Answers to The Strategist Quiz #587

Answers to The Strategist Quiz #587

1. Connect German Composer Robert Schumann, a popular composition of his that was played by Radio stations across the world to signal the end of WWII and an Indian brand and what do you arrive at?

Answer: The musical tune used by Raymond's for its Complete Man ads is the work Traumerei, from Kinderszenen Op15 by Robert Schumann

2. In 400 BC Hippocrates advised women to chew willow bark to alleviate the pains of childbirth. This inspired a chemist who went on to set up one of the world’s most famous brands. Name him and the brand.

Answer:  Anacin. It was invented by Minneapolis Pharmacist William M Knight in 1915

3. This word is derived from a Latin term which means "I increase" or "I augment”. It is now a worldwide business phenomenon that has also caught the fancy of the online/e-commerce universe. Name it.

Answer:  Auction

4. Connect Bajaj, Prudent, Triumph, General, Samaj, Progressive and Janapragati and arrive at new age entities that have a unique purpose.

Answer: These are names of Electoral Trust Companies set up by Corporates to fund political parties

5. _____is the automatic process of generating a photorealistic or non-photorealistic image from a 2D or 3D model (or models in what collectively could be called a scene file) by means of computer programmes. Fill in the blank and also name a company and its software product that goes by the same name.

Answer: Render or Rendering. RenderMan software was developed by Pixar

6. Which company started its operations in the 1930s by manufacturing Horse Brand Ink Powders and Tablets?

Answer: Camlin

7. Modern day perfume making began in the 17th Century in a town on the French Riveria. What was the original purpose for which fragrances were made in this town?

Answer: Modern perfumery originated in Grasse in France for helping mask the smell of leather from the gloves worn by the nobility 

8. The first and famous Yankee Stadium was built in The Bronx, New York City, New York, the stadium was home to the New York Yankees until 2008. It has also been known as "The Big Ballpark in The Bronx" and "The Cathedral of Baseball". Name the company that supplied the cement for its construction in 1922. It was demolished in 2010.

Answer: The Edison Portland Cement Company founded by Thomas Edison

9. Who said this "Where the Spirit does not work with the hand, there is No art"?

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci

10. What is the historic significance of this issue of Popular Electronics (see pic) dated January 1975, apart from its cover story?

Answer: Paul Allen asked Bill Gates to see this magazine at the news stands when it was released and this, in turn, inspired Gates to quit Harvard and led to both of them starting Microsoft

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries is November 20 till 8 pm. Previous winners and employees of Business Standard and their families are not eligible to participate. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.

There were three correct entries to Quiz no 587. The winner is Padma Chellappa from Chennai.