Answers to the Strategist quiz #609

Answers to the Strategist quiz #609

1. Connect this journal launched in the early 20th century that was known to have expressed unqualified admiration for big corporations and the "Captains of finance and Industry" and the Father of Corporate Public relations and what do you arrive at? Name both the journal and the person.

The World's Work (1900-1932), Arthur Wilson Page

2. The employees of this company brand themselves as very peculiar people and this attitude became the inspiration for naming their corporate mascot also. The company also has registered a colour in the Pantone series named after it. Name the company and its mascot.

Amazon's Peccy

3. This company’s name in its native country means “beautiful together” and their mission helps people eat better and live better. Name it.

The Chinese food delivery company Meituan

4. This person has now become the world’s youngest billionaire with her own company. Name the founder the company.

Kylie Cosmetics is an American cosmetics company founded and owned by Kylie Jenner

5. What is a term for the portion of a wine or a distilled spirit's volume that is lost to evaporation during ageing in oak barrels?

The angel's share

6. This industry gets its name from the often referred shape of a diamond. It came into English from the French language. It was also found as a motif representing female fertility during the Neolithic/Paleolithic periods in some parts of Europe. Name it.

The throat lozenges industry.

7. Who has partnered with Coca Cola for a new line of shoes that will be part of the Heritage collection?

Canadian owned company Bata

8. Name the brand that has the following Hollywood directors like J.J. Abrams, Jennifer Aniston, and Damien ChazelleSofia Coppola, Ron Howard, M. Night Shyamalan&Steven Spielberg feature in its advertisement.

Apple TV 

9. Name the company that was named by its founder, brought up in Orissa, after his family's pet turtle at home.

Vini Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd founded by Darshan Patel

10. Identify the brand launched in the US and mention the controversy it has got into, may be thanks to the explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

Patagonia beer launched by AB InBev in the state of Colorado in the US. The logo for the beer features the word “Patagonia” backed by a silhouette of a mountain range. The legendary outdoor apparel company, which started selling its own beer in 2016, filed a complaint in a California court alleging that the global brewer is intentionally trying to benefit from Patagonia’s 40-year brand legacy. The Patagonia Mountains in Argentina were named by Ferdinand Magellan

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There was one correct entriy to Quiz no. 609. The winner is Padma Chellappa from Chennai