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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

General Quiz

1. Identify the 'Corleone' behind many techno startups.

Ans. Don Valentine

2. In 1967, Amarjit Singh X was returning home from England when he decided to visit Beirut on the way back home. There, he ate a very popular local snack.

It struck him that the ingredients of the snack were very familiar to most Indians, and so he and his wife Surinder set about developing their own version, adding to it a patented masala that’s a closely guarded secret. This snack was sold in fast food stalls that cropped up all over Bombay and is now available all over India. What snack is this, named from the surname of its creator?

Ans. Tibb's Frankie

3. What is the term that refers to how sailors would wind twine around rolls of tobacco leaves allowing them to mature under compression, and then slice off the end shredding the tobacco.

Ans. Navy Cut

4. It is common knowledge that the grand slams are held where they are because Australia, France, Britain and USA where the first four countries to win the Davis Cup. Which is the country which was also among these countries to win the Davis Cup?

Ans. South Africa

5. Patients suffering from a rupture of the biceps tendon may develop a bulge in their arm. This is the retracted muscle bunched up in the arm, and is sometime s referred to as a X Muscle based on a popular cartoon character in medical circles because the muscle is more pronounced than normal. Identify X.

Ans. Popeye

Monday, December 13, 2010

Business Quiz 2010

Neo Quiz Spot is a quizzing organization based in India. Neo Quiz Spot intends to improve the quizzing pattern among the commoners and aim at making learning more easier. This quiz is being provided to with an emphasis on the MBA preparing students. You can contact us at neoquizspot@gmail.com for any further queries. Neo Quiz Spot Team will be responding within 24 hours. For quizzes on SNAP, IIFT, Civils and other exams, keep visiting us.Our quiz will be published every day at 10AM. So please check our blog after 10AM to see our daily updates.

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1. Identify the logo

Ans. Philip Morris

2. In the context of Mutual Funds, what does ELSS stand for?
Ans. Equity Linked Savings Scheme

3. The Agnelli family controls which automaker?
Ans. FIAT

4. What is the flagship brand of GCMMF ?
Ans. Amul

5.Now a question from the current affairs.. Which Mexican city is hosting this year's meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
Ans. Cancun

Monday, November 29, 2010

Business Quiz : Brand Endorsements Quiz

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1. Who is the advertiser who "forced" this dictator to endorse fro them decades after his death?

Ans. GAP

2. If Abhisheik Endorses Motorola, Priyanka Chopra is the Brand Ambassodor for Spice and SRK is the Indian Nokia Icon, What mobile brand does the Big B endorse?

Ans. Zen Mobiles

3. Callaway Golf Clubs is lucky to have been endorsed by which business personality?

Ans. Bill Gates. Yes! The then world's richest man has not done it for bucks!

4. Sir Branson always finds a way to brand himself and his virgin. But this is not a advertisement of Virgin. Identify the advertiser

Ans. Samsonite. The company got him in for a whooping 2.5 million Euro, which he donated to charity.

5. This is the most liked beer of Homer Simpson and Matt Groening has stated that he will not license the Duff trademark to brew an actual beer, over concern that it would encourage children to drink. But, in the real world many beer brands took advantage of the endorsement by the Simpsons and imitated of the name with varying success. What is this beer?

Ans. Duff Beer

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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Business Quiz 2010

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1. Identify the logo of this company that "Gives Wings"

Ans. It is of Agusta Westland one of the world's largest Helicopter manufacturer. Apache & Chinook helicopters are some of their famous products.

2. Business Stripped Bare is a book by which business personality?

Ans. A personal favorite. Richard Branson. This guy is inspiring young entrepreneurs and also making brand equity for Virgin this way. Long Live the spirit of adventure!

3. What is the new brand avatar of Swan Telecom?

Ans. Etisalat

4. What is the largest Video-on-Demand and currently the largest online - offline movie rental service in India that is the Indian version of NetFlix?

Ans. BIGFlix, a part of ADAG

5. Identify the company

Clue 1: The founder of this Fast-food giant started this business to pay for his tuition fees.

Clue 2 : Initially their flagship product was promoted as Pete's X

Clue 3: In USA Canada & Australia This fast-food chain has more outlets than McDonald.

Ans. Its Subway, famous for its submarine sandwich.

Friday, November 19, 2010

SNAP GK Quiz

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1. Identify the logo of this "Program"

Ans. Skunk Works official alias for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP)

2. Who is the Minister of Coal?

Ans. Dr. Manmohan Singh. Apart from being PM he is also Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of Planning, Head of the Department of Atomic Energy, Head of the Department of Space and Minister of Coal.

