The fourth in the Moneycontrol Ultimate Business Quiz series.
These were certificates for a savings scheme issued by the Third Reich known as Sparkarte (savings booklet) to the public. What were they specially introduced for? | ANSWER: Purchasing the Volkswagen.
The four of them founded which company in 1991? | Answer: Micromax. The founders are Rajesh Agarwal, Sumeet Arora, Rahul Sharma and Vikas Jain.
This famous hotel was the first property purchased by the founder of a hospitality chain. Identify the hotel and which group‘s first purchase was this? | ANSWER: The Cecil and The Oberoi Group of Hotels.
Who installed the world‘s first cash machine here? ANSWER: Barclays (image below)
ANSWER: Barclays
Poster advertisement campaign for what? | ANSWER: India Post
ANSWER: India Post
In 1994, his girlfriend was disappointed with the gift he sent on her birthday and told him that it was 'pathetic'. What was the result of this incident? | ANSWER: He started Ferns N Petals. The person shown in the image is Vikaas Gutgutia, the founder of Ferns N Petals.
Identify the missing brand. | ANSWER: Sylvania. In 1993, Sylvania was split into two parts with Osram obtaining one part and the other was the subject of a management buyout which led to the formation of SLI Holdings International LLC. In April 2007, SLI was acquired by Havells India, forming Havells Sylvania.
Who connects? | ANSWER: D R Mehta. He is a former chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India. From 1992 to 1995, he served as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He is also the founder and chief patron of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), the world's largest organization for the handicapped in terms of free fitment of artificial limbs/calipers – The Jaipur Foot. (Image below)
ANSWER: D R Mehta. He is a former chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India. From 1992 to 1995, he served as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He is also the founder and chief patron of Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), the world's largest organization for the handicapped in terms of free fitment of artificial limbs/calipers – The Jaipur Foot.
Connect. | ANSWER: Beyblade. Beyblade is a line of spinning top toys sold by Hasbro, which was originally developed and manufactured by Takara Tomy. Both the toys and their name is inspired from "Beigoma", a traditional Japanese spinning top. The Beyblade anime television series were produced to promote the sales of the product.
What did he develop during his stint with Exxon which has led to product recalls from brands like Nokia, Dell, Kyocera and more recently, Boeing? | ANSWER: Lithium-ion battery.
Identify this former Ernst & Young employee and the brand founded by him in 1989. | ANSWER: Karan Bilimoria, Cobra Beer.
ANSWER: Karan Bilimoria, Cobra Beer.
This is a series of trade cards from 1890s, showing people from various nations dressed in their national costumes. Which company commissioned these cards? | ANSWER: Singer. These were made for the Chicago's 1892 Great Columbian World Fair to promote their sewing machines. | ANSWER: Singer. These were made for the Chicago's 1892 Great Columbian World Fair to promote their sewing machines.
ANSWER: Singer. These were made for the Chicago's 1892 Great Columbian World Fair to promote their sewing machines.
Designed in 1983 by Hartmut Esslinger, this is what could have been but eventually did not. What is this product? | ANSWER: Apple’s original ‘iPhone’.
What is the inspiration for this boutique hotel in Brussels? | ANSWER: Pantone. (Image below).
ANSWER: Apple’s original ‘iPhone’.
Where are we? | ANSWER: Inside Google's Data Centers.
Which company's name originally meant aniline and soda making company from this erstwhile state in Germany? | ANSWER: Answer: BASF. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory). Now ‘BASF’ is a registered trademark.
ANSWER: BASF. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory). Now ‘BASF’ is a registered trademark.
What came next and who paid for it? | ANSWER: Rajabai Clock Tower and Premchand Roychand. The Rajabai Clock Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai, India. The entire cost of building it was defrayed by Premchand Roychand, a prosperous broker who founded the Bombay Stock Exchange on the condition that the tower be named after his mother Rajabai.
ANSWER: Rajabai Clock Tower and Premchand Roychand. The Rajabai Clock Tower is a clock tower in South Mumbai, India. The entire cost of building it was defrayed by Premchand Roychand, a prosperous broker who founded the Bombay Stock Exchange on the condition that the tower be named after his mother Rajabai.
This client servicing executive at Contract once approached his boss and asked him to give him a chance to create some music since he liked to compose jingles. His boss took that chance and the result was “Bole mere lips, I love Uncle Chips”. The boss and he soon moved to Bollywood, one turning into a director and the other a music composer. Identify them. | ANSWER: Shantanu Moitra and Pradeep Sarkar. (Image Courtesy: Amazon.com)
Charles Simoyni and others when at Xerox PARC created a certain software, which heralded the WYSIWYG concept. It was called Bravo. What did this evolve into? (Image Courtesy: Reuters) | ANSWER: Shantanu Moitra and Pradeep Sarkar. (Image Courtesy: Amazon.com)
In the year 1975, Ed Roberts coined a term as a part of an ad-campaign for Altair. Just give me the widely popular term. | ANSWER: Shantanu Moitra and Pradeep Sarkar. (Image Courtesy: Amazon.com)
Before being acquired by Google, the gmail.com domain name was the free email service offered by a certain lasagne loving character. Who? (Image Courtesy: Pixabay) | ANSWER: Garfield.com, online home of the comic strip Garfield owned it. This free email service has since moved to e-garfield.com.(Image Courtesy: Pixabay)
On 18 February 1849, sometime after a certain person's visit, Charles Dickens wrote to her, saying that strange things were happening at his hotel. Dickens wondered if she was "haunting" him, penning her, "I hope you won't do so". Three years later, when she was on her deathbed, Dickens visited her, becoming one of the last non-family members, to see her alive. Who are we talking about? | ANSWER: Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace – Considered to be the First Lady of Computing and has the programming language ADA named after her. (Image Courtesy: Wikipedia) | ANSWER: Lady Ada Augusta Lovelace – Considered to be the First Lady of Computing and has the programming language ADA named after her. (Image Courtesy: Wikipedia)
In India, Engineers' Day is celebrated on 15 September every year, as a tribute to which famous engineer? | ANSWER : M Visvesvarayya (Image Courtesy: Wikipedia) | ANSWER : M Visvesvarayya (Image Courtesy: Wikipedia)
The state in which a computer is in, when it rapidly alternates several times between being up and being down, is called what? | ANSWER: Yoyo mode. (Image Courtesy: Reuters)
