Answers to the Strategist quiz (#407)

1. Which brand has named the online archive of its cartoon characters used to represent its brand as Flying Planet?
   Red Bull.
    
2. Connect the Venetian Arsenal, which is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy, and HSBC bank and what do you arrive at? The Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian republic's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It is said to be one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history.
   The HSBC Lions that are found in front of all its major bank offices in the world. The first set of lion sculptures were commissioned for the rebuilt HSBC Building on the Bund in Shanghai, opened in 1923. The inspiration for these lions came from the imposing lions outside the Venetian Arsenal.
    
3. This lady was called the Queen of Prep when she established her clothing company in 1959. Recently her brand created waves when one of the top retailers in the US had a limited sale programme of her affordable line of apparel, which got sold within hours (even minutes in some locations), in stores and online. Her brand name has a connection with the pioneer of 'new journalism'. Name the brand and the retail chain.
   Lily Pulitzer and Target. She carries the family name of Joseph Pulitzer who was the pioneer of new journalism. She got the from her marriage to his grandson.
    
4. Name the Indian fashion brand that China's Shandong Ruyi Science & Technology Group has taken into its fold and will sell it in the regions where it has a presence.
   Vimal Textiles from Reliance.
    
5. Name the founders and the entity that gets its name from "Questions and Answers"?
   Quora. (Qu) or (or) answer (a). It was co-founded by two former Facebook employees, Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever.
    
6. The Fred L Turner Training Center in the US is better known as?
   The Hamburger University set up by McDonalds in 1961. It is the company's global centre of excellence for operations training and leadership development.
    
7. Name the first Indian newspaper brand to sign up a celebrity as its brand ambassador. Also name the celebrity.
   Dainik Bhaskar. MS Dhoni is its brand ambassador.
    
8. What is connecting businesses with their past website visitors so there is an increased likelihood of a completed transaction called?
   Retargeting.
    
9. Which innovative company's trademarked line says: "Science. Applied to Life"?
   3M
    
10. Whose logo is this and what does the graphic representation on the RHS represent?
    

Sulabh International's logo. The graphic on the RHS represents its environmental friendly two-pit, pour-flush compost toilet known as Sulabh Shauchalaya. It is socially acceptable, economically affordable, technologically appropriate and does not require scavengers to clean the pits. It has been implemented in more than 1.2 million houses all over India and has helped liberate over a million scavengers.

There were 10 correct entries for quiz No. 407. Rajneesh Kumar from Secunderabad Telangana, wins Rs 2,000.