Sony will be launching the world’s first OLED TV very soon. In the abbreviation OLED, where LED is Light Emitting Diodes, what is O?
a) Organic
b) Octagonal
c) Obtrusive
Makoto Hagiwara of Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco is said to have invented what as an extension to Japanese desserts in 1909?
a) Fortune Cookie
b) Peanut Butter
c) Chocolate Waffle Cone
India’s first Hydrogen-powered 3-wheeler is brought to you by whom?
a) Sonalika Group
b) Bajaj
c) Mahindra
An Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. A brand of chocolates is named after her. Which one?
a) Godiva
b) Noka
c) DeLafee
What was founded in Washington, D.C. on January 13, 1888, by 33 explorers and scientists who were interested in "organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of knowledge."?
a) Greenpeace
b) National Geographic
c) Nobel Foundation
Reportedly at the equivalent rate of Rs.0.54 per litre, where in the world do you get petrol at the cheapest rate?
a) Oman
b) Nigeria
c) Venezuela
It is arguably India’s answer to the Humvee. Called as Axe-SUV, who is bringing it out soon?
a) Mahindra
b) Eicher
c) Force Motors
Which duo among these owns a software company by the name StumpVision?
a) Sachin and Ajit Tendulkar
b) Anil and Dinesh Kumble
c) Irfan and Yusuf Pathan
Logo of a British luxury brand since 1856 - which brand?
a) St.Michael’s
b) Burberry
c) Harrods
Alpine, Nordic, Slalom are all variants of what?
a) Skiing
b) Golfing Clubs
c) Mountaineering Shoes
In the world of comics, what is the claim to fame of Edgar Rice Burroughs?
a) Creator of Commando Comics
b) Creator of Tarzan
c) Creator of Flash Gordon
What is SS as in SS Cricket Bats?
a) Super Strike
b) Sports Sun
c) Sareen Sports
Which business and media mogul among these is best associated as a part owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team?
a) Ted Turner
b) Rupert Murdoch
c) Silvio Berlusconi
Acco, Swingline and Kangaro are all brands of what?
a) Staplers
b) Pencil Sharpeners
c) Carbon Paper
The Iberia Airlines is native to which country?
a) Portugal
b) Russia
c) Spain
Sanyo’s mobile phone business has recently been bought over by whom?
a) Kyocera
b) Motorola
c) Sony Ericsson
Which newspaper is the largest read Daily in India?
a) Dainik Bhaskar
b) Times of India
c) Dainik Jagran
Paul Otellini is the boss at -
a) HP
b) Intel
c) Motorola
What happened when Sir Hugh employed student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London to work on an assignment in 1954?
a) Setting up of the Mensa Foundation
b) Brought out the first Guinness Book of Records
c) Founding of the British Council
Rico’s Engine Head Block, Sona Koyo’s Steering Column, Minda Group’s Electric Switches and Bosch’s Engine Management system go into the making of what?
a) Tata Nano
b) Reva/ G-Wiz
c) India world-premiered Hyundai i10
A lady from the world of fashion/ cosmetics. A lady who lends her name to a major brand. Who/ what brand?
a) Chanel
b) Donna Karen
c) Elizabeth Arden
What is unique about the Top 10 Best Selling Novels of Japan for the year 2007?
a) For the first time ever an English novel made it into the top 10
b) 6 of them were Digital Novels and sold as a CD pack
c) 5 of them were written on Cell Phones
B and O as in the acronym ORBO stand for Banking Organisation. What are O and R?
a) Organised Retail
b) Organ Retrieval
c) Organisational Research (and)
A company registered in Zlin, Czechoslovakia by the siblings Tomáš, Anna and Antonín in 1894. A global company/ brand today, they have their own museum in Toronto (as you see here). Which brand/ company?
a) Bata
b) Skoda
c) Prada
In space, no one can hear you scream – is the tagline of which famous movie?
a) Alien
b) Star Trek
c) Star Wars
A famous model endorsing HP – who is she?
a) Giselle Bundchen
b) Petra Nemcova
c) Laetitia Casta
01/02/08
01/01/08
January 2008 Main Quiz
Volvo is now in a joint venture with which of these Indian enterprises for production of commercial vehicles?
a) Mahindra
b) Eicher
c) Ashok Leyland
You now have a Ferrari sub-brand laptop, thanks to whom?
a) Sony Vaio
b) Dell XPS
c) Acer
An ad featuring Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi – which one?
a) Louis Vuitton
b) Compaq
c) Durex
It was the first song to have been performed in outer space. They were astronauts aboard the Apollo IX on the 18th of March, 1969. Which song was it?
a) Merry Christmas
b) Silent Night
c) Happy Birthday
Which logo is that?
a) Logitech
b) Toyota Festival Special
c) Omega Sport
A new range of refrigerator from Samsung called Quatrocooling. What is unique about it?
a) Needs quarter the electricity of an average refrigerator to run
b) Compartments can be reconfigured as per users needs of food storage
c) Is programmable to indicate low quantity of specific items needing to be replenished
Philip Rosedale is best known as the creator of what?
a) Second Life
b) MSN Chat
c) Facebook
Which place of great business interest is this?
a) Times Square - NY
b) Wall Street - NY
c) Fleet Street - London
Many years back there was a fuel efficient popular cooking stove promoted by the Indian Oil. What was it called?
a) Nutan
b) Agni
c) Taap
Frank Nuovo, a design guru at Nokia was the brainchild behind what of these?
a) Camera Phones
b) Blackberry
c) Vertu Mobile
Some of the famous owners of this watch were Napolean Bonaparte, George Washington, Leo Tolstoy, Sir Winston Churchill and so on. Which watch are we talking about?
