Answers to last week's quiz (#290)

 

1. This word, also used in business journalism, refers to anything that is huge, astronomical, bumper and colossus. It originated from an imaginary land of giants in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. Name it. 
   Brobdingnagian means marked by tremendous size. It was the imaginary land of giants in the novel Gulliver’s Travels. 
    
2. This business group originated in 1955 by the establishment of a sugar mill in Maharashtra. After losing the mill to cooperatives, it started manufacturing light dimmers and electronic gadgets. In early 1980s, its founder took a bank loan and launched an ambitious programme for producing colour TVs in collaboration with Toshiba of Japan and went on to be known as pioneers of colour TVs in India. Name the founder and business group.
   Nandlal Dhoot, founder of the Videocon Group. 
    
3. Name the business book, which is in the form of a parable and has characters with the names Deirdre, Bull, Mav, Einstein, Rambo, Maisie, and Andrea. 
   How Stella Saved the Farm- A Tale About Making Innovation Happen by Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble 
    
4. With which industry is the Will Eisner Industry Awards connected?
   The Will Eisner Awards, named after renowned cartoonist Will Eisnerare, are considered as the ‘Oscars’ of the comic book industry, and are handed out each year at Comic-Con International: San Diego. 
    
5. Which company launched a Tulsi-based family soap called Ralak in the late 80s?
   Wipro Ltd 
    
6. Why is a company founded in 1895 by Genzo Shimadzu being investigated by Japan’s transport ministry? 
   Japanese company GS Yuasa’s batteries are the focal point of the investigation into the causes of a fire on a Japan Airlines Co. plane and an emergency landing by an All Nippon Airways Co.jet both Boeing 787s 
    
7. Which brand innovated Planar, Protar, Tessar, Sonnar and Distagon?
   These are camera lenses from the Carl Zeiss. The Tessar lens is known as the eagle eye of the camera. 
    
8. What is the term used to describe the use of an exploit to remove manufacturer or carrier restrictions from a device, such as cellphone or tablet? The exploit usually involves running a privilege escalation attack on a user’s device to replace the manufacturer’s factory-installed operating system with a custom kernel. 
   Jailbreaking. 
    
9. ______are Crazy GoodTM. Fill in the blank with the brand name.
   Pop-Tarts from Kellogg’s. Launched in 2004, “Crazy Good” is a simple, singular brand idea that sums up everything kids feel about Pop-Tarts. 
    
10. Identify the famous brand from its logo?
    
    The Super Glue Corporation.

There were 31 all-correct entries for The Strategist quiz #290.
Bidrupa Sinha from Dadar West, Mumbai wins Rs 2,000 for The Strategist quiz #290. The winner of the cash prize was chosen by drawing lots.