Monday, September 25, 2017

Answers for round 1

Answer 1-
Deutsche Bank 
Reasoning-
1. Its biggest shareholder is HNA, a Chinese conglomerate, which owns 10% of the company.
2. That's the main entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp. During WW2, DB was a main financier of the Gestapo (Nazi police) and provided finances to build this camp.
3. The DB twin towers which is the company headquarters is in the Frankfurt business district, a map of which is shown.
4.‘The Global Art Concept’ refers to the art collection that DB has, across its 900 bank locations worldwide.

Answer 2-
Dabbawalas
Reasoning-
1. Six Sigma- The dabbawalas function very effectively and almost never mess up orders. Hence, Harvard Business School made the dabbawalas the subject of a now famous case study in 2010. The dabbawalas system was used to explain the Six-Sigma model of management.
2. Mumbai- The Gateway of India, the Taj Mahal Hotel right opposite to it.
3. Irrfan Khan- Lead actor in ‘Lunchbox’, a Bollywood film where dabbawalas have a prominent role.
4. Dabbawalas appointed as the brand ambassadors of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014.

Answer 3-
Rajat Gupta
Reasoning-
1. Silver- Called Rajat in Hindi.
2. Harvard, where he went.
3. Silk route- He is the co founder of New Silk Route.
4. ISB's one of the founder is Rajat Gupta and right now the chairman of the institution is Adi Godrej.

Answer 4-
Wipro
Reasoning-
1. Connect the dots- The new logo of WIPRO, which replaces the multi-coloured sunflower, comprises dots, which Wipro says, represent the way it “connects the dots” for its clients.
2. Chelsea FC- Wipro also inked a 3 year deal with the football club to kick off Chelsea’s ‘digital transformation’. It is Chelsea’s official digital and IT partner.
3. Sherlock Holmes- WIPRO Holmes is the company’s artificial intelligence platform. It aims at greater automation by doing the work of close to 10000 engineers.
4. The full form of WIPRO used to be Western India Palm Refined Oils Limited. It was initially set up as a manufacturer of vegetable and refined oils in Maharashtra.

Answer 5-
Hulu, an online video on demand site which is a joint venture of Disney, Comcast, Fox, Time Warner.
Reasoning-
1. Thunder- Thor is God of thunder. It is also a movie of marvel, which in turn is owned by Disney.
2. Super Bowl, Hulu ran a famous ad in Super Bowl 2009.
3. Fox. Refers to fox entertainment, which owns 30%.
4. Comcast Center. Comcast owns 30% of Hulu. NBC is owned by Comcast and Saturday Night Live is the best show there(SNL).

Answer 6-
Lockheed Martin, a global aerospace, defense,security company.
Reasoning-
1. Skyrim is a game developed by Bethseda studios and Lockheed Martin has its headquarters in Bethesda.
2. It won the Collier trophy in 2006 for developing F-22 Raptor the most aircraft Currently in the US military.
3. In 2012 Lockheed Martin faced a lawsuit in the US department of justice for overpricing.
4. The company got a contract from NASA in 2006 to build CEV capsules.

Answer 7-
Hermes, handcrafts luxury bags.
Reasoning-
1. (50-0)- When Mayweather defeated McGregor he bought 10 Hermes Birkin Bags.
2. Hermes is a breed of horse.
3. They have their headquarters in France.
4. Birkin is named after Jane Birkin(a French singer) whose first live album was bataclan. 

Answer 8-
Berkshire and Hathaway
Reasoning-
1. Brand Ambassador of Hathaway broadband is Actor R Madhavan.
2. It started as a textile industry.
3. Headquarter is in Valley Falls.
4. Warren Buffet is an alumni from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.                    





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