India Business Quiz is happy to present a business quiz from a new guest  quiz master – Anshuman Srivastava *

Q 1. Kim Casali was a New Zealand cartoonist who created the syndicate cartoon feature (X),originally as love notes to her future husband, in late 1960s. They were published in booklets in the late 1960s before appearing in strip form in a newspaper in 1970, under the pen name Kim. (X) came into popular culture again with the advent of social media. Identify (X).

Ans. Love Is cartoons

Q 2. (X) brand of vodka is partially owned and endorsed by (Y). (X)features in hit music videos of (Y) “Rain over me ” and “Give me everything tonight”. Identify (X)and (Y). 

Ans. – X- Voli vodka  Y- Pitbull

Q3. This text appeared as an advertisement in The Saturday Evening Post on January 02,1915. It is the most famous creation of adman Theodore McManus created for Cadillac motors. Which piece of text is being referred here ?

Ans. – The Penalty of Leadership

Q4. Designer Joseph Platt made this famous design in the year 1933. This design is small but so powerful that it differentiates product of a famous stationery brand from the rest. Which design feature is attributed to him ?

Ans.–Arrow clips on Parker Pens

Q5. Pocketsize paperback books were started by publisher Simon & Schuster. They were called Pocketbooks. This improved readership of many old classics. Which novel got the tag Pocket Book #1.

 

Ans.Lost Horizon by James Hilton.

Q6. John Casado and Tom Hughes designed this logo for (X) popularly known as (Y) logo for distinctive style of strokes and colors of artist (Y), but as per the designers they were inspired by drawing style of Henri Matisse.Identify (X) and (Y).

Ans.  X– Apple Macintosh logo  Y – Picasso

Q7. Name this automobile designed by C.R. van den Brink and H.M. Kroonen, unveiled at the Geneva auto show in 2007. This carried a hefty price tag of $35,000+

Ans. – Carver One

Q8. Which tree is depicted on the logo of First national bank of south Africa.

Ans. – Acacia

Q9. Hank Ketcham created famous cartoon character Dennis The Menace in 1950s. Many years later, he wrote his memoirs with a title seemingly a pun on name of a play by William Shakespeare.What was the title of his memoirs?

Ans. –The Merchant of Dennis (The Menace)

Q 10. Naomi Parker Fraley was a female worker on Naval Air Station in California. She inspired wartime poster made by J. Howard Miller in 1943 for Westinghouse Electric as an inspirational image to boost worker morale. How do we better know this work and Ms Fraley ?

Ans. –(a) We Can Do It posters,  (b) Rosie The Riveter

• The  quiz is compiled by Anshuman Srivastava. Anshuman works with NTPC Ltd. as DGM(Corp . Plng.) at HQ in New Delhi . He has a keen interest in quizzing as a way of learning and sharing . He has  has won many quizzes including NTPC’s in-houe quiz competition Medha Pratiyogita 4 times.