Questions set 19

A sitter to begin with


1)TJ's is a brand  which produces and markets Bakery, hand looms, furniture , apparel, textiles etc. The products are mostly produced by inmates of the institution where this branch is "headquartered".
Its FYI 09-10  stood at RS 110 Million and their 29 stores cater to most of the  Government institutions and schools in Delhi. Identify the institution which is behind the brand TJ's




2) X is a world famous game show , started by Y in  1972, inspired from his experience as a prisoner in world war 2, where a prisoner was only supposed to say three things (according to Geneva convention) Name, rank and Number. The same procedure is followed in the game show where the contestant is supposed to reveal only name, occupation and specialized subject. 
Identify X and Y


3)Identify the famous soft drink brand







4) Identify the company ( we have learned about this company for years in the high school history books )

Questions set 18

1)  Identify the person from the clues
   
    Clue 1 : She was raised in the city of Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh . She did her graduation from IIT Delhi in      and holds masters in Chemical engg from Cornell University
   
Clue 2: She joined Motorola in 1984, in the Arizona facility, headed many key R&D projects of Motorola and left Motorola in 2007 to join another Multi National giant


Clue 3: Fortune magazine called her one of the rising stars in the Most powerful women's list


2) This is a term popularized by Seth Goldin, Used in Marketing, especially in e-marketing.This form of marketing requires that the prospective customer has either given explicit permission for the marketer to send their promotional message (like an email or catalog request) or implicit permission (like querying a search engine). This can be either via an online email opt-in form or by using search engines, which implies a request for information which can include that of a commercial nature. What is the term used for such kind of marketing?


3)Print ad of which brand?

4)Identify the building 

                                              

5) Apple made this commercial in 1984 when they released Macintosh in 1984.. They remade it in 2004, Which product did they launch then?

Answers

1) Padmasree Warrier , CTO, Cisco

2) Permission marketing


3)Maggi noodles


4)Bombay house,  the head quarters of the Tatas


5)Apple I-pod

Questions set 17

1) Identify the lady

2) Identify the logo

3)Robert Kaplan, who, along with David Norton, developed the Balanced Scorecard, also came up with an alternative to traditional accounting where indirect costs are allocated in proportion to an activity’s direct costs. For businesses whose goods are customised, this is not a very accurate method. This accounting method attempts to improve on it by allocating indirect costs more accurately. Popular for a while, it fell into disrepute when it became clear that it was easier in theory than in practice. What accounting technique did he come up with?

4) Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat, Parvatiben Ramdas Thodani, Ujamben Narandas Kundalia, Banuben. N. Tanna, Laguben Amritlar Gokani, Jayaben V. Vithalani.. these Gujarati women started a venture which now is a household name, especially in north India.. name the Brand

5) Who are these people? also identify the organization founded by them (clue :  I guess you can at least identify the person sitting in the center )

 

Answers

1) Neelam Dhawan, MD, Hewlett- Packard India

2)Deustche Post

3)Activity Based Costing

4)Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Pappad

5) D W Griffith,Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin , Douglas Fairbanks, The founders of United Artists

Questions set 16

1) Id The person



2) Identify the brand from the logo

3)The immediate predecessors of it were “Optimum Coding in the Frequency Domain” (OCF), and Perceptual Transform Coding (PXFM). This format was made at the Fraunhofer Society. Which format?

4)It was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment .It holds a Royal Warrant from HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales. Identify the company

5) Connect

  

Answers

1) Henry Ford

2)Earnest and young

3) MP3

4) Xerox

5) Aircel - sponsors of CSK, for which Doug Bollinger is playing for , Blyk is provided in India by Aircel, Maxis the major shareholders in the company, and they are the sponsors of Chennai open Tennis tournament

Questions set 15

1) Id the person


     


2)Id the logo





3) In 1946, Pietro.....(x)...... invented a cream of hazelnuts and cocoa, derived from Gianduja and to be spread on bread, and called it Pasta Gianduja. His son Michele modified it to produce ......(y), which was first marketed in 1964 and now popular across the world.. identify X and Y


4) Which company's origin traces back to the formulation of a hair dye in 1907 by a French chemist Eugene Schuller , sold to Parisian  hair dressers? This company has got its Registered office at Clichy, France ..


