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Answers to last week's quiz (#221)

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Strategist Team Mumbai

 

  1. What do you get when you connect huddle, circles, sparks and hangoutnbsp;
    Google+, the social networking site that is competing with Facebook 
     
  2. Which company developed a mobile children’s lab in a Science Express train which traveled to 57 cities across India in 7 months and got 15,000 children to participate?
    BASF 
     
  3. This brand is amongst the top 20 on Facebook in terms of number of fans. Antigravity, Killer B, Khaos, Assault and Rehab are some of its variants. Name it.nbsp;
    Food and beverage brand Monster Energy 
     
  4. The company whose name means “magnificent act” or “China can” has appointed a new brand ambassador in India. Name the company and the person.
    Chinese company Huawei has appointed Chetan Bhagat as its brand ambassador 
     
  5. ‘Tiger Moms’ is an expression that describes mothers who raise children the Chinese way. From a brand perspective, who is a tiger mom in India?
    Mothers who buy Britannia’s Tiger glucose biscuits, and who care for their children’s health 
     
  6. What do the principles ‘cherish, embrace, act, control, care and respect’ represent? Also, name the company that established these principles.
    The ‘drink smart’ principles established by Beam Global Spirits and Wine that owns the Teacher’s brand of scotch whiskey 
     
  7. What was the significance of the hugely popular song “Nickel Nickel”? It was an ad jingle which created history. 
    It was the first advertising jingle broadcast nationally in the US for Pepsi Cola 
     
  8. With what are “My Name is Khan” and the “help me if you Khan” campaign connected?
    Film star Shahrukh Khan endorsing the ‘buy a brick’ programme along with ICICI bank for the expansion of the Tata Medical Center, a not-for-profit center for cancer care in Kolkata 
     
  9. Reinsurance business estimates the probability and costs of massive catastrophes and figures out which categories of a disaster are fundamentally unpredictable under the named perils cover. What is the term casually used by the industry post 9/11 to cover a completely unknown peril?
    The God Clause 
     
  10. Identify the airline and its mascot from the visuals below and name its frequent flyer programme
    Cayman Airways, an airline that belongs to one of the most popular tax havens. Its mascot is Sir Turtle and its frequent flyer programme is called Sir Turtle Miles

 

 

 

There were 24 all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #221. The winners who will receive a copy of Microsoft Office 2007: Visual Quick Tips are Siddarth, Bangalore; Shishir Kumar Sankesa, Pune; P V Sudhakar, Hyderabad; Sanjoy Chakraborty, Kolkata; Mamta Ghosh, Gurgaon; Afraz Alam, New Delhi; Udayabhanu, Kochi; Rajani Gaynar, New Delhi; Sudipt Tewari, Lucknow; Ishrat Jahan, Thane Siddarth also wins Rs 2,000.

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First Published: Oct 10 2011 | 12:39 AM IST

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