Tuesday, October 26

Quiz time

1. It was once considered a letter in the English language. The Chinese call it a little mouse, Danes and Swedes an elephant's trunk, Germans a spider monkey, and Italians a snail. Israelis pronounce it strudels and the Czechs say rollmops.... What is it? 2. David Schwartz, a stock market commentator who has analyzed stock prices since the First World War observed that stocks have a tendency to perform differently at different times of the year. What term is given to this phenomenon? 3. She graduated with degrees in History and Philosophy, has worked as an English teacher in Italy and as a waitress. She began her corporate life as a saleswoman and today she is a Chairman and a CEO. Who is it? 4. One of Peter Drucker’s childhood teachers was a Miss Elsa. She made the young Drucker decide in advance what he wanted to study in the course of the week by making him write the same down in a notebook at the beginning of the week. At the end of the week, the actual achievements were compared with set goals. Much later, the same principle was applied… where? 5. Which famous entrepreneur has a list of clientele that includes: Bal Thackeray, Shah Rukh Khan, Vijay Mallya, Laloo Prasad Yadav among others Hint? Luxury

1 comment:

Vc said...

Was stumped with the 5th Question .....

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