Answers to last week's quiz (#292)

1. Which company derives its name from a combination of words which in a major Indian language mean clever thinking and loans?
   Suzlon gets its name from the Gujarati word sooj-booj which means clever thinking and loans which is pronounced as Lon
    
2. On the packaging of which brand were the former US President George W Bush and Marilyn Monroe featured?
   Parliament Cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris featured George Bush on their Lights pack and Marilyn Monroe on their super slims pack.
    
3. In which state of India prevails an unofficial labour norm by which wages are paid to trade union activists for allowing investors/builders to unload materials using machines or their own labour? The local term for this wage when translated to English means wages for just looking on.
   The unofficial norm of “Nooku Coolie” is practiced in Kerala. Wages are paid to trade union activists for allowing investors to unload materials using machines or their own labour.
    
4. Which brands philosophy is The Good Life? It was conceptualised by its founder.
   The luxury brand Davidoff, founded by Zino Davidoff.
    
5. Name the company and its CEO who said, Our employees no longer have a fixed limit of vacation days per year. This freedom is rarely abused. We also dont have a clothing policy. But nobody has come to work naked lately.
   Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix.
    
6. The Economists Big Mac index is a lighthearted analysis of foreign exchange rates. Its based on the theory of purchasing power parity and its basket contains only one Big Mac. It relies on the efforts of McDonalds to produce identical products from the same ingredients across the world. An exception is made only for one country. Which one and why?
   In India, Maharaja Mac uses chicken for filing instead of beef, which is used world wide
    
7. While riding a train in New York City in 1896, the founder of this brand saw a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes, which he thought was clever. Although his company was manufacturing more than 60 products at the time, he chose the number 57 to advertise his products with the phrase 57 varieties. Name the person and the brand.
   Henry Heinz founder of the Heinz brand of food products.
    
8. Ten years ago a naming contest for a new product was held online on AOL with people from more than 160 countries casting their votes. eLiner, Global Cruiser and Stratoclimber are 3 out of the 4 names that were shortlisted. What is the products name?
   Boeing’s aircraft Dreamliner.
    
9. The brand InPulse failed and then became Pebble. How and why?
   The Pebble E-Paper Watch is a smartwatch developed by Pebble Technology . After raising venture capital for the product under their former name inPulse, the company failed to attract investors. So it resorted to crowdfunding in April 2012 under their new brand name Pebble 
    
10. Connect the two visuals and establish what is common to them. 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Brands named after the Number 7. Number 7 is UK’s number one skincare brand from Boots and MS Dhoni has recently launched a range of perfumes branded as 7.

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