Tata Crucible Collection - Part XI

1. Inspired by success of Disneyland- Angus wyne started these amusement parks in 1961- NYSE ticker SIX?

2. Which south Indian Actor owns production company Leukos?

3. Which product first made by Joseph Lawrence & Jordon Lambert as a medicine in 1879 is now available in flavors like original, fresh, cool mint, natural?

4. Which Wrigley Brand first made during reign of King George 3 was sold as 'orginal celeberated curiosuly' strong mints?

5. Identify the Logo

6. Identify this person

7. Which auto giant calls it fuel efficient models as 'Blue motion'?

8. With which racquet manufacturer does Maria Sharapova hold a life long endorsement deal?

9. Which character was Japan's first ever Anime ambassador?

10. Which huge selling generic product gets its name from the French word for Twice cooked?









Answers


1. Six Flags
2. R. Madhavan
3. Listerine Mouthwash
4. Altoids
5. Playboy
6. K V Kamath
7. Volkswagen
8. Prince
9. Doremon
10. Biscuit


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HTNI #29

Timon , a character in the Lion King is a small mammal that belongs to the mongoose family. The name for this species is a loanword from Afrikaans and is a dutch word meaning “Lake Cat”, but these animals neither belong to the cat family nor are they attracted to lakes. It is therefore considered that it might be an adaptation of a derivative of the Sanskrit word meaning monkey. What is the name of this creature?

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Only ND got it... We would have heard the music recently in the airtel ads.

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HTNI #28

This is a question from a quiz that I recently attended.

Where would you have recently heard a piano piece by Ludovico Einaudi called I Giorni?




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As Sourabh 'succintly' put it -- "Watson, named after IBM's founder, Thomas J. Watson, is an artificial intelligence program developed by IBM designed to answer questions posed in natural language. It has been developed as part of the DeepQA research project.It is scheduled to compete on the television quiz show Jeopardy! as a test of its abilities; the competition will be aired in three Jeopardy! episodes running from February 14–16, 2011."


Tezeshwar, Sourabh , Appuchin , Kaushik get it right.


Check out this clip of Watson going up against humans in a mock up.

Tata Crucible Collection - Part X

1. Which company says "We are the ones who encourage copying" ?

2. The Marriage of 2 sisters-- Olivia & Elizabeth--was extremely important in the world of business as their respective husbands created a mighty conglomerate Who?

3. Found in 1936 by D. Mehra at College Street Kolkata with 2 slim volume of Bong Poems. Logo was designed by Satyajit Ray. Which Company?

4. Which search engine was found by Anand Rajaram and Venky Narayanan?

5. Identify the Logo

6. Identify this person

7. Which was the first company to put nutritional info on its products?

8. What does the MH in LVMH stand for?

9. Rabbit head is the logo of which famous media company?

10. How do we better know the Joint Venture between Tata Sons and Volkart Brothers?









Answers

1. Xerox
2. Procter and Gamble
3. Rupa Publishing
4. Kosmix
5. GoodYear
6. Deepak Parekh
7. Kellogs
8. Moet and Hennessey
9. Playboy
10. Voltas

Tata Crucible Collection - Part IX

1. Which was the first UK Retail store to earn a revenue of 1 Billion pound a year?

2. Id the person

3. This phrase originated in a newsletter published by Arlene and Jose Ramos.  It  was  created  for  the  emerging  pre-press  industry  going electronic in the late 1970s.  After 3 years of  publishing,  the newsletter was sold to employees at  the Stanford Research Institute in California. What phrase are we talking about?

4. Identify the logo

5. The Ever-Ready mechanical pencil was created by this company. The name of the company bears a relation to this product of theirs too. Which Company?

6. This Nintendo character got its name from a certain landlord named Mr  Segale,  who once barged into a company meeting at  its US office demanding outstanding rent. Which character?

7. This medicinal cream which was extracted from the tea of the witchhazel had properties to heal small cuts and ailments. Which brand did this discovery finally evolve into

8. S S Goenka, founder of Peurotronics, set up a software business in 1986 that gave the world this Indian software. What software?

9. Stan Shih & a group of university friends founded Multitech in 1976, becoming one of the pioneers of Taiwan Industry. How do we know it today?

