Archive for February, 2008

The Daily Grill-09

Posted: February 9, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Connect:

Q 2: What is depicted in this picture?

Q 3: Who is missing here? Name him.

Q 4: Indian currency previously had denominations of 10,000 and 5,000. In this picture of a Rs. 5000 note, can you tell which famous monument is hidden by the black color?

Q 5: The following bill belongs to which hotel?

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Answers:

1. F.R.I.E.N.D.S sitcom[Painting shows the “Central Perk” coffee house. The opening theme “I’ll Be There for You” is done by The Rembrandts and it is produced by Warner Bros. TV]

2. Construction of the Statue Of Liberty. It was presented to the United States by France in 1886 to mark the Centennial of the American Declaration of Independence.
3. Dr. Palash Sen from the Euphoria Music Band
4. Gateway Of India – Mumbai
5. The Taj Mahal Hotel- Opposite Gateway Of India- Mumbai(This is the older structure).
Winners [All correct]
1. Santosh Patil – Milwaukee, USA
2. Arnav Kumar Patra – IT-BHU
3. Nitesh Singh

The Daily Grill-08

Posted: February 7, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Which brand is associated with the following boxing match?
[Hint: Delivering signals via satellite]

Q 2: Connect.
[Hint: Quizmaster Giri ‘Pickbrain’ once said that this brand is an index to measure joblessness :p ]

Q 3: Whose flag?

Q 4: This is a movie about Anil who finds himself alone thinking that his wife Priya has left home along with their children, Pawan and Geeta. Anil then goes through a flashback in his life remembering moments of his relationship with Priya. The cast of this movie is only one actor, ie, Anil. Identify the movie and the actor.

Q 5: Identify the personality.
[Hint: Hats Off]

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Answers:

1. HBO
2. Orkut
3. Azad Hind Fauj
4. Movie : Yaadein(1964) Actor : Sunil Dutt
5. Charles Chaplin(Charlie Chaplin)

Winners: [all correct]

1. Saurabh Maiwal – Oracle
2. Yogesh Bhale – TCS USA

The Daily Grill-07

Posted: February 7, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: What does the picture describe?

Q 2: What does the following picture remind of?
[Hint:Air]

Q 3: Connect to a personality.

Q 4: Identify the personality.
[Hint: Singer, model, songwriter]

Q 5: Connect the pics and zero in on a brand.

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Answers

1. Map of Malgudi Town [From the book “Malgudi Days”]
2. A plaque at Old Trafford in honour of the players of Manchester United who died in the Munich Air Disaster [Occurred on 6th Feb 1958]
3. Jeff Bezos [Founder and CEO of Amazon.com]
4. Carla Bruni [Famous wife of French President]
5. Sisley
[Clothing Brand from Benetton group which Tata Group Company Trent will be promoting in India. Noel Tata is the Managing Director of Trent and Alessandro Benetton is the Executive Deputy Chairman of the Benetton Group. Westside and Star India Bazar are owned by Trent.]

Winners: (All 5 correct)
Yogesh Bhale – TCS USA
Santosh Patil – Milwaukee USA
Winner of the Week [Feb 1 – Feb 7]
Rohit Sahni – Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. – Congratulations! Your prize shall be delivered to you!

The Daily Grill-06

Posted: February 6, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Connect with a personality:

Q 2: Google includes various modifications and/or humorous features, such as cartoon modifications, of their logo for use on holidays, birthdays of famous people, and major events, like the Olympics. These have become known as Google Doodles. Dennis Hwang, or Hwang Jeong-mok is a graphic artist who designs these festive logos. Identify the occasion when this logo was used.

Q 3: Identify the advertisement:

Q 4: Identify this famous CEO:

Q 5: This person is the only person in history to have been nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Grammy, and Nobel Peace Prize. Also, in 2005, this person was named by Time as a Person of the Year along with Bill and Melinda Gates. Identify.

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Answers:

1) Steve Jobs. Infinite Loop is the address of Apple. Founded NeXT Software Inc. Pixar is a digital animation studio which was purchased by Steve Jobs and it produced animated films like Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Cars.
2) Leap Year – February 29, 2004
3) Woman’s day Advertisement by Big Bazar
4) Eric Schmidt – Google’s CEO
5) Paul David Hewson – BONO

Winners: All 5 correct answers-
Saurabh Shrivastava – IIMI
Saurabh Maiwal – Oracle
Bhushan Phadnis – IMNU
Rupali Verma – IMNU
R Ganesh – IMNU
Nirav Trivedi – IMNU

The Daily Grill-05

Posted: February 4, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Identify this personality.

Q 2: On what occasion did TIME magazine use this cover?

Q 3: They were invited to Charles Camilla wedding.Richard Branson dressed like one while launching flight to Mumbai. Management students swear by their model. Whom are we talking about?

Q 4 : Identify the advertisement.

Q 5: The following images give rise to the logo & name of a brand. Identify.

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Answers:
1. George W Bush
2. “India: Liberty and Death” Time Magazine Cover, October 27, 1947. On the partition.
3. Mumbai dabbawallahs
4. Nivea for men
5. Picasa
[‘Picasa’ is a wordplay on the name of the Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso, and the Spanish word casa for “house”; the symbol is a stylized house formed from the aperture blades of a photographic lens.]
Winner:
Varun Singh (5) IIM-K