The Great Gambler - Prelims

The prelims of the business quiz that I and my colleague (Jos) had conducted in my company.

1. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have their own restaurants. Who is the cricketer who owns a beauty parlour?



2. It was in 1962, at Gouster, Virginia when the PNB with the aid of National Banking Machines started this for the first time. What are we talking about ?



3. What is 'Agfa' the trademark for? (Tie Breaker)



4. In an all time classic advertisement, this product billed itself as “The only school that encourages copying”. Name the brand.



5. What word is used to describe a equity security that has been converted from a paper to an electronic form?



6. Which is the oldest stock exchange in Asia?



7. This scooter also means a wasp in the country of its origin. Which scooter?



8. During his school days, this famous industrialist was once thrashed by his teacher. He angrily told the teacher something and stalked out of the class. He later made this phrase a recurring theme in the advertisements for all his products. Name the industrialist and tell me what he told his teacher. (Tie Breaker)



9. Name the parent company of Funskool.



10. Whose first foray into business was the founding of the ‘Laugh-O-gram’ corporation in 1921 which went bankrupt barely two years later?



11. Which Indian clothing brand gets its name from Greek for ‘Circle of Animals’?



12. What was designed by Umesh Rao, a young empoyee of the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency on an idea by Booby Kooka?



13. This was the classification of the highest quality of ships, by the Lloyds shipping Registrar of the world famous insurance association Lloyds. It has now become a phrase in the language meaning something of superior quality. What? (Tie Breaker)



14. Identify the logo (Tie Breaker)






15. Identify the logo

Answers

1. Harbhajan Singh


2. ATM


3. Photo Goods


4. Xerox


5. DEMAT


6. BSE


7. Vespa


8. Rahul Bajaj, “You just cant beat a Bajaj”


9. MRF


10. Walt Disney


11. Zodiac


12. Air India Maharaja


13. A-1


14. Liberty Footwear


15. Standard Chartered