Answers to the Strategist Quiz (#443)

1. Which corporation is considered to be the first one to use the technique of benchmarking in the late 1970s? It took all the key parts of business, from production to sales and maintenance and measured them against their counterparts in other companies abroad as well as at home.
   Xerox Corporation.
    
2. Which Indian company is known to have declared uninterrupted dividends for over 125 years?
   Bombay Dyeing
    
3. The Infant Hercules painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds during the 1870s is still associated with which brand? It is still found on its packaging.
   Woodward's Gripe water
    
4. This person is regarded as the founder of the concept of a press agency. He translated information from abroad for the French national press and founded a first of its kind agency in the 1820s. Name him.
   Charles-Louis Havas the founder of AFP and subsequently the Havas group.
    
5. Which company is purported to be having one of the largest corporate installations of solar panels on the planet that will enable its HQ building to run entirely on renewable energy?
   Apple's new headquarter and campus at Cupertino, California
    
6. This nation's name when translated to English means "the country of honorable people" or incorruptible people. Name a startup company that has drawn inspiration from it.
   Faasos, the Integrated food company.
    
7. Whose magazine is titled i3?
   The Consumer Technology Association which was formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). CES is the world's gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies and they have their annual convention every year in January at Las Vegas.
    
8. Who sponsored the formation of HDFC and managed its first public issue?
   ICICI
    
9. Much before Digital technologies invaded the tech space which company launched an ad campaign with this punch line: "Success. Not Software"
   Salesforce.com
    
10. Identify the brand from its logo?
    The clothing brand HRX by Hrithik Roshan

 

There were 10 correct entries to quiz No 443. Saketh Ganti from Secunderabad, wins Rs 2000. The winner is based on the first correct entry received