01/12/07
December 2007 Main Quiz
a) Giselle Bundchen
b) Naomi Campbell
c) Elle McPherson
This brand was never going to big enough in comparison to Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, etc. So it had Malaika Aroro to endorse it to be ‘significant’. Which brand of cell phone is it?
a) BenQ
b) Haier
c) Fly Mobile
The Alfa Romeo is brought to you by whom?
a) Fiat
b) Porsche
c) Audi
La-Z-Boy, Stressless and Ekornes are all brands of what?
a) Recliner
b) Condoms
c) Inner Wear
Which IT Giant is also referred to as the Big Blue?
a) Dell
b) IBM
c) HP
Karun Chandhok, the Indian racer is currently test driving on the F1 circuit for which team?
a) Spyker - Ferrari
b) Red Bull - Renault
c) Honda
What is the process of homologation for a car?
a) Fitting the car with the brand badge
b) Fitting of post-purchase accessories in a new car
c) Process of certifying vehicles or a particular component in a vehicle to meet requirements of statutory regulatory bodies
The quest for "continuous improvement" lies at the heart of which management philosophy?
a) Theory X
b) Six Sigma
c) Kaizen
Nok Air operating in the low cost airline segment, is positioned as a shopper’s airline. From which country is it?
a) Norway
b) Thailand
c) Singapore
What is the contribution of InfoEdge India Pvt. Limited to the careers of many people?
a) Job Search (Naukri.com)
b) Specialist in CV making
c) Career Advisory
Prince Alwaleed-Bin-Talal, the Saudi Billionaire is the world’s first private customer of what?
a) B2-Stealth Bomber
b) Airbus A380
c) Hummer
Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Rahul Dravid and Thierry Henry – what brings them together here?
a) Endorsing Gillette
b) Endorsing Reebok
c) AIDS Awareness
What are Chinook, Black Hawk, Apache and Osprey the various kinds of?
a) Oakley Glasses
b) Honda Bikes
c) Helicopters
It literally means “sunrise”. Which Japanese company are we talking about?
a) Sanyo
b) Mitsubishi
c) Hitachi
Richard Branson's first successful business venture was at the age of 15. What did he do?
a) Published a magazine called Student
b) Set up an International Telephone Call Booth chain
c) Getting a contract to supply snacks at Oxford
The world’s largest fleet of eco-friendly buses operates in which place?
a) London – Green Line
b) Delhi - DTC
c) New York – Trailways
What is the brand name that features on the bat of Yuvraj Singh?
a) Hero Honda
b) Britannia
c) Rbk (Reebok)
The existence of the CD has been for 25 years now. When it started, it was a joint venture between which 2 consumer electronic giants?
a) Sony and JVC
b) Sony and Philips
c) Panasonic and 3M
Founded by Cecil Rhodes, headquartered in Johannesburg, controlling over 40% of the world trade by value of business, currently headed by Nicky Oppenheimer - What are we talking about?
a) SAB Miller
b) De Beers
c) Shell
Think. Computers help people help people. Solutions for a small planet. These slogans are best associated with which company?
a) Sun Microsystems
b) IBM
c) Microsoft
Who among these is best associated with the Kite and Key experiment to show that lightning was actually static electricity?
a. James Watt
b. James Prescott Joule
c. Benjamin Franklin
It is the world's largest package delivery company and its nicknamed “The Big Brown Company”. Which company is this?
a) UPS
b) DHL
c) InterWorld
Looking at the picture below, guess which brand’s communication would this be a part of?
a) Absolut Vodka
b) PETA
c) BodyShop
The members of the HOG community are owners of what?
a) Harley Davidson Bikes
b) McDonald’s Kids Club Privilege Card
c) Volkswagen Beetle
A type of modern day art form which is a collection of pictures arranged in a matrix in such a manner that the matrix itself portrays another picture. What is this called?
a) Mural
b) PhotoMosaic
c) Collage
Tom Peters became famous by the management best seller book “In Search of Excellence”. But it was co-authored by someone who did not gain as much fame. Who was this?
a) Robert Waterman
b) Robert Heller
c) Charles Handy
01/11/07
November 2007 Main Quiz
a) Forsche
b) Sangini
c) Saheli
2) Which among these is the world’s best selling hybrid car?
