Answers to the Strategist quiz (#507)

Strategy Quiz (#507) answers

1. Name this global firm that is helping Venezuelans safely barter goods in a crumbling economy through an online social market. Similarly, the same agency has set up a “School For Justice” in India to train former underage sex workers for careers in law.

The ad agency JWT. JWT-Netherlands is setting up the school of justice

2. Connect six pence and Shakespeare in the year 1964.

William Shakespeare was the first commoner or “non royal” to be featured on a British stamp. This occurred in 1964 to mark his 400th birthday in Stratford-upon-Avon

3. A couple of months ago this US brand included a boy drummer, who plays in a band alongside a girl singer-songwriter from Nashville. In April, a Korean-American character named __ will arrive, and in the fall, __ a World War II era character from Hawaii will be added to this brand's portfolio. Name the boy drummer character and the brand.

Logan Everett, a boy drummer, the first male character to feature in the Popular doll company American Girl’s line of merchandise. In April, a Korean-American character named Z Yang will arrive, and in the fall, Nanea, a World War II era character from Hawaii, will debut

4. Name the first Indian-made double decker with 50 per cent indigenous components launched in the mid-50s? Also, name the manufacturer.

Ashok Leyland’s “Titan”

5. What is this list that has Michael Jackson at No. 1, followed by Charles Schulz, Arnold Palmer, Elvis Presley and Prince?

The top five highest-earning dead celebrities

6. This brand was created by Dr. Robert W Hutson which he sold in the 1960s. It changed hands from Gillette to P&G. Name it.

Oral B

7. What is the term to describe the act of aggressive competition that results in one company taking portions of another’s market share? Generally, when one company has a bigger market share for a particular product or service, the company enjoying the larger market share is called __.

Eating someone’s lunch

8. What is the connection between a city in the state of Florida in the US, a rock band formed in the late ’60s and the first modern assembly line used for manufacturing during the early 1900s in the US?

Ransom Eli Olds. He was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom both the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. In 1913, Olds purchased 37,547 acres by the north of Tampa Bay in Florida and developed it into the city of Oldsmar. A rock band was formed by students of University of Illinois in Champaign in 1967. They named the band REO Speedwagon, from the REO Speed Wagon, a flatbed truck Doughty they had studied in transportation history

9. Which brand’s core philosophy and base line is “Never settle”?

Chinese phone brand OnePlus

10. Name the company from its logo.

Eiffel (French Eiffel Constructions métalliques), a part of the Eiffage group and descendant of engineering firm Société des Établissements Eiffel

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

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There were three correct entries to quiz No 507. The winner is Pratik Dalai from Bhubaneswar