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Business, Trivia Bank

Weekly Business Quiz # 377

India

Q 1. Identify this retail pioneer in India. He set up Foodworld, MusicWorld, Health and Glow as CEO Spencer. He passed away this year. RIP

Mohapatra

Ans. P.K.Mohapatra

Q 2. In which city has Ola tied up with Mahindra to launch a pilot project of an electric vehicle network ?

Ans. Nagpur

Q 3. Indian Railways has launched a premium train service , Tejas Express. Between which 2 cities  the first one will ply ?

Ans. Mumbai to Goa

Q 4. Which Indian film has become the biggest grosser in China among non-Hollywood films ?

Ans. Dangal

Global

Q 5. Which well known Internet brands have now become part of this Company ?

oath

Ans. Yahoo and AOL, besides several others

Q 6. What common business term emerged from the Italian banchiere, the foreign exchange dealers of 14th century Italy ?

Ans. Bank

Q7. After the legendary Jack, it was Jeff for 16 years. Now it will be John from August 1. Which large global company will see this change ?

Ans. General Electric, Jack Welch, Jeff Immelt and now John Flannery

Q8. Forced withdrawal of all electric vehicles by which auto major in 2003 forced Elon Musk to think of Tesla ?

Ans. General Motors

Q 9. Which football club has been rated as the most valuable one by Forbes ?

A. Real Madrid B. Manchester United C. Barcelona D. Manchester City

Ans. B. Manchester United

Q 10. Management Guru Jack Trout passed away recently. Name the landmark book he wrote with Al Ries.

Ans. Positioning : The Battle for Your Mind

Q 11. Which IT major who had promoted remote working for its employees have now asked employees to start reporting at offices ?

Ans. IBM

Apologies for the long break.

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Guest Business Quiz # 6

Indian

Q 1. A UAE based billionaire is funding the movie, Randamoozham, set to be the costliest movie ever produced. Name the billionaire

Ans. BR Shetty

Q 2. What is the name of the lifestyle and sports brand of Rhiti Sports, where cricketer MS Dhoni has a stake?

Ans. Seven: A brand by MS Dhoni

Q3. The famous cardiac surgeon Dr Devi Shetty, along with the Government of Karnataka, have come up with a low cost insurance for poor farmers of the state. What’s name of the insurance scheme

Ans. Yeshasvini

Q4. He was once a part of the group known as ‘Paypal Mafia’, a group of ex PayPal alumni who have gone ahead and started successful companies. After Pay Pal, he went on to start the peer-to-peer microfinance organization kiva.org. He was named as Fortune magazine’s 40 under 40. Who is he?

Ans. Premal Shah

Q5. At the peak of his career there, he left ICICI Bank to head its ‘Foundation for Inclusive Growth’. He is currently a board member of the Reserve Bank of India. Recently he was appointed the head of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s India office. Who is he?

Nachiket_Mor

Ans. Nachiket Mor

Global

Q6. Steve Jobs visited Kainchi Dham in India searching for meaning and peace, before he started Apple. Many years later, he advised another start-up founder to go and visit the place. Who was that CEO?

Ans. Mark Zuckerberg

 Q7. He was an American inventor best known for his works on AC currents. He was also a contemporary of Thomas Edison. Currently one of the most famous automobile companies in US bears his name. Who was he?

Tesla_circa_1890_slideshow

Ans. Nikolas Tesla. Tesla Motors is named after him.

Q 8. Sheryl Sandberg recently wrote a book, Option B, where she talks about dealing with life after the death of her husband Dave Goldberg. Which company was Dave the CEO of, when he died?

Ans. He was the CEO of Survey Monkey

 Q 9. Uber has been in the news recently because of a lawsuit alleging it stole self-driving technology from a Google spin-off company. Name the company

Ans. Waymo

 Q 10. ChemChina is in talks to buy a buy a big Swiss conglomerate. If it goes through, it would be the largest Chinese takeover of a foreign company. Which is the company getting acquired

Ans. Syngenta

This is a Guest post by Prabhala Raghuvir. Twitter handle @pnraghuvir. He will play the Quiz Master occasionally. 

Business, Trivia Bank

Guest Business Quiz # 5

Indian

Q1. Rabindra Nath Tagore once advertised for an Indian soap brand. Which one?

