Answers to last week's quiz (#200)

 

1. This brand gets its name from Turkish meaning black stone. Recently it launched a limited edition version of its products inspired by Lord Venkateshwara of Tirupathi. Name the brand and the series.
   The Swiss writing instruments company Caran d’Ache has launched a limited edition silver pen collection called Balaji
    
2. Under which American CEO’s 20-year tenure did his company’s stock beat the S&P index by 2,792 per cent? 
   Jack Welch of GE
    
3. This invention by a subsidiary of a Japanese car manufacturer way back in the mid-1990s is now gaining a lot of popularity and is being used across the world thanks to camera-based cell phones. Name the invention.
   The QR or Quick Response 
    
4. Fill in the blanks and identify the brands from their corporate anthems. Ever Onward _______, Ahhhh! _______, and ________ Fast Forward.
   Ever Onward IBM, Ahhhh! Fujitsu and Texas Instruments Fast Forward
    
5. The chief scientific officer of this UK-based company was walking the streets of the US and became curious about what all the blobs on the sidewalks were. He quickly realised what it was and challenged by his wife, decided to do something about it. On the seventh attempt, he created the perfect ingredient that gave it removability and degradability properties. Name this product which is the first of its kind.
   REV7, the world’s first non-sticking chewing gum 
    
6. Name these two famous education institutions, one named after a breakfast cereal and another after a toothpaste brand.
   The Kellogg School of Management, North Western University in Evanston, Illinois and the Colgate University in Hamilton, New York 
    
7. What is common to these first skyscrapers of Mumbai — the Air India Building, Express Towers and Oberoi Hotel — all built in 1972? 
   All of them were air-conditioned by Blue Star
    
8. Moblin + ______ = MeeGO. Fill in the blank and also name the companies that own the respective brands. 
   Maemo. Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo mobile platforms based on Linux were merged to form MeeGO
    
9. What did Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai found in 2007? 
   Foursquare, a location-based mobile platform
    
10. Build the connection between the character and the company’s logo from the images below
    Scott Adams, the creator of the comic character Dilbert, last worked with a company called Pacific Bell. It is now part of SBC Communications. 
    
    
    
    

    There were 15 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #200. The winners who will receive a copy of The 60 Second Leader are: Syed Enamul Haque, Patna; Gaurav Makker, Noida; Ejaz Ahmed, Patna; Sarwet Parveen Jharkhand; Shamimur Rahman, Patna; Minhaj Alam, Madhepura; Hemant Jain, Ludhiana; Shefali Jain, Meerut; K Suresh, New Delhi; and Aman Jain, Hoshiarpur. Syed Enamul Haque also wins Rs 2,000.