Answers to last week's quiz (#235)

 

1. In which international listing will you find ICICI Bank, Aditya Birla Group, HUL, Bharti Airtel and Wipro together?
   The Fortune Magazine’s listing of 25 top Talent teams or Top companies for leaders in 2011. 
    
2. What does the term Planning Poker mean and who uses it generally?
   Planning Poker is a team building activity for achieving group consensus. It is used by agile software development teams to estimate how long a certain amount of work will take to complete. 
    
3. The CAT (Computerized Axial Scan) was invented in the UK in 1974. The success of which pop band facilitated this invention and why?
   The success of the pop band Beatles facilitated the invention of the CAT scans at EMI labs which was an affiliate of EMI records. It reaped benefits of the profits from the Beatles music. 
    
4. What term best describes the current US economy which has more of the wealthy and poorer classes with the middle class getting squeezed.
   Hourglass Economy. 
    
5. In which country is it being predicted that the reign of Mattel’s Barbie may be short lived because of the launch of a doll called Princess Secret?
   China. 
    
6. What is common to Port Sunlight and Bourneville, both considered to be model villages in England?
   Both the villages were built MNC brand owners Unilever Brothers and The Cadbury family to accommodate their respective factory workers. Also represent respective brand names. 
    
7. Evolution, Extinction and Rolling Hitch are beverage brands that pay tribute to person who dabbled in medicine, the Church, botany, geology and natural history in the 1800s. Name the company and the person after whom these brands have been named so.
   Evolution ale, Extinction ale and Rolling Hitch are beers named so to pay tribute to Charles Darwin. It is manufactured by Darwin Brewery Limited in UK. 
    
8. Whose brands are August systems, Bailey Network Management and Kent?
   The ABB group. 
    
9. Where is the world’s oldest barber shop located and when was it opened? It's now a luxury brand that also sells grooming products for men.
   Truefitt & Hill, established in 1805, are the world’s oldest barbershop and are Royal Warrant holders to H.R.H., The Duke of Edinburgh. 
    
10. From this logo below identify the company that made waves in 2011.
    
    Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.

 

There were seven all-correct entries for The Strategist quiz #235.The winners who will receive a copy of Smart Hiring At The Next Level are Atul Mathews, Bangalore; Madhu Jain, Alwar; Kshama Mokshi, Bangalore; Udit Oberoi, Bangalore; N Chellappa, Chennai; Sampada Shannava, Bangalore; Ramachandra M Bhat, Bangalore.
Atul Mathews also wins Rs 2,000.