Tagore

Ans. Godrej Soap ( at that time the Godrej Soaps had only one brand – Godrej)

Q2. ‘Bringing the Rainbow’, is the title of the autobiography of the patriarch of the one of the most prominent business houses in India. Name the person.

Ans.. R. K. Somany of the Somany Group (HSIL)

Q3. The parent multi-platform Dutch company is one of the top media content companies in the world. Its Indian subsidiary hit the jackpot with the reality TV show which is in its 10th season now. Which is this company?

Ans. Endemol is the company. Big Boss is the reality TV franchise.

Global 

Q4. “On one of my trips to the Audi factory in Ingolstadt, I saw the line ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’ on a fading piece of publicity. I thought, why not use this line? And importantly, let’s keep it in German. Mad as that sounds, I reasoned it would really stand out.” Wrote one of the most highly feted creative directors who co-founded three iconic British ad agencies, one after another. Who is he?

Vorsprung_durch_Technik

Ans. John Hegarty who had the distinction of being a founding member of  Saatchi & Saatchi, TBWA and BBH.

Q5. Name the former creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent who startled the film world by his critically acclaimed maiden directorial venture in 2009 which was nominated for the top award in the Venice International Film Festival.

Ans.. Tom Ford. A Single Man starring Colin Firth (who won a number of Best actor prizes for his lead role) is the film which made him an overnight star director.

Q6. Warren Buffett is known as the ‘Oracle of Omaha’. Which legendary investor is known as the ‘Oracle of Boston’?

Ans.   Seth Klarman, the chief executive and portfolio manager of the Baupost Group.

Q7. Members of this hedge fund’s board of directors included Myron S. Scholes and Robert C. Merton, who shared the 1997 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. It grew over $100 billion in assets in less than three years. But in 1998, swiftly, it lost $4.4 billion of its $4.7 billion in capital and eventually went bust.  Which hedge fund we are talking about?

Ans. LTCM (Long Term Capital Management). The entire story is recounted in Roger Lowenstein’s book, When Genius Failed, with details on the specific strategies and financial theories employed by LTCM.

Q8. Until the Citigroup pulled down its shutters, Old Lane, LP used to be a private equity firm specializing in fund of fund investments. With its head quarter in New York City, it also managed hedge funds for its clients. What was its Indian connection?

Ans.. India-born Vikram Pandit was the founder of Old lane which he sold off to Citigroup when he became its CEO.

This is a Guest Post by Prof Rajib Sarkar. He will play the quiz master occasionally. 

Business, Trivia Bank

Weekly Business Quiz # 376

Indian

Q 1. A real life elderly couple VP and Shanta Dhananjayan, who are classical dancers,  are playing a couple on a series of TV commercials having fun during their second honeymoon. Name the brand.

voda

As. Vodafone 4G

Q2. How did Anand Mahindra, the Mahindra group head, respond when a person tweeted him a picture of an auto modified into a Scorpio ?

Mahindra

Ans. He gave a Mahindra 4 wheeler CV in exchange for the auto. The auto was to be kept in the Mahindra museum

Q3. Bajaj once the undisputed leader in India’s two wheelers market is now No. 3 in terms of volumes. Who are No 1 and No 2 ?

Ans. 1. Hero Motocorp 2. Honda

Q4. Which is the first state government in India to adopt January to December fiscal year ?

Ans. Madhya Pradesh

Q5. Wipro has changed its logo after 19 years. What does the new logo convey ?

wipro

Ans. Wipro connects the dots for their clients

Global

Q6. When and where is the Met Gala event held every year ?

Ans. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York on the First Monday of May

Q7. Which is the world’s largest selling electric car ? Clue : – Tesla is No 2

Ans. Nissan Leaf

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Business, Trivia Bank

Weekly Business Quiz # 375

India

Q 1. In what way is IRBInvIT fund India’s first ?

Ans. India’s first infrastructure Investment Trust that is opening for public subscription from May 3.

Q 2. What is special about the YouTube channel Country Foods featuring Mastanamma of Gudivada, AP ?

Ans. She’s the oldest person on Youtube. She is 106 year old. her cuisine channel is very popular

Q3. Which Tata company has chosen a woman Chairperson from outside the family ? Name her.

