Archive for March, 2008

The Daily Grill-26

Posted: March 4, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Identify the product advertised and the brand name [if you can guess looking carefully at the picture;)].

Q 2: What is the significance of this phrase?
“Ray, Ray’ Ray! TIGER, TIGER, SIS, SIS, SIS! BOOM, BOOM, BOOM! Aaaaah! PRINCETON, PRINCETON, PRINCETON!”

Q 3: Connect.

Q 4: Identify.
[Hint: Cheap Goods]

Q 5: Which nickname is derived from this man as seen in the picture. Identify the event.

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Answers:
1. Ferrero Rocher Chocolate. [Notice the wrapper like border! ;)]
2. Cheerleading – first organized, recorded cheer at Princeton University in 1884
3. Leo Burnett – [ Leo Burnett himself with the first office in 1935, Hand Reaching Star created by Leo, Leo used to keep bowl of Apples @ every receptionist’s desk; Black pencil, an Alpha 245 of the type commonly used by Burnett in his lifetime, Pillsbury Doughboy, Marlboro Man and Tony the Tiger creations of Leo.]
4. Samuel Moore Walton founder of Wal-Mart
5. Tank Man or the Unknown Rebel – an anonymous man who became internationally famous when he was videotaped and photographed during the Tiananmen Square protests on 5 June1989

Winners:
Yogesh Bhale (TCS, USA )
Ashwini Pore – Infosys Technologies
Santosh Patil (Milwaukee-USA)

The Daily Grill-25

Posted: March 3, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Identify the product advertised in this Ad. Also identify the brand.

Q 2: Which brand derives its name from the lead character in the picture below?

Q 3: Connect.

Q 4: Identify the personality.
[Hint: Auto]

Q 5: Identify the brand.
[Hint: Look carefully.]

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Answers:
1. Bausch & Lomb Contact lenses. Notice that Gandhiji is not wearing glasses. 😉
2. Nivea. It means Snow-White.
3. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) [ The Silver Spring monkeys because of which it gained popularity, the two founders Ingrid Newkirk and Alexander Fernando Pacheco. They generally promote the group by “nude” ads advocating no use of animal fur.]
4. Lido Anthony “Lee” Iacocca [Famous for Ford and Chrysler Corp.]
5. Home Lights match sticks! [Yaya, we know it’s tough to get the exact Brand name! Guessing the product is also fine!]

Winners: None. Nobody could answer all answers correctly.

The Daily Grill-24

Posted: March 2, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Identify the brand.

Q 2: Connect.

Q 3: What does this logo denote?

Q 4: Identify the brand.
[Hint: Rani Mukherji & Saif Ali Khan]

Q 5: Describe what is happening in the picture below?

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Answers:
1) Victoria Bitter (VB)
2) ICQ [MiraBilis(logo) is the Israeli(Flag) company who created ICQ (flower logo) the Instant Messenger which was bought by AOL (logo)]
3) VAIO, an acronym for Video Audio Integrated Operation. The ‘VA’ represents an analog wave and the ‘IO’ represents digital binary code.
4) Chevrolet Impala
5) Lt. Gen A. A. K. Niazi (of Pakistan) signs the instrument of surrender on December 16, 1971, surrendering his forces to Lt. Gen Jagjit Singh Aurora(of India) as an end to the Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.

Winners:
Arnav Kumar Patra – IT, Banaras Hindu University
Ashwini Sharad Pore – Infosys Tech Ltd
Santosh Patil (Milwaukee-USA)
Yogesh Bhale (TCS, USA )

The Daily Grill-23

Posted: March 1, 2008 in Business Quiz
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Q 1: Connect. [C’mon this is so easy!]

Q 2: Identify the Ad.

Q 3: Identify the logo.

Q 4: Identify the personality.
[Hint: Robotics]

Q 5: Connect.

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Answers:
1. Number 5 [Aamir Khan “Paanch matlab Chota Coka” campaign, Porter
gave 5 Forces Model on Competition, Hum Paanch TV Serial, Panchtantra based on Five Principles, 5 questions in The Daily Grill]
2. Times of India
3. Austrian Airlines
4. Issac Asimov
5. Hugging or Free Hug (Abrazos Gratis means Free Hugs, Mata Andamayi is known as Hugging Saint, Sanjay Dutt is famous for Jadu ki Jhappi of Munnabhia MBBS)

Winners
Ashwini Pore – Infosys Technologies
Yogesh Bhale(TCS, USA)
Swati Gaitonde (Milwaukee – USA)