Answers to the Strategist Quiz #662

Answers to the Strategist Quiz #662

1 On May 1 in the last quarter of the 15th century, this person presented his plans the Queen of a European country for raising money. She in turn who referred them to a committee who pronounced this person’s ideas impractical and discouraged the monarchy in funding him. Subsequently this person to expand the ___ empire and to assure a better market position in trading, was given an annual allowance of ___maravedis. Name the person and the Queen who granted him this allowance.

1. Christopher Columbus was given 12,000 maravedis by Queen Isabella I of Spain.

2 This company with the base line “Creating Positive” is in the news. Name the founder and the company.

2. Gilead Sciences was founded by Michael L Riordan. It is in the news for its experimental drug Remdesivir.

3 Name the company whose NASDAQ stock code is Bili.

3. Bilibili, is a Chinese video sharing website based in Shanghai, themed around animation, comic, and game. It is getting much more popular post the Wuhan Corona virus crisis 

4 Which Indian vehicle's design was inspired by the fastest animal on the land, also the first Indian manufacturer to develop a monocoque body for a vehicle in its class?

4. Mahindra's XUV 500

5 What is the term used in marketing practice when a vehicle is completely or partially covered in a vinyl or any other material, which is used for advertising or custom livery?

5. Wrap advertising

6 Name the brand and the company that has got into a new category called the Vegetable wash category with a new product. At the times of Covid -19 this is a cleaning solution claims to remove all germs, bacteria, chemicals, waxes and soil.

6. Marico’s Veggie Clean

7 Which brand has launched a campaign called “For everything that divides, The Human Spirit Unites”?

7. Coca Cola 

8 Given the current Covid-19 environment, who is using this base line “Master every uncertainty”?

8. HDFC Bank, A R Rahman and Prasoon Joshi

9 In which city would one either hail a Hackney or travel in one. Explain.

9. Hackney is a term used for the London Cabs, generally the black cabs

10 Name the brands from their respective labels and products that are unique to them. 

10. Rolls Royce and Bentley Honey. Both are harvesting honey in different parts of the United Kingdom. Honey is being given to their respective customers as gifts and is not being sold commercially

 

 

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