Answers to last week's quiz (#088)

 

1. When and from where was the first FM radio service started in India?
   July 23 1977 from Chennai 
    
2. What is common to these brands Artistry, Satinique, Attitude, LOC and Persona?
   All Amway brands 
    
3. Whose vision is “To be the most creative organisation in the world?” 
   BBC 
    
4. Name the first liquid detergent brand that was advertised on TV. 
   Ezee from Godrej 
    
5. Name the brand and the company for which Shabana Azmi and cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth have modeled together. One of the constituents of this company started as a worker’s cooperative in 1849.
   Varilux — the eye wear brand of the French company Essilor. Two companies Essel and Silor merged in 1972 to form Essilor 
    
6. Which company has a business vertical branded Akela?
   Hidesign and TechTeam 
    
7. The founder of which company had the rock group B-52 perform at a party for its prospective customers during which he distributed pin-up buttons with the word software crossed out like the title of the movie Ghostbusters?
   Marc Benioff 
    
8. The honorary chairman of which company said: “We are not Gods, we are not infallible”. “Sometimes even Tiger Woods misses a shot”?
   Shoichiro Toyoda of Toyota Motor Corporation 
    
9. Which cartoon character licenced to Pepsico was first created by two ladies on a restaurant napkin in 1985?
   Fido Dido
    

10. Identify the logo of this company and also its constituents?
    

    The Yamaha Corporation is a multinational conglomerate based in Japan. It has products ranging from musical instruments, motorcycles to electronics. The company’s origin as a musical instrument manufacturer is reflected in its logo — a trio of interlocking tuning forks.
     

There were 31 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 88. The winners who will receive a copy of How to Get Your Competition Fired are: Madhurim Gupta, Gurgaon; Sujata Modak, Ahmedabad; Manjunath Shet, Bangalore; Rajesh Kumar, Bangalore; S P Prasanna, Chennai; Manipushp Rajvanshi, Khatauli; S N Parthasarathy, Salem; R Yogesh, Hyderabad; Utkarsh Jain, Meerut; and Neelima Boyapati, Secunderabad. Madhurim Gupta also wins Rs 2,000.