The Strategist Quiz (#505)

The Strategist Quiz, April 6, 2017

1. By what name will these brands Yahoo, AOL, Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and Gadget be collectively known as?

2.  According to the staff who worked for Thomas Edison, this place painted in black was a small place to work. Edison’s employees coined the name __ since it reminded them of police vans. In the 1830s, racehorses were generally given this name. What was it?

3. This term appeared in the late 1920s. It was based on the Harley-Davidson “J” series v-twin. Changes were made to improve the performance of J-series Harley-Davidson. The term is now used as a style of custom motorcycles where excess body work is stripped off. What is it?

4. Connect the word that is derived from Spanish which means a travellers’ cloak, the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare with the polar explorers Ernest Shackleton and Roald Amundsen. What do you arrive at?

5. What is the buzzword used to describe the phenomenon where immigrants transfer cash back to their country by shopping at websites based in their native countries?

6. India is the world’s largest producer of this spice at about 1.34 lakh tons (2016). Ancient Egyptians used it in their cosmetics and ointments. Their holy smoke contained a fair amount of this spice. Romans used it in their wines. Some of this spice was said to have been recovered from the tomb of Tutankhamen. Name it?

7. This start-up footwear company’s name comes from __, which means “of the sun” in Indonesian, and __, which means “of the sea” in Latin. One of their products features an embedded, low-range chip that uses NFC tech and gathers data from the wearer long after purchase to target them for future products and promotions. Name it.

8. Name the candy that is going to be launched with the tag line “pran jaaye per __ na jaaye”?

9. Who is trade marking its fragrance which is described as a unique scent formed through the combination of a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough?

10. Name the brand and an organisation who used it as its erstwhile logo.

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