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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Kuch Corporate Ho Jaaye

1. Which company has the tagline "Exceeding your Expectations? "

2. This is a photo of Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire. What was/were formed here ?




3. Shown Below is the Hong Kong headquarters of a company that is been in news recently. Which one ?




4. The photo below shows painter Duncan Grant with a person whose words are being taken seriously once again. Who ?




5. X says that his interest in economics began with Isaac Asimov's Foundation series of novels, where psychohistory is used to a large extent. Who is X ?


Note - Thou must not google.

Answers :

1. Transcend
[ Stupid trivial question I know, but just the kind that lands up in some big quiz like Tata Crucible and makes you want to kick yourself for not knowing. ;) ]

2. The Bretton Woods Agreement - IMF, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and GATT.

3. AIG it is.

4. John Maynard Keynes

5. Paul Krugman

Udit / Abhimanyu / Ankur Bannerjee / Lord labak das all cracked some parts.

6 comments:

UDit said...

2.Brettonwoods Agreement, IMF
3. Lehman Bros
5. Paul Krugman

Anonymous said...

3. Lehman Brothers
4. John Maynard Keynes
5. Paul Krugman

Anonymous said...

@udit :

5 is right. 2 is true but not complete.

@abx :

4 and 5 right


-Sharat

Pankaj Sachdeva said...

3. Goldman Sachs?....its here Chetan Bhagat worked in Hong Kong before moving to India.

Unknown said...

3. AIG's Hong Kong office? I'm guessing because if it ain't Lehman Brothers...

Sree said...

@Udit/Sharat : The second half of 2 should be World Bank

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Kuch Corporate Ho Jaaye

1. Which company has the tagline "Exceeding your Expectations? "

2. This is a photo of Mount Washington Hotel in New Hampshire. What was/were formed here ?




3. Shown Below is the Hong Kong headquarters of a company that is been in news recently. Which one ?




4. The photo below shows painter Duncan Grant with a person whose words are being taken seriously once again. Who ?




5. X says that his interest in economics began with Isaac Asimov's Foundation series of novels, where psychohistory is used to a large extent. Who is X ?


Note - Thou must not google.

Answers :

1. Transcend
[ Stupid trivial question I know, but just the kind that lands up in some big quiz like Tata Crucible and makes you want to kick yourself for not knowing. ;) ]

2. The Bretton Woods Agreement - IMF, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) and GATT.

3. AIG it is.

4. John Maynard Keynes

5. Paul Krugman

Udit / Abhimanyu / Ankur Bannerjee / Lord labak das all cracked some parts.

6 comments:

UDit said...

2.Brettonwoods Agreement, IMF
3. Lehman Bros
5. Paul Krugman

Anonymous said...

3. Lehman Brothers
4. John Maynard Keynes
5. Paul Krugman

Anonymous said...

@udit :

5 is right. 2 is true but not complete.

@abx :

4 and 5 right


-Sharat

Pankaj Sachdeva said...

3. Goldman Sachs?....its here Chetan Bhagat worked in Hong Kong before moving to India.

Unknown said...

3. AIG's Hong Kong office? I'm guessing because if it ain't Lehman Brothers...

Sree said...

@Udit/Sharat : The second half of 2 should be World Bank