1st Edition

This is my first post buddies.....hope you will like it. Will try to make it a regular feature and serve the quizzing community

Here are the first set of Ques

1. Pepsi lost its bid to trademark one of its product's brands in the European Union. A EU court ruled recently that the name could be confused with a German potato chips brand, marketed by Intersnack Knabber-Geback. Which is this brand, and what is Pepsi’s?

2. identify the logo.

3. He is the person that brought Foreign investment to the american people but due to his religious commitments could not take it far, he used to start his meetings with a prayer and ended up selling his business for $440 million to another person or entity which today manages assests more than worth $600 billion dollars. It is today a very household name in its field. Name the person.

4. John Hunt, Edmund Hillary and Erric Shimpton collected substantial proof of its existence. what?

5. The phantom insignia on the logo is a tribute to the Swedish air force squadron that operates out of the airbase where its factory is also located (they use the ghost as their emblem). Whos logo i am talking about?

6. What is "SWITCH" in context of Indian Industry?

7. Tata Power - Reliance Comm

Hero Honda - M&M

Dr. Reddy's Lab - ________?

Clue - deepak mohoni.

8. This piece of women’s clothing turns 60 this year. Les Galleries Lafayette will be holding an exhibition in its homage and the publisher Assouline has brought out a 396 page book based on its history. In 1946 an automobile engineer Louis Reard designed this when he took over his mother’s boutique. The clothing item was a huge failure, being banned by the Vatican, Spain and Portugal and Italy, though today it’s a different story. What am I talking of?

9. Which Indian company sells notebook computers or laptops under the brand name-Little Genius?

10. Dwayne van der Sluis and Andrew Akers are credited to be the inventors of this sport. It involves a person getting strapped up inside an enormous plastic air cushioned ball and going down for a quick roll down a slope. The diameter of the sphere is around 10 to 12 feet depending on the number of people harnessed inside. What do you call this sport originated in New Zealand ?

11. This Indian Business conglomerate is a Rs 1500 crore strong entity
with diversified interests. They are the largest Pepsi bottlers in India, franchisee for Pizza Hut, Raymonds and DAV school in specified areas. Recently they have shown interest in brewery sector and are reported to be tying up with InBev for 'Beck's' brand in Mauritius and Heineken in India. Name the group.

12. V Rajagopal, a police officer in Uttar Pradesh, returned to Chennai and started a garment exports division in 1989, Celebrity Fashions. Within a few years, Celebrity was supplying to brands like Diesel, Marlboro, Timberland and Nautica. When the company touched the Rs.100-crore mark, he decided it was time to create an Indian brand with International standards. The brand was thus born in 2000. Which brand?

13. This famous brand was founded in early 20th century and later became synonymous with the high end in fashion. The owner however gained notoreity in WWII due to her purportedly being a lover of a Nazi officer! Which brand am i talking abt?

14. If u hav joined the 'O'club u can buy the products n check annual reports of which brand?

15. which is the only product from virgin which doesnot have virgin in it?


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