Identify Personality part-1 - business quiz

Identify Personality 

1)  It wasn't the first time the No. 9 batsman was using this brand in a Test match. It was, in fact,

the second time! But it came under close scrutiny from rivals Englandduring a Test match at Perth in December 1979. The batsman would later recount in hi s autobiography Menace that he was merely marketing the product. The No. 9 batsman was the business partner of Graham Monoghan, who is said to have developed the product for recreation use. Which product or brand are we talking about?

   

     Dennis Lillee with his aluminum bat

2) In the late sixties,X started his career with McKinsey and Co. After some years he moved on to American Express where he worked for 11 years quickly moving up to the No.2 position just behind Jim Robinson. In 1989, he moved on to become the CEO of Nabisco, a major company in the foods business. However most people know him better as the CEO of another gigantic

     company where he moved on to after his stint with Nabisco. Identify X.

     Hint : X even wrote a book about the company we famously associate him with.

Lou Gerstner.IBM. book is “How to make Elephants Dance.”

3) The name of this 94 year old product translates into English as 'Soul enlightenment". Was  

created by Hakim Hafiz Abdul Majeed. What? 
Rooh Afza

4) This Scottish veterinarian was very annoyed by the deep grooves that his son's tricycle left in his carefully tended lawn. He solved it by using a length of hose that he found lying around. Who and what was the solution?

John B. Dunlop, he converted the hose into a rudimentary set of tyres.

5) What name literally means 'prosperous rice field' in Japanese?
    Akio Morita

6) This term was first used by the politician Subramaniam Swami in the context of Pepsi in

     India. What term ?
     Kick forward. [It means bribing to keep someone out. The reverse obviously is kickback 

     to Secure business advantages.]

7)  An early but short-lived name for this product was ' Elite ' . It was first marketed in 1928 by the

     County Chemical Co., Birmingham . The company's then manager Mr. Wilfred Hill was   

     responsible for this product to be manufactured . Name the product

Brylcreem - a combination of "brilliantine" and "cream"

8) The name was devised by Mr. A.R.Reid , to whom it came 'out of the air ' when he was traveling 

     one evening in 1929 on his usual train home from London to South end-on Sea . The name 

     also is [ or was ] that of a brand of adhesive tape in Australia , and a consequent

     embarrassment to at least one lady visitor to England who should have asked for Sellotape or

      Scotch tape .Identify the brand

     Durex - condoms by LRC Internationals

9) Toyota was launched by a Japanese inventor Sakichi Toyoda in the early 1930s. Originally the 

     company was called Toyoda. Why was the name changed to Toyota ?

Toyota Motor Co. was established as an independent company in 1937. Although the founding family name is Toyoda

     [ reason was Toyoda requires 10 characters in Japanese but Toyotarequires only 8 and for  

       the-Japanese 8 is a lucky number.

   

        Signify the separation of the founders' work life from home life;

        Simplify the pronunciation, and

       Give the company an auspicious beginning. Toyota is considered luckier than Toyoda due to 

       the fact that eight is a lucky number, and is the number of strokes it takes to write Toyota in

       katakana.]

10) What is the Kanban system used in manufacturing?

KAN BAN is the Two bin system used for reducing the production time in manufacturing or production lines...one bin is labeled in and the other bin is labeled out and raw materials and processed goods are stored in them respectively...

11) Full Form of TEN as in TEN SPORTS? Which company markets the same in India? 
      Taj Entertainment Network

12) The Euro King is a French Helicopter. What connection does it have with the Indian National 

       flag flying on a steel mast in Kurukshetra?

The connection here is "Jindal".

[O.P JIndal died in a helicopter crash recently. His son, Navin Jindal, the MP of Kurukshetra won in a supreme court case the right to hoist the national flag 365 days a year. And the steel mast - well, the Jindals are a steel conglomerate!

13) A Sri Lankan by birth, he was a colleague of Rajat Gupta at McKinsey and went on to head    

one of the fastest growing software services outsourcing companies. Who is he?

