The Strategist Quiz (#399)

1. Connect a painting of Jean-Francois Millet, a French painter and one of the founders of the Barbizon school in rural France, to Crossword puzzles and what do you arrive at?
    
2. A QSR brand recently announced that it was working with Visa and Accenture to to develop a proof-of-concept connected car to test mobile and online purchases on the go. The connected car is expected to feature Visa Checkout, Visa's online payment service, cellular connectivity, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), as well as Beacon technology deployed at its restaurants to alert staff when the customer has arrived and is ready to pick up the order.
    
3. What kind of company is described by the term Fabless?
    
4. When the name for this Indian brand was selected, there were strong feelings in its company. Some referred to it as "Tenga" in Hindi, which refers to teasing and mocking and others alluded it to "Up yours" in English. Finally the founder of the company stuck to it. Name the brand.
    
5. This person is known as the billionaire's banker. His firm purchased a very famous landmark building in Chicago that drew inspiration from the shape of the Giralda tower of Seville's Cathedral combined with French Renaissance details. Name the person and the building he owns.
    
6. This publication was first launched in 1952 and is still in circulation. It is a bi-monthly that is available only through subscription and in nine languages. It gets its name from the patron saint for travellers. Name it.
    
7. This Asian company's baseline is: "You Need Us". Recently, in February this year, its stock jumped by 15 per cent after the government in its home country decriminalised adultery. Name the company and its country of origin.
    
8. Which company has adopted the ancient universal symbol of the Gyan Mudra as its logo?
    
9. What is the distinction of a news magazine called the Ex-Files and name the person who launched it?
    
10. Whose logo is this?
    

 

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