Answers to last week's quiz (#094)

 

1. Which was the first Indian company to advertise in Time magazine? 
   Bajaj Scooters 
    
2. Founded in 1906 as a small Cleveland jobber’s shop, this company advertises itself as “the world’s largest publicly owned creator, manufacturer and distributor of social expression products.” Name it.
   American Greetings Corporation 
    
3. What is the term used to describe a spam email that includes a disclaimer to the effect that it refers to the Inbox Privacy Act in the US? It was coined after a US Senator who proposed a law on spamming.
   Murkogram, named after Senator Frank Murkowski, who proposed a law against unsolicited commercial emails 
    
4. In 1883, a professor from Wisconsin received a patent for the first electric room thermostat. His invention launched the building control industry and was the impetus for a new company. Name the company. 
   Johnson Controls 
    
5. Which Indian airline had all its aircraft named after the rivers in Germany?
   ModiLuft 
    
6. During World War II, this company contributed directly to the war effort by manufacturing first-aid kits and dye markers for the navy. After the war, it was known to be responsible for bringing the “American look” to the rest of the world through advertisements featuring American models. Name it.
   Revlon 
    
7. Name the film star who lent her name to a footwear brand called Sundrop? 
   Rani Mukherjee lent her name to the Sundrop brand manufactured by Bata 
    
8. He was one time the private secretary to one of India’s Nobel Laureates and also founded the Indian statistical Institute. Identify this person and the Nobel Laureate. 
   P C Mahalanobis was once Rabindra Nath Tagore’s private secretary 
    
9. In which movie new 2007 Harley-Davidson Softail Springer Classic motorcycles were transformed into vintage bikes? 
   Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull 
    
10. The image below is a part of a two-line logo of a firm when completed forms its name. It was associated with some sensational news in 2008. Identify it.
    
    Bear Stearns, which is now a division of JP Morgan
    
    
    
    
      
    
    
    There were three all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 94. The winners who will receive a copy of Strategic Interviewing are: Arafat Alam, New Delhi; Ramachandra M Bhat, Bangalore; and Appeekere Roopa Jain, Honnavar. Arafat Alam also wins Rs 2,000.