Weekly Business Quiz # 227 Q 1. Which Bollywood actor turned MP is the new face of GoDaddy ? Ans. Mithun Chakraborty Q 2. Who or what is a ―Yummy‖, a new phenotype being used by marketers ? Ans. Young Urban Male Q 3. ―Just as genes propagate in the gene pool so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain.‖ Who coined the word ―meme‖? Ans. Richard Dawkins Q4. Which politician/minister asked Pepsi to add Lehar prefix to Pepsi when they launched it in India 25 years ago ? Ans. Sharad Yadav Q5. HourlyNerd is making a consulting business out of renting McKinsey Moms. Who are McKinsey Moms ? Ans. McKinsey Moms are former McKinsey employees who left McKinsey to raise a family Q6. What is the new name for Infotech Enterprises Ltd ? Ans. Cyient Limited Q7. Why has Narayana Murthy refused to campaign for his former colleagues Nandan Nilekani and V Balakrishnan ? Ans. He is an apolitical person and as Chairman Infosys has to work with whichever party is in govt Q8. Who has created a video which has gone viral using real life Ronald McDonalds to endorse their breakfasts ? Ans. Taco Bell Q9. What Google product created by Paul Buchheit was launched 10 years ago on Apr 1 and was thought to be a April Fool day hoax ? Ans. Gmail - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter @go_mohan Share this: Twitter1 Facebook1 Email Print More March 25, 2014 in Uncategorized 3 Comments Weekly Business Quiz # 226 Q 1. The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 was a Red-Eye flight. What is a Red- Eye flight ? Ans. The flight which departs late in the night and reaches early morning. This causes sleep deprivation hence red-eye. Q 2. South Korean Tourism was promoted as ‗ The Land of the Morning Calm‖. What is its new tagline ? Ans. Dynamic Korea Q3. Who is making a film on ―Manjunath‖ the IIM graduate who got killed for speaking against corruption ? The film releases April 25 Ans. Sandeep Vohra Q 4. Why has Mukesh Ambani‘s luxury jet been grounded by DGCA in Delhi airport ? Ans. Innumerable safety lapses and pilot not carrying licence. Q5. What does AQUATM launched in Mankhurd , Mumbai vend ? Ans. Water at Rs 1 per litre Q6. Connect Littlewoods, Woolworths and now TESCO to an Indian group Ans. Tata‟s retail partners Q7. Who will be managing the CPSE ETF created by Govt of India for disinvestment of select PSU stocks ? Ans. Goldman Sachs Q8. What is the name of the model launched by Nissan to compte with Alto and Eon in India ? Ans. Datsun Go Q9. Which Indian airline has been.issued a.notice by DGCA for its in flight Holi celebrations ? Ans. SpiceJet Q 10. ‖I start with architecture, and Mark starts with products, and Steve Jobs started with aesthetics.‖ Who is I here ? Ans. Bill Gates Q 11. What will be the OS from Google that will power the smart watch Moto 360 and LG G ? Ans. Android Wear - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter Handle @go_mohan Share this: Twitter2 Facebook5 Email Print More March 18, 2014 in Uncategorized Leave a comment Weekly Business Quiz # 225 Q 1. Which cricketer has been roped in by Ramaraj shirts to promote their white shirts in the North Indian market ? Ans. R Ashwin Q 2. Under which brand name does Pidilite industries market Gulaal during Holi ? Ans. Rangeela Q 3. Who is the sponsor for the NDTV Prime TV channel ? Ans. Micromax Q 4. Telecom regulators in Holland are allowing Network-agnostic SIM cards. What does it mean ? Ans. A SIM card that could be programmed on the fly to register to any network Q 5. Which brand owns the site zindagi mili dobara dot com ? Ans. Head and Shoulders Q 6. Mercedes has reduced the price of its S Class in India by a whopping 21 lakhs. What is its new price ? Ans. Rs 1.36 crore Q7. How did the toy brand Lego get its name ? Ans. From the Danish phrase Leg Godt, meaning Play Well. Q8. The first commercial cellphone Motorola Dynatac went for sale on March 13, 1984. What was its price then ? Ans. 4000 $ Q9. Identify the logo. Ans. Reebok‟s new “delta‟ logo Q 10. Identify this scientist. Ans. Tim Berner Lee, the man who created www Q 11. This is a traditional design now taken by Paul Smith and priced at 300 £. What is the traditional design called ? Ans. Peshawari chappal - Compiled by G.Mohan T Twitter handle @go_mohan Share this: Twitter4 Facebook3 Email Print More March 11, 2014 in Uncategorized Leave a comment Weekly Business Quiz # 224 Q 1. Which highly successful version of Windows will not be supported by Microsoft after April 8. 2014 ? Ans. Windows XP Q 2. Why are women‘s rights organisations crying hoarse about the employment conditions for women cabin crew in gulf airlines like Qatar ? Ans. Employment conditions regarding marriage and getting pregnant Q3. 