Q. Identify the logo below. The company name has been licensed for use on a range of lifestyle products including electronic goods sold by Alba (including MP3 players, home audio systems, DVD players, DAB radio players and in-car entertainment systems), mobile handsets, festival camping gear, vodka, clothing, luggage products and fragrance products.






































A. Ministry Of Sound (MoS)

Q. This restaurant chain was the brainchild of Robert Earl, former president of Hard Rock Cafe. It was modeled after the Hard Rock formula, so closely in fact that a lawsuit ensued and awarded the Hard Rock millions in damages. Earl recruited many former Hard Rock veterans to open new stores. Movie star "owners" received stock options at rock bottom price in exchange for their endorsement, thus they could be billed as legal owners.
In April 1996, it went public. The company's share price reached all time high of $32 on the first day of trading and went down to less than $1 by 1999. The company has gone bankrupt twice. Nearly 100 stores have closed worldwide, leaving fewer than 20 in the world currently. Identify this restaurant chain.
































A. Planet Hollywood

Q. Identify the 2008 start-up which is a multi million dollar company today by its logo and also its angel investor.




































A. Logo - Tapulous;
Investor - Late Rajeev Motwani.

Q. Identify the advertiser. (Think Lateral)































A. Microsoft (On Bill Gates)

Q. Instead of hours and minutes, the mean solar day is divided up into 1000 parts called "beats". Each beat lasts 1 minute and 26.4 seconds. Although the company does not specify units smaller than one beat, third party implementations have extended the standard by adding "centibeats" or "sub-beats" as a decimal fraction, for extended precision: @248.00.
There are no time zones; instead, the new time scale of Biel Mean Time (BMT) is used, based on the company's headquarters in Biel, Switzerland. What am I talking about?
































A. Swatch Internet Time

Q. From the very beginning, bowling and X have shared the same path. X's founder John Moses X played an integral part in the birth of the game by building a company dedicated to taking games like billiards and bowling out of fancy Victorian parlors and into the public arena. Moses Bensinger (married to Eleanora X, daughter of John Moses X) had a vision for the modern game of bowling. He standardized rules for the game and organized the first American Bowling Congress in 1895, which held the first significant bowling tournament in 1902. The ABC became a prominent fixture in competitive, professional bowling, and is responsible for developing the professional game and global appeal of the sport as it is known today. Identify this company X who has helped shape the sport as we know it today.







































A. Brunswick

Q. In 1968, X founded X Ltd., a coat shop in the York Hotel in New York City, with $10,000. Legend has it that a year later a buyer from Bonwit Teller got off the elevator on the wrong floor, and ended up placing a $50,000 order. It is more likely though, that X showed his work to Bonwit Teller staff, which led to his first collection: a line of men's and women's coats featured at the New York City store.
In 1969, he, who was later described as "the supreme master of minimalism," appeared on the cover of Vogue magazine.
By 1971, sportswear, classic blazers as well as lingerie were added to his women's collection portfolio.
Which fashion magnate had such an accidental and yet such a humble beginning?
































A. Calvin Klein

Q. In the early 1900s while India was still under the British rule, one of the strongest manifestations of mass awakening was the desire to patronize all that was 'Swadeshi' (Made in India). Great Indian patriots and eminent businessmen like Shri Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sir Ratanji Jamshedji Tata, amongst others conceived the idea of a chain of co-operative stores across India.

And thus this chain of stores in question came into existence on 14th December, 1905. On December 17th, 1906, the flagship store was inaugurated by Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji. The store was then located at the present Times of India Building, on D.N. Road, Mumbai. In 1938, it shifted to its present location on Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Road. What chain am I talking about?






































A. The Bombay Store

Q. Beginning August 2005, X began selling products under its own private label, "Pinzon"; the initial trademark applications suggested the company intended to focus on textiles, kitchen utensils, and other household goods. In March 2007, the company applied to expand the trademark to cover a larger and more diverse list of goods, and to register a new design consisting of the "word PINZON in stylized letters with a notched letter O whose space appears at the "one o'clock" position." The list of products registered for coverage by the trademark grew to include items such as paints, carpets, wallpaper, hair accessories, clothing, footwear, headgear, cleaning products, and jewelry. On September 2008, X filed to have the name registered. Identify this parent company X.






























