215:Ill Make You An Offer You Cant Refuse

Identify Anyone of them and you would end up giving me both the answers.

Answer:
1.VINEET NAYAR , the CEO of HCL TECHNOLOGIES.

2.VINEET NAYYAR, the CEO of TECH MAHINDRA.

Nobody has cracked the answer.

214: Can't Successor

_________ holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.______ has over three decades of functional expertise in the automotive industry and machinery manufacturing.He spend the first three years of his career with M/s Larsen & Toubro.


Answer: PRAKASH TELANG , the successor Ravi Kant as the MD of TATA MOTORS.

Roshan and Nehru have cracked the answer.

213:Swine Flu

_______ produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine?

Answer: NOVARTIS .

Eldrich and Nehru have cracked the answer.

212: IDENTIFY ????

Identify ???

Answer: SKYTEAM , the worlds second largest airline alliance .

Nobody has cracked the answer.

213: IT's JUST TOO COOL!!

Name the most famous product of this company ???
( Clue: Use Google )

Answer: Their most famous product is PHANTOM SWEET CIGARETTE .

Eldrich and AeTos have cracked the answer.

214: IN NEWS!!!

Identify ??
(clues are given )

Answer: FLORENTINO PEREZ, president of Real Madrid C.F.

Eldrich , Roshan , AeTos and Mahesh have cracked the answer.

211: Beethovens Symphony

Identify the logo...

Ans: Altec Lansing

210: Lovely Frangrance

This company is the world's largest producer of roses/rose buds, which company?

Ans: Karuturi Global Limited

Eldrich, Nehru and Chithananda have got it!

209: IT HELPS YOU LIGHT!!!

Identify the advertiser???

Ans: Zippo

Eldrich and Nehru get it right.

208: Eco friendly act

Which global retail giant, is the 'world official support' of the above mentioned movie?

Ans: PPR, names of individual group companies will not be awarded points.

Only AeTos gets this one!

207: OS Wars!

Name the company behind 'WebOS'.

Hint: Think Android!

Ans: Palm Inc.

Parag, Eldrich ans Saurabh get it.

206:Movie 8

_______ Studios was formed in the late 1990s following Revlon CEO Ronald Perelman's acquisition of parent company _______ Entertainment. This resulted in the re-entry of _______ into the motion picture and television business._______ Studios was formerly headed by Avi Arad from May 13, 1993, , until October 1998, when he took on other duties within the company such as executive producer for the studios’ film output.A $525 million non-recourse debt financing for up to ten films produced using _______ was completed in September 2004. In 2005, Michael Helfant joined the studio as President and Chief Operating Officer.In March 2007, David Maisel was named Chairman and Kevin Feige was named President of Production as Iron Man began filming.In 2008, _______ Studios signed a lease with Raleigh Studios to host its headquarters and production offices and film the next four movies on the studios’ slate, including Iron Man 2, at their Manhattan Beach facilities.

Ans: Marvel Studios

All get it right!

205: OLD DAYS!!!

Identify this advertiser??

Ans: Lacoste

Eldrich, Sandeep, Mahesh and Saurabh have got it.

We welcome Mahesh to our blog!

204: IDENTIFY THIS REGIONAL HEAD???

Identify ????
( clue: He has appeared in an advertisement recently)

He is Karl Slym, INDIA head of General Motors.

AeTos, Sunil, Sandeep and Vinay get it right.

203: Movie 7

The company was founded following Katzenberg being fired from The Walt Disney Company in 1994. At the suggestion of ||| Y |||'s friend, the two made an agreement with long-time Katzenberg collaborator Geffen to start their own studio. The studio was officially founded on October 12, 1994 with financial backing of $33 million from each of the three main partners and $500 million from Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.||| X ||| Interactive is a computer and video game developer founded in 1995, as a subsidiary of ||| X ||| SKG.In 1998, ||| X ||| released their first full-length animated feature, Antz.In 1999, 2000 and 2001, ||| X ||| won three consecutive Academy Awards for Best Picture for American Beauty, Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind (the latter two with Universal).On February 24, 2000, Electronic Arts announced the acquisition of ||| X ||| Interactive from ||| X ||| and merged it with EA Pacific and Westwood Studios. ||| X ||| Interactive became EA Los Angeles (EALA).