He is Kumar Mahadeva - former CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions.

14) Whats the connection between the comic strip Peanuts and the coffee chain Starbucks?

     The surname "Schultz". Peanuts is by Charles Schultz, while Starbucks was started off 

      by Howard Schultz.

15) She may be the wife of the chairman of Blowplast but is more famous for the books she writes.

       Who is she?

      Gita Piramal she wrote the book "Business Maharajas"

16) It was being considered to name it Jersey and Highland Milk, the product that was launched to

      challenge the Swiss domination in this category. What was the product ultimately called?

      Dairy Milk

17) This was first used as cellulose bandage in WW1, whats the product?

       Sanitary Napkin

18) How do we connect Nipper and music industry?

      The name of the dog in the HMV logo

19) This company was founded by John Knowles F. in 1913. It was a publishing company that sold

      data to Wall Street. Name this company.

      Fitch Ratings was founded as the Fitch Publishing Company onDecember 24th, 1913 by 

      John Knowles Fitch in New York City. It is the third largest Rating Agency in the world

20) This Company was founded in 1965 by Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck as Pete’s Subs. Later  

      this name was changed to the current name. Jared Fogle, a young man lost 245 pounds by 

      consuming this company’s products.. Name this Company.

Subway Chain of Sandwich Restaurants. Jared Fogle consumed low fat Subway Sandwiches in a diet and exercise program of his own design.

19)  all of us must have heard of the 51% stake in CRISIL sought by Standard and Poor's, now the   question is ...to which famous group of companies does S & P's belong to ?

    McGraw Hill group of Companies [among other things they also publish the Business Week 

    Magazine, Tata McGraw Hill is their venture in India.]

20)  Which company began as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company founded in 1930  by J. Clarence Karcher and Eugene McDermott pioneering the use of sound-wave technology to locate oil deposits? The current no longer operates in the oil business but is more famous in another completely different field altogether.

Texas Instruments

23) Harvard Business School once conducted a special case study on which NRI businessman 

      who was able to establish a Rs.500 crore business empire without a single advertisement? 

      Who was he?

     Lakhubhai Pathak the Pickle King [he was also involved in that corruption case in which he 

     had accused P V Narasimha Rao ]

24) Recently two companies signed an agreement: Air India and APCO. According to the 

     agreement, what item will be exclusively provided to Air India by APCO? 

      Sarees to air hostesses for Air India [ APCO is a co-operative from Andhra Pradesh]

25) What is the new name of Barbie dolls, introduced, after she split with her boyfriend Ken

 Cali Barbie which stands for California Barbie

26) Who is the official sponsorer for Davis Cup which is presently going on?

 BNP Paribas

27) Which company was the first to sponsor Davis Cup in India?

      SAIL

28) Which is the company founded by the person who drafted the 1st Electricity Act of Britain. The 

       company still exists in India.

      Compton Greaves, Person was Colonel Compton

29) Mandira Bedi once approached an Ad agency for career. She was made to write a story on the 

      spot by this famous Ad man. Which company and Ad man/guru am i talking about? (it’s in 

      India, though not Indian)

 Piyush Pandey, O&M.

30) How is these two guys Don n Frank related with reference to a special dish of Italy?

      Pizza Hut, Don n Frank are the 2 who started it.

31) Jeff Bezos is the name associated with which famous company?
     Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon.com

32) Sidenafil Citrate is more popularly known as--
      Viagra

33) ANZ in ANZ Grindlays stands for—

      Australia and New Zealand Bank.

