1) Name the Texan city that has been immortalized in management literature about communication and decision making in groups.
Abilene
2) Name the former top cop of New York City Police whose work is often held up as the finest example of “Tipping Point Leadership”
William J Bratton
3) Who coined the concept of “Level Five Leadership” in his celebrated book “Good to Great”?
Jim Collins
4) What does the Thomas – Kilmann instrument used to assess in a manager?
Conflict Resolution Style
5) Who proposed the Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of Group Development in 1965?
Dr. Bruce Tuckman
6) What term describes the phenomenon of self-fulfilling prophecy in which greater the expectations placed on students or employees, better they perform?
Pygmalion Effect
7) Who coined the term “Matrix Organization” to describe the modern organization with complex multiple reporting structure?
Jack Welch
8) Name the author of the best selling book “Drive” that explores the concept of human motivation.
Daniel Pink
9) What does the Gallup Q12 survey measure?
Employee engagement in an organization
10) Name the CEO of Johnson & Johnson who steered the company out of its 1982 Tylenol crisis with his famous ethical decision making.
James Burke
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
QUIZ - 111
1) Name the Texan city that has been immortalized in management literature about communication and decision making in groups.
2) Name the former top cop of New York City Police whose work is often held up as the finest example of “Tipping Point Leadership”
3) Who coined the concept of “Level Five Leadership” in his celebrated book “Good to Great”?
4) What does the Thomas – Kilmann instrument used to assess in a manager?
5) Who proposed the Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of Group Development in 1965?
6) What term describes the phenomenon of self-fulfilling prophecy in which greater the expectations placed on students or employees, better they perform?
7) Who coined the term “Matrix Organization” to describe the modern organization with complex multiple reporting structure?
8) Name the author of the best selling book “Drive” that explores the concept of human motivation.
9) What does the Gallup Q12 survey measure?
10) Name the CEO of Johnson & Johnson who steered the company out of its 1982 Tylenol crisis with his famous ethical decision making.
2) Name the former top cop of New York City Police whose work is often held up as the finest example of “Tipping Point Leadership”
3) Who coined the concept of “Level Five Leadership” in his celebrated book “Good to Great”?
4) What does the Thomas – Kilmann instrument used to assess in a manager?
5) Who proposed the Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing model of Group Development in 1965?
6) What term describes the phenomenon of self-fulfilling prophecy in which greater the expectations placed on students or employees, better they perform?
7) Who coined the term “Matrix Organization” to describe the modern organization with complex multiple reporting structure?
8) Name the author of the best selling book “Drive” that explores the concept of human motivation.
9) What does the Gallup Q12 survey measure?
10) Name the CEO of Johnson & Johnson who steered the company out of its 1982 Tylenol crisis with his famous ethical decision making.
Answers to Quiz - 110
1) The term Ashes was used in a mock obituary to English cricket after England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil in August 1882. Name the newspaper that carried this obituary.
The Sporting Times
2) Name the English captain of the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline series who said - "I've not travelled 6,000 miles to make friends. I'm here to win the Ashes"
Douglas Jardine
3) Don Bradman playing his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval in 1948 needed to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100. However, Bradman made a second ball duck. Who bowled him?
Eric Hollies
4) There have been 9 instances of a hat trick in an Ashes Test. Name the Australian bowler who achieved this feat twice.
Hugh Trumble
5) What was remarkable about the result of the Centenary Test in 1977?
Australia won by the same margin of 45 runs as the first test in 1877.
6) What nickname was earned by the Australian team that toured England in 1948 since they did not lose a single match?
The Invincibles
7) In the 1956 Old Trafford test Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets. Who took the 20th wicket?
Tony Locke
8) Name the English captain who wrote the book “How We Recovered the Ashes” after their successful tour of Australia in 1903-04?
Pelham Warner
9) Who were the rival captains in the 1882 test that gave birth to the legend of the Ashes?
Billy Murdoch (Australia) and Monkey Hornby (England)
10) Which English captain reclaimed the Ashes in 1883 from a group of Melbourne women?
Ivo Bligh
The Sporting Times
2) Name the English captain of the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline series who said - "I've not travelled 6,000 miles to make friends. I'm here to win the Ashes"
Douglas Jardine
3) Don Bradman playing his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval in 1948 needed to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100. However, Bradman made a second ball duck. Who bowled him?
Eric Hollies
4) There have been 9 instances of a hat trick in an Ashes Test. Name the Australian bowler who achieved this feat twice.
