Let's start off with the area of Corporate etymologies (in sync with our aspiration)
How did the following companies get their names?
1. Arcelor
2. Coca-cola
3. Adobe
4. Google (this one should be easy)
5. Reebok
Try not to Google the answers.
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A few more general questions:
1. Caroline Davidson, a college student was paid $35 for a logo she designed in 1971. Today the logo represents a very popular sports brand. Name the logo and the brand.
2. "If you don't have to answer to anyone, what would you do?" is the tagline for which famous automaker?
3. 'Tony the Tiger' is the mascot for which product?
4. Invented in the 1920s, by C.L.Briggs, in Missouri, this product contained Lithium salts and was initially called 'Bib-label Lithiated Lemon Lime Soda'. What?
5. Which famous comic character was invented by Jim Davis?
Great questions. Keep posting some more of them
1) Nike
2)
3)Kellogs frosties
4)7up
5)Garfield
2nd is very difficult to ans. Give the answer buddy
1) Nike and Swoosh, that's what the logo is called.
2) Harley Davidson
The remaining answers are correct. Any answers to the 1st post?
1.Arcelor was created by a merger of the former companies Aceralia (Spain),
Usinor (France) and Arbed (Luxembourg) in 2002.The name Arcelor also is derived from merging the names of the above 3
companies.
2.When launched Coca-cola's two main ingredients were cocaine and caffeine.
The cocaine was derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from kola nuts
- Coca-Cola (the 'K' in Kola was replaced with a C for marketing purposes)
That's how it was named Coca-Cola.
3.The company name Adobe comes from Adobe Creek(is a southward-flowing stream
in Sonoma County, California, United States which flows past the historic Rancho
Petaluma Adobe and discharges into the Petaluma River), which ran behind the
house of one of the company's founders
4.The name "Google" originated from a common misspelling of the word "googol",
which refers to 10^100, the number represented by a 1 followed by one hundred zeros.
5.The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle.
The company's founders, Joe and Jeff Foster, found the name in a dictionary won in a
race by Joe Foster as a boy; the dictionary was a South African edition, hence the spelling.
1. Nike
2. Harley Davidson
3. Kellogs Froasted Flakes
4. 7up
5. Garfield
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Following are some of the questions and answers on Investment quiz.
Investment quiz
1.Strategic financial investment by a couple of institutional investors in an Indian construction company, a couple of years ago, was a key turning point that led to a re-rating of the stock as well as the sector. Name the company.
2.Name the two famous publishing houses owned by Pearson Plc of UK, the publishers of The Financial Times.
3.Citigroup enjoyed the status of the world's largest bank till Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ slipped into the numero uno slot on January 1. Who is the biggest stakeholder in Citigroup?
4.We now have several funds that focus on dividend yield in India. Which was first dividend-yield focussed fund launched in India?
5.`The most noble business on earth' — This was how a global major was described by its present CEO, few years ago. Who are we referring to? Interestingly, a predecessor had in the 1990s famously quipped that the company `... is a religion'.
6.What is the significance of the New York Quotation Company in the world of financial markets?
7.Call-centres have become a major business in India over the past three years. Name the largest call-centre services company in the world.
8. Mr Pawan Sachdeva was involved in a major capital market scandal in the mid-1990s.
With which company was he associated?
9.BlackRock is a money-management firm in the US. It is set to merge with a globally-renowned fund management-cum-investment banking major to create an entity that will have assets in excess $1 trillion. With which company is BlackRock merging?
10.He has blazed a trail with his pioneering spirit and immense risk-taking ability when his preferred businesses were in their nascent stage in India.
An ad agency started by him in the late-1970s now has a global major as a partner. In the mid-1990s, he was among the first in India to venture into cyberspace. He steered his firm through dotcom bust in 2000 and the company has now emerged as strong web platform. The company's stock is also listed on the Nasdaq. Who is the person in the photograph?
Answers
1.IVRCL Infrastructures.
2.Simon & Schuster and Penguin.
3.Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud
of Saudi Arabia.
4.Birla Dividend Yield Plus.
5.Coca-Cola.
6.It offers ticker services on NYSE trades to subscribers
and is a subsidiary of the New York Stock Exchange.
7. Convergys Corp.
8.M.S.Shoes East.
9.Merrill Lynch.
10.Mr Ajit Balakrishnan, founder and CEO of Rediff.com.
Friends a few questions on the happenings around the investment world. Try not to Google the answers:
1. If you buy or sell `C' on the NYSE, you will trade in the stock of which global major with a span across more than 75 countries?
2. What unique characteristic is associated with Kotak Mahindra Capital Company?
3. Which company owns MTV? The company in question also owns Nickelodeon, the children's channel and has recently come up with a new entertainment channel in India.
4. Name the business groups which have bagged the airport modernisation rights for Delhi and Mumbai. The business groups have been functioning in different sectors before and are quite well known, if not the most.
