general knowledge Online Quiz - 4901

Apex, Tractor, and Utsav are paint brands from Asian Paints' portfolio. These are sub-brands catering to different market segments. Dulux, Nerolac, and Burger are other paint companies.

Dabur India Ltd had an in-house advertising agency called 'Dabur Adbur' for creative work. This was unusual as most companies use external agencies. Sun TV, Nirma, and Essar didn't have notable in-house agencies.

Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle Corporation in 1977 and served as its CEO for decades. Dell was founded by Michael Dell, Microsoft by Bill Gates, SAP by German entrepreneurs.

Pierre Omidyar founded eBay in 1995. The online auction marketplace was originally called AuctionWeb. Amazon, Google, and Yahoo were founded by different entrepreneurs.

Froogle was Google's product search engine and shopping directory, launched in 2002. It was later renamed Google Product Search and became Google Shopping. The name was a play on 'frugal' + Google.

Maria Sharapova endorsed Motorola mobile phones around 2006-2007. Ericsson was endorsed by other tennis players, Samsung and Nokia had different celebrity endorsers. This was a major sponsorship deal.

'Finger Lickin Good' is the famous slogan of KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken). McDonald's uses 'I'm Lovin' It', Pizza Hut's slogan has changed, and Domino's uses different taglines.

Bucharest is the capital of Romania. Budapest is Hungary's capital, Bratislava is Slovakia's capital, and Brussels is Belgium's capital. Romania is in Eastern Europe.

Jet Airways used 'Fly the Good Times' as their advertising slogan. This tagline was part of their branding campaign during their operational period. Kingfisher's slogan was 'Fly the Good Times' initially, but Jet Airways also used a similar slogan. Actually, this was specifically Jet Airways' campaign.

'Har Rang Kuch Kehta Hai' is a famous advertising campaign by Asian Paints. This Hindi slogan translates to 'Every color says something' and was part of their emotional branding strategy. Dulux and Nerolac are competitor paint brands, while Rangeela is not a paint brand.

Bern is the capital city of Switzerland, not Zurich or Geneva which are more well-known internationally. Basel is another major Swiss city. Bern became the federal city in 1848 and houses the Swiss federal government.

In 'Persuasion', the primary stress falls on the second syllable: per-SUA-sion. The 'ua' combination creates the stressed syllable. This follows the pattern of similar words like 'persuade' where stress is on the second syllable.

In 'Objective', the primary stress falls on the second syllable: ob-JEC-tive. The stress pattern follows similar words like 'object' (noun) where stress is on the second syllable. The first syllable is unstressed.

In 'Photographer', the primary stress falls on the second syllable: pho-TOG-ra-pher. This follows the pattern of 'photography' and related words. The stress is on the 'tog' syllable, not the first or last.

In 'Electricity', the primary stress falls on the third syllable: e-lec-TRI-ci-ty. This is a five-syllable word where the 'TRI' syllable receives the primary stress. This follows the pattern of the base word 'electric' which has stress on the second syllable, shifting to third with the longer form.

In 'Illuminate', the primary stress falls on the second syllable: il-LU-mi-nate. The stress is on the 'LU' syllable. This follows the pattern of similar words derived from Latin where the penultimate syllable often receives stress.

In 'Organise', the primary stress falls on the first syllable: OR-gan-ise (British spelling). The stress is on 'OR'. This follows the pattern of similar words like 'origin' and 'organism' where first syllable stress is common.

In 'Pandemonium', the primary stress falls on the third syllable: pan-de-MON-i-um. This is a five-syllable word meaning wild disorder or chaos. The stress is on the 'MON' syllable, which gives the word its characteristic emphasis.