Answers to the Strategist Quiz (#460)

1. This brand's origins can be traced back to the 1930s when the British were ruling undivided India. Trains would make a stop close to a processing unit where farmers sold their fresh produce. The spot thus came to be known as __. The brand, named after this location, changed hands twice subsequently. Name it.
   
   Kissan started with the Mitchell Brothers and subsequently went to UB group, Broke Bond and is now with Unilever. Kissan railway station is located in Kissan village, Okara district of Punjab province of the Pakistan
    
2. The UK edition of this magazine is celebrating its 100th year this month with a 100-year-old model posing for a 185-year-old departmental store. Name the magazine and the advertiser.
   
   Harvey Nichols the UK retailer launched a campaign celebrating British Vogue's 100th birthday starring model Bo Gilbert
    
3. What is the relation between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author for fiction with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? Name the author and establish the link.
   
   In 1906, Upton Sinclair novel, The Jungle exposed conditions in the U.S. meat packing industry. It contributed in part to the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. This eventually led to the formation of the FDA
    
4. In the world of finance, the origin of what is generally attributed to the Knights Templar and Hospitallers? They used signed documents in order to transfer wealth among their order houses.
   
   Cheques
    
5. The founder of which business group first started out by setting up the Dove Corporation that sold premium liquor and fashion labels in duty-free shops?
   
   Analjit Singh of Max India
    
6. The chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74 and the chemical element with the symbol Os and atomic number 76 added together form the name of which historic company?
   
   Lighting company Osram
    
7. Why is Xintong Tiandi Technology (Beijing) Co. Ltd in the news?
   
   A Beijing court has ruled that this Chinese company has the right to make leather products branded "IPHONE". Apple appealed an earlier decision to the Beijing Municipal High People's Court to stop it from using the "IPHONE" name, which the Chinese company first trademarked in 2007
    
8. Whose base line under its brand logo reads "Effective Herbs"?
   
   Sri Sri Ayurveda
    
9. They were initially called No Collar workers but now the jargon used for them is "Black Collar workers". Who are they?
   
   Artists, free spirits and creative people
    
10. Name the brands and its owner from the logos.
    
    Apparel brands Monki and Cheap Monday, owned by H&M

There were 3 correct entries to quiz No 460. Nitesh Goyal from Mayur Vihar, Delhi, wins Rs 2000. The winner is based on the first correct entry received