1. J Joseph Francis Alumnus of Carmel Garden, G.C.T, Pondicherry University Picked up interest in Business quiz during my days in Pondicherry University, where almost every one in my hostel was a quizzer. Asst Professor at the School of Management of Karunya University Teach the Science component of Management and Operations Management J Joseph Francis
4. Edward DeBono – The Author of Six thinking Hats. His most popular quote “ Thinking is the most important human asset “. J Joseph Francis
5. 2 What is unique about the ATMs of Istituto per le OperediReligione (The Vatican Bank) ? J Joseph Francis
6. The ATMs of The Vatican Bank are the only ones to have instructions in Latin J Joseph Francis
7. 3 We have heard of Copyright, What is referred as Copyleft? J Joseph Francis
8. Through a copyleft licensing scheme, the author gives the person who receives the copy of the work the right to reproduce, adapt or distribute the copies of the work. J Joseph Francis
9. 4 video J Joseph Francis
10. 4That was of the video of lighting of the Olympic torch in Beijing Olympics. This event is possibly the best example for a particular concept in Marketing. Id the concept and tell why is it so? J Joseph Francis
11. Ambush Marketing 4Adidas was the official sponsor but Li Ning got all the publicity. A classic case of Ambush Marketing J Joseph Francis
12. 5 X originated as the business and consulting division of Y in 1953 when a feasibility study was done by Y for General Electric . The study was about automating the payroll processing of one of the factories of GE. The consultation provided resulted in the installation of UNIVAC I computer and printer, which was the first commercially owned computer installation in the United States in 1954. Y is not in existence now and X is highly popular among the current set of students. Id X and Y J Joseph Francis
14. 6 What is meant by “ eating our own dog food”? J Joseph Francis
15. This is a term popularised in Microsoft and is used to describe the policy that the Microsoft employees first use the product themselves before launching it to the outside world. J Joseph Francis
16. What is the specialty of this logo? 7 J Joseph Francis
17. The only logo to have a proprietary font. The logo is made of the font called GE Inspira which is a proprietary font of GE. This font is found only in this logo and in some of GE’s communication. J Joseph Francis
18. We all know Asin, the actress, what is ASIN in the world of e-commerce? 8 Ready - Dhinka Chika - Song Promo - Salman Khan, Asin.flv J Joseph Francis
19. Amazon Standard Identification Number, a unique identification number assigned by Amazon.com for identifying products sold by it. J Joseph Francis
20. Establish a link between the three, starting from coca cola and to NYSE and the film 9 J Joseph Francis Tamil Movie Trailer.mp4.flv
21. The Ticker Symbol of Coca Cola in The New York Stock Exchange is “ KO”. J Joseph Francis
22. 10 The NYSE ticker symbol G was initially allocated to The Gillette company and when the company was acquired by P&G, the symbol became free. Two companies booked it but only one was allotted the G symbol. Which are the two companies and who was allotted? J Joseph Francis
24. Id a brand from these clues 11 Norwich Union SachinTendulkar Commercial Union General Accident A Hebrew word meaning renewal or spring J Joseph Francis
26. What is common to the four in terms of their origin? 12 J Joseph Francis
27. These are products which originated through what is popularly called “Permitted bootlegging”. Permitted bootlegging refers to the practice of allowing technical staff to spend a certain amount of their official working time on ‘pet-projects’ in the hope that some day there is some return for the company. J Joseph Francis
28. 13 X first came into existence in the USA in 1993. It took several years for it to attract public interest. But once it did, the volumes were huge. Over the last few years more than $200 billion is invested in about 230 varieties of X. About 60% of trading volumes on the Stock Exchanges in US are in X. The most popular varities of X are Cubes, Spiders , iSHARES and Tracks . The NSE too started trading in X few years back and now you find a variety of X popularly during the AkshayaTiritya J Joseph Francis
29. Exchange Traded Funds ( ETFs ) Gold Based ETFs are being advertised extensively now for the past few years during AkshayaTirtiya J Joseph Francis
30. 14 The logo is a yellow sun with a fingerprint embedded in its centre and was designed by AtulSudhakarRao . Id the logo J Joseph Francis
32. 15 G.I. Joe is a line of dolls produced by the toy company Hasbro. The term G.I. stands for Government Issue. G.I. Joe became a generic term for U.S. soldiers . Hasbro did not use the term doll in the development or marketing of GI Joe, though it was basically a doll. Why? J Joseph Francis
33. The conventional marketing wisdom during the launch of GI Joe was that boys would not play with dolls, thus the word "doll" was never used by Hasbro in the development or marketing of G.I. Joe. J Joseph Francis
34. 16 In 1971, Professor Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, a scientist for General Electric, created a "genetically modified" microorganism that ate hazardous waste. General Electric then went to the United States patent office claiming they had "invented" this bacteria and needed a patent . But the patent was not given . What was the reason? J Joseph Francis
35. The reason told by the US Patent Office was that Living organisms could not be patented. J Joseph Francis
36. 17 What is referred to as “ Technology Protection” Technology? Clue: Genetically Modified Organism ( GMO ) J Joseph Francis
37. A technology through which if a seed is made, then the second generation seed from the crop would be sterile, there by preventing the free spread of a technologically developed seeds. J Joseph Francis
38. 18 The first business of this group was that of money lending and banking in Moulmein, Burma . This business expanded to Srilanka and then they bought a rubber plantation in Malaysia. They also started a yarn business in Coimbatore and Pollachi. Then, also started an insurance company called Indo- Union Insurance company. They also started a petrol bunk. Then, they took over the management of the rubber business of Harrison Crossfieldin Trivandrum. Id the Indian business group. J Joseph Francis
40. Id X 19 On August 28, 2008, Bloomberg mistakenly published a 2500-word obituary of X in its corporate news service. Although the error was promptly rectified, many news carriers and blogs reported on it. X responded to this error by Bloomberg during one of his keynote address by quoting Mark Twain: "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” and during a media event, X concluded his presentation with a slide reading "110/70", referring to his blood pressure. J Joseph Francis
42. Id X and Y 21 X had a public war of words with Y, starting when X first criticized Y for making "un-innovative beige boxes.” In 1997, in a Symposium organised by Gartner, when Y was asked what he would do if he owned the then-troubled company of X, he said "I'd shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders." J Joseph Francis
43. X - Steve JobsY -- Michael Dell J Joseph Francis
44. 22 Thomas Alva Edison started a campaign, which is now referred as “ war of currents”. His campaign led him to become involved in the development and promotion of the electric chair which could be used to electrocute people. Edison's employees publicly electrocuted animals to demonstrate its danger. What was his campaign? J Joseph Francis
45. Thomas Alva Edison was campaigning against the usage of AC current and was promoting the usage of DC current. But then he failed. The whole world now uses AC current Failures are after all not a bad thing. Even the Great Inventor and founder of GE, Thomas Alva Edison failed. J Joseph Francis
46. 23 Establish a link between the three J Joseph Francis
48. 24 Depicted in vibrant, earthy colours, it is very arresting and shows the sun rising over two circles. An inner circle symbolising the internal universe of the Group, an outer circle symbolising the external universe, and a dynamic meeting of rays converging and diverging between the two. Id the logo and the group. J Joseph Francis
51. Pay day loan is a small, short-term loan that is intended to cover a borrower's expenses until his or her next payday. J Joseph Francis
52. 26 What is RAS Syndrome? The PIN Number and ATM Machine are examples of this. ( Oh ! Even the term RAS Syndrome is an example of RAS Syndrome ) J Joseph Francis
53. RAS syndrome is a short form for "redundant acronym syndrome syndrome“, which is a redundant use of one or more of the words that make up an acronym , thus in effect repeating one or more words J Joseph Francis
61. 30 The very first item sold by this company was a Laser pointer which was broken for $14.83. Astonished at the price, the founder contacted the buyer to ask if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers.“ What is the company that was making its first sale? J Joseph Francis
65. 32 What is “Bedside manners”? J Joseph Francis
66. Bedside manner is a term describing how a healthcare professional handles a patient. A good bedside manner is typically one that reassures and comforts the patient. Vocal tones, body language, openness, presence, and concealment of attitude may all affect bedside manner. J Joseph Francis
67. 33 In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver went on a shooting party in Ireland. He became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe, the Golden Plover or the grouse. That evening he realised that it was impossible to confirm in reference books whether or not the golden plover was Europe's fastest game bird. This incident resulted in the creation which popular organisation/product? J Joseph Francis
70. The colour Red for Santa Claus was introduced by Coca Cola in their Ad’s Which became popular over the years. Now Santa Claus is known only by the Red dress. J Joseph Francis
71. 35 In 1955, parliamentarian Feroze Gandhi raised the matter of fraud by owners of certain private companies. In the ensuing investigations, one of India's wealthiest businessmen, Ram Kishan Dalmia, then owner of the Times of India newspaper, was sent to prison for two years. Eventually, the Parliament of India passed an Act which resulted in the creation of a big company. What is the company that was formed? J Joseph Francis
73. 36 Herbert G Grubel , a Senior Fellow of Fraser Institute, published a book titled “ The Case for the Amero”. What is Amero? J Joseph Francis
74. The proposed currency of the North American Currency Union consisting of USA, Canada and Mexico J Joseph Francis
75. Id X 37 In 1969, the German company Henkel invented X after studying the ease and convenience of lipsticks. X was launched for the first time under the brand name Pritt Stick. J Joseph Francis
77. 38 Steve Jobs of Apple attended a demonstration of a crude version of the Graphic User Interface ( GUI ), which was then adapted by Apple computers and is now the de facto interface in contemporary computers . Which was the company that did the demonstration of GUI? J Joseph Francis
80. The first letter of the answers of the next ten questions would be an anagram for the answer of the previous question. Points = ( 5 * (no of teams not answered + 1 )) Two guesses per team The answer consists of two words, the first 7 letters long and the second 5 letters long J Joseph Francis
81. Id X 40 X was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of Paypal. Hurley and Chen developed the idea for X during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco. J Joseph Francis
89. Identify from the below clues Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First Think Win/Win J Joseph Francis
90. 43 In 1936, the founder of this company acquired the Audimeter, which measured which radio stations a radio had been tuned to during the day. After tinkering with the device for a few years, his company created a national radio rating service in 1942. His company collected information on which stations were tuned to in 1,000 homes. Then, this survey data was sold to manufacturers who were interested in the popularity of programs and demographic information about listeners for advertising purposes. This lead to the birth of audience measurement that would become the most well-known part of this companies’ business when applied to television. Id the company J Joseph Francis
94. 45 Prabhu Shankar Agarwal,the owner of a popular food brand and four others were convicted by a city court in an attempt-to-murder case. He was awardeded life imprisonment for the same on 29th Jan 2010. What did He own? J Joseph Francis
96. Identify from the below clues Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First Think Win/Win Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood J Joseph Francis
97. 46 What was created as an outcome of Maastricht Treaty , in 1992? J Joseph Francis
99. Identify from the below clues Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First Think Win/Win Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Synergize J Joseph Francis
100. 47 Henry Ford was very fond of X. At the deathbed of X, Henry Ford asked X’s son to catch the last breadth of X . A container with the last breadth of X is even now available in the Ford Museum. Who is X? J Joseph Francis
102. 48 What is the significance of the “ Statute of Anne “ which was passed in the year 1710 in Great Britain, with respect to Intellectual property rights? J Joseph Francis
103. It established the author of a literary work as the owner of the right to copy that work and the concept of a fixed term for that Copyright. J Joseph Francis
104. Identify from the below clues Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First Think Win/Win Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Synergize Sharpen the Saw J Joseph Francis
105. 49 Which brand is a combination of words which mean “ water “ and “ oil”? J Joseph Francis
107. Identify from the below clues Be Proactive Begin with the End in Mind Put First Things First Think Win/Win Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood Synergize Sharpen the Saw J Joseph Francis
111. 51 Piazza San Marco ( St Mark's Square), is the main public square of Venice, Italy. This place has a very unique connection to the world of Advertising. Id the connection and take the prize. J Joseph Francis