Answers to The Strategist Quiz (#529)

Answers to The Strategist Quiz, September 14, 2017

1. The founder of this brand worked in shoe stores before he set up his brand in the 90s. He was convicted of stock manipulation and securities fraud virtue of being a client of Stratton Oakmont, the firm run by the “Wolf of Wall Street” Jordan Belfort. He resigned as CEO of his company and on his release bounced back. Name him and his brand.

1. Steve Madden

2. Connect the landmarks of Paris, the Louvre, the Place de la Concorde, Bourbon Palace and Notre Dame Cathedral with and the mansions of Pierre Omidyar, Michael Jordan and Stanford University’s Hewlett Packard Buildings and what do you arrive at?

2. All have been build using Lutetian Limestone — also known as “Paris stone” is a variety of limestone found in the city of Paris.

3. This brand’s name __ originated in 1953 in the UK. Their first major sales success was the popular model of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation coach, which sold more than a million models. Soon afterwards, the co-owner designed a miniature toy for his daughter since her school only allowed toys that could fit inside a __. Name the brand and its current owner.

3. Matchbox, miniature toy brand owned by Mattel

4. A Parsi banker used to mint currency coins in pre Independence India and had introduced a popular mark which was the “Resplendent Sun”. Name him and the state for which he minted coins.

4. Pestonji Meherji minted coins in the state of the Nizam of Hyderabad. 

5. Unlike Lloyd Coffee House that became a hub for traders and underwriters, this coffee house in London during the 1750s hung a thermometer with temperatures ranging from excellent to execrable. What was rated here?

5. Verdicts on plays and performances critiquing the playwrights and actors on a weekly basis

6. Connect Alan Turing’s musing and Thomas Watson’s prediction that the IBM stock would go up by 15 points on the release of the news of a software program used on an IBM 701 in the 50s.

6. The Checkers playing software that was designed by IBM computer scientist Arthur Samuels, drawing inspiration from Alan Turing’s musing on a chess playing computer

7. Which airlines was the first to introduce virtual reality headsets?

7. Quantas

8. Connect Renault’s tanks made in WW-I with Fred Astaire, Rudolf Valentino, Angelina Jolie, John F Kennedy, Jackie Kennedy, Michelle Obama and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton.

8. The Tank line of watches made by Cartier. It was created by Louis Cartier in 1917, and inspired by the new Renault tanks which Cartier saw in use on the Western Front

9. It’s not scotch. It’s not __. It's Jack. Fill in the blank and name the brand that is associated with this slogan.

9. Bourbon. Jack Daniels

10. Identify this brand and name the Indian company that is selling it in India. 

10. Judge Cookware from UK will be launched by TTK in India

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant.

Last date for receiving entries: September 22 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 10 correct entries to Quiz No 529. The winner is CK Pradhan from Cuttack