Answer: DreamWorks.

AeTos, Edlrich, Sunil, Sandeep, Vinay and Saurabh get it right.

202: LOGO ABCTCL!!!

In X's LOGO the colours embody:

Red Square= Leadership, passion
White Swirl = Purity of purpose, invigorating properties of coffee
Green Stroke = 125 years of coffee growing heritage of this vertically integrated Group.


Name X???

Answer: X: CAFE COFFEE DAY, is a division of India's largest coffee conglomerate, Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. (ABCTCL).

Eldrich , Sunil, AeTos , Saurabh A , Vinay RM and Nehru have cracked the answer.

We welcome Nehru to our blog.

201: DUE TO RAMA!!!

Identify this logo???

Answer: SUN PHARMACEUTICAL .( Chairman : Dilip S Shanhvi)

Eldrich , Saurabh A, Jonny walker, Sandeep and Nehru have cracked the answer.

200:Movie 6

The predecessor of _______ Pictures, Cohn-Brandt-Cohn Film Sales, was founded in 1919 by Harry Cohn, his brother Jack Cohn, and Joe Brandt.Brandt was president of CBC Film Sales, handling sales, marketing and distribution from New York along with Jack Cohn, while Harry Cohn ran production in Hollywood. Many of the studio's early productions were low-budget affairs; the start-up CBC leased space in a Poverty Row studio on Hollywood's Gower Street. Among Hollywood's elite, the studio's small-time reputation led some to joke that "CBC" stood for "Corned Beef and Cabbage."Following a reorganization, partner Brandt was bought out, and Harry Cohn took over as president. In an effort to improve its image, the Cohn brothers renamed the company _______ Pictures Corporation in 1924. _______'s product line consisted mostly of moderately budgeted features and short subjects including comedies, sports films, various serials, and cartoons. _______ gradually moved into the production of higher-budget fare, building a reputation as one of Hollywood's more important studios.

Answer: COLUMBIA PICTURES( Columbia Tristar Motion Pictures Group ).

Eldrich , Saurabh A , Roshan , Parag , Vinay RM, AeTos and Sunil have cracked the answer.

199: AMUL ADS!!!

Give me the reason for this AMUL AD??

Answer:Profit-sharing imbroglio between film producers and multiplexes.

Eldrich , Roshan , Parag , Vinay RM , Aetos, Saurabh A , Ankit , sunil and qwizzards have cracked the answer.

We welcome qwizzards to out blog.

198: CONNECTING BRAND!!!

• In 2000, X was connected to BAR HONDA FORMULA TEAM .
• Currently X is realted to Ferrari.
• X announced that they will sponsor the Factory Fiat Yamaha Team for the 2007Moto GP .
• From January 2007, X has become Official Supplier of FC Barcelona .
• X will be listed among the worldwide TOP Partners for both the Vancouver 2010 Olympic winter Games and for the London 2012 Summer Olympics.

Find X ???

Answer: ACER.

Eldrich , Vinay RM , Aetos, Saurabh A and Sunil have cracked the answer.

197:Movie 5

||| X ||| Pictures was an independent Hollywood motion picture production company created in 1932 by Joseph Schenck, the former president of United Artists, Darryl F. Zanuck from Warner Brothers, William Goetz from ||| Y ||| Films, and Raymond Griffith. Financial backing came from Schenck's older brother Nicholas Schenck and the father-in-law of Goetz, Louis B. Mayer, the head of MGM Studios. Company product was distributed by United Artists(UA), and was filmed at various studios.Schenck was President of ||| X ||| while Zanuck was named Vice President in Charge of Production and Goetz served as vice-president. Successful from the very beginning, their 1934 production, The House of Rothschild was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. In 1935, they produced the classic film Les Miserables, from Victor Hugo's novel, which was also nominated for Best Picture. Legend has it that the new independent took a detour straight into the major studio camp when Zanuck became outraged by United Artists' refusal to reward ||| X ||| with UA stock. Schenck, who had been a UA stockholder for over ten years, resigned from United Artists in protest of the shoddy treatment of ||| X |||, and Zanuck began discussions with other distributors which led to talks with the floundering giant.

ANSWER:

X: Twentieth Century Pictures
Y:Fox Film Corporation.

