Answers to last week's quiz (#352)

1. What is common to Professor Mohd. Yunus of Grameen Bank, Ratan Tata, Paul Polman of Unilever, Blake Mycoskie of TOM shoes, Ariana Huffington, Mo Ibrahim and founder of Celtel?
   The are some of the Leader members of the B Team founded by Richard Branson. The B team's objective is to catalyse a better way of doing business for the well being of people and the planet.
    
2. This company founded in 1901 was first listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker NOBE in the 70s. The BE in its symbol was an abbreviation for 'Best'. It subsequently moved and got listed on the NYSE. Name the company and its current stock ticker?
   Nordstorm Inc, the upscale fashion retailer in the US. NOBE meant Nordstorm Best and, subsequently, it moved to the NYSE in 1999 under the stock ticker JWN after its founder John W Nordstorm.
    
3. Since 2011 this 112 year-old-company had two logo changes made by two different CEOs. Last year it fired its star CEO of 17 months and brought back its previous CEO who reverted to its original logo and announced it through an ad campaign called "It's no secret." Name the CEOs and the company.
   JC Penney. The first change was carried out under CEO Mike Ullman. A year later new CEO Ron Johnson changed the logo in 2012. He failed miserably and was fired in 2013 and Mike Ullman came back and took over as the CEO.
    
4. Which brand launched its brand in India through talking ads stuck to a page in the newspaper? It used photodiodes that responded to light and activated a recorded voice.
   Volkswagen India.
    
5. Which company has recently launched two new products that have been branded as Fire and Dash?
   Amazon. It Fire is a streaming media player and Dash is a small magic wand like device that helps in ordering groceries by automating one's shopping list merely by scanning barcodes. The dash currently can only be used for buying over Amazon Fresh in some US markets.
    
6. In the e-commerce world what do GTV and GMV stand for?
   Gross transaction value and gross market value. Financial measures used by e-commerce retailing companies
    
7. What did the last Nizam of Hyderabad, the maharaja of Kerala, Sri Chithira Thirunal Varma and Bhupender Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala establish in the world of finance?
   State Banks.
    
8. During the 50s, the founder of this television manufacturing company was worried that advertisements would kill television and, therefore, asked his engineers to invent something to prevent it. What did this lead to? Also name the founder and his company.
   Invention of the TV remote control. Eugene F McDonald Jr. founder of the Zenith Radio Corporation got his engineers to invent the first remote control for TVs in 1950 that would help viewers tune out annoying commercials.
    
9. Which brand uses the tagline "Tomorrow starts Here?"
   Cisco.
    
10. Why was this new image created of the most popular fictional character in the world? It generates roughly $5-billion in revenues per annum.
    
    
    Hello Kitty has officially teamed up with Playboy. The two brands are being brought together by French fashion retailer Colette. It has come up with a co-branded collection of everything from socks to lighters to cameras for adults only. This year Hello Kitty turns 40 and the sexy playboy bunny rabbit, 60. So, to mark the occasions the Paris concept store produced a series of limited-edition products.

There were 20 correct entries for quiz no. 352. Shreya Chakraborty from Kolkata wins Rs 2,000. Winner was chosen by drawing lots