- The second publication of the founders of this company was nicknamed the Yellow Bible. Name them and their company which is now owned by BBC.
The Lonely Planet, founded by Tony and Maureen Wheeler in 1972. Their second publication, South East Asia on a Shoe string, was nicknamed the Yellow Bible.
- This first of its kind product was signed with its designer’s initials F.F. when it was launched in 1971. A requirement of a Japanese company gave rise to this invention. Name the person who designed it.
The Intel 4004, the world's first microprocessor, is signed with the initials F.F., for Federico Faggin its designer. Busicom a Japanese company that owned the rights to the Intel 4004 had asked Intel to design a set of integrated circuits for a new line of their programmable electronic calculators in 1969.
- Whose logo contains the Biscione, the emblem of the House of Visconti, rulers of Milan in the 14th century and a red cross on a white field, the emblem of the city of Milan?
The automotive brand Alfa Romeo
- What is common to these brands: Best-Locks, Oxford, Tente, Built to Rule and Cobi? A particular term is used to describe these companies
They are all Lego clones— a brand of children's construction blocks that is mechanically compatible with LEGO brand blocks. Despite Lego patenting its "Automatic Binding Bricks" in 1958, these companies continue to sell their merchandise. Lego has challenged somm eof them in courts, the most recent one being BanBao of China.
- This merger was billed as the biggest one in the early 2000s, but was halted in its tracks by the competition authorities of Europe. For the first time in history the European authorities forbade a merger that had been passed earlier by the US authorities. The US justice department gave its assent and insisted that the acquiring company sell off its helicopter business for security purposes. The CEO of the acquiring company had even deferred his retirement for a year to see the deal through. Name the companies involved.
GE’s attempted acquisition of Honeywell International in 2001. Jack Welch deferred his retirement for a year to see the deal through.
- This brand was truly born from love, as it was created by a man as a gift for his wife. In the 1950s, chemist Graham Wulff saw his wife Dinah’s frustration with the thick, waxy beauty creams that came in shoe-polish tins. They left her skin looking greasy, and they certainly didn’t fit with her feminine sensibility. Graham wanted to create a new beauty product for her—one that could not only moisturise her skin, but also leave her feeling beautiful and feminine. Name the brand.
Oil of Olay
- Why did Rolls Royce and Estee Lauder change their brand names to Silver Shadow and Country Moist respectively after their post launch fiascos in Germany?
Both Rolls Royce and Estee Lauder’s brands originally had the suffix Mist (Silver Mist and Country Mist). Mist in Germany meas dung or rubbish and hence, they were forced to change their brand names.
- Whose top selling brands are Mahacef, Ranidom, Gudcef, Unwanted and Noble?
All brands of Mankind Pharma, the 8th largest pharmaceutical company in India
- What is the term used to describe a good or service that is characterized by excludability and non-rivalry in consumption?
Club Good. Example: private golf courses, cinemas, cable TV, access to copyrighted works, and the services provided by social or religious clubs to their members
- Identify the visuals and establish the connection between the them.
The Alphonso Mango is named after Afonso de Albuquerque — the 1st Duke of Goa. He was nobleman, a naval general officer who conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian Ocean. This was an exquisite and expensive variety of mango, that he used to bring on his journeys to Goa
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