Answers to last week's quiz (#320)

1. The invention of this machine was the cause for this company to come in to existence in the 1880s and continues operate even today. The inspiration for this invention came when he was travelling to Europe. While on board, he became fascinated by a contraption that kept a record of how many rotations the ship's propeller had made. With this he set to work on the prototype, which eventually became a success. Name him and his invention.
   James Ritty, a proprietor of a saloon in Dayton Ohio, invented the cash register to stop his staff pilfering the takings from his saloon. Later, in 1884, John H Patterson bought Ritty's company through a previous buyer and named it National Cash Register (NCR).
    
2. What is common to these people from the technology world - Steve Ballmer, Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, Jerry Yang, Sergey Brin, Larry Page and Peter Thiel?
   All are Stanford University alumni. Jane and Leland Stanford established the university in memory of their only child, Leland Jr, who died of typhoid fever at the age of 15, in 1884. Within weeks of his death, the Stanfords decided to use their wealth to do something for "other people's" children. 
    
3. The co-founder of which company said this: "Take the best that exists and make it better, when it does not exist, design it?"
   Sir Fredrick Henry Royce, co founder, Rolls Royce.
    
4. In the 60s, one of the founders of this brand had taken notice of the distinctive properties of the leather used to make baseball gloves. With wear and abrasion, the leather in a glove became soft and supple. Following this model, he devised a way of processing leather to make it strong, soft, flexible, and deep-toned in colour, as it absorbed dye well. At his wife suggestion, a number of women's handbags were designed to supplement the factory's low-margin wallet production. This innovation marked the company's entry into the field of classic, long-lasting, luxury women's handbags business. Name the brand
   The luxury brand Coach.
    
5. Name South India's first regional airline?
   Air Costa. It will be operating in Andhra Pradesh.
    
6. Connect Kotgarh, a place in Himachal Pradesh, with an American whose father ran a leading elevator manufacturing company in the US in the early 1900s, and what do you arrive at?
   Samuel Evans StokesJr, an American Quaker who later came to be known as Satyanand Stokes. He was instrumental in sowing the first apple seed in Kotgarh, brought from the US, and pioneered the apple cultivation revolution in Himachal Pradesh.
    
7. During the days of the Raj, the Maharajas of J&K, Bikaner, and Baroda used this luxury brand extensively. Interestingly, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, Jagjit Singh, expressed revolt against British rule by opting for this luxury brand.
   Louis Vuitton, the French luxury brand.
    
8. Who has launched seven minute cigars in India, name the brand and mention what is special about it?
   Godfrey Phillips India has launched the Amigos brand of seven minute cigars. They are sweet cigarettes blended with matured Latino tobacco and chocolate flavouring.
    
9. What is the term used in Economics to describe a method of collecting income tax in which the taxes paid increase with the amount of earned income? The driving principle behind this is the notion that those who are in a better position to pay taxes should contribute more than those who are not.
   Vertical Equity.
    
10. The first logo is an old logo of this brand that was introduced in the 40s. It used to make vacuum tubes condensers and radios. Now it has a different logo and is popular world over for a particular product. It is coming out with a special edition along with the brand represented in the second logo. Name it.
    Ducati Motorcycle Company and Titan are coming out with a special edition of watches inspired by its monster brand. Ducati was started by Antonio Cavalieri Ducati and his three sons, Adriano, Marcello and Bruno, in 1926 as Societa Scientifica Radio Brevetti Ducati in Bologna.

 

 

There were five correct entries for quiz no. 320. Vedha Narasimhan from Chennai wins Rs 2,000. Winner was chosen by drawing lots.