The BT Business Quiz-IX

The BT Business Quiz-IX

There’s more to business than meets the eye. Strange facts, unsung heroes, and stunning nuggets of trivia. If you can recall the classic one-word headline made immortal in Bill Bernbach’s ad for the Volkswagen Beetle (Lemon), or the origin of the brandname, Adidas (from its founder, Adolf Dassler), here’s your chance. BUSINESS TODAY presents a series of prize quizzes on business, business events, and business people. And the first 2 all-correct responses, received before November 7, 1999, will win a Canon Personal Organiser each.

1. Which European car-manufacturer was the first to put up its hoardings on the Eiffel Tower?

Renault Citroen

Alfa Romeo Dassault

2. Tux is the name of the mascot of which company, which has, thanks to the Net, become a computing rage?

Amazon MP3

Linux SCO

3. Which superstar recently signed a record $6.50-million dollar contract for a single ad for Max Factor?

Madonna Marion Greene

Ginger Spice Prince

4. Which corporate guru's first work ends with a request for donations to renovate the Statue of Liberty?

Warren Buffett Lee Iacocca

Bill Gates Peter Drucker

5. Earth's Biggest Selection is the punchline for whose ads?

Amazon.com Marks & Spencers

Wal-Mart Benetton

6. While others are grappling with the Y2K problem, which organisation is facing what it calls the NMJ (No More Jack) problem in 2000?

GE IBM

Compaq General Motors

7. Who directed the first-ever Pepsi ad-film made in India, which featured film-star Juhi Chawla?

Raj Kumar Santoshi Mukul Anand

Shekhar Kapoor Vidhu Vinod Chopra

8. Which transnational owned Paramount Pictures when it produced the multiple Oscar-winning film, Gandhi, in 1982?

Coca-Cola Sony

GE Time Warner

9. Which international banker was at the helm of Ford Motors when the ill-fated Edsel was launched, and also served as Secretary of Defence under US President John F. Kennedy?

Warren Buffet John Erskine

Robert McNamara Larry Gilbert

10. The Proton, scheduled to be launched in India soon, is produced in which Asian country?

Singapore Indonesia

Malaysia The Philippines

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