Sunday, November 29, 2015

OBQ 919: Love for fun and love for money!

Here is a business that nails it when it comes to making money by making people happy, over the last 90 years it has completely changed the way people  enjoy themselves and yes in the process they have racked in some serious moola!

Answer: Disney

Friday, November 27, 2015

OBQ 918: Brick, Mortar and Bytes!!!

Here is a business that is one of the oldest India born fashion houses, and its upping the ante by getting in the online world to take on the new generation e-tailers that are trying to eat their pie!

Give me the brand name of the on-line venture...its a four letter thing, because after all its all about business ;-)

Answer: All about fashion started by Aditya Birla group.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

OBQ 917: Roaming romeos are here!

In the over crowded world of apps here is one more, but with a twist. Its the desi version of Uber if you know what I mean...and yes it has a very Indian twang to its name...and here is a logo that represents the bumbling bee. Give me the name of app/start-up.

Answer: Jugnoo the ricksaw hailing app.

Monday, November 23, 2015

OBQ 916: A design element of Democracy.

This is the design that will be seen an used by a lot of Indians in the future, what is this symbol for? It has definitely a democratic one as it allows you to exercise your freedom...to choose nothing!

Answer: None of the above option which is available on all voting machines in India now.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

OBQ 915: Old trends with new whistles!

Here is one of the oldest publicaiton house in world marrying with new world capabilities to come up with something that has trended through out this week.

Give me a very specific connect to the trend term that I am referring to, as usual brownie points for those who can connect each image with the theme!

Have a good weekend :)
Answer: Oxford dictionary word of the year, which they do in colloboration with swift key.

Thursday, November 19, 2015

OBQ 914:Marriage of Titans!

There are biggies and then there are Titans and you are never sure what to call it when two titans are merged! Tell me what happened recently that will now connect the three images below and create one of the largest company of its kind?

Answer: Marriott's acquisition of Starwoods hotels.

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

OBQ 913: The rising sun.

Identify the business leader and the business he leads that's spreading its tentacle across India, and has disrupted the otherwise conservative media world.

Answer: Divya Bhaskar group also known as DB Corp

Sunday, November 15, 2015

OBQ 912: The pearl of desert.

Nevada is famous for Las Vegas but soon there will be a different kid on the block which will make it famous for a very different kind of business.

What is underconstruction below and who is building it?
Answer: The gigafactory being constructed by Tesla motors in Nevada desert

Friday, November 13, 2015

OBQ 911: My name is H...HK!

This brand has now a big connection with Mr. Bond, but it has been making its name from a while now as it has association with real life heroes like NSG and many more across the world, give me the brand name that definitely makes itself heard!

Answer: Heckler and Koch the small arms manufacturer

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

OBQ 910: The Diwali standard procedure!

Well this is Diwali special question, if you have grown up in India this brand has literally fired up all your Diwali, so as a tribute lets remember it! I need a specific brand name as the clues in the two images below are too strong!
Answer: Standard fireworks from Sivakasi

Monday, November 9, 2015

OBQ 909: E-magine a new way of reading!

This company is disrupting the fast declining industry, by completely re imagining the way it should be done, identify the logo of brand/app.


Answer: Magzter the e-magazine reading app


Saturday, November 7, 2015

OBQ 908: Eye candy!

Here is a brand that is lately getting a lot of "discretionary spending" from the girl brigade, connect this three images to an iconic manufacturer and its new brand that's grabbing some attention.

Answer: Caprese the handbags and purse brand from VIP


Thursday, November 5, 2015

OBQ 907: Its kind of war!!

Here is global giant thats gearing up for a big face-off on the Indian turf, and yes the name of the company itself sounds like a war, an Indian one!

Tell me the brand/company name.

Answer: Cargill launching its Atta brand in India by the name of Sampoorna

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

OBQ 906: Fill in the blanks

He had an interesting life and the biography that he wrote also had very funny sounding name. So tell me what have I blanked out below? And yes please dont tell me who is the author...because thats very obvious!
Answer: "Finger licking good", what else to expect from Colonel Sanders :-)




Sunday, November 1, 2015

OBQ 905: Yes we can

In the so called world of free speech it took someone three years to take on the world in a fully democratic way, here are his words on twitter. Who is he?

Answer: Edward Snowden