Single#12

In the news for what?? 

Ans: Prometric will be technology experts for the Computer Based CAT 2009

Single#11

Popular question in Biz-Tech quizzes nowadays. 

What does the above picture signify??

Ans: This is the Twitter Whale seen during Twitter Failures!!

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America's 10 highest paid CEOs

Largest US Bankruptcies

Largest Indian Banks

Top 20 Global Financial Brands

Single#10

Simple one to resurrect the series. Identify. Claim to fame?

Single#9

Founded in 1910 as a partnership firm, this investment bank was taken over by Phibro Corporation, which was eventually acquired by Travelers Group in 1998 and is now part of Citigroup after the merger of Travelers with Citicorp. Identify

Ans: Salomon Brothers.The top bond traders called themselves "Big Swinging Dicks", and were the inspiration for the books The Bonfire of the Vanities and Liar's Poker

Single# 8

Identify the two. The first man consolidated his career in the 70s by cleaning the mess created by the second guy. (Clue : Finance)

Ans: This seems to have ended up as a toughie! No answers!
Man 1 - Wilbur Ross- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ross
Man 2 - Michael Milken- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milken

Single#7

'If you want the facts , it was a size 10'. Importance?

Ans: George Bush after being hurled with a pair of by an Iraqi Journo(
Muntader al-Zaidi) who called it a 'farewell kiss to a dog'

Single#6

Inspiration for?



Ans: The Manchester United Logo
Above is the coat of arms of Manchester City Council, upon which the crest of Manchester United was based. The arms are used by the club for prestigious occasions.

The above logo was used by the club in the 60s and find below the present logo..

Single#5

Their membership programme has five categories
a) Maharaja Club
b) Captain's Club
c) Lions Club
d) Bugles Club
e) Young Club

The membership fee ranges from Rs 2500 to Rs 1.5 lakhs.
Whose membership programme details are listed above?

Ans: Rajasthan Royals. Read the details of membership on their official website

Single#4

This is the logo of a British based healthcare products manufacturer which was formed by the merger of two businesses in 1999. Which company? What are the two famous brands?
Ans: SSL International is an abbreviation of Seton Scholl London International.
The Company was formed in May 1999 by the merger of Seton Scholl (itself created through the merger of Seton Healthcare and Scholl in July 1998) with London International Group.

The two famous brands I was talking about were Dr Scholl's and Durex

Single#3

Which brand has a befitting tagline- 'Your partner in pleasure' ?

Ans: Mates condomsRichard Branson launched Mates condoms in the UK in 1987 to promote condoms to young adults at a low price point as awareness of HIV and AIDS grew. A year later Ansell, who were initially manufacturing the condoms for the Virgin brand, bought Mates.

For the complete history, follow this link

Single#2

This is a variant of a popular Greek symbol, which shares its name with a brand. What?


Ans: This is a variant of the original Kappa symbol (greek). The real symbol is similar to a K.

Hence, the brand is Kappa- an Italian clothing company founded in Turin in 1916. The brands under Kappa are Kappa, Jesus Jeans, RdK and the K-Way.



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Single#1

Joining the bandwagon of A question a day bloggers, here's one.. An easy one to start.
Not his normal popular photo.

Identify the gentleman.


Ans: Scott Adams of the Dilbert fame

Tata Crucible Corporate Edition 2008- Chandigarh Prelims

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Reach the Forum of every Inquizitive Mind

1) HP came out with a new computing memory wat is it called?
Ans: Memorister

2) which is the world most transparent company interms of policies?
Ans: GE

3) 3rd was a visual of a totally devastated area with jus 4 tyres remaining
Ans: J.K. Tyres


4) which person left motorola to join cisco as a CTO?
Ans: Padamsree warrior

5) which FMCG markets top ramen in india?it stopped in april 2008
Ans: marico

6) walgreen pharmacy is credited with the invention of ___________ .
it was first created by Ivar Coulson. This beverag exists in India in many different flavors?
Ans: Milk Shakes

7) Hills is a brand owned by which company?
Ans: Colgate

8) Monsanto sold which product to coca cola?
Ans: Sacharine

9)meet me at the hyphen. refers to which famous landmark in newyork?
w____ a____

10) Norleo, Senseo are brands of which dutch company?
Ans: Phillips

11) Pic of Naresh Goyal

12) Which Japanese company is known as the "Time-maker" and name means exquizite, minute, Success in japanese?
Ans: Seiko

13) Which American Business woman said "First god, Second family, Third My Ashes?
Ans: Mary Kay Ashe

14) Which brand owns Higginbothams?

