Answers to last week's quiz (#306)

1. A management professor coined a term when studying the cases of the disk drive industry. He said that its rapid generational change is to the study of business what fruit flies are to the study of genetics. Name the professor and the term.
   Disruptive Innovation a term coined by Clayton M. Christensen.
    
2. Connect CEO of Honeywell-David M Cote, CEO of Boeing W. James McNerney, former CEO of Home Depot & Chrysler Robert Nardelli.
   They were part of the 6 top GE executives competing to succeed Jack Welch as CEO. Finally Jeff Immelt succeeded Welch and went on to become the CEO.
    
3. Founded in 1930, this brand gets its name from its first acquirer, a colony of German Pietists (Lutherans) in the US, called the Ebenezer Society or the Community of True Inspiration. It manufactured the first upright freezer for homes and the first side-by-side refrigerator. Name this brand and its current owner.
   The Amana Corporation is an American brand of household appliances. It was founded in 1934 by George Foerstner as The Electrical Equipment Co in Middle Amana, Iowa, to manufacture commercial walk-in coolers. The business was later owned by the Amana Society and became known as Amana Refrigeration Inc. It is now owned by Whirlpool. When Raytheon had owned this company for sometime it produced the Radarange, the first counter top microwave oven for home use.
    
4. In the 1920s, the founder of this brand sent his son to study at the ESC business school in Marseille. The son went on to study bacterio-logy and work for the Pasteur Institute in Paris. This company originated in Spain and is named after the son. Name it.
   Danone. It was created in 1919, in Barcelona by Isaac Carasso. The Danone brand was named after his son Daniel. In Catalan, Danon nickname, meaning Little Daniel.
    
5. Which company is using this baseline Bring on Tomorrow? It suffered badly during the 2008 meltdown.
   AIG Inc
    
6. Where and which bank is testing an ATM that measures the volume and the fat content of milk when poured into it?
   HDFC Bank in Gujarat's Mehsana district.
    
7. A TV producer and former RAF gunner drew on his experience as a prisoner of war in Germany of answering three questions name, rank and number to create a TV show ritual of contestants being asked their name, occupation and specialist subject. Name the person and the show.
   The BBC quiz programme 'Mastermind'. It was the brainchild of TV producer Bill Wright, a former RAF gunner, who drew on his wartime experience as a prisoner of war in Germany to create the "Mastermind" ritual of contestants being asked their name, occupation and specialist subject.
    
8. Name the restaurant founded by the rock band Kisss co-founders Simmons and Paul Stanley.
   Rock and Brews, located in El Segundo in California.
    
9. This man dropped out of school at 13 and after a serious car accident set up his own car company. Name the person and the company.
   Soichiro Honda founder of the Honda Motor company.
    
10. What does the visual represent?
    

Web retailer Amazon has introduced its own virtual currency, Amazon Coins. To introduce customers to the product, Amazon has put 500 coins (worth $5) into the accounts of Kindle Fire users, which can be used for apps or in-app purchases.

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