Answers to last week's quiz (#178)

 

1. This industry is showing signs of a crisis in India. The creator of Gulliver’s Travels was the first to establish it way back in the early 1700s. Name him and the industry.
   Jonathan Swift established the world’s first micro-finance institution in 1720. It was called the Irish Loan Fund. 
    
2. Where would you find a leading lady presenting you an opportunity to participate in a giving programme called Good Karma?
   IndiGo flights. Good Karma is its programme to support to lesser privileged children 
    
3. What is the term used to describe imperfect information about finding out where jobs are and where workers are for the appropriate jobs?
   Search Friction 
    
4. This vehicle developed specially for India is this company’s lowest-cost model and it got its stamp of approval after the company’s CEO personally drove it. It is the first car that has storage for eight bottles of water. Name it.
   Toyota’s Etios 
    
5. What is martial art mixed with a Greek alphabet and a US electronics maker in a manufacturing control discipline that has won thousands of corporate converts?
   Six Sigma first propounded by Motorola 
    
6. This billion-dollar brand runs out of a secret recipe which has 11 herbs and spices. Its basic cooking technique was developed by its founder. Name it.
   KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) 
    
7. Name the first company founded by a woman which was listed on the Fortune 500.
   Liz Claiborne, a fashion company founded in 1976 
    
8. Which brand uses the Hindi tag line “Kafi hai”?
   Nestlé’s Bar One chocolate 
    
9. What is common to A123, Cascade Communications and Airvana?
   Companies set up by Gururaj Deshpande, who is now co-chair National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, US administration 
    
10. What is so unique about this brand (see logo)?
    The brand under which bakery, textile, apparel, furniture, paper products, mustard oil etc manufactured by inmates of Tihar jail are sold
    
    

The winners for quiz # 178 will be announced on December 20