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Business and Tech Leaders

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Business and tech leaders covers prominent founders, chief executives, and economists who shaped global industries. This section features questions on leaders of major technology corporations and financial institutions. It is a highly scoring topic in general awareness.

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Business and Tech Leaders Questions

Multiple choice

Who is the founder and CEO of Zilingo, a technology platform connecting buyers and sellers in the fashion industry?

  1. Ankiti Bose

  2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

  3. Naina Lal Kidwai

  4. Shikha Sharma
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Ankiti Bose is the founder and CEO of Zilingo, a technology platform that connects buyers and sellers in the fashion industry. She is known for her innovative approach to e-commerce and her contributions to the growth of the fashion industry in Southeast Asia.

Multiple choice

Who is the founder and CEO of CaratLane, an online jewelry retailer in India?

  1. Mithali Raj

  2. Tanya Rastogi

  3. Renuka Jagtiani

  4. Naina Lal Kidwai
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Tanya Rastogi is the founder and CEO of CaratLane, an online jewelry retailer in India. She is known for her innovative approach to online jewelry sales and her contributions to the growth of the jewelry industry in India.

Multiple choice

Who masterminded the infamous Ponzi scheme, which defrauded investors of billions of dollars?

  1. Bernie Madoff

  2. Charles Ponzi

  3. Allen Stanford

  4. Kenneth Lay
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Ponzi, an Italian immigrant, is known for the Ponzi scheme, a fraudulent investment operation that promised high returns with little risk, resulting in the loss of millions of dollars.

Multiple choice

Which con artist successfully sold the Brooklyn Bridge to gullible investors?

  1. George C. Parker

  2. Victor Lustig

  3. Joseph Weil

  4. Charles Ponzi
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Explanation

George C. Parker, known as 'The Man Who Sold the Brooklyn Bridge', convinced several people to invest in the Brooklyn Bridge, claiming he had a permit to sell it.

Multiple choice

Who was the infamous confidence trickster who posed as a wealthy heiress and swindled millions from wealthy men?

  1. Anna Delvey

  2. Elizabeth Holmes

  3. Theranos

  4. Bernie Madoff
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Explanation

Anna Delvey, also known as Anna Sorokin, posed as a wealthy German heiress and defrauded banks, hotels, and wealthy individuals of large sums of money.

Multiple choice

Who was the mastermind behind the Enron scandal, one of the largest corporate frauds in history?

  1. Kenneth Lay

  2. Jeffrey Skilling

  3. Andrew Fastow

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling, and Andrew Fastow were the key figures involved in the Enron scandal, which involved accounting fraud and manipulation of financial statements.

Multiple choice

Which con artist successfully sold fake oil wells to investors, claiming they were located in Texas?

  1. Charles Ponzi

  2. Frank Abagnale

  3. John R. Brinkley

  4. Simon Terrill
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Explanation

Simon Terrill, also known as 'The King of the Wildcats', sold fake oil wells to investors, claiming they were located in Texas, and made millions of dollars before his scheme was exposed.

Multiple choice

Who was the infamous con artist who posed as a wealthy businessman and swindled millions of dollars from banks and investors?

  1. Frank Abagnale

  2. Charles Ponzi

  3. Bernie Madoff

  4. Victor Lustig
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Explanation

Frank Abagnale, known as 'The World's Most Famous Con Man', posed as a pilot, doctor, and lawyer, among other professions, and successfully defrauded banks and investors of millions of dollars.

Multiple choice

Who was the infamous con artist who posed as a wealthy businessman and swindled millions of dollars from banks and investors by claiming to have a revolutionary new technology?

  1. Elizabeth Holmes

  2. Theranos

  3. Bernie Madoff

  4. Frank Abagnale
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Explanation

Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, a blood-testing company, defrauded investors and patients by claiming to have a revolutionary new technology that could perform a wide range of tests with a single drop of blood.

Multiple choice

Who is the CEO of 300 Entertainment?

  1. Lyor Cohen

  2. Kevin Liles

  3. Todd Moscowitz

  4. Sylvia Rhone
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Kevin Liles has been the CEO of 300 Entertainment since 2012.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the father of the internet?

  1. Vinton Cerf

  2. Robert Kahn

  3. Tim Berners-Lee

  4. Marc Andreessen
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Explanation

Vinton Cerf is considered the father of the internet because of his pioneering work in developing the TCP/IP protocol suite, which is the foundation of the internet.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the father of the blockchain?

  1. Satoshi Nakamoto

  2. Vitalik Buterin

  3. Charles Hoskinson

  4. Gavin Wood
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Explanation

Satoshi Nakamoto is considered the father of the blockchain because of his invention of Bitcoin, the first decentralized digital currency, in 2008.

Multiple choice

Who is considered the father of the internet of things?

  1. Kevin Ashton

  2. David Evans

  3. Bernard Krzyszkiewicz

  4. Samuel Madden
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Explanation

Kevin Ashton is considered the father of the internet of things because of his work in developing the concept and coining the term in the late 1990s.

Multiple choice

Which celebrity couple had a highly publicized divorce in 2021?

  1. Bill Gates and Melinda Gates

  2. Jeff Bezos and MacKenzie Scott

  3. Elon Musk and Grimes

  4. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan
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Explanation

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates had a highly publicized divorce in 2021. They had been married for 27 years and have three children together.

Multiple choice

Who is considered to be the father of Happening?

  1. Allan Kaprow

  2. Claes Oldenburg

  3. Jim Dine

  4. Robert Rauschenberg
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Explanation

Allan Kaprow is considered to be the father of Happening because he was the first artist to create and perform a Happening in 1959.