Saturday, February 28, 2009

Sports and Corporate- Quiz-2

1. Which oil company based in the Netherlands and set up by the Libyan state-owned National Oil Corporation in 1988 is the shirt sponsor of the most successful club in Italian football history?The company took its name from a Lebanese-American businessman .

2.One of the first endorsement deals by this legend was from NIKE. He was so grateful, he incorporated the SWOOSH logo in his signature which exists till date. Who

3. He is a former Australian Minister. Now he heads what?


4.Identify the logo of the company, the largest of its kind in its country.



5.Logo which famous club.


6.H&K Rolling Mill Engineers Pvt. Ltd, the exclusive provider of the German Thermex Quenching technology in the India region, has entered the high-profile circuit of sports sponsorships signing on as which Indian sporting legend as its Brand Ambassador ?

7.Which lottery & gaming brand of Pan India Network Infravest Pvt. Ltd., part of the One Billion Dollar Essel Group of Companies is one of the co- sponsors of the East Bengal Football Club?

8.About whom did The New York Times once remark"The worst advertisement for our system of values since Al Capone"?

9.Which wine, part of the Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines Family has been the official wine sponsor of Wimbledon since 2007?


10.Which Indian sportsman was the brand ambassador of Italian fashion brand POLICE for the Year 2006-07 ?

11.This club plays its home matches at the Home Depot Center.It is owned by the billionaire Philip Frederick Anschutz .The club's mascot is "Cozmo", a frog-like extraterrestrial.The team’s website claims that Cozmo is also “universally known as a goalkeeper who can stop shots traveling at the speed of light,” but also possesses the speed and skill to play forward for any team on the planet.

12.The name of which famous sporting team comes from a Walt Disney movie . The team was founded in 1993 by Walt Disney Corp. They lifted the Stanley Cup in 2007

13.Which term coined by Nima Namchu and Nitin Berry of Leo Burnett in the lead up to a Reebok campaign in 1996-97 is now synonymous with Indian Cricket?

14.Name the company which owns the 'Formula One Group' of companies?

15.Who says:"tennis runs in our blood"?

16. Who is the latest sports personality who is to have a was statue of himself at the prestigious Madamme Tussauds wax museum in London?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

2.SM Gavaskar
7.PlayWin
9.Lanson
10.Ritwik Bhattacharya
11.Los Angeles Galaxy
12.Anaheim Ducks
14.Delta Topco & JP Morgan
16..Sachin Tendulkar

Anonymous said...

Rajeev's Answers:
1. Tamoil
2. Sunny Gavaskar
6. Mary Kom of Manipur
7. Playwin
8. Should be John McEnroe
11. LA Galaxy
12. Anaheim Ducks
13. Called Dravid as 'The Wall'
14. JP Morgan and bhule gechi!
16. Sachin God Tendulkar

Anonymous said...

Rajeev Again!

5. Is it the Brazilian Club Vasco Da Gama? I think Romario used to play for it...

Somnath Chanda said...

1. Tamoil is the shirt sponsor of Italian football club Juventus.
2. SUNIL GAVASKAR
3. John Fahey is the newly-elected chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
4. M.C. Marykom
7. Playwin
8. John McEnroe
9. Blossom Hill
10. Ritwick Bhattacharya
11. LA Galaxy
12. Anaheim Mighty Ducks
13. The Wall ( for Rahul Dravid)
14. SLEC Holdings
15. Paul Henri Matheiu
16. Lewis Hamilton