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Answers to last week's quiz (#166)

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Strategist Team New Delhi

 

  1. What is common to Aishwarya, Raageshwari, Saraswati and Mangala? 
    They are all fields in Rajasthan approved for crude oil drilling 
     
  2. This American brand is often called “The Voice of Authority” and all its products are designed by Italian designers. Name it. 
    Arrow, the men’s apparel brand established in 1851 
     
  3. It was first released in 1993; its founder is known to many as “The Man” and is crowned as its Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDFL). Identify it. 
    Slackware. Founded by Patrick Volkerding, it is one of the earliest distributions of the Linux operating system that is still being developed. 
     
  4. Which GPS-based phone in India, meant exclusively for the Jain community, locates Jain temples, tracks Jain acharyas’ movements, and includes a community calendar with scriptures? 
    The Munoth brand 
     
  5. For this company, empowerment was not a fashionable term but the only way to achieve its goals. Over time, this has become a company culture and is represented by the phrase — “I can”. Name the company. 
    Gujarat Ambuja Cements 
     
  6. Name the founder of this brand who plans to utilise rag pickers from the streets of Mumbai to distribute its products to smaller retail outlets. They currently help in this brand’s waste management. 
    Ramesh Chauhan of Bisleri International. Rag pickers help in collecting the discarded PET bottles for recycling. 
     
  7. Which famous billionaire’s lines are: “It’s tangible, it’s solid, and It’s beautiful? It’s artistic from my standpoint, and I just love real estate”? 
    Donald Trump 
     
  8. What is the longest used graphic on the Indian rupee?
    A pair of sailboats. It was introduced first on the Rs 10 note in 1944 and continued to be printed till 1992. 
     
  9. What is common to the Burj Khalifa, Michael Jackson, football team Arsenal, Maradona and Sachin Tendulkar? 
    All are subjects being covered by Kraken Opus, the premium luxury book publishing company 
     
  10. This brand can be described as being part of the last mile for the United Nations to come into existence. Name the brand and describe the role it played.

    Sheaffer Pens. James F Byrnes, the US Secretary of State in 1945-47, used a Sheaffer to sign the paper that brought the United Nations into being.

There were three all-correct entries for the strategist quiz #166. The winners who will receive a copy of The Jelly Effect are:Nilu Arora, Kolkata; Satya Jain, Meerut; and Shefali Jain, Meerut . Nilu Arora also wins Rs 2,000.

 

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First Published: Sep 20 2010 | 12:18 AM IST

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