Quo Vadis(Finals) @ IIFT, New Delhi [QM - Arul Mani] on November 15, 2009

1) RB 211-whose collapse did it bring about in 1970-

Ans- Rolls Royce (The costs of development forced Rolls Royce Limited into bankruptcy and nationalization by the British government.)

2) Identify-

Ans- Renzo Rosso (Diesel)

3) Global Sexual Well Being Survey is conducted by-

Ans- Durex

4) What do turnips, the excise tax, sash windows and grandfather clocks have in common?

Ans- they all came to us from Holland in the 17th century

5) The Frawley Pen Company developed a revolutionary new ink, which dried instantly.The pen that delivered this ink was called-

Ans- Papermate

6)  Who shaped this hotel and restored a 1930's Art Deco red velvet cinema and the result is a lively new meeting complex. Hotel Rival overlooks-

Ans- The former Abba star, Benny Andersson and his partners

7) Dispute between The Twinings & Jackson's was due to-

Ans- Earl Gray Tea

8)In 1984 which company was sold to the Akram Ojjeh-

Ans- Heuer and the brand name changed to TAG-Heuer 

 

9)In 1999, Duk-Jun Yang and Rae-Hwan Lee left Samsung Electronics, along with five colleagues. They formed ReignCom, with Yang as CEO. What did they started-

Ans- I- River

10) Theme based -

Ans-Ab Tak Chappan (K Sera Sera)

        Aetbaar (Tata Infomedia)

        Dev (Applause entertainment)

        Pinzar (Lucky Goldstar - oswal group)

        Tere Mere Sapne (ABCL)

Connect- These all were the debut movies from these production houses

11)Theme Based-

 a)THE ALGORITHM CONSTANTLY FINDS JESUS

   THE ALGORITHM KILLED JEEVES

   THE ALGORITHM IS BANNED IN CHINA
   THE ALGORITHM IS FROM JERSEY

Ans- ASK.COM

 b) Former Imperial Palace in Beijing caused much controversy, persuading them eventually to close it down in July 2007 -

 Ans-  Starbucks

 c)Who's baseline is-

    Life's a journey - SAMSONITE

 d)Identify the pic-

Ans- Yahoo's from gulliver travel

e)Stationary company issued this iconic brand-

Ans- Phileas stationary brand

Connect- Brands derived from fictional characters.

Quo Vadis @ IIFT, New Delhi [QM - Arul Mani] on November 15, 2009

A wonderful quiz with some very good connects. Few questions from the prelims. I tried to post same images as it was shown in the quiz.

1)Identify

Ans: Madam Tussauds

2) Put fundae:

Ans:   Map of Europe showing areas where research on wave energy is going on.

3) Identify:

Ans: Colombian Coffee

4)Gruelling sea race sponsered by Rolex in south or Ireland.What?

Ans: Fastnet Race

5)Fred Mouqwad, top man at global franchise architect -his claim to fame in India?

Ans: Pizza Corner

6)Map showing what?

Ans: G 20 nations(the color difference is because EU is automatically a member)

7)Margot Fraser got some disease .She used a german brand.It went global after this.Which brand?

Ans: Birkenstock

8)Identify him:

Ans: Dilmah Tea( Sponsor of Srilankan cricket team)

9)The goodyear company blimbs are all listed as GZ.What is Z?

Ans: Zeppelin

10)Identify:

Ans: Tomb Raider's Laura Croft

11)What comes from this:

Ans: Cannes lion international advertising award

12) Whose tenure is this:

Ans: jack Welch

13)Capitalistic tool and the image

What's the connect?

Ans: Eureka Forbes

14) Identify the image.Its the first of what?

Ans: First Photocopier

15)A 19th century business man owns Bethlehem Steel Co.. He made a $100,000 donation to a B School. The B School still carry his surname.What?

Ans. Wharton

16)T- Turin or torino as it is in Italy, One is FIAT.Identify third?

Ans: CEAT

17)Swedish term Aktiebolag means stock co.HQ in Trollhatan in Sweden.Which auto co??

Ans. SAAB

18))Italian word for Bee is also in circulation in India though it may not as well known as their word WASP-

Ans. APE(Piaggio)

19) some trivia about Boroleen.