SBG Quiz - April 08 - QM Murali Ramaswamy

1) Corporate
Which Indian business tycoon , in partnership with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has recently taken over Queens Park Rangers , the West London football club ?

Laxmi Mittal

2)Corporate
Which innovative product usually has the following advertising tag line “ Let your fingers do the walking ”

Yellow Pages

3) Corporate
Where would you be if you were at www.fireandwater.com ?

Harper Collins ( Publishers ) website

4) Corporate
Complete this famous quote about an advertising agency by Fred Allen – “ An ad agency is 85% confusion and 15% _______

Commission


5) Language
How do we better know this lifestyle item whose name was absorbed into the French language during the 16th century , when they were trying to get a foothold in South India . Which in Tamil is “ Shurruttu” or a roll of tobacco ?
Cheroot

6) Language
What is the name of the item which has its roots in the Welsh euphemism for mistress and often comes to the rescue of car drivers in India ?
Stepney

7) Language
French for red mill or wind mill , it was built by Frenchman Joseph Oller in 1889 . Today , it is a famous place which offers musical dance and entertainment to adult visitors from all over the world . What ?
Moulin Rouge

8)Language
Khaki is derived from a Hindi word , meaning ____________ ?

Dust ( Khak )

9)Mythology
In Norse mythology , what forms the bridge between Midgard , the realm of mortals and Asgard the realm of gods ?
Rainbow

10)Mythology
Hectate is the Greek godess of the crossroads . The equivalent Roman goddess has a name which quizzards would love . What is this name ?

Trivia

11)Mythology
The Kauravas were actually 101 in number – 100 brothers and one sister . Name her .

Dushalya

12)Mythology
Who or what are Druids ?

Term used to refer to Celtic priests .

13)IT
What is a series of symbols used to express feelings in a e-mail called ?

emoticons

14)IT
What is the common name , now widely used in the US to describe outsourcing company functions to a place outside the USA as in “ Customer Services have been __________ ”

Bangalored

15)Technology
In cheques , what does “ MICR “ stand for ?

Magnetic Ink Character RecognitionTechnology

16)On April 3rd , 1973 , Martin Cooper did something on a New York City street , and the world was never the same again . He later said that his invention was inspired by the television series Star Trek which was very popular at the time .
World’s first call on a portable cell phone

17)Think Lateral
Ten pears hanging high , ten men come passing by , each took a pear and left nine hanging there . How ?

Mr. Each was one of the ten men