1.This company was founded in Zlin, Czechoslovakia in 1894. It is currently headquartered at Don Mills, Ontario. Name this company which has a major presence in India also.
2.This cocktail was born in 1921 when Fernand Petiot,the bartender at Harry's New York Bar in Paris,felt the world needed a better way to face the morning after. This cocktail was initially known as "Red Snapper" before finally being christened its present name,supposedly after American entertainer George Jessel who accidently spilled one of the crimson beverages over a young woman. Name this popular cocktail.
3.Which JV signed up Azharuddin and Sangita Bijlani to endorse their products - but released very few ads featuring the duo ?
4.A small town so called in south-west France , near Bordeaux gave a Frenchman named Antoine de La Mothe a title , that eventually gave rise to a brand name . Name the brand .
Hint: The man was the founder of an American city.
5.Who has written the bestseller -'Losing My Virginity'?
6.Currently owned by the Southwest Recreational Industries, what brand was originally created in the 1960s in response to a requirement from the Ford foundation for a playing surface to improve children's fitness ?
7.In the movie, which company actually built the bridge on the river Kwai ?
8.In the year 1911 Lou Upton, an inventor from Chicago received the patent for a manually operated clothes washer. He was of the belief that if the washer could be automatic the possibilities would be endless. He along with his uncle Emory Upton, who had a machine shop in St.Joseph, Michigan, got together and formed the Upton Machine Company. Their mission was to produce the world's first electrically operated clothes washer. It's first big client was Federal Electric which was later to become a rival. In 1916, the company formed an enduring alliance with Sears Roebuck and co. The company soon changed its name from the Upton Machine Company to Nineteen Hundred Corporation. How do we know this company today ?
9. What entertainment firm was established with one of it's main aims being 'to improve and promote singing'?
10."There are ... things that just don't have any good explanation," he said. "I suppose you could say that if it had been a really nice animal, something sympathetic, then maybe nothing would have happened. Suppose I had picked a rooster. Well, that's ________, but it doesn't have the same impact."
Who's talking 'bout what? No half points.
11.What first did Carol Lunell achieve in Indian advertising?
12.Who's the Director of Human Resources in Dilbert's company?
13.This person developed an eye for luxury while working as a bellboy at the Savoy Hotel in London before the First World War. He then opened his first store in Florence in 1921. He and his descendants became world-famous for the bamboo-handled handbag sported by the likes of Jackie Onassis and the trademark loafers worn by Frank Sinatra's set.
14.Coca Cola – Atlanta, Boeing – Seattle, Ford Motor Company - ?
Naming just the state gets you half points.
15.In 1889 this Scotsman wrote in The Gospel of Wealth that all personal wealth beyond that required to supply the needs of one's family should be regarded as a trust fund to be administered for the benefit of the community. Name this legendary industrialist.