Monday, June 22, 2009

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