General quiz

GENERAL QUIZ

By:- AJITH LIJOO

Q. He was the president of Britain's second oldest University Union. Then he joined the World Bank. Entered late into the Indian Administrative Service. Now head of high profile decision making body of GOI at the age of 66. Name the person

Ans. montek singh ahulawalia

Q. Name the company by referring the below facts:-1) A staggering 60 million unit sold in New Zealand 2) Potential to produce 10,000 unit per hour 3) Cocoa trees in kerela are called as “ trees

Ans. Cadbury

Q. It was first launched in United Kingdom in the year 1899, and then launched in US in 1916 as laundry soap. In 1925 launched as toilet soap in the US. When launched in India, it faced a stiff competition between one of its own company product. Shah Rukh Khan was its only male ambassador in India. It belongs to the company which is recognized as Global super star trading house by GOI. Name the product

Ans. lux

Q. This beer company claims that it is "The King of Beers". 

a) Budweiser b) Carlsberg c) Kingfisher d) Beck’s 

Ans. A

Q. KFC told the world that their chicken was 'finger lickin’ good'. What did they tell the people of China when they first went there (hint: their sales were abysmal at first)? 

a) Lick it and love b) Eat your fingers off c) The best dead birds d) Dead chicken fiesta

Ans. B

Q. Which car producer advertised itself as “The Ultimate Driving Machine”? 

a) Ferrari b) Alfa Romeo c) BMW d) Mercedes Benz

Ans. C

Q. Which Car maker used the tagline, “Because the race to perfection has no finish line”? 

a) Mercedes Benz b) Aston Martin c) Audi d) Opel

Ans. A

Q. Which online portal used the slogan, “The Power of all of us” 

a) eBay b) Bazee.com c) Amazon d) Yahoo! 

Ans. A

Q. Which of these drinks called themselves the UnCola? 

a) Sprite b) 7-Up c) Mountain Dew d) Pepsi

Ans. B

Q. Who used the tagline, “All the news that’s fit to print”? 

a) Boston Globe b) The Times c) Asian Age d) New York Times 

Ans. D

Q. How did Pepsi gets its name? 

a) It was peppermint flavoured b) The founding member’s dog’s name was Pepsi c) It gave you a peppy feeling d) It claimed to contain pepsin initially

Ans. D

Q. This project was originally named after a Greek mythological bird, but due to trademark issues with the name, it was renamed as the English meaning of the original name. The new name was also subject to protest, and so was again renamed by replacing one part of the name with an animal. What are we talking about?

Ans. mozilla firefox-

Phoenix->Firebird->Firefox

Q. Bellow is the longest advertising word ever used, by which company? 

“Lipsmackinthirstquenchinacetastinmotivatingoodbuzzincooltalkinhighwalkinfastlivinevergivincoolfizzin”

Ans. Pepsi, 1973

PICTURE QUIZ

Q. These two logos have a common platform in their business, but they operate in different regions. Name the common platform

Ans. Micro finance

Q. IPL connection – common brand which shined high on their uniforms

Ans. Kingfisher

5. Identify this gentleman. You think of competition, you think of him

Ans. michael potter

Q. This is a logo of an application developed by a famous multinational corporation, which failed very badly to reach the outside world due to their ineffective marketing strategy. Name the multinational corporation and the application

Ans. Google wave

Q. He is founder, managing director and chief executive officer of major bank in India. Who is he?

Ans. Mr. rana pratap, yes bank

Q. What is the name of the group which owns this famous brand of high performance cars? (Hint: the brand is a subsidiary of a German car manufacturer, which in turn is owned by another car manufacturer

Ans .volkasvagen

Q. Identify this old logo of a famous Japanese company

Ans .Canon

Q. Whose print ad?

Ans. DHL

Q. Whose ad?

Ans. union bank of india-

for joint accounts

Q. What is the significance of this book?

Ans. first book sold on amazon.com

Q. This is a highly controversial ad of which technology company?

Ans.  Intel:-

Controversial due to afro-american athletes bowing to a white male

Q. Connect…

Ans. Mercedes:-

The man is Emil Zellenik and the girl is his daughter Mercedes after whom the car is named

Q. Identify the gentlemen who was recently in news?

Ans:- sanjiv mehta-

Bought East India Company

Q. ID the couple

Ans. annapurna devi and ravi shankar

Q. What is this?

Ans. Memorial to the murdered jews in europe

Q. Identify this footballer. What was his famous nickname?

Ans. Saeed al-owairan nicknamed the arabian maradona