INTERNATIONAL BISINESS QUIZ

1. WHICH IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MUTUAL FUND COMPANY?
ANS. VANGUARD

2. NAME THE CEO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING 3G MOBILE PHONES IN THE MARKET.
HINT: THE COMPANY IS VODAFONE.
ANS. PAUL DONOVAN

3. FORMER NAME OF EXXON MOBIL? WHO OWNED IT? WHAT WAS THE PARENT COMPANY'S NAME??
ANS.  PREVIOUS COMPANY: STANDARD OIL AND JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN ORDER
PARENT COMPANY: ESSO

4. WHICH TOP BSCHOOL REJECTED WARREN BUFFETT AND WHY? WHICH ONE ACCEPTED?
ANS. HARVARD (BECAUSE HE WAS TOO YOUNG) ACCEPTED BY COLUMBIA

5. WHERE WAS THE FIRST STOCK EXCHANGE ESTABLISHED?
ANS. 1531. IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM

6. WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATION BILL?
ANS.  THE APPROPRIATION BILL IS THE GREEN SIGNAL TO ENABLE THE GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW MONEY FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FUND TO PAY OFF EXPENSES...

7. WHAT IS CALPERS?
ANS.  CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PENSIONERS- ONE OF THE BIGGEST INVESTORS THE WORLD OVER AS THEY HANDLE THE PENSION MONEY OF ALL CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEES

8. WHAT IS A GOLDEN PARACHUTE?
ANS.  IT’S DONE SPECIFICALLY KEEPING IN MIND MERGERS OR TAKEOVER OF THE CO. I.E. IF THE CO. IS
TO BE MERGED OR TAKEN OVER THE CEO MAY NOT KEEP HIS JOB SO IN HIS CONTRACT THERE IS A PROVISION FOR HIS FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT IN SUCH A CASE

9. WHAT WAS VISA INTERNATIONAL KNOWN AS BEFORE 1976?
ANS.  BANKAMERICA CARD

10. ANOTHER BIG WIG, HAD SHOWN A RABBIT UNDER CROSSHAIR WITH AD LINE: WE R GOING
RABBIT HUNTING. WHICH COMP ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
ANS.  PENTHOUSE

11. WHAT REDOUBTABLE SWISS WATCHMAKER MARKETS A RANGE OF METAL-CASED WATCHES
UNDER A CLEVER AND IRONIC NAME OF "IRONY"?
ANS.  SWATCH

12. WHAT DID THE BUTTONWOOD AGREEMENT (1811) LEAD TO?
ANS.  NYSE WAS FORMED BECAUSE OF THIS AGREEMENT BY BROKERS OF NY

13. WHAT WAS FIRST LISTING ON NYSE?
ANS.  BANK OF NEW YORK

14. ADIDAS HAS LAUNCHED THE WORLD'S FIRST INTELLIGENT RUNNING SHOE? WHAT'S IT CALLED?
ANS.  ADIDAS 1 [IT CAN DO 50,000 CALCULATIONS PER SECOND]

15. WHICH COMPANY CLAIMS TO BE THE WORLD'S 2ND LARGEST APPLIANCE MAKER?
ANS.  HAIER

16. IT IS KNOWN AS VENTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA, IN INDIA IT IS KNOWN AS---?
ANS.  TOYOTA QUAILS [ALSO KNOWN AS UNSER IN MALAYSIA, ZACE IN TAIWAN, TAMARO IN
PHILIPPINES]

17. WHICH COMPANY BOASTS OF HAVING FITTED ITS OPTICAL LENS IN THE CAMERA THAT TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEIL ARMSTRONG WHEN HE FIRST LANDED ON THE MOON?
ANS.  CARL ZEISS, LENS WAS ZIESS 60MM & CAMERA HASSLEBLAD 500 ELM

18. WHICH COMPANY INVENTED THE CELL PHONE?
ANS.  MOTOROLA & INVENTOR WAS MARTIN COOPER

19. FIRST U.S. COMPANY TO REACH REVENUES OF $1 BILLION WITHOUT MERGER OR ACQUISITION?
ANS.  FEDERAL EXPRESS (FEDEX) IN 1983

20. WHO STARTED THE WALL STREET JOURNAL AND WHEN?
ANS.  CHARLES DOW AND EDWARD JONES IN 1889

21. ING-VYASA - INDIAN COLLABORATION ING-???? - GERMAN COLLABORATION
ANS.  ING-DIBA

22. CEO OF WALL MART?
ANS.  MIKE DUKE

23. WHICH COMPANY SHIFTED TO ITS ACRONYM BECAUSE OF THE NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS
ATTACHED TO ITS MIDDLE NAME?
ANS.  COKE

24. WHAT WAS THE EARLIER NAME OF NOKIA?
ANS.  FINNISH RUBBER WORKS

25. IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE TERM 'SILICON VALLEY' FIRST USED?
ANS.  IN 1971, IN THE MAGAZINE ELECTRONIC NEWS

26. WHAT IS NICKNAMED AS "THE GREAT LADY OF 43RD STREET"?
ANS.  NEW YORK TIMES
    
27. CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF NOKIA---
ANS.  RISTO SIILASMAA

28. WHICH 1976 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR ECONOMICS COINED THE SLOGAN "THERE IS NO
SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH"
ANS.  MILTON FRIEDMAN

29. WHICH IS THE OLDEST STOCK EXCHANGE IN THE WORLD? WHICH YEAR?
ANS.  ANTWERP STOCK EXCHANGE IN BELGIUM.1460, UNDER KING PHILIP [TRADED
IN FINANCIAL SECURITIES SUCH AS BONDS!!]

