) Sotheby’s
19) RCI
20) Stella Artois