ANSWERS to the Strategist quiz #629

ANSWERS to the Strategist quiz #629

1. Vytautas Andrius Graiciunas, the Lithuanian who is famous for his Theory of Optimum Span of Control for managers.He mathematically proved that a manager should not have more than 4-5 subordinates 
 

2. Bureau Veritas
 

3. Amy Schumer was first signed to act as Barbie in a film being produced by Mattel and Warner brothers. She dropped out and subsequently Anne Hathaway was chosen and she too dropped out. Margot Robbie an Australian actress has been chosen to play the lead
 

4. The Tibetan monk Kagyur Tulku Rinpoche modelled for Murphy radio brand when he was a three-year-old and became the famous Murphy baby
 

5. Ephemeralisation 
 

6. Vanadium. Vanadium steel was used by Henry Ford for being light weight and at the same time being very strong
 

7. Planning Poker is a team building activity for achieving group consensus in an agile environment
 

8. Mahindra Scorpio
 

9.Glanza from Toyota. Glanza means radiance in German
 

10. Cadillac a commune in the Bordeaux region of France was adopted by Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of Detroit and Governor of Louisiana, on his arrival to what is now the US.

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries is September 10 till 8 pm. Previous winners and employees of Business Standard and their families are not eligible to participate. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.
 

There were two correct entries to Quiz number 629. The winner is Aravya Jain from Ludhiana