Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals- Non-Tata Track

Tata Crucible Corporate Quiz Mumbai 2010-Finals- Non-Tata Track

Courtesy: Team Bizdom

http://bizdom.blogspot.com/2010/09/tata-crucible-corporate-2010-mumbai_20.html

HUL – Pradeep, Dushyanth (50)
Questa Software – Amit Pandeya, Manish (25)

Kotak Life – Shambhu Shankar, Prasad Shetty (20)
Deustche Bank – Rajiv Rai, Vibhendra (15)
IMRB – Ameya, Ashish Pandey (0)
Sun Microsystems – Mitesh, Ankit Didolkar (-20)

Wild Card questions (for the selection of the 6th team)

1) Who in this world is; “Committed to improving the state of world”?

2) Who is LTD on NYSE?

3) Which celebrity is associated with Plan B entertainment?

4) Who is the 1st non-Britisher on a British stamp?

5) In 1847, Liverpool associate, Jacobsen J C

6) Layali festival-1996, 3 million people

7) Rosen enterprise, David Rosen

8) Geophysical

Answers:

1) World economic forum
2) Limited brands
3) Brad Pitt
4) Mahatma Gandhi
5) Carlsberg
6) Dubai Shopping festival
7) SEGA
8) Texas Instruments

IBM & Kotak Were tied at this stage with 2 answers each.

9) Paris comedian… Murder… jack Collins..Retail giant.. neither of the team went for the buzzer.

Ans: Tesco

10) Qs on Teri.. It was but obvious that the answer was Teri, Prasad and team showed the guts to go for the buzzer and deservedly went on stage as the 6th team.

Vishwajeeth Navrekar and yours truly (Rohit Jain) representing IBM missed out.

  • Dating back to the 1400s, this word stemmed from the Latin word , meaning “sleeping area” (completely apropos). It became obsolete after the 16th century, but it was revived in the 19th century as a word for “dormitory sleeping compartments.”
  • Mohanlal Dayal Chauhan, set up the initial business of this famous Indian company in 1929. Later on the three sons divided into two business groups, Jayantilal Group and Kantilal and Pitambar group. A dispute arose in 2007 about the ownership of the brand and in 2009 Bombay High Court has ruled that this brand is a family name and hence both groups have equal right to use the trademark brand name. Identify the brand name.
  • His great-grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, was the ‘Nagar Shet’ of Kashmiri Chopras at Lahore. In 1947, he had to flee to Indian with his family, almost Penniless. In 1950, he launched his own production company and by the 2003 his company used to contributes nearly Rs 3-4 million per month to Prasar Bharati in terms of telecast fees. Name this trend-setter-media-moghul .
  • This concept originated at the turn of the 20th century in the writings of sociologist and economist, Thorstein Veblen. The term describes an apparently irrational and confounding form of economic behaviour. Veblen’s scathing proposal that this unnecessary consumption is a form of status display is made in darkly humorous observations.
  • Identify the logo.
  • Whose brand mascot is this?

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Chennai – Internal Tata Track Finals

 Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Chennai – Internal Tata Track Finals

 Courtesy: G.B. Jayakumar & Pratik Pandey

I. CROSS TALK:

1. Started as a simple showroom by Nanu Gupta in Mumbai

2. John Keynes theory – Employees motivation is effected by aids; Effort & Reward parity to motivation

3. Company founded by Shekar Kapoor & AR Rahman

4. Called as “Little Japan” by Jawaharlal Nehru

5. Mumbai’s first circulating book library

6. Asian column of “The Economist”

7. Hon Hai Precision Industry better known as

8. Chairman of KAIRALI TV

*** 1 & 8 are Audience Questions.

II. WORD IN A CAPSULE:

1. Identify.

     2. Identify the logo:

3. Identify her.


                                    4. Identify:

5. Identify him.

                                         5. How do we know this now?

 

III. IN FOCUS:

1. Law for an Industry in 1878, a man would walk in front of the vehicle with a red flag for what purpose?

2.  A product’s name with ‘Forint” was denied a patent. Why?

3. Which Football club is owned by Alisher Usmanov?

TATA WORLD:

1. Identify the logo.

2. Identify him:

3. TATA’s project in which city?

 

V. DIFFERENT STROKES:

1. Founded by Johann Georg Halske and Werner von?

2. Founder chairman of Vulcan Inc.

3. On Mar 22, 1993 – Federico Faggin & Ted Hoff designed the first?

TIE BREAKER: Created as an entity to reconstruct & build the world?