a) Toyota Prius
b) Reva
c) Honda Civic Hybrid
3) Which is the brand of cricket balls used in India for Test matches?
a) Duke
b) SG
c) Kookaburra
4) Which is the world’s largest retail chain?
a) Carrefour
b) Kmart
c) Walmart
5) What is a digital media file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and personal computers?
a) Podcast
b) MP3
c) RSS feed
6) When Hewlett and Packard started HP, how did they decide as to whose name would come first?
a) They asked a friend to pick one of the 2 cards with their names overturned
b) They followed the advise of a hindu priest
c) They just tossed a coin
7) It is supposed to be the craft industries’ certification for original handmade products. What is it called?
a) Handymark
b) Artmark
c) Craftmark
8) It’s a vehicle being developed by Mahindra and Mahindra for the Indian Army and is being called as the Indian version of the Humvee. What is it called?
a) T-Racer
b) Axe
c) ATR (All Terrain Runner)
9) Simple – Identify the logo.
a) Sony Ericsson
b) Singapore Airlines
c) Lotto
10) “There are 2 people in everyone” is a global campaign of the brand. Some of the celebrities featuring in it include Thierry Henry, Iker Casillas, Andriy Shevchenko, Allen Iverson, Yao Ming and Nicole Vaidisova. Which brand?
a) Reebok
b) Nike’
c) Adidas
11) They are among the best in the world. With what product would you associate Altadis?
a) Leather ware
b) Golf Equipment
c) Cigars
12) Which brand is the global leader in LCD TVs?
a) LG
b) Samsung
c) Sony
13) What in modern day office jargon is referred to as a cube farm?
a) An office filled with cubicles
b) A lab for new product development
c) The operation area of a courier company
14) Reebok is the sponsor of this football team in the English Premier League. In fact their home matches happen at the Reebok Stadium. Which team is this?
a) Bolton Wanderers
b) Chelsea
c) Arsenal
15) A big name, heading a software and services company. Who is it?
a) S Ramadorai of TCS
b) Ramalinga Raju of Satyam
c) Phaneesh Murthy of iGate
16) The name of this company means “three oceans” in Japanese. Which company are we talking about?
a) Seiko
b) Sanyo
c) Hitachi
17) As per the World Airport Awards 2007, which International Airport do you think topped the list?
a) Hong Kong International Airport
b) Seoul Incheon Airport
c) Singapore Changi Airport
18) Idea Cellular is a three way joint venture between the Aditya Birla Group, the Tata and who else?
a) Verizone
b) Telefonica
c) AT&T Wireless
19) “Think Different” was quite a revolutionary advertising campaign of which IT giant in the late 1990s?
a) Microsoft
b) Apple
c) IBM
20) What was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, featuring Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the US House of Representatives on its cover?
a) Reader’s Digest
b) Time Magazine
c) The Economist
21) With what would you best associate this logo/ mascot?
a) Dogpile.com
b) The New HMV logo unveiled in the year 2000
c) The Playboy Annual supplement featuring men in the buff
22) Invented by Percy Shaw, by what trade name are these road reflectors called?
a) Catseyes
b) Reflecto
c) Roadlite
23) Way back in 1971, Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student at Portland State University designed a commercial logo for a fee of just $35 that is now instantly recognized. Which logo?
a) Nike Swoosh
b) Reebok Vector
c) McDonald’s Golden Arches
24) How in Cricket is the representation of 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s and 6s hit by a batsman using Hawk Eye technology referred?
a) Spoke Screen
b) Wagon Wheel
c) Shots Radius
25) What is made up of Samsung’s main processor, Wolfson Microelectronic’s audio chip, Marvel Tech’s Wi-fi chip, CSR’s Bluetooth chip…..and iFixit’s repair guide?
a. Sony VAIO laptop
b. MotoRazr V3
c. Apple’s iPhone
26) It is indeed extremely informative and exists for almost everything. And it means “quick” in Hawaiian. What is it?
