Tranche -III

Which company am I talking about?

i. Young Stanford graduate left his job at Oracle and returned to his country
ii. Named the company after his mother, who is an accomplished pianist
iii. Recently funded by Future Group for around 50 crores
iv. Teamed up with Kerry Domskey from Sonoma Valley, CA and planted his first vines in 1997
v. Company logo sports the smiling Sun

Sula Vineyards

How do we better know Samuel Longhorn Clemens
Mark Twain

What are Tobin Taxes
Tobin Taxes are taxes levied on currency trades across borders. Named after James Tobin, a Nobel Laureate economist at Yale.

Tranche - II

I) What is unique about Bajaj Allianz' Pure Stock insurance product.
Answer: It is currently (as of 13th October, 2007), the only Islamic or ethical insurance product available in India.

II) What does the Implode-O-Meter measure or track?
Clue: It is tracking it since late 2006
Answer: Implode-O-Meter tracks the housing finance or the sub-prime mortgage breakdown in the US

III) When was the term "Socialist" added to the Preamble of the Indian Constitution
Answer: 1976 by the 42nd amendment; during emergency rule

IV) Under the government of which party was the "Right to Property" removed from the Fundamental Rights of an Indian Citizen
Answer: The Janata Party government

V) iPhone was released in Britain at 6:02 PM; a strange time indeed. People say it is an allusion to
Answer: the fact that O2 is the mandated carrier of iPhone in Britain

Tranche

1) Described by Nani S Palkhivala as "the best managed charitable organization in India", this organization also received Palkhivala's life savings amounting to around RS 2 Crores. This organization was the result of Paramacharya of Kanchi's exhortation to Dr S S Badrinath of a too create a hospital with a missionary spirit.
Answer: Shankar Nethralaya

2) Wine tasting - A sensory examination and evaluation of wine. It is, in fact, a well paying profession accompanied by its own perks. Question - What are Vertical and Horizontals Wine Tastings or to put it in a different way, what is the difference between Vertical and Horizontal wine tastings.
Answer: In Vertical Tasting different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery are tasted. This emphasizes differences between various vintages; whereas in Horizontal Tasting the wines are all from the same vintage but are from different wineries. Keeping wine variety or type and wine region the same helps emphasize differences in winery styles.

3) Born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, this American is very well known today, but by a different name. Who am I talking about?
Clue: He became famous when he hosted a radio show Miami Undercover in 1960.
Answer: Larry King of the Larry King Live fame

4) Find the analogues:
Shrek: Mike Myers
Donkey: Eddie Murphy
Princess Fiona: Cameron Diaz
Puss in Boots: Antonio Banderas
Ugly Stepsister: Larry King

Are you into Web 2.0 ?

Q) Who coined the term WEB 2.0
Tim O'Reilly. Popularised following O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004

Q) Who founded YouTube
Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Jawed Karim looks like another part of the clan. Brings us to an interesting bit Here

Q) Who founded Skype
Niklaus Zennstrom and Janus Friis. Zennstrom was part of the team that created Kazaa and its underlying FastTrack technology to Sharman Networks. Read more here

Q) Who founded MySpace
Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. Tom gets added as the default "friend" of any person who registers at MySpace. Read their interview here

Q) Who founded Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg. 23 years old he is

Q) YouTube is currently owned by
Google. They bought it for $ 1.65 bn

Q) Skype is currently owned by
eBay. Recently eBay CEO Meg Whitman admitted to having overpaid for Skype

Q) MySpace is currently owned by
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. It bought Intermix Media which owns MySpace

Q) Which outrageously popular Web 2.0 website is based out of San Bruno
YouTube

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From the Newspapers - III

The Doris Lessing Quiz

Doris Lessing is in news for 'winning the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature'

Doris Lessing's first book 'The Grass is Singing' was banned in Rhodesia because it depicted an interracial relationship between a lady, Mary, and her servant, Moses, with the backdrop of Rhodesia.

Doris Lessing was born in Persia

This book by Doris is the first in the Canopus in Argos series of Soft Science fiction books. The title of this book is derived from a Persian which means 'broken' Shikasta

What is being talked about ?

Twelve private "suites" created by the French yacht designer Jean-Jacques Coste grace the front half of the lower deck. Designed to maximize privacy, these partitioned nooks are each fitted with fully adjustable leather seats and a separate bed that folds out with a full-sized mattress, draped in crisp cream-colored linens designed by Givenchy.