3. What is the second largest economy in the world by GDP (PPP)?

Ans. China. In August 2010, it has taken over Japan as the second largest economy in the world. Check the following links for further details.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67D0PE20100816

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)

4. "Bollywood" name has been granted as a trademark to which US based Media and Entertainment company by Indian Trademark Registry?

Ans. Disney Enterprises

5. Zapak Digital Entertainment is an on line gaming venture promoted by

Ans. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises

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Friday, November 12, 2010

Business Quiz

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1. Identify the logo

Ans. Credit Suisse

3. Liked this one. The film was directed by David Fincher and features an ensemble cast—Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella and Rooney Mara. Aaron Sorkin adapted his screenplay from Ben Mezrich's book The Accidental Billionaires. What is the movie and its relevance to the B Quiz?

Ans. The Social Network. Its a film about the founding of Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. Good one Make it a point to watch it!

3. Bangalore Tiger is a book about which Indian Company?

Ans. Wipro

4. What is the new corporate identity of Tata Tea

Ans. Tata Global Beverages

5. The leadership and organisational talent reviews of which multinational is dubbed 'Session C'?

Ans. GE

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Business Quiz 2010

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1. Identify this award which is sometimes called as "Oscards of Web"

Ans. Webby Awards

2. Thee registrar of companies did not accept the name of 7D, or 'Seven Dudes' as the name of the company started with a number. How do we know this company today?

Ans. RedBus.in

3. "Roti, Kapada, Bijli aur Bandwidth" Whose mantra ?

Ans. Dewang Mehta

4. Slightly off the regular Business Quiz but tempted to ask. In Greece, it is called papaki, In Japan, it is called atto maaku, in Turkey, it is called kulak, In South Africa, it is called aapstert. How do we better know the term?

Ans. @ sign on keyboard

5. What is corporate anorexia?

Ans. A business disorder, marked by an extreme fear of becoming inefficient that leads to excessive cost-cutting to the point of serious loss of business and sometimes bankruptcy.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Business Quiz

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1. Identify the Company and also state the founders of the company

Ans. Apple Records, Founded by Beatles. Tricky one its not Steve Jobs!

2. In 1980, Sir Ernest Harrison chairman of Racal Electronics plc' the UK's largest maker of military radio technology, agreed a deal with Lord Weinstock of General Electric Company plc to allow Racal to access some of GEC's tactical battlefield radio technology. Inception of which compay was his?
Ans. Vodafone

3. Connect the logos of His Master's Voice, HMV, RCA, Victor, RCA Victor and JVC.
Ans. Nipper. This dog is the model for painting titled His Late Master's Voice that later became identified with all the companies mentioned above.

4. Some consumers considered older models to be slow and heavy, thus earning the distinction, "brick", as a term of endearment for the classic, block-shaped X, with the more powerful turbocharged variants known as "turbobricks". What is X?

Ans. Volvo

5. This company is privately owned by Bill Gates, who founded the company in 1989 under the name Interactive Home Systems. One major reason for starting the company was Gates's belief that people would someday decorate their homes with a revolving display of digital artwork using digital frames. The present name of the company is Latin for "wicker basket", which at the time referred to the company's emerging view of itself as a receptacle or storehouse for visual media. What is this company?

Ans. Corbis

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Weekend Business Quiz

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1. Identify the old logo of this company

Ans. BBC

2. Hype Cycle is a graphic representation of the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies created by which technology consultancy?
Ans. Gartner

3. Softwar is the biography and compilation of anecdotes of which software personality?
Ans. Larry Ellison

4. Which company has the motto of 'Love All, Serve All"?
Ans. Hard Rock Cafe

5. Which term first coined in the book by Jay Conrad Levinson, revolutionized the idea of marketing to the eternity?
Ans. Guerrilla marketing

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Business Quiz

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1. Identify this CEO "who never sleeps"

Ans. Vikram Pandit

2. The name of this business organization comes from "Little Nest". What is the company?
Ans. Nestle

3. The basic idea of restructuring information about websites goes back to as early as 1995, when Ramanathan V. Guha and others in Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group developed the Meta Content Framework. Which 'Not-so-business-oriented' idea originated from this elaborate exercise?

Ans. RSS

4. If uou were buying a Gold Ballotin, you are in the retail boutique of which famous chocolate manufacturer?

Ans. Godiva Chocolatier

5. This word literally translates to a "round object" or "round coin". During the Qing Dynasty, this was a round and silver coin. What are we referring to?

Ans. Yuan, the Chinese ever under valued currency!!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

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1. Identify this person who is sometimes called as the Myanmar Gandhi?