Eldrich , Saurabh A, Chithananda, Sunil , Vinay RM and Aetos have cracked the answer.

196: TRYING TO CHANGE RETAIL IN INDIA???

Identify this Logo????

Answer: KOUTONS.

Eldrich , Saurabh A , Raklodram , Sunil and Parag have cracked the answer.

195: BROTHERHOOD!!!!

Identify these billionaires (Indian)???

Answer: These are the brothers who head the TIMES GROUP, SAMIR AND VINEET JAIN .

Sunil has cracked a brilliant answer.

194:Movie 4

The founder of _______was Carl Laemmle, a German Jewish immigrant from Laupheim who settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he managed a clothing store.On a 1905 buying trip to Chicago, Illinois, he was struck by the popularity of nickelodeons.One story has Laemmle watching a box office for hours, counting patrons and calculating the take for the day.Within weeks of his Chicago trip, he gave up dry goods to buy the first of several nickelodeons.It was believed that the productions were meant to be used for another company but they turned it down.Soon Laemmle and other disgruntled Nickelodeon owners decided to avoid paying Edison by producing their own pictures.In June 1909, Laemmle started the Yankee Film Company with partners Abe and Julius Stern.That company quickly evolved into the Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP).Laemmle broke with Edison's custom of refusing to give billing and screen credits to performers.By naming the movie stars, he was able to attract many of the leading players of the time, contributing to the creation of the star system.On June 8, 1912, Laemmle merged IMP with eight smaller companies to form the _______Film Manufacturing Company—the first appearance of the word "____" in the organization's name.Eventually all would be bought out by Laemmle.The new _______studio was a horizontally integrated company, with both movie production and distribution capacity.The company was incorporated as _______Pictures Company, Inc. in 1925.Its first logo was an Earth with a Saturn-like ring and the text in a bold Kentucky font.Studio management now became the third facet of _______'s operations, with the studio incorporated as a distinct subsidiary organization.Unlike other movie moguls, Laemmle opened his studio to tourists.Promoted to studio chief, Thalberg was giving _______'s product a touch of class, something it seldom had during the silent era.In 1926, _______opened a production unit in Germany, Deutsche _______-Film AG, under the direction of Joe Pasternak.In the ___________Pictures did not distribute any of this subsidiary's films, but at least some of them were exhibited through other, independent, foreign-language film distributors based in New York, without benefit of English subtitles.Nazi persecution and a change in ownership for the parent _______Pictures organization resulted in the dissolution of this subsidiary.

Answer: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, a subsidary of NBC UNIVERSAL .

Eldrich , Parag , Vinay RM , Chithananda , Saurabh A and Sunil have cracked the answer.

193: BUYOUT!!!

1. Who purchased Virgin Radio (renamed to Absolute Radio) in the United Kingdom???
2. They also own Absolute Xtreme and Absolute Classic Rock??

Name the Subsidiary and Parent Company ???

Answer:
Subsidiary: TIML RADIO LIMITED.
Parent Company: Times group.

Eldrich , Chithananda , Saurabh A , Aetos and Sunil have cracked the answer.

Sunil will be given two points ( Others get one point each).

192: MORNING DOSE???

Identify the product being advertised here founded by Thomas Mayne In 1934???

Answer: MILO , produced by NESTLE.

Eldrich , Saurabh A and Sunil have cracked the answer.

191:Movie 3

_______ Pictures can trace its beginning to the creation in May, 1912, of the Famous Players Film Company.Founder Hungarian-born Adolph Zukor, who had been an early investor in nickelodeons, saw that movies appealed mainly to working-class immigrants.With partners Daniel Frohman and Charles Frohman he planned to offer feature-length films that would appeal to the middle class by featuring the leading theatrical players of the time . By mid-1913, Famous Players had completed five filShow allms, and Zukor was on his way to success.While Famous Players and Lasky were privately owned _______ was a corporation so the other two companies were merged into _______.Soon the ambitious Zukor, unused to taking a secondary role, began courting Hodkinson and Lasky.In 1916, Zukor maneuvered a three-way merger of his Famous Players, the Lasky Company, and _______.The new company, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, grew quickly, with Lasky and his partners Goldfish and DeMille running the production side, Hiram Abrams in charge of distribution, and Zukor making great plans.With only the exhibitor-owned First National as a rival, Famous Players-Lasky and its "_______ Pictures" soon dominated the business.

