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The Daily Grill-04

Posted: February 4, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q1 : What concept does this image depict?

Q 2: Connect the images:

Q 3: What is so special about this tree? Explain.

Q 4: “Well, George, we’ve knocked the bastard off ..”
Who said this statement and who is here referred to as the bastard?

Q 5: Identify the book and the author.

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Answers:

1. Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats. Each color represents a different concept.

2. NDTV imagine

[Ramayan is shown on this channel with a new cast; Sameer Nair, former CEO of STAR, is the CEO of NDTV imagine; Karan Johar is a partner in the channel and the map is of New Delhi for NDTV – New Delhi TeleVision; Also, the golden blocks are a trademark in the channel logo. ]

3. A descendant of the tree from which an apple reputedly fell and inspired Isaac Newton’s theory of gravitation. Found in the Botanic Gardens in Cambridge, England. [Notice the apple on the ground :p]

4. Sir Edmund Hillary, Mt. Everest is referred to as the bastard.

5. Tamas by Bhisham Sahni. Govind Nihalani made a TV serial on the same which ran on Doordarshan.

Winners:

Anshul Jain (5) – Microsoft, Hyderabad

R Ganesh (5)- IMNU

Rohit Sahni (5) – IMNU

Bhushan Phadnis (5) – IMNU

The Daily Grill-03

Posted: February 2, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Identify the logo:

Q 2: Identify:

Q 3: Identify the personality:

[Hint: The concept of ‘waves’]

Q 4: Connect

Q 5 : This company started with a leased office on Radha Bazar Lane, Calcutta. The company celebrated its sixteenth birthday on 24th August 1926, by purchasing the plot of land situated at 37, Chowringhee, (now renamed J.L. Nehru Road) Kolkata, for the sum of Rs.310,000. Which is this organisation?

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Answers:

1. Abbott
2. Animal Planet
3. Alvin Toffler (Author of the book ‘The Third Wave’)
4. Madras Rubber Factory (MRF)
Pic 1: J. Srinath, he comes from MRF Pace foundation; Pic 2: Funskool is the toys manufacturing subsidiary of MRF; Pic 3: Chennai formely Madras)
5. ITC

Winners:
Varun Singh (4) IIM-K
R Ganesh (3) IMNU
Anshul Jain (2) Microsoft, Hyderabad
Rohit Sahni (2) IMNU

The Daily Grill-02

Posted: February 2, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q1: Identify the logo:

Q2: Identify the advertisement:

Q3: Identify the famous personality:

Q4: Which Indian product is branded as “toehold” in Europe?

Q5:Connect:

ANSWERS:

1. Carrefour (French retail giant)
2. Bajaj Fans
3. Roman Abramowich (Owner of the Chelsea team)
4. Kolhapuri Sandals
5. Kurt Cobain (It is Kurt Cobain’s Suicide Note, who was the singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band Nirvana.). People have missed by answering it as Nirvana, but the connect is not the band but Kurt Cobain.
Winners:
Rohit Sahni (3)
Nand Kishore Nagar (3)
Nirav Trivedi (2)

The Daily Grill-01

Posted: February 1, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q1: Identify the logo:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Q2: Identify the advertisement:

Q3: Identify the personality

Q4: Who resigned from his post as non-executive director of mining company, Vedanta Resources Plc to concentrate on his new job?
Q5: Connect

 

 

 

 

 

Answers:
1. Canara Bank
2. Yellow pages
3. Ingvar Kampard (IKEA)
4. P.Chidambaram
5. Wiki

 

Winner:

Rohit Sahni (3)

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