Answers to last week`s quiz (#234)

1. Which management guru of Global Strategy propounded the concept of a AAA triangle and what does it mean?
   Harvard Professor Pankaj Ghemawat's AAA triangle consists of three broad strategies for cross-border differences namely adaptation, aggregation and arbitrage.
    
2. This beverage was launched in the mid 60s and its inventor added lemon to it in order to mask its urine flavour. Name it.
   The sports drink Gatorade invented by University of Florida’s Dr J Robert Cade in the year 1965. 
    

3. It is claimed that in this company so far all its CEOs started their careers at the entry level. Name it.
   Procter & Gamble. 

This place is named after a famous tree which marked the eastern approach to the place. It was felled in 1942 to prevent the Japanese artillery from using it as a ranging point during World War II. It is now famous for a world class facility and a corporate entity which partners with other infrastructure companies worldwide.
Changi, in Singapore where its airport is situated, gets its name from the Changi tree. Changi Airports International intends to buy a 26 per cent stake in GVK’s airports business. 
 

This famous character was born in its creator's imagination while he was traveling in a train from New York to Los Angeles after his financial supporters had rejected his earlier creation Oswald. Name both the character and the creator.
Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse in November 1928. 
 

Despite disagreement over who originally designed this apparel, the designer who is credited for revolutionising the fashion industry with this creation, named it after her favourite car. Name the person and her creation.
Mary Quant of UK designed the short skirt in 1960 and named it after her favourite car “mini” and hence called it the mini skirt. 
 

To find a pronunciation in China that would sound like its brand this company did achieve a similar sound but the characters in Chinese meant “Bite the wax tadpole”. It later changed the characters to mean “Happiness in the mouth”. Name the brand.
Coca-Cola. 
 

Which company did Ja-Ri Corporation subsequently become?
Amway. The founders Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos, first formed Ja-Ri Corporation in 1949 abbreviated from their respective first names. 
 

Name the first airline to offer its passengers Wi-fi broadband internet access on long-haul flights?
The German carrier Lufthansa. 
 

Identify the brands from the visuals below. They have a partnership in India.
Garware Motors and Hyosung Motor bikes. Garware has partnered with S&T Motors of South Korea to launch their Hyosung brand of motorcycles in India.

 

There were 32 all-correct entries for The Strategist quiz #234.The winners who will receive a copy of Play Your Strengths are Ahmed Rabbani, Patna; Sufia Fatimi, Ahmedabad; Mahtab Alam, Patna; Saad Ahmed, Patna; Yasir Imam, Patna; Anita Rana, Mayur Vihar-I, Delhi; Mohua Roy, New Delhi; Sanjar Rahman, Allahabad; Susangata Ghosh, Gurgaon; Sapna Mukherjee, Kolkata. Ahmed Rabbani also wins Rs 2,000.