Ans. Tata Communications Ltd, Renuka Ramnath

Global

Q4. Who is the founder of this company and what is its business ?

Boring co

Ans. Elon Musk,  It is a infrastructure and tunneling company in US that will be used new way of underground transportation

Q5. Why does Apple produce human sweat in its laboratories ?

eausweat

Ans. To test whether the iWatch causes any skin problems when exposed to sweat. So in order to create a skin friendly device they are testing with this laboratory created human sweat.

Q6. Which brand came up with this sneakers that has become controversial ?

DG

Ans. Dolce and Gabbana..Some people have objected to “I’m Thin and gorgeous”

Q7. How much would former US President Obama be paid for a speech he will be delivering at a healthcare conference ?

Ans. US $ 400,000

Compiled by G.Mohan @go_mohan

 

Business, Trivia Bank

Weekly Business Quiz # 374

India

Q 1. What is special about these stamps launched by India Post ?

coffee

Ans. Coffee scented stamps

Q 2. What is unique about the payment wallet Hipbar that has got an RBI licence recently ?

Ans.  It is the wallet which allows to pay for liquor only

Q3. Who has started India’s first scholarship fund of Rs 100 crore for online education ?

Ans. Ronnie Screwvala

Q4. Along with PM Modi, one more Indian has been named in the Time 100 list of most influential people for the year. Name him

Ans. Vijay Shekhar Sharma of PayTM

Q5. Which TCS Exec has joined Niti Aayog to head the Atal Innovation Mission ?

Ans. Ramanathan Ramanan

Q6. Which company has launched a flavoured milk brand VIO ?

Ans. Coca Cola Co.

Global

Q7. Jimmy Wales of Wikipedia fame has now started a crowd sourced news site where reporters will check facts. What is it called ?

Ans. Wikitribune

Q8. Identify this fashion retailer and his brand, who has recently overthrown Jeff Bezos to become the second richest man in the world.

Ortega

Ans. Amancio Ortega of IndiTex, owners of Zara

Q9. Why is Japan facing a severe potato wafers crunch leading to steep price rise ?

Ans.  Due to poor potato harvest there is short supply of potatoes.

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Business, Trivia Bank

Weekly Business Quiz # 373

India

Q 1. Identify this media baron and his company. He passed away recently. RIP.

DB

Ans. Ramesh Chandra Agrawal of Dainik Bhaskar

Q2. Which are the 5 cities where the oil companies will change oil prices daily from May 1 as a pilot project ?

Ans. Puducherry, Visakhapatnam, Udaipur, Jamshedpur and Chandigarh

Q3. The Western Railways local in Mumbai was started 150 years ago on April 12, 1867. What was the antecedent of WR called then ?

Ans. Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company

Q4. In the IPL season which brand has created a fictional IPL team Chonkpur Cheetahs ?

Ans. Amazon

Q5. Which PE firm has acquired controlling stake in Religare Health Insurance from Religare Enterprises ?

Ans. True North

Q6. Which company appointed M S Dhoni for a day as CEO where he even attended meetings and took decisions ?

dhoni

Ans. Gulf Oil

Q7. Who has acquired the Kingfisher Villa in Goa, that earlier belonged to Vijay Mallya ?

Ans. Sachiin Joshi, a n actor and businessman

Q8. The Chinese brands of smartphones are all positioning themselves as Selfie cameras using Bollywood stars as their brand ambassadors. If Gionee : Alia Bhatt, Oppo : Deepika, Vivo : ?

Ans. Ranveer Singh

Global

Q9. Name the subsidiary of Toshiba that has created severe financial stress and even bankruptcy like situation for the parent company

Ans. Westinghouse Electric Company, the US subsidiary running nuclear power plants

Q10. Which airline is in the midst of a storm in social media for forcefully offloading a passenger ? It lost a billion $ in market cap.

Ans. United Airlines

Q11. Identify this former billionaire who gave away all his wealth to charity by end 2016 making him being called ‘ James Bond of philanthropy’ by Forbes.

Chuck

Ans. Chuck Feeney

Q 12. Which sportswear has announced mass manufacture of sports shoes using 3 D printing ?

Ans. Adidas

  • Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan