Saturday, July 31, 2010

Daily Quiz: 80

















Identify.

Ans: Madhu Kannan, MD & CEO of BSE. Imazing got it correct.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Daily Quiz: 79


















Connect them.

Ans: RE Foster, LG Rowe, DSBP Kuruppu, MS Sinclair and JA Rudolph. All double century makers in Test Debut. Magesh got it correct.

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Daily Quiz: 78




















Identify.

Ans: Tony Hayward, CEO of British Petroleum. Question contributed by Magesh.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Daily Quiz: 77
























Identify. Clue: Recently launched a product in the web space, the first by an Indian company. Apologies for the image quality.

Ans: Mr Alok Bharadwaj, CEO and Founder of Hidden Reflex. This company recently came out with india's first-ever web browser 'Epic'. Magesh got it correct.

Monday, July 26, 2010

Daily Quiz: 76










Identify the logo.

Ans: Danone. Jaiprabu and Magesh got it correct.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Daily Quiz: 75









Identify the award.

Ans: Pulitzer Prize. Arvinth & Jaiprabu got it.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Daily Quiz: 74










Connect.

Ans: General Electric. Thomas Edison formed the company Edison General Electric which later became General Electric. Radio Corporation of America was formed by GE in 1919. Genpact was initially started as a captive BPO of GE in India in 1997. Jaiprabu got it correct. 

Friday, July 23, 2010

Daily Quiz: 73









Identify the logo.

Ans: Chennai Metro. Jaiprabu got it correct.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Daily Quiz: 72



















Identify the gentleman and the device.

Ans: David Warren with his invention 'Flight Data Recorder' or the 'Black Box'. Question contributed by Magesh. Arvinth and Jaiprabu got it correct.
Trivia: Black box is always coated with heat-resistant Deep Red paint.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Daily Quiz: 71















Identify the monument.

Ans: Statue of Pierre de Coubertin, father of modern olympics at the Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta. Abheek, Arvinth and Magesh got it correct.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Daily Quiz: 70







Identify the logo. Clue: International Organization brought together by a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Ans: The Global Elders or The Elders, an international non-government organisation of public figures noted as elder statesmen, peace activists, and human rights advocates, brought together by Nelson Mandela in 2007. Jaiprabu and Magesh got it correct.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Daily Quiz: 69







Find the connect.

Ans: Dilbert comic strip. Scott Adams is the creater of Dilbert. It was first published in United Media. He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 1995, the personalities he encountered became the inspiration for many of his Dilbert characters. Jaiprabu and Arvinth got it correct.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Daily Quiz: 68



















Identify this entrepreneur and inventor.

Ans: KR. Sridhar of Bloom Energy, with his "Bloom box" which are solid-oxide fuel cells. Jaiprabu got it correct.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Daily Quiz: 67

















Old logo of which company?

Ans: P&G

Friday, July 16, 2010

Daily Quiz: 66

Find the connect.

Ans: CIBIL, India's first credit information bureau. CIBIL was promoted by SBI, HDFC, Dun & Bradstreet & TransUnion International. Abheek, Arvinth, Jaiprabu and Magesh got it correct.

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Daily Quiz: 65


















What is special about this stamp?

Ans: Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp. Arvinth, Jaiprabu and Magesh got it correct.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Daily Quiz: 64

















Identify the logo.

Ans: De La Rue, the world's leading manufacturer of currency notes.  Arvinth, Jaiprabu and Magesh got it correct.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Daily Quiz: 63








Find the connect.

Ans: Andrew Carnegie, regarded as the second richest man in history. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which was later merged with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and several smaller companies to create U.S. Steel. He founded Carnegie Mellon University and he worked for Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Abheek got it correct.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Daily Quiz: 62


















Identify.

Ans: John Pierpont Morgan or JP Morgan.  Arvinth got it correct.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Daily Quiz: 61

















Connect.  Clue: Three famous manufacturers of a product.

Ans: Kookaburra, Duke and SG, all manufacturers of Cricket gear, especially Cricket Balls. Jaiprabhu, Virendra, Abheek and Magesh got it correct.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Daily Quiz: 60













Find the connect. List not exhaustive.

Ans: All companies are owned by Berkshire Hathaway. Arvinth, Jaiprabhu, Manivannan and Magesh got it correct.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Daily Quiz: 59









Identify the logo.  Clue: A stock exchange.

Ans:  Kuwait Stock Exchange.  Magesh, Jai Prabhu, Vineet and Imalathithan got it correct.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Daily Quiz: 58











Connect them.  Clue: Woman of the year award winner.

Ans: Lalita D. Gupte, Woman of the year 2002, Alumnus of INSEAD, Board member of Nokia and JMD of ICICI Bank.  Abheek, Jai Prabhu and Magesh got it correct. 

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Daily Quiz: 57














Identify the duo and the company they founded.

Ans: Fredrik Idestam and Leo Mechelin, founders of NOKIA.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Daily Quiz: 56












Identify the logo.  Clue:  Recently acquired by an Indian business group.

Ans: Zain Telecom, acquired by Bharti Airtel.  Arvinth & Magesh got it correct.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Daily Quiz: 55








Connect.

Ans: Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company.  Magesh and Arvinth got it correct.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Daily Quiz: 54









Find the connect.

Ans:  Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group.  He worked with Chase Manhattan Bank and Needham & Co before founding Galleon. 

Friday, July 2, 2010

Daily Quiz: 53














Identify.

Ans: Malvinder & Shivinder Singh of Ranbaxy Lab & Fortis health care.  Arvinth got it correct.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Daily Quiz: 52













Identify the person and the occassion.  Clue: The first user.

Ans:  English Actor Reg Varney making the first ever withdrawal from the ATM machine.