The BT Business Quiz-XIII

The BT Business Quiz-XIII

There's always more to business than meets the eye. Strange facts, unsung heroes, and stunning nuggets of trivia. If you know who founded global powerhouse General Electric (Thomas Alva Edison), or what the Nike logo is called (the Swoosh), here's your chance. BUSINESS TODAY presents the last in this series of prize quizzes on business, business events, and business people. And the first 2 all-correct responses, received before January 7, 2000, will win a Canon Personal Organiser each. Happy Quizzing in the New Millennium!

1. Which city-economy has been declared to be the world's freest economy for the fifth straight year?

Singapore Monaco

Dubai Hong Kong

2. With which Indian businessman did C.P. Sunderam co-author the anthology, Gemini Two?

Sabeer Bhatia N.R. Narayanamurthy

Jerry Rao Gurcharan Das

3.The world's tallest hotel, a 321-metre sail-shaped structure, opened on December 1, 1999, in which Asian city?

Singapore Hong Kong

Dubai Kuala Lumpur

4. Which magazine used the same cover illustration for the first 108 years of its commercial existence-and made profits too?

The Economist Punch

Le Monde Life

5. In which city has a school for economic warfare, ESLSCA, been instituted?

Paris London

Brussels Vienna

6. Which 29-year-old is the most famous employee of Transmeta Corporation?

Manoj 'Night' Shymalan Linus Torvalds (the Linux man)

Leonardo Di Caprio Patrick Rafter

7. Which character, drawn by Harmsen Van Der Beek, celebrated its 50th birthday recently, with more than 200 million of its books sold?

Winnie The Pooh Noddy

King Kong Snoopy

8. ITC's headquarters is named Virginia House; UB's, UB House. But which company's headquarters is located in Dare House?

EID Parry Eicher Group

Hindustan Lever Shaw Wallace

9. Which media agency's top managers resigned after the BBC did an exposé on their soliciting sexual favours from their clients?

International Management Group Pierre Cardin

Elite Model Agency Ravissant

10. Norman Augustine and Kenneth Adelman recently wrote a best-seller detailing the leadership tips of a medieval personality. Which?

Atilla The Hun William Shakespeare

Ivan The Terrible Napolean Bonaparte

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 -- IX

Subharata Majumdar
IIFT, B-21, Qutub Institutional Area, Delhi-110016

Sameer Wagle
C/o GUFL, Premchand House Annexe, Ashram Road, Ahmedabad-380009

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