TATA TRACK – FINALS: ANSWERS

I. CROSS TALK:

1. Vijay Sales

2. EQUITY theory

3. QYUKI

4. Sivakasi

5. SHEMAROO

6. Banyan

7. FOXCONN

8. Actor Mammootty

 II. WORD IN A CAPSULE:

1. World Economic Forum (WEF)

2. NABARD

3.Dilma Rousseff,BrazilPresident

4. VIAGRA (Pfizer)

5. Sridhar Vembu, ZOHO founder

6. Ultratech Cement

 III. IN FOCUS:

1. Safety purpose, to indicate to the pedestrians that a automobile vehicle is coming

2. Forint is the currency ofHungary

3. Arsenol FC

IV. TATA WORLD:

1. 8 o’ clock coffee

2. OP Bhatt (former SBI chairman), one of the board of directors of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

3. TATA Housing project in Chennai

V. TATA WORLD:

1. SIEMENS

2. Paul Allen

3. Pentium Microprocessor by Intel

TIE BREAKER: World Bank (Founded as IBRD – International bank for reconstruction & development)

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Chennai Prelims

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Chennai Prelims

Courtesy: G.B.Jayakumar & Pratik Pandey

PRELIMS:

1. Luxury group owns the brands GUCCI, YSL, Redcats (PPR)

2. Amalgamation of word’s “Nordic Food”, World’s best restaurant in 2010 & 2011? (Noma)

3. Created modern espresso machine in 1934 (Illy)

4. Singapore Airlines low cost subsidiary. It’s name is short, sharp and snappy. Name resembles an Indian scooter brand. (SCOOT)

5. Identify the logo. (Groupon)

6. A location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smart phones. Created by Dennis Crowley whose similar “Dodge ball” was acquired by Google. Named after a playground sport. (Four Square)

7. Of the 1,000 people surveyed in theUK, 66 % have nomophobia, up from 53% 4 years ago. What is nomophobia? (No Mobile Phone Phobia)

8. A non-profit educational organization that operates clubs worldwide for the purpose of helping members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. Founded by Ralph C. Smedley. (Toastmasters International)

9. Which famous personality is behind the “Girl friend” perfume? (Justin Bieber)

10. Identify the author of the book. (Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman)

 

 11. Originally formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell in 1957. Sales of this product were poor until NASA used it on John Glenn’s Mercury flight, and subsequent Gemini missions. Since then, it was closely associated with the U.S.manned spaceflight program. The brand is currently owned by Kraft Foods. (Tang)

12. Telecom service launched in 1995. Not so successful? (Pager service)

13. Established in 1932 as TBVF by late Mr. Vishnu. (Talwalkars)

14. Jersey Airtel and Guernsey Airtel are services offered under a partnership between Airtel &______? (Vodafone)

15. Identify this controversial project. (Lavasa)

 

 16. Online Travel service of MSN and was later spun off in 1999. (Expedia)

17. Popularly known as Co-optex, it was established in 1935 and has a long and rich tradition in Handloom History that dates back over 77 years. Has a network of 203 showrooms spread all overIndiawith an annual turnover of around Rs.1000 Crore. (The Tamilnadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd.,)

18. Official Sportswear Partner to Wembley Stadium and exclusive football supplier to The FA at all levels of the game. (Umbro)

19. Which retailer has the “From the mountains” range of Jams & Chutney? (Nilgiri’s)

20. Identify the advertiser. (Hot Wheels)

 

21. Former chief technology officer @ Zynga, left the company to assume a similar role at ServiceNow, a company that offers software to automate enterprise IT operations as a service. (Allan Leinwand)

22. Which airline’s campaign “Our sign is a promise”? (Swiss Airlines)

23. Which company owns the “Optimus” range of mobile phones? (LG)

24. BALMEROL lubricants (Balmer Lawrie)

25. Identify the personality. (Sivasankaran – Siva Group)

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Kolkata Prelims

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Kolkata Prelims

 

Prelims

 

1. Rajat Gupta was at the helm of which Management Consultancy Firm from 1994 to 2003 which is also coming in news because of his recent Insider Trading Trial?

 

2. This Bank preceded the setting up of a Bank by a person named Ramakishen Dutt in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1828, the second one was incorporated in London in the year 1836 as an Anglo-Indian bank and the third one was registered in Bombay (now Mumbai) in the year 1864. Name it?

