Answers to the Strategist quiz (#409)

1. Zappos is finishing its transition to a radical new organisation structure where the power is redistributed and job titles and managers will be eliminated. Its 200 odd employees are likely to opt for a buyout instead of working under this changed structure. What is the term used to define this practice, where authority and decision-making are distributed throughout self-organising teams rather than being vested at the top of a hierarchy?
   
   Holacracy.
    
2. What are these prefixes connected with Nova, Prime, Feather, Peer name and Lite?
   
   All cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.
    
3. This technology is based on remote radar sensing originally developed by NASA to detect life on other planets. It was used recently by search and rescue teams in Nepal to find people in the debris by detecting their heart beat. Name the company that deployed these devices called 'Finders'. The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, which manages JPL for NASA, licensed a version of the technology to this company.
   
   R4 Incorporated.
    
4. Who said this about the brands he launched: "If people find No.2 so good, they will believe No.1 to be even better"? The brand named No.2 was launched before No.1 was launched.
   
   Ardeshir Godrej. He launched these soap brands inspired by Swadeshi movement.
    
5. This famous brand committed a legendary error when it released a pair of athletic shoes in 1996 with a logo on the sole that some Muslims believed resembled the Arabic lettering for Allah. Name the brand.
   
   Nike.
    
6. Whose brands are Style, Flair, Taj Chhap, June Slim and Lips? This company was set up in the 1930s by a Parsee gentleman.
   
   Cigarette and cigar brands of Golden Tobacco Company - makers of the famous Panama brand. It was first set up by Narsee Monji in 1930 and was subsequently taken over by Narsee Monji in 1979.
    
7. Which brand's tagline is this: "Let the World wait"?
   
   Black Dog Whisky.
    
8. In tech speak what is five nines?
   
   A system that can stay up 99.999% of the time. It is considered the highest number realistically achievable.
    
9. Which company's headquarters is located at One Geoffrey Way?
   
   Toy R Us. It's headquartered in Wayne New Jersey, US. The street is named after its mascot, a giraffe called Geoffrey.
    
10. Name the brand from its logo.
    
    Hellcat Motorcycles made by Confederate Motorcycles US.

There were three all correct entries for quiz No.409. A Vedavathi from Hyderabad wins Rs 2000. The winner was chosen on the basis of first correct entry received.