Biz Bytes #11

1. Which major studio was declared bankrupt in 1933 as a result of the losses it suffered from its chain of theatres during the transition to sound?
2. The Kamasutra Brand of condoms is made by a company that makes another range of men’s ACCESORIES albeit in a much more famous brand. Name the other brand?
3. ‘Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten‘ is the motto of which company?
4. It was being considered to name it Jersey and Highland Milk, the product that was launched to challenge the Swiss domination in this category. What was the product ultimately called?
5. This was first used as cellulose bandage in WW1, what’s the product?
6. Which company is the owner of the Vertu brand of Mobiles that come with a starting price of 2 lakh INR and goes upto 17 lakhs INR?
7. Which company began as Geophysical Service, an oil exploration company founded in 1930 by J.Clarence Karcher and Eugene McDermott pioneering the use of sound-wave technology to locate oil deposits? The current no longer operates in the oil business but is more famous in another completely different field altogether?
8. Which site is the 2nd largest online trading site after icicidirect.com?
9. Which online matrimony site was founded by J. Murugavel, who himself found his wife through the internet?(really good inspiration to start one site )
10. Which Indian company is the largest producer of denim in the world?
11. Which was the first building in the world to have air cooling system & when?
12. Mandira Bedi once approached an Ad agency for career. She was made to write a story on the spot by this famous Ad man. Which company and Ad man/guru am i?
13. Who started the Wall Street Journal and when?
14. Which logo is the most tattooed in the world?
15. This one’s for the pink fans here. Name the first ever brothel to be listed on a Stock Exchange?
16. Which pan-Indian FM channel is backed by the India Today group?
17. “I want _____ to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola“, fill the blank & tell who said it? He’s also known to have said “The surest way to become a millionaire is to start as a billionaire and invest in the airline industry”?
18. There are Extra Premium/Power from Indian Oil; Speed/Hi-Speed from BP; Power from HP. Which petroleum company came up with the idea of BRANDED fuels in India for the higher octane and higher cetane number fuels?
19. What’s the name of the 1st Mobile Virus? It hit users in July 2004 with a constant display of the virus’ name on the display screen.
20. In which year was the term ‘Silicon Valley’ first used and when?

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