Answer: PARAMOUNT PICTURES , Owned by VIACOM( Chairman and CEO- Brad Grey ).

Eldrich , Chithananda, Sunil , AeTos, Vinay RM and Saurabh A have cracked the answer.

190: TOO MUCH PULICITY BEING DONE???

Identify this personality???

Answer: PRATHAP C.REDDY , founder chairman of Apollo Hospitals Group.

Nobody has cracked the answer.

189: AMUL ADS!!!

Identify the funda behind this AMUL ad???

Answer: Actor Sanjay Dutt's comments at a recent election rally, on U.P. Chief - Minister Mayavati.

Saurabh A , Vinay RM , Sunil and AeTos have cracked the answer.

188:Movie 2

The studio has also released many of the films of John Waters.A Nightmare on Elm Street was _______'s first commercially successful series after a devastating financial slump, leading the company to be nicknamed "The House that Freddy Built".In 1994, _______ was acquired by Ted Turner's Turner Broadcasting System.While fellow Turner-owned studios Hanna-Barbera Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment eventually ._______ was kept as its own entity until February 28, 2008 when Jeffrey Bewkes announced that _______ would shut down as a privately held studio.They promised, however, along with Time Warner and Jeffery Bewkes that the company would continue to operate its financing, producing, marketing and distributing operations of its own films with the _______ logo, but would do so now as a part of Warner Bros.As to the company's future, according to Warner Bros.president Alan Horn, "There's no budget number required. They'll be doing about six per year, though the number may go from four to seven; it's not going to be 10." As to content, "_______ will not just be doing genre There's no mandate to make a particular kind of movie."

Answer: NEW LINE CINEMA.

Eldrich , Saurabh A , Vinay Rm , Sunil and Roshan have cracked the answer.

187: GREAT ADS!!!!

NAME THE FULL AD????
( Click to enlarge)

Answer: ABSOLUT MUMBAI.

Nobody has cracked the answer.

186:Movie 1

The corporate name honors the four founding _______brothers Harry,Albert,Sam and Jack Jews who emigrated from Poland, Russian Empire to Ontario, Canada.The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio.In 1904, the _______ founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company to distribute films.By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the _______.Sam and Jack _______produced the pictures, while Harry and Albert _______and their auditor and now controller Chase handled finance and distribution in New York City.However, what really put _______ on the Hollywood map was a dog, Rin Tin Tin,brought from France after World War I by an American soldier.More success came after Ernst Lubitsch was hired as head director.As the studio prospered, it gained backing from Wall Street, and in 1924 Goldman Sachs arranged a major loan.

Answer: WARNER BROS, subsidary of Time Warner ( CEO : Barry meyer)

Eldrich , Saurabh A , Vinay RM , Nikhil , AeTos , Sunil and Chithananda have cracked the answer.

185:HQ

Renaissance Center is the Headquaters Of _____ ?

Answer: GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION.


Eldrich , Roshan, Saurabh A and Sunil have cracked the answer.

184:Logo Of

Answer: ANGEL BROOKING , online share trading.

Eldrich , Saurabh A and Raklodram have cracked the answer.

We welcome Raklodram to our blog.

183:Logo Of

Answer: Bureau Of Energy Efficiency ( BEE ) .

Raklodram has cracked the answer.

182:B.A.

Tell Me The Brand Ambassador??




Answer: BIPASHA BASU.

Roshan, AeTos , Eldrich , Chithananda, Sunil and Saurabh A have cracked the answer.

181:Skin Ratios

Kaya : Marico :: Kara : ?

Answer: ADITYA BIRLA GROUP( Grasim Industries).


Gaurav , Roshan , Chithananda and Sunil have cracked the answer.

180:Identify The Car

Answer: SKODA YETI.

Gaurav , Roshan , Chithananda, AeTos, Parag and Arjun have cracked the answer.

179:MnM

What is The First Two Wheller Offering by Mahindra Branded As???

Answer: MAHINDRA FLYTE.

Gaurav , Roshan , Chithananda, Arjun and AeTos have cracked the answer.