Ans. Aung San Suu Kyi

2. Who described Gandhi's march to Dandi in the following words? "Like the historic march of Ramchandra to Lanka, the march of Gandhi will be memorable"

Ans. Motilal Nehru

3. After the attainment of political independence in 1947, Gandhiji felt that the Congress, as a propaganda vehicle and a parliamentary machine, had outlived its usefulness. So to keep the Congress away from unhealthy competition with political parties and communal bodies, Gandhiji towards the end of January 1948 sketched a draft constitution for the Congress to transform itself into which entity?

Ans. Lok Sevak Sangh

4. The differences with Gandhiji led Subhas Chandra Bose to resign the Presidentship of the India National Congress in 1939. Leaving the Congress he formed a new party named what?

Ans. Forward Bloc

5. Identify the Viceroy who wrote home these words after his first meeting with Gandhiji: "Mr Gandhi's religious and moral views are, I believe, admirable, but I confess that I find it difficult to understand the practice of them in politics."

Ans. Lord Reading

Friday, October 1, 2010

Mahatma Gandhi Quiz

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1. Certainly an easy one. Identify the Brand that introduced these

Ans. Mont Blanc

2. Who is the leader who last met Gandhiji for about an hour and left him just few minutes before he was shot dead on January 30, 1948 while on his way to the prayer meeting.
Ans. Vallabhbhai Patel

3. When on August 15, 1947 the transfer of power took place, the Congress President issued a message to the nation and saluted Mahatma Gandhi as "the maker of freedom achieved in a unique way." He said "never before was so great an event consummated with such little bloodshed and violence." Who was the Congress President?
Ans. J B Kripalani also popularly called Acharya Kripalini

4. Who in South Africa gave Gandhiji 'Unto This Last' to read which proved to be one of the most decisive books of his life?
Ans. H S L Polak

5. Who worked a Private Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi?
Ans. Mahadev Desai

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Gandhiji Quiz

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Quizzes of the coming two days will be dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi. Please feel free to share your comments on the Father of the Nation in the comments.

1. Identify this person who is blood related to Mahatma Gandhiji

Ans. Devdas Gandhi, the youngest son of Gandhiji

2. While holding a first-class ticket Gandhiji was ordered by a railway official to shift to the van compartment. On his refusal to comply with the unjust order, a constable was called to push him out with bag and baggage. Identify the railway station where this incident took place.
Ans. Maritzburg

3. Subhas Chandra Bose was elected President of the Congress in 1938 with Gandhiji's goodwill. He wanted a second term, but Gandhiji did not approve of it. Despite the disapproval, Bose fought the election and won it, defeating the official candidate by over 200 votes. Gandhiji took it as a personal defeat. Identify the candidate.
Ans. Pattabhi Sitaramaiah

4. The book "Unto This Last" greatly captivated and transformed Gandhiji. So much so that he translated it into Gujarati. Who was its author?
Ans. John Ruskin

5. Gandhiji's "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" was originally written in Gujarati. Who translated it into English?
Ans. Mahadev Desai

Monday, September 27, 2010

Business Quiz 2010

1. Identify this high end pen company

Ans. Mont Blanc

2. In Internet Marketing Jargon what is CPC?

Ans. Cost Per Click. It is a mode of payment in which the affiliate is paid based on the number of click made on the advertiser's link/banner

3.Connect IBM, ABC, Cummins Engine, UPS and Enron

Ans. Logos of all these companies were developed by Paul Rand

4. In the year 1854, six private banking firms in Basel, Switzerland pooled their resources to form the Bankverein, a consortium that acted as an underwriting syndicate for its member banks. What came up as a result?

Ans. UBS Commonly called as the Swiss Bank

5. X is a brand of toothpaste with a wintergreen flavor. It was formerly owned by Unilever but, since 2003, by Church and Dwight in USA. It has also got a high pop cultural refences such as

You're the baby grand of a lady and a gent,
You're an old Dutch master, you're Mrs. Astor,
You're x.

Now what is X?

Ans. Peopsodent

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Business Quiz Questions

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1. Identify the occasion

for this doodle

Ans. Agatha Christie's 120th Birthday

2. This project was led by Udi Manber of Google and it is a user-written article base mostly in the health and medical field. Name it

Ans. Knol, the Unit of Knowledge

3. Expand DLF

Ans. Delhi Land and Finance Limited

4. Gautham Thapar is the Chairman of which 4 Billion $ Indian Conglomerate?

Ans. Avantha Group

5. Original name of this company was cadabra.inc. How do we better know this online company now?

Ans. Amazon.com

Monday, September 20, 2010

International Business Quiz

1. Identify the logo of this company

Ans. TNT

2. Fortune named this company as "America's Most Innovative Company" for six consecutive years. It employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications and pulp and paper companies, with claimed revenues of nearly $101 billion in 2000. Which corporation are we speaking about?