A 58 centimeter, or 23 inch, LCD video screen hangs on one wall, where passengers can view a selection of up to 100 movies and more than 180 television channels. The same entertainment system includes a word processor and spreadsheet programs as well as multiplayer 3D video
games.

We are talking about the Airbus A380 which was delivered to Singapore Airlines on 14th October.

From the newspapers - II

i. Sept 20 and 12-13 October are important for Broadcast Initiatives Limited. Context?
Answer: Broadcast Initiatives Limited are the owners of Janmat TV which was taken off air for a month, on Government order. It was allowed to resume broadcast, on appeal. The reason was the airing of a fake sting operation involving a school teacher Uma Khurana

ii. The Titanic, Swami Vivekananda's Residence, ___________ . Complete !
Answer: Hogwarts Castle. These are the themes that FD Block Puja committee in Salt Lake used for modeling their Durga Puja Pandals. Kolkota's Mondal Decorators made a Dura Puja Pandal using characters from Harry Potter without the permission of the author which invited legal trouble

iii. This manufacturer of super-luxury vehicles, say X, is currently owned by a company, say Y, which was founded with a mandate to manufacture cars which had a wider appeal. In 1931, the Great Depression forced the sale of this company to Rolls Royce. Need to know X and Y, both:)
Answer: X is Bentley and Y is Volkwagen

iv. Wipro recently obtained an injunction against a Kerala-based enterprise preventing it from selling products having a similar name to Wipro's product and belonging to the same product category. Wipro, itself, acquired this brand from a family which lends it name to the brand. What is the name of the Wipro brand in discussion.
Answer: Chandrika

Iconic Revolutionary

Easy one: Who is this ? Che Guevara
Not so easy: Who photographed this person? Alberto Korda

Which company?

In 1990, Ashok Kumar Bansal, a chartered accountant, wanted to quit. He was searching for new "export items" and zeroed in on "Mosquito repellent" and "Soft toys". The decision gave birth to India's biggest company in its space.

Answer: Hanung Toys and Textiles Ltd

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Something from the newspapers

Answers just follow the questions but are in white to hide them. If you think you have got the answer you can select the answer and uncover it.

1) First one is a clue question. Basically a set of clues leading to the answer.

i) He is the first Parsee in the House of Lords in Britain.
ii) His famous product sells under the Krait brand name in US.
iii) Actually, he wanted to launch the product in USA, under the same brand name as in UK. Let us call the brand name X. To his dismay, he found out that Anheuser-Busch sold a product in the same category with a name very similar X. He decided to sell the product as Mogul in US. Just before launch he realised that an Oregon-based brewer had rights to a brand called "Mogul Madness"; which is reason why the product was launched as Krait in 2004.
iv) Co-founded the company with Arjun Reddy, whose stake he bought in early 90s. A steal at current valuations.
v) Got involved in the "UK Tandoor Controversy" - "Tandoor", the magazine in which he held a stake, questioned the standards of service in Indian restaurants in UK. This led to Indian restaurants, which were his main clients, till then, boycotting his product.
vi) Co-authored the book "Bottled For Business: The Less Gassy Guide to Entrepreneurship"

Answer: Karan Billimoria

2. ByCell India is the first

Answer: in the queue of applicants for the Unified Access Services Providers license

3. 16 Parameter Statistical Power Regression Model or Gowarikar Model was used from 1987 till 2002 by X for Y. You could tell X or Y or both.

Answer: X is the Indian Meterological Department and Y is Weather Forecasting

4. 07/07/07 is significant with regard to the Millennium Development Goals of UN because
Answer: It is the half way mark between the start and end dates of the MDG project duration . It was expected that countries will reach the half way mark by this time.

Origin of the word 'SUMMIT'

The term “summit” was coined by Winston Churchill in an election speech in 1950, where he advocated a meeting with Stalin. “It is not easy to see,” he declared, “how matters could be worsened by a parley at the summit.” A few years later, in 1953, the conquest of Everest led the cartoonist Vicky to show “a four-power expedition – preparing the long delayed attempt to climb the highest mountain of all”, which is of course peace.

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Link to the Business Line Brand Quest Quiz Series

http://www.blonnet.com/bq/