Answers to last week's quiz (#168)

 

1. Sales of a personal-care brand have shot up after its name was used in a song of a recent Hindi movie. Name the brand and the movie. 
   Zandu Balm in Dabaang 
    
2. A covert corporate investigation, that led to the spying of the board members of a multinational corporation, was code-named Kona by its chairman. Name it and the chairman. 
   HP and Patricia Dunn 
    
3. Seeing his son racing after an ice-cream truck, a candy-store owner developed an ice cream in the mid-1950s. Chocolates of this brand are available in India. Name the brand. 
   Dove chocolates, now owned by Mars 
    
4. Who has set up a website, Beta Labs, to interact with its visitors by letting them test un-released items? 
   Nokia 
    
5. General MacArthur invited whom to rebuild the Japanese industry? “Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your product and service, and bring friends with them,” the person said. 
   Edward Deming 
    
6. The design of a commonly used item was first published in a satire, the Metamorphosis of Ajax, in the late 1500s. Name it. 
   Design for a flush toilet was published in a satire written by Britisher John Harington in 1596 
    
7. The founder of a now-turned MNC first started with a factory for drying and grinding chicory for the coffee trade in the 1830s. Then it experimented with drying vegetables and seasonings. Identify it. 
   Knorr soups 
    
8. How did the world’s first laptop run that did not have a hard disk, and who was the manufacturer? 
   The T1100 laptop ran entirely on floppy disks and it was manufactured by Toshiba 
    
9. Which brand is considered India’s biggest fast-moving consumer goods brand at street price or retail value? 
   McDowell's, the spirits brand from United Spirits 
    
10. Identify the brand and also explain the significance of its logo. 
    
    
    Gateway Computers. It uses a 'Holstein cow' logo since it was founded in a farm in 1985 by Ted Waitt and Mike Hammond.

There were two all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #168. The winners who will receive a copy of A Manager’s Guide to Hiring the Best Person for Every Job are:Kamal Arora, Kolkata and Ajay Rao, Bangalore. Kamal Arora also wins Rs 2,000.