Answers to last week's quiz (#379)

1. The founders of this Rs 8,000 crore group first started by dabbling in numerous businesses that included trading in the famous Jaisore combs, repacking Isabgol and tooth brushes to manufacturing board games like Ludo during the early 60s. Name them and their company.
   Radheyshyam Goenka and Radheyshyam Agarwal, founders of the Emami group.
    
2. It was first the Go Devil then the Hurricane and then a tractor engine. What is being referred to here?
   The Willys Jeep, which is now known as The Mahindra's Jeep. During the 1973 oil crisis, Mahindra's auto company was suffering from the low mileage of the Hurricane petrol engine and the tractor company was hemorrhaging due to regulatory requirements and price controls. Thanks to innovation, both companies survived. Mahindra Tractors started selling its engines to Mahindra's auto company, which fitted on its Jeeps by replacing the Hurricane.
    
3. This cell phone is branded as the _____ Black cell phone. It is a dual sim phone that runs on the android operating system. It's not sold to general public and carries these three words Defense, Space & Security as its brand promise. Name it.
   The Boeing Black Smartphone. It was designed with security and modularity keeping in mind the US defense and security demand for trusted access to data.
    
4. What is common to Agilent technologies, Citigroup, Ford Motor Company, Genpact Limited, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Kellogg Company, Macy's Inc, AT&T Inc and Visa Inc?
   All of them are listed on the NYSE and have single alphabet as their stock symbols. Most have the first alphabet from their respective names except for AT&T whose symbol is represented by 'T'.
    
5. The founder of which company is known for the following quotations - "There is no fun like work", "I am prepared to sell anything from an aeroplane to a cigar", "The boss fixes the blame for the breakdown; the leader fixes the breakdown", "The boss says 'Go'; the leader says 'Let's go!" ?
   Harry Gordon Selfridge. he founded Selfridges & Co in 1909. He is also one of the first use the line, "The customer is always right"
    
6. What are Sugging and Frugging?
   Both the terms are used in the market research. Sugging means selling under the guise of market research and Frugging is raising money or soliciting donations under the guise of market research.
    
7. Which company or tech start-up was Facebook's first acquisition in India?
   Little Eye Labs. It is a performance analysis and monitoring tool that can help identify and fix performance problems in your Android Apps. Meena & K Ganesh were among its founders.
    
8. If one called it 'Life' the other called it 'True' and both embraced the colour green. What is being referred to here?
   Both are so called healthier versions of Colas. Coca-Cola Life is made with a blend of sugar and stevia leaf extract and contains a third less sugar than the original Coke. Pepsi True, a healthier, 60-calorie diet soda, is available exclusively on Amazon.
    
9. With which brand was a fictional mother and spouse Suchitra associated with?
   Horlicks.
    
10. The first company below was merged with second company to form what? Name all the three entities
    The acquisition of Confinity by x.com in March 2000 gave birth to PayPal. Confinity was founded in 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, and Ken Howery and in 1999 launched a money transfer service called PayPal. The PayPal money-transfer system was only months old at the time X.com founded by Elon Musk acquired Confinity.

 

There were 27 correct entries for quiz No. 379. Madhav Parsekar from Mumbai, wins Rs 2,000. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.