Biz 3

1.Chanchalaguda is one of the suburbs of Old Hyderabad and a construction structure that was built during the reign of the Nizam’s was in news on July 25 2007. Monica Bedi was received by her father Prem Kumar Bedi at the gates of this place. Why is this place in news now?

2. This company had the second biggest IPO in the US when it turned into a public limited company in 2001. It is still the 3rd Biggest IPO in US and after the fall of AIG, this company replace AIG on the Dow Jones Industrial Average in September 2008. Which company?

3. He is the founder of Frontier Lifeline in Chennai and was awarded the Padma Shri by the government in 1991. He is the only Indian to have been admitted to the American Society of Cardiac Surgeons. Who is this Person?



Answers
1. This was the Place where Ramalinga Raju was Sent to Jail
2. Kraft Foods
3. K.M.Cherian

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Answers in a week.

1. This is a statement by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg about Lilly Ledbetter and her professional life.

Lilly Ledbetter was a supervisor at Goodyear Tire and Rubber’s plant in Gadsden, Alabama, from 1979 until her retirement in 1998. For most of those years, she worked as an area manager, a position largely occupied by men. Initially, Ledbetter’s salary was in line with the salaries of men performing substantially similar work. Over time, however, her pay slipped in comparison to the pay of male area managers with equal or less seniority. By the end of 1997, Ledbetter was the only woman working as an area manager and the pay discrepancy between Ledbetter and her 15 male counterparts was stark: Ledbetter was paid $3,727 per month; the lowest paid male area manager received $4,286 per month, the highest paid, $5,236

What is Obama's connection to this?

2. The lady in the middle of this picture was the homecoming queen in high school. She left 3M when she was denied a request to move to the headquarters. Who is this lady who recently wanted to ensure her company got some frigging breating space to kick some butt?


















3. How do we better know Guddu Rao , a Brahmin Madhwa who stayed in a single bedroom house in West Mambalam with Lyricist Vaali and actor Srikanth?

4. This mascot is based on the Royal Bengal Tiger. What is its name?

















5. Jorge Cauz recently wrote about an initiative in his blog

"We are not abdicating our responsibility as publishers or burying it under the now-fashionable 'wisdom of the crowds',We believe that the creation and documentation of knowledge is a collaborative process but not a democratic one,experts would sit alongside the encyclopaedia entries and the official material would carry a '---------- Checked' stamp, to distinguish it from the user-generated content.

What is the new initiative?

What did this inspire?

Q:This is the 1990 British cover of Vogue by Peter Lindbergh. This famous cover inspired another piece of art. What did it inspire?

A: George Michael saw this cover and was inspired by it to feature these five models ( Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington , Tatjana Patitz , Naomi Campbell , Linda Evangelista) in the Freedom music video.

Questions from a school quiz that I conducted

I recently did a school quiz(india Quiz) as part of an Organization named Bharath Vikas Parishad. The Organization aims to promote knowledge of India among school students and the quiz was for 6th,7th8th school kids. A few questions from that quiz

1.When the Indian National Army created its first female unit, it named the unit after a lady Maratha who fought against the British with her son tied to her back. Who is this person.

--- Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi

2.Which river known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet flows into India and is known as the “Everest of Rivers” ?

--- Bhramaputra

3.Which dance form developed by Tirath Narain and Sidhendra(Sidh) Yogi is the state dance of Andhra Pradesh?

--- Kuchipudi

4. Which person ,won the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2002, has announced the creation of schools named ABAPS?

--- Abhinav Bindra

5. Which is the tallest mountain peak in South India?

--- Anaimudi in Kerala

6. Who was the first Lady Chief Minister in India?

--- Sucheta Kriplani

7. He is the first person from India to receive a US patent and the father of Bengali Science Fiction. He is also considered one of the fathers of radio science. Who is he?

--- Jagdish Chandra Bose

8. Which place in Chennai has the largest banyan tree in the world  and is an offshoot of the banyan tree under which Buddha got his enlightenment?

--- Theosophical Society at Adyar. The Banyan tree is also called the Adyar Aalamaram

Tapmi QOTB -- 2009

TAPMI QOTB -- 2009

QM: Arul Mani

Is the possibility of a recession giving you sleepless nights? Do you
feel like taking some time off and chilling out? How does a visit to a
beach sound? Or would you like to involve yourself in some serious
quizzing? What if you were offered the chance of doing both at the
same time? Sounds interesting???

T. A. Pai Management Institute's annual B-School fest, Atharva invites
you to participate in the Quiz on the Beach (QOTB) to be held at Kaup
Beach, Udupi, Karnataka. QOTB is held on the shores of the magical
Arabian Sea with an old British built lighthouse serving as a
backdrop. So pack your bags and come down to Kaup Beach for some
serious fun!!!

Quiz Flavour: Business Quiz
Host: T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal
Quiz Master: Mr. Arul Mani
Date: 10th January 2009
Open to Corporates.

Please check out the links below for further details:
Poster and Rules (link to http://www.tapmi.org/atharva/Qotb.pdf)
Atharva - Picasa Album (link to http://picasaweb.google.com/atharva09.tapmi)
Atharva Website (link to http://www.tapmi.org/atharva)
Quiz On The Beach – Registration for Corporates (link to
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=poEj6Zaq5kogDVBjn9YxnXw&hl=en)

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One Biz Question a day Vol 1.5

A very easy one :

This company was the first to start the Frequent Flyer program. Which company?

One Biz Question a Day Vol 1.4

This series is slowly turning towards one biz question a week. will try to be a bit more regular.. going forward.

The name of this brand owned by Swire group is derived from the Medieval name of China. This company was registered at the cost of HK$2 by two men named Roy Farrel and Sydney de Kantzow. Which company?

The answer is Cathay Pacific -- Karan got it right..

One Biz Question a Day Vol 1.3

The Seminoles are a group of Native American people originally of Florida and now residing in Florida and Oklahoma. The Seminoles never surrendered to the US Government and thus call themselves the "Unconquered People". They have developed an economy largely based on sales of duty-free tobacco, tourism and gambling. They are however much better known as the owners of some other franchise – Which franchise?

Hard Rock Cafe - Franchise. 

Swaminathan Dixit, Jaldi Quizzer, Chandy and Asad Adam got it right.

One Biz Question a Day Vol 1.2

In 1998 this company's founder offered to include his invention in Kodak Cameras. Still a fledging company, Kodak offered to fund the development of the product under the consideration that the new company would provide three years exclusive contract. The founder refused the offer and is now an industry leader in the line of products that it offered Kodak. Which company and who is the founder?

The company is Sandisk -- Flash card makers. The founder was Eli Harari.

No one cracked it. 

One Biz Questions a Day Vol 1.1

After multiple sabbaticals , I am back with another attempt at a series of quizzes. Will be posting a Biz q everyday -- Answers the next day. The comments would be moderated -- So you can go ahead and guess to your heart;s content.

First question to kick off the series.

“Work, Rest And Play" was a famous slogan of which brand?

and the answer is Mars..

Chandy was the only one to crack it.