Answers to last week's quiz (#209)

 

1. Which company unveiled its ‘Sound Charge’ t-shirt that harnesses the power of sound to charge a cell phone using a material found in hi-fi speakers? 
   Orange Telecom, UK 
    
2. In the 80s, the founder CEO of which Fortune top 10 company did a hula (a Hawaiian dance) on Wall Street after his company made a pre-tax profit of 8 per cent for the previous fiscal year?
   Sam Walton of Wal-Mart 
    
3. To revamp the image of a chocolate brand in a particular country, the national flag on the wrapper was replaced with the US flag since the consumers preferred American candies. Name this brand whose campaign recently won an international award.
   Rom chocolate bar from Romania. BV McCann Erickson Bucharest, Romania won the grand prize at the Cannes 2011 for it. 
    
4. The actor who played the co-founder of Napster and Facebook in the movie Social Network, recently bought a social media property reportedly worth $35million. Name him and the company he invested in.
   Justin Timberlake made a huge investment in Myspace 
    
5. Which consumer products company recently announced that its vice-president of canine communications will retire after 56 dog years of loyal service?
   Procter & Gamble’s pet care division named a nine-year-old Labrador as its VP, Canine communications, which also doubled up as its brand ambassador. 
    
6. Pronounced as either “ack-soy” or “ack-swa”, it’s the latest concept used as a metric for evaluating online businesses. What is the term?
   ACSOI, which means Adjusted Consolidated Segment Operating Income. 
    
7. Who said: “I am not at all embarrassed that we are opening up a new multi-billion dollar industry that is focused on fun”?
   Burt Rutan (the American aerospace engineer famous for his design of the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling) on space tourism 
    
8. In 1910, the Humber Motor Company exhibited its products at the Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition in the United Provinces of India. The members of the company participated in a fund-raising for a student hostel in Allahabad. What is the historical significance of this gesture?
   The first airmail delivery in the world took place on February 18, 1911 when a plane flew 13 km across the GangesrRiver from Allahabad to Naini. 
    
9. Which former brand used the slogan, “Forever Bike Forever Value”?
   The once-popular Jawa (Yezdi) motorcycles that were manufactured in Mysore 
    
10. State the connection between the two logos below and also mention the name given to the second logo.
    
    
    The Japanese brand Konica merged with Minolta and is now called Konica Minolta. Their logo is called the Globe Mark.

There were 53 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #209. The winners who will receive a copy of The Seven Summits of Success are Vikas Surani, Ahmedabad; Ravi Singh, Lucknow; Hemant Jain, Ludhiana; Sufia Fatimi, New Delhi; P KGhosh, Kolkata; Dhaval Thakker, Nadiad; Atul Mathews, Bangalore; Satish R Vinnakota, Hyderabad; Himanshu Chauhan, Meerut; and Swapna, Bangalore. Vikas Surani also wins Rs 2,000.