Logo Quiz of the Day : 748

Hint: We all used its products.
Answer: Camlin

Logo Quiz of the Day : 747

Hint: Enough hint in the logo
Answer: Singer Corporation
Singer Corporation is a manufacturer of sewing machines, first established as I.M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac Merritt Singer with New York lawyer Edward Clark. Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then The Singer Company in 1963. It is currently based in La Vergne, Tennessee near Nashville. Its first large factory for mass production was built in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1863.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 746

Hint: Power generation.
Answer: Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets. The core products of Wärtsilä include large combustion engines. The company employed 17,528 workers in more than 70 countries at the end of 2010, and its headquarters are located in Helsinki.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 745

Hint: Bowling
Answer: The Brunswick Corporation
The Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), formerly known as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, is a United States-based corporation that has been involved in manufacturing a wide variety of products since 1845. Brunswick's global headquarters is in the northern Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 744

Hint: Pump maker
Answer: Grundfos
Grundfos is one of the world's largest pump manufacturer, based in Denmark. The annual production of more than 12 million pump units, circulator pumps (UP), submersible pumps (SP), and centrifugal pumps (CR) is approximately 50% of the world market for these pumps. Grundfos also produces electric motors for the pumps as well as a considerable amount of electric motors for separate merchandising. Furthermore, Grundfos develops and sells state-of-the-art electronics for controls for pumps and other systems.

10 Interesting Facts about IQ Tests

Check out this blog entry. Makes a very interesting read.
http://www.nursingdegree.net/blog/945/10-interesting-facts-about-iq-tests/

Logo Quiz of the Day : 743

Hint: 250 years old business empire from India.
Answer: Wadia Group.
The Wadia family is a Parsi family originally based in Surat.
Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia began the Wadia shipbuilding dynasty in 1736, when he obtained a contract from the British East India Company for building docks and ships in Bombay. Although the Wadia's would eventually come to be considered a Bombay family, many of them remained in Surat, where one branch of the family established a ship breaking yard that remains one of the largest of its kind in the world.
By the 1840s, the family was one of the leading forces in the Indian shipbuilding industry. By that time they had built over a hundred warships for the British and had trading networks around the world.
The Star Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States, was written in 1812 on a Wadia built British Navy ship, the HMS Minden. A Wadia did not visit the United States until 1849, when Ardeshir Cursetji Wadia also became the first Parsi to do so.
Group now owns companies such as Bombay Dyeing, Bombay Burmah, Go Air and Britiannia.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 742

Hint: Insurance
Answer: Universal Sompo General Insurance
A JV of  Indian Overseas Bank, Allahabad Bank, Karnataka Bank, Dabur Investment Corp and Sompo Japan.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 741

Answer: LIC Nomura Mutual Fund

N.B. Points are given only to those who wrote LIC Nomura or LIC Mutual Fund.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 740

Hint: Insurance company
Answer: Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (TYO: 8755), or Sompo Japan, is a Japanese insurance company. It is the second-largest property insurance company in Japan only behind Tokio Marine, with market share of 19.3% in 2007.
The “Sompo” in the company's name means “property insurance” in Japanese, though Sompo Japan offers a range of financial services including life insurance, securities, asset management and venture capital businesses.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 739

Hint: VFX
Answer: Prime Focus Group
Prime Focus Group is one of the largest film, advertising and television post-production and visual effects companies in the world.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 738

Hint: Truck company
Answer: Avia
Avia is a Czech aircraft and automotive company notable for producing biplane fighter aircraft, especially the B-534, and trucks. In 2007, a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer from India, Ashok Leyland, took over AVIA. The company has since been renamed Avia Ashok Leyland Motors (AALM).

Logo Quiz of the Day : 737

Hint: World largest airplane.
Answer: Antonov
Antonov, or Antonov Aeronautical Scientist/Technical Complex (Antonov ASTC), formerly the Antonov Design Bureau, is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. Antonov ASTC is a state-owned commercial company. It has its headquarters in Kiev.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 736

Hint: planes
Answer: Sukhoi Company
Sukhoi Company (JSC) is a major Russian aircraft manufacturer, headquartered in Moscow, famous for its fighters. It was founded by Pavel Sukhoi in 1939 as the Sukhoi Design Bureau (OKB-51, design office prefix Su).

Logo Quiz of the Day : 735

Hint: Airplane
Answer: Ilyushin
ILYUSHIN Aviation Complex (JSC IL), operating as Ilyushin (ILyushin) or Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a Russian design bureau and aircraft manufacturer, founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. Ilyushin was established under the Soviet Union. In Soviet/Russian nomenclature, aircraft from Ilyushin are prefixed Il. The head office of Ilyushin is located in Moscow.

Biz World - An amazing book for Quiz Lovers

I grabbed my copy of BizWorld (A book on  corporate quizzing) , by Ravi Handa, a regular visitor of this blog, few days ago from a local bookstore and let me tell you this book is amazingly compiled and is very informative and gripping.