34) The most expensive part of the body ever to be insured are the legs of a famous football player 

      for 60 mn pounds. Name the player
      David Bechkham

35) Which logo is the most tattooed in the world?
      Harley Davidson

36) Name the first ever brothel to be listed on a Stock Exchange

 The daily planet at Elsternwick on the Melbourne Stock Exchange

37) This company was called Lutsuko and later changed its name to something that literally means 

       'to lose money'. Which one?
       Sony
38) Which international brand had an ad campaign - 'Tomorrow is mine' and had signed Rahul

      Dravid for the campaign?
      Reebok

39) This organization has 1356 members and has the ad-line "the world put stock on us". Which

      organization?
      New York Stock Exchange

40) Of whom did Shahrukh Khan once say that 'our figures are similar'?
      Cindy Craford & Pierce Brosnan while modeling for Omega watches

41) Who designs jewellery for the company called Artex?
       Priyanka Gandhi(Vadhera) [ Artex is his Mr. Vadhera’s co.]

42) What is a coin with a minting error called ? 
      FIDO

43) To whom is the following quote attributed: "I have done more than anybody else to change the

       face of mankind."
       King Camp Gillette

44) It was a big news few months back when A cargo giant took over Blue Dart. Name it.

       DHL Express India took over Blue Dart [Recent news--Dutch express company TNT is 

        buying secundrabad based GATI cargo]

45) 'Father, Son & Co.' is a book written by--
      Thomas Watson Jr. the son of Thomas Watson Sr. who was the founder of IBM.

46) "I want _____ to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola", fill the blank & tell who 

       said it

      Richard Branson for Virgin.

47) What was Fed Ex earlier name? Why they changed their name?
       Federal Express [One reason for it to change was that in some other parts of the world, 

       people had trouble pronouncing Federal Express. Also in Latin American countries, it conjured 

       images of the federals i.e. it was considered bureaucratic].

48) Who said “The surest way to become a millionaire is to start as a billionaire and invest in the 

      airline industry”? 
       Richard Branson

49) Whats the connection between the following — the Fevicol campaign; the “Chal Meri Luna”

      campaign; and the controversial movie song Choli ke peeche kya hai??

     The people behind it were all siblings...Prasann Pandey and Piyush Pandey and Ila Arun

50) Who is the chairman of Asian development bank?
      H.Kuroda (President of ADB)

51) Name the brand that appears in Harry Potter movies and shares its name with an Indian

      Creative Company. 
      Nimbus. [remember the broomsticks for Quidditch. Malfoy gets Nimbus 2001 for all players  

      and gets admitted into Slytherin team. Harry gets a Nimbus 2000 when he is admitted as a

      seeker into Gryfindor.The Indian connection is Nimbus communications private limited  

       which makes entertainment software for TV channels.]

52) Saudi's make most oil, Americans consume most. Which countries citizens ship most of the

      world's oil....(remember Jackie Kennedy)
     Greece
 

53) In Gulliver's Travels, if dwarfs are Liliputs and Giants are Brobdingnagians, then what are the

      race of animal like humans called.

Yahoos

54) In 2001, John Keogh, an Australian, obtained a patent for what he called 'Circular Transport

      Facilitation Device'. This he did to show that patent system was flawed. What did he make

Wheel

55) Which three Asian countries have agreed to come together to help ASIAfend off attacks on its 

      currencies?
     China, Japan and S. Korea

56) The founder of Harrod's H.C Harrod, was a retailer of ....
      Tea

57) In Taiwan, the Pepsi slogan, Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation, was transliterated as.
       Bring you ancestors back to life

58) Elite, Classic and Comfort are 
      ITDC's hotel brands

59) Who said this recently: "I understand that Iam, to put it mildly, a controversial figure. But I hope

      that as people get to know me better, they will understand that I really do believe deeply in the

      mission of the bank"?

     Paul Wolfowitz

60) In 1906, Ammembal Subba Rao Pai founded this organization as the Bank Hindu Permanent 

      Fund. Fill up the blank. (Some more details: the organization has a bi-monthly, bi-lingual house

      journal called Shreyas, and has on its rolls sportsmen such as Venkatesh Prasad and Vimal

      Kumar.) 
    

     Canara Bank Hindu Permanent Fund

61) RECC: Reva; Adam Motors:....?

      Revo (Adam Motors, Pakistan)

62) It is a three-letter word which in Sanskrit means 'Mother Earth.' The word is also the brand

      name of a designer jewellery collection launched by D. Navinchandra & Co. What's the word?

