April 6, 2008

Biz Quizzard 210

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week March 31 - April 05. Hope you enjoy it.

1. Which celebrity has been recently signed on by Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare to endorse ‘Boost’?

2. Which personal computer and laptop brand is being endorsed by Saurav Ganguly?

3. Which automobile brand is being advertised with the baseline ‘THE HEART CAR’?

4. Actress Kareena Kapoor can be seen in the advertising campaign for which soap brand?

5. France’s Pernod Ricard last week won a hard-fought auction to buy which legendary liquor brand for $8.9 billion?

6. According to a news snippet last week, Yahoo is launching a site for women between age 25 and 54. What has it been branded as?

7. The subprime crisis claimed another high profile victim last week. Marcel Ospel quit as the chairman of which banking giant?

8. TVS Motor Company has launched its first electric scooter. What has it been branded as?

9. Hyderabad-based end-to-end game company FXLabs last week launched Agni. What is its claim to fame?

10. Which Indian company has acquired Jet Generici Srl, a company engaged in the sale of generic finished dosages in Italy?

11. Which media company last week launched a Kannada news channel, Suvarna News?

12. Which company last week claimed to be the first Indian IT services firm to have a brand ambassador?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 210 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli

March 30, 2008

Biz Quizzard 209

Presenting the current affairs quiz for the week March 24 - 29. Biz Quizzard starts its fifth year with this edition. Hope you enjoy it.

1. According to a report last week, Italian fashion brand Armani has included which Indian clothing item in its latest collection?

2. Which company has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with US-based Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (PVH) for designing, distributing and retailing PVH’s apparel brand IZOD in India?

3. Andhra Pradesh chief minister’s son YS Jagan last week launched a Telugu daily. What has it been branded as?

4. Caparo India last week signed a technical agreement with which automobile MNC to mark its foray into the luxury bus segment?

5. Which food processing and packaging solutions provider, which launched its new graphic identity with tag line ‘Protects what’s good’ in January, is undertaking a brand makeover?

6. It’s a proud moment. Tata Motors last week bought which two iconic automobile brands from Ford for $2.3 billion?

7. Maruti Suzuki India last week launched its new entry-level sedan. What has it been branded as?

8. Mr Raghu Menon was last week appointed the chairman and managing director of which aviation company?

9. Which advertising MNC, according to a report last week, is set to acquire Delhi-based marketing company Chateux Hospitality, promoted by Sameer, Sachin and Sushil Mutreja.?

10. INX Media, the media company promoted by Indrani Mukerjea, last week launched its third television channel, a 24-hour English news channel. What has it been branded as?

Please mail your answers on or before next Sunday to rajeevkondapalli@gmail.com with Biz Quizzard 209 as the subject.

Happy learning!
rajeev kondapalli