01/11/07

November 2007 Main Quiz

1) It’s a ladies-only cab service – for the ladies by the ladies in Bombay. What is it called?

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

1) Bobby Kooka’s claim to fame in Indian advertising is on account of a mascot he designed. Which one?

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