There’s more to business than meets the eye. Strange facts, unsung heroes, and stunning nuggets of trivia. If you know the name of the Indian who has just been named the CEO of United Airlines (Rono Dutta), or the company that designed DaimlerChrysler's Smart Car (Swiss watch-maker SMH), here's your chance. BUSINESS TODAY presents a series of quizzes on business, business events, and business people. The first 2 all-correct responses, received before October 7, 1999, will win a Canon Personal Organiser each.

1. Which global brand, available in India, derives its name from the French for 'dead' and the German for 'one'?

Baygon         Harpic

Hasbro          Mortein

2. Which company advertises that it had 11 Nobel Laureates work for it?

Bell Laboratories          Microsoft

Bayer                           Intel

3. Boutros Boutros Ghali, Sharon Stone, and Clint Eastwood endorse a soccer-ball, the proceeds from whose sales will fund UNICEF.

Yves Saint Laurent           Ralph Lauren

Louis Vuitton                    Donatella Versace

4. Which transnational megacorp was set up by Larry Hillblom, Adrian Dalslay, and Robert Lynn in 1969?

Sun Microsystems        DHL

Oracle                           Exxon

5. The documentary film, A Brilliant Sun, directed by Zafar Hai, chronicles the life of which business magnate?

J.R.D. Tata         Laxmi Niwas Mittal

M.S. Oberoi        Aditya Vikram Birla

6. Which bank was born as the Bank of Calcutta in 1806?

Oriental Bank of Commerce        Indian Overseas Bank

State Bank of India                    Vysya Bank

7. Which board-game, designed by Anthony Pratt, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1999, and has sold more than 150 million units?

Cluedo      Monopoly

Scrabble               Backgammon

8. Which Company originally owned the brand, Seven-Up, before selling it to PepsiCo?

Coca-Cola            BAT Industries

Philip Morris        Cadbury-Schweppes

9. With which organisation would you associate London's Lutine Bell?

P&O Shipping                 Lloyd's Insurance

East India Company        Harrods

10. Which recently-launched software company, comprising former executives from Wipro, Lucent, and Cambridge Technologies, had its logo designed by Chetan, a 17-year-old student at the Spastic Society School?

Pentafour          Aditi

Mindtree           Liquid Intelligence

This contest is open to all Indian citizens except employees (and their relatives) of Living Media India Ltd and World Media Ltd.

BUSINESS TODAY will not be responsible for any postal delays, losses in transit, or mutilation of entry-forms. All entries will be treated as the property of BUSINESS TODAY.

BUSINESS TODAY reserves the right to terminate or extend the contest at any time, or to accept or reject entries at its absolute discretion without assigning any reason.

The Canon Personal Organisers will be sent to the winners, who will be individually intimated, through registered post or courier.

The jurisdiction regarding this contest will rest exclusively with the competent authorities and forums of Delhi / New Delhi only.

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