Answers to last week's quiz (#175)

 

1. Which TV show host gave away more than 250 Pontiac sedans to the studio audience who were part of a particular episode?
   Oprah Winfrey 
    
2. What is common to online ventures Jumo, Quora and PlayHopper?
   All started by former Facebook employees after cashing out 
    
3. An aggressive corporate acquisition of an entity called TomorrowNow has become TomorrowNever. Name the owner and the reason for its closure. 
   SAP’s strategic division which it acquired in 2005 closed down after Oracle accused it of software theft 
    
4. Which brand has an online game for its customers to explore the ingredients that make its products and help discover its supply chain to earn reward points? In India it runs the Happiness Hotline.
   Domino’s Pizza 
    
5. A Harvard graduate and former Oracle employee sold one of the companies he founded to Microsoft for over $200 million and went on to build a company that runs on the business philosophy of “delivering happiness”. Name the person and the company. 
   Tony Hsieh. He founded the shoe company, Zappos, which was acquired by Amazon. 
    
6. What is common to the brands Davidoff, Godrej and Boots?
   The logos of Davidoff, Godrej and Boots are signatures of their founders 
    
7. Name the businessman who was dubbed by the media as “the British Bill Gates” till he went bankrupt in 2007. 
   Reuben Singh. He started AllDayPA, an answering service company. 
    
8. What system was made available for civilian use after the accidental shooting of Korean Airlines flight 007 over the Soviet airspace in 1983? 
   Navstar GPS 
    
9. When it was launched in the 1950s, it was called “The Clares”. By what name is it known today? It has completed 56 years of existence. 
   The Filmfare awards 
    
10. Connect both the logos and establish a historic moment in corporate India.
    Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group, who also started the Bromark movement, signed a deal to buy Blackburn Rover 
    

There were 22 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #175. The winners who will receive a copy of The Trusted Firm are:Bhuwan Mahajan, Noida; Pradeep Thangavel, Bangalore; Jyothi Bhat, Bangalore; Satya Jain, Meerut; Vikram Rana, Delhi; Vathsal K M, Hassan; Jayati Chakraborty, Kolkata; Syed Ziaul Hassan, Bangalore; Rajani Gaynar, New Delhi; and Ganesh Sah, New Delhi. Bhuwan Mahajan also wins Rs 2,000.