20 employees of which US firm were travelling by the ill fated Malaysian airlines plane ? Ans. Freescale semiconductor Q4. What is unique about the loan recovery firm Vasuli recovery ? Ans. All women recovery agents Q5. Vespa is going to launch India‘s most expensive scooter Vespa 946. What is the indicative price ? Ans. Rs 8-9 lakhs Q6. Which retail chain conducted a contest on twitter with the hashtag#With50RupeesICanBuy that became a forum for voicing India‘s problems ? Ans. Big Bazaar Q7. When tsunami struck Japan, developers from which Korean company went to Japan and created Line, a messaging app, in one and half months ? Ans. Naver Q8. Which are the only three major countries in which Google is not the number one search engine ? Ans. Russia, China and South korea Q9. Who will operate the Mont Blanc single brand retail stores in India ? Ans. Titan Q10. Which city has beaten Tokyo to become the most expensive city in the world ? Ans. Singapore Q 11. Under what sub-brand has Cadbury‘s launched a chocolate-peanut bar in competition with Snickers ? Ans. 5 Star Chomp Q12. Where has McDonalds put this banner ? Ans. on the Sweden-Norway border Q13. In which category is this brand the world leader ? Ans. Bananas Q14. Identify this corporate honcho turned politico. Ans. Jaidev Galla of Amara Raja Batteries Q15. Identify this media baron and his publication. Ans. Viveck Goenka , Indian Express ( Mumbai) Q16. Mattel has launched an ‗average Barbie‘ doll which is shorter and fatter than the original Barbie. What is its name ? Ans. Lammily Q 17. This selfie by the Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres is the most retweeted photo ever. It was not a spontaneous picture but a part of the product placement strategy of a brand. Name it. Ans. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Q 18. Many AP politicians have their roots in business and run businesses in parallel. Match the politician to the business group 1. Y.S.Chowdary a. Lanco 2. G.Vivekanand b. Sujana 3. T.Subbarami Reddy c. Panyam Cements 4. L.Rajagopal d. Visaka 5. SPY Reddy e. Gayatri Ans. 1-B, 2-D, 3-E, 4 A, 5-C - Compiled by G.Mohan Twitter handle @go_mohan Share this: Twitter3 Facebook5 Email Print More March 4, 2014 in Uncategorized Leave a comment Weekly Business Quiz # 223 Q 1. Which co is the world‘s biggest maker of screens for smartphones and tablet computers ? It counts Apple and Sony among its customers Ans. Japan Display Q 2. Which country‘s capital city has the Nay Pie Taw airport ? Ans. Myanmar Q3. Due to the collapse of which Japanese exchage for Bitcoins have Indians lost money to the tune of Rs 100 crore ? Ans, Mt Gox Q4. For a special line for which brand was Lady Gaga not only the endorser but also the Creative Director ? Ans. Polaroid Q5. For which brand of apparel and other merchandise does Mandhana Industries have an exclusive franchise ? Ans. Being Human Q6. IITs and IISc are offering free online courses Ina newly started online course platform called NPTEL. Expand NPTEL. Ans. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning Q7. Name the IAS officer who as the Executive Director of SEBI did the investigation and therefore led to the arrest of Sahara chief . Ans. KM Abraham Q8. Which unlikely company has designed a tamper proof smart phone where the data is totally secure ? Ans. Boeing Q9. Which popular Indian ecommerce site is run by Jasper Infotech private ltd ? Ans. Snapdeal Q 10. Google has launched a new service Oppia. What is it ? Ans. An open source education tool Q 11. Narendra Modi has proposed a Group of nations called ‗Sons of Sun‘ where India will take a lead. What is this group supposed to do ? Ans.Sons of Sun is a group of countries who have high solar energy potential. This group will come together to do R & D in solar power Q 12. Arvind has tied up with Japan‘s Goodhill. What will they manufacture and market in India ? Ans. Formal suits Q 13. Who has taken over as the new chairman of ONGC ? Ans. D.K.Saraff - Compiled by G.Mohan Follow on Twitter @go_mohan Share this: Twitter3 Facebook10 Email Print More February 26, 2014 in Uncategorized Leave a comment Weekly Business Quiz # 222 Q 1. As per the new SEBI code on corporate governance how many terms of 5 years can a independent director be on BOD ? Ans. 2 terms of 5 years each Q 2. NTPC stock crashed due to a recent CERC order. Expand CERC. Ans. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission Q 3. Embibe is one of the top recruiters in IIM A campus placement this year.