The
Strategist Quiz (#327)
Source: The
Business Standard
Q1.
After visiting quality-obsessed Germany, the CEO of this company in the mid 80s
handed out sledgehammers and joined his employees in smashing 76 faulty
appliances manufactured by the company in full public view. This made him a
national celebrity and was the beginning of his firm's transformation. Name him
and his company.
Answer: Zhang Ruimin
– Haier Group (The world’s largest appliance maker)
Q2.
This person started her career as a graphic designer. Feeding problems faced by
one of her children forced her to invent a solution, which is now being used
for the last 30 years across the world and is widely acclaimed by the medical
fraternity. Inspiration for her second invention unfolded when a child at a
friend's place spilt black currant juice on the carpet. Today she is an
inventor and entrepreneur running a company with her patented products. Name
the person and the second revolutionary product she patented in 1993.
Answer: Mandy Nicola Haberman
and Anywayup Cup
Q3. This company is named after its founder Haveli Ram. It
is now being run by a septuagenarian who is its chairman. Name the company and
its Chairman
Answer: Havells Group.
Qimat Rai Gupta is the Chairman and
Managing Director and his son Anil Rai Gupta , is Joint MD of Havells Group.
Q4. What is the term used to describe a new lifestyle
disease or physical affliction that is caused because of inclining the head
while peering at a mobile device's screen?
Answer: 'Text neck’
Q5.
During the early 1900, this person could not pursue his studies in Oxford
because of a fall in the value of the Indian rupee. It was the currency in
which his father's pension was expressed. His father found him a position with
the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. However, this person was never interested in
banking as a career and never learned a thing about banking. Money for Nothing
and Money in the Bank are titles of the two books which he authored. He wrote
Money in the Bank while he was imprisoned in a Nazi camp in Poland for civilian
prisoners during 1940-41. Name this person.
Answer: Sir Pelham
Grenville Wodehouse - popularly known as
P. G. Wodehouse.
Q6.
Which brand was the first major US food processor to voluntarily adopt
nutritional labeling (listing of nutritional facts) on all its food products in
the states? This innovation made headlines throughout the country and was
applauded by government officials as a breakthrough in consumer education.
Answer: The Del Monte Corporation, doing
business as Del Monte Foods, is an American food production and distribution
company headquartered in One Maritime Plaza, San Francisco, California. In
1972, Del Monte became the first major US food processor to voluntarily adopt
nutritional labeling on all its food products, an innovation that made
headlines throughout the country and applauded by government officials as a
breakthrough in consumer education.
Q7. Name the brand that is jointly managed by PepsiCo and
Unilever?
Answer: Lipton, the world's best-selling
ready-to-drink tea products. Brisk is a tea and juice brand managed by the
Pepsi Lipton Partnership, a joint venture formed in 1991 between PepsiCo and Unilever.
In 1991, Unilever created a first joint venture with PepsiCo, the Pepsi Lipton
Partnership, for the marketing of ready to drink (bottled and canned) teas in
North America. This was followed in 2003 by a second joint venture,
Pepsi-Lipton International (PLI), covering many non-United States markets. PLI
was expanded in September 2007 to include a number of large European markets.
PepsiCo and Unilever each control 50% of the shares of these joint ventures.
Q8.
Connect the defunct companies: Ansonia Clock Company of Brooklyn, New York, and
the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio, with Yuri Gagarin and what do
you arrive at?
Answer: Poljot (Russian: Полёт, literally
meaning "flight"), is a brand of Soviet/Russian wristwatches,
produced since 1964 by the First Moscow Watch Factory. The flagship brand of
the USSR's watch industry, Poljot produced numerous historical watches used in
many important space missions, including the world's first space watch worn by
Yuri Gagarin.
Q9. Who uses the baseline "Be more everyday?"
Answer: Marico
Q10. Identify the logo and mention the significance of the
entity it belongs to during October/November.
Answer:
Sveriges Riksbank, or simply Riksbanken. Also known as Swedish National Bank or
the Bank of Sweden. The annual Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel, which is awarded with the Nobel Prizes at the Prize
Award Ceremony in Stockholm. The announcement of the Nobel Laureates and the
Laureates in Economic Sciences for the year is made during the month of
October/November.
