Answers to last week's quiz (#230)

 

1. In project management, what is the term used to describe the number of team members whose loss would endanger a project?
   Bus number 
    
2. Increment, workshop and parking are titles of the TVCs for which brand?
   Mia by Tanishq 
    
3. This company was founded by a barrel maker in the late 1700s who used to supply rum to the British navy. Later it started rum and sugar broking. Recently, one of its spin-offs filed for bankruptcy. Name the company and its founder. 
   James Man founded the Man Group in 1783 of which MF Global, a major financial derivatives firm, is a part despite being spun off as a separate entity. 
    
4. What are the terms hot, white, black and grey associated with?
   Money. Conceptually, tax evasion funds are known as ‘hot’ or ‘grey’ money and, on the other hand, black money consists of taking illegally-earned money. 
    
5. The founder of this brand came up with its name by observing chickens in his yard and demonstrated the way his product worked by keeping a chicken foot on his office desk. Name the person and the brand he founded.
   William J Riley, founder of the New Balance footwear brand. He started by manufacturing arch supports for perfect balance and to improve shoe fit in 1906. 
    
6. The washing machines in a Chinese town were getting clogged because farmers were using them to wash sweet potatoes. Seeing this, the company responded by making machines with larger pipes which could wash both clothes and potatoes. Name this brand.
   Haier, the global Chinese brand 
    
7. What is common to patent number 6,469 for “a device for buoying vessels over shoals” granted on May 22, 1849 and the Thanksgiving Day holiday in the USnbsp;
   Abraham Lincoln was the only US president to be granted a patent and in 1863 he proclaimed that a National Day of thanksgiving be celebrated on November 26, a Thursday. Hence, Thanksgiving is celebrated in the US on the fourth Thursday in November every year. 
    
8. Starting business in the 1900s, the logo for this company was created in the late 1960s. After a photo shoot for a bathing suit ad, a man and a woman were sitting back-to-back, naked, with the outlines of their bodies traced by the back lighting. This led to the creation of its logo. Identify the brand and the name given to the logo. 
   Italian sportswear brand Kappa. Its logo is known as Omini. 
    
9. What constitutes the ‘Triple E’ class? It is the world’s largest in its category and the three main purposes behind its creation are economy of scale, energy efficiency and environment-friendliness.
   The world’s largest ships or vessels on water being built for the Danish company Maersk by Daewoo shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd. 
    
10. Identify both the brands from their logos and establish what is common to them.
    
    
    The Amul butter moppet and the Limca logo were both creations of the late adman Eustace Fernandes.

There was one all-correct entry for The Strategist quiz #230. The winner who will receive a copy of The Talent Edge is Anirudh Gupta. Anirudh Gupta also wins Rs 2,000.