Logo quiz of the day : 237

Hint: Another US car maker 

Answer: Buick

Buick is a brand of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Company (GM). It is GM's North American-based entry-level luxury brand.

Logo quiz of the day : 236

Hint: Polo, Golf 

Answer: Volkswagen

Volkswagen (often abbreviated to VW) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Volkswagen was originally founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront). Volkswagen is the original marque within the Volkswagen Group, which includes the car marques Audi, Bentley Motors, Bugatti Automobiles, Automobili Lamborghini, SEAT, Škoda Auto and heavy goods vehicle manufacturer Scania. In 2009, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG endorsed the creation of an integrated automotive group with Porsche under the leadership of Volkswagen.

Volkswagen means "people's car" in German. Its current tagline or slogan is Das Auto (in English The Car). Its previous German tagline was Aus Liebe zum Automobil, which translates to: Out of Love for the Car, or, For Love of the Automobile, as translated by VW in other languages.

Logo quiz of the day : 235

Hint: Impreza. 

Answer: Subaru

Subaru is the automobile manufacturing division and brand name of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI).

Subaru is internationally known for their use of boxer engines in most of their vehicles above 1500cc as well as their proponence of the all wheel drive drivetrain layout, first introduced in 1972, and became standard equipment for mid-size and smaller cars in most international markets as of 1996. They also offer many turbocharged versions of their passenger cars, such as the Impreza WRX.

Fuji Heavy Industries, the parent company of Subaru, is currently in a partial partnership with Toyota Motor Corporation, which owns 16.5% of FHI.

Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades star cluster, which in turn inspires the Subaru logo and alludes to the six companies that merged to create FHI.

Logo quiz of the day : 234

Hint: Made is first run on 26th January.
Answer:Mumbai Monorail

I know the logo was difficult to crack, but being a Mumbaikar, I had to post this logo. :)

The Mumbai Monorail is a under construction monorail system for the city of Mumbai. It is being contracted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and it will be the first monorail in India since the Patiala State Monorail Trainways closed in 1927. Construction work started in January 2009, and the first portion of the first line is scheduled to be operational by December 2010.

Logo quiz of the day : 233

Hint: Carlos Ghosn

Answer: Nissan Motor Company, Ltd

Nissan Motor Company, Ltd., shortened to Nissan, is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. It was formerly a core member of the Nissan Group, but has become more independent after its restructuring under Carlos Ghosn (CEO).

Logo quiz of the day : 232

Hint: Cars can't run without them

Answer: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. Today it is the third largest tire company in the world after Bridgestone and Michelin. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, and heavy earth-mover machinery.

Logo quiz of the day : 231

Hint: Luxury car maker

Answer: Maserati

Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident. It has been owned by the Italian car giant Fiat S.p.A. since 1993. Inside the Fiat Group, Maserati was initially associated with Ferrari S.p.A., but more recently it has become part of the sports car group including Alfa Romeo.

Logo quiz of the day : 230

Hint: Electric car maker

Answer: Tesla Motors Inc.

Tesla Motors Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company that engineers and manufactures electric cars (EVs). It is currently the only automaker building and selling highway-capable EVs in serial production (as opposed to prototype or evaluation fleet production) in North America or Europe. In mid-2009, Tesla was producing about 25 cars per week consisting mostly of custom-ordered vehicles manufactured to owners' specifications

Logo quiz of the day : 229

Hint: English car maker

Answer: Rover Group

Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the state-owned vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL.

Logo quiz of the day : 228

Hint: Buying chocolates worth billions.

Answer: Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods, Inc. is the largest candy, food, and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the second-largest in the world (after Nestlé SA). It markets many brands in more than 155 countries.

The company is headquartered in Northfield, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Its European headquarters are just outside Zürich, Switzerland.

Logo quiz of the day : 227

Hint: Sports car maker

Answer: Fisker Automotive

Fisker Automotive is a joint venture between Fisker Coachbuild and Quantum Technologies that has developed a plug-in hybrid sports car which it intends to begin selling in June 2010. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California. 

Logo quiz of the day : 226

Hint: Maria is already out.

Answer: The Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard courts at Melbourne Park. Mats Wilander is the only male player to have won the tournament on both grass and hard courts.

