Question set 3

1)Identify the person

2)Identify the logo

3)X was Started by 3 former employees of Y , and was launched in Feb 15 2005.In November 2005, venture firm Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million. Roelof Botha, partner of the firm and former CFO of Y, joined the X's board of directors. In November 2006, X LLC was bought by Z. for $1.65 billion, and now operates as a subsidiary of Z. Id X , Y and Z

4)Which company is planning to separate its private label "Melange" , in order to make it an exclusive solo brand?

5) Connect

             

                                            

Answers

1) Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter

2) Budweiser beer

3)X- You Tube

    Y- Pay Pal

     Z- Google

4)Lifestyle

5) IBM - 

 Lotus notes, the email client of IBM

 Extreme Blue, IBM's internship Program

 Redbooks, IBM software for storage

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Question set 2

1) As always, starting with a sitter, identify the person

2)Identify the logo ( Clue : Music/sound)

3)X is an English daily news paper, which is the oldest and most circulated in the country "Y" , founded by the founder of that country "Z" in Delhi in 1941, as a weekly news paper..X became a daily newspaper in October 1942 under the leadership of its first editor, Pothan Joseph..Today, It has a circulation of 1.5 lakh In the country Y.. Id X , Y and Z

4)Which celebrity was roped in By COKE as its " Happiness ambassador" ?

5) Connect

Answers


1) E Sreedharan , The man behind Delhi Metro, Konkan and Jaipur metro (which has just been commissioned)


2)Altec Lansing


3) X- Dawn, Y- Pakistan, Z- Jinnah


4) Sachin Tendulkar


5) Cadburry . ( More than two decades it has been working with the Kerala Agriculture University to undertake cocoa research and released clones, hybrids that improve the cocoa yield)




Tang, the cooldrink concentrate owned By Kraft foods, which took over Cadbury


Mr:pepper, owned by Schwepps, which demerged from Cadbury




Good job Ritoban and Siddharth

QUESTION SET 1

1)Will start off with a sitter.. Identify the person




2) X has 20% share in Y, Y is planning to supply their car brand Z to X... Y, a Japanese Car manufacturer, is supplying its car brand "Z" to another Japanese carmaker Nissan Motors, which re-badges the same car as Pixo for sales through its own network in Europe.. X owns luxury car brands such as Lamborghini, Bugatti and Bentley.. identify X , Y and Z.

3) identify the logo ( clue: aviation Industry)



4)Jubiliant Foodworks is news recently regarding its tie up with one of the world's largest Coffee and baked goods chain Dunkin' Donuts.. Jubiliant foodworks is better known to us by the fast food chain they run(but they do not own)in India.. Name the Fast food Chain they run


5)Connect

Answers

1) Julian Assange, the Wiki leaks Founder
2) Volkswagon, Suzuki, A-star

3)Airbus logo

4)Dominos

5)Central banks of various countries.. US Federal reserves,Banca d'Italia(Bank of Italy) , People's Bank of China, Bank of England

Excellent quizzing.. Thank you Midhun, Saranya and prashanth..

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