January 2015 Quiz

Brands & CompaniesQM: Sridhar Babu

Brands & Companies• 10 questions regarding corporate world

and brands• 10 points for correct answer for direct

question• 5 points for passed question• No negative marks• Sequence of passing: clockwise• Direct question will be addressed to the

person next to whoever answered the previous one

• If nobody answers, direct question will be addressed to the next person in sequence

Brands & CompaniesQuestion 1

• In which business is this company and why is it in news?

• Masuri is the name of the Helmet manufacturer which got bad publicity due to Aussie cricketer Phil Hughes’s death

Brands & Companies…Question 2

• After a long time, Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded in 2014 to scientists who worked in private companies

• In which companies were Dr. Nakamura and Professor Akasaki employed when they developed the blue LED?

• Dr Nakamura - Nichia Chemicals• Professor Akasaki – Panasonic

Brands & Companies…Question 3

• Print ads for which brand/product?

• Levi’s low rise jeans

Brands & Companies…Question 4

• TWITTER

Brands & Companies…Question 5

• The name of which Japanese company means Three Diamonds?

• Mitsubishi

Brands & CompaniesQuestion 6

• Founded by a Mormon, which hotel chain provides the ‘Book of Mormon’ in its rooms?

• Marriott Hotels

Brands & Companies…Question 7

• This Brand was launched by Shulton Company in 1937 for ladies and later targeted men with a nautical theme and Sailing ships as logo

• Identify the brand

• Hint: Their current slogan is ‘Smell like a man, man’

• Old Spice

Brands & Companies…Question 8• This company was established in

1887 as Nippon Gakki Company Limited  manufacturing Pianos

• Which company are we talking about?

• Yamaha Corporation

Brands & Companies…Question 9• X is a restaurant company that operates 175 full service dining

restaurants: 13 of which are under the Grand Lux Cafe marque and 1 under the Rock Sugar Pan Asian Kitchen marque

• It also operates two bakery production facilities - one in Calabasas, California and the other in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

• David Overton, the company's founder, established the future chain's pattern of offering an eclectic menu and signature product. According to him, it "does not have any sort of arrangements with the TV show but is really pleased to be featured in such a funny and wildly popular TV show." 

• Identify X

• The Cheesecake Factory (from The Big Bang Theory)

Brands & Companies…Question 10• In Japanese culture it is widely believed

that ______ brings good luck to thousands of high school students who sit for their entrance examinations to gain admission into Japan's top universities because co-incidentally ________ in Japanese translates to "You shall surely win" or "Be Victorious“

• What is the product which is believed to bring good luck to students in Japan?

• Kit-Kat