Answers to last week's quiz (#083)

 

1. India’s largest ecommerce company is a joint venture between two existing brick and mortar companies. Name the ecommerce company and its founders.
   M Junction, a joint venture between Sail and Tata Steel. Founded in February 2001, it has e-transacted over Rs 30,800 crore till date. 
    
2. Which industrialist was referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as his fifth son?
   Jamnalal Bajaj 
    
3. Which popularly used device evolved with its models being described as liquid, box, centennial and butterstamp?
   The telephone 
    
4. Identify the famous metaphor that was coined in 1992 when the author was using a mouse pad from the Apple Library in Cupertino and was writing an article for the Wilson Library Bulletin.
   Surfing the internet, coined by Jean Armour Polly, a librarian by profession 
    
5. Name the UN-mandated convention that has made it mandatory for all countries trading in rough diamonds to certify that they have not originated from African countries experiencing armed warfare. Otherwise called blood diamonds.
   The Kimberley Process Diamond Certification that came into effect from January 2003 
    
6. “The five-wire resisting technology” was patented in the late 1970s. What is it commonly known as today?
   Touch-screen technology 
    
7. What is codenamed the Stagecoach and also nicknamed the Beast?
   The Armoured Cadillac limousine built by General Motors for the President of USA. Barack Obama uses one now. 
    
8. What is the name given to a formula that can predict bankruptcy of a company? Also name the person who invented it. 
   The Z score formula invented by Edward Altman 
    
9. Triumph in your moment of truth is the tag line of which institution?
   The University of Chicago Booth School of Business 
    
10. Identify the brand with this visual. (Hint: beverage)
    Burn, the energy drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company.

 

 

 

 

 

There were 61 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 83. The winners who will receive a copy of Strategy Express are: P N Bakuli, Kolkata; Alka Mishra, Fariabad; Udayabhanu, Kochi; Vikram Rana, Delhi; Parag Sharma, Delhi; Laxmish Hegde,Hassan; Kamlesh Joshi, Almora; Chinubhai Patel, Noida; Anita Sharma, New Delhi; and Suhrut Panda, Ahmedabad. P N Bakuli also wins Rs 2,000.