 

3. Coca- Cola doesn’t operate in three countries in the world yet,CubaandNorth Koreaare the two, which is the third one?

 

4. Which is the largest Fictional Co. in the world with a estimated sales of $1.7 Trillion?

 

5. This gentleman in the Pic has invented something which is popular in Kolkata?

 

6. Hotels.com came up with an index to measure cost of living in different cities around the world. What’s it called?

 

7. Which MNC has exited from a JV with Calcutta Metropolitan Group for a Project called Riverbank Projects? (Hint: the MNC is nowhere related to Real Estate)

 

8. The company was founded by Frenchman Thierry in 1837. Initially it specialized in saddles and leather goods & then they moved into their current Product Portfolios etc. WhichCo.? (Hint: think bag & scarves)

 

9. The Russian and Indian team from seismic exploration vessel Academic Arkhangelsky discovered this while mapping of the Gulf Cambay during 1964-1967 & they came the name because it sounds catchy. Which name?

 

10. Id the Entity from the logo?

 

 

11. This Greek word describes a measure of the sensitivity of the price of an option to a change in its implied volatility in stock market as well as the name of an Italian apparel maker. Which word?

 

12. They gave rise to the phrase Cause-Related Marketing or CRM in short in 1983 when they raised money for the restoration of Statue of Liberty by donating one cent on every transaction. WhichCo.?

 

13. Which retail brand was started by Mr. Nanu Gupta in Mahim in 1967 by selling Sewing Machines?

 

14. In 2003, at age 37, he founded Tribe.net & he mission is to engage people over internet. Who? (Hint: a dog is the shareholder in his currentCo.)

 

15. The gentleman below started in 1907 by selling Soda Fountain, later moved into some other products & his surname is the name of the Brand. Id?

 

 

16. This country overtook US to become the world’s largest food grocery market, valued at £607 billion. Which country?

 

17. Founded in 1960 by Suchet Singh, they gave the brand an English-sounding name as they thought it would work, as there was a craze for imported goods that sold at high prices. Id the brand?

 

18. Jack Trout touted this which is been originated by Xerox as the ‘ultimate competitive strategy’ & we use it very often nowadays in our Organizational use. Which word?

19. The book ‘The Coalition Of Competitors’ is written by a person whom we better knows as an IT Person although he earlier background is into in a different field altogether. Who?

 

20. Id the Professor below who’s synonyms with the definition of Poverty Line inIndia?

 

21. Which denim brand is owned by the Grotto family inItaly? (Hint: brand name is a generic word)

 

22. WhichCo.is investing $ 250,000 to improve health, safety and education in seven communities surrounding its operation in Chennai. Under the banner of “Operation Goodwill,” because the majority of their workforce comes from these areas?

 

23. Which Japanese electronics giant has made the Robot named Cocorobo?

 

24. This storage deviceCo.was founded by Dr. Eli Harari & Sanjay Mehrotra in 1988. Name it?

 

25. Id the writer of the book?

 

 

Answers

1.  McKinsey & Company

2. Bank ofIndia

3.Myanmar

4. CHOAM

5. Rasgulla & the gentleman is Nabin Chandra Das

6. Club Sandwich Index

7. Bata

8. Hermes

9.BombayHigh

10. The Rockefeller Foundation

11. Kappa

12. American Express

13. Vijay Sales

14. Mark Pincus of Zynga

15. Vadilal & Vadilal Gandhi

16.China

17. Vi-John

18. Benchmarking

19. Kiran Karnik

20. Suresh Tendulkar

21. Gas Jeans

22. Ford Motor Company

23. Sharp

24. Sandisk

25. Jack Welch

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Cochin Prelims

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Cochin Prelims

 

Courtesy: Anil Raghavan

Prelims

1)term for buying shares in one stockmarket&selling it in another stockmarket on profit
arbitrage
2)arabic word for transaction that became famous in india
havala
3)columist who introduces mythological concepts in management
devadutt patnaik9knew his face not the name)
4)retail outlet started by tilak
bombay store
5)after recycle which 2r’s complete a triangle
reduce,reuse
7)indian sportsperson who owns leap green company
n.karthikeyan
8)what did asronaut ushanov eat in space in 2001
pizza hut
9)first auctioned product of j.thomas in 1861 in calcutta
tea
10)visual media baron
bloomberg
11)started as ink&tablet company.still in existence etc
camlin
12)gary hamel mentioned generationf.what is f for
facebook
13)In GQ magazine what is gq
gentleman’s quarterly
14)chi chi the panda in london zoo gave rise to this logo
wwf
15)tourist hut logo with heaven,haven in specific font
taj hotels
16)YKK is largest producer of what
zipper
17)santoor is for sandal&
turmeric
18)started as sanghoe trading now what
samsung
19)the book zabiba&the king was once a bestseller but no copyright holde.author
saddam hussain
20)logo of cochin port trust

