Moneycontrol Ultimate Business Quiz #42: Test your knowledge
Take a shot at the Moneycontrol Ultimate Business Quiz. Check how many you get right.
Avinash Mudaliar
&
Anubhav Chatterjee
August 31, 2018 / 15:15 IST
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Q1. This international chain of hotels has been putting both the Bible and the Book of Mormon in its rooms since opening its first hotel in the late 1950s. By year's end, it expects to place the books in 300,000 rooms. What is the name of the chain of hotels? (Image: Reuters)
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Answer: Marriott
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Q2. These foundation colors are made for people of varying skin tones by a company associated with a famous celebrity. It takes its name from the celebrity’s lesser known surname, which she rarely uses in her professional career. Name the celebrity.
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Answer: Rihanna (Robyn Rihanna Fenty being her full name) The products are sold under the name ‘Fenty’.
Q5. In which Indian state would you find these mirrors?
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Answer: Kerala. These are Aranmula kannadi (mirror). They are handmade metal-alloy mirror, made in Aranmula, a small town in Kerala. (Image: WikiMedia Commons)
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Q6. Which brand gets its name from the winged horse of Greek mythology?
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Answer: Asus
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Q7. Name the company behind this intern programme.
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Answer: Perfetti Van Melle
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Q8. Identify the two famous people in this photograph.
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Answer: Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro at Cojímar, Cuba, May 15, 1960.
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Q9. The company is the second largest mobile network operator of Bangladesh. It is a joint venture between Axiata Group Berhad, of Malaysia, Bharti Airtel Limited, of India and NTT DoCoMo Inc., of Japan. The company recently pulled out as a sponsor of Bangladesh Cricket Team. Name the company.
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Answer: Robi Axiata Limited
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Q10. What is the name given to this falls due to its shape?
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Answer: Horse Shoe Falls. The three waterfalls that make Niagara Falls are the Horseshoe Falls, the American Falls and the Bridal Veil Falls.
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Q11. Identify this creature that gets its name from the ship shown here.
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Answer: Portuguese man o' war. It is a jellyfish-like cnidarian that gets its name because of its resemblance to a man-of-war ship at full sail.
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Q12. What is the significance of this aircraft from Spice-Jet?
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Answer: India’s 1st biojet fuel run flight
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Q13. Which airline owns the loyalty programme TrueBlue?
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Answer: Jet Blue
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Q14. Identify the lady from the picture and the brand she established.
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Answer: Edna Emme. Brand – TRESemme
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Q15. Which brand came out with this ad?
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Answer: Fiat
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Q16. They are just a marketing gimmick with no health benefits, and they are a major source of contamination of the oceans. They are made of cellulose acetate which takes a decade or more to decompose. What is the gimmick?
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Answer: Cigarette butts are just a marketing gimmick with no health benefits, and they are a major source of contamination of the oceans.
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Q17. He shared his apprehension about the most sought-after cryptocurrency - Bitcoin- stating that it is going to "evaporate like a mirage"."I was a scammer. I had it down to science, and it's exactly what's happening with bitcoin. The whole thing is so stupid, these kids have gotten themselves so brainwashed." Who is he?
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Answer: Jordan Belfort (Image: Reuters)
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Q18. Which tech giant has unveiled Navlekha, a new platform to empower offline publishers to digitise their print publications. The platform needs just a few clicks to work and can be handled even without any knowledge of web publishing?
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Answer: Google
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Q19. Identify this Romanian born American engineer and management consultant.
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Answer: Joseph Juran
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Q20. The print campaign released nationwide on World Water Day created awareness of the problem of acute water shortage faced by 300 million Indians on a daily basis. The poster image was widely shared on social media by influential and millennial. It presented the brand as an answer to a serious environmental problem in the country thus increasing its credibility. Which brand came out with this?
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Answer: Rin
Avinash Mudaliar , Chief Products Officer at Network18, has been conducting quizzes as a hobby for over 23 years. He aims to make his quizzes engaging and enjoyable, see that his quizzes have something for everyone - the quizzing novice, professional quizzers and most importantly, the enthusiastic audience!
Over the last twenty-three years, he has conducted quizzes in numerous educational institutions ranging from B-Schools like the IIMs, FMS, IIFT, TAPMI, MICA; to Engineering Colleges like IITs, NITs and BITS Pilani et al.He has also hosted quizzes for various corporates across the country. He is also an avid quizzer and a knowledge geek.
Anubhav Chatterjee A salesman by profession with a keen interest in quizzing, movies and sports. Author of Diolkose-A Railway Quiz Book.
![Q4. Which term, recently in news, comes from Latin for "Around/Approximately" and "Day"?](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2018/03/question-mark-2492009_1920.jpg "Q4. Which term, recently in news, comes from Latin for "Around/Approximately" and "Day"?")
![Q17. He shared his apprehension about the most sought-after cryptocurrency - Bitcoin- stating that it is going to "evaporate like a mirage"."I was a scammer. I had it down to science, and it's exactly what's happening with bitcoin. The whole thing is so stupid, these kids have gotten themselves so brainwashed." Who is he?](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2017/12/Rubique-bitcoin-1.jpg "Q17. He shared his apprehension about the most sought-after cryptocurrency - Bitcoin- stating that it is going to "evaporate like a mirage"."I was a scammer. I had it down to science, and it's exactly what's happening with bitcoin. The whole thing is so stupid, these kids have gotten themselves so brainwashed." Who is he?")
