Answers to last week's quiz (#160)

 

1. This company in 1936 held a public contest to rename itself in order to shed its founding family name. It received 27,000 responses, but finally chose to use a name which had no meaning. Name the company. 
   Toyota 
    
2. Name the company that owns Asia’s largest mango plantation and whose mangoes are sold in Harrods of London. 
   Reliance Industries. This orchard was a part of greening the area around the Jamnagar refinery. 
    
3. Which company owns these brands: Camelia, Aromatic, Fiancee and Code 10?  
   Marico 
    
4. Who said this: “Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential and significantly devoid of common sense?” 
   Henry Mintzberg, professor of strategy at McGill University Canada. He is considered one of the top gurus on strategy. 
    
5. What are these four companies ranked in this order for: Agricultural Bank of China, ICBC — China, Visa International and NTT Japan? 
   Biggest IPOs ever made in the world 
    
6. What was so significant about American musician Billy Joel’s album 52nd Street ?
   It was the first album to be released on compact disc in 1982 following the unveiling of the new technology by Sony and Philips. 
    
7. Which brand runs advertisements with these lines “We are all workers” and “Everybody’s work is equally important”?
   Levi’s 
    
8. Where will the world’s fastest roller coaster be opened in a couple of months and also name the world famous brand associated with it? 
   In Ferrari World, a giant race car themed amusement park in Abu Dhabi 
    
9. “The best or nothing” is this brand’s new base line. What was its previous one, also name the brand? 
   The Future of the Automobile — Mercedes Benz 
    
10. Identify this business group by its coat of arms and motto. A lighter version of this logo is found on its aircraft. 
    
    The Wadia Group. Trust in God and perseverance is its motto and the lighter version of this is painted on all GoAir aircrafts.

There were three all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #160. The winners who will receive a copy of The Game Plan: Your Guide to Mental Toughness at Work are:Ranjit Kamat, Mumbai; Shefali Jain, Meerut; and Satya Jain, Meerut. Ranjit Kamat also wins Rs 2,000.