The Hindu Business Line : Investment quiz

1) A question on fashion and Wimbledon. The tradition of women players wearing hats, bustles, stiff petticoats and corsets was changed in 1919 — the first Wimbledon after the First World War — by a French woman. "This balletic figure not only set the tennis styles of that time but also the everyday fashion demands," is how the website sums up her impact. Elizabeth Ryan, winner of 19 Wimbledon titles in a memorable quote had once said "All women players should go on their knees in thankfulness to ... for delivering them from the tyranny of corsets." To whom?

2) A couple of months ago `hanka3153' was the identity of the winner of an auction on eBay. His winning bid for $3,51,000 was about 15 times the floor price. The money will go to Glide Foundation, a charity group that works with the poor and homeless in San Francisco. What right did `hanka3153' buy?

3) What role does Celador International have in the entertainment market in India?

4) www.bis.org is the website of which organisation?

5) Which was the first stock exchange on which securities were traded?

6) Alan Greenspan has been the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve since August 11, 1987. He is the longest-serving Chairman — he is now in his fifth term — since the organisation was founded in 1913. Mr Greenspan had an equally illustrious predecessor who held office for two terms. If Mr Greenspan has acquired renown for the deft handling of the Black Monday crash in equities in October 1987 and his subsequent stewardship of the Fed, his predecessor pulled the US economy out of a recession in the late 1970s. Name him.

7) What is Mr Harshvardhan Vinayak Nawathe's claim to fame?

8) Mr Niall FitzGerald is now the Chairman of media company Reuters. Until a year ago, he was the Chairman CEO of a global consumer products company, which also has a big presence in India. Name the company.

9) Name the person in the accompanying photograph. He is chartered accountant who made it big at the cutting edge of finance. He pioneered the concept of investment banking in India and the firm he started became a premier entity in this business and has subsequently morphed into a joint venture with one of the global majors in the world of finance. In most mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring exercises, you can expect his firm to be involved. When the truce was brokered between the Ambani brothers, he was one of the two outsiders — the other being Mr K. V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank — who played a vital role in the settlement.

10) To conclude, here is a sitter: Name the company whose stock was listed last week at a handsome premium of about 200 per cent to the offer price.

Answers

1) Ms Suzanne Lenglen

2) The right to have a lunch with legendary investor Mr Warren Buffett; the winner can take seven persons for the lunch.

3) It is the producer of `Who wants to be a millionaire?' and is the licensor of Kaun Banega Crorepati.

4) Bank of International Settlements, which acts a bank for central banks and fosters co-operation between them.

5) Amsterdam Beurs or Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

6) Paul Volcker

7) He was the only person to win a crore in the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC 1)

8) Unilever

9) Nimesh Kampani, Chairman and Managing Director of JM Morgan Stanley; he started J.M Financial and Investment Consultancy Services Ltd in which Morgan Stanley acquired a stake.

10) Vivimed Labs S

Compiled by S. Vaidya Nathan

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