Answers to The Strategist Quiz (#514)

The Strategist Quiz, June 15, 2017

1.  In 303 BCE, Seleucus I and Chandragupta signed a peace treaty and “an intermarriage agreement”. This allowed for inter-marriage between Indians and Greeks, both for commoners and members of the respective dynasties. Connect this with an Indian brand.

Impacted by the bombing of the ship SS City of Benares by the Germans in which children who were being evacuated from Britain to Canada died, Hollywood actress Hedy Lamarr started planning to build a remote-controlled torpedo for taking out German U boats. This led to the invention of frequency hopping that became a boon for the CDMA/GSM mobile communication business

2. This endowment is considered to be the world’s richest. Its natural resources bets helped it profit for more than a decade. It is selling off one of the most distinctive bets: 3,000-plus hectares of dairy farms and about 5,000-plus cows in New Zealand. It holds a $4-billion natural resources portfolio that directly owns assets in five continents. It owns California vineyards, Chilean forests and Brazilian soybean and maize farms.

Charles Babbage was influenced by the dancing lady at the Joseph Merlin Mechanical Museum. This inspiration led him to invent the world’s first mechanical computer

3.  Connect the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, the late King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with a US brand that is about 199 years old.

Tech Mahindra. DAVID stands for Digital, Automation, Verticalisation, Innovation and Disruption

4.  He created the __ at the Satellite Restaurant in Chatham, Ontario, in 1962, inspired in part by his experience preparing Chinese dishes which mix sweet and sour flavours. Name the person and his creation.

X is Nokia and Y is Apple

5.  If you are using a “Being Smart” what and whose product would that be?

Dates ripen in four stages, which are known throughout the world by their Arabic names kimri (unripe), khlal (full-size, crunchy), rutab (ripe, soft), and tamr (ripe, sun-dried)

6.  The breaking of the codes and deciphering the top secret message from the famous Zimmerman Telegram of 1917 changed the course of history. It was a message from German foreign minister Arthur Zimmerman to the German minister to Mexico. It pushed US to join the Allied cause in the war. Name the company that received this telegram and delivered it.

Asian Paints

7.  What is the name given to the brand promise of the Indian Hotels group? It recently embarked on an experiment to define its unique identity and roll back its multi brand strategy.

Amazon launched the sportswear brand Under Armour in India in March this year

8.  What are Jasmati and Texmati?

Web2.0

9.  Both originated in Germany, one is “invented for life” and the other is “Inventing for life”. Name the companies.

Paper Boat drinks

10.  Name the company from its logo. It was an inspiration for a Bollywood film.

The Rothschild coat of arms contains a clenched fist with five arrows symbolising the five dynasties established by the five sons of Mayer Rothschild, in a reference to Psalm 127: “Like arrows in the hands of a warrior, so are the children of one”s youth.”