Answers to last week's quiz (#089)

 

1. An Indian company’s promoter was inspired by the first moon-landing because it reflected his vision of being the first and foremost in his chosen field. He started his venture in the 1980s and also named his company appropriately. Identify both the founder and the company.
   Pratap C Reddy, founder of Apollo Hospitals
    
2. Which company’s maxim was “Follow the Cable” way back in the 1850’s?
   Reuters news agency
    
3. Which former celebrated CEO of a US corporation set up a clothing export business in the 1970s which he operated out of Kabul and Delhi and called it Hindu Kush?
   Tom Freston of Viacom
    
4. For the last ten years which international fashion brand is sharing its passion for travel and city life by publishing City Guides?Louis Vuitton
    
5. What is the connection between brands Decca, Lost Highway, Verve and a water supply company founded by Napoleon the third?
   They are record labels owned by Vivendi, the French company which originated as a water supply company
    
6. Who owns the brands — Ox, Judo and Gurkha?
   Vehicles manufactured by Force Motors (formerly known as Firodia)
    
7. Who had launched a non-carbonated drink called Appela that failed?
   Cadbury’s India
    
8. In the 1950s which company was given an honourary Oscar for the advancement of the motion picture industry? It was known for its projection lenses.
   Bausch and Lomb
    
9. The founder of this company was a star employee of IBM who finished his year’s sales quota in a record 2 months and also saved two of his employees who were taken hostage by the Iranian Government just before the revolution in 1979. Identify the founder and the company.
   Ross Perot (in the picture) and EDS
    
10. What is this trademarked design called and what was it introduced for initially? 
    The Burberry check. It was introduced as a lining for the trench coat which was also an invention of Burberry.

 

 

There were 40 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 89. The winners who will receive a copy of Walk Softly and Carry a Big Idea are: Simerjeet Singh Chawla, Pune; Sundeep S Chavan, Bangalore; N Chellappa, Chennai; Saurabh Jindal, Ahmedabad; Saurabh Banga, New Delhi; Phanivikranth, Pune; Atul Mathews, Bangalore; Gaurav Jindal, Pune; Rabi Sankar Saha, Chennai; and Chandra Govindarajan, Bangalore. Simerjeet Singh Chawla also wins Rs 2,000.