Ans. Enron

3. The secret and foucussed group research wing of which company is now gererically called as the Shrunk Works?

Ans. Lockheed Martin

4. What Web 2.0 based document sharing site was created by Trip Adler?

Ans. Scribd

5. In the Internet Advertising Jargon what is Ad Flight?

Ans. The duration of time for which an advertising campaign is live.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Business Quiz With Answers

Neo Quiz Spot is a quiz organization based in India, specializing on the Business Quiz. Neo Quiz Spot intends to improve the quizzing pattern among the commoners and aim at making learning more easier. This "Business Quiz With Answers" is being provided to with an emphasis on the MBA preparing students and also for the Business School Grads. You can contact us at neoquizspot@gmail.com for any further queries. Neo Quiz Spot Team will be responding within 24 hours. For quizzes on SNAP, IIFT, CAT, MAT other MBA Entrance Exams, keep visiting us. You can also avail more business services of us by contacting us.

1. Identify the commercial use of this portrait.

Ans. "Ponds Extract" used this portrait of the Marie of Romania by Philip de László (Marie Alexandra Victoria, previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh). This is one of the first instances of usage of Royal Blood portraits/photos for business.

2. What is a Bullet Loan?

Ans. Bullet loan is a loan where a payment of the entire principal of the loan and sometimes the principal and interest is due at the end of the loan term.

3. Who is the World's largest manufacturer of Flash Drive?

Ans. Toshiba. The Answer is not Transccend or Kingston!

4. "War in the Boardroom" is a recent book authored by which marketing guru?

Ans. Al Ries and his daughter & business partner Laura Ries. Al Ries is the first Guru to emphasise on Positioning.

5. What is the Nixon Shock?

Ans. It is collective term used for series of economic measures taken by U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1971 including unilaterally canceling the direct convertibility of the United States dollar to gold

Friday, September 10, 2010

Ramzan Quiz

Ramadan Kareem! Here is a Ramzan Quiz from Neo Quiz Spot

1. Ramadan is celebrated to commemorate which of the following events?

Ans. The time when the first revelation was received on "Laylat al-Qadr" as the "Night of the Power", the holiest night of the year.

2. From whom did Muhammad receive the verses of God inscribed in Quran?

Ans. Jibril (Gabreil), the Angel

3. Islam is based on the Five Pillars of Faith. Identify the one missing here Shahada (Affirmation), Salat (Prayer), Zakat (Almsgiving), Siyam (Fasting) and ________

Ans. Hajj (Pilgrimage)

4. When was the Qiblah (prayer’s direction) changed to Alharam mosque?

Ans. After 16-17 months of the prophet's (PBUH) immigration to Madina.

5. Where was the obligation of Zakat made?

Ans. Madina

Friday, September 3, 2010

Business Quiz With Answers

Ans. Tom Kelley. Good book read it if you can !

2. Four brothers Hirsz, Aaron, Szmul, Itzhak who have migrated from Poland to the Land of Opportunities have founded something that changed the entertainment sector. What have they formed?
Ans. The Warner Brothers

3. What was the Google's answer to the Wikipedia?
Ans. Knol. Well, it is another story that it never ate away the Wiki as expected!

4. Which off-screen "Rambo" connects the following 'Harken Energy, Spectrum 7 Energy Corp., Arbusto?
Ans. George Bush Jr. All these were the business ventures of Dubia.

5.X, a person required a basic vehicle capable of transporting two adults and three children at 100 km/h (62 mph). The car 'Y' would be available to citizens through a savings scheme at 990 Reichsmark, about the price of a small motorcycle. Whos X and whats Y?
Ans. X - Hitler
Y - Volkswagen

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Trivia Business Quiz

Ans. Thunderbird

2. Beastie, is the generic mascot for which Operating Dystems?
Ans. BSD Operating Systems

3. What was co-founded along with Jack Smith at Firepower Systems that influenced millions of users all over the world(and also microsoft) in a big way?
Ans. Hotmail.com

4.Connect these "Bellagio, Mirage, MGM Grand, Monte Carlo, New York New York, Stratosphere, Treasure Island, Venetian". Clue: Their infulence on business terminology is endless.
Ans. Casinos of Las Vegas

5. The standard dimensions of this product is always 85.60 × 53.98 with and an aspect ratio of 1.586. These are among the widely used products and often the one carried on person. What are we talking about?
Ans. credit Cards

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