The Hindu Business Line : Investment Quiz

2. It has its origins in the early 1800s at Kilmarnock in Scotland and has now become one of the more revered brands of our time. Which brand are we talking about?

3. It was founded in 1962 by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman as Blue Ribbon Sports, Inc and was subsequently renamed a decade later. How do we know it now as?

4. With which global financial management giant would you associate the name Stan O'Neal?

5. We are all familiar with the television advertisement for Hutch starring a young boy and a dog. The question: Name the particular breed of dog featured in the ad?

6. Current affairs: Which private insurance company was recently in the news for a name change it effected?

7. In derivatives, what is the name given to the strategy if one were to buy both a call as well as a put of the same stock at the same strike price and having the same expiry?

8. He is considered to be one of the foremost management thinkers of our time and has to his credits books such as "The Age of Paradox" and "The Age of Unreason". Whom are we referring to?

9. Ittiam Systems, the Bangalore-based digital signal processing company, derives its name from a famous philosophical statement. Which one?

10. The company he founded is considered to be Cisco's biggest competitive threat and he's also part of the list of the 50 most powerful people in networking. Who are we referring to?

Answers:

1. O2

2. Johnnie Walker

3. Nike

4. Merrill Lynch, of which he is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

5. Pug

6. OM Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance, which will now be known as Kotak Life

7. Straddle

8. Charles Handy

9. I think, therefore I am

10. Pradeep Sindhu of Juniper Networks

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