The Sunday League 19

Dear Friends,

Presenting another edition of the Sunday League series. Answers and Scores in a weeks time to those who reply. mail your answers to quizrk@gmail.com. Here we go with the questions

Straight Bat

1) Which organization became the first lender to raise funds in offshore yuan in Hong Kong, signalling a new set of borrowers to enter the growing bond market?

2) Tolmol.com, online product comparison firm alongwith Malaysian firm ENMAC Engineering has launched a GSM mobile handset called MQ500. What's special about it?

Reverse Sweep

3) The first great success for this product came on an October morning in 1945 when a crowd of over 5,000 people jammed the entrance of New York’s Gimbels Department Store. The day before, Gimbels had taken out a full-page ad in the New York Times promoting the first sale of this product in the United States. On that first day of sales, Gimbels sold out its entire stock of 10,000 units-at $12.50 each. Which product?

Captain's Corner

4) Identify him

Yorker

5) Whose logo?

Doosra

6) Identify him.

T20 (The Tata Series)

7a) Name the brand launched by Tanishq recently, which is designed particularly for working women.

7b) Which Tata Company has recently received the 'Supplier of the Year' award from Owens Corning?

7c) Name the brand launched by Titan, endorsed by Saina Nehwal that brings alive the concept of a watch being completely self sufficient unit, to the point of energising itself. This watch launched by Titan can be charged by any light upward of 200 lux

7d) Pepsi entered India in 1988 as a joint venture between Punjab Agro Industries & which Tata Company?

The Sunday League 18

Dear Friends,

Here's the next edition of the Sunday League Quiz. Answers and scores would be posted to those who reply. Send your entries to quizrk@gmail.com. Here we go with the questions

Straight Bat

1) Which celebrity hit the opening bell at the Bombay Stock Exchange for the special one and half hour Muhurat trading last month?

2) The name of this company is an acronym of a latin phrase which translates to 'Healthy Soul in a Healthy Body'. Which Company?

Captains Corner

3) Identify the CEO

Reverse Sweep

4) This is the patent diagram for what?

Googly

5) This is the logo of a Non Profit Organisation co -founded by an actor. Recently an MNC has donated $ 8 million to it. Name the actor and the MNC.

Home Advantage

6) It was founded in 1989 by the visionary thinker & entrepreneur par excellence Mr. Narendra Somani. It claims that it is the only organized catering company across India. Which company?

UDRS

7) Connect the following clues

a)

b)

c)

d)

The Sunday League 17

Dear Friends,

After a long break, I am back posting the Sunday League series again. Sunday League was a Business Quiz series that was started in 2006 with questions based on a cricketing theme. Answers and scores would be posted to those who reply. Send your entries to quizrk@gmail.com. The next quiz shall be posted in a fortnight's time. Wishing all of you a very Happy Diwali. Here we go with the questions.

Straight Bat

1) Which country recently became the 17^th country to adopt Euro as its currency on the 1^st day of year 2011?

2) This company was founded in 1959 by an entrepreneur HD Vasudeva, in technical collaboration with an Englishman. This company is built upon Mr Vasudeva's selection of product, people and principles - the most important of which are integrity, hard work and pleasing customers. What?

Yorker

3) According to a recent biography, this book enjoys a rare distinction. What?

Doosra

4) This company traces its origin to founders Al Shugart, Tom Mitchell, Doug Mahon, Finis Conner and Syed Iftikar. The name was soon changed to its present name to avoid confusion with Xerox's subsidiary Shugart Associates. Which company?

5) Identify Him. (Hint: famous name from the world of IT who passed away recently)

Home Ground

6) Name the Indian brand manufactured by Torque Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd for which Jagjit Singh appeared in an advertisement?

UDRS

7) Connect the following clues to a company

a)

b)

c)

d)

d)