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Archive for December 2008

BizQuiz # 9 : Information Technology

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What is the Indian equivalent of CIO, Chief Information officer?
General Manager- Systems

What is the earlier name for Javascript?
Livescript

What term was coined by Don Hoeffler and appeared in 1971 in a magazine called “Electronic news”?
Silicon Valley

‘Business @ the Speed of Thought’ was the book from Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect, Bill Gates. Name the person who co-authored the subject?
Collins Hemingway

Along with which company did Intel co-invent the “Itanium” Processor?
Hewlett Packard

BizQuiz #8

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What is a coin with a minting error called?
FIDO (Freaks, Irregulars, Defects, Oddities)

Which Indian software company is associated with the design of A380?
Infosys

Which company introduced the Blackberry?
Research In Motion (or RIM)

The famous tag line for Jet Airways is..
‘The Joy of Flying’

Which company launched the first mobile phone?
Motorola(DynaTAC 8000X)

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December 16, 2008 at 3:23 pm

BizQuiz #7

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1.Designed by Jaques Heim it was originally called the Atome. What is it?
Bikini

2.Which is the world’s oldest airport?
College Park

3.Even countries have taglines. Which country is called ‘Land of a million elephants’?
Laos

4.A well-known processor maker recently changed its tagline to ‘Leap ahead’? Identify the brand and its erstwhile punch line.
Intel — Intel Inside

5.Which is the sole authority on monetary policy for euro?
European Central Bank

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December 5, 2008 at 5:54 pm

BizQuiz #6 : Brands

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How do we better know Blue Ribbon Sports company today?
Nike

Identify the brand which means ‘Three Oceans’ in English and has it’s motto as “Saving the Earth and Serving its People”.
Sanyo

Sony get its name from the Latin word meaning ‘Sound’. But which brand derives its name from a Japanese word for ‘Sound’?
Onkyo

What is known as the ratio of the percent (%) of a brand’s sales in a market to the percent of national population in that same market?
BDI-Brand Development Index

Which brand got its name from a Sanskrit word which means “Priceless”?
Amul from Amoolya

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December 3, 2008 at 10:51 am

BizQuiz #5

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1.Which is the largest vehicle manufacturing group (by volume)?Toyota Motor Corporation

2.Time Warner, the world’s largest media and entertainment company, is a conglomerate of three companies, one being Warner Communications’ Inc and the second being Time Inc. Which is the third one?America Online, Inc

3.‘Every Street Paved With Gold’ is the autobiography of the founding chairman of which transnational corporation?Daewoo’s Kim Woo Chang

4.In 1971, which company sold more than 1 million records of a song version of its ad jingle, I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing, recorded by The New Seekers?Coca-Cola

5.This is a spanish word for Charming. It is also the name of a car. Name the brand.Matiz

BizQuiz #4

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Which group is the brand licensee of Louis Phillipe, Van Heusen and Allen Solly in India?

Aditya Birla Group

2.Name the India’s first Electric Car.
Reva

3.Who currently heads NASSCOM(since January 2008)?Som Mittal

4.What brandname did the Maharashtrian entrepreneur, Kaka Dandekar, coin after seeing an American cigarette ad in 1930?
Camlin

5.Darpan is a common in-flight magazine for two of India’s leading airlines. Name the airlines.
Indian airlines; Alliance Air

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December 1, 2008 at 12:59 pm