Answers to last week's quiz (#077)

 

1. What is term that refers to the practice by which individuals seek to monetise or otherwise benefit from the traffic generated by spelling or keystroke mistakes made by “direct navigators” attempting to reach popular branded and other domain names?
   Typosquatting 
    
2. Link the penning of the American national anthem and the signing of the Treaty of Nanking in 1842 which marked the end of the Opium War and ceded Hong Kong to England.
   Both were written and signed on the decks of ships built by the Wadias. The Treaty of Nanking was signed aboard the HMS Cornwallis. 
    
3. Name the rival to the Barbie doll that was created in 1963 in the UK.
   Sindy, it was manufactured by Pedigree Toys and Dolls, which is now owned by Hasbro 
    
4. This limited edition product is made out of a mix of actual steel from the shipwreck of the Titanic and steel supplied by the makers of Titanic — Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast. Name the product/brand.
   The Titanic DNA wristwatch designed by Romain Jerome of the UK. A limited edition of 2,012 watches were made to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster. 
    
5. In 1900, this product was first operated at the Paris World Fair in France and was later installed at Gimbel’s department store in the US. Name it.
   The escalator or the “moving staircase” as it was called 
    
6. The founder of this company once said: “What is that life worth which cannot bring comfort to others.” The company gets its name from the Devanagiri rendition of its founder’s name who was a doctor?
   Dabur from Daktar (Doctor) Burman 
    
7. Which law states that from the Steam Age through the Electromechanical Age, about 30 years ago, computational power doubled every two years, but with the dawn of the Digital Age, computational power began to double yearly?
   The Law of Accelerated Returns by Ray Kurzweil, an inventor, entrepreneur, author and futurist 
    
8. What is common to the brands Egg Beaters, Swiss Miss, Slim Jim and Award?
   All are food brands owned by ConAgra Foods 
    
9. A onetime actor and producer of radio comedy shows, he was elected as mayor of his country’s capital, and went on to become the country’s longest-serving prime minister. He stepped down in 2004 and became the foreign minister briefly and ended up as the governor of his country’s central bank. He was also responsible for privatising government banks and subsequently seeing his country in deep trouble. Identify him. 
   David Oddsson of Iceland 
    
10. Identify this logo and corporate identity introduced in 2002.
    Vietnam Airlines

 

 

There were 49 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 77. The winners who will receive a copy of Joe Calloway’s Indispensable are: M Kumari, New Delhi; Gangubai R B, Bangalore; Ritu Garg, Mumbai; Abhinandan Jain, Meerut; D Ravinath, Visakhapatnam; Manas Panda, Pune; Nidhi Jain, Hoshiarpur; Anitha, Hyderabad; Bikash Mohapatra, Mumbai; and Dheeraj Udhani, Jaipur. M Kumari also wins Rs 2,000.