The Strategist Quiz #660

The Strategist Quiz #660

1 Connect the 4th edition of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations published in 1786 and Kollur, situated on the banks of river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh and what do you arrive at?

2 Which brand’s anthem is We Can We Will?

3 Name the brand that came out with an ad in the 1920s highlighting “crowds breed contagion” and called mothers doctors. 

4 Connect a Flemish writer, herbalist and diplomat who served as an ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople during the 1550s and a commodity whose exports from its country of origin is valued at more than $6 billion and accounts for about 5% of its country's GDP.

5 Name this Asian company, bought for $ 0.26 in 2001, which ended its FY 2019 with approx $ 1 billion turnover. 

6 Post Covid why would the family name of a swiss architect-cum-set designer and his father, who was the co-founder of Red Cross, be referred to in correspondences or for location sighting reasons.  

7 This US city changed its name to the title of a popular NBC radio quiz programme during the 50s. The host announced that he would air the programme from the first town that renamed itself after the show. Today it is the headquarters of two of the world's first-of-its kind companies. Name the city and the companies.

8 Name the company and the magazine it publishes in connection with its famous brand that is named after the patron saint for travellers.

9 This person was a scholar and a successful businessman. In 1912, he invented and patented a card-indexing system, which he turned into a successful business. Unfortunately, after the stock market crash of 1929, his fortune was gone, and he spent the rest of his life in poverty. Name him.

10 Name the brand that is using these two old and popular ads for promotion during the Covid-19 times.

 

 

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for ~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 April 7 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 nine correct entries to Quiz number 659 and the winner is Niru Kumari 

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