a) Orkut
b) Wiki
c) Blog
01/10/07
October 2007 Main Quiz
a) Air India Maharajah
b) Amul Butter Moppet
c) Asian Paints Gattu
2) Santa Fe’, Vera Cruz and Tiburon are some of the cars from whom?
a) Hyundai
b) Mitsubishi
c) Toyota
3) The Indian media giant Bhaskar has a FM radio channel. What is it called?
a) Indigo
b) S-FM
c) MyFM
4) What did Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University create in 1982 as a form of expression?
a) Official sign language for deaf and dumb
b) Shorthand
c) The Smiley
5) Sisley is a premium fashion brand from which apparel company?
a) Benetton
b) Levi Strauss
c) Raymond
6) Its India’s first interactive digital TV and Radio programming guide. What is it called?
a) EToday.com
b) ZipaZap.com
c) TimePass.com
7) IBM has a launched a free suite of applications to counter the MS Office Suite. What is it called?
a) Algol
b) Lotus Symphony
c) Convenio
8) Geri Halliwell’s song “It’s Raining Man…” forms the backdrop of which advertiser’s TV commercial these days?
a) Sony Ericsson
b) Maruti SX4
c) Windows Vista
9) S Gopalakrishnan better known as “Kris” in the company is the CEO and MD of which of these companies?
a) Mphasis
b) Infosys
c) iGate
10) What is the area of Zhongguancun in China famous for?
a) It’s the Silicon Valley of China
b) Has the world’s largest McDonald’s
c) It’s the global hub of Apple’s iPod production
11) Which city in Asia is tourist destination and advertises itself as the city of entertainment?
a) Macau
b) Genting
c) Dubai
12) A famous designer from the world of fashion. Who is this?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Gianni Versace
c) Giorgio Armani
13) Pearson is an International Media Company which brings out which business daily?
a) Financial Times
b) Wall Street Journal
c) Business Times
14) Which Hindi Movie has the distinction of being the first one to have been shown at the United Nations?
a) Lage Raho Munnabhai
b) Swades
c) Mother India
15) That’s the logo of a famous publishing house. Which one?
a) McGraw Hill
b) Random House
c) Harper Collins
16) It’s a company that spends 7% of sales in R&D and registers 12 patents every working day. Who is this tech giant we are talking about?
a) McDonnald Douglas
b) Pratt & Whitney
c) Bosch
17) The slogan “________” of 3 R prescribes three strategies for reducing the environmental costs associated with waste materials. What is this slogan?
a. Reduce, Readjust, Realign
b. Replenish, Restrict and Redesign
c. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
18) Who/ what was the MTV India Youth Icon in 2007?
a) Abhishek Bachhan
b) Orkut
c) Multimedia Cell Phones
19) Invented by Frank Mcnamara in 1950, which was the world’s first credit card?
a) Barclay’s Bank
b) Diner’s Club
c) HSBC
20) Which car’s first model was called as the Landmaster?
a) Ambassador
b) Mahindra Jeep
c) Contessa
21) Whose logo is that?
a) Cisco Systems
b) Cathay Pacific
c) A previous logo of Nike’
22) What was manufactured in India from 1968 to 2000 by an erstwhile flagship company of Walchand Hirachand Group in their Kurla Plant in Mumbai?
a) Premier Padmini Cars
b) Chetak Helicopters
c) Shaktiman Trucks
23) Who is the world’s largest plasma TV maker?
a) Samsung
b) Matsushita
c) Sony
24) Ars Gratia Artis (meaning Art for the sake of Art in latin). On which logo would you see this inscribed?
a) MGM
b) Paramount Pictures
c) Columbia Pictures
25) Born in Cairo in 1960 to Egyptian and English parents, and raised in Canada. He has designed products for Alessi, George Jensen, Umbra, Kenzo, Prada, Issey Miyake, Method and so on. Who is he?
a) Karim Rashid
b) Charles Eames
c) Guccio Gucci
26) "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation" is the motto of which of these media organisations?
a) BBC
b) CNN
c) Hindu
01/09/07
September 2007 Main Quiz
a) Congress-I
b) Sun TV Network
c) UB Group
2) Bordeaux, Mosel, Sonoma are variants of what?
