Answers to last week's quiz (#151)

 

1. This brand’s baseline and rewards programme is called ‘Enjoy the Ride’. It has launched a denim version of one of its products; what is it being popularly called?
   Jiapers or Jappies, the denim diapers from Huggies
    
2. Fill in the blanks and identify the automobile companies that use these technologies, ____motion and _____ Efficiency. 
   Bluemotion technology from Volkswagen and Blue efficiency from Mercedes Benz 
    
3. Connect these and identify the inventor: Indian born, ideated in the bath tub, chocolate bars, radioactive substance and his wife’s ability to remember only four digits. 
   John Shepherd Barron, the Indian-born inventor of the ATM machine 
    
4. A hairdresser received a patent in 1995 for his invention that is made out of hair and pantyhose/ stockings. What is it called and used for?
   Booms, used to clear oil spills 
    
5. During the 1990s, this brand’s image in the US hit a low when Jay Leno, the host of The Tonight Show, compared this brand with Yugos, the communist era rattletraps (cars) imported from Yugoslavia. Today it is an extremely successful brand. Name it. 
   Hyundai 
    
6. Who recently compared mobile technologies to ration shop rice and basmati rice? 
   Telecom Minister A Raja compared 2G mobile technology to ration shop rice and 3G to Basmati rice 
    
7. This businessman introduced in India foreign trees and plants which he personally cultivated in his estates in Ooty and Bangalore. He visited Japan in the 1890s and invited the Japanese to experiment in sericulture in Mysore which helped revive the silk industry then. Name him. 
   Jamshedji N Tata 
    
8. With what was the E in 7E7 replaced and why?
   The number 8. Boeing’s initial orders for its dreamliner 787 were from Asian countries and they influenced Boeing to include the number 8 since it represents good luck and prosperity. 
    
9. Which luxury goods store hired a live Egyptian cobra to guard a pair of haute couture sandals encrusted with ruby, sapphire and diamonds that was designed by an Italian fashion designer? 
   Harrods of London in 2007 
    
10. This organisation is identified by the illustration below and was one of the few that were not affected by the financial meltdown of 2008. 
    
    
    
    Wells Fargo Bank

There were two all-correct entry for the strategist quiz #151. Raj Kumar, Kolkata and Ranjit Kamat, Mumbai win a copy of Everyday Negotiation. Raj Kumar also wins Rs 2,000.