Answers to last week's quiz (#090)

 

1. This company was founded with an impromptu loan from a drunken rock band manager and its founder was hailed as his country’s answer to Bill Gates. Today, it is its country’s largest software company by market value and its software has been popular with government agencies, particularly intelligence services. Name the founder and the company.
   Autonomy, the British software company founded by Michael Lynch 
    
2. This brand was originally known as Baby Gays. By what name is it known now?
   Q-Tips. “Q” stands for quality 
    
3. Who owns the brand FfUuNn and what does it stand for?
   Navneet India. FfUuNn stands for Full marks and Fun. 
    
4. Which President of India worked as a journalist with The Hindu and The Times of India at the beginning of his professional life?
   K R Narayanan 
    
5. What is the significance of the brands: Lambretta, Shaolin and Legend?
   Lambretta was the first scooter manufactured in India (1956), Shaolin the first five-stroke motorcycle manufactured in the country, and Legend the first four-stroke scooter manufactured here. 
    
6. In the recently-opened headquarters of which organisation would one find a wax statue of its Asia head? The statue was installed to celebrate and exhibit its diversity and multi-cultural nature.
   Standard Chartered Bank. The statue of Jaspal Bindra. 
    
7. The founder of this brand took a course in cosmetology in Tehran because she was bored sitting at home. To take the course she needed Rs 4 lakh and, therefore, decided to fund it by writing for a magazine. Today, she has 400 of her branded outlets across the world. Name her.
   Shahnaz Husian 
    
8. Whose advertisement reads: The most tightly knit network in the east since the KGB?
   Austrian Airlines
    
9. The first rules of which sport were codified at Harvard University?
   American football 
    
10. This symbol accompanies the brand name of a company which was recently in the news. This company was founded by a 22-year-old in the 1860s. Name it.
    The Swiss watch company Zenith. A Zenith pocket watch owned by Mahatma Gandhi was recently auctioned and was acquired by Vijay Mallaya.

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