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Hyderabad Prelims

Tata Crucible 2012 Corporate Hyderabad Prelims

Courtesy: A fellow Quizzer from Kolkata

  1. Which co. Owns Streax hair color and Super vasmol 33?—Hygiene Research lab
  2. Which co-founder of facebook gave up his U.S citizenship and moved toSingapore?- Eduardo Saverin
  3. “Beauty that counts” and “Global month of service” are the social initiatives of which cosmetic major?— Mary Kay
  4. “The boom and not the slump is the right time for austerity”. Which famous economist said this. Hint: He has a line of economics named after him.?—John Keynes
  5. Old logo of Allen solly
  6. Which IPL sponsor and maker of sporting goods created “Rock n royals” and “Electric chargers” comics?- PUMA
  7. Much before movie theatres used air conditioning for comfort which other profession was the first one to use air conditioning and it was meant to prevent ink from solidifying?- Printing press/Publishing house
  8. This apparel has its roots in the French word meaning “Upper arm” and it appeared in the Vogue magazine for the first time in 1907?—Brassiere or Bra
  9. When Elizabeth Taylor married Nikky Hilton in 1950, whichHollywoodstudio paid for the wedding?—MGM
  10. Pic of John Schnatter?- Which pizza co. He founded?—PAPA  JOHN’s
  11. Launched by Nico Roozen and Frans van der hoof  in 1988. They named it Max Havelaar. The initiative offered disadvantaged coffee producers following various social and environmental standards a fair price, significantly above the market price, for their crop. What label started thus?- Fairtrade label
  12. This govt. OfIndiadept was started by East India company to study and explore availability of coals in the eastern parts ofIndia?- Geological survey ofIndia
  13. This town in Andhra Pradesh gets its name from two tamil words and is home to nutrine confectioneries?- Chittoor
  14. This is the largest river inGoaand the name is used in many businesses but the prominent being a cement company and a fertiliser company?- Zuari
  15. Internet protocol version 6 logo
  16. On 11 March,1774 Samuel baker Samuel Baker presided over the disposal of “several hundred scarce and valuable” books from the library of Rt Hon Sir John Stanley Bt., of Alderley. What started thus?-Sotheby’s
  17. Pattabhi sitaramaya a famous freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh started this institution now owned a by Govt ofindia?-Andhra bank
  18. An ad agency founded by Harrison and Alfred and as old as 1902. Its name is often confused with a telecom co., a manufacturer of mobile phones?- McCann Erickson
  19. Lyon coffee- whichHollywoodactor created this brand and owns 100% of it?- Leonardo di caprio
  20. Manikchand group logo
  21. The lost bank book my Kirsten grind is basically about how the business of mutual funds fell thru during the 2008-09 economic crisis leading to the downfall of this huge baking entity. Which organization is the book based on?-Washingtonmutual
  22. This airlines company inUSAthrough its subsidiaryMonroeenergy acquired a refiney and created headlines for its wide range of diversification?- Delta airlines
  23. Planetary Resources, Inc. Is a company started in 2010 stated goal is to “expand Earth’s  natural resource base” by developing and deploying the technologies for asteroid mining. Which famous duo are the prominent investors in this co.?-Larry page and Sergey Brin
  24. It started as  a project betn American airlines and IBM for automation of airlines ticket booking. Which famous ticket booking software?-SABER
  25. Go babelicious ad campaign? Which brand?—TVS scooty

IQuation Business Quiz Prelims 2012- Kolkata

IQuation Business Quiz Prelims 2012- Kolkata Corporate
Courtesy: Anirvan Bhadra- HSBC

1. Ad showing all the Olympics athletes – Omega ad – Identify the rock song playing in the background and the band.
Rolling Stones – Start it Up

2. What came after Celeron & Pentium – answer was Xenon and Core

3. Dark Side of All American Meal – tagline of which book
Fast Food Nation

4. Zee Digital Media – Soap broadcast for tablets/smartphones – name of brand
DITTO TV

5. Full form of ICS

6. YB Afraid Foundation – whose
Yohan Blake

7. Who sponsored Mclaren for 23 yrs
Marlboro

8. Hayabusa is in the news – why or what
Luxury Bullet Train with Business Class

9. Slang for a fast food worker
McJobs

10. Developer of Yamuna Expressway
Jaypee Infratech

11. Acquired by Dunhill and now owned by Richemont Group – owner of Cartier, Baume Mercier, Chloe and Van Cleef & Arpels – which brand?
Mont Blanc

