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This document appears to be a business quiz containing multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about various business topics, companies, terms, and people. Questions cover companies like Godrej, Tesla, BMW, Jaguar, and Subway as well as business terms like underwriting, ticker tape parades, and commercial paper. Famous business people mentioned include John D. Rockefeller, Pierre Omidyar, and Adar Poonawalla.

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Which Indian conglomerate’s premium home furnishing brand is Script?
GODREJ
What was created in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie to propagate Henry George’s theories on single taxation and land renting?
Monopoly or Landlord’s Game
Whose initiative in association with UNESCO and GOI?
teri - The Energy & Research Institute
Financial bankers, who would accept some of the risk on a given venture (historically a sea voyage with associated risks of shipwreck) in exchange for a premium, would literally write their names under the risk information that was written on a Lloyd's slip created for this purpose. Which word from the financial word is derived form this?
Underwriting
Identify financier of Tesla Tower
JP Morgan
‘New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company’ is the 165 years old predecessor to which telegram exchange company?
Western Union
This is a kind of parade given on triumphal occasions in New York. Connect the item in the picture to a term in the world of business.
Ticker tape parade - Ticker Symbols
X strictly followed the norm that, while naming the findings/discoveries of their organisation Y (est. 1767), the local name should be preferred. But this practice was kept aside by his successor Andrew Scott Waugh in 1852 when he named the latest discovery by Mathematician Radhanath Sikdar as 'X'. Identify 'X' and 'Y'? (X retired from Y in 1843)
X - Everest, Y - Survey of India
Identify the American Business man and the inventor of railway air brake system.
George Westinghoue
Which technologist and innovator who is best known as the founder of AuctionBay, started Civil Beat an online investigative reporting news service?
Pierre Omidyar of eBay
Which cloud-computing and software company’s stock ticker on NYSE is CRM ?
After its most successful product of Customer Relationship Management
FITB?
Business Quiz by Vishnu | A Gift
At 16 sixteen, he got his first job as an assistant bookkeeper working for a small produce commission firm called Hewitt & Tuttle. Who?
John D. Rockefeller
Claim to fame of this place? (clue: the glass at the centre)
First motion picture, “Workers leaving Lumière Factory” was shot here
Q-Link was an Online service provider in America for Commodore 64 and Apple II(AppleLink). The company parted ways with Apple and changed their name to?
Aol.America Online
In which company founded by Karl Rapp does Stefan Quandt, and Sussane Klatten hold 50% share? (Came to the spotlight due to the documentary ‘The Silence of the Quandt’s’ about their nazi connection)
BMW
‘Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie’ was the original name, how do we better know it?
Dutch East India Company
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans, describes the use of ______ in search and destroy missions during the War. A veteran stated: "when you say level a village, you don't use torches. It's not like in the 1800s. You used a ______. Now you would use a Bic. That's just the way we did it. You went in there with your ______. That's why people bought ______. Everybody had a ______. It was for burnin' shit down."
Zippo
Old Logo of?
mastercard
In 1909, in memoriam of his mother, Karl Elsener chooses her first name as the brand name. In 1921 the company was renamed by adding a word which is the French abbreviation for stainless steel. Which company?
Inox - abbreviation for acier inoxydable, the French term for stainless steel
+ + A company started by Charles E ……. & Edmund C ….. ………?………, =
Merril Lynch
Adar Poonawala is the CEO of which world's largest vaccine producer?
Serum Institute of India
• A = Company started by Vilmos Fuchs in 1915 • B = Company started by Joseph Schenck and Darryl F Zanuck in 1933 • A was taken over by B in 1935 forming BA. • In 1985 BA was taken over by Australian born mogul. • In 2013, after a spin-off of mogul's assets, BA came under its obvious successor. Identify BA or its obvious successor(holding company)?
20th Century Fox / 21st Century Fox A = Fox Films, B = 20th Century Films
Business Quiz by Vishnu | A Gift
Business Quiz by Vishnu | A Gift
What was founded by two friends, William Walmsley aged and William Lyons in 1922. This company changed their name(after an animal) towards the end of WWII, because their old name was closely resembling to the abbreviation of Nazi intelligence services?
Jaguar Swallow Sidecar(SS) Company was its name initially
………….. in the global financial market, is an unsecured promissory note with a fixed maturity of not more than 364 days.
Commercial Paper
What are these ads which announce a particular transaction, such as an IPO of a company Known as? (Name comes from the appearance of advertisement with simple, centered text style with large amounts of whitespace and few if any images, another view is that in the 19th century, financial notices were published alongside birth and death notices.)
Tombstone ad
Doctor's Associates Inc. oversees operations of?
Subway
In his book The world is flat, Thomas L.Friedman replaced his old Golden Arches theory of conflict prevention with new theory, which suggests that: “No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like …?.., will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain”
Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention
Which sinking ship’s software subsidiary was this?
Apple
What was added to make her look more human?
A bit more shadow on the right side of the face.
XY was created by Jhon De Mol Jr based on famous fictional novel about an oppressive regime set in London, Oceania. Owned by Endemol Shine group, first broadcasted in Dutch (1999). What?
Bigg Boss/ Big Brother Franchise
What was recently bought by this couple. And which company is he closely associated(co founder) with?
TIME Magazine and Salesforce
Frank McNamara’s transaction at Majors Cabin Grill restaurant, NY in February,1950 is referred by the company’s official history as ‘The First Supper’. Which company
Diners Club
For which acquisition was he recently in news?
