Answers to last week's quiz (#390)

1. If Amul was responsible for the white revolution in India, which company was responsible for the Pink Revolution?
   HLL lifecare Limited formerly known as Hindustan Latex Limited, the makers of the Nirodh condoms.
    
2. What is term used to describe the re-incorporation of a company overseas in order to reduce the tax burden on income earned abroad?
   Corporate inversion as a strategy is used by companies that receive a significant portion of their income from foreign sources, since that income is taxed both abroad and in the country of incorporation.
    
3. What vehicle would you be using if each of its tires are hand-studded with around 400 Tungsten Carbide studs? Also name the vehicle.
   Zamboni machine. It is an ice-resurfacer that is used in ice rinks. It was the brainchild of Frank J Zamboni, who was originally in the refrigeration business. In 1939, Zamboni created the Iceland Skating Rink in Paramount, California.
    
4. Who set up #WishesDelivered a crowd-sourced donation based promotion that's tied to making the wishes of a few of their customers come true in the US this Holiday season?
   UPS
    
5. The founder of this company is an American statistician, author, editor and publisher. As a Baseball card hound, he began polling traders on the prices they had seen or paid for particular cards. In 1979, he put together the first edition of what would become a guide. Today he runs a media and publication company. Name him.
   James Beckett of Beckett Media. Beckett price guides rely upon information from sellers throughout the United States, who supply information on customer interest and sales of products. Price guides typically carry two value labels, one based upon a high value, the other denoting low values. As the condition of collectibles is important in ascertaining their value.
    
6. After which company is the chemical compound Carbaryl named? It is used chiefly as an insecticide.
   Union Carbide. The company that discovered it. Incidentally Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) is used to manufacture this. It is now notoriously known for causing the Bhopal Gas tragedy.
    
7. This brand gets its name from an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois and became an American legend while still alive due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership in conservation, and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples and an Oldsmobile car model. Name it.
   Johnny Rockets, the burger chain. Its inspiration is the Johnny Appleseed story with the classic Oldsmobile Rocket 88. 
    
8. Which brand uses this baseline: "Widen your World"?
   Turkish Airlines.
    
9. Which Indian business group donated Rs 3 lakh for social uplift of harijans way back in 1926? This was its first donation and is said to have earned the appreciation of Mahatma Gandhi.
   Godrej Group.
    
10. Identify the brand from its futuristic baseline.
    Welder, an Italian watch brand created by Italo Fontana and Mounir Moufarrage. Their idea is to create history from the future and, hence, the base line since 2075

 

 

There were six correct entries for quiz No. 390. Minhaj Alam from Trivandrum, Kerala, wins Rs 2,000. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.