IRA

63) Which newspaper company has filed its papers with SEBI recently? Also, name the group who

      owns the same company.
     Hindustan Times of HT media Ltd. K.K.Birla Group owns it.

64) In Middle ages Vatican also used to be in Business. What did they sell?
      They sold tickets to heaven

65) Currently, two American companies are locked in a bitter struggle to acquire MCI - a telecom 

      company. Which two?

      Verizon and Qwest Communications had bid against each other.
      [ MCI is merging with Verizon Communications Inc.]

66) This leader termed the use of dollar as international standard as an 'Exorbitant privilege' to

       the Americans. He also switched his country back to gold standard. But he is more famous for

       other exploits....Who?
   

      Charles De Gaulle (He also said "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.")

67) He started out big time by manufacturing toothpaste tubes. Now he is a media moghul. Who?

      Subhash Chandra of Zee Network. [He started Essel Packaging Ltd. that manufactured  

      toothpaste tubes]

68) This firm was accused of using slave labor from concentration camps during the WW2. It

      produced armaments for Third Reich. Its owner were tried at Nuremburg and all but were

      convicted and served time. Which is the firm?

 Krupp Works.

69) 'Pegasus' meaning the flying horse, is the logo of Career Launcher inIndia. Which famous

      magazine has the same logo.
      Readers Digest

70) What are the celebrities, who refuse to endorse products in ads, called in marketing  

       terminology?
       Virgins

71) Complete The Group:Ruma Guha Thakurta,Yogita Bali,Leena Chandawarkar......
      Wives of Kishore Kumar

72) whose Oscar speech was voted as the most memorable speech of the last 30 years?
      Halle Berry

73) originally the name of this party meant "rebirth" in Arabic. originally there was just one

      party, then it split into two, one each in Syria and Iraq. name this.
      Ba'ath Party

74) he wrote a book "a salmon of doubt" before his death. his book has various manifestations like

      tv,radio,comp games, bath towels. It’s being made into a major movie. his name?
      Douglas Adams

75) who found general motors?
      Willian Durant

76) in dec.1985,two teenage boys, James Vance and ray belknap attempted suicide on a

      cemetery.belknap died but Vance survived only to die of drug complications three years

      later. on trial in 1990,the boy's parents alleged the subliminal messages contributed to their

      suicidal impuslses.those messages were believed to be heard in songs "better by you better

      than me”,” beyond the realms of death”, both on a 1978 album "stained class"

      of a Birmingham based band with rob halford as lead singer: Glenn tipton and k.k.downing 

     were on the guitars. the name of the band?

Judas Priest

77) which artist is credited for sketching and designing a helicopter as early as in 1483?

      Leonardo Da Vinci

78) General Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a telegram requesting 10 ____ plants for the troops

      overseas on June 29, 1943. At the beginning of the war, Robert W. Woodruff, president of

      ____, issued an order to "see to it that every man in uniform gets ____ for five cents wherever

     he is and whatever it costs the Company.“ Fill in.

Coca Cola

79) "The companies in The _____ Index were carefully selected based on this formula:

      Company = (P*10)+X+Y where P is my personal opinion and X and Y are both letters that don't

      mean anything. P is subject to sudden and unexplained change, based on the e-mail reports I

     get from readers in the field. Weight is given to companies that have high numbers of cubicles,

     engineers." Who explaining what?

     Warren buffet on his inability/ability to invest in tech stocks

80) Canon, 11 Bentley, 6 Timberland, 5 Jaguar, 1 Xerox, what are these means in USA in 2000?

      these are the names of newborn baby given by some gr8 brand loving parents.

