Quiz 16

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1. The name of this communications company is a portmanteau of horizon and the Roman goddess of truth. It was founded in 2000 when Bell Atlantic merged with GTE. Which company?

2. This business man began to develop a business as a young boy, selling matches to neighbors from his bicycle. He found that he could buy matches in bulk very cheaply from Stockholm, sell them individually at a low price and still make a good profit. From matches, he expanded to selling fish, Christmas tree decorations, seeds and later ball-point pens and pencils. He is currently the owner of one of the largest home products retailer and is also the richest European. Name him or his company.

3. What seemingly secret thing took place on 21st January 2008, making it an important date in the annals of Indian technology and business? Not all nations are happy about it.

4. When India won the 1964 Olympics hockey gold medal, the national anthem played was that of Pakistan, by mistake. Name the global Malayalee who was the one to point out the mistake and rectify it. He also was awarded the order of Merit of the Sacred Treasure by emperor Hirohito in 1984. Clue: Mohanlal's upcoming movie.

5. He is one of the most prolific real estate developer in Mumbai, having built nearly all the landmarks of its skyline and is also the largest stake holder in, none other than the Tata Group. His company shares its initials with a leading global financial analysis and ratings company that owns stock indices world over. Who am I talking about?

6. The ICC website says so about a person: [Name] "was a decent cricketer who represented the Parsees against Europeans in 1904, but his business commitments did allow him time to play more. He held a belief that man is better through sport, and as such he took an active interest in many areas, and was chairman of the Cricket Club of India until his death in 1938. He was instrumental in setting up the debenture scheme which saved the development of the Brabourne Stadium and he also donated large sums towards the construction of the pavilion." Who?

7. Memorial to this incident, that occured in 1756, was first placed by Holwell but it disappeared. In 1901, Lord Curzon erected a new memorial at the corner of Dalhousie Square. However, later, on the opposition of national leaders, in which both the Congress and the Muslim League joined hands, it was removed from there and re-erected in the graveyard of St. John's Church in 1940. Which incident?

8. Who, now famous in the film industry, was actually named G. Subramaniam, and is an MBA from the Jamlal Bajaj Institute? His first movie, Pallavi Anupallavi, is a Kannada movie starring Anil Kapur and Lakshmi.

9. Identify the person, an author, who can be connected to all these.

10. Identify the people and the logo to connect. One more clue: High Performance. Delivered.


















Answers:
1. Verizon Communications
2. Ingvar Kamprad, of IKEA
3. The launch of the Israeli Spy Satellite, TECSAR. The launch vehicle was PSLV C10.
4. Ayyappan Pillai Madhavan Nair, known as Nair San, the owner of the Ginza Nair Restaurant, Tokyo
5. Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
6. Nowrojee Saklatwala, the only non-Tata head of the Tata Group till date.
7. The Black Hole of Calcutta
8. Maniratnam
9. Erich Segal. RPM, The Game- script written by Erich Segal.The movie Yellow Submarine, based on the Beatles song- was scripted by Erich Segal. Most of his novels are based around the Harvard University, where he studied. (a bit too stretched, i know!)
10. ENRON. The portrait is that of Arthur Andersen, founder of the auditing firm that went down with Enron. The book cover is that of the book, Conspiracy of Fools based on the fall of Enron. The photo is of Ken Lay, the founder of Enron and the symbol, of course, is that of Enron.