Answers to the Strategist quiz #651

Answers to the Strategist quiz #651

1. Connect a parody of HW Longfellow's poem Hiawatha penned by another famous writer on a product that was introduced in the 1850s that was of the folding type.Name the writer and the product.

Answer: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson aka Lewis Carroll and the Ottewill's Double folding camera. Carroll was an avid photographer too

2. Connect this river which is one of the great salmon rivers of Britain and the only river in England where an environment agency rod licence is not required for angling and a globally very well-known type of fabric and what do you arrive at? 

Answer: Tweed.The original name of the cloth was tweel, Scottish for twill, the material being woven in a twilled rather than a plain pattern. A merchant misinterpreted the handwriting of Tweel from one of the supplies and understood it to be a tradename taken from the river Tweed 

3. Name the product that contains aldehydes, orange and lemon blended with floral notes of carnation and jasmine along with aromatic cinnamon and pimento.

Answer: The Old Spice Cologne

4. Who said this "The arrival of Windows 95 received more media attention than the Middle East peace accords...While everyone applauded Microsoft's increasingly complex desktop software, I was convinced that every application that could be moved off the PC should be moved off the PC"?

Answer: Larry Ellison 

5. What is the buzzword used for any proliferating management fad or simply dumb concept that overtakes and eventually strangles a company or organisation? 

Answer: Krudzu 

6. What is so unique about this company's culture that uses the lines "Reman.Respected"?

Answer: The Spring Remanufacturing Company known for its open-book culture called The Great Game of Business®

7. This company was founded in the late 1980s and since the early 1990s to last September it has acquired 207 companies till date. Crescendo is a hint, name the company.

Answer: Cisco

8. This company was founded in the early 50s and was named after goddess Laxmi Devi's consort. It has relaunched its famous TV commercial with Alia Bhatt. Name it.

Answer: Vicco Laboratories and its Vicco Vajradanti 

9. Which brand's tagline is "Live Authentically"?

Answer: US Polo Association 

10. Connect the images and name an iconic person behind an iconic brand

Answer: The Cartier Panthère motif has been an integral part of the brand's identity since the late 1940s. It was popularised by Jean Toussaint, the first lady designer at Cartier 

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 February 18 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 two correct entries to Quiz number 651. The winner is Jayashri Rajagopalan from Chennai