Answers to last week's quiz (# 110)

 

1. Deepika Padukone in 2004 and Preity Zinta in 1997 modelled for which brand?
   Liril soap. 
    
2. The Rolling Stones, Abba, Simply Red, Beyonce, Harley Davidson and Tina Turner are some of its customers… soon it will add the late Michael Jackson to its list of customers. Identify the company.
   Bravado, the world’s leading merchandising company which is a subsidiary f Universal Music. 
    
3. The founder of this multinational company was forced to flee the guillotine in France and on his voyage to the US, he and his family were reduced to eating soup made from boiled rats. They founded the company in the 1800s. Name the company.
   DuPont. 
    
4. Whom did the US House of Representatives recognise as the true inventor of the telephone in the year 2002?
   Antonio Mucci, an Italian inventor. 
    
5. The eight calligraphic strokes it takes to write this company’s name in Japanese is regarded as a lucky number. Identify the company.
   Toyota. 
    
6. Who ran the ad, “Good things come to those who wait, it takes 119.53 secs to pour the perfect pint,” and why?
   Guinness Beer in the UK, in order to stem its losses since its customers could not wait 10 minutes for the head of the beer to settle. 
    
7. Like the row numbered 13 missing in aircrafts, why are there no fourth and 44th floors in most Chinese-owned hotels in Asia?
   The number four is considered the unluckiest number by the Chinese because in Mandarin, four is denoted as Si and sounds like the word shi which means death. 
    
8. Which company introduced green ketchup and what was it called?
   EZ Squirt Blastin was launched by Heinz in 2001. 
    
9. Happiness Factory is the mockumentary of which brand?
   Coca-Cola. 
    
10. Identify the brand of this company that also runs a community relations initiative focussed on supporting families after they’ve adopted a child.
    Jockey.

 

There were three all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 110. The winners who will receive a copy of The Talent Edge: A Behavioural Approach to Hiring, Developing, and Keeping Top Performers are:Anbuselvi E, Chennai; Aman Jain, Meerut; and Abhishek Basumallick, Kolkata. Anbuselvi E also wins Rs 2,000.