a) Samsung LCD TV
b) RayBan Sunglasses
c) Canon DigiCam
3) Which will be the world’s first airline to fly the Airbus A380 commercially?
a) Singapore Airlines
b) Qantas
c) Emirates
4) Which of these media is controlled by the Bancroft family?
a) Fox Network
b) Turner Network
c) Dow Jones
5) India’s largest BPO is -
a) EXL
b) Genpact
c) Efunds
6) Carlos Slim has been in news recently because -
a) He was the chief architect of the iPhone
b) He was appointed as the first non-Japanese CEO of Sony
c) He overtook Bill Gates to be the world’s richest man
7) Who says “India’s no.1 selling Japanese TV Brand” in its advertising?
a) Sony
b) Sansui
c) Panasonic
8) What is QSR in the food business?
a) Quality of Service Regulations
b) Quick Service Restaurant
c) Quality Standard Restaurant
9) Archies comics now has an Indian character. What’s his name?
a) Jai Gopal
b) Ashok Kumar
c) Raj Patel
10) Where in the world is the first compass said to have been invented about 2200 years ago?
a) China
b) Greece
c) Egypt
11) In which of these brand’s advertising are you likely to see the golfers Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player?
a) Mercedes
b) Rolex
c) American Express
12) Scott Adams – what did he create for us?
a) Dilbert – the comic strip
b) Tetris – the computer game
c) Lego
13) What is George Crum’s contribution to the food world?
a) Created the Polo mint with a hole
b) Created KitKat
c) Created Potato Chips
14) O2, the mobile phone company was bought over recently. Whose company is it now?
a) Vodafone
b) Dopod
c) Telefonica
15) Who is this Hollywood star who was famous as the “HotWheels Kid” in the 1980s?
a) Leonardo DiCaprio
b) Skeet Ulrich
c) Ashton Kutcher
16) What venture came about as the creative collaboration of author Deepak Chopra, film maker Shekhar Kapur and maverick businessman Richard Branson?
a. Virgin Media
b. Virgin Digital
c. Virgin Comics/ Animation
17) Doris and Don Fisher in 1969, as they say “created ____ with a simple idea: to make it easier to find a pair of jeans. We remain committed to that basic principle”. Fill in the blank.
a) Sears
b) Gap
c) Saks Fifth Avenue
18) A management guru of par excellence often referred to as “Father of Competitive Strategy”. Who?
a) Tom Peters
b) Michael Porter
c) Jack Trout
19) It was set up in 1979 by Anil Moolchandani and initially it sold song books, posters and leather patches. What are we talking about?
a) Crossroads
b) Archies
c) Landmark
20) Which sportsperson has a fashion store by the name CR7?
a) Roberto Carlos
b) Christiano Ronaldo
c) Roger Federer
21) Greyhound of US is mainly in the business of what?
a) Bus Services
b) Courier/ Carriage Services
c) Production of industrial robots
22) What is this orange “boxy” thing?
a) Flight Data Recorder
b) The first IBM tower CPU
c) The standard telex machine till the 1970s
23) Yum Restaurants is the holding company of which of these restaurants?
a) Pizza Hut
b) Subway
c) Dominoes
24) Sometimes referred to as "The House of Ideas", who brought us characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Captain America, etc?
a) DC Comics
b) Marvel Comics
c) Eagle Comics
25) Which make of car is named after the Persian God of Light?
a) Mazda
b) Subaru
c) Saab
26) In the world of travel/ tourism what is Anousheh Ansari’s claim to fame?
a) First woman space tourist
b) First woman to have piloted an Airbus A380
c) First woman to have logged in over 10,000 of flying
01/08/07
August 2007 Main Quiz
a) Launch of 787 Boeing
b) First commercial service of A380 – Singapore Airlines
c) Mandatory x-ray vision body search of passengers in US
2) For what reason was a channel called Press TV in news recently?
a) First English News channel from Iran
b) Adult entertainment channel in Pakistan
c) A version of FTV focusing on conservative fashion for muslim countries
3) Where in Asia do the largest numbers of billionaire come from?
