The BT Business Quiz-XI

The BT Business Quiz-XI

There's more to business than meets the eye. Strange facts, unsung heroes, and stunning nuggets of trivia. If you can recall the genesis of Sun Microsystems (Stanford University Network), or the company China is still sore at for its role in the Opium Wars (Jardine Matheson), 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 December 7, 1999, will win a Canon Personal Organiser each.

1. In 1992, Wess Roberts authored a best-selling business interpretation of the leadership style of an ancient warrior-king. Whose?

Timur The Lame Attila The Hun

Sun Tzu Genghis Khan

2. Which car's design was inspired by the tail-fins of the USAF's P-38 Lightning aircraft?

The GM Corvette The Fiat Pinto

The Ford Edsel The GM Cadillac

3. Which cable television company, specifically targeted at women, was co-founded in 1998 by the American talkshow host, Oprah Winfrey?

Harpo Oxygen

Ms Gender

4. Which tele-serial inspired Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems to name its PC-the first ever-the Altair?

Star Trek Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

Doctor Who M*A*S*H

5. What term describes the excessive trading conducted by a stockbroker merely to boost his commissions?

Swapping Bulling

Thrashing Churning

6. Bill Gates, Henry Ford, and Alfred Sloan are 3 of the 4 nominated to be Fortune's Businessman Of The Century. Who is the fourth?

Thomas Watson Jr. J. Pierpont Morgan

Nelson Rockefeller Rupert Murdoch

7. Which company did Rudolf Dassler found after breaking away from his brother Adi Dassler's enterprise, Adidas, in 1948?

Puma Benetton

Nike Converser

8. According to the Pentagon, which virus was launched by Taiwanese hackers to disrupt the Chinese economy after the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989?

Avenger Dungeon

Michaelangelo Vectra

9. In 1963, which company designed the first all-steel tennis racket?

Wilson Slazenger

Lacoste Dunlop

10. In the latest Bond film, The World Is Not Enough, his car is a BMW. But what is the official car of MI6, the agency that James Bond works for, in the same film?

Jaguar Bentley

Rover Aston Martin

RULES & REGULATIONS

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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THE WINNERS
BT BUSINESS -- VII

Ravina Verma
D-24, Defence Colony, Delhi-110024

Merwan H. Gandhi
121, Beach Towers, Prabhadevi, Mumbai-400025

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