I personally loved the Logos' history but the other sections were also good. I would strongly recommend this book to all quiz lovers. For just Rs.105/- (on Flipkart) this wealth of knowledge is cheaper than the most calorie loaded pizzas. :)

You can read more about the book here -http://bit.ly/BizWorldFK

You can download the synopsis from here - http://bit.ly/SummaryBizWorld

I requested the author to compile a PDF on Logos, which can be downloaded from here - http://bit.ly/kb5Dr7

For the Facebook addicts, the page is - http://facebook.com/bizworldbook

 

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Logo Quiz of the Day : 734

Hint: Want to lease big birds??
Answer: The International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC)
The International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) is an aircraft lessor headquartered in Century City, Los Angeles, California.
It is the world's largest aircraft lessor by value, though ILFC's rival, General Electric's GECAS unit, has more aircraft. It leases Boeing and Airbus aircraft to major airlines worldwide, including AeroMexico, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific, Cyprus Airways, Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Air India, Continental Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Mexicana, Pakistan International Airlines, Emirates Airline and most recently, Delta Air Lines.
Father and son team Leslie Gonda and Louis L. Gonda founded ILFC in 1973 along with Steven F. Udvar-Hazy. The company was acquired by international insurance giant AIG in 1990

Logo Quiz of the Day : 733

Hint: MRO activities
Answer:  Airworks

Logo Quiz of the Day : 732

Hint: Tablets
Answer: Wacom Co., Ltd.
Wacom Co., Ltd. (TYO: 6727) is a worldwide company that produces graphics tablets and related products, headquartered in Otone, Saitama, Japan. Wacom is a portmanteau of Japanese: Wa for "harmony" or "circle", and Komu for "computer". It is one of the largest graphics tablet producers, and is very popular with artists, graphic designers, architects, and cartoonists, who commonly cite it as an industry standard. Wacom tablets are notable for their use of a patented cordless, battery-free, and pressure-sensitive stylus or digital pen.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 731

Hint: Check your credit score.
Answer: TransUnion (TransUnion, LLC)
TransUnion (TransUnion, LLC) is the third largest credit bureau in the United States, which offers credit-related information to potential creditors. Like major competitors Equifax and Experian, TransUnion markets credit reports directly to consumers.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 730

Hint: Credit Information Services
Answer: Experian plc
Experian plc, formerly known as CCN Systems, is a global credit information group, with operations in 36 countries. The company employs 15,500 people with corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and operational headquarters in Nottingham, England and Costa Mesa, California, US It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 729

Answer: Google Wallet
Google Wallet is a mobile payment system developed by Google that allows its users to store credit cards, loyalty cards, and gift cards among other things, as well as redeeming sales promotions on their mobile phone. Google Wallet uses near field communication to "make secure payments fast and convenient by simply tapping the phone on any PayPass-enabled terminal at checkout."
The service will work with over 300,000 MasterCard PayPass merchant locations.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 728

Hint: Online payment processing
Answer: First Data Corporation
First Data Corporation is an American payment processing company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. First Data is a provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions. The company's portfolio includes merchant transaction processing services; credit, debit, private-label, gift, payroll and other prepaid card offerings; fraud protection and authentication solutions; electronic check acceptance services through TeleCheck; as well as Internet commerce and mobile payment solutions. The company's STAR Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at ATM and retail locations.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 727

Hint: Mumbai
Answer: The Mumbai Metro
The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit system being built in Mumbai, India's largest city and financial capital.
Mumbai Metro project, which comprises a three-line high-capacity metro system spanning 63 km. The system is designed to reduce the rapidly-growing city's congestion problems.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 726

Hint: Financial company
Answer: KBC Bank N.V.
KBC Bank N.V. is a Belgian universal multi-channel bank, focusing on private clients and small and medium-sized enterprises. Besides retail banking, insurance and asset management activities (in collaboration with sister companies KBC Insurance NV and KBC Asset Management NV), KBC is active in European debt capital markets, domestic cash equity markets and in the field of corporate banking, leasing, factoring, reinsurance, private equity and project and trade finance in Belgium, Central and Eastern Europe and elsewhere (mainly in Europe). KBC is an initialism for Kredietbank ABB Insurance CERA Bank.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 725

Hint: Media group
Answer: Sanoma Oyj (formerly SanomaWSOY)
Sanoma Oyj (formerly SanomaWSOY) is a leading media group in the Nordic countries with operations in 20 European countries, based in Helsinki. The group is also among the top five European magazine publishers and has a strong position, in addition to its native Finland, in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 724

Answer: Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) is a pharmaceuticals health care company. It has 72,000 employees and operates in over 130 countries. The company headquarters are in Abbott Park, North Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded by Chicago physician, Dr. Wallace Calvin Abbott in 1888.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 723

Hint: A lady heads this company.
Answer: Biocon Limited
Biocon Limited (BSE: 532523) is a global bio-pharmaceutical company with products and research services ranging from preclinical to clinical development through to commercialization.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 722

Hint: Phones
Answer:  Beetel Phones

Logo Quiz of the Day : 721

Hint Medical company
Answer: Lupin Ltd.
Lupin Ltd. (BSE: 500257NSE: LUPIN) is world's largest manufacturer of the anti-TB drugs based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The company production contains the Cardiovascular (prils and statins), Diabetology, Asthma, Pediatrics, CNS, GI, Anti-Infectives and NSAIDs therapy and world largest manufacturer of Anti-TB and Cephalosporins segments. It is also India' fifth largest drug maker by revenue. India is the first Asian country where the company has launched the new prescription drug after launching first anti TB drugs in single tablet.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 720

Hint: Write your way through.....
Answer: The Parker Pen Company
The Parker Pen Company is a manufacturer of pens, founded in 1888 by George Safford Parker in Janesville, Wisconsin, United States. It is currently owned by Newell Rubbermaid.

Logo Quiz of the Day : 719

Hint: Alcohol
Answer: Malibu Rum
Malibu Rum is a rum made in Barbados with natural coconut extract. The alcohol content by volume is 21.0% (42 proof). The brand is owned by Pernod Ricard.