30. IN WHICH COUNTRY IS BANDUNG LOCATED. PEOPLE MAY RECALL THAT THIS CITY WAS THE
HOST TO CONFERENCE OF AFRICAN AND ASIAN COUNTRIES, WHICH LED TO ESTABLISHMENT OF NAM?
ANS.  INDONESIA

31. "SUCCESS IS A LOUSY TEACHER "- WHO SAID SO IN “THE ROAD AHEAD “?
ANS.  “SUCCESS IS A LOUSY TEACHER. IT SEDUCES SMART PEOPLE INTO THINKING THEY CAN'T LOSE." BILL GATES SAID SO IN HIS BOOK “THE ROAD AHEAD"

32. FIRST ELEVATOR (AKA LIFT) WAS CREATED BY WHICH COMPANY?
ANS.  OTIS

33. FIRST MINISTER FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WAS APPOINTED IN WHICH
COUNTRY?
ANS.  UK

34. WHAT “OBJECT” WAS NAMED BY TIME MAGAZINE AS THE ‘MAN OF THE YEAR’ IN 1982?
ANS.  COMPUTER [IT IS THE ONLY NON HUMAN TO FEATURE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF TIME MAGAZINE.]

35. WHICH COMPANY IS THE HIGHEST PRODUCER OF STEEL IN THE WORLD? WHICH
COMPANY IS NO.2?
ANS.  ARCELORMITTAL IS NO 1. HEBEI IRON AND STEEL IS NO 2

36. IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE BUTTON WOOD AGREEMENT SIGNED? WHAT DID IT LEAD TO?
ANS.  1792. NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

37. THE FIRST FOREIGN COMPANY LISTED IN NYSE?
ANS.  SONY

38. WHO WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO MAKE $100M A YEAR?
ANS.  AL CAPONE

39. WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF A 'BARREL' AS COMMONLY REFERENCED FOR CRUDE OIL
PRODUCTION
ANS.  42 GALLONS (35 UK GALLONS = 42 US GALLONS = 159 LITERS)

40. DURACELL BATTERY IS AN ARM OF WHICH COMPANY?
ANS.  GILLETTE [NOW P & G ACQUIRE GILLETTE, THAT’S WHY DURACELL IS UNDER P & G]

41. WHICH MAGAZINE WAS CO-FOUNDED BY HENRY LUCE AND BRITTON HADDEN IN 1923?
ANS.  TIME

42. WHICH MAGAZINE USED THE AD LINE “WE’RE GOING RABBIT HUNTING” WITH A
SHARP TONGUE IN CHEEK REFERENCE TO PLAY BOY BUNNIES?
ANS.  PENTHOUSE

43. WHICH FINANCIAL COMPANY HAS THE MOTTO IN UTMOST GOOD FAITH?
ANS.  LLOYDS INSURANCE

44. WHICH BUSINESS MAGNATE OWNS THE MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT ALONG WITH CBS
TV?
ANS.  DONALD TRUMP

45. WHICH BUSINESS MAGNATE OWNS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRIVATE YATCH BROUGHT FROM
THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI?
ANS.  SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, THE CROWN PRINCE OF DUBAI.

46. WHICH BRAND CREATED A SENSATION BY STICKING A FORD CORTINA TO A BILLBOARD AT A
BUSY JUNCTION IN LONDON?
ANS.  ARALDITE

47. TO WHICH COMPANY DID THE SHIPMENT OF TEA DESTROYED BY THE AMERICAN COLONISTS DURING THE BOSTON TEA PARTY IN 1773 BELONG?
ANS.  EAST INDIA COMPANY

48. WHEN HENRY FORD DIED, AMONGST HIS LAST POSSESSIONS WAS A TEST TUBE. WHAT DID IT SUPPOSEDLY CONTAIN?
ANS.  LAST BREATH OF EDISON

49. ACCORDING TO PWC & FINANCIAL EXPRESS WHICH COMPANY WAS VOTED AS THE MOST RESPECTED COMPANY FOR FOURTH DECADE?
ANS.  GENERAL ELECTRIC

50. WHAT HAS BEEN VOTED BY THE "ADVERTISING AGE" AS THE MARKETING ICON OF
THE 20TH CENTURY?
ANS.  MARLBORO MAN

51. WHICH BRILLIANT INVENTOR & BUSINESSMAN KILL HIMSELF LEAVING A NOTE
THAT SAID "WHY WAIT"?
ANS.  GEORGE EASTMAN KODAK FAME

52. HEADQUARTERS FOR 'JOHNSON & JOHNSON'?
ANS.  NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY

53. WHICH BRITISH COMPANY MADE UK'S FIRST MOBILE CALL AT A FEW MINUTES PAST
MIDNIGHT ON 1ST OF JANUARY 1985?
ANS.  VODAFONE

54. BRANDS 'RODEO', 'AXIOM', 'SPORT', AND ‘TROOPER’ BELONG TO WHICH AUTOMOBILE
COMPANY?
ANS.  ISUZU