178:Expansion

Expand Them...

1. DiCOR
2. PGM-FI

Answer:

DiCOR: DIRECT INJECTION COMMON RAIL.

PGM-FI: PROGRAMMED FUEL INJECTION.

Arjun, Eldrich , Gaurav and Chithananda have cracked the answer.

( Arjun and Gaurav get two points whereas Eldrich and Chithananda get one point)

177:What Has This Vehcile Been Branded As?

Answer: This is TATA WORLD TRUCK .

Gaurav , Chithananda and Vinay RM have cracked the answer.

176:What So Special About These Shoes OR Why are they in News

Answer: These are ADIDAS SUPERSTAR DIAMOND SHOE, is embedded with six 0.02 carat diamonds along the stripes of each shoe .

Eldrich , Gaurav and Chithanada have cracked the answer.

175:Reality Show

_____ has tied up with Big Synergy and the Star television network to produce and air from mid-June a reality show that seeks a wider audience for its products?

Answer: GODREJ GROUP. ( CHAIRMAN : ADI GODREJ )

Eldrich , Roshan, Gaurav , Vinay RM , AeTos and Nikhil have cracked the answer.

174:E-Mall

Which Indian Conglomerate is about to offer the service of E-Mall in next 2 months???

Answer: The TATA GROUP ( CHAIRMAN : RATAN TATA )

Eldrich , Roshan, Gaurav , Parag , AeTos and Nikhil have cracked the answer.

173:DST

Digital Sky Technologies is an internet holding company based in Moscow, Russia. It is a Russian investment firm which owns stakes in the Web companies that have 70 percent of all hits on the Russian-speaking Internet.Digital Sky Technologies will take a nearly 2% stake in ______ for $200 mn.

Answer: FACEBOOK. ( CEO and Founder: Mark Zuckerberg ).

Eldrich , Roshan, Gaurav , Vinay RM and AeTos have cracked the answer.

173:Fill It Up

The roots of _______ reach back into the 17th Century. In 1668, Friedrich Jacob _______, an apothecary, assumed ownership of the Angel Pharmacy in Darmstadt, Germany.In 1816, Emanuel _______ took over the pharmacy. Thanks to his scientific education he was successful in isolating and characterizing alkaloids in the pharmacy laboratory. He began the manufacture of these substances "in bulk" in 1827, touting them as a "Cabinet of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Innovations". He and his successors gradually built up a chemical-pharmaceutical factory that produced — in addition to raw materials for pharmaceutical preparations — a multitude of other chemicals and (from 1890) medicines.In 1891, Georg _______ established himself in the United States and set up _______ & Co. in New York, USA. _______ & Co. was confiscated following the First World War and set up as an independent company in the United States. Today, the US company has about 70,000 employees in 120 countries and 31 factories worldwide.

Answer: MERCK &CO,also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD ( NYSE:MRK).

Eldrich and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

172:David

David (born 1951) is a computer scientist and computational biochemist who founded _____ company which has been described by Fortune magazine as "the most intriguing and mysterious force on Wall Street."A former faculty member in the computer science department at Columbia University, David made his fortune exploiting inefficiencies in financial markets with the help of sophisticated computer models. In 1996, Fortune magazine referred to him as "King Quant" because of his firm's expertise in quantitative trading.In 2001, he returned to full-time scientific research. He now serves as chief scientist of ____ Research, in which capacity he leads an interdisciplinary research group in the field of computational biochemistry and personally engages in hands-on research in that field. He also holds appointments as a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at Columbia University and as an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia's medical school.

Answer: D.E.SHAW&CO.

Eldrich , Gaurav , AeTos and Vinay RM have cracked the answer.

171:Worlds Most Expensive Stadium

Name The Stadium????

Answer: WEMBLEY STADIUM .

Eldrich , Gaurav , AeTod and Vinay RM have cracked the answer.

170:E-Scotter

'Lectrix' is a e-scotter by which company?

Answer: LUMINOUS ELECTRONICS , owned by SAR GROUP.

Eldrich , Gaurav and Parag have cracked the answer.

169: OLDER VERSION!!!

1.Identify this logo??
2.How is the above company know as now???

Answer:
1.VSNL .
2. TATA COMMUNICATION.

Nikhil and Chithananda have cracked the answer.

We welcome Chitananda to our blog.

168: WHAT A CONNECTING CEO!!!

Identify this CEO??

Answer: OLLI - PEKKA KALLASVUO, President and CEO of NOKIA. ( NYSE: NOK) .

Eldrich , Parag , Johny Walker, Gaurav , Roshan and chithananda have cracked the answer.

167: IS HE A QUIZZER OR THE FATHER OF INDIAN TV???

Identify this personality ????

Answer: SIDDHARTHA BASU, is widely regarded as the father of television quiz shows in India.

Gaurav, Attila , Anush, Vinay RM, Roshan, Parag , Neeraj, AeTos and Nikhil have cracked the answer.

166: WHAT IS THE CONNECT ??

CONNECT AN EASY ONE ( PLEASE EXPLAIN)????

Answer: The connect is JOHN ABRAHAM .

He is the brand ambassador to all the three products above and very recently became the brand ambassador to Garnier men's product.

Gaurav , Vinay RM , AeTos , Roshan and Eldrich have cracked the answer.

165: WHY ARE PEOPLE DEAF????

Identify the advertiser???
(click on the picture to enlarge)

Answer: This an print ad for LAMBORGINI.

The line erased above says 'Welcome to SANT 'AGATA BOLOGNESE ' , the land where LAMBORGINI's are made.

Gaurav has cracked an excellent answer.

164: IDENTIFY THIS GOVT. COMPANY'S LOGO....

Identify the LOGO above???

Answer: NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Parag, Sandeep , Arun , Sunil , Nikhil and AeTos have cracked the answer.

163: KISKA CHAIRMAN HAI????

Identify this 'CHAIRMAN' ????

Answer: YOGESH CHANDER DEVESHWAR, Chairman and CEO , ITC Limited.

Sandeep , Gaurav and Arun have cracked the answer.

162:CEO

Former Hero Honda marketing vice president Atul Sobti is the New CEO of ____?

Answer: RANBAXY LABORATORIES.( He has taken over after Malvinder Singh resigned)

Eldrich, Sandeep , Gaurav , AeTos, Roshan , Parag , Nikhil and Attila have cracked the answer.

We welcome Attila to our blog.

161:Google Doodle For What

Answer: This GOOGLE DOODLE represents missing link found in Evolution theory of CHARLES DARWIN.

Roshan and Parag have cracked the answer.

160:Connect & Explain

Answer: The connect is CASTROL OIL.

1 . John Abraham is the brand ambassadaor of Castrol Oil.
2. Suresh Raina is also the brand ambassador of Castrol oil.
3. Harsha bogle manages www.cricketcastrol.com , owned by Castrol Oil.

Gaurav has cracked the answer.

159:History of Which Company

Incorporated as ___ Machines Private Limited in 1978, the company was engaged in manufacture of Synthetic Yarn Manufacturing Machines in technical collaboration with ARCT, France. In 1978, it became a public limited company and diversified into processing synthetic yarn.Again in 1999, an agreement was signed with Daelim Motor Company of South Korea to manufacture .In 2000 the company was recognized by the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology for remarkable success in introducing new models.As of July 2006, the company is under financial constraint. New finance has been invested by Credit Suisse and other institutions and the factory re opened in March 08 to manufacture vechiles, primarily for export only.


Answer: Lohia Machinery Limited (LML).

Sandeep , Gaurav , Roshan and Eldrich have cracked the answer.

158:Which Car By Honda

Answer: Honda Jazz.

Eldrich, Parag and Roshan have cracked the answer.

157:Strike-2

The management has declared lockout at the company's manufacturing plant situated at Arkonam in Tamil Nadu with effect from 3 pm, on May 17 on account of labour unrest in the factory.About 3,000 employees of ____ in Arkonam and Puducherry were on a 'sit-in' strike within the premises of the respective facilities since May 9. The workers went on strike as they were "disappointed with the management as the company denied recognition to it" and 150 labourers were also dismissed by the management so far.


Answer:MRF.

Nikhil , Eldrich, Gaurav, Sandeep , Roshan and Vinay R M have cracked the answer.

156:Strike-1

The workers went on strike on May 5 to protest the suspension of union leader Madhavrao Dhatrak on disciplinary grounds.The fortnight-long strike at _____ plant at Satpur(Nasik).

Ans:Mahindra & Mahindra.

Eldrich, Gaurav ,Sandeep , Parag and Roshan have cracked the answer.

155:Fill It Up

_______ traces its history back to 1860, with the publication by Henry Varnum Poor of History of Railroads and Canals in the United States. This book was an attempt to compile comprehensive information about the financial and operational state of U.S. railroad companies. Henry Varnum went on to establish H.V. and H.W. ___ Co with his son, Henry William, and published updated versions of this book on an annual basis.In 1906 Luther Lee Blake founded the ______ Statistics Bureau, with the view to providing financial information on non-railroad companies. Instead of an annually published book _____ Statistics would use 5" x 7" cards, allowing for more frequent updates.The company as it is known today was formed in 1941 with the merger of ____'s Publishing (the successor company to H.V and H.W ___ Co) and _____ Statistics.

Ans:Standard & Poors.

Eldrich , Saurabh A and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

154:Just Tell Me Which Event is this company related to

Answer:Niccols & Steyn Providing security to IPL.

Nikhil has cracked the answer.

153:Choco Web Ratios

www.meethamoments.com : Cadbury DairyMilk :: ? : Cadbury Perk

Ans:Takeitlightly.com

Vinay RM , Eldrich and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

152:This Temple is Responsible For Which Logo

Answer:Congress Logo The Hand Symbol.

Sandeep,Gaurav , Ameya , Raghav and Vinay R M have cracked the answer.

151:Tea Ratios

Jagoo Re : Tata Tea :: ? : Lipton

Ans - Stay Sharp.

Eldrich , Gaurav , Sandeep and Ameya have cracked the answer.

150:Say-What

Its Names history lies in the Thinking of Rajiv Rao.Rajiv is a director in Ogilvy India.A Material called Perspex is used to make their bodies.The concept behind naming was to represent Fun yet it should be catchy and be memorable.What Am I Talking about?

Ans:ZooZoo's.

Parag , Eldrich, Ameya , Vinay RM, Raghav , Gaurav , Neel L and Roshan have cracked the answer.

149:CEO

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

Answer: COLORS, Owned by Viacom 18 .

Gaurav, Eldrich , Raghav and Sandeep have cracked the answer.

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).

Eldrich, Roshan , Gaurav , Sandeep and Raghav have cracked the answer.

147:Who Acquired The Company

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

Gaurav and Eldrich have cracked the answer.

146:Which Building

Answer: TAIPEI 101.

Eldrich, Gaurav , Ameya and Roshan have cracked the answer.

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.

Saurabh A, Eldrich, Roshan and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

144:Gaming

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

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

Saurabh A and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

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.

Saurabh A, Susa , Sandeep , Eldrich , Gaurav and Rand al'Thor have cracked the answer.

We welcome Rand al'Thor to our blog.

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.
Roshan , Sandeep , Eldrich , Gaurav and Saurabh A cracked the answer.

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.

Saurabh A, Roshan , Sandeep , Eldrich and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

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.

Eldrich , Gaurav, Saurabh A, Rohan, Sandeep and Raghav have cracked the answer.

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.

Eldrich, Raghav , Gaurav , Sandeep , Omar and Saurabh A have cracked the answer.

We welcome Omar to our blog.

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.

Eldrich, Raghav, Gaurav, Saurabh A, Sandeep , Omar and Nikhil have cracked the answer.

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.

Saurabh A, Raghav , Eldrich , Vinay R M, Gaurav, Susa and Sandeep have cracked the answer.

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.

Saurabh A, Maulik , Eldrich , Gaurav, Susa and Sandeep have cracked the answer.

135:IPL Ratios

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

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

Eldrich has cracked the answer.

134:Cricket Again-3

Which Australian Cricketer is the Valvoline Brand Ambassdor??

Answer: RICKY PONTING.

Saurabh agarwal,Nikhil, Raghav,Sandeep, Susa, Rohit Nair and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

We welcome Nikhil to our blog.

133:Cricket Again -2

Andrew Symonds
Micheal Hussey
Mathhew Hayden
Micheal Clarke

All of Them Appeared in Which Automobile Companies Commercial??

Answer: FORD.

Saurabh agarwal,Eldrich, Rohit Nair and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

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.

Saurabh agarwal, Eldrich , Roshan , Rohit Nair and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

131:Brand Of Bat

Which Brand Of Bat Does Herschelle Gibbs Use?

Answer: GUNN& MOORE, commonly shortened to GM.

Sandeep, Eldrich,Gaurav, Vinay RM ,Susa, Srikanth,Hellblazer, Saurabh and AeTos have cracked the answer.

We welcome to Srikanth to our blog.

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?

Sandeep, Eldrich,Gaurav,Vinay RM, Arjun ,Susa, Raghav,Hellblazer, Saurabh and AeTos have cracked the answer.

We welcome Raghav to our blog.

129:Which Company Has Picked Up 11.3% Stake In This Company

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Answer: Sahara group.

Saurabh A, Eldrich,Gaurav, Sandeep have cracked the answer.

128: LOGO QUIZ!!

Identify the logo??

Answer: EMBRAER , short for Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica, S. A. ( NYSE: ERJ).

Eldrich has cracked the answer.

127: IDENTIFY!!!

Identify the person on left???

Answer:Mohamed Al-Fayed, owner of Harrods department store, Fulham football team, Hotel RITZ Paris.

Eldrich ,Roshan and AeTos have cracked the answer.

126: HAD A START UP!!!

CONNECT THE FOLLOWING IN A BUSINESS MANNER.

• Preity Zinta
• Raageshwari
• Gayatri Joshi and
  
• Amrita Rao.

CLUE : QUESTION RELATED BEFORE THEIR START IN BOLLYWOOD .

Answer: CADBURY PERK advertising has been a launch pad for these Bollywood stars.

Saurabh Agarwal, Dhiren , Vinay R M, Susa and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

We welcome Dhiren to our blog.

125:Identify The CEO

Answer: SUNDAR RAMAN, CEO of DLF 'IPL' .

Nobody has cracked the answer.

124: PURANI BAATH HAI!!!

• In 1868, he started a trading company with a seed capital of Rs. 21,000
• In 1869, he acquired a bankrupt oil mill in Chinchpokli, converted it into a cotton mill and renamed the mill to Alexandra Mill.
• In 1871, He sold the mill two years later for a healthy profit.
• Thereafter he set up a cotton mill in Nagpur in 1874.
• He christened it Empress Mill on 1 January 1877 when Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India.

About whom I'm I talking???

Answer: Jamshetji Nusserwanji Tata.

Rohan, Rohit Nair, Saurabh Agarwal, AeTos, Gaurav, Vinay R m and Roshan have cracked the answer.

123: LOGO QUIZ!!

This a sub-brand of which brand/company???

Answer: per una is a range of female clothing by Marks & Spenser.

Rohit Nair, Saurabh Agarwal, Gaurav and Roshan have cracked the answer.

122: DUNIYA FIT HAI!!!

Basically we want you give an proper funda why is this picture here????

Answer: Basically the funda is theses are the WORLD ISLANDS, man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map and located four kilometres off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Rohit Nair, Roshan, Ameya, AeTos , Rohan and Gaurav have cracked the answer.

120: MAKAAN ACHA HAI!!!

Identify this personality who even today has a place in our ADs???

Answer: SYLVESTER DACUNHA, Chairman of daCunha Associates, the agency responsible for creating the 38-year-old Amul butter campaign.

Vinay R M, Rohit Nair, Ameya, Saurabh Agarwal have cracked the answer.

We welcome Saurabh Agarwal to our blog.

121: NYSE !!!

Identify the following NYSE tickers:-

1. UTX:- United Technologies corporation .

2. AVP:-AVON

3. BA:-BOEING

4. CAL:-CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

5. XOM:-EXXON MOBIL

For identifying two you get a point , on answering all five you 3 points.

Answer: Being given with the ticker.

Rohit Nair , Susa and Roshan have cracked the answer.

Rohit and Susa will get the three points, and Roshan will get two.

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Winners -
Rohit Nair(UVCE,Bangalore)
Varun Balan(NIT,Suratkal)

Runners Up-
Abhinav Mouli(Christ University,Bangalore)
S.Balram(BMS,Bangalore)

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