Brand Quest      (July 22, 2004)

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1. The term 'budget' is said to come from the old French word bougette, which means 'little bag.' However, what associated the word with finance was a 1733 defamatory pamphlet with the words 'The Budget is opened,' which was critical of the then Prime Min ister and Chancellor of Exchequer. To whom was it addressed?
   
   
   

2. One more question on budget, some trivia. Shanmukham Chetty, India's first Finance Minister, presented the first Budget ... a review of the economy, basically ... in November 1947. He also presented the Budget for 1948-49. The Budget for the next two y ears was presented by John Mathai, India's third Finance Minister. Who was the second?
   
   
   

3. What's the name of Philip Green's bidding vehicle whose takeover proposals were rejected by retailer Marks & Spencer?
   
   
   

4. Allen Gears, Clayton Equipment, Marine Electrical Systems, Powerfield, Sourcerer and Synocrolift belong to which organisation?
   
   
   

5. The REDS, the company says, are a community of free-spirited riders with the insatiable urge to discover the innumerable pleasures of riding and touring on their ...?
   
   
   

6. Rajesh Bedi, Pradeep Mandhani, Prabuddha Das Gupta, Avinash Pasricha, Ashok Dilwali and Prakash Dubey. What connects these photographers?
   
   
   

7. Who is said to have created an award system that included such items as mink coats, diamond rings and pink Cadillacs?