Business Quiz
Round-3
RULES
20 Questions
5 Star Marked Questions to decide
in case of a tie (No. 5,10,15 & 20)
30 seconds for each question
Top 4 qualify to the finals
Decision of the Quizmaster is final
1
Every major company in the world
files for an IPO.
Expand IPO.
ANSWER
Initial Public Offering
2
Identify this MD of Tata Motors who
died recently
ANSWER
Karl Slym
3
How do we better know the joint
venture agreement between Priya
Exhibitors Private Limited and
Village Roadshow Limited ?
ANSWER
PVR Cinemas
4
With which airline would you
associate the aircrafts Saffron, Chili,
Coriander, Mint & Pepper ?
ANSWER
Spicejet Airways
5*
Harpo Productions is a venture by
which famous TV personality ?
ANSWER
Oprah Winfrey
6
This brand is sometimes used as a
slang term for a African who thinks
likes an American because of the
appearance of the product.
Name the brand.
ANSWER
Oreo
7
Literally meaning "strait" in French
and founded in the 18th century, this
American city filed for bankruptcy in
April 2013, easily the largest city
ever to do so, and also the largest
debt ever owed by a city.
Once a big name in the history of
American business, which city is
this?
ANSWER
Detroit
8
X was established in 1887 as
a piano and reed
organ manufacturer as Nippon
Gakki Company, Limited.
The company's origins as a musical
instrument manufacturer is still
reflected today in the group's logo—
a trio of interlocking tuning forks .
ANSWER
9
This is a logo of a sports company
which was linked to X, the wife of a
famous Indian.
ID the in-news person
ANSWER
Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union
Minister Shashi
Tharoor
10*
In which company would you find
the designations like Mighty Eagle,
bird Whisperer, Marketing Wingman
etc. ?
ANSWER
Rovio !!!
11
After the success of Bitcoin, there
was another cryptocurrency in the
market.
It was modelled after the American
hip hop artist Kanye West.
What was the innovative name given
to it?
ANSWER
CoinYe West
12
The story begins in 1930s when HUL
wanted to start manufacturing
something. At that time it was imported
in India by a memon family, Dada & Co,
under the leadership of Hussain Kassim
Dada. They insisted that the branded
product should reflect their name, hence
in a bid to establish their ownership of
the brand HUL did something. What did
they do ?
ANSWER
They introduced ‘L’ to the Dada
resulting in DALDA.
13
Identify the influential businessman
who surprised the world with his
newest acquisition.
He will also be awarded Edison
Awards this year along with Elon
Musk.
ANSWER
Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo
14
His father was an electrical engineer
who graduated from the BIT, Mesra.
He spent most of his childhood in
north Indian towns.
He studied mechanical engineering
from IIT and then from 1989 he
worked for Tata Steel. He left that
job in 1992 for a government job.
Who ?
ANSWER
15*
Shobha De writes about X:
‘X has put ‘sex’ back into the limp
Sensex that makes him seriously hot.
With X as bedfellow, economy will
be sizzling hot !’
Who is X ?
ANSWER
Raghuram Rajan
16
Identify this app that has gone viral
& has been downloaded more than
11 million [Link] is based
in Toronto, Canada and has 10
employees.
ANSWER
17
Which fictional
company’s logo is
this ?
ANSWER
18
Which Dutch company, very popular
in India has a Simplicity Advisory
Board ?
ANSWER
Philips
19
Designer Paula Scher of the
Pentagram design firm turned to the
executives in the room and asked
them: “Your name is ___. Why are
you a flag?” This led to a significant
change.
What?
ANSWER
20*
Mysore Paints & Varnish Ltd. is a
company located in Mysore.
It is the only company authorised to
produce a typical product, which is
of a great importance in the
functioning of the country.
What is this product ?
ANSWER
Indelible Ink, used in
elections