Showing posts with label Cogito Ergo Sum. Show all posts
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum XII

1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum XI

2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.Questions Provided by Karanjot
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Cogito Ergo Sum X

1. Which song by the Rolling Stones was used as the theme song for the launch of Windows 95
2. The word Advertorial is a blend of which two words
3. Which artist along with Bobby Kooka created the Maharaja in 1946
4. From the advertisement did the expression ‘round the bend’ originate?
5. ‘We love to see you smile’ is an advertising campaign associated with which company named after Maurice & Richard?
6. Which company’s ad in Mexico instead of reading “it won’t leak in your pocket and embarrass you”, read “it would leak in your pocket and make you pregnant”?
7. Which company’s slogan was wrongly translated in Chinese as “______ brings your ancestors back from the dead.”
8. “Put a tiger in your tank” was the slogan for which company?
9. Which was the first TV Commercial in colour to be aired in India?
10. Which was the first ad agency to be listed both on the LSE and NYSE?
11. Which company was the first to send ‘flyers by mail’ to advertise products?
12. Which artist’s name would associate with the packaging of Chanel No. 5 on Chanel’s 75th anniversary?
13. In 1929, Guinness enlisted S. H. Benson Ad Agency to undertake consumer research into why people drank Guinness. The result paved way for the slogan: “Guinness is good for ___”
14. The first advertisement in English was written by William Caxton in 1477. What did the ad intent to sell?
15. According to Industrial designer Raymond Loewy, between the two most perfectly designed containers ever made, one was egg. Which was the other?
16. Name the Ad Agency that handled the election campaign for the Congress-I to get Rajiv Gandhi elected as Prime minister?
17. Claudia Schiffer made her American debut being featured in a run of which jeans ads?

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Cogito Ergo Sum IX Answers

1.2. Shiv Nadar (HCL)
3. All are metro railways
4. 5. John maynard Keynes on India’s love for Gold
6. 7.8.9. Railways Accounts Chair was set up by Railways after the IIM-A praised Lalu’s railways turnaround story. It was recently scrapped by Mamta banerjee.
10. 11. 12.13.14.15.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum IX

1. Connect2. Connect3. Connect4. The company has its origins in 1927 in Dallas, Texas, USA, when anemployee of Southland Ice Company, Joe C. Thompson, started sellingmilk, eggs and bread from an ice dock because of ice's ability tostore things. Name the company.
5. "Ruinous love of a barbaric relic." - Who on what?
6. In a first for X, it is asking people to hold parties in their homes to showcase Y, due to be launched on October 22. Interested folk can register on houseparty.com, an online party coordinating service. If selected, you get a free Y. Every host will also have a chance to win a PC worth $750. Houseparty.com will help you organise the party, and will supply a special kit, which may include some little things like keychains or t-shirts for guests. You can choose from four different party themes: PhotoPalooza, Media Mania, Setting up with Ease, and Family Friendly Fun.
7. Non-profit cooperative and only south-asian company to operate its own communication satellite. Took over Reuters operations after Independence.
8. This company was founded in 1922 by a group of 6 telecommunications companies - Marconi, Radio Communication Company, Metropolitan-Vickers, General Electric, Western Electric, and British Thomson-Houston. Has the motto "Nation shall speak peace unto Nation".
9. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad is in news as the latest battleground between MamtaBannerjee and Lalu Prasad Yadav. Give the what and why.
10. This conglomerate derives its name from the founders' first initials. One of the group companies is India's largest private fuel retailer. Launched The MobileStore in 2007, a retail chain for end-to-end mobile and communication solutions.
11. MrRaghunandan Saran, an industrialist, was persuaded by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to start this company. It was established in 1948 and initially assembled Austin cars. Today this company is the flagship of a UK-based conglomerate.
12. Founded in 1951 in Quincy, Massachusetts by William Rosenberg. Every morning, nearly all U.S. households repeat the same ritual at the time of breakfast: Soaking the bun at breakfast table. This chain wanted to reflect precisely this action in its name and incorporated the two key words for their establishments.
13. Connect the Following Ships: Grand Turk, Friendship, Wesley, Salem, Birmingham, Hamilton
14. It started off as Peutronics Pvt. Ltd. with the aim of using computers to simplify the tedious job of keeping accounts. Founder’s son developed the commercial software X with sales in 88 countries. Success of X led to change in company’s name from Peutronics to X
15. X was founded in 1923 under the name "Ideal". Its core business was the manufacturing of headphones. If the headphones came through quality tests, the company would give the headphones a blue dot. The headphones quickly became known as the blue dots or X in local language. The quality symbol would become a trademark and the trademark would become the company name in 1938.

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum VIII answers

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4.5.6.7.8.9.10.
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Cogito Ergo Sum VIII

Connects
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6.7.8.9.10.

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