The Hindu Business Line : Investment quiz

2) A strategy deployed by companies that do not want to be taken over, it involves the issue of a large quantity of bonds that must be redeemed at a price above face value in the event the company does get acquired. What is this tack called?

3) What is Houston-based entrepreneur Marc Ostrofsky's claim to fame?

4) With which personality from the entertainment industry would you associate the names Boy Toy Inc and Slutco Inc?

5) A few years ago, leading names such as Gabriela Sabatini, Pete Sampras (in the picture above), Van Halen, Florence Griffith Joyner and Amy Grant featured in a series of advertisements that saw sales of this product improve after having been on a decline for 30 years. Which product are we talking about?

6) Originally known as Garnet Paper Mills, this company has now undergone a name change and is in the film production business. The company's ticker code on Bloomberg continues to be based on the earlier name, though (GPM IN). What is company's new name?

7) With airlines the flavour of the season, it should come as no surprise that it is raining planes in India.

This quiz, too, would not be complete without a question on the sector.

With which country would you associate the airline carrier Malev?

Answers

1) It protects the interests of the buyers of faulty cars.

2) Macaroni Defence.

3) He sold the domain name business.com to eCompanies in December 1999 for 4.6- million pounds, making it the most expensive domain name on the Internet.

4) Pop diva Madonna.

5) Milk.

6) K-Sera Sera Productions.

7) Hungary.

Compiled by Nath Balakrishnan

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