Answers to the Strategist quiz (#448)

1. In the mid-1990s, a co-founder of Cisco Systems was in her friend's mansion outside London when they mixed the colours raspberry and black to form a new colour. They it a name and the same one to the company they founded together. Name the founders and the company.
   
   In 1995, Sandy Lerner, a co-founder of Cisco Systems, and Pat Holmes were at Lerner's mansion outside London when Holmes mixed raspberry and black to form a new colour, which they named Urban Decay
    
2. Whose brand is FeetScience?
   
   The footwear brand of Bachi Shoes. Tata International has 76 per cent stake in it
    
3. Who made this statement, "If you flaunt while owning a lot, it suggests you don't care"?
   
   Raghuram Rajan, hinting at the likes of Vijay Mallya
    
4. A Hong Kong-based venture capital company appointed an algorithm to its board of directors. It decided that a program like this should have a say in what companies the firm invested in, based on its ability to analyse huge amounts of relevant data. This is the first firm in the world to do so. Name it.
   
   Deep Knowledge Ventures appointed an algorithm to its board of directors.
    
5. The founder of the first of its kind store made this statement: "I've always read a lot, so that was the germ of the idea. I'll pick a subject and read every book ever published on it. That's hard to do if you shop at a walk-in bookstore. Even the superstores don't have more than a couple of titles per topic. My dream was to have a bookstore that had every book ever published to feed my own habit." Name him and the company he founded.
   
   Book Stacks Unlimited, an online bookstore created by Charles M. Stack in 1992
    
6. At the recent auto expo in New Delhi Project X, conceptualised by music composer-singer Ranjit Barot and Qyuki was released. It has India's top music maestros, A R Rahman, Salim Merchant, Shubha Mudgal, and Amit Trivedi lend their voice to the track Khushnuma. Name the brand for which this was made.
   
   Mercedes Benz
    
7. It is the name given to the part of the Thames above Iffley Lock which flows through the university city of Oxford, England, past Christ Church Meadow and the focal point of rowing for Oxford University. Recently an academic institution that bears the same name was forced to change its name. Why?
   
   Isis is the name given to the part of the Thames above Iffley Lock, which flows through Oxford city.
    
8. They say the invention of the Brown Box in the late '60s gave rise to a new industry in the electronic era. Name it and its inventor.
   
   The Brown Box was the world's first gaming console invented by Ralph Baer in 1969
    
9. Who manufactures a product under the brand name Nidar?
   
   The government-owned rifle factory in Ishapore manufactures India's lightest revolver
    
10. Name the brand from its logo.
    
    
    TVS Tyres

There were 10 correct entries to quiz No 448. Suneel Kumar from Hyderabad, wins Rs 2000. The winner is based on the first correct entry received.