BUSINESS QUIZ 1

1.Who is the founder of the company Standard Oil Corporation?
ans. Rockefeller

2.This British company made both sausages and ice-cream at one point of time and with the same brand-name. Now Unilevers owns the ice-cream brand while the sausage brand is owned by the UK based Kerry group. Name the brand.
Ans. Quality Walls

3.Who is the first customer for Hewlett-Packard(hp)?
Ans. Walt Disney

4.Who is the father of consumer activism?
Ans. Ralph Nader

5. "The world put stock on us" is the tag line of which bourse?
Ans. NYSE

6.In Motorola "MS" series of cell phones what "MS" stands for which person?
Ans. Maria Sharapova

7.Name of company founded by N.R. Narayana Murthy before Infosys?
Ans. Softronics

8.Which company is called as "Big Black"?
Ans. UPS (United Parcel Services)

9.What does VAIO stands for in sony products?
Ans. Video Audio Integrated Operation

10.Brand of Gandhiji's pocket watch ?
Ans. Vintage Ingersoll

11.i-pod, i-mac, i-phone, i-tunes..... all of these are the brands of apple. What does "i" stands for in all the above brands?
Ans. Interim

12.It was first mentioned in 1784 by Benjamin Franklin in a letter to the editors of the ‘Journal of Paris’. However, due to the humorous nature of the article, it wasn’t taken seriously. The idea was finally adopted by the German Government during the First World War, between April 30, 1916 and October 1, 1916. What?
Ans. Daylight Saving Time

13."Rollback Man" is a mascot of which company?
Ans. Wal-Mart

14.Name the GOOGLE's Operating System (OS) for Mobilephones?
Ans. Android

15."You make it you" is the tag line of which Microsoft product/service?
Ans. Zune

16.This company was called 'Lutsuko' and later changed its name to something that literally means 'to lose money'. Name of the company?
Ans. Sony

17.Which international airline uses the slogan "Smooth As Silk" in its ads?
Ans. Thai Airlines

18.WPP is the parent company of J.Walter Thomson and group of companies. Expand WPP?
Ans. Wire and Plastic Products

19.Name this famous corporate which get its name from a brute race mentioned in Jonathan Swift's novel "Gulliver's Travel"?
Ans. Yahoo

20.Mark Barraud's 1898 painting with Nipper as the model is famous by which title?
Ans. Nipper - Dog name in HMV

21.'Imagination At Work' is the tag line of which global company?
Ans. GE

22.What is the FM channel run by Virgin group along with HT Media?
Ans. Fever FM

23.'Mild As May' debuted as whose advertising line in 1924?
Ans. Marlboro

24.The Quandt family controls which global automaker?
Ans. BMW

25.The name Volvo is derived from Latin for 'I roll.' The name was registered initially in 1911 with the intention of making what special product?
Ans. Ball Bearing