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Japan
c) India
4) Which among these is the small car to be launched by Honda in India?
a) FCX
b) Pony
c) Jazz
5) In modern day business slang, what does “Betamaxed” mean?
a) Better marketed inferior technology overtaking the market
b) Digital archiving of office data
c) A wrong doing caught on electronic surveillance system
6) The Harry Potter series of books is brought out by which publishing house?
a) Random House
b) Bloomsbury
c) Penguin
7) In cyber world what is a cobweb?
a) A special interest community blog
b) A never changing website
c) A wired network
8) Meow in Delhi is a radio channel with a difference. What is it?
a) It’s a youth channel being run by Delhi University
b) First just-for-women radio channel
c) It’s a channel on health and family welfare by Min. of Social Welfare
9) Simple – What logo is that?
a) Adobe
b) Blue Tooth
c) AOL
10) It mainly consists of 2 elements – rapping and DJing. What kind of music is that?
a) HipHop
b) Acid Groove
c) Black Metal
11) The Microsoft project for next version after Windows Vista, codenamed Vienna, will be called what?
a) Windows XT
b) Windows 7
c) Windows – Picasso
12) What’s this game called?
a) Jenga
b) Lawn Lego
c) Building Blox
13) Which Korean company’s name literally means “3 Stars”?
a) Samsung
b) Hyundai
c) Daewoo
14) What was founded by James Wilson, a hat maker from the small Scottish town of Hawick, who believed in free trade, internationalism and minimum interference by government, especially in the affairs of the market?
a) Wall Street Journal
b) Financial Times
c) The Economist
15) The ___Hearts collection of Reebok is promoted by whom?
a) Natalie Portman
b) Lindsay Lohan
c) Scarlett Johannsen
16) Who claims to be the No.1 selling Digital Camera brand in India?
a) Kodak
b) Canon
c) Samsung
17) What is the contribution of Michel Adams to the world of Media?
a. Founder of Penthouse magazine
b. Founder of MTV
c. Founder of FTV
18) George Clooney’s choice – which watch?
a) Tissot
b) Omega
c) Rolex
19) Dover, Genoa, Billiard, Dublin, Apple, Plymouth – they are all varieties of what?
a) Special sport shoes from Puma
b) Bowl of smoking pipe
c) T-Shirt range of Adidas
20) Cricinfo.com was recently acquired by who among these?
a) ESPN
b) Microsoft
c) Google
21) This picture is best associated with which TV series?
a) Will and Grace
b) Friends
c) Seinfeld
22) In the 2007 F1 circuit, which is the tyre fitted on all the cars?
a) Bridgestone
b) Michelin
c) Goodyear
23) It was a company started by Paul Galvin, Joe Galvin, and Sawn Hamme as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. What is it now known?
a) Motorola
b) IBM
c) 3M
24) Who in Tintin, drinks the most amount of whiskey after Captain Haddock?
a) Professor Calculus
b) Snowy
c) Thomson and Thompson
25) Which garment is named after an atoll in Marshall Islands, the site of many American Nuclear Tests?
a) Bikini
b) Bermuda
c) Poncho
26) Haier Elegance – what’s its claim to fame?
a) World’s smallest GSM phone
b) World’s first “personal” phone (due to fingerprint reading enabled key buttons)
c) India is its production centre for global supply
31/07/07
The Factoid Collection
Did you know that the Boeing 787 got launched on July, 8th, 2007? The appropriateness of the launch lies in its synergy with the date that is 7-8-(0)7, the way Americans write July, 8, 2007.
The term A1 is to signify something that's best in terms of quality. It is derived from the Lloyds (of London) classification of ships of best quality under the A1 block in the Shipping Insurance Registers.
BSA-SLR is actually Birmingham Small Arms - Self Loading Rifle. They started out making arms and ammunitions. Then they moved on to make other things...including bicycles. Think of their logo with 2 crossed rifles. Makes sense. Right?
BenQ - the name is derived from the motto of the company. Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life.
The newspaper Hindu was the only one not to report the death of Mahatma Gandhi on its front page on 31st Jan, 1948. In those days they used to carry advertisements on the front page. Hmmm...
