1. As a mark of respect for his tremendous contribution to the company, the TATA Group named one of its products after him. Who was he ? What is the brand name he inspired?

2. Juhi Chawla, Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, Bipasha Basu, John Abraham, Ashutosh Gowarikar and Saurav Ganguly have endorsed this brand at various points of time. Which brand is this?

3. Who is the Roman Centurion on the American Express credit cards ?

4. Founded on January 25, 1964, it was called the Blue Ribbon Sports. How do we know it today ?

5. Who was the recipient of the first Maruti 800 car ?

6. Only two non-financial companies have the AAA rating from S&P. Which ones?

7. KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow… What is the next in the series ?

8. What is the brand of forest-friendly condoms that were distributed by the Brazilian government during the Rio Olympics ?

9. What is Patanjali’s milk food drink that competes with Bournvita, Complan and Horlicks called ?

10. Which company provides shoes to the American presidents since 1850 ?

Answers to last week’s Olympics Special Quiz

1. Paris 1924

2. Steffi Graf endorsed a tea brand called Teekanne. She is the only Golden grand slam winner in tennis history, winning Australian, French, US Opens and Wimbledon in 1988 besides winning the Olympic Gold at Seoul. She also won the women's singles at Los Angeles 1984 when tennis was introduced as a demonstration sport.

3. Abhinav Bindra, gold medallist, Beijing 2008

4. Brand Swiss Timing. It recorded the first perfect 10 in gymnastics by Nadia Comaneci at Montreal 1976.

5. Moscow 1980, which was state-funded, and Atlanta 1996, which was entirely funded from private sources

6. Karnam Malleswari, weightlifting bronze medallist, Sydney 2000 games in an interview to TIME

7. Two Olympic games - one summer Olympics and one winter Olympics

8. For the first time TV coverage happened in HD and on mobile phones

9. Coca-Cola, since Amsterdam 1928

10.Olympia brand cigarettes, tobacco sponsorhip category, and 1964 Tokyo games

By Rajan Krishnan, The Philosopher’s Stone

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