BizQuiz #33

Which is the most traded commodity in the world?
Crude Oil

Gulliver’s Travels is the inspiration for the name of which familiar internet company?
Yahoo!

Bombay House is the headquarters of which industrial house?
The Tatas

Who was the first chairman of ICICI Ltd?
A Ramaswami Mudaliar

Who writes the popular strip ‘Dilbert’ based on office and business life?
Scott Adams

Who is the founder of General Electric?
Thomas Alva Edison

What foreign company did Tata Tea acquire a stake in last week?
Grand

We know the Nano as the Rs1 lakh car. How much did the original affordable car, the Ford Model T, sell for in the second decade of the twentieth century?
$850

Which is the largest-selling soap brand in India?
Lifebuoy

What does the term GAAP stand for?
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

BizQuiz #24

This game has been known by the names Literati, Alfapet, Funworder, Skip-A- Cross, Scramble, Spelofun, Palabras Cruzadas (“crossed words”) and Word for Word. What is the popular name of this game?
Scrabble

Which game gets its name from the Italian/Spanish word for ‘one’?
Uno

The first prototypes for this were originally named “Rocky” (the marine/soldier) “Skip” (the sailor) and “Ace” (the pilot), before the currently used name was chosen. What is the current name?
GI Joe

The packaging on this product originally portrayed the ships Friendship and Grand Turk. Which product?
Old Spice

This guy was a salesman for cork seals. He’d see bottle caps with the cork seals thrown away after opening the bottle. This inspired him to base his business on a disposable product. Which company did he start?
Gillette, founded by King Camp Gillette, who built his business around disposable razor blades.