Answers to last week's quiz (#325)
- This brand was launched in the mid 1990s and Time Magazine had profiled it as 'the first consumer digital camera' and ranked it among its '100 greatest and most influential gadgets from 1923 to the present'. It, however, failed in the market. Name the brand and its manufacturer.
The Apple Quick Take. It was a consumer digital camera that was launched by Apple in 1994 and discontinued in 1997
- These two brothers were running the company founded by their father. During the 1860s their main business was on the brink of failure. Income from trading of tea and coffee, which was ancillary to the main product they were known for, salvaged some of their pride. Also investing a large portion of the legacy they received on the passing of their mother, helped them saved the company. Name the brothers and the company.
George and Richard Cadbury sons of John Cadbury, the founder of Cadbury's.
- Name the first brand in the world to launch toothpaste that combines the power of lemon and salt.
Colgate Palmolive India launched its Colgate Active Salt Healthy White variant in India, also a global first.
- This person was a financial executive and businessman for DuPont and General Motors during the early 1900s. He was the reason behind the change in location of the glamorous Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York from its 5th avenue address to its current location in Park Avenue. Name the person and mention what was the reason.
In 1929, John Jakob Raskob and his partners bought a parcel of property at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue for building the Empire State Building. On this property sat the glamourous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Since the property had become extremely valuable, the owners of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel decided to sell the property and build a new hotel on Park Avenue.
- With which brand does one relate this line to "Paint the Town Black" and why?
Diageo's Guinness beer brand. Paint the town black is theme for celebrating Arthur's Day. It is an annual series of music events, first organised by Diageo in 2009, to promote the 250th anniversary of its Guinness brewing company.
- Connect rejected inner tubes of the Goodyear Tyre Company, the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper and a product that was already patented in 1845 and what do you arrive at?
The rubber Band. Though Stephen Perry patented the rubber band in 1845, William H Spencer, a railroad engineer from Ohio, popularised its use. Spencer used to make rubber bands at home from used tyre inner tubes and sell it to office supply stores. When he saw the pages of Akron Beacon strewn across the lawn, he convinced the newspaper to start using rubber bands. He went on to set up his company Alliance Rubber products in 1923.
- Name the town in the US that is used by all car manufacturers to test drive their cars because of its winding roads and terrain. It was popularised by a freelance journalist who co-founded the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards 20 years ago.
Hell, a town located in the state of Michigan. Christopher Jensen, a freelance journalist who co-founded the North American Car and Truck of the Year awards 20 years ago, chose this town because the roads there could make a good spot to test his competition finalists.
- Who uses the baseline "Our sign is a promise"?
Swiss Air
- What inspired the inventor of Macromedia Flash, now known as Adobe Flash, to invent this animation software that has changed the way we see things on the internet?
Jonathan Gay, inventor of Flash credits Lego bricks for helping him come out with his invention.
- Name the company from its logo and also mention what is unique about it.
Makani Power, a California-based company,owned by Google. It developed airborne wind turbines with the support of Google and the US Department of Energy office of ARPA-E. It is the world leader in the development of airborne wind power extraction systems.
| There were 12 correct entries for quiz no. 325. Fariha Hayat from Dwarka,New Delhi, wins Rs 2,000. Winner was chosen by drawing lots. |