Biz Quizzard 277

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week July 13 - 18. Hope you enjoy it.

1. What unique distinction did State Bank of India claim to achieve on July 12?

2. Which brand has announced the limited edition launch of the world’s first professional golf watch?

3. According to a report last week, McGraw-Hill Co has hired Evercore Partners, an investment bank, to sell which well known magazine?

4. Dutch-Indian model Tamara Moss is the new face of which brand in India for its Women’s Wear Spring Summer ’09 collection?

5. Which well known former chief executive from India has joined US-based buyout firm Advent International, which plans an Indian outfit next year?

6. Which telecom brand is being advertised with the baseline ‘Do the new.’?

7. In one of the largest deals in global cinema in recent years, which Indian business personality has teamed up with noted Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg for their Los Angeles-based production house Dreamworks Studios?

8. To mark what occasion has a new beer, named ‘1209’, been created by John Bexon, head brewer of Greene King brewery in UK?

9. Which cardiac care chain last week launched the world’s largest cancer hospital in Bangalore?

10. Cricketer MS Dhoni is the brand ambassador for which confectionery brand?

11. Why was Mumbai resident Ashok Raghunath Vichare in news last week?

12. Three men were last week arrested in Germany over a failed attempt to blackmail Susanne Klatten. How is Ms Klatten linked to the world of business?

13. Which company has come up with a mascot, a cartoon character named Mr WizeR?

14. Which well known filmmaker, according to a report last week, is ready to launch his news and current affairs channel Maurya TV in Bihar and Jharkhand?

15. Which business personality has been named 2009 CEO of the Year by the Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG)?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 277 as the subject.

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