BizQuiz #27

Under Robert Woodruff, Coke changed its formula so that the glycerine in it came not from hog fat but from vegetable sources. For what specific reason was this done?
To ensure it could be certified as kosher.

The Coca Cola company decided to replace Coca Cola or Coke by a new product in 1985. Due to a massive consumer backlash, this new product had to be withdrawn and the original Coke reintroduced. The drink officially came to be known as Coca Cola II. What was the popular name of the new drink?
New Coke

This Italian designer originally trained in medicine before becoming a photographer. He then was in the army, and subsequently worked in a department store. He then worked as a designer, and in 1974, he established a menswear label along with his partner. Who?
Giorgio Armani

Which Italian automobile manufacturing company’s crest/logo comes from the founder’s sunsign?
Lamborghini. The bull logo is inspired by the founder’s sunsign Taurus.

This SUV made by an Indian company for a global market was launched in 1996. It was sold under the brandname ‘Goa’ in Western Europe in order to avoid confusion with another automobile there. Which brand?
Scorpio, by Mahindra

BizQuiz #20

What is the name of Belgium’s National Airlines?
SABENA

Big Blue is IBM. Which Corporate is referred as Big Black?
UPS.

Cathay Pacific Airlines, claims to be heart of Asia, is a part of which group?
Swire group.

Which multinationals owns the brand Georgia(Ice coffee) and Aquaris (Isotanic Drink)?
Coca cola.

Which famous corporate’s head quarters is known as “Bush house”?
BBC(British Broadcasting Corporation).

BizQuiz #10

Name the Indian businessman who wrote In the Shadow of the Mahatma: A Personal Memoir.
G D Birla

Which financial newspaper/journal/magazine is famous for Big Mac Index, which uses the price of a big hamburger sold by McDonald’s as an informal measure of exchange rates?
The Economist

Which software head honcho is nicknamed ‘Magus’ meaning ‘wizard’ in Persian?
Shiv Nadar(CEO of HCL, CEO of Hindustan Computers Ltd.)

Which Hollywood studio did Coca-Cola own?
Columbia Pictures(Now owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment.)

Which MNC derives its name from a Buddhist goddess of mercy?
Canon

BizQuiz #5

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