Answers to the Strategist quiz (#453)

1. This saint, a soldier initially, rose to be the abbot of St Medard’s Abbey, Soissons, France. He then became a priest and in 1080 and also founded the Abbey of St Peter in Oudenburg. Here he created something which he encouraged local peasants to use, instead of water, due to its gift of health. Name the patron saint and his creation.
   Lamar Arnold of Oudenburg (ca 1040-1087) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the patron saint of hop-pickers and Belgian brewers. His magic potion was beer
    
2. Who made this statement: "For 240 years it's been a terrible mistake to bet against America, and now is no time to start"?
   Warrant Buffet in his recent Annual Letter to shareholders
    
3. Name the person who this year relinquished his position as chairman of his business group - known for visual and audio communications - that he controlled through his privately held company called National Amusements.
   Summer Redstone, 92, chairman of CBS and Viacom. Viacom stands for Visual and Audio communications
    
4. What do these comprise: spring, summer, winter, fall, resort/holiday and Ramadan?
   The Global fashion calendar. Ramadan is the latest to be added since Middle East designers used to follow it
    
5. Pranay Chulet and Jibby Thomas are famous for their 2008 start-up Quickr. What is Qkr then, which is also pronounced as Quicker?
   It is Mastercard's mobile app that allows payments through QR codes and NFC
    
6. Where is the world's first solar airport located? It does not use conventional electricity at all now.
   The Cochin International Airport
    
7. The DNA of creating amazing dresses is embedded in this car's brand. Recently it collaborated with a digital agency of a newspaper to produce a designer outfit made from the leather that is used for its car seats. Name it and its collaborator.
   Lexus and the Guardian Labs commissioned leather worker Úna Burke to design a high-fashion leather dress made from luxurious Lexus seat leather
    
8. Connect the name of a Spanish queen, who is known as a benefactress for funding the mid-17th century Jesuit voyage to Guam to catholicise the indigenous Chamoru people in the North Pacific Ocean, and a technical term that is used in the world of internet and what do you arrive at?
   Marianna's Web, named after the deepest part of the oceans, is the deepest part of the web, where people cannot and don't want you to go or access
    
9. For which brand do Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik disagree on everything except for the brand they are modelling for?
   Nestle's EveryDay Whitener
    
10. Whose logo is this?
    

Telegram, the cloud-based instant messaging software

There were 12 correct entries to quiz No 453. Prashant Srivastava from Haryana wins Rs 2,000. The winner is based on the first correct entry received.