5) Connect


    







Answers


1) Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian PM and the  owner of A C Milan


2)Bugatti


3)Ferrero and Nutella


4)L'Oreal


5) Huwawei ( Chetan Bhagat , the newly appointed brand ambassador, Symantec, with whom they have started JV, The communist party of China , who is the parent company of Huwawei

Questions set 14

1) Id the person

2)Id the logo (Clue : a US based fast food chain)

3) X was started in September 4, 1998 . Originally nicknamed as "Backrub"  because it used to check the backlinks to estimate the importance of the site, it started with the domain stanford.edu . Today, its regarded as the best company in its field and is the generic name for the service which they provide

4)Which Indian Fashion brand was found by Dilip Kapur in Aurbindo Aashram, Puducherry?

5)Identify the person in the video

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Answers

1) Kishore Biyani

2) Wendy's

3) Google

4)   Hi design

5)  Oscar prestorious

Good job Aakash and Prasanth

1) Which Multinational electronic giant was founded by this lady ?









2) Id the logo

3) X is a media giant in India and  was founded by Sundar singh Lyllapuri, the founder father of Shiromani Akali dal In Punjab. With Sardar K M Panicker as its first editor and Devdas Gandhi in the editorial board, its opening ceremony was performed by Mahatma Gandhi on 26th September 1926, and the first edition was published from Naya Bazaar (now Swami sharda Marg) in Delhi. Identify the organization

4)Save Money , Live Better is the tagline of which Multi National?

answers 

1) Cher Wang - HTC

2)Rolex

3) Hindustan Times

4) Wal Mart

Questions set 12

1) A sitter.. the person in picture is not known as a business  man.. but he owns big business houses nevertheless 

2)Id the logo...yet another sitter

3)X was started in 1965 by Y in New York..Y introduced a new system called "Sterling Manhattan Cable", which became the first urban underground cable system in the United States. X was called as "Green Channel" till 1972, when it changed its name to X.. id X and Y

4) "Art for art's sake" is the motto of which entertainment company?

5)Put  fundae , what is special about this video?

Answers

1) Walt Disney

2) New Line Cinema

3)HBO and Time Warner

4)MGM(Metro Golden Mayer)

5) The Lion roar is copyrighted

Question set 11

1) Identify the person

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2)Id the logo

3)Indo-Thai synthetics was the first  incorporated in 1969 in Thailand, started operations in 1970, this was X's  first foray into international venture.X then incorporated T. Elegant Textiles in 1973 in Indonesia. Thai Rayon incorporated in 1974, this was X's second company in Thailand... X's Indian textile wing, Indian Rayon, is now known as "Y" .. id X and Y

4)This is a joint venture between two telecom giants.. Head quartered in the European city of Espoo, the company is headed by an Indian, Rajeev Suri.. Id the company

5) What connects Alcatel-Lucent, Huawei,IBM  and Ericcson with India ?

Answers

1)  Gautam Adani

2) Wilmar Logo

3) Aditya Birla, Birla Nuvo

4) Nokia Siemens

5) Bharti Airtel's strategic partners

Question set 10

1) ID the person

2)ID the logo

3), Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, the king of Mysore took the advice of his diwan, Sir X and established the Government  Factory in Bangalore. This factory, which was set up in 1916, started manufacturing  under the brand-name Y using sandalwood oil as the main ingredient... ID X and Y

4) According to Unilever records, _______ was the world's first registered brand and is therefore the world's oldest continuously existing brand.

