Answers to last week's quiz (#405)

1. A Canadian company Momentous, which is involved in a wide range of internet businesses and has a strategic partnership with Canada Post, is in the middle of a controversy in connection with a top level domain name for which it has the rights granted by ICANN and is the registry. Big brands such as YouTube, Bing, Visa and Bank of America have also secured this domain name. What is the domain name?
   Sucks. Momentous's wholly-owned subsidiary, Vox Populi Registry is managing this domain name.
    
2. This historical street, still in existence, is likened to the Wall Street in New York. It has its origins in one of the main Roman roads of Londinium. It later was a part of the plot of land granted by King Edward I to goldsmiths from a part in northern Italy from where it gets its name. Name it.
   Lombardy Street in London. It once housed the Lloyds Coffee shop and the headquarters of Barclays Bank. It was a part of a plot of land granted by King Edward I to goldsmiths from the part of northern Italy known as Lombard.
    
3. This American computer scientist made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards and, therefore, was known as the God of Internet. He was the individual who was first responsible for the function of administering registries of Internet protocol identifiers, including the distributing top-level domains and IP addresses. This is before ICANN was formed. Name him.
   Jon Postel.
    
4. In October, 1929, the management of this company signed an agreement to merge itself with Kraft Phoenix Cheese Corporation (forerunner of Kraft Foods) and Hershey Chocolate Company. The three companies would continue to operate independently, but they would become subsidiaries of a holding company slated to be called International Quality Products Corporation. Just four days after the deal was signed, however, the stock market crashed, forcing the huge amalgamation to be scuttled. Name the company that was instrumental for this short lived merger.
   Colgate Palmolive.
    
5. Connect this community that is situated on the west bank of the Trent River, nearby Lock 4 of the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario in Canada and a town in South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India, and what do you arrive at?
   Both were set up by the Bata Shoe Company as a planned community around a shoe factory. Batawa is a small community in southeastern Ontario, Canada, in the city of Quinte West, and Batanagar is in the South 24 parganas district now covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
    
6. Which airline's low cost subsidiary is called Jambojet?
   Kenya Airways.
    
7. Nokia is out and Gionee is now adorning the jerseys of which IPL team?
   Kolkata Knight Riders.
    
8. This company has launched Project M and is teaming up with some of the best in the business to explore the challenges around transport. Along with a formula one car designer, it is co-engineering a car that will be one of the most ecofriendly ones to operate. Name it
   Shell, along with Gordon Murray Design and Geo Technology, is co-engineering a car to produce to deliver a significant reduction in CO2 emissions over its entire lifecycle when compared to traditional vehicles.
    
9. On whose life is the business book 'Tap Dancing to Work' based?
   Warren Buffet
    
10. Identify the company from its first logo when it was launched in the 1930s and the mythological beast that now is part of its current logo.
    The Swedish company SAAB.

 

There were nine correct entries for quiz No. 405. Chinmaya Kumar from Bhubaneswar, Orissa, Odisha wins Rs 2,000.