12. London Olympics Beat Box – who made?
Coca Cola

13. Forbes 500 no1
Exxon Mobil

14. Baba Kalyani – which company
Bharat Forge

15. HQ of Research in Motion
Waterloo

16. One of the better airlines financially during recession – called the Flying Bank?
Swissair

17. Olympics where the Dream team played for the first time – professional NBA players?
1992 Barcelona

18. Google Doodle on Amelia Earhardt

19. Who was fined $22.5m for spying through Safari browser?
Google

20. Raghu Ram Rajan pic

21. 4 or 5 banks were in the list of the strongest banks in the world, from Singapore. Named 3/4 asked for the 4th/5th.
DBS

22. UK Olympics funding was done via the Lotto. Same funding pattern is being followed by whom in India
Mittal Champions Trust

23. Fortune is a JV between Time and —–
ABP

24. Who bought Hancock coal properties in Australia
GVK

25. Bug Bounty – Funda
Hacker gets rewarded for pointing out flaws in a system

26. Company which owns Sesa Goa and Sterlite
Vedanta

27. Marvin Traub founder of department store famous with tourists/queens/royalty/presidents
Bloomingdales

IIM L Manfest 2012 Business Quiz Mitesh Agarwal

IIM L Manfest 2012 Business Quiz Mitesh Agarwal

1. Question regarding Seveso treaty : Hint chemical disaster led to the making of the treaty.
2. MovenPick icecream : origin of the name when the founder saw seagulls picking food in mid air
3.Allan Pearson and Fujita formed company in technology space: F5 networks
4. Connect Queen emblem , Zodiac watch logo and Zodiac garments founder : Ans- Zodiac
5. Intel Xeon and the Indian connection : Whitefield
6. Hutchison Whampoa and 3 : Connect question had “Why this kolaveri “ referring to the movie 3
7. “Innovators Dilemma “ TOC was given and asked to identify the Harward publication
8. Coffee dispenser inventor and instituted an award “Trieste Science Prize” for the innovation in technology : Illy Coffee
9. Agfa corporation, Deutsche Bank and Russian Tsars : Mendelssohn Family
10. Daily Me is a customized newspaper by MIT Lab : Tell the promoter
Ans : Nicolas Negroponte (OLPC)
11. French press company , commonly found in any 3-4-5 star hotels in India- Ans: Bodum
12. Astra Zeneca and the funding for nobel media and nobel web : hint controversy regarding 2008 Nobel medical
13. Which country was primarily responsible for the formation of Hong Kong ? Jardines Matheson ( Clue : Indian connection referring to Tatas)
14. Astalift is the brand promoted by which company and why ?
Ans: Fuji Film ( the anti oxidants from film production is used for skin preservation also)
15. Denmark-based sportswear company. Clue : Sponsors of South African cricket team = > Hummel
16. Question related to “Ogg format’s” history
17. Toy brand owned by Lesney Products. Clue : The brand was so named as the original die-cast __ toys were sold in boxes similar in style and size to that of another product Ans: Matchbox
18. Question related to the ubiquitous Uhaul real estate’s Orange line
19. Question related to Yakult yogurt : Clue- Kajol
20. Unit of currency used in Indian province: Clue Scrotum Ans: Goan Currency Escudo
21. Girl scout biscuit logo
22. Identify : Shocking Pink by Schiaparelli
23. Grauniad is a nickname of UK paper guardian. The domain grauniad.co.uk is registered to the paper and redirects to their website. What’s the significance
Ans: The Guardian’s reputation for frequent typographical errors, such as misspelling its own name as The Gaurdian
24. Soup bowl and duct tape are the solutions suggested for this problem faced by air travelers in the pre 9/11 era. After the terrorist attacks this has become impossible to do . What is it ? Ans: Smoking inside plane , bowl to close the smoke detector in the bathroom
25. Carbon credit logo
26. Ricordian rule in economics
27. Robert Mundell: father of Euro
28. The all-metal Stout 2-AT “Air Transport” trimotor plane : Ford motors
29. Nandlal Madhavlal Dhoot and connection to sugarcane and cotton industry.
30. Bibendum (Michelin) started as a lean figure and over the years became a fat one. Reason?

SCMHRD Business Quiz – Gautam Bose- 10 Dec 2011

 

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