5)Listen to this old audio clip and  put fundae 

http://www.oldtimeradiofans.com/old_radio_commercials/Lifebouy_Soap.mp3

Answers

1) Bernard Arnault, Europe's most richest person

2) Ponds

3)Diwan Sir Visweswariah  and Mysore sandal soap

4)Pears soap

5) It features " Body odour" tone, the word coined by Lifebouy

Good Job Sid!

QUESTIONS SET 9 (Theme - sports Industry)

1) Identify the person (clue he is the owner of various sport teams too)

2) Id the logo

3)Since its founding, X has never worn corporate advertisements on their shirt. On 14 July 2006, X announced a five year agreement with Y, which includes having the Y logo on their shirts. The agreement has X donate €1.5 million per year to Y, via X foundation.. The X Foundation is an entity set up in 1994 on the suggestion of then-chairman of the Economical-Statutory Committee, Jaime Gil-Aluja.. Identify X and Y

4) It was developed by engineers at Roke Manor Research Limited of Romsey, Hampshire in the UK, in 2001. A UK patent was submitted but withdrawn by Dr Paul Hawkins and David Sherry. Later, the technology was spun off into a separate company, ___________ Innovations Ltd., as a joint venture with television production company Sunset + Vine, which was bought outright by Sony in March 2011.

5) What is peculiar about this video.. put fundae

Answers




1)Andre Agneli - Head of Fiat  and Juventus


2) Prudential, the sponsor of  the first three Cricket World Cups


3)X- Barcelona Y- UNICEF


4) Hawk Eye


5) Nike video released on the eve of  Vancouver Olympics, celebrating perseverance in Sports venues. The campaign is called as human Chain

QUESTIONS SET 8

1) Id this sports person cum entrepreneur

2)  Id the logo

3) X was found in 1891 as baking powder/soap manufacturer.. On 2004, X acquired  Life Savers and Altoids from Y. In 2008 April, Z acquired X .. Id X , Y and Z

4) Which famous Indian Company was found by N Rangarao and sons in Mysore , in the year 1918

5) What is peculiar about this video.. Put Fundae

Answers

1) Rene Lacoste - Lacoste founder

2)United Airlines

3) X- Wrigleys , Y - Kraft foods, Z- Mars Inc

4)Cycle brand Agarbhati

5)United Breaks Guitars is the "viral video" used for customer service training in United Airlines

Read The whole story @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breaks_Guitars

Good Job Sid!

QUESTIONS SET 7

1) Id the person

2)Id the logo

3)X was launched in 1993 by Dr. Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota with help from students and researchers at universities around the world, remained as  a volunteer run organization till 1999.In 2002 ,A merger with the better capitalised Y (then owned by Sir Paul Getty) took place.In June 2007, "Z" Networks announced that they had acquired X from Y Group, though the brand name and identity will still remain in use. Currently X receives over 7 million hits daily on average.X records in excess of 250 million pageviews per month.. Id X , Y and Z

4) Robert Wood Johnson, inspired by a speech by antiseptic advocate Joseph Lister, started this company with his brothers, name it.

5)What is special about this video? put fundae

Answers

1) F.W. Taylor

2) SKS Micro finance

3) X- Cricinfo Y- John Wisden group Z- ESPN

4) Johnson&Johnson

5) Its the most watched video till date in Youtube

Excellent job Sid !

Questions set 6

1) Id the person

2) Id the logo

3)X 's head quarter's is located in  Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan.In 1952 it made Japan's first plastic radio and in 1954 Japan's first pulsator-type washing machine. On December 21, 2009, Y completed a 400 billion yen ($4.5 billion) acquisition of a 50.2% stake in X, making X a new subsidiary of Y. Id X and Y

4) The  training facility of which fast food chain is called as " Hamburger University" ?

5) Connect

Answers

1)Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo! inc

2)Telstra 

3)X- Sanyo, Y- Panasonic

4) Mcdonalds

5) SUN micro systems which owns My SQL (First emblem) , started @ Stanford University (The second logo) and was taken over by Oracle, which had taken over I-flex 

Excellent job once again from Siddharth