Answers to last week's quiz (#147)

 

1. This vehicle named after a city in the US will be launched in India sometime this year. Despite its obscure looks, the first of its kind vehicle from this company was a success when it was launched in the US. Name it. 
   Santa Fe, SUV from Hyundai Motors
   
2. Its construction started in the 1950s, was commissioned in 1962 and was continued to be built till the late 1970s. It is known as a highly reliable ruggedised computer using bit-slice processors and was named by Jawaharlal Nehru. What is it? 
   The TIFRAC (The TIFR Automatic Calculator)
   
3. Its first failure in India was a joint venture with Chamundi Mopeds which manufactured a two-wheeler. Name the company.
   Peugeot. Its subsequent joint ventures with Premier Automobiles (Peugot 309) and Mahindra & Mahindra (Logan) also did not take off.
   
4. Which company is launching ‘Fight Nights’ featuring India’s first-ever indoor exhibition boxing bouts between top Indian and international boxers? The bouts would be held in malls, multiplexes, discos, clubs, open grounds, college campuses, and amusement and theme parks. 
   Monnet Ispat 
   
5. What is common to the brands Elle n°5, Mandarina Duck, Lollipops and Playboy? 
   They all have cell phones in their brand names designed by Brand Design Lab, a strategic joint venture between Alcatel and TCL of China
   
6. Which business book launched this year has its first chapter titled “It’s all about restrooms”? 
   The Little Big Things by Tom Peters   
   
7. Name the companies that got together recently to produce a successful two-hour movie for TV called Secrets of the Mountain?  
   Walmart and Procter & Gamble
   
8. Name the world’s first of its kind company that started with its founder announcing that he had implanted a synthetic gene into E coli bacteria, causing it to produce human insulin.  
   Genentech, the world’s first bio-tech company founded by Herber Boyer
   
9. Complete the series Wira, Kit, Karak and _____. What are they? 
   Shera. All are mascots for the Commonwealth Games.  
   
10. Identify this FMCG brand from its logo and also its owner.
    
    SoBe, a soft drink brand now owned by Pepsi. Lizzard Fuel and Lizard Lava are some of its flavours.
    
    
    
    
    
    

    There were 42 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #147. The winners who will receive a copy of The Art of Constructive Confrontation are: Praful N Shah, Mumbai; R Yogesh Kumar Jain, Hyderabad; Vedha Narasimhan, Chennai; Anshu Jain, Ahmedabad; Saurabh Jain, Hoshiarpur; Yashwant Kumar, Indore; Dheeraj Udhani, Jaipur; Nigar Fatima, Hajipur; Hemant Rathore, Bangalore; and Vikas R Surani, Vadodara. Praful N Shah also wins Rs 2,000.