Answers to last week's quiz (#295)

1. When this person was the warden of the royal mint in the late 1690s one in four coins was a fake since their bits were being clipped of gold coins. In order to curb this, he designed and installed new minting machines that were 8 times faster and produced coins that were hard to forge or clip. Name this person.
   Sir Isaac Newton. He was responsible for nabbing William Chaloner serial offender and counterfeit coiner. In fact Newton is one of the few people whose reverse portrait is found on the one pound currency notes that were in circulation between 1978-88.
    
2. The CEO of this MNC created a new strategy and vision for his company when he took over and called it Purpose-inspired Growth. Today he is under fire since his company is not performing well. Name the person and the company.
   Robert A Bob McDonald of Procter and Gamble.
    
3. Name the Indian actor who has agreed to lend his Facebook and Twitter pages to a brand. Also name the brand?
   Salman Khan, India's popular actor on the Internet, has for the first time lent his Facebook page to Thums Up.
    
4. Which Indian industrialist owns speed boats named after James Bond movie titles: Moonraker, Octopussy and Goldeneye?
   Gautam Singhania of Raymonds.
    
5. This brand was introduced to the world in 1947 by an Italian immigrant in the US. India will be the first market where a powdered variant of this brand is being introduced. Name it.
   Tropicana. It was introduced by Antony T Rossi in the US
    
6. There is hypothesis in the field ofroboticsand3Dcomputer animationwhich holds that when human replicas look and act almost, but not perfectly, like actual human beings, it causes a response ofrevulsionamong human observers. What is the term used to describe this hypothesis?
   The term 'Uncanny Valley' was coined by the robotics professor Masahiro Mori. Like actual human beings, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers. The "valley" refers to the dip in a graph of the comfort level of humans as a function of a robot's human likeness.
    
7. Before the government of India licensed private companies to provide telephone services in Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata in 1881, which princely state was already using a telephone to connect the Maharajas palaces to the government offices?
   The state of Travancore (southern Kerala)
    
8. Apart from being awards given in the film and television industry what is common to the Oscar, Emmy and the Britannia awards?
   R S Owens and Co from Chicago manufactures the statuettes for the Oscar, Emmy and Britannia awards
    
9. What is the term used to describe seed money or capital given by family or friends to an entrepreneur to start a business?
   Love Money.
    
10. Name the owner of this brand and also the reason for naming it so.
    
    Procter and Gamble. In German speaking countries, the brand name Vicks was changed to Wick as Vicks is generally pronounced as Ficks in German and in a vulgar tone means the sexual act

There was no correct correct entry for The Strategist quiz #295.