Answers to last week's quiz (#195)

 

1. Which company can be identified with this copy, “We’ve just opened office by not opening an office”? 
   Berkshire Insurance India 
    
2. Which airport is the first to open a permanent library in its premises with over 1,200 books in 20 languages?
   Schipol Amsterdam 
    
3. In the late 1880s, the founder of this 120-year-old brand set out to fulfill a lifelong ambition of building his factory with the help of his seven sons and two daughters. Completed in a year, the product’s roll out began on the Christmas day. Name the founder and the brand. (It’s the world’s most awarded brand).
   William Grant who founded the single malt whisky Glenfiddich 
    
4. What is the connection between the politician George Fernandes and the brands Dixi, Double, Campa, Crush and Nova?
   All are Indian cola brands that came out in 1977 after George Fenandes as a minister forced FERA regulations on Coca-Cola, which then withdrew from India 
    
5. In the early 1980s, two lawyers from Lego politely informed a 12-year-old that if he persisted on using the name ‘LEGOLAND’, he would be guilty of trademark infringement. Intrigued by the idea that someone else and not he had ownership and total control of his favourite toy’s name, he decided to open his own advertising agency. Name this person.
   Martin Lindstorm 
    
6. Who has trademarked the line “Progress is everyone’s business”? 
   Goldman Sachs 
    
7. What was devised by researchers at DuPont and Remington Rand to manage the complex business process of shutting down plants for maintenance and then restarting them? 
   Critical Path Method (CPM), now a commonly used project management tool 
    
8. Name this American fast-food chain that opened its first outlet outside North America (in Bahrain) in 1984 and is one of the world’s largest now. 
   Subway 
    
9. Which famous fashion brand has christened its fashion awards as “The Button”?
   Mango, the Spanish brand 
   
10. What is common to these countries? Identify them by their flags. 
    Flags of Mauritius, Switzerland, Isle of Man and Luxemburg. All are tax havens.

 

There were two all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #184. The winners who will receive a copy of The living dead: Switched off, zoned out are Ankita Verma, New Delhi and Murthy V S, Nellore. Ankita Verma also wins Rs 2,000.