Answers to the Strategist quiz (#462)

1. In order to protect its business during the heyday of the internet boom and avoid fighting with its competitors which company acquired four companies called Grand Junction, Kalpana, Crescendo and Granite?
   Cisco. It bought these companies that were competing with its routers by selling switch technology
    
2. A non-corrosive metal used in capacitors for mobile phones and DVD players gets its name from this Greek mythological figure is most famous for his eternal punishment. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. What is it?
   Tantalum from Tantalus, who was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus
    
3. Who during his earlier years in his textile business launched a fabric for men called WBB (White, Blue, and Brown)?
   Kishore Biyani in the 1980s, before he started his first standalone store called Patloon and not Pantaloons
    
4. Who is launching a product called Daydream?
   Google. A platform for high-quality mobile virtual reality
    
5. To whom did JRD Tata make this comment when he was invited to receive its first planes, "__if you cannot make your airline better than the best then send these two aircraft back today"?
   JRD Tata to Naresh Goyal of Jet Airways when he was invited to receive the airline's first two aircraft
    
6. This 40-year-old industry, based in a town, which is believed to have got its name from Ravana's father-in-law has grown tremendously in the last seven-eight years and is estimated at Rs 200 crore-plus. It supplies Hollywood producers with ancient arms, ammunition, attire, furniture, books, leather goods and household items. Name the town.
   Meerut
    
7. Prompted by the demand of the Indian Defence Forces for clothing for soldiers the founder of this company set up a factory in the 1920s close to the city of Bombay. Name the founder and the company. It changed ownership twice subsequently.
   A Parsi gentleman by the name of Wadia set up Raymond's in 1925 and was known as Wadia Woollen Mills. Later it changed its name when ED Sassoon bought it over
    
8. The first people to use __ were those who lived in early civilisations of Mesopotamia around 7,000 BC. During this time, only the wealthy used __. The number of __ symbolised status, so the more one owned the more affluence she held. Today some of them are called buckwheat and down. Fill in the blank.
   Pillows
    
9. Whose last words were "To my friends my work is done - Why wait?"
   George Eastman. He wrote these lines on a yellow lined piece of paper and committed suicide in March 1932
    
10. Name the brand from its logo and mention the history it created.
    Tayto Potato crisps/chips from Ireland. Founded by Joe "Spud" Murphy, the company produced the world's first flavoured chips: cheese and onion, barbecue, and salt and vinegar

 

There were 4 correct entries to quiz No 462. Bhawana Sharma from Delhi, wins Rs 2000. The winner is based on the first correct entry received.