Presents
22nd ‐24th September 2009
Day 1 – Business Quiz Answers
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
B‐School Event Partner
1. Co onnect
Answer: A Arthur Ander rson. The mid ddle one is th he photo of A Arthur Ander rson. Gatorad de Tiger drink k uses the name e of Tiger Woods who is th he brand amb bassador of A Accenture. Ac ccenture, in turn, is a spinoff of Anderson Consulting (o once a part o of Arthur Anderson). The m movie poster is of Enron – The smartest t guys om, which talk ks about the Enron scanda al, of which Arthur Anderson was a part t. in the roo 2. Co onnect
Answer: P Pareto Princi iple. The gra depicts a power law (e.g. the 80/ rule) which is the basis of aph a /20 Pareto Pr rinciple. The bearded man is Vilfredo Pareto who p n propounded this principle The next m is e. man Joseph M. Juran who d discovered Pa areto’s princip ple in 1941.
3. Connect
Answer: Mahindra Group. Ghulam Muhammed (1st pic) and K C Mahindra (2nd pic) are the founders of this company which was initially known as Mahindra and Muhammed. The jerseys belong to Mahindra United, the football club owned by Mahindra Group. Sorry Bhai is the first movie produced by Mumbai Mantra, the entertainment arm of M&M.
4. Connect
Answer: TASER International. 1st pic is the Logo of TASER International. Taser is an acronym, named for a fictional weapon: Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. This name is based on the name of the novel “Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle”, which is a popular novel in the original Tom Swift novel series written by Victor Appleton. 5. Connect
Answer: Steve Wozniak. The bearded man is Steve Wozniak, co‐founder of Apple Inc. Aamir Khan in Ghajini and Steve Wozniak were once patients of Ante‐retrograde amnesia. The pic at bottom shows the Blue Box invented by Wozniak. It was an electronic device that simulated a telephone operator's dialing console.
6. Connect
Answer: Simon & Schuster. Simon & Schuster is one of the largest book publishers in the world, is a part of CBS Corporation (third pic). Simon & Schuster was one of the first publishers of books on crosswords and it continues to be the preeminent U.S. publisher of crossword puzzle books. 7. Connect the following to something that the entire world witnessed.
Answer : Brand Obama. (1st pic: Ben n Jerry’s, 2nd: Indira Nooyi (Pepsi), 3rd Ingvar Kampard (Ikea)) • • • Ben and Jerry launched a flavour ‘Yes Pecan’ in support of Obama(Yes We Can) during his campaign. Pepsi had temporarily changed its logo in the U.S to support Obama. Ikea too launched an ‘Embrace the Change’ campaign inspired by Obama.
8. Co onnect
Answer: Right Top pic c is that of Jalianwala bagh h Memorial. G General Dyer is the son of Edward Dyer who yer Breweries s which later became Moh han Meakins. Colonel’s Sp pecial was a b brand by Mohan started Dy Meakins a and SAB has t taken over the beer busine ess of MM.
9. Identify the town.
Answer: Hershey, Pennsylvania. 10. Identify the company from its print ad.
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