Answers to last week's quiz (#386)

1. Which brand has been sponsoring the second oldest Thanksgiving Day parade in the US since 1924? Name the city also.
   The Macy's departmental store has been sponsoring the Annual Thanksgiving Day parade in the city of New York since 1924.
    
2. Name the company that has set up a "growth board" that operates like an internal venture capital firm, vetting new ideas presented by employees and then dishing out a bit of time and capital to explore them?
   GE.
    
3. What is common to Bose Corporation, Dolby Laboratories, Boeing, Hugo Boss and Kraft foods?
   All companies that bear the name of their founders.
    
4. Name the African King and his kingdom which he governs from a European country using skype, phone, fax and email.
   King Togbe Ngoryifia Cephas Kosi Bansah of the Hohoe area in Ghana. The 66-year-old king of the Hohoe area of southeastern Ghana moved to Germany as a foreign exchange student but stayed after falling in love with his now-wife Gabrielle.
    
5. Which Hotel was one of the first ones to introduce the concept of Room Service or in-food dining as it is called now?
   Waldorf Astoria.
    
6. This organisation in the US has been selling cookies since 1917 to raise funds. Recently it jumped to the e-commerce bandwagon. Its annual sales is to the the tune of $800 million. Name this organisation.
   The Girls Scouts of the US.
    
7. Who has launched Fairlife, a milk brand under its wellness beverage category?
   Fairlife is the product of a joint venture formed by Coca-Cola and dairy co-op Select Milk Producers. This will be Coke's first milk brand.
    
8. Who owns the brand "Makers"?
   Makers is a fabric brand from the house of Raymond targeting the ever growing Tier 3 to 5 town consumers. 
    
9. Which businessman wrote a book titled "Romance of Commerce"?
   Gordon H Selfridge in 1918. He was the founder of the UK based retail chain Selfridges that was established in 1909.
    
10. Identify the award generally given to corporates. The company that established it was founded by an individual who pioneered a research program for Hollywood movie studios that culminated in forecasts of box office receipts.
    It is the Gallup Great places to Work award. It is awarded to organisations that have performed exceptionally in engaging their workforce and leveraging that strength to drive business results and sustainable growth. Its founder George Gallup in the 1940s pioneered a research program for Hollywood movie studios that culminated in forecasts of box office receipts.

 

There were nine correct entries for quiz No. 386. Faridul Qadar from Barabanki, UP, wins '2,000. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.