Answers to last week's quiz (#223)

 

1. What do you get when you connect the great universe, the three stars and the modern era?
   The South Korean chaebols or conglomerates, Daewoo, Samsung and Hyundai 
    
2. Name this company and its two founders. One of them used to run a chain of speech therapy schools in the US because of his own speech problems and the other was a hotel operator who wanted to feature oysters in his menu. Their company was founded in the 1800s.
   Henry Wells and William George Fargo, who founded Wells Fargo as a stagecoach courier company. It is now one of the most stable banks in the US 
    
3. Apart from being famous car brands, what is common to Cadillac, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Jaguar?
   These brands also have men’s perfumes sold under their respective brand names 
    
4. A prominent zoologist in the US Department of Wildlife and Fisheries approached Reader’s Digest for an article discussing the dangers of the pesticide DDT. It was rejected. Later she published a book which played a huge role in the modern environmental movement. Name her and her book.
   Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, published in 1962, sparked an almost immediate reaction across the world 
    
5. This company, originally founded in the late 1880s, ventured into setting up a taxi company, Love Hotel and TV Network, and manufactured instant noodles and rice during the mid sixties. Despite all these ventures failing, it is counted amongst the top 50 global brands. Name it. 
   Nintendo 
    
6. This person’s research used voltage-controlled oscillators to alter the pitch and quality of sound. This discovery led to an electronic invention that made the product portable and usable. Name the inventor and his invention. 
   Robert Moog invented the Moog synthesiser in 1964 which vastly expanded the possibilities of electronic music 
    
7. This company hired Landor Associates to run an internal programme for its employees across the globe to suggest a new name for it. This entity’s genesis is linked to a feasibility study for GE to automate its payroll processing and manufacturing in the 1950s. Name the company and its original name.
   Accenture, the erstwhile Andersen Consulting
    
8. Link a sour gum and a barber creative with a brand that was launched in the 2000s in India.
   Center Shock chewing gum from Perfetti 
   
9. Which Indian brand carries these lines on all its packages: “symbol of women’s strength”?
   Lijjat Papad 
    
10. What does the logo in this visual represent?
    
    The Azim Premji University, set up by the founder of Wipro

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