Answers to last week's quiz (#425)

1. Which is the first Fortune 500 company where a woman CEO succeeded another woman CEO?
   Xerox. Ursula M Burns serves as chairwoman and CEO of Xerox. As such, she is the first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company. She is also the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company, having succeeded Anne Mulcahy as CEO of Xerox.
    
2. Name the founder of the restaurant chain that carries the slogan: "For Deliciously Healthy Food?" Also name the restaurant chain?
   Kenny Rogers Roasters. Popular Country singer Kenny Rogers and former governor of the state of Kentucky, John Y Brown Junior, originally set-up Kenny Rogers Roasters in 1991. Seeing an opportunity to provide healthy and delicious food in a restaurant environment, Kenny Rogers Roasters opened its first restaurant in Coral Spring, Florida in August 1991. Today this brand is owned by a Malaysian conglomerate Berjaya Corporation Berhad.
    
3. What is the European corruption of the Chinese words, Pei hao or Pac ho, and in which industry is this used exclusively as an important term?
   Pekoe. It is used for grading of teas. Pekoe tea is a fine grade of tea, which includes young tea leaves and buds.
    
4. This annual conference was founded in mid 1950s to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, around 150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. The conference is a forum for informal discussions about megatrends and major issues facing the world. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed. Name it.
   The Bilderberg conference or Bilderberg meetings.
    
5. In the business world what does the buzzword Scooby snacks stand for?
   Token compensation, generally non-monetary, given as an award. Taken from the cartoon show Scooby Doo where the heroic dog is given Scooby snacks.
    
6. Various Indian holy books like the Mahabharata, Puranas etc., relate that Ashwini Kumar brothers, the twins, who were royal physicians to the devas (Gods) during Vedic times, first prepared this formulation for a rishi at his ashram on Dhosi Hill in Haryana. Today this product has a market size of Rs 500 crores plus. Name it.
   Chawanprash.
    
7. Name the company that manufactures a turbo prop aircraft by the name Airvan 10?
   Mahindra Aerospace.
    
8. Who has launched its brand strategy with this slogan: "Work can Work Better"?
   Xerox.
    
9. The sales proceeds of what would be donated on September 21, 2015, to Peace One Day, a nonprofit group seeking to raise awareness of the International Day of Peace, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981.
   The McWhooper burger made jointly by McDonalds and Burger King.
    
10. Whose logo is this?
    Ashley Madison the dating website that saw its founder quit the company in the last week of August 2015.

 

There were eleven all correct entries for quiz No.425. Siddhi Prasad Lenka from Bhubaneswar wins Rs 2,000.