Answers to last week's quiz (#229)

 

1. Which footwear brand has introduced the lightest product in the market of 165 grams which carries an eight-gram chip inserted beneath the sole that transmits data on maximum speed, distance covered or number of sprints to a computer or a mobile device?
   Adizero f50 sports shoes by Adidas 
    
2. This 40-year-old industry based in a town, which is believed to have got its name from Ravana’s father-in-law, has grown tremendously in the last seven to eight years. It supplies Hollywood producers with ancient arms, ammunition, attire, furniture, books, leather goods and household items. Name the town.
   Meerut 
    
3. Which Indian business group is headquartered in a building called Boomerang?
   Spice group, owned by BK Modi 
    
4. Name the world’s youngest CEO and the company he set up when he was six years old.
   Harli Jordean, a British school boy, set up www.marbleking.co.uk 
    
5. Which company is adopting the Shatabdi strategy for growth? Also, explain the strategy.
   Max Healthcare, run by Analjit Singh, plans to set up hospitals in locations along the route of the Shatabdi train. This will help the company penetrate non-metro locations. 
    
6. ______ on Air, since 1955. Complete the baseline and name the brand.
   Faber, the Italian maker of electric chimneys, now a popular brand in India 
    
7. What is common to French President Nicholas Sarkozy, Jet Airways founder Narendra Goyal and Chiang Kai-shek, the erstwhile Premier of China?
   All of them received the highest civilian honour from Belgium. Sarkozy and Chaing Kai Shek received the Order of Leopold and Naresh Goyal received the Order of Leopold II. 
    
8. Which brand gets its name from Old Scrooge’s dismissive remark about the entire Christmas celebration? Ebenezer Scrooge is the miserly character created by Charles Dickens.
   Bah Humbug, a beer produced by the Wychwood Brewery Ltd in Oxfordshire, UK 
    
9. ‘By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased’ is a quote from the Sutta Pitaka that contains the teachings of Buddha and his most authoritative disciples. Inspired by that, which brand recently launched its brand’s communication campaign?
   Benetton’s recent ad campaign ‘Unhate’ 
    
10. Identify the logos represented in the following visuals.
    First logo belongs to the Four Seasons hotel chain and the second represents Four Seasons restaurant of New York

 

There were 37 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #229. The winners who will receive a copy of Smart Hiring At The Next Level are Neil Ghosh, Gurgaon; Sanjar Rahman, Allahabad; Sanjoy Chakraborty, New Delhi; Fariha Hayat, New Delhi; G S Dhillon, Jammu; Afroz Ahmad, Thane; Pradeep T Padmanabha, Kochi; Rima Sarkar, New Delhi; Alka Mishra, Faridabad; Nishant Singh, New Delhi Neil Ghosh also wins Rs 2,000.