Answers to last week's quiz (#382)

1. The former CEO of which company said: " The internet is the Viagra of big business"
   
   Jack Welch, GE.
    
2. At 10:00 pm on October 21, 1931 the lights all across New York were asked to be dimmed for a few minutes by the then US President Herbert Hoover. Why?
   
   As a mark of respect to Thomas Edison on his passing away.    
    
3. This person studied at the University of Paris, did construction work in Morocco, worked for the US Army as a secret code clerk and also taught at a University in Indonesia. He is a PhD in Economics who created _____ in the early 1970s to demonstrate how harmful monopolies could be to a free-enterprise system, and how antitrust laws work to curtail them in the real world. Name the person and his creation.
   
   Anti-Monopoly is a board game made by San Francisco State University Professor Ralph Anspach, in response to Monopoly of Parker Brothers. Anspach felt the lessons" taught by the mainstream game, which he believed created the impression that monopolies were something desirable.
    
4. This concept, which is gaining controversy now, was first proposed by an entomologist from New Zealand in the 1890s. It gave him leisure time to collect insects and led him to value the after-hours since he had a shift-work job. Most countries around the world follow it to conserve energy and help reduce the need for electric lights. Name the person and the concept.
   
   The Modern Daylight Savings Time was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson in 1895.
    
5. Connect the families of Ray Kroc, co-founder of McDonalds, Elvis Presley and Andrew Jergens, makers of the Jergens cosmetic products and what do you arrive at.
   
   The Graceland West residence at 845 West Chino Canyon road, Palm Springs California. This Spanish Colonial ranch house was commissioned by the Jergens Family in 1946 and subsequently was owned by Ray Kroc and Elvis Presley.
    
6. This Russian business group, which owns retail store chain called West Telekom, an employee psychological testing company, an advertising agency by the name Moroshka and a realtor agency called Alfa was in the news recently. Why?
   
   The Western European Financial Union (ZEFS) group of companies that had erected a memorial dedicated to former Apple CEO Steve Jobs in St. Petersburg, Russia dismantled it one day after Tim Cook announced he was gay.
    
7. Which famous American retailer will be opening its first overseas store in Saudi Arabia in 2018?
   
   Macy's
    
8. This fast food restaurant chain claims to have crowd sourced the world's first pocket a cut of the sales programme. It has launched a mobile app that allows customers to design their own pizzas and market them on social media. The customers get a percentage of the sales as a commission. Name the pizza brand and the country where it has launched it.
   
   Domino's Pizza, Australia. It has launched an app called the Pizza Mogul.
    
9. Which company's baseline reads: "The Name is Enough"?
   
   Khaitan Electricals. It's Founder late SK Khaitan believed that by spoiling your reputation you lose everything. Hence gave his name to his company to signify that it will never compromise on integrity and quality.
    
10. Name the equipment in the photograph and its inventor.
    
    
    It is the Kissing machine invented by Max Factor(Jr.) in 1939 to test how many kisses it took for the lipstick to fade away in order to market a kiss proof lipstick. This lead to Max factor launching its Tru-Colur range of lipsticks. Initially they employed a couple who were engaged to come and kiss for one hour every morning.

There were 12 correct entries for quiz No. 382. Sai Vara Prasad Desineni from New Delhi wins Rs 2,000. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.