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Answers to last week's quiz (#041)

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Strategist Team Mumbai
Last Updated : Feb 05 2013 | 3:55 AM IST
  1. Bullseye, Target Corporation's popular bull terrier is the only animal besides Lassie, a collie dog character, that is enshrined in Madame Tussauds. Target is one of the largest retailers in the US after Wal-Mart.

  2. Parle, which introduced 20:20 cookies

  3. Hamilton, the American watch company since 1892. The X-01 was produced as a limited edition of 2001 pieces with the futuristic facility to accommodate five different time zones.

  4. Air-India. All of them worked as air hostesses.

  5. The world's first Pizza Margherita. It was named after Queen Margherita.

  6. The word "Zip" when Goodrich Corporation launched a range of zip-fastening galoshes in 1923

  7. The dabbawallahs of Mumbai. Microsoft, for instance, used the dabbawalas to promote its Windows package for a campaign called " Asli PC". Telecom major Airtel used the network of dabbawalas to deliver and promote handsets, new connections and pre-paid user cards.

  8. Vishing (voice phishing)

  9. Henry Ford

  10. The UK burger chain Wimpy is named after the burger-eating character J Wellington Wimpy in the cartoon Popeye

There were 29 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 41. The winners who will receive a copy of 5 Kick-ass Strategies Every Business Needs are: Vivek Verma, New Delhi; Abhishek Aggarwal, Pune; Nikhil Jain, Mumbai; Bhanu Kumar, Mumbai; S Kumar, Ahmedabad; Akshaya, Hyderabad; Avani Pratap Srivastava, Patna; Bikash Kedia, Hyderabad; Inesa Sinha, Patna; and Pulkit Bansal, Meerut. Vivek Verma also wins Rs 2,000.

 

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