5. MerVal, CMA and MTMS stock indices are related to which emerging markets?
6. Which famous sports personality last week sold the rights to his name and likeness for $50 million to CKX? The rights were sold by selling a 80-per cent stake in GOAT, the licensing company to the name and likeness. Who is the person and what does GOAT stand for?
1- CITIBANK
2-
3- VIACOM
4- GMR for Delhi
5-
6- Muhamad Ali. GOAT mean greatest of al time.
Some interesting trivia questions.
1-He joined McDonald's in 1963, and, according to the organisation, "has become a magical friend to children of all ages, and has worked tirelessly to make the world a better place." You guessed it right! It's Ronald McDonald, the company's mascot. Now, the question is: what official position does Ronald McDonald occupy?
2- — No. 97 isn't commercially produced in India; lesser varieties like No. 88 and 93 are. But a Government owned-organisation has come forward to develop the first-mentioned variety. What product are we referring to? Can you also name the organisati on, as also the context in which it's developing it?
3- The auction was such a draw that Christie's, which conducted it, had to install video links and additional telephone lines to accommodate the swelling crowds. The $4 million raised that day was given to children's charities. An anonymous French bidder got the 'nose' for $5,00,000 though it was valued at below $15,000. A Moroccan, nostalgic about the “end of an era”, bought two antennae, valued at about $80, for $5,300. What did the auction sell?
4- According to IRS 2006, it is the highest read English publication in India. In one of its recent ads, it claims that in-spite of not carrying any stories, it still has 1, 39, 32,000 readers. Which publication?
1- Chief Happiness officer
2-the product mentioned is octane No. 97, which BPCL had developed exclusively for Sachin tendulkars ferrari.
3-Pieces of Concord(air france and british airways stopped the services of concord in 2004 owning to high cost and decreasing ticket sales)
4- yellow pages
Some more trivia...
1- Cannaught Plaza Restaurants and Hardcastle Restaurants have had the responsibility for the entry of Which MNC to India
2-- Elisha Gray lost out on patenting his invention as he submitted his application merely hours after the eventual patent holder did so. Hundreds of lawsuits later, the Supreme Court decided in favour of Gray's rival in 1893. Which product are we referring to?
3- It was allowed to be sold without a prescription, as three of its ingredients including the sweetener xylitol were deemed to have therapeutic benefits. The company reportedly claims the product helps ease sore throats, clear sinuses and settle the stom ach. Which is this product, and who permitted it to be sold without prescription?
4- In 1987, when faced with tough competition from an unlikely player, the top brass of Hindustan Lever plotted a strategy to inhibit its growth. They called it Project STING. Who was the competitor?
5- 'It's in the game' is the base line of which computer entertainment company?
1. McDonalds
2. Telephone
3. Wrigley's Orbit gum; Gums are banned in Singapore, but the Govt allowed the sale of Orbit
4. Nirma
5. EA Sports
Hello friends, following are some abbreviations.......
AICTE All India Council for Technical
Education
BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
CEO Chief Executive Officer
DRDO Defence Research & Development
Organization
ERNET Education and Research Network
GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited
GDP Gross Domestic Product
ICAR Indian Council for Agricultural
Research
IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open
University
ITCs Industrial Training Centres
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BPO Business Process Outsourcing
FMCG Fast Moving Consumer Goods
HAL Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
HMT Hindustan Machine Tools
MTNL Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
NALCO National Aluminium Company
NTPC National Thermal Power Corporation
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SAIL Steel Authority of India Ltd
IBM International Business Machines
ISKCON International Society for Krishna Consciousness
NABARD National Agriculture Bank for Rural Development
SEBI Stock Exchange Board of India
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
POTUS President Of The United States
The following have been the inspiration for biopics by Steven Spielberg. Can you identify the movies?
Sullivian Brother
Frank J. Abagnale
Mehran Karimi Nasseri
Sullivian Brother-
Saving Private Ryan
Frank J. Abagnale -
Catch me if u can
That's right!
The last one (like you guessed in class today) is The Terminal.
1) The name of which channel means “The Peninsula”?
2) PINK, a range of loungewear and sleepwear targeted at college undergrads, is a sub-brand of — —. Fill up the blank.
3)What does New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman mean when he refers to his theory 'The Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention'?
1) Al Jazeera (Al Qaida's news channel)
2) -
3) (One of my favourites!) The theory states that no two countries with McDonald franchises have gone to war with each other.
correct
2- Victoria's secret ;)
1. Connect the movies:
Toy Story
Monsters Inc.
A Bug's Life
The connect is exhaustive.
2. Which is the world's smallest website?
3. Connect:
Max Payne
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Mortal Combat
Final Fantasy
House of the Dead
1- Pixar
2- dot16, measuring a mere 16by16 pixels
3- All these are video games as well as movies.
simple ones..:)
gr8 job guys... keep it up...
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