TISS QUIZ-SIDDARTH BASU

1. Which business magnate successfully bid for Tipu Sultan’s sword in London auction in 2004?

A: Vijay Mallya

 

2. In which Maharshtrian town did Seth Walchand Hirachand start a confectionery factor in 1933?

A: Ravalgaon

 

3. Which company’s name is derived from the English word “legend” and the Latin word for “new”?

A: LENOVO

 

4. Which Asian currency consists of 100 pas?

A: KYAT

 

5. Which ingredient of chewing gum is obtained from the latex of sapodilla trees?

A: GUM(we googled this)

 

6. Whose global advertising campaign for the 2006 FIFA World cuo was “Impossible Team”?

A. ADIDAS

 

7. Who was the plaintiff in the famous case of Marshall Vs Marshall that went all the way up to the US Supreme court in 2006?

A. Anna Nicole Smith

 

8. What was launched in 1 August,1981 in the US with the music video of VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR?

A. M TV

 

9. Which sports star is the CEO of the interior design firm “V Star Interiors” located in Florida?

A. VENUS WILLIAMS

 

10. What brand was created after the founder was inspired by the discovery of airborne germs as a source of infection by Sir Joseph Lister?

A. LISTERINE

 

11. Who sponsors the ICC Elite Panel of umpires?

A. EMIRATES AIRLINES

 

12. S2 is a fragrance launched by which celebrity?

A. SHILPA SHETTY

 

 

 

13. Maruti’s latest Zen model is called Estilo. What does the word Estilo mean in Spanish?

A. Style

 

14. Who produced the Bengali film “Dosar” that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2007?

A. ARINDHAM CHOUDHARY

 

15. What according to Stephen Covey is the first effective habit of highly effective people?

A. PROACTIVE

 

16. From June 2007,Wal-Mart has begun retailing products of which computer giant, known for its direct sales model?

A. DELL

 

17. Which TATA group of company is a joint venture between the group and the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation?

A. TITAN

 

18. According to the celebrated American columnist Thomas Freidman, there are two basic responses to globalization. One is Al-Qaeda. Which is the other?

A. INFOSYS

 

19. Which company was formed as Racal Telecom Ltd in 1984?

A. VODAFONE

 

20. Developed by Mark Burnett, which TV show popularized the catch phrase, “You’re Fired”?

A. APPRENTICE

 

21. Which national cricket team did Ispahani Mirzapore Tea sponsor in the 2007 Cricket World Cup?

A. BANGLADESH

 

22. Which university recently awarded an honorary law degree to one of its dropouts, Bill Gates?

A. HARVARD

 

23. Which financial publication is famous for the Big Mac Index, which uses the price of a big hamburger sold by McDonald’s as an informal measure of exchange rates?

A. THE ECONOMIST

 

24. Which organization runs a worldwide restaurant chain called “Govinda’s”?

A. ISKON

 

25. Which Delhi based company was incorporated as American Universal Electric in 1963 and came out with a successful IPO in 2007?

A. DLF

 

26. Who suggested the Red Hot Stove Rule to guide managers in enforcing discipline?

A. This is for you- Google this out….!!!!

 

27. Which company created the reality TV show “Big Brother”?

A. ENDEMOL

 

28. From the Latin word for “to weigh”, what term is used for a fixed payment or salary, particularly that of a clergyman?

A. STIPEND

 

29. Wi-Fi is a common feature in many hotel lobbies and airports; what is the full form Wi-Fi?

A. Wireless-Fidelity

 

30. Which website would you reach if you key in the URL http://216.239.51.100?

A. GOOGLE

 

Anubhav & Vijay

ICTM,Pune