Answers to last week's quiz (#238)

 

1. The initial design of this vehicle had two soft doors with vinyl windows, a cloth roof and a metal bar as a safety measure. The manufacturer concluded that people would not want a ‘half a car’ and therefore shelved it for something better. Name the company and the brand.
   Tata Motor’s Nano
    
2. This company launched a brand of cosmetics after it found that out of its library of chemicals it had 4000 of them related to anti-oxidants that prevent photographs from fading. Since photos and the human skin contain collagen, it launched a cosmetics brand whose name means ‘Tomorrow’ in its home country. Identify the company and brand.
   Fujifilm Japan launched a range of cosmetics under the Astalift brand 
    
3. This person was nicknamed Mile-a-Minute Harry as he surged through the store as brightly as the new invention of electricity. He is credited with one of the first innovations in retail industry. Name the person and his innovation.
   Henry Gordon Selfridge founder of London’s famous Selfridges Store in 1909. He was the first who introduced the concept of lighting store windows at night while he was working at Marshall Fields departmental store in the US 
    
4. The CEO of which company dubbed as Atomic Anne resigned recently?
   Anne Lauvergeon of Areva, the leading nuclear energy company from France 
    
5. The founder of this company while building its first 4-cylinder motorcycle drew inspiration from the statue of Buddha in a temple in Kyoto. Name the person and the company.
   Soichiro Honda of Honda Motor Company 
    
6. He is called Donald _____ in Japan and Uncle ______ in Singapore. Who is he?
   In order to make pronunciation easy for customers in Japan and Singapore, McDonald’s mascot Ronald McDonald is called Donald McDonald and Uncle McDonald in the respective countries 
    
7. What is common to Mahout, Pig and Zookeeper?
   All trademarked software solutions from the stable of Hadoop, the open source software framework company founded by Doug Cutting 
    
8. The CEO of which company is dubbed as the ‘Monkey Boy’ because of his antics at his company’s annual global business meetings?
   Steve Ballmer of Microsoft 
    
9. This person while working with the Royal Air Force conceived the idea of the first long distance tow–glider for troops. Who is it?
   Dame Barbara Cartland, the most prolific romantic novelist 
    
10. Identify the brand from the image which is a part of its logo. It changed its name twice and finally adopted its stock ticker symbol as its name.
    
    
    Yum Brands that owns KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

There were 31 all-correct entries for The Strategist quiz #238.The winners who will receive a copy of Understanding Microfinance are Shivam Bhardwaj, Mohali; Satya Jain, Meerut; B Jyothi Praveen, Secunderabad; Neelohit Ghosh, Gurgaon; C Vikram, Kodambakkam; V S Mallikharjuna Rao, Kakinada; Jayati Chakraborty, Kolkata; Padma Chellappa, Kodambakkam; Ranjit Kamat, Mumbai; B Sriramulu, Narsipatnam. Shivam Bhardwaj also wins Rs 2,000.