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? 

“Lipsmackinthirstquenchinacetastinmotivatingo
odbuzzincooltalkinhighwalkinfastlivinevergivin
coolfizzin”
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