A. Amazon.com

Q. In 1976, X went to work at the manufacturing conglomerate 3M, but left after her request to transfer to the headquarters was denied; she was told that "women don't do these jobs". She moved on to the computer industry, including jobs at Digital Equipment Corporation and Sun Microsystems.

She became CEO of Autodesk in 1992. According to Forbes, X "transformed Autodesk from an aimless maker of PC software into a leader of computer-aided design software, targeting architects and builders."She is credited with instituting and promoting Autodesk's "3F" or "fail fast-forward" concept — the idea of moulding a company to risk failure in some missions, but to be resilient and move on quickly when failure occurs. She stepped down as CEO in 2006 and became the executive chairman of the board. Autodesk's net revenue substantially increased during her tenure.

She served on several boards of directors, including those of Intel, Cisco Systems, Autodesk, BEA Systems, Network Appliance, and the Foundation for the National Medals of Science. Additionally, she has been a member of the United States President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Identify X.


































A. Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz.

Q. Identify the logo and also explain its significance.



























A. Logo of Team Radio Shack. Lance Armstrong is going to race in the 2010 Tour De France with this team.

Q. Identify the logos.

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A. 1) Royal Caribbean International Cruises
2) Mathematica

Q. The business in question was set up in 1986 by S S Goenka, who founded a small company called Peutronics Pvt. Ltd. with the aim of using computers to simplify the tedious job of keeping accounts. His son Bharat was responsible for the development of the commercial software product which led Peutronics Pvt. Ltd., into changing its name and becoming the company it is today. It now operates from its offices on the Hosur Road, a business district of the Silicon Valley of India and makes financial accounting softwares that currently sells in 88 countries beyond its native India, including the United Kingdom, and the Middle East. Identify this worldly recognized company.






























A. Tally Solutions

Q. Explain the Google Doodles

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b)



























A. a) Brazil wins 2016 Olympics
b) Valentine's Day

Q. Identify the famous entrepreneur who is worth over $1.8 billion as of today.



























A. Mike Lazaridis of Research In Motion (RIM)

Q. Identify the logo.

























A. Microsoft Surface

Q. The first recorded history of the company is in 1366, when records of taxes exist on Leuven's Den Horen Brewery, a brewery that is still in existence today. In 1708, Sebastian became the master brewer at Den Horen, and gave his name to the brewery in 1717.
In 1926, the company was launched initially as a seasonal beer especially for the Christmas holiday market. It was first sold in Canada and it was such a commercial success that the brand became available year round and, apart from the duration of the Second World War, has been produced ever since. The name, logo and the colour associated with it are all inspired from the Christmas season. Identify the company/brand.





























A. Stella Artois (Stella is 'star' in Latin.)

Q. The person in the picture below is a retired American attorney and philanthropist. He co-founded a law firm which today has over 1900 attorneys worldwide and is ranked as the 10th largest lawfirm in the United States by the National Law Journal and as the 19th largest among law firms worldwide by The American Lawyer. He has also authored a book "Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime".

Other notable achivements in his lifetime are:

1. Awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award which acknowledges his business and civic success at least 25 years after earning Eagle Scout rank as a Scout.
2. Served on the Board for Judicial Administration, Washington State Supreme Court, 1993-1995
3. President of the Washington State Bar Association, 1986-1987
4. Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2003

Identify this 85 year old dynamic personality who is famous today for very different reasons.









































A. William H. Gates Sr. (Father of Microsoft founder, Bill Gates)

Q. The first prototype was given the initials MP5 and baptized "Paperino," the Italian name for Donald Duck, a nick-name given to it by the workers because of the strange shape it had. Enrico did not like the design and asked D'Ascanio to redesign it — which he did with a more aeronautical-derived aerodynamic look.

When the second prototype called MP6, was shown to Enrico he exclaimed: "Sembra una ___________!" ("It resembles a _________!") The name stuck and from there on it went on to become one of the most recognized brands in the world. Identify this revolutionary brand/product.




















A. Vespa (Italian for 'Wasp')

Q. Identify him and the brand he is associated with. He started an appareal company in 1978 which is based in Molvena in northern Italy.































A. Renzo Rosso - Diesel