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Q1. He is the majority shareholder of the world's largest luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH (i.e. Moet Hannesy Luis Vuitton)
Some of the brands that he owns include:
Guerlain
Dom Perignon, Krug and Moet & Chandon champagnes
Hennessy and Hines cognacs
Louis Vuitton and Loewe luggage
Givenchy perfumes and cosmetics
Make up forever cosmetics
Fendi
Chaumet jewellery
Zenith watches
Thomas pink
Donna Karan fashion lines and many more...
Identify this king of luxury?
Q2. About how this cult ad happened to Ellen Feiss, she has this to say:
I'm friends with Hamilton the son of the director, Errol Morris. I went with him after school, him and two of my friends. We didn't think we were going to make ads; we were just going to get the free set food. So we go there, and they're like, "We need a couple more people, so I guess the three of you can make ads." So we all made ads, and me and Hamilton's got picked. I had no idea I was going to do it until I got there.
She gained so much popularity after this ad that Jay Leno and David Letterman sent invitations to her for their shows.
Which legendary ad is being talked about here?
Q3. This tycoon is a dyslexic, which resulted in poor academic records, in contrast with excellent performance in sports as a student, yet by the age of fifteen he had started two ventures that eventually failed. At the age of 17 he had started his first charity. The group he founded has now an astonishing 300 companies under it. In a recent survey his company was ranked only behind IKEA in a list comprising brands that had the biggest impact on the life of Europeans. Identify him?
Q4. The ingenuity of this ad caught my attention, Tell me which restaurant is being advertised here?
Q5. He grew up as an orphan. By the time he reached the age of 3 both his parents had passed away.He has a special liking for luxury yachts, some of the big ones associated with him are Eclipse, Pelorus, Le Grand Bleu and Sussurro. In his collection there is a Ferrari FXX, a $2.2 million dollar race-only car, of which only 30 were built. In 2004 he showed interest in buying the football club CSKA Moscow, but due to a UEFA ruling he had to abandon his plans. Who is this rags to riches story? Also explain why was he denied the takeover of CSKA Moscow.
Q6. Identify the beautiful young entrepreneur and the thing she is holding (a sitter).
Q7. This brand went defunct within a year of its inception, the theories/reasons as to why it failed so miserably range from being the wrong thing at the wrong time to being too big when small was in to its poor design. There is a fair bit of history behind its name too, its parent company hired advertising firm Foote, Cone and Belding to come up with a name. However, to the companies amusement the advertising agency, came up with over 6,000 possibilities. The company even dispatched employees to stand outside movie theaters to get audiences views but they reached no conclusions. Even a poet was invited, but to no avail. Which brand is being talked about?
Q8. Identify and connect these pics(put fundae):
Q9.Born to an Armenian immigrant fruit farmer he dropped out of school in eighth grade, he became a fairly skilled amateur boxer under the tutelage of his older brother, went on to train U.S. and British fighter pilots during WWII. Now he is one of the richest residents of Beverly Hills, with an estimated wealth of $18 billion he may also be the most private. He almost never gives interviews and seldom appears in public. Even though his charitable foundation has dispensed more than $200 million and a school,he has never allowed anything to be named in his honor. In 2007 he made an unsuccessfull $4.58 billion bid for the Chrysler Group, the U.S. arm of Daimler-Chrysler.
Identify.
Q10. Who/What connects these(Explain each pic):
Hint (if you still need it!):
Answers:
1. Bernard Arnault
heres the man:
2. Apples's Switch campaign. which made her a star overnight with invitations from Jay Leno and David Letterman, which she both declined.
The Ad:
3. Sir Richard Branson
4. Civet in Bangalore
Original ad:
5. Roman Abramovich, was denied the takeover of cska moscow because according to the uefa rules a person can't own two clubs at the same time.
6. She is MIT alumnus Gauri Nanda of the clockie (thats what she is holding) fame, which got her an Ignobel for economics as according to the awarding committee her device would make people wake up early, so that they can go to work on time and hence works towards a better economy...nice logic that!, nowadays she is marketing her fabulous product, which she had originally invented for personal use. (sadly and surprisngly the question went uncracked!)
7. Ford's Edsel there's an interesting story that goes with it:
In May 1958, then Vice President Richard Nixon was on a trip to Peru, riding in an Edsel convertible, where he was pelted with eggs and tomatoes by demonstrators. Nixon later joked: "They were throwing eggs at the car, not me."
8. The first pic is of Experience Music Project building owned by Paul Allen where he showcases his vast collection of music memorabilia, largely consisting of stuff belonging to Jimi Hendrix.
The second pic is of Guggenheim museum, bilbao, spain it prominently featured in a song from Rajnikant starrer Sivaji.
The last pic is of LVMH's building.
All of these masterpieces have been designed by the legendary Frank Gehry, that was the connect I was looking for.
9. Kirk Kerkorian
10. The connection is Mohammed Al Fayed.
heres the explaination:
The first pic is of Harrods, London owned by him.
The second pic is of the entrance of pont d'alma tunnel, where his son Dodi al Fayed tragically crashed to death with princess diana of course!
The third pic is the cover of Punch magazine also called the London Sharivari, which he bought in 1996 in order to revive it.
The pic in the hint is of Roy Hodghson the present coach of EPL team Fulham FC, also owned by Mohammed al Fayed.