81) which airline was originally called Dobrolet?
      Aeroflot

82) What is the connection between Finding Nemo and Steve Jobs?
      Steve Jobs heads Pixar Animation Stidio, which has produced Finding Nemo

83) The person next in command to the CEO is often referred to as the ‘Upper Roger’. From what

      Indian (Sanskrit) word does this phrase come?
      Yuva Raja
84) What ‘social expression’ company (if I may coin a phrase) was started by the 18-year-old

     Joyce Hall in 1910?
      Hallmark

85) What is the name given to software developed exclusively for use by infants and toddlers?

Lapware

86) What spectacular success story was started in 1889 by Lila Acheson Wallace and DeWitt

       Wallace?
      Reader's Digest

87) Whose failed Oil and Gas venture was named Arbusto? The name is a Spanish translation for

      the Guy's surname?
     George.W.Bush

88) Golden handshakes are payoffs that are made to employees retiring before their term, usually

       to facilitate a downsizing. What are incentives used to retain employees called?

      Golden Handcuffs

89) 'Every Street is paved with gold' is the autobiography of--
       Kim Woo Chang founder of Daewoo

90) 'Beyond Last Blue Mountain' is the autobiography of--

      JRD Tata

91) Expand Following

          ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council
          FAO - Food and Agricultural Organization
          IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
          ILO - International Labor Organization
          UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

          IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

                      [it is World Bank's original name - IBRD]

         

        

          MIGA -  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
          IFC - International Finance Corporation

          Adidas -  ADolf DAssler. [and then the popular All Day i Dream About]

92) Give Organization formed in the year, no. of members and HQ Detail of following

     European Union (EU), 1991, 25 Brussels

     Association Of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), 1967,10, Jakarta
     South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) ,1983 , 7Kathmandu

      Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ,1960 ,12 , Vienna
      International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) ,1914, 177, Lyon (France)
     The Asian Development Bank (ADB), 1966 , 63, Manila

93) The name of the flavor base included in the secret formula of Coca-Cola is referred to as?

       7X

94) Expand YAHOO? Yet Another Heirarchial Officious Oracle

95) The management guru who describes himself as "Prince of disorder" and a "Professional

       Loudmouth"?

      Tom Peters

96) What connects Hexley , the platypus to Apple computers?

     The Darwin [developers decided to adopt a mascot in 2000, and chose Hexley the platypus   

     Darwin is the core operating system of Apple Computer's Mac OS X, and runs on an open

     source kernel called XNU. Apple first released Darwin to the open source community in 2000.]

97) He is a self-made multi-billionaire CEO. He is obsessive about mopping up water puddles in

      the men's restroom, colleagues say. He has a slew of pets, including three dogs and six birds.

      His company features one of the loopiest corporate cultures, where "having fun" is an official

      goal. He has pinned up jumbo-sized pictures of grinning employees all over the hallway at the

      company's corporate headquarters in Pleasanton, California. Who, and which company?

      David Duffield of PeopleSoft.

98) Born in 1837, descendent of Welsh ancestors who came to Massachusettsin 1636, he began

     his career in 1856. He disliked and disagreed frequently with Theodore Roosevelt, and when

     the president was off on a safari in Africa, he is alleged to have said ‘I hope the first lion that

     he meets does its duty’. He was once asked for money by a friend in need. He took the friend

     for a walk all around New York and after an hour, told him ‘Now that you have been seen with

     me, you will have no problems getting a loan’. A churchman called him ‘Pierpontifex Maximus’.

     The Wall Street Journal called him ‘the undisputed leader who has stood between the business

     of this country and disaster’. Who?    

     John Pierpont Morgan - JP Morgan

99) In 1923, he left Kansas and boarded a train to California with $40 in his pocket. When a fellow

      passenger asked him about his intentions, he said ‘I’m going to direct great Hollywood motion

      pictures’. After seeing ‘The Jazz Singer’ he wrote to his brother: "I think this is, Old Man,

      Opportunity rapping at our door. Slap a big mortgage on everything we’ve got and let us go

     after this thing in the right manner." In 1938, he received honorary degrees from both Harvard

     and Yale universities, and also accepted an award from the League of Nations. He started the

    ‘Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow’ center in USA. Who?

