Answers to last week`s quiz (#287)

 

1. Which business person said this “I am unfortunately a person who has often said, you put a gun to my head and pull the trigger or take the gun away, I won’t move my head”?
   Ratan Tata, while announcing the pullout from Singur in 2008.. 
    
2. What is common to Henry Ford, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney and Caleb Bradham the inventor of Pepsi Cola?
   Bankruptcies. Ford’s first two automobile manufacturing companies failed. Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the US, declared bankruptcy in 1833. He was required to repay his creditors over a period of 17 years, much longer than the 5 year requirement in a Chapter 13 today. 
    
3. What is the term used to describe the science of hiding data in seemingly innocuous formats such as graphics, visual images, audio or video?
   Steganography. 
    
4. This endowment was established in the 1960s by a couple to support reproductive choice and petitioning for a reduction of nuclear weapons. Name the couple.
   Warren Buffet and his wife Susan started this $2.5- billion endowment in the 1960s to support reproductive choice in addition to petitioning for a reduction in nuclear arms. 
    
5. The concept of “Random Access Memory” (better known as RAM) emerged in the 1950s at IBM. A technology that transformed the computer Industry. Who was the first commercial user of this technology?
   United Airlines. It used the RAMAC (Random Access Memory Accounting) based computers to set up a computerized reservation system 
    
6. In a way, what is common to these two - Ben Bernanke the current US Fed chief and former Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha? (Hint: Term /Concept)
   Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is credited for taking the phrase fiscal cliff mainstream in his remarks in front of Congress. Yashwant Sinha introduced the concept of fiscal deficit into the Indian Budgeting process in February 1991. 
    
7. Which brand designed a watch in the mid 50s to meet the demands of the Scientific community to withstand magnetic fields of up to 1000 Gauss? It was tested at CERN before being put out in the market for sale. 
   Rolex. 
    
8. This company was first named Hybo Hindusthan and later was renamed after a famous electromagnetic scientist by its founders who were both electrical engineers. Name the company and the brand for which it is famous. 
   Maxwell Industries owns the VIP inner ware brand. It was named after James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish theoretical physicist . 
    
9. You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer, You can make money without doing evil, You can be serious without a suit. These are 3 out the 10 beliefs based on which a company operates. Name it.
   Google. 
    
10. Identify the cartoon character and name the brand for which it is an ambassador?
    
    The Pink Panther became Owens Corning’s corporate mascot on Aug 15, 1980, to promote the sales of PINK Fiberglas® insulation. In 1987 it made history as the first company to trademark a color, in this case, PINK.

There was no all correct entry for the Strategist quiz no 287.