10. Co.'s primary product was underwear before moving into sportswear in 1970, initially endorsement was done by tennis player Bjorn Borg. Which Company?










Answers
1. Marks and Spencers
2. Sumantra Ghoshal
3. WYSIWYG
4. Commonwealth Bank
5. Sharp
6. Mario
7. Ponds
8. Tally
9. Acer
10. FILA

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HTNI #27

Why would one of the products developed as part of DeepQA research project be in news between Feb 14-16 2011? (hint: Most quizzers should get this :))



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Archie Manning and Ole Miss -- Mississippi. The speed limit at the oxford campus is set to 18 Miles per hour. His two superbowl winning sons' are Peyton Manning and Eli Manning.  Respectful Disagreement and Sourabh get it right.

Tata Crucible Collection: Part VIII

1) Hormuzd sorabjee , son of former solicitor general of India Mr Soli Sorabjee , is the founder of which auto magazine

2) The name of which channel means “The Peninsula”?

3) How do we better know the Vishnu Industries & Chemical Corporation?

4) Which Brand's logo is this?

5) My final book ‘The new Economics for Industry, Government, Education’ in 1993 included the System of Profound Knowledge. Who am I?

6)  This confectionery brand was named after a village near Nasik, where its factory was originally located. Which company are we talking about?

7) Identify the logo

8)  This motorcycle company entered the American market in 1963. The song by the name  Little _____ by the band The Beach Boys even pays tribute to its motorcycles. Which famous company are we talking about?

9)  Robert Townsend created a three-word ad campaign which went on to become very popular in the transportation industry. What?

10) After  starting  the  mining  company  named  Compagnie  de Commentry-Fourchambeau-Decazeville, this man went on to develop his own concept of administration, 14 principles of which are explained in his book  Administration  industrielle  et  générale is  widely  considered  a foundational work in classical management theory. Whom are we talking about?











Answers

1) Autocar
2) Al Jazeera
3) VICCO
4) Walkman
5) Edward Deming
6) Ravelgaon
7) Apollo Hospitals
8) Honda
9) We Try Harder
10) Henri Fayol

Tata Crucible Collection -- Part VII

1)Name the brand of liqour, that was introduced in 1879 by Lars Olsson Smith from Ahus.

2)Which bank claims to be “The Banker to Every Indian”?

3) Which Finnish software engineer claims that he is half "Nobel-prize-winning chemist" and half "blanket-carrying cartoon character"?

4) Identify this person

5) Identify the logo

6) Who wrote the book Straight From The Gut?

7) Zloty is the currency of which country?

8) Frito Lays, Quaker Oats, Gatorade are all owned by which company?

9) This term coined by Gifferd and Elizabeth gives the description of an employee who contributes to the business success of the organisation and innovation culture?

10) Term was coined in 18th century – comes from the French word of quarter master – extensively used in military management




Answers
1) ABSOLUT Vodka
2) SBI
3) Linus Torvalds
4) Al Ries
5) Bharat Electronics Limited
6) Jack Welch
7) Poland
8) Pepsi
9) Intrapreneur
10) Logistics

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Tata Crucible Collection -- Part VI

1)Which watch brand is advertised with slogan "it takes a licking and keeps ticking"?

2)Who was the financial advisor to Arnold Schwazenegger when he stood for the California Governor's post?

3) what word did Jayram Ramesh coin in the world of economics?

4) Which company's logo is this?

5) Who is this person and which company did he co-found?

6) This name of this brand of clothing is believed to describe the  generational differences between Baby boomers and their parents. Which brand?

7) Ngultrum is the currency of which country?

8) Which company built the Lotus Temple in Delhi and the Bridge on the River Kwai?

9) Which Pepsi brand was originally marketed as “zero proof moonshine” and had pictures of hillbillies on the bottle until 1973?

10) What was established on April 1 , 1935 on the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commision?






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1) Timex
2) Warren Buffett
3) Chindia
4) Renault
5) Steve Wozniak , Apple
6) GAP
7) Bhutan
8) Larsen And Toubro
9) Mountain Dew
10) Reserve Bank of India