Answers to last week's quiz (#100)

 

1. This Unilever detergent was developed for Brazilian customers who wanted a low-cost and effective product. Its name, coincidentally, means “excellent” or “the best” in Urdu. What is it?
   Ala 
    
2. Identify the car brand whose name in Latin means to precede. It was chosen so since the company felt the car was the predecessor of cars to come in the future.
   Prius, the hybrid car from Toyota 
    
3. Which fashion brand has embarked on the task of saving turtles in the country, particularly in Orissa and Gujarat?
   Turtles, the Kolkata-based menswear brand 
    
4. Qila, Highcourt and Ambassador were some of this company’s brands in the early 1900s. Today, its IT division has embarked into SAP consulting. Name the company. 
   Vazir Sultan Tobacco (VST) Industries, makers of the famous Charminar brand of cigarettes 
    
5. Which inventor who was a sailor drew inspiration for his invention from the barrel and rope used to raise and lower the ship’s mast and the chain used to drop the anchor while he was on board the Corwo?
   Samuel Colt, the inventor of the revolver 
    
6. What can be found in some of the silk saris sold by top retailers in Chennai and bottles of one of the most expensive mineral water brands, Bling H2O?
   Swarovski crystals 
    
7. Which famous cocktail combination came about in 1898 during the Spanish-American War, when US soldiers were stationed in Cuba?
   Bacardi with Coke 
    
8. Which airline issues the famous Hello Kitty boarding passes?
   EVA Air from Taiwan 
    
9. Which consumer electronics multinational is experimenting in introducing stoves and lanterns to capture the market at the bottom of the pyramid in India?
   Philips 
    
10. Identify this organisation from this logo?
    
    The Grameen Foundation

 

 

There were three all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 100. The winners who will receive a copy of The Conflict Resolution Toolbox are:Pratibha, Bangalore; Deepa, Bangalore; and B N Rao, Kasaragod. Pratibha also wins Rs 2,000.