Logo quiz of the day : 225

Hint: European car maker

Answer: Citroën

Citroën is a French automobile manufacturer. Founded in 1919 by André Citroën, it was the world's first mass-production car company outside of the USA. Since 1976 it has been part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, and its headquarters is on rue Fructidor, Paris. The brand celebrated its 90th Anniversary in 2009.
Originally a mass-market car maker with relatively straightforward designs, Citroën shocked the world in 1934 with the innovative Traction Avant, the world's first mass-production front wheel drive car (1934–57). Other significant models include the H Van (1947–81), the 2CV (1948–90), the DS (1955–1975) and the CX (1974–91).

Logo quiz of the day : 224

Hint: Luxury car maker

Answer: Bugatti

Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian immigrant described as an eccentric genius.

The original company is legendary for producing some of the most exclusive cars in the world, as well as some of the fastest. The original Bugatti brand failed with the coming of World War II, like many high-end marques of the time. The death of Ettore's son Jean was also a contributory factor. The company struggled financially, and released one last model in the 1950s, before eventually being purchased for its airplane parts business in the 1960s. Today the name is owned by Volkswagen Group, who have revived it as a builder of limited production exclusive sports cars.

Logo quiz of the day : 223

Hint: Automobile maker

Answer: Acura

Acura is the luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Honda Motor Company. The Acura brand has been used in the US, Canada, and Hong Kong since March 1986 to market Honda's luxury and performance vehicles and near-performance vehicles. The brand was introduced to Mexico in 2004 and to China in 2006. Honda plans to introduce Acura to the Japanese domestic market (JDM) sometime around 2010. With the Acura brand, Honda is credited with being the first Japanese company to tap into the foreign luxury market.[citation needed] Before Acura, exported Japanese automobiles primarily had a reputation for being economical in design and marketed on value instead of luxury.

Logo quiz of the day : 222

Hint: Autmobile maker

Answer: Infiniti

Infiniti is the luxury car division of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Infiniti officially started selling vehicles on November 8, 1989 in North America and its global operations have since grown to include the Middle East, South Korea, Russia, Switzerland, China and Ukraine. Infiniti began sales in additional European markets in late 2008. Today, the Infiniti global network includes more than 230 dealers in 15 countries.

Logo quiz of the day : 221

Hint: Fashion brand.

Answer: Escada

Escada is an international luxury fashion group in women's designer clothing. The company has a presence in about 60 different countries. Its main sales markets are North America, western and eastern Europe and Asia. It filed bankruptcy in August 2009. It was bought over by Megha Mittal,daughter of steel tycoon LN Mittal, in November 2009.

Logo quiz of the day : 220

Hint: It's founder will now revamp an airline.
Answer: Kyocera Corporation

Kyocera Corporation is a multinational manufacturer based in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions. It manufactures industrial ceramics, solar power generating systems, telecommunications equipment, office document imaging equipment, electronic components, semiconductor packages, cutting tools, and components for medical and dental implant systems.

Logo quiz of the day : 219

Hint: Book publisher

Answer: Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. Lane's idea was to provide quality writing cheaply, for the same price as a packet of cigarettes. He also wanted the books to be sold not only in bookshops but in railway stations, general stores and corner shops. Its most emblematic products are its paperbacks: because of the standard price only some previously published books were suitable for republication by Penguin, and some had to be divided into two volumes. The first Penguin paperbacks were published in 1935, but at first only as an imprint of Bodley Head (of Vigo Street) with the books originally distributed from the crypt of Holy Trinity Church Marylebone. Only paperback editions were published until the Pelican History of Art was undertaken: these were unsuitable as paperbacks because of the length and copious illustrations on art paper so cloth bindings were chosen instead. Penguin Books has its registered office in the City of Westminster, London, England.
Penguin Books is now the flagship imprint of the worldwide Penguin Group and is owned by Pearson PLC. Penguin is the lead publisher for the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, Australia and India.

Logo quiz of the day : 218

Hint: Retailer

Answer: Walmart

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (branded as Walmart) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the world's largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962, incorporated on October 31, 1969, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer[5] and the largest grocery retailer in the United States. It also owns and operates the Sam's Club retail warehouses in North America.

Logo quiz of the day : 217

Hint: Racing team

Answer: Panasonic Toyota Racing

Panasonic Toyota Racing was a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their initial car, dubbed the TF101, the team made their debut in 2002. The new team grew from Toyota's long standing European Toyota Motorsport organisation, which had previously competed in the World Rally Championship and the 24 hours of Le Mans. Despite a point in their first ever race, Toyota Racing never won a Grand Prix, their best finish being 2nd place in 2005, during which they achieved three podiums and a pole position, as well as finishing fourth in the world constructors' championship with 88 points.

