The Strategist Quiz #593

The Strategist Quiz #593

1. The city of Schweinfurt is considered to be the third richest in Germany. During WWII, this city was specifically targeted by the Allied forces to destroy factories manufacturing ___. At that point in time and even now it is considered as the world’s leading centre for the production of ___. Name the product.

2. Name the US-based fast food restaurant chain that is selling scented fire logs for this Christmas season as a brand extension. The scent is created from the herbs and spices the company uses to make its food products.   

3. The Barmy Army is now a company limited by Guarantee that supports Cricket, but what is the Virtual Balmain Army?  

4. This inorganic chemical blended with lead arsenate and was used in America and elsewhere as an insecticide on produce such as apples. It was heavily sprayed by airplanes in Italy, Sardinia, and Corsica during mid -1940s to control malaria. It was once used to kill rats in Parisian sewers and was also used heavily in the Americas to control the tobacco budworm. Name it and state its other uses too.

5. Who has launched its products with the following flavours: Meetha Pan, Kala Khatta, Silky Chocolate and Juicy Strawberry?

6. This former British test pilot entered aeronautical design and engineering in the 1940s and designed a landing gear allowing aircraft to take off and land in crosswinds. In the 1960s, he invented a device that is also made in collaboration with BMW. The birth of his granddaughter inspired it. Name him

7. What is the buzzword "Snowplows" mean for companies introducing products/technology in the market?

8. This year Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, AstraZeneca, McDonalds, Sears Holdings, Qualcomm and DuPont are six of the 33 companies from a particular list. What is it?

9. Who is running a campaign based on this line "Pran Jaaye Par ___Na Jaaye? Name the brand and its owner.

10. Whose logo is this? (Hint: Connect Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Douglas Fairbanks and Russell Crowe)

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

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