Answers to the Strategist quiz #619

Answers to the Strategist quiz #619

1. Connect Daniel Lang, an American author and journalist who worked as a staff writer for The New Yorker from 1941 until his death and Hong Kong's signature corporate charity eventthat takes place in the heart of the central business district, where teams of executives dressed in business attire or creative costumes navigate eight different obstacles, passing a briefcase "baton" between each other as they race their way to the finish line. Arrive at a term used in the business world.

Daniel Lang is the first person who is supposed to have used the term rat race. The Hong Kong event is called The Central Rat Race

2. This Private Limited entity was once part of a powerful brand that is defunct now. It recently came out with an ad stating "___, More powerful than ever". Fill in the blank and name the entity.

JPmiles. The Jet Airways loyalty programme brand Jet Privilege. It still exists as a separate entity called Jet Privilege Private Limited

3. Connect film star Bradley Cooper with the Latin phrase Probus Scafusia and what do you arrive at?

The Luxury watch brand IWC Schaffhausen for whom Bradley Cooper is a brand ambassador. The Latin phrase is its motto which means "Good solid craftsmanship"

4. Volvo Ocean Race, Manchester United and not Cricket Australia are the biggest sporting deals this company has signed up for as a service provider. Name it.

HCL Technologies

5. Connect BBDO and the Book "Applied Imagination" and arrive at a business term that is very commonly used.

Brainstorming. The term was popularised by Alex Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied Imagination. He was the O from the famous ad agency BBDO.

6. This publication's tagline in the 90s was "not read by millions of people" Name it.

The Economist

7. This commodity was Babur's favourite and he also relished a delicacy made with it in his native land. His native land is now the world's 2nd largest producer after Turkey. Alexander the Great was responsible for introducing this commodity in Greece as well as in India. He imported an Asian variety of the same thru India. Name the commodity and also the delicacy that is famously associated with a city in South India.

Apricots and the Hyderabadi dessert Qubani ka meetha. Uzbekistan is the world's second-largest producer of apricots.

8. What is common to Samsonite Luggage, Converse Shoes and the British auction house Christie's?

All owned by the French billionaire Francois Pinault's company Artemis SA

9. Name the scooter (brand) that was gifted to all the members of the 1983 Cricket World cup winning squad?

Vijay Super, manufactured by Scooters India

10. Connect the images and arrive at a brand name. Image No.3 is a flag.

The Sports brand Fila. Set up in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy in 1909, it started by making knitwear for the people of the Italian Alps. It moved from making knitwear to sportswear. The flag of the Piedmont region.

There were two correct entries to quiz number 619. The winner is V Harsha vardhan from Hyderabad