When Hugh Heffner brought out the first issue of Playboy in 1953 featuring Marilyn Moroe on the cover, it didn't have a date on it. He wasn't sure if there would be a second issue. The success of it, ofcourse, is now a well known fact
I did a "Hail Mary" to click that picture - it's a technique in photography where a photographer raises the camera high above his head to get a picture of the subject surrounded by a crowd.
The group UB40s name…In England if you were unemployed, you would have a card called UB40 (UB=Unemployment Benefit and 40 was the card code). All the band members were unemployed and they felt that it was only right to call the band UB40! There were about 10 million unemployed people in the late 1970s who could relate with them.
Ever wondered what Rasgulla, Jalebi and Paan are, if they are not things we eat. They are actually the names of the 3 sisters of Rabri Devi (wife of Lalu Prasad Yadav).
Ever wondered what a cube farm is? Simply an office with umpteen number of cubicles.
01/07/07
July 2007 Main Quiz
a) Microsecond
b) Nano Second
c) Picosecond
2) The hobble skirt/dress was the inspiration to the design of which brand?
a) Coca-Cola bottle
b) Durex Condoms
c) Viagra Pill
3) Lux is not just soap. It is also the unit of measurement for something. What?
a) SI unit of Illuminance
b) Purity of Diesel
c) Power of collision of 2 moving objects
4) 9H is the hardest. 9B is the softest. What are we talking about?
a) Pencils Grades
b) Cement Grades
c) Diamond studs on a Vertu phone
5) Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of which car company?
a) Mazda
b) Honda
c) Toyota
6) Featherlite India is best associated with which product category?
a) Furniture
b) Footwear
c) Luggage
7) Pulsate, Cool Blue, Stealth, Mariner and Play form the product range of which brand?
a) Durex Condoms
b) Park Avenue Deos
c) Ray-Ban Sunglasses
8) That’s the logo of?
a) BBC World
b) Nasscom
c) Alfa Romeo
9) Where are you most likely to find something referred to as “ringpull”?
a) Yo-Yo end
b) A car jack
c) On a beverage can
10) Clio, Kangoo, Modus and Megane are models of which player from among these?
a) Kia
b) Renault
c) Skoda
11) Vinod Khosla co-founded which among these companies?
a) Oracle
b) Sun Microsystems
c) Cisco Systems
12) “Bringing Enjoyment and Quality to life” – best associated with which company?
a) BenQ
b) General Electric
c) Sony
13) What is the name for the number 1 followed by a hundred zeroes?
a) Billion
b) Zillion
c) Googol
14) Which company is best associated with the acquisition of Gillette?
a) P&G
b) Unilver
c) Altria
15) Trivia - Which among these companies’ name is after that of a creek behind the home of one of its founders John Warnock?
a) Adobe
b) Oracle
c) Cisco Sytems
16) Signature, Ascent, Constellation and Aerius form the product range of which brand?
a. Omega Watch
b. Mont Blanc Pen
c. Vertu Mobile
17) A Media Mogul. Who?
a) Silvio Berlusconi
b) Kerry Packer
c) Ted Turner
18) What means “Great House/ Universe” in Korean?
a) Hyundai
b) Daewoo
c) Samsung
19) Which brand’s logo is that?
a) Waterman
b) Westinghouse
c) Wilson
20) Who or what is affectionately referred to as “Beeb”?
a) BBC
b) Cover model of Playboy
c) Motorola’s Walki-Talkie
21) Bibendum – with which brand would you best associate this mascot?
a) Goodyear
b) Michelin
c) Dunlop
22) The Hush Puppies Mascot - What is the breed of the dog we see?
a. Beagle
b. Cocker Spaniel
c. Basset Hound
23) What are aglets/ aiglets?
a) Shoelace ends
b) The vent of a vending machine
c) The metal button joints on jeans
24) "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You ain't heard nothin' yet" – what’s the significance of this?
a) First spoken dialogue in movies
b) The first video on MTV
c) First words by AG Bell on the telephone
25) What was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1866 that is made up of nitroglycerin, one part diatomaceous earth and a small admixture of sodium carbonate?
a) RDX
b) Dynamite
c) Alkaline Battery
26) What in India is made officially only in Gadag in Karnataka?
a) Color Badge indicating rank of Armed Forces personnel
b) The National Flag