Answers to last week's quiz (#374)

1. This person started his first business about 29 years ago when he bought an existing company from tennis legend Vijay Amritraj's father. He gave HCL, Wipro and IBM a run for their money. He also bought rapper MC Hammer's house to set up his base in the US. Name him.
   C Sivasankaran, serial entrepreneur of the Sterling group. He bought Sterling computers from Robert Amritraj in 1985 and launched the famous Siva PC. Recently, the supreme court of Seychelles has declared him bankrupt.
    
2. It received its first international exposure during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It is also known as Hu-Tu-Tu & Ha-Do-Do. Amar, Sanjeevani and Gemini are its various forms. What is it?
   The game of Kabbadi.
    
3. The plot of this movie is about a construction worker who falls in with some well-known cartoon characters and super heroes, including Batman, in their mission to defeat a tyrant named Lord Business, who wants to control the world by gluing everything together. Name the movie and the brand associated it.
   The Lego Movie released in early 2014. Lego is now the world's biggest toymaker, as judged by sales in the first half of 2014, when it reported revenues of more than two billion dollars.
    
4. This company was set up in 1327 under King Edward III's Royal Charter. The members of this organisation originally belonged to a guild that made Gambesons, tunics worn under armour. It is assumed that the street on which the Bank of England is located gets its name from it. It publishes a bi-annual magazine called Number 30. Name it.
   Merchant Taylors Company. It started as an association of artisans, i.e. working tailors, known as the Fraternity of St John the Baptist.
    
5. Who is promoting a non-existent cologne brand called 'Destiny,' and why?
   Microsoft X-Box. Xbox cannot explicitly advertise the launch of the highly anticipated first-person shooter Destiny since Sony has exclusive rights to advertise the game. So, it came up with clever trick to promote non-existent cologne with the same name as the game.
    
6. The consumers of which product are called Vapers?
   Dedicated enthusiasts of e-cigarettes are called vapers instead of smokers.
    
7. Exotic poisonous creatures such as Poison Dart Frogs, Sea Anemones, Blue ring Octopuses, Lion Fish, Box Jellyfish and Coral Polyps have been the reference points for the textures, forms, patterns and colour for which brand's latest bed & bath collection?
   Bombay Dyeing's Toxin collection designed by Nachiket Bharve.
    
8. Which company recently sent out invitations to the press with just a visual and this line, "Wish we could say more"?
   Apple. This was an invitation to the press for the new products announcements it made on 09/09/2014.
    
9. Which luxury brand is using the base line 'Handmade in England' under its brand name?
   Vertu
    
10. Identify the three logos and also state for what reason they are ranked No. 1, 2 & 3, respectively.
    All Chinese banks that are ranked for the biggest global IPOs by market value. Agricultural Bank of China Ltd - $22.117 billion, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC- 2010) $21.929 billion (2006), Bank of China $11.186 billion (2006).

 

There were 21 correct entries for quiz No. 374. Sarvesh Patkar from Mumbai wins Rs 2,000. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.