Hugh Trumble
5) What was remarkable about the result of the Centenary Test in 1977?
Australia won by the same margin of 45 runs as the first test in 1877.
6) What nickname was earned by the Australian team that toured England in 1948 since they did not lose a single match?
The Invincibles
7) In the 1956 Old Trafford test Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets. Who took the 20th wicket?
Tony Locke
8) Name the English captain who wrote the book “How We Recovered the Ashes” after their successful tour of Australia in 1903-04?
Pelham Warner
9) Who were the rival captains in the 1882 test that gave birth to the legend of the Ashes?
Billy Murdoch (Australia) and Monkey Hornby (England)
10) Which English captain reclaimed the Ashes in 1883 from a group of Melbourne women?
Ivo Bligh
Monday, January 17, 2011
QUIZ - 110
1) The term Ashes was used in a mock obituary to English cricket after England lost to Australia for the first time on home soil in August 1882. Name the newspaper that carried this obituary.
2) Name the English captain of the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline series who said - "I've not travelled 6,000 miles to make friends. I'm here to win the Ashes"
3) Don Bradman playing his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval in 1948 needed to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100. However, Bradman made a second ball duck. Who bowled him?
4) There have been 9 instances of a hat trick in an Ashes Test. Name the Australian bowler who achieved this feat twice.
5) What was remarkable about the result of the Centenary Test in 1977?
6) What nickname was earned by the Australian team that toured England in 1948 since they did not lose a single match?
7) In the 1956 Old Trafford test Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets. Who took the 20th wicket?
8) Name the English captain who wrote the book “How We Recovered the Ashes” after their successful tour of Australia in 1903-04?
9) Who were the rival captains in the 1882 test that gave birth to the legend of the Ashes?
10) Which English captain reclaimed the Ashes in 1883 from a group of Melbourne women?
2) Name the English captain of the infamous 1932-33 Bodyline series who said - "I've not travelled 6,000 miles to make friends. I'm here to win the Ashes"
3) Don Bradman playing his final innings for Australia in the Fifth Test at The Oval in 1948 needed to score only four runs to end with a career batting average of exactly 100. However, Bradman made a second ball duck. Who bowled him?
4) There have been 9 instances of a hat trick in an Ashes Test. Name the Australian bowler who achieved this feat twice.
5) What was remarkable about the result of the Centenary Test in 1977?
6) What nickname was earned by the Australian team that toured England in 1948 since they did not lose a single match?
7) In the 1956 Old Trafford test Jim Laker took 19 Australian wickets. Who took the 20th wicket?
8) Name the English captain who wrote the book “How We Recovered the Ashes” after their successful tour of Australia in 1903-04?
9) Who were the rival captains in the 1882 test that gave birth to the legend of the Ashes?
10) Which English captain reclaimed the Ashes in 1883 from a group of Melbourne women?
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Answers to Quiz - 109
1) These two co-founders of the French New Wave Cinema passed away in 2010. Identify them.
Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer
2) Name this Head of State who was killed in an air crash in Russia
3) Identify these two players. What record did they create in 2010?
4) Name this woman who earned notoriety online for an act. What was this act?
5) Name this scientist who led a team of researchers to create the first artificial life in May 2010?
Claude Chabrol and Eric Rohmer2) Name this Head of State who was killed in an air crash in Russia
Lech Kaczynski
3) Identify these two players. What record did they create in 2010?
Nicolas Mahut and John Isner. The longest professional tennis match, in terms of both time and total games
4) Name this woman who earned notoriety online for an act. What was this act?
Mary Bale. She abused a neighbour’s pet cat.
5) Name this scientist who led a team of researchers to create the first artificial life in May 2010?
Dr Craig Venter
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Quiz - 109
This Quiz is on people who made big news in 2010
1) These two co-founders of the French New Wave Cinema passed away in 2010. Identify them.
2) Name this Head of State who was killed in an air crash in Russia
3) Identify these two players. What record did they create in 2010?
4) Name this woman who earned notoriety online for an act. What was this act?
5) Name this scientist who led a team of researchers to create the first artificial life in May 2010?
1) These two co-founders of the French New Wave Cinema passed away in 2010. Identify them.
2) Name this Head of State who was killed in an air crash in Russia
3) Identify these two players. What record did they create in 2010?
4) Name this woman who earned notoriety online for an act. What was this act?
5) Name this scientist who led a team of researchers to create the first artificial life in May 2010?
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