     Walt Disney

100) At a meeting of advertising heads at National Cash Register which was going nowhere, this

        young Sales Manager jumped to his feet and yelled ‘The trouble with every one of us is that

        we don’t think enough. We don't get paid for working with our feet - we get paid for working

        with our heads. Any man on the selling force could make two dollars where he now makes

        one if he would think along the right lines. ‘I Don’t Think’ has cost the world millions of dollars’.

        Who?
       

        Thomas Watson, who later went on to head IBM -& also it was he who gave IBM the motto 

        ‘THINK’

101) This person wrote about himself thus :"Principal virtues : keeps his nails clean. Principal faults

        that he has no family, is bad tempered and has a poor digestion. One and only wish : Not to

        be buried alive. Greatest sin : that he does not worship Mammon. Important events in his life :

        None". Who?

        Alfred Nobel

102) He called his wife ‘The Believer’ because she encouraged him at a time when everyone else

        called him crazy. John Kenneth Galbraith said this of him:” If there is any certainty as to what

        a businessman is, he is assuredly the things ________ is not." Thomas Alva Edison once told

        him ‘Young man, you have the right idea. Keep at it’. He got his greatest inspiration while

        watching Chicago meat-packers cut beef that moved past them on an overhead trolley. Who?

        Henry Ford - He got the idea of assembly line production while watchingChicago meat-

        packers cut beef that moved past them on an overhead trolley.

103) He has launched a university at Elk Grove Village, Illinois. President Nixon once met him and

        asked "What is it now, eight or nine billion?" To which he replied, "Mr. President, it is 12

        billion." When his company's market value surpassed U.S.Steel’s, Senator Lloyd Bentson

        complained ‘Something is wrong with our economy when the stock market is long on _____

        and short on steel’ At the age of 72, he acquired the San Diego Padres baseball team. Till the

        age of 52 he was a peddler of milk-shake machines. Who?

         Ray Kroc , He was the main force behind McDonalds. he has started a Hamburger 

         University in Illinois. The answer for the blank is Burgers

104) An author, as a sign of gratitude to the nurse who had cared for his firstborn child, gave a

        script and asked her to sell it when she was in need of money. Years later, when the nurse

        was really in want of money, she sold it and lived in comfort for the rest of her life. The

        manuscript was the first part of a famous work of this author. Name the book and author?
       

        Book: Jungle Book Author : Rudyard Kipling.

105) Masaru Ibuka, after graduating in engineering, failed the entry examination for lifetime

        employment at Toshiba, and decided to start his own small business. He was fortunate to find

        a partner who had a flair for finance and salesmanship. Who was this partner? What was the

        company they started?
        Akio Morita was the partner & company was Sony

106) Who was the star of a film “Grime goes green’ along with John Cleese?

        Prince Charles

107) What is the difference between ‘Made in America’ and ‘Well Made inAmerica’?

        ‘Made in America’ is a book on Wal-Mart by Sam Walton
        while ‘Well Made in America’ is a book on Harley Davidson by Peter C. Ried.

108) Which very famous personality name was deleted from the list of the Top Philanthropists for 

         some unscrupulous reasons. And why ?

         Warren Buffet- because his charity was not at par with his wealth and others on the list

         Voted against his inclusion, he is famous for two things. First, for amassing the second-

         biggest fortune in the U.S. as one of the most talented investors the world has ever known. 

         Second, for an aversion to spending a dime of that $41 billion on anything but the strictly

         necessary. That includes declining to provide his kids with fortunes of their own, collecting  

         yachts or racehorses, or giving large chunks of his wealth to worthy causes.

109) " Back to back ticketing" what is it and how come it is used intelligently.

          Back to back ticketing – is it buying round trip tickets like A -> B -> C & back but 

          using only one leg of each trip ( for economical reasons).

         [ In simple words, it means, either you are intentionally using only a part of your itinerary or

           your itinerary is not used in sequential manner to save money and take advantage of  

           various discount offered by Airline which may not be available for general booking.]