15) pic of TUX

16) which company was in the business of making japanese aircrafts in ww2 and now famous in automobile segment?
Ans: Mitsubishi

17) Godrej airconditioners are sold in special shops called?
Ans: Cool Zones

18) "local roots global reach" is the tagline of which brewery in india?
Ans: Pernod Ricard

19) Which Automobile major is a sponsor for the Cannes film festival?
Ans: Renault

20) Shapoorji pallonji owns which of the following brands? mango, FCUK, SAcille ron
Ans: Sacille ron

21) bond girl 007 is a perfume by loreal/avon/revlon?
Ans: Avon

22) Great escape is a event organised by which automobile major in india to promote its SUV's?
Ans: Mahindra & Mahindra

23) Which game grossed half a billion dollars after its release in april 2008? Age of empires/ GTA4/ oly08?
Ans: GTA4

24) Ad of Archies

25) Ad of Monster.com

Tata Crucible Corporate Edition 2008- Bangalore Prelims

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Tata Crucible Corporate Edition 2008- Bangalore Edition

31 August 2008

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Prelims:

1) Which international voluntary organization was founded by the present French minister for foreign affairs Bernard Kouchner?

Ans: Doctors without borders

2) Which Indian was the richest man in the world in 1937 and appeared on the cover of Time magazine?

Ans: Nizam of Hyderabad

3) Ad Campaign

Ans: Happydent

4) Which legendary CEO owns a restaurant chain called Koo Koo Roo?

Ans: Lee Iacocca

5) Which television personality who in his early career did commercials for Doritos brand of chips is an automobile collector and writes a column in Popular Mechanics?

Ans: Jay Leno

6) ALFA Passenger, a new diesel powered three wheeler is by which company?

Ans: Mahindra

7) Which brand (foods) was sold by Marico to Good Food group of Denmark?

Ans: Sil Jam

8) Which auto major launched S80 sedan and XC90 SUV in the Indian market?

Ans: Volvo

9) Hello Money, an innovative mobile banking service was launched and promises to take convenience to a new level. Which bank has introduced this concept?

Ans: Barclays Bank

10) Accor, is in talks to create neighbourhood hotels under the naem Formulae-1 with which Indian group, famous in the retail space?

Ans: A V Birla Group

11) Photo

Ans: M Damodaran

12) Which is the first train to be branded as 'Airtel Rajdhani Express'? (i.e which city to Delhi)

Ans: Bangalore

13) Tara International, an affiliate of Bengal Enamel has planned Tiny and Titu. What are they?

Ans: Less than 1 lakh (Electric) cars

14) In the mid 40s I signed on for the Blue Books three month modelling course and was hired by Holga Steel (for some host party i think). Who am I?

Ans: Marilyn Monroe

15) Which Public-Private enterprise would the person in picture head (pic of Albert Bruener)?

Ans: Bangalore International Airport Limited

16) Which Indian fashion designers said 'We dont make garments, we make heirlooms'?

Ans: Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla

17) Which Hollywood superstar owns a production house 'play tone'?

Ans: Tom Hanks

18) Which Indian was elected to the board of aviation giant American Airlines?

Ans: Rajat Gupta

19) Which management guru explained synergy as 2 + 2 = 5?

Ans: Igor Ansoff

20) Which media conglomerate did Lowry Mays and Red McCombs found in 1972 and focuses only on radio?

Ans: Clear Channel Communications

21) Established by a British gentleman whose name it took in the year 1908. It was later managed by Dr M.N Mahadevan in 1955 . Which Bangalore 'landmark'?

Ans: Cash Pharmacy

22) Which Indian film director , who owns 'Sahyadri Films' once worked as an ad executive at Lintas?

Ans: Shyam Benegal

23) Which apparel compnay has a CSR initiative 'Being Family' that it has trademarked to help families who adopt children?

Ans: Jockey

24) Video ad- Bacardi

25) Video ad- Cisco

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