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Showing posts with label Trivia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trivia. Show all posts

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

In 1997, X was charged a late fee of about 40$ by a movie rental company for a copy of Apollo 13. This eventually lead to the setting up of Y. ID both.

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 89

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Another easy one. Which is the only foreign bank to be locally listed in India?

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 88

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Fairly straightforward one: Name the four institutions the gentlemen featured on the cover represented.

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 86

Saturday, May 29, 2010

 What was inspired by this?

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 83

Sunday, April 25, 2010

X is a Champagne house, a producer of sparkling wines from the Champagne region of France. They produce several labels of Champagne under the X name, including the vintage Vieille Vignes Françaises, Grand Année and R.D. as well as the non-vintage Special Cuvée. Founded in 1829 in Aÿ by Hennequin de Villermont, Paul Renaudin and Jacques X the house continues to be run by members of the X family. In Britain X Champagnes are affectionately known as "Bolly". X is also a household name for followers of a certain franchise .ID.












Answer:Bollinger it is! Cracked by Bindu, OJ and Harsh!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 82

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Since its founding, X has never worn corporate advertisements on their shirt. However in 2006, this football club announced a five year agreement with Y, which includes having the Y logo on their shirts.ID.












Answer: FCB and UNICEF. Cracked by Vijay!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 81

Monday, April 19, 2010

Which company manufactures these phones?(Hint:In the news recently)













Answer: New microsoft phones, named the turtle and the pure. Cracked by none.

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 75

Friday, April 9, 2010

What business first is associated with this book?
















Answer: It is the first book sold on Amazon. Cracked by Arvind and Rijo!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 73

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

X on Y,""Y came to Z in 1986. Very quickly, I realized we had acquired an extraordinary talent. So I did the logical thing: I wrote his parents in New Delhi and asked if they had another one like him at home. Of course, I knew the answer before writing. There isn’t anyone like Y. " Identify X,Y and Z(Company).











Answer:X is Warren Buffett. Y is Ajit Jain. Z of course ise Berkshire Hathaway.Cracked by Arvind Srikantan and the novice.

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 71

Sunday, April 4, 2010

ID the structure(Was in the news recently):













Answer:The ArcelorMittal tower in London. Cracked by none.

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 69

Friday, April 2, 2010

Connect microfortnights, parsecs, microweeks, gigawatts, centibeats, femtogalactic years, hertz, times the velocity of an unladen swallow, centons, femtogalactic years, centibeats, jiffies, nanocenturies, microweeks, at warp, epochs etc.












Answer: This was a part of Google's All Fools Day Hoax, 2010. The search times were diplayed in the above mentioned units. Cracked by Arvind and Vijay!

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Identify this landmark building:













Answer: This is the famed Kodak theatre. Cracked by none.

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

What product owes it's name to a town/municipality lying in the shaded region depicted?













Answer: Tequila it is! Cracked by Vijay, Nihar and the novice!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 60

Monday, March 22, 2010

X, a hungarian inventer, on his most famous, and eponymous product, Y."Space always intrigued me, with its incredibly rich possibilities, space alteration by (architectural) objects, objects transformation in space (sculpture, design), movement in space and in time, their correlation, their repercussion on mankind, the relation between man and space, the object and time. I think the Y arose from this interest, from this search for expression and for this always more increased acuteness of these thoughts. . . .". ID.












 Answer: X is Erno Rubik, inventor of the rubiks cube. Cracked by Nihar, the trooper and the novice!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 59

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Jim Murray is the world's first-ever full-time Whisky Writer. He is best known for his observations on whisky and his annually updated book on the subject, Jim Murray's Whisky Bible.Which Indian whisky brand was rated the third finest in his Whisky bible 2010?












Answer:Amrut made by the Amrut distilleries. Cracked by the novice!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 53

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

This person got an MS degree on his dissertation "Provincial Decentralisation of Imperial Finances in British India" and a DSc degree on the thesis "The Problem of Rupee — Its Origin and Solution" from the prestigious London School of Economics. He was one of the first Indian students to obtain a doctorate from the LSE. Identify this very famous Indian.













Answer:DR.B.R.Ambedkar. Cracked by Rijo P, sattepesatta and the novice.

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 49

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Before X's official incorporation, the founder wrote down several words from the game Go, eventually choosing X, a term which in the context of the game means a state where a stone or group of stones is imminently in danger of being taken by one's opponent.The word 'X' is used in Japanese when a prediction comes true or when someone wins a lottery. Identify X.











Answer: Atari it is. Cracked by Rijo, the novice and Ameen!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 38

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Which was the first mass marketed magazine to be printed on carbon
neutral paper?













Answer: Rolling Stone Magazine. Cracked by Meenakshi and Kaushik!

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BIJINESS KOSHUN 37

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

X’s fledgling textile company, Y, was just starting to take off. His new line of polyester yarns was doing well, but India's shaky power grid and the rising cost of electricity offset any profits. So he decided to generate his own power. The rest as they say is history. Identify both.











Answer: X is Tulsi Tanti, Y Suzlon. Cracked by Kaushik!

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

What in the world of business derives it's inspiration from the following coat of arms?




















Answer: Alfa Romeo it is. Cracked by Kaushik!


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