Answers to the Strategist Quiz (#414)

1. A very famous saxophone star and Grammy award winner, who was one of this company's early investors, claims to have inspired the frozen favourite, which made its debut in 1995 in this global retail coffee chain. The company did not dispute his claim but responded to it politely. Name the person, the drink and the company.
   Kenny G one of the earliest investors of Starbucks. It claims to have suggested the Frappuccino to Starbucks. The coffee bar Coffee connection from Boston was supposed to have originally invented the Frapuccino.
    
2. Whose dying words were "A World Currency"?
   Karl Gustav Casel is the economist who postulated the purchasing power parity theory in economics.
    
3. Which was the first bank in India to be launched with Indian capital - owned, operated and managed by Indians? Mahatma Gandhi's banker, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and The Jallianwala Bagh Committee were some of its eminent clients.
   Punjab National Bank was founded in 1895 by Lala Lajpat Rai in Lahore.
    
4. What is common to these people who were associated with the aviation industry: JRD Tata, Charles Lindbergh, William E Boeing and Orville Wright?
   All winners of the prestigious Daniel Guggenheim Medal, an American engineering award, considered to be one of the greatest honours that can be presented for a lifetime of work in aeronautics.
    
5. If the Hughes H-4 Hercules was also known as the "Spruce Goose" whose aircraft was known as the Tin Goose?
   Henry Ford. The Ford Trimotor (also called the "Tri-Motor", and nicknamed "The Tin Goose") was an American three-engined transport aircraft that was first produced in 1925 by the companies of Henry Ford and that continued to be produced until June 7, 1933.
    
6. If P&Gs auditor has been Deloitte for the last 125 years, who has been GE's auditors for the last 106 years?
   KPMG.
    
7. This company originally founded in the late 1880s ventured into setting up a taxi company, Love Hotel, TV Network and manufactured instant noodles and rice in the mid 1960s. Despite all these ventures failing, it is still counted as one amongst the top 50 global brands. Name it.
   Nintendo.
    
8. Which company's software product is called Chatter?
   Salesforce.com. Chatter acts as a Social network inside companies.
    
9. Whose stock symbol is WWW?
   Wolverine world wide. 
    
10. These two logos belong to brands owned by two sporting legends.
    
    

  Both belong to golfing greats Arnold Palmer (Umbrella) and Jack Nicklaus (The golden bear)

There were ten all correct entries for quiz No.414. Kalpana Kumari from Telangana, wins Rs 2,000. The winner was chosen on the basis of first correct entry received.