Answers to last week's quiz (#196)

 

1. Who owned the brands Courier and Kin?
   Microsoft. Courier was a tablet and Kin a smart phone. 
    
2. This hotel’s bed has not only attracted customers to come again, but has made many of them to ask if they could have such a bed in their homes. Now the hotel goes to customer homes to set the bed up and train them on how to make this special bed. Name the hotel chain.
   Westin 
    
3. In the late 19th century what product was delivered in bullock carts with “hogsheads”? The consumers were mostly defence personnel.
   Beer 
    
4. What is common to Reader’s Digest, UB Group and ASUS, the Taiwanese company?
   Pegasus, the Greek mythological creature. It’s a part of both Reader’s Digest and the UB Group’s logo. The name for ASUS is derived from it. 
    
5. This annual meeting is being held since 1984 mostly in Germany and it features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues. It is organised by volunteers called Chaos Angels. Name it. 
   The Chaos Communication Congress 
    
6. Whose baseline is “We try harder”?
   Avis Worldwide, the car rental company 
    
7. Connect Hanadi Zakariya Hindi, the first woman pilot of Saudi Arabia, and Citigroup, and what do you arrive at?
   Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud. He paid to train the first Saudi woman pilot and is also the largest individual share holder in Citigroup. 
    
8. What is common to the brands Adobe, Isuzu, Avon and Nokia?
   They are all brands named after rivers 
    
9. Which brand has introduced India’s first 3D cell phone?
   Spice Telecom 
    
10. Identify the brand from the logo. (A first of its kind product)
    
    German sports car Gumpert

There were 61 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #196. The winners who will receive a copy of Positive Conflict are: Aayushi Mishra, Faridabad; Mariyam, Chennai; Pradeep T Padmanabhan, Kochi; Neha Manuja, Bangalore; Rashmi Agarwal, Gurgaon; Hemalatha Purushothaman, Chennai; M Sangeetha Sri, Nanmangalam; Anbazhagan, Sriperumbudur; Rahul Kamble, Mumbai; and Lalit Mohan Acharya, Bhubaneswar. Aayushi Mishra also wins Rs 2,000.