a) Breguet
b) Patek Philippe
c) Rolex
Madhu Sapre and Milind Soman had arguably appeared almost in the buff for which ad in the mid 1990s?
a) Tuff Shoes
b) Kamasutra Condoms
c) Axe Deo
Nepal’s currency note of Rs.500 does not bear the picture, name or sign of the royalty any more. How has it got replaced?
a) With the picture of Ganesha
b) With the picture of Mt. Everest
c) With the symbol of “Om”
Tiger Airways’ home base is which country?
a) Taiwan
b) Korea
c) Singapore
The Rhino is best associated with which of these brands?
a) Konika
b) CEAT
c) Nintendo
As related to mobiles, what is ARPU?
a) Area Range of Phone Usability
b) Average revenue per user
c) Anti-radiating phone usage group
Think of cars. The surname following the name Soichiro is the brand name of which car?
a) Suzuki
b) Honda
c) Toyota
Rake your brains. This scooter of yester years is of which make?
a) Vespa Nova
b) Lambretta
c) Bajaj Chetak
What if the term for a unit of energy as used in the International System of Units (SI)?
a) Watt
b) Newton
c) Joule
Which drink was originally called as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"?
a) 7-Up
b) Canada Dry
c) Schweppes - Lemon
How is Lillian Bettencourt famous in the world of Business?
a) Is the richest woman in the world
b) Founded Body Shop
c) Is the first woman CEO of Ford Motors
Deepika Padukone also endorses a watch now. Which watch?
a) Tissot
b) Tag Heuer
c) Swatch
Among new words being used by British Doctors, what does “Disco Biscuit” mean as reported in the British Medical Journal?
a) The clubbers’ drug Ecstasy
b) Feel-Good Drugs
c) Vitamin Supplements
What on earth is that?
a) Narain Karthikeyan’s 2007 A1 GP Car
b) Michael Schumacher’s Benetton car
c) Ayrton Senna’s Williams-Renault
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen got together and started what?
a) Hollywood Cafe
b) Dreamworks SKG
c) International Creative Artists
A designer of par excellence - Who is this?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Calvin Klein
c) Roberto Cavalli
a) Mahindra
b) Eicher
c) Ashok Leyland
You now have a Ferrari sub-brand laptop, thanks to whom?
a) Sony Vaio
b) Dell XPS
c) Acer
An ad featuring Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi – which one?
a) Louis Vuitton
b) Compaq
c) Durex
It was the first song to have been performed in outer space. They were astronauts aboard the Apollo IX on the 18th of March, 1969. Which song was it?
a) Merry Christmas
b) Silent Night
c) Happy Birthday
Which logo is that?
a) Logitech
b) Toyota Festival Special
c) Omega Sport
A new range of refrigerator from Samsung called Quatrocooling. What is unique about it?
a) Needs quarter the electricity of an average refrigerator to run
b) Compartments can be reconfigured as per users needs of food storage
c) Is programmable to indicate low quantity of specific items needing to be replenished
Philip Rosedale is best known as the creator of what?
a) Second Life
b) MSN Chat
c) Facebook
Which place of great business interest is this?
a) Times Square - NY
b) Wall Street - NY
c) Fleet Street - London
Many years back there was a fuel efficient popular cooking stove promoted by the Indian Oil. What was it called?
a) Nutan
b) Agni
c) Taap
Frank Nuovo, a design guru at Nokia was the brainchild behind what of these?
a) Camera Phones
b) Blackberry
c) Vertu Mobile
Some of the famous owners of this watch were Napolean Bonaparte, George Washington, Leo Tolstoy, Sir Winston Churchill and so on. Which watch are we talking about?
a) Breguet
b) Patek Philippe
c) Rolex
Madhu Sapre and Milind Soman had arguably appeared almost in the buff for which ad in the mid 1990s?
a) Tuff Shoes
b) Kamasutra Condoms
c) Axe Deo
Nepal’s currency note of Rs.500 does not bear the picture, name or sign of the royalty any more. How has it got replaced?
a) With the picture of Ganesha
b) With the picture of Mt. Everest
c) With the symbol of “Om”
Tiger Airways’ home base is which country?
a) Taiwan
b) Korea
c) Singapore
The Rhino is best associated with which of these brands?
a) Konika
b) CEAT
c) Nintendo
As related to mobiles, what is ARPU?
a) Area Range of Phone Usability
b) Average revenue per user
c) Anti-radiating phone usage group
Think of cars. The surname following the name Soichiro is the brand name of which car?
a) Suzuki
b) Honda
c) Toyota
Rake your brains. This scooter of yester years is of which make?
a) Vespa Nova
b) Lambretta
c) Bajaj Chetak
What if the term for a unit of energy as used in the International System of Units (SI)?
a) Watt
b) Newton
c) Joule
Which drink was originally called as "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"?
a) 7-Up
b) Canada Dry
c) Schweppes - Lemon
How is Lillian Bettencourt famous in the world of Business?
a) Is the richest woman in the world
b) Founded Body Shop
c) Is the first woman CEO of Ford Motors
Deepika Padukone also endorses a watch now. Which watch?
a) Tissot
b) Tag Heuer
c) Swatch
Among new words being used by British Doctors, what does “Disco Biscuit” mean as reported in the British Medical Journal?
a) The clubbers’ drug Ecstasy
b) Feel-Good Drugs
c) Vitamin Supplements
What on earth is that?
a) Narain Karthikeyan’s 2007 A1 GP Car
b) Michael Schumacher’s Benetton car
c) Ayrton Senna’s Williams-Renault
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen got together and started what?
a) Hollywood Cafe
b) Dreamworks SKG
c) International Creative Artists
A designer of par excellence - Who is this?
a) Yves Saint Laurent
b) Calvin Klein
c) Roberto Cavalli
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