FNQ 11 - The Business and History of Brands

The eleventh edition of FNQs again focusses on business.
Though history was a subject I absolutely hated in school brand and company history forms an integral part of the quiz,so my apologies in advance for people who cannot stand history ;)

There was an amazing number of replies to the quiz 62 in all.

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1.Khwaja Abdul Hamied set sail for Europe in 1924 and got admission in Berlin University as a research student of "The Technology of Barium Compounds". He earned his doctorate three years later.In 1935, he set up The Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories.How is this company better known as ?

Ans. CIPLA

2..The company was founded in 1869 by the German Henry John _____ in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, United States.The company was originally named the Anchor Pickle and Vinegar Works.The company's famous slogan, "57 Varieties", was chosen by Henry in 1896 after he saw an advertisement for "21 varieties of shoes" in an elevated train car in New York.In actuality, the company was producing over sixty different products at the time, but he chose the number 57 because the numbers "5" and "7" held a special significance for him and his wife .Identify the company.

Ans. Heinz

3.Which company owns the brand Dettol ( parachlorometaxylenol ) ?

Ans. Reckitt Benckiser

4..Harrisons Malayalam Limited is India’s largest rubber plantation company with nine major rubber plantations, and the second largest tea producer in south India, owning 10 tea plantations. The rubber and tea plantations are spread over more than 20,000 hectares of land in South India.Mountain Mist, Harrisons Gold, Spencer’s and Surya are well established tea
brands in South India.Which Indian business group owns .Harrisons Malayalam Limited ?

Ans.RPG Group

5.This company began as BHI, which stood for "Beverly Hills Internet" in 1994, a small Web hosting and development company in Southern California.David Bohnett and John Rezner were the founders The company also created their own Web directory, organized thematically in six "neighborhoods" such as "SiliconValley" (for technology) and "SunsetStrip" (for nightlife and
music). In mid-1995, the company decided to offer users (thereafter known as "Homesteaders") the ability to develop free home pages within those neighborhoods. Chat, bulletin boards, and other elements of "community" were added soon after, helping foster rapid growth.In January 1999,the company was purchased by Yahoo for $3.57 billon.Identify?

Ans. Geocities

6. Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd started its first cafe in Brigade Road,Bangalore in 1996.Today it is spread across 69 Indian cities and has around 436 outlets.How are their cafe's better known as ?

Ans Cafe Coffee day

7.The company was founded in 1895 and opened its first factory in Wattens,Austria.In 1988 the company changed its original logo,the Edelweiss flower to that of a Swan.Identify ?

Ans Swarovski

8.(Visual ) Identify the brand being advertised .

Ans.Camel

9.(Visual )Identify the logo .

Ans.Blu Ray
10(Visual).Identify the online travel portal behind this ad.

Ans. www.makemytrip.com
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FNQ 10 - The Business Potpourri...

The tenth edition of fnq's focuses on business in general and for a change not on Technology and IT.It contains a good mix of questions ranging from food to advertising.Hope that you enjoy the quiz
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1.Identify the advertiser

Ans.Bausch and Lomb contact lenses

The image of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose without his spectacles should have served as a clue.Unfortunately no one got this correct


2.English school teacher Robert Cawdrey's 120 page book ,first published in 1604 was the world's first ______ ________.Fill up the two blanks.

Ans.English Dictionary.

It was known as the Table Alphabetical.Mentioning tthe name Table Alphabetical does not fetch any points

3.This gentleman's face can be easily spotted in advertisements of the company he started.The first outlet of the company was opened in Salt Late City ,Utah in 1952.Who is this person ?

Ans.Colonel H Sanders who founded Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC

4.This magazine was started by Henry Luce,the cofounder of TIME magazine in 1930.Single copies of that first issue cost $1 at a time when the Sunday New York Times was only 5cents At a time when business publications were little more than numbers and statistics printed in black and white, it was an oversized 11"x14", using creamy heavy paper, and art on a cover printed by a special process.It is now published as a biweekly .Identify

Ans. Fortune magazine

5. Simple question.Just give me the quizzing connect in the visual below

Ans. Tata Crucible.

The image on the left was that of a crucible and Westside is owned by Tatas.The hint was there in the question itself.Most people got the Tata part correct but could not identify the crucible.


6.Which Taiwan based company that manufactures various computer parts and PDA's is named after the famed winged horse of grrek mythology ?

Ans.ASUS.

Many people gave Pegasus,the Greek winged horse, as the answer,but it does not fetch any points since ASUS was the company I wa looking for

7.Identify the European bank(much inthe news these days) whose head-quarters is shown in the visual below.

Ans.Societe Genarale.

In the news as insider trading by one of its employees,Jerome Kerviel led to 7 billion $ loss for the bank.

8.It all started in 1925, when two engineers, Peter_____ and Svend ______, began a modest production of radios in the attic of Svend's family home, 'Quistrup'. The company was founded on 17 November that same year by the two young engineers who shared a passion for radio transmissions.The first commercially viable product to bear the company's name was the Eliminator in 1927. The Eliminator enabled a radio to be connected directly to the mains rather than being battery-operated which had been previously the norm. That same year, production moved to a new, purpose-built factory just outside the town of Struer .Simple design with a touch of magic! is the design philosophy of this company which manufactures high end products known for their performance , durability and classic design.Identify the company named after the surnames of its founders.

Ans.Bang and Olufsen

9. * The quality of the products
* The mastery of flavor and cooking
* The "personality" of the cuisine
* The value for the money
* The consistency between visits

These are the 5 parameters for awarding what ?

Ans. The criteria for awarding Michelin Stars to a restaurant.

10.This company was founded in 1984 and headquartered at Burlingame ,California. Officially it was a service business for blood and urine analysis and food supplements.The founder of this company was a musician who played bass guitar for the group "Tower Power" in the seventies.Tetrahydrogestrinone also known as "The Clear" was the most infamous product of the company.Identify the company and its founder ?

Ans.BALCO(Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative ),Victor Conte

Tata Crucible 2008 Campus Quiz

This must be some stale news for the inhabitants of the quizzing world,but just to remind you that The Tata Crucible Campus Quiz is happening across 12 cities with some new variations in the formats. There are several quiz enthusiast's blogs following the event in details.One such place you can visit to get an update on this year's crucible is here