Moneycontrol Ultimate Business Quiz #62: Test your knowledge
Take a shot at the Moneycontrol Ultimate Business Quiz. Check how many you get right.
Avinash Mudaliar
&
Anubhav Chatterjee
February 15, 2019 / 22:08 IST
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Q1. The World Wildlife Fund recently endorsed a modified PDF file format (files are saved with the extension.wwf). What is the specialty of this format?
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Answer: These files cannot be printed.
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Q2. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum sought donations to preserve this key artefact from a defining moment in popular music history. A sum of $24,000 was raised and the board made it to the Hall of Fame in 2011. What is the significance of this board?
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Answer: Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York, was the venue for Woodstock in 1969.
Q3. A brand once known for great standards in the Indian fashion industry, launched readymade men's shirts under this brand in 1997. Customers often confused the name for an Italian company and found it hard to remove its association with dress material. What is the name of the company/brand?
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Answer: Garden Vareli. They launched shirts under the Vareli name. Shilpa and Praful Shah are the owners of the company.
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Q4. Featuring a hand drawn map of the British capital, the bottle’s new look represents the story of London inside and out. The stylized map has the city of London from the viewpoint of Tower Bridge. It is the redesign of which iconic brand?
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Answer: Beefeater gin. It is a brand owned by Pernod Ricard.
Q5. Founded in 2000, it is an Iranian coffeehouse chain based in Tehran. Starbucks tried to sue for copyright violation, but it was of no use. It is named after a title used by the rulers of Arab states, which means "President" in Arabic and "Wealthy" in Persian. What is this coffee chain called?
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Answer: Raees.
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Q6. The story began in 1938, when architect Alfred Mosher Butts sought out to invent a new game that combined his love of anagrams and crossword puzzles, while utilizing gameplay that required both skill and chance. Butts then tested out his new game, which he called “Lexiko” at the time, in the social room at the Community United Methodist Church. How is the game known to us?
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Answer: Scrabble (Image: Facebook)
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Q7. Who owns this production house?
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Answer: Dwayne Johnson (Image: Facebook)
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Q8. It is a pictorial language developed by Yukio Ota of Japan in 1964. It was meant as communication for the deaf and mute as well as for the illiterate. It is a universal and simple language, and as Mr Ota put it, "It should emphasize the importance of communication among all the people of all the countries of the world. Identify the language. (Image: Reuters)
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Answer: LoCos
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Q9. Which brand came out with a sub name Asha for its rural market?
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Answer: Horlicks
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Q10. Identify this brand of salt
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Answer: Captain Cook
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Q11. Made in China for more than 5,000 years, it is the country’s national drink, and is a spirit distilled from wheat or glutinous rice. Each bottle of the drink can be classified into the one of the following flavour categories: strong, light, sauce, rice and mixed. Identify the drink.
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Answer: Baijiu (Image: Reuters)
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Q12. Which company had partnered with Boatbound as a part of its boat-sharing opportunity?
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Answer: Uber
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Q13. Started in 2016 by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta, the company began life as a consumer electronics startup in 2016 with the sole aim of bringing affordable, durable, and more importantly, ‘fashionable’ audio products and accessories to millennials. Identify the company. (Image: Pixabay)
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Answer: bOAT (Image: Facebook)
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Q14. Who started this subscription service?
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Answer: Cadillac. (Picture: Reuters)
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Q15. Yammer is a freemium enterprise social networking service used for private communication within organizations. Access to a Yammer network is determined by a user's Internet domain so that only individuals with approved email addresses may join their respective networks. Who owns it?
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Answer: Microsoft (Image: Reuters)
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Q16. Identify this Google Doodle
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Answer: Waitangi Day
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Q17. Identify this sporting group
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Answer: Pentland Group (Image: Pixabay)
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Q18. Who is this businessman?
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Answer: Bharat Desai
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Q19. Las Vegas Sands Corporation is an American casino and resort company based in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Its resorts feature accommodations, gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, restaurants and clubs, as well as an art and science museum in Singapore. Who owns it?
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Sheldon Adelson (Image: Reuters)
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.
![Q5. Founded in 2000, it is an Iranian coffeehouse chain based in Tehran. Starbucks tried to sue for copyright violation, but it was of no use. It is named after a title used by the rulers of Arab states, which means "President" in Arabic and "Wealthy" in Persian. What is this coffee chain called?](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2019/02/Picture-No-5.jpg "Q5. Founded in 2000, it is an Iranian coffeehouse chain based in Tehran. Starbucks tried to sue for copyright violation, but it was of no use. It is named after a title used by the rulers of Arab states, which means "President" in Arabic and "Wealthy" in Persian. What is this coffee chain called?")
![Q8. It is a pictorial language developed by Yukio Ota of Japan in 1964. It was meant as communication for the deaf and mute as well as for the illiterate. It is a universal and simple language, and as Mr Ota put it, "It should emphasize the importance of communication among all the people of all the countries of the world. Identify the language. (Image: Reuters)](https://images.moneycontrol.com/static-mcnews/2017/04/diary.jpg "Q8. It is a pictorial language developed by Yukio Ota of Japan in 1964. It was meant as communication for the deaf and mute as well as for the illiterate. It is a universal and simple language, and as Mr Ota put it, "It should emphasize the importance of communication among all the people of all the countries of the world. Identify the language. (Image: Reuters)")
