Answer to Strategist Quiz #644

Here are the answers to the strategist quiz #644

1. Which company is considered to have become the most valuable company in the world on December 11 and why? 

Answer. Aramco. On the day its shares were listed on December 11, 2019, its share price jumped 10 per cent that day overtaking Apple and Microsoft

2. What is the term used generally in business for a project that aims, besides its original purpose, to have a signal effect for numerous follow-up projects, becoming a sort of inspiration? 

Answer. Lighthouse Project

3. What did James Barrat, a film maker, speaker and author in his seminal book state as the last thing man would ever invent?

Answer. Artificial Intelligence or AI

4. This company gets its name from the Japanese word meaning "six" and was named so because it was the sixth company that its founder started. Name it.

Answer. Roku, a media player and streaming service provider

5. During the WWII, this company helped the British army and also developed a torpedo. It added a heart to its logo a couple of years back and now its products are relished by children and adults. Name the company.

Answer. General Mills

6. If one is consuming a product that is the outcome of the patented "Geneva system" what would it be?  

Answer. Artificially produced mineral water. It was invented by Joseph Priestley. He developed it with an engineer Paul and the druggist Gosse in 1783

7. Connect a Robber baron, the term used for American businessmen in the 19th century, Tobacco and a university named after him on the East coast of the US.

Answer. The Duke University is named after tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke's deceased father, Washington Duke

8. This company has launched its latest campaign 'Mad - - - -' in India. The campaign enables consumers to craft their own flavour of a particular brand through a dedicated website. It was launched in UK sometime back. Name the company and the brand.

Answer. Madbury from Cadbury's which is owned by Mondelez 

9. Who is Spanish Football league LaLiga's first brand ambassador in India? 

Answer. Rohit Sharma 

10.  Connect both the images and arrive at a brand name.

Answer. The Bonobos e commerce apparel brand that was bought over by Walmart. The brand was named after the endangered ape from Congo called Bonobo

compiled by Gaurav Sri Krishna, www.facebook.com/gaurav.s.krishna

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There were six correct entries to Quiz number 644. The winner is Vinayak Raj from Chhapra (Saran)