QC posted on 08/17/2006

1. This company is exploring the possibility of launching India-specific brands in the hair colours segment. Currently, the company is test marketing a hair colouring brand by the name of Top Speed in the southern markets. Which company?
a. Modi Revlon

2. A, an IT major, is offering to provide its expertise to B. B says that it would explore the possibilities of having a long-term working relationship with A. The doctors and para-medical staff of B would be trained in clinical and management aspects of eye-care using IT as a platform. According to one of the co-founders of A, the focus would be on extending quality eye-care to rural areas using IT and to work together with B on health projects benefiting the poor. Identify A and B.
a. A - Google; B - Aravind Eye Hospital

3. What is the name of the operation launched by India to evacuate Indians from Lebanon?
a. Operation Sukoon

4. Microsoft announced its plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software. Name the brand.
a. Zune.

5. The retail arm of VLCC Group of Companies, VLCC Retail, has launched its low calorie, health food restaurant chain. Give the name of the chain.
a. Alive. Alive restaurants will also have `Body Composition Analysers', which will help customers to choose exactly the amount of nutrients their body needs with the help of a nutritionist.

6. X was born into a middle-class family and was raised to be a teacher. He entered the London School of Economics on scholarship, but attended for less than 2 yrs and did not graduate. He is an avid cricket fan, a follower of the Kabbalah faith and has 2 fossils named after him. Currently taking singing lessons to preserve his voice after almost 35 yrs of none, who is X?
a. Mick Jagger

7. The famous wax museum gets its first figure without wax! Name the celebrity.
a. Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, daughter of Hollywood actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The 2-month old celebrity-baby is made entirely of silicone. She is the youngest model to be created at Madame Tussauds in New York. Portrayed asleep in her nursery, she has her famous parents, in wax, watching over her. You can get a picture with her and her parents, too, provided you shell out a dollar. All proceeds go to the Children's Charity, UNICEF.

8. Who is the new brand ambassador of the Godfrey Philips bravery moment?
a. Preity Zinta

9. Who is the brand ambassador of home textile brand - "Carmichael house" launched by S. Kumars?
a. Sushmita Sen

10. Tata Coffee Limited recently acquired a big coffee brand. Name the brand and who financed the acquisition.
a. Eight O' Clock Coffee, third biggest brand in coffee trading by volume , next to Folgers and Maxwell House. The acquisition was arbitrated by RaboBank of Netherlands.

Bonus Question (2 points)
Q. Connect: the Moon, Golden Eye, 1932 Summer Olympics.
A. Omega.
The Speedmaster Professional was the first watch worn on the Moon. This watch passed the organization's numerous torture tests, which included exposure to extreme temperatures, vacuum, intense humidity, corrosion, shock, acceleration, pressure, vibration and noise whereas the other famous brands (Rolex, Longines, Heuer, etc.) failed. The watch was nicknamed 'The Moonwatch'.
The Seamaster 300m Diver Chronometer is the current official James Bond watch, used in each of the Bond movies since its first appearance in Golden Eye.
Omega has frequently been the official timekeeper for the Olympics, beginning with the 1932 Summer Olympics.