01/09/07

September 2007 Main Quiz

1) Jaihind is a Malayalam channel launched by whom?

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

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