110) You must have heard the famous ad of" saat swad main lijjat papad "!!! Where does that saat 

         comes from?

         saat swad main lijjat papad – because started by seven seven sister members of Shri

         Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, now it has more than 40000 sisters as its members.

         Incidentally, its Product ‘Papad’ is also available in 7 categories.

111) Jaggery was followed by potatoes then castor, black pepper, turmeric and hessian-what is

         this series.?

         Forward trading is allowed only on these commodities in India.

112) Richard Branson usually associated the word Virgin with almost all of his business ventures.

        However the only exception was when he launched this Condoms brand. Deciding that the

        word Virgin would not go down well with a Condoms brand, he came up with this other name.

        Now, what was the name of this brand??

       Mates condoms

113) The year was 1950. She had brought a big bag filled with merchandise, and she set it up and

        was in business at Neiman Marcus. Stopping everyone who came in the door, she said, "Try

        this. I', ___________, and these are the most wonderful beauty products in the world." Who?

      

       Estée Lauder, who founded the Estée Lauder Co. Today, it controls over 45% of the  

       cosmetics market in US department stores - three times the volume of its closest competitor.

114) This famous person's political involvement came with its share of controversy. Most notably,

         in 1975 he spent six days giving lectures on public policy in Chile and had one brief meeting

        with the right-wing dictator Augusto Pinochet. The result was a storm of protest. When he was

       awarded the Nobel Prize the next year, public objections came from all directions, including

       previous prize winners Linus Pauling and David Baltimore. Who?

       Milton Friedman, one of the greatest economist of all times

115) He has been a professor of Electrical Engg and Computer Science at theMassachusetts

        Institute of Technology for 35 years. His products have been used in GM Cars, Zenith and

       Phillips TV divisions, NASA space shuttles, the Queen Elizabeth liner, and Broadway theatres.

       His father fled from Calcutta where he was wanted by the British police for revolutionary

       activities. Who?

       Amar Bose (Bose Speakers)
116) He set up shop in 1859 as a dry goods trader. The business thrived in 1861 after the outbreak

        of the US Civil War, when the US Army bought a lot of grain and supplies from him. He was a

        regular at the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church in Cleveland and served as a Sunday School

        Superintendent. In 1881, he set up a trust of dozens of companies that controlled 80% of a

        particular industry. Other industries followed suit and this started off the first ‘Anti-Trust

        regulations’ in the USA. Who?

         John Rockefeller

117) Microsoft issues a ‘Certificate of Authenticity’ to guard against counterfeit software. It has a

        watermark with the image of a woman. Name the woman.
       

         Ada Byron

118) His wife Tove was six times Karate champion of Finland. He became famous for something

        he wrote as a student at the University of Helsinki. Name him.
 

       Linus Torvalds,Linux

119) In 1979, two American executives were imprisoned without charge inIran when Ayatollah

        Khomeini deposed the shah of Iran. Their CEO sent in a bunch of company executives, led by

        a former commando called Arthur Bull Simons, who rescued them, freeing 13000 other

        prisoners in the process. This incident was later turned into a best-selling novel On Wings of

        Eagles by Ken Follett. Just name the CEO. 

       Texas businessman Ross Perot of EDS.

120) Computer Peripheral Devices is a Bangalore based firm which manufactures electronic PCO

        call monitors, which are commonly used in STD booths across India. Which former Indian

        cricketer owns this firm?

   
        Brijesh Patel

121) Which business tycoon once said "I don't think Internet is going to change the world how 

       people chew gum"?

       Warren Buffett

122) Big Ideas and Global Knowledge Portals are companies founded by__________.

        Dan Lifton founded big ideas... Derek O’Brien. Global Knowledge

123) Which song was used as the theme song for the launch of Windows 95? also give the name

       of the band by whom it was composed.

       Rolling stones-"Start Me Up"

124) Synergy Communications a Pvt Ltd co is floated by___________

        Siddharth Basu

125) Connect: Santoor,Glucovita & BabySoft.
         Wipro