Versace
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  • 2. Which Indian conglomerate’s premium home furnishing brand is Script?
  • 4. What was created in 1904 by Elizabeth Magie to propagate Henry George’s theories on single taxation and land renting?
  • 6. Whose initiative in association with UNESCO and GOI?
  • 7. teri - The Energy & Research Institute
  • 8. Financial bankers, who would accept some of the risk on a given venture (historically a sea voyage with associated risks of shipwreck) in exchange for a premium, would literally write their names under the risk information that was written on a Lloyd's slip created for this purpose. Which word from the financial word is derived form this?
  • 10. Identify financier of Tesla Tower
  • 12. ‘New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company’ is the 165 years old predecessor to which telegram exchange company?
  • 14. This is a kind of parade given on triumphal occasions in New York. Connect the item in the picture to a term in the world of business.
  • 15. Ticker tape parade - Ticker Symbols
  • 16. X strictly followed the norm that, while naming the findings/discoveries of their organisation Y (est. 1767), the local name should be preferred. But this practice was kept aside by his successor Andrew Scott Waugh in 1852 when he named the latest discovery by Mathematician Radhanath Sikdar as 'X'. Identify 'X' and 'Y'? (X retired from Y in 1843)
  • 17. X - Everest, Y - Survey of India
  • 18. Identify the American Business man and the inventor of railway air brake system.
  • 20. Which technologist and innovator who is best known as the founder of AuctionBay, started Civil Beat an online investigative reporting news service?
  • 22. Which cloud-computing and software company’s stock ticker on NYSE is CRM ?
  • 23. After its most successful product of Customer Relationship Management
  • 24. FITB?
  • 26. At 16 sixteen, he got his first job as an assistant bookkeeper working for a small produce commission firm called Hewitt & Tuttle. Who?
  • 28. Claim to fame of this place? (clue: the glass at the centre)
  • 29. First motion picture, “Workers leaving Lumière Factory” was shot here
  • 30. Q-Link was an Online service provider in America for Commodore 64 and Apple II(AppleLink). The company parted ways with Apple and changed their name to?
  • 32. In which company founded by Karl Rapp does Stefan Quandt, and Sussane Klatten hold 50% share? (Came to the spotlight due to the documentary ‘The Silence of the Quandt’s’ about their nazi connection)
  • 33. BMW
  • 34. ‘Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie’ was the original name, how do we better know it?
  • 35. Dutch East India Company
  • 36. Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans, describes the use of ______ in search and destroy missions during the War. A veteran stated: "when you say level a village, you don't use torches. It's not like in the 1800s. You used a ______. Now you would use a Bic. That's just the way we did it. You went in there with your ______. That's why people bought ______. Everybody had a ______. It was for burnin' shit down."
  • 37. Zippo
  • 40. In 1909, in memoriam of his mother, Karl Elsener chooses her first name as the brand name. In 1921 the company was renamed by adding a word which is the French abbreviation for stainless steel. Which company?
  • 41. Inox - abbreviation for acier inoxydable, the French term for stainless steel
  • 42. + + A company started by Charles E ……. & Edmund C ….. ………?………, =
  • 44. Adar Poonawala is the CEO of which world's largest vaccine producer?
  • 46. • A = Company started by Vilmos Fuchs in 1915 • B = Company started by Joseph Schenck and Darryl F Zanuck in 1933 • A was taken over by B in 1935 forming BA. • In 1985 BA was taken over by Australian born mogul. • In 2013, after a spin-off of mogul's assets, BA came under its obvious successor. Identify BA or its obvious successor(holding company)?
  • 47. 20th Century Fox / 21st Century Fox A = Fox Films, B = 20th Century Films
  • 50. What was founded by two friends, William Walmsley aged and William Lyons in 1922. This company changed their name(after an animal) towards the end of WWII, because their old name was closely resembling to the abbreviation of Nazi intelligence services?
  • 51. Jaguar Swallow Sidecar(SS) Company was its name initially
  • 52. ………….. in the global financial market, is an unsecured promissory note with a fixed maturity of not more than 364 days.
  • 54. What are these ads which announce a particular transaction, such as an IPO of a company Known as? (Name comes from the appearance of advertisement with simple, centered text style with large amounts of whitespace and few if any images, another view is that in the 19th century, financial notices were published alongside birth and death notices.)
  • 58. In his book The world is flat, Thomas L.Friedman replaced his old Golden Arches theory of conflict prevention with new theory, which suggests that: “No two countries that are both part of a major global supply chain, like …?.., will ever fight a war against each other as long as they are both part of the same global supply chain”
  • 60. Which sinking ship’s software subsidiary was this?
  • 61. Apple
  • 62. What was added to make her look more human?
  • 63. A bit more shadow on the right side of the face.
  • 64. XY was created by Jhon De Mol Jr based on famous fictional novel about an oppressive regime set in London, Oceania. Owned by Endemol Shine group, first broadcasted in Dutch (1999). What?
  • 65. Bigg Boss/ Big Brother Franchise
  • 66. What was recently bought by this couple. And which company is he closely associated(co founder) with?
  • 68. Frank McNamara’s transaction at Majors Cabin Grill restaurant, NY in February,1950 is referred by the company’s official history as ‘The First Supper’. Which company
  • 70. For which acquisition was he recently in news?