Logo quiz of the day : 216

Hint: Automobile maker

Answer: Abarth

Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Karl (Carlo) Abarth in Turin in 1949.

Logo quiz of the day : 215

Hint: Retailer

Answer: Foot Locker

Foot Locker, Inc. is an American sportswear and footwear retailer, with its headquarters in New York City, and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. Formerly known as Venator Group, Inc., it is the successor corporation to the F.W. Woolworth Company (“Woolworth’s”). Foot Locker, Inc. operates the eponymous “Foot Locker” chain of athletic footwear retail outlets (along with “Kids Foot Locker” and “Lady Foot Locker” stores), Champs Sports, Footaction USA, and Eastbay/Footlocker.com Eastbay/Footlocker.com own the rights to Final Score, ESPN Shop, AFL Store, and The United States Olympic Shop. The chain is known for its employees uniforms resembling those of referees.

Logo quiz of the day : 214

Hint: Usain Bolt can help.

Answer: IAAF

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics. It was founded in 1912 during a war, at its first congress in Stockholm, Sweden by representatives from 17 national athletics federations as the International Amateur Athletics Federation. Since October 1993 it has been headquartered in Monaco.

Logo quiz of the day : 213

Hint: American Fortune 500 company

Answer: General Mills

General Mills is an American Fortune 500 corporation, mainly concerned with food products, which is headquartered in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. The company markets many well-known brands, such as Betty Crocker, Yoplait, Colombo, Totinos, Jeno's, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Häagen-Dazs, Cheerios, Lucky Charms and Wanchai Ferry. Their brand portfolio includes more than 100 leading U.S. brands and numerous category leaders around the world. On average, U.S. shoppers place at least one General Mills product into their shopping cart each time they visit the grocery store, according to the company.

Logo quiz of the day : 212

Hint: Largest after the "Big 4"

Answer: Grant Thornton International

Grant Thornton International is a global organisation of accounting and consulting member firms which provide assurance, tax and specialist advisory services (SAS) to privately held businesses, public interest entities, and public sector entities. Grant Thornton International Ltd is a not-for-profit, non-practising, international umbrella membership entity organised as a private company limited by guarantee. Grant Thornton is incorporated in London, United Kingdom, and has no share capital.

Logo quiz of the day : 211

Hint: Game console

Answer: Dreamcast

The Dreamcast was the last video game console made by Sega, and is the successor to the Sega Saturn. The Dreamcast is part of the sixth generation of video game consoles and was released in late 1998, before its contemporaries—the PlayStation 2, the Nintendo GameCube and the Xbox.

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Logo quiz of the day : 210

Hint: Apparel maker

Answer: Levi Strauss & Co.

Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&CO) is a privately held clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Franconia, (Kingdom of Bavaria) to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business. Although the company began producing denim overalls in the 1870s, modern jeans were not produced until the 1920s. The company briefly experimented (in the 1970s) with employee ownership and a public stock listing, but remains owned and controlled by descendants and relatives of Levi Strauss' four nephews.

Logo quiz of the day : 209

Hint: Fastfood chain

Answer: Burger King

Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The first restaurant was opened in Miami, Florida in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton, and has since used several variations of franchising to expand its operations. Burger King Holdings Corporation is the parent company of Burger King; in the United States it operates under the Burger King Brands title while internationally it operates under the Burger King Corporation banner. It is a publicly traded company with investment firms of TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners each owning about 25% of the company.

Logo quiz of the day : 208

Hint: It's products are injurious to health.

Answer: British American Tobacco Plc

British American Tobacco Plc is a leading global tobacco company. It is based in the Globe House in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

Logo quiz of the day : 207

A Very Happy New Year.

Answer: Budget

Budget Rent a Car System, Inc. is an American car rental company that was founded in 1958 in Los Angeles, California by Morris Mirkin. Budget's operations are headquartered in Parsippany-Troy Hills Township, New Jersey.
With its original fleet of 10 cars the company lived up to the 'Budget' name by undercutting the daily and per mile rental rates of the established airport based car rental companies. Mirkin was joined in 1959 by Julius Lederer (husband of Ann Landers). In 1960 the headquarters was moved to Chicago, Illinois and the rental fleet expanded with franchised and wholly owned rental outlets.