Quizzine 10

1- “This is not about going out of business; this is about getting down to business.” Which company came up with this advertising slogan on US television recently?
Ans: General Motors

2- James Wilson was the first finance minister of India under British rule. He also founded which very famous brand?
Ans: Economist

3- He headed Michelin’s South American & North American units also got ‘Father of the Year’ title by a Japanese community group in 2001 for reviving a Japanese corporation .Who is he?
Ans: Carlos Ghosn

4- Harpo Entertainment is a production company owned by which famous media personality?
Ans: Oprah Winfrey

5- 23andMe is a company owned by Anne Wojcicki. What is the link between this company and Google?
Ans: Anne Wojcicki is wife of Sergey Brin

6- Whose house in London is made from marble taken from same quarry that supplied Taj Mahal?
Ans: L N Mittal

7- What is ‘Jingle Mail’?
Ans: A situation where a homeowner mails his or her house keys to a mortgage lender due to an inability to meet mortgage payment obligations and a lack of equity in the property

8- Which was the first foreign bank to launch Hindi website in India?
Ans: Barclays

9- ‘Egg’ is an internet bank owned by which group?
Ans: Citigroup

10- What is also known as ‘Literati’ , ‘Skip a Cross’ and was founded by a person called Alfred Mosher Buts and was called ‘Lexico’ in its earlier form?
Ans: Scrabble

Quizzine 9

1- Madurai based Sarathi Textiles saw an increase in demand of the product manufactured by them in past few months due to elections. Which branded product do they manufacture?
Ans: Dhoti

2- If T20 is to cricket, ……… Is to golf. What?
Ans: Powerplay Golf

3- Madurai based engineer Somasundaram Ramkumar is fighting a legal battle against Samsung & Spice for which technology that he invented?
Ans: Dual Sim Mobile Phones

4- Whats the new layoff reality show on Fox channel to be produced by Endemol called?
Ans: Somebody's Gotta Go

5- Who is the owner of football club ‘Queens Park Rangers’?
Ans: Lakshmi Mittal

6- Its a blanket with sleeves, hugely popular in US?
Ans: Snuggie

7- “Four Bucks is Dumb serving espresso” is advertising campaign by which company?
Ans: McDonalds

8- Started by Dr Sugata Mitra of NIIT, it’s a JV between NIIT & IFC (International Finance Corporation)?
Ans: HIWEL i.e. Hole in the Wall Education

9- Meat scented perfume ‘Flame’ is from which company?
Ans: Burger King

10- ‘Bankruptcy to Billions’ is a book about a turnaround story of which Indian corporation?
Ans: Indian Railways, author is Mr Sudhir Kumar

QUIZZINE 8

1- Who worked at the Baskin & Robbins store as a teenager and has two Grammy awards to his credit?
Barack Obama

2- Which was the first service uniform to be registered with US Patent & Trademark office?
The Playboy Bunny outfit

3- John Abraham will be endorsing new brand of undergarments named on a minister of Maharashtra, name the brand?
Jayant

4- Who was declared as Best Finance minister in the world in 1984 by Euromoney magazine?
Pranab Mukherjee

5- Which famous stock broker was sued for Insider Trading of company called ImClone?
Martha Stewart

6- Martin Eberhard & Elon Musk(co founder of Paypal) founded which car co.?
Tesla

7- This is considered as an aphrodisiac in some countries and is marketed under the slogan "a baby in every bottle"?
Guinness(Beer)

8- Which Mumbai based recovery agents company uses women as recovery agents?
Vasuli Recoveries

9- Which company was the first to install escalators and nervous customers were offered brandy when they reached the top?
Harrods

10- Book named 'Leaving Microsoft to change the world' is the story of which famous non profit organization?
Room to Read