Answers to last week's quiz (#174)

 

1. Whose favourite allegory is a character called Mr Market that was used in his all-time popular book?
   Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham in 1949 
    
2. Which brand holds the record for fabricating the longest tie in the world that was displayed outside on its premises?
   Shoppers Stop, Mumbai (the tie was made by Zodiac) 
    
3. Recently, this brand had to revert to its original logo after users on social media sites rejected its new look. Name it.
   GAP 
    
4. An altercation between two players that also got physical during an IPL cricket match has now got the same players an opportunity to model together for a recent ad campaign of an Indian brand. Name the players and the brand.
   Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh are part of the battle for the cheapest laptops campaign launched by Futurebazaar.com 
    
5. The founder of Gangapur Sakhar Kharkana (founded in 1955) is also the founder of which other prominent Indian brand?
   The Videocon Group founded by Nandlal Madhavlal Dhoot and his sons 
    
6. What is common to Queen Elizabeth I, Charles Dickens, Greta Garbo, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and recently Mark Twain?
   Mont Blanc has designed special edition pens in their honour 
    
7. Which brand has a Euro Senate, a body of elected employees from each of its strategic business units, to provide popular voices in the company’s decision-making process?
   Eureka Forbes 
    
8. Who developed the 7S management framework? 
   Tom Peters and Robert Waterman in their book, In Search of Excellence 
    
9. Which bank was the first bank in India to launch a credit card for farmers?
   Canara Bank launched the Farmer’s Green Card in 1988 
    
10. Identify this company whose founder gave the company his wife’s maiden name.
    Monsanto
    

There were 35 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #174. The winners who will receive a copy of Positive Conflict are:Anjumbano, Faridabad; Siddharth Misra, Lucknow; Indumati Mallya, Dombivli; Ravinder Kumar, New Delhi; Kushal Dev, Bangalore; Shafquat Shaique, Kolkata; Amar Chokshi, Ahmedabad; Neeru Jain, Meerut; Sanat K Mukherjee, Kolkata; and Sandesh Shenoy M, Mangalore. Anjumbano also wins Rs 2,000.