Answers to The Strategist Quiz #586

Answers to The Strategist Quiz #586

1. This restaurant founded in 1680s in Paris is considered to be the oldest cafe in Paris. The founder of this cafe introduced an item at his cafe and was one of the first to sell this European product directly to the public. Prior to this, it was only reserved for the royalty. He is generally considered as the father of this product. Name the product and the person who founded this restaurant named after him

Answer: Italian Francesco Procopio dei Coltelli introduced Gelato to the masses at his Café Procope. He is known as the Father of Gelato

2. Name the CEO who said this “Intelligent People Need a Fool to lead them”?

Answer: Jack Ma of Alibaba

3. Recently a Pizza promotion in a country was cancelled amid a flood of participants who tattooed the Pizza Company's logo in order to get 100 free pizzas a year for 100 years. Name the brand and the country where this promotion created a commotion.

Answer: Domino's Pizza in Russia

4. Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post, Laurene Powell Jobs, the wife of Steve Jobs, bought The Atlantic magazine. Who took over the ownership of the Time magazine recently?

Answer: Salesforce.com co-founder Mark Benioff and his wife Lynne

5. This Italian design house founded in the 1930s was a coach builder for Rolls Royce, Lancia and Alfa Romeo. It is also known as the famous partner of Ferrari. For the first time in its history it will be launching an all-electric luxury coupe for sale in 2020. Name the company, its current owner and soon to be launched brand.

Answer: Pininfarina will be launching its electric car PF Zero in 2020. It is now owned by Mahindra & Mahindra

6. What is the buzzword used to describe someone who combines hacking skills with activism to attach or shutdown or deface target websites as a form of political protest?

Answer: Hacktivist

7. This brand gets its name from the sintering, that is, process of fusing plastics together and textiles. Name it.

Answer: Sintex

8. Commedia dell'arte is a form of theatre characterised by masked 'types,' which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent of the actresses and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. During 1789-1799, the working class male citizens of France wore a costume named after a character from this kind of theatre. Name it and also connect it to an Indian brand name.

Answer: Pantaloon or Pantaloons. During the French Revolution (1789-1799), the male citizens of France adopted a working-class costume including ankle-length trousers, or pantaloons from a commedia dell'Arte character named Pantalone

9. Which brand was rebranded four years ago as a “Weapon of Peace”?

Answer: AK-47, the weapon from the Kalashnikov group

10. Identify the company from its logo. It has a JV with a 64-year-old Indian company for white goods manufacture.

Answer: Voltas Ltd has enteredthe consumer appliances market in joint venture with Turkey-based Arçelik. It sells household appliances under a new brand Voltas Beko

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 is November 13 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 six correct entries to Quiz no 586. The winner is Vandana Patel from Indore.