AIM 2009 Prelims

1. Presents
Magadha
The Business Quiz at Alagappa Institute of Management
30th January 2009
Alagappa University,Karaikudi, Tamilnadu
www.alagappauniversity.ac.in

2. Prelims

3. Prelims
Ground Rules
•Open to all participants
•Two members per team
•Total no of questions: 25
•5 points for each question
•5 teams will be selected for finals based on score
• Inbuilt tie breakers
•Quiz Master’s decision is final

4. Question -1
The luxury yacht “ Tian “ is the new year gift
by __________ to __________?

5. Question -1
Answer
Luxury Yacht ( worth Rs.400 crore )
was gifted by Anil Ambani to his wife
Tina.
Last year Mukesh Ambani gifted a
corporate Jet ( Rs.250 crore ) to his wife
Nita.

6. Question -2
Identify the brand.

7. Question -2
Answer

8. Question -3
Who owns “ Steel Junction “ ?

9. Question -3
Answer

10. Question -4
Identify the brand advertised in this ad.

11. Question -4
Answer

12. Question -5
Founded in 1903 in Milwankee, US, this company has
twice narrowly escaped bankruptcy but is today one of
the most recognised brands in the world. In dire
financial crisis in 1980s, it desperately licensed its
name for such ill advised venture as cigarettes and
wine colours.
Later on it developed a strong user community in the
form of club called “ HOG “. What are we talking
about ?

13. Question -5
Answer

14. Question -6
Identify this personality.

15. Question -6
Answer
Mr. Richard Fuld
CEO – Lehman Brothers

16. Question -7
Can you recognize this icon ?

17. Question -7
Answer
New internet browser launched by Google

18. Question -8
Started in 1859, when a 22 year-old chemist from
Brooklyn, New York named Robert A. Chesebrough,
went to Pennsylvania to investigate an oil well. The oil
industry was in its infancy, and Chesebrough, like
many, was hoping to profit from it.
While Chesebrough was there, he discovered a gooey
substance known as 'Rod Wax' that was causing the oil
rig workers problems, as it stuck to the drilling rigs,
causing them to seize up.
This has led to the birth of a famous brand. Name it.

19. Question -8
Answer

20. Question -9
BRIC : Brazil , Russia, India & China
SWITCH : ?

21. Question -9
Answer
S – Satyam Computers
W – Wipro
I – Infosys
T – TCS
C – Cognizant
H - HCL
SWITCH companies accounted for 1.9% of global IT services
in 2006 - Total market Size: US $ 672 billion

22. Question -10
Identify this brand.
Clue - rural

23. Question -10
Answer

24. Question -11
“The origin of the word _______ is the Latin bulga, a little
pouch or knapsack, which may have come from a
Gaulish source that’s related to the Irish bolg, “bag”.
The word turned up in English in the fifteenth century,
having travelled via the French bougette, a diminutive
form of bouge, “leather bag”. Its first meaning in
English indeed was “pouch, wallet, bag”, and followed
its French original in usually implying something made
of leather.
What are we talking about ?

25. Question -11
Answer
Budget

26. Question -12
Connect

27. Question -12
Answer
Mahi, Yuvi, Bhajji and RP Singh are employees of Air India

28. Question -13
Apple : ipod
Microsoft : ?

29. Question -13
Answer
Zune

30. Question -14
Identify this institution.
Clue: Satyam Computers

31. Question -14
Answer
Indian School of Business

32. Question -15
Identify the print ad.

33. Question -15
Answer

34. Question -16
Identify this institution.

35. Question -16
Answer
New York Stock Exchange

36. Question -17
What is so special about this coke bottle ?

37. Question -17
Answer
Coca Cola released special
edition bottles of Coca-cola
Zero Zero with 007 logo
and Daniel Craig picture to
promote James Bond film,
"Quantum of Solace" .

38. Question -18
Big Mac Index
?

39. Question -18
Answer
Big Mac Index
ipod Index

40. Question -19
What is being advertised here ?

41. Question -19
Answer
Cadbury Bournville

42. Question -20
One day in 1946, Percy Spencer, an engineer with
Raytheon Company, was testing a magnetron tube
when he reached into his pocket for a chocolate bar.
He discovered that the chocolate had melted although
he himself sensed no heat at all.
This led to what invention ?

43. Question -20
Answer
The Microwave Oven

44. Question -21
What is being shown here ?

45. Question -21
Answer
Viagra

46. Question -22
Identify this institution.

47. Question -22
Answer
India Post

48. Question -23
Which was the first location in New York
City used by brokers to buy and sell
stocks?

49. Question -23
Answer
At 68, Wall Street under a buttonwood tree

50. Question -24
What could you have bought for $3,470.25
on March 16, 1830?

51. Question -24
Answer
It was the slowest trading day in market
history so you could have bought all of the
stock for sale on Wall Street.

52. Question -25
Which brand is being endorsed by this champion?

53. Question -25
Answer
AMD

54. Tea break
Finals will start after 30 minutes