Answers to last week's quiz #042

1. This brand popular around the world secured a patent in 1870 and its name is a word of Mexican-Indian origin, which mean "place where the soil is humid" or "place of the coral oyster shell". Name the brand.
   Tabasco sauce, invented by Edmund McIllhenny, a New Orleans banker
   
   
2. In 1995, why did the sale of a broken laser pointer in the US for $14.83 create history?
   It was the very first sale on the auction site eBay
   
   
3. Name the world's oldest agricultural marketing cooperative?
   Sunkist Growers Inc. It was founded by the orange growers of Southern California in 1893. The oranges are also sold under the Sunkist brand.
   
   
4. Whose Chinese brand name is Hui-Pu? "Hui" for kindness and "Pu" meaning universal.
   HP (Hewlett-Packard)
   
   
5. Which toy brand did the US Postal Service chose to use on its commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of the naming of the "teddy bear" in 2002?
   The GUND Bear. It was from America's oldest and most recognised toy company founded in 1898 by German immigrant Adolf Gund.
   
   
6. Name the founder of a car manufacturing company who also happened to be the first British pilot to be killed in an air accident.
   Sir Charles Rolls, co-founder of Rolls Royce. He died in 1910.
   
   
7. Who was asked by the RBI to cut down its dividend of 10 per cent for the year ended March 2002 by 50 per cent? This was for the first time in the history that such an instruction was given. This public-listed entity was taken over subsequently.
   Global Trust Bank
   
   
8. What is the Carlton Society?
   It is a technical honour society whose members are chosen in recognition for their outstanding and original technical contributions within the 3M Company
   
   
9. Name the beer brand that was developed to be smooth enough to accompany Indian food, but also appeal to drinkers of English ale in the UK. India's leading brew master Dr Cariappa collaborated with this company's founder to create this beer.
   Cobra Beer. It was initially exported out of India.
   
   
10. In 1885, it was shown at an international exhibition in the UK and was described as "a beautiful substance for the Arts" and was called Parkesine, in 1905 an improved version of the same was dubbed as "the material of 1,000 uses". What is being referred to here?
    Plastic

There were 16 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz # 42. The winners who will receive a copy of Steven L Katz's Lion Taming are: Mumtaz Alam, Patna; Jatinder Vijh, Chandigarh; Gajanan Dhope, Noida; Madhu Sharma, New Delhi; Bhawna Sharma, New Delhi; Neil Ghosh, Gurgaon; Dilip K Parate, Noida; Vikram Rana, Delhi; Dilisha Fatima, Trivandrum; and Soumi Biswas, New Delhi. Mumtaz Alam also wins Rs 2,000.