1 Which real estate developer bought the Boston-New York-Washington DC shuttle service from Eastern Airlines?

2 Who created the World Wide Web?

3 The East India Company obtained a monopoly on the production and trade of a product that was exported under the brand named Benares and Patna in 1773. Name the product.

4 Nicolas Hayek produced a plastic watch that not only made his company successful but also revolutionised the entire Swiss watch industry. Name the iconic brand.

5 Which was the first company to sell the mouse as a standard component with a personal computer?

6 Who was responsible for the quality revolution in Japan and has the highest quality award named after him ?

7According to Igor Sikorsky, he just added an engine to a Leonardo da Vinci design. What did he invent ?

8 She had a past. What was she known as before she was rechristened as Barbie by Ruth Handler in 1959 ?

9 Why was Incubus, a brand of shoe launched by Reebok, withdrawn?

10 Which cosmetics brand took its name from the Indian heroine of a popular French opera by Leo Delibes ?

11 With which sport would one associate the brand Callaway ?

12 Who was the first actress to have a perfume named after her posthumously?

13 Which cricketer lent his name to branded bats numbered 375 and 500 ?

Answers to last week’s quiz

1. Athens, Greece. ( It was called Olympic Airways earlier )

2. Aishwarya Rai

3. YouTube

4. Michael Jordan and a few others in the team endorsed Nike and wanted to remain committed to it. They had to wear the Reebok patch on their tracksuits as it was the official sponsor of the Dream Team.

5. A record batting partnership of 555 runs set by Percy Holmes and Herbert Sutcliffe in 1932 (an urban legend)

6. Just Do It. Nike

7. Hum Aap Ke Hain Kaun

8. Ray Ban Aviator

9. Penthouse. They were gunning Playboy which has a rabbit as it logo.

10. Diana – The True Story by Andrew Morton

11. Samsung

12. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC

13. Body Shop

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