acQUIZitionsThe Business Quiz

Round 1

The one we see below is a very intelligent banner advertisement for guess what?

The 50 stock index for leading companies in the NSE created by IISL. This rather official and boring term is better known as?

The person below, one of the very few Indians to head a corporate giant globally

was recently here. Name him and the company he is the new CEO of.

Gary Mark Gilmore, a criminal, murderer, a guy executed on self demand, gave us a catchline before his death that we now don and flaunt. Can you tell what it was?

This theme restaurant chain claims to have Jimi Hendrix’s Flying V Guitar in their collection, John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics as memorabilia and also Sai Baba’s preachings as their motto. Identify them.

OVidya Bharati Shikshan Prasarak Mandal

OShram Sadhana TrustOSant Muktabai Sahakari Sakhar

KarkhanaOMahila Sahakari BankThese are all philanthropic ventures run by which Indian dignitary?

A North Germanic language gave this word originally, and it meant ‘to burn’; typically used by traders to mark their goods. Which word?

These are some of the products from a common industry setup in various places in India :O Agra          Glass MakingO Thane       BakeryO Delhi         Wine CoversOther indigenous components of this same industry produce uniforms, carpentry items, paper or leather works etc. Can you identify the setup we are talking about?

X and Y endorse separate brands that “incidentally” share names with popular hard drinks. X’s brand advertisement used a dramatized fictional representation of X’s childhood with his father in a ball-bearing factory. The ad ends with the drinks tagline that talks about making it large. Y’s brand launched another advertisement spoofing X’s ad taking X’s and his father’s lookalikes where the father slaps his son for making canon sized ball bearings and claiming "You had to make ball bearings. But you've made bomb shells.” This is followed by a beaming Y entering and saying forget large be different. Naturally X and d brand are displeased. Can you identify X and Y for us?

Identify the owner group of this company

Name the company headed by this CEO ‘who never sleeps’

Can you guess what are these the proposed features of?O 3 helipads on top.O Hanging gardens within the structureO Swimming pool within the structureO A two storey Health centreO Parking space for 168 cars (6 floors). O A floor exclusively for servicing these

automobiles within the building.O A floor for Home theatreO Staff of 600

One of my personal favorite women, topper of fortune most powerful women’s list, chief and to-be-

chief for two of the top-notch IT firms and candidate for California Governorship. This

question is just for us to know her. Who is she?

Revolution 2020, Huawei, Nanban - these terms lead to one guy. Identify him.

Which company took Kiran Bedi to endorse a product promising flawless skin?

This product, made for human beings, derives its name from Bantu language that also talks of human relations and wellness. There is also a foundation by the same name that helps children in South Africa. Quite a beautiful word isn’t it? Well what is it?

The owner of this company claims to be something academically that he’s not. He justifies saying, “There is no setting for dropout!” Which company?

Ok this one is a sitter if you have attended POM lectures. What do 4 Ps of Marketing stand for?

Which selection process was recently challenged by Rakesh Kumar, also a participant in the event, since the event was won by a contender who has a DMK background?

We all Know what Nandan Nilekani’s actions are capable of. His words also have an equal impact. For example, a book that just entitled itself using a sentence in his speech and won laurels all ‘round’ the globe.Which book? What words?