149:CEO

Rajesh Kamat, Chief Executive Officer of Which TV Channel??

Answer: COLORS, Owned by Viacom 18 .

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148:Merged Stuff Again

___________ was created in 1996 from the merger of two swiss companies Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz Laboratories?

Answer: NOVARTIS International AG. (NYSE:NVS).

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147:Who Acquired The Company

Answer: APOLLO TYRES LIMITED acquired the Netherlands-based Vredestein Banden BV .

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146:Which Building

Answer: TAIPEI 101.

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145:Blanks__________

While serving oneself at a meal has a long history, the modern _______ was developed in France in the 18th century, soon spreading throughout Europe. The term originally referred to the sideboard where the food was served, but eventually became applied to the form. The _______ became popular in the English-speaking world in the second half of the nineteenth century.When the possession of gold and silver has been a measure of solvency of a regime, the display of it, in the form of plates and vessels, is more a political act than a gesture of conspicuous consumption. The 16th-century French term _______ applied both to the display itself and to the furniture on which it was mounted, often draped with rich textiles, but more often as the century advanced an elaborately carved cupboard surmounted by tiers of shelves. In England such a _______ was called a court cupboard. Prodigal displays of plate were probably first revived at the fashionable court of Burgundy and adopted in France. The Baroque displays of silver and gold that were affected by Louis XIV of France were immortalized in paintings by Alexandre-François Desportes and others, before Louis' plate and his silver furniture had to be sent to the mint to pay for the wars at the end of his reign.

Answer: We are talking of the modern day BUFFET , served almost everywhere nowadays.

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144:Gaming

Which MNC Has joined Hands with this company for Gaming Devlopment??

Answer: Advanced Micro Devices , AMD . ( NYSE: AMD)

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143:Esprit

Owen borrowed the name from the great and colorful French explorer, Pierre Esprit ________, who had crisscrossed the Great Lakes area in the 17th century. It was believed, at that time, that ________ had been the first white man to explore Minnesota.Which chain get its name from the Explorer?

Answer: RADISSON HOTELS.

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142:The X & Y Story

The story of the ||X||-||Y|| begins with Swiss hotelier César ||X|| who was well known in the hotel industry as the "king of hoteliers and hotelier to kings." ||X|| redefined luxury accommodation in Europe with his management of The ||X|| in Paris and The ||Y|| in London. Although he died in 1918, his wife Marie continued the tradition of opening hotels in his name.The ||X||-||Y|| Investing Company was established by Albert Keller, who bought and franchised the name in the United States. The original ||X||-||Y|| hotel was built in Boston, Massachusetts, and opened on May 19, 1927 with a room rate of $15 per night. It became known as the hotel to kings, queens, movie stars, and tycoons: Prince Charles, Irving Berlin, Bette Davis, and Howard Hughes were just a few of its notable guests.

Answer: X - RITZ,
Y- CARLTON.
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141:Isadore Not Theodore

Isadore Sharp founded _______ Hotels, Inc. In 1960 with the _______ Hotel opening in 1961 in Toronto, Ontario as a small hotel in the downtown area.In 1970, the first European hotel, _______ Hotel London, was opened. This developed the luxurious five-star _______ as it is today that has medium-size properties and a distinctive service. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, _______ grew and opened more luxury hotels throughout North America. During this time, _______ Hotels developed the hotel to a first class property by including luxury items within guest rooms. After this, Sharp opened its first Hawaiian resort in the early 1990s, _______ Resort Maui at Wailea which is an AAA Five Diamond and Mobile five star Property today.

Answer: FOUR SEASONS HOTELS AND RESORT.

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140:Bed-In For Peace Good Way To Promote Peace

John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first Bed-In for Peace between March 25, 1969 and March 31, 1969 at the Amsterdam _______ in Room 902. This room became a popular tourist destination.This Amsterdam _______ hotel has had two notable incidents. In 1991, Dutch drug kingpin Klaas Bruinsma, once a major drug dealer of Europe, was assassinated in front of the building. On July 11, 2001, Dutch artist Herman Brood committed suicide by jumping from the roof.

Answer: Hilton Hotels Corporation.

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139:Gulf Oil

In 1963, _______ signed a long-term deal with Gulf Oil Corporation in which the lodging chain would accept Gulf credit cards to charge food and lodging at all of its hotels . In return, Gulf would build service stations on the premises of many _______ properties, particularly those along or near major U.S. and Interstate highways. Many older _______ locations still have the service station properties intact today, either still in operation or closed down. With the exception of a few locations in the eastern U.S., hardly any of the still-open stations are now Gulf outlets. The portion of the agreement which permitted Gulf credit cards to be used for payment of food and lodging at _______ was copied by competing lodging chains and major oil companies during the mid-to-late 1960s. Most of those agreements fizzled out with the 1973 oil crisis. The Gulf/_______ arrangement ended around 1982.

