The Hindu Business Line : Investment Quiz

1) "On September 2, we'll open at nine and never close again." This was the punchline used in the advertisement for a banking facility, which was introduced in 1969, and is now taken for granted by customers of banks across the world. What facility are we referring to?

2)"Where vision gets built" is the tagline of which leading global financial services outfit?

3) If appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines are referred to as white goods, what equipment would figure under the category of brown goods?

4) This leading light in the world of management has to her credit bestsellers such as "When Giants Learn to Dance" and "World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy". She also served a stint as the editor of the prestigious Harvard Business Review. Whom are we talking about?

5) Which is the only Option Greek that is not derived from the Greek alphabet?

6) A columnist with The New York Times, this three-time Pulitzer Prize winner is a staunch advocate of globalisation and is the author of the book, "The Lexus and the Olive Tree". Who is being referred to here?

7) Which private equity investor recently offloaded a substantial chunk of shares in mobile telephony major Bharti Tele-Ventures?

8) Tom Glocer is the Chief Executive Officer of which global information services provider?

9) ICANN is an organisation formed with the support of various governments across the world to develop domain names for the Internet. What does ICANN stand for?

10) In financial parlance, what are referred to as financial handcuffs?

Answers

1) The ubiquitous ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines); the ad campaign was launched by Chemical Bank in the US.

2) Lehman Brothers

3) Consumer electronics such as televisions and stereos

4) Rosabeth Moss Kanter

5) Vega

6) Thomas L. Friedman

7) Warburg Pincus

8) Reuters

9) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

10) A bonus paid out to an employee to retain him