Brand Quest      (December 23, 2004)

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1. In medieval times, this term was used to describe a time of magic when witches took to the skies, causing havoc. The term for such a time is used in the modern day investing world to describe the day or the hour when contracts for stock index futures, stock index options and stock option expire together. It's also sometimes called 'Freaky Friday.' What's the phrase?
   
   
   

2. Whose tourism promotional campaign film has the base line '21st Century Arabia'?
   
   
   

3. You can work this out! Which bank started its in-house magazine called Lotus in 1984? (And, it's an Indian bank.)
   
   
   

4. Roy Farrell and H. de Kantzow, along with a group of foreign correspondents, named this organisation thus while sitting in the bar at the Manila Hotel. Can you name it? Clue: The twoletter word includes a medieval name for China popularised by Marco Po lo.
   
   
   

5. Gautam Goswami, a Bihar bureaucrat who figured in Time magazine's list of Asian heroes for his honesty and efficiency, has been offered a top post by which Indian corporate group?
   
   
   

6. Hindustan Diamond Company, established in 1978, is an equal joint venture between which two players?
   
   
   

7. M. S. Subbulakshmi helped raise money for launching which magazine by acting in the 1941 film Savitri?
   
   
   

8. Eugene Meyer (took over as its first chief in June 1946), John J. McCloy, George D. Woods, Robert S. McNamara, Alden W. Clausen, Barber B. Conable, Lewis T. Preston ... Who comes next in the list?