Answers to last week's quiz (#346)

1. This person is considered as internet's 5th man in a list that includes Vincent Cerf, Bob Kahn, Tim Berns Lee and March Andreessen. He came up with datagrams that inspired Vincent Cerf and Dr Kahn and others in the development of the TCP/IP protocols. Name him and the technology company he first worked for in his home country.
   Frenchman Louis Pouzin. Enchanted by the promise computers hold after reading an article in IBM in the 1950s, he joined the French company Bull systems. 
    
2. What was the outcome of a top secret project/mission called X3 that was initiated in one of India's largest companies in 2003?
   The Tata Nano car.
    
3. The Abu Dhabi airport is the 15th airport to get this facility. The other airports include Aruba, Bermuda, Bahamas, Shannon & Dublin in Ireland and 8 Canadian international airports. What is this facility?
   The US Border posts office that completes immigration and customs formalities outside the US.
    
4. This person was born in a small mountain village in Northern Italy in 1896 and came to the US after serving in the Italian Army during WWI. He came to seek his fortune and chose window cleaning as his profession. As much as he enjoyed his job and the freedom it afforded him, he didn't like the tools he had to work with. He started tinkering with his idea for a revolutionary tool, and after much trial and error, he patented his innovative new tool in 1936 and dubbed it the NEW DEAL. Name the person and the company that still sells his products
   Ettore Steccone, inventor of the Squeegee, a T shaped tool with rubber that helps clean windows. The company he set up in 1936 called Ettore still exists. The employees of his company still cut every strip of rubber by hand using Steccone's original wooden measuring system.
    
5. Which was the last nation on earth to embrace or have television in its country?
   Bhutan introduced television in the country in 1999
    
6. The CEO of which company said this recently "We started thinking of ourselves as a beauty company. We spent all our time at the Oscars, the Grammys or Fashion Week, which now runs for months. We don't stay focused on the consumer"?
   A G Lafley, CEO of P&G, oiginally retired in 2010. He rejoined the P&G on May 23, 2013.
    
7. Whose brands are Aristos, S.C.T. and Arin?
   Men's Footwear brands from Tata International which are now being retailed in stores.
    
8. Which company uses this baseline "Architect of an Open World"?
   Bull Information Systems a French-owned company headquartered in Paris. It was founded in 1931.
    
9. What is the term used to describe a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype components for testing in the automobile industry? Automakers use it to evaluate all aspects of vehicles before a full pre-production car is built.
   A development mule or a test mule.
    
10. What does this logo represent?
    The Sailfish operating system for Mobile phones. It was created by ex Nokia employees who left the company after Nokia adopted the Windows Os. They utilised the funding from Nokia's "Bridge" programme which helps establish and support start-up companies formed by ex-Nokia employees.

 

There were 20 all-correct entries for quiz No. 346. Sanjoy Chakraborty from Kolkata wins Rs 2,000. Winner was chosen by drawing lots.