Answer: Hotel Holiday Inn.

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138:Hotel Chain

________ is an international chain of "super low budget" or "no frills" hotels owned by the Accor Group. Rooms are sold at around €29 per night?

Answer: HOTEL FORMULE 1.

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137:Fill The Blanks

Use of sexual imagery in advertising has been criticized on various grounds. Conservatives, especially religious ones, often consider it obscene. Some feminists and masculists claim it reinforces sexism by objectifying the individual. Increasingly, this argument has been complicated by growing use of androgynous and homoerotic themes in marketing.______ has been at the forefront of this movement, having himself declared -

"Jeans are about sex. The abundance of bare flesh is the last gasp of advertisers trying to give redundant products a new identity."

_____ first controversial jeans advertisement was when a 15 year old Brooke Shields, in ____ jeans, remarks -

"Want to know what gets between me and my _____? Nothing."


Later in 1995 ______ advertising campaign showed teenage models in provocative poses wearing _____ underwear and jeans. The ads were withdrawn when parents and child welfare groups threatened to protest and Hudson stores did not want their stores associated with the ads. It was reported that the Justice Department was investigating the ad campaign for possible violations of federal child pornography and exploitation laws.


Answer: CALVIN KLEIN.

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136:This is ______ Marketing

1984 Olympics:Kodak sponsors TV broadcasts of the Games as well as the US track team despite Fujifilm being the official sponsor.

1988 Summer Olympics: Fujifilm sponsors the Games[clarification needed] despite Kodak being the official sponsor.

1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona; Nike sponsors press conferences with the US basketball team despite Reebok being the official sponsor. During ceremonies, the players covered their Reebok logos.

1994 Winter Olympics; American Express sponsors the Games[clarification needed] despite Visa being the official sponsor.

1996 Atlanta Olympics; sprinter Linford Christie wore contact lenses embossed with the Puma logo at the press conference preceding the 100 metres final, despite Reebok being the official sponsor.

1996 Atlanta Olympics; Messages On Hold strategically infiltrates a banner within the camera frame as US runner Jon Drummond prepares for the opening leg of 4x100 relay final. The moment is broadcast live across the world.

1996 Cricket World Cup; Pepsi ran a series of advertisements titled "nothing official about it" targeting the official sponsor Coca Cola.

1998 World Cup; Nike sponsored a number of teams competing in the Cup despite Adidas being the official sponsor.

2000 Sydney Olympics; Qantas Airlines’ slogan "The Spirit of Australia" sounds strikingly similar to the Games’ slogan "Share the Spirit." despite Ansett Air being the official sponsor.

2002 Boston Marathon; as Adidas-sponsored runners come off the course Nike are treated[clarification needed] to spray-painted messages honoring the day of the race, but not the race itself.

2003 Cricket World Cup; Indian players threatened to strike over concerns that the anti-_____ marketing rules were too strict. Of particular concern was the length of time before and after the cup that players were not allowed to endorse a rival to one of the official sponsors. Players argued that if they had pre-existing contracts that they would be in breach of them if they were to accept the ICC's rules.

2006 FIFA World Cup; fans of the Netherlands were made to remove Bavaria Brewery's leeuwenhosen because Budweiser was the official beer sponsor.

2008 Beijing Olympics; entire countries were tuned into the Opening Ceremonies, and worldwide, millions more saw Li Ning light the torch and learned that he owns a shoe company with the same name, a direct rival of Adidas and quite famous in China, but not an official Olympic sponsor.

Answer: This is Ambush Marketing.

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135:IPL Ratios

Chennai Super Kings : Peter England :: Royal Challengers Bangalore : ?

Answer: INDIGO NATION Is the official formal wear partner of RCB.

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134:Cricket Again-3

Which Australian Cricketer is the Valvoline Brand Ambassdor??

Answer: RICKY PONTING.

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133:Cricket Again -2

Andrew Symonds
Micheal Hussey
Mathhew Hayden
Micheal Clarke

All of Them Appeared in Which Automobile Companies Commercial??

Answer: FORD.

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132:Cricket Again

For Every Six _____ Hits it will help to fund modified bikes for children with disabilities.Amway runs the programme in partnership with the Technical Aid to the Disabled (TAD)."Every bike is modified to suit the individual child. This allows children with disabilities to enjoy riding a bike - often for the first time in their lives,"

Answer: ADAM GILCHRIST.

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131:Brand Of Bat

Which Brand Of Bat Does Herschelle Gibbs Use?

Answer: GUNN& MOORE, commonly shortened to GM.

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130:Which Cricketer

Which Cricketer is the Authour of the Book True Colours:My Life?

His IPL Team Coach Authoured the book Worth The Wait?

Answer: ADAM GILCHRIST-True Colours:My Life?

DARREN LEHMANN-Worth The Wait?

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