Answers to the Strategist quiz #635

Answers to the Strategist quiz #635

1 Connect the sixth-tallest alpine mountain located in Switzerland and bankruptcy of Thomas Cook in the UK and what do you arrive at?

1.  The UK Civil Aviation Authority launched largest peacetime repatriation “Operation Matterhorn” on September 23 to bring more than 150,000 people back to the UK and among them were mostly passengers who were to fly with Thomas Cook

2 Ten aircrafts, Burger King, Virat Kohli, Amitabh Bacchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Dulquer Salman, Mahesh Babu and Alia Bhat all helped promote which brand recently?

2.  Flipkart's Big Billion days (September 29-October 2)

3 Which product had changing codes like Zeus, Tampa, Eton and then finally Kansas?

3. The New Coke that failed post its launch in 1985

4 Connect theFirst Continental Congress in 1775, a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States, 

4. Madeira Wine which was a fortified wine that was made on the island of Madeira in Portugal where the football star was born. It was also served during the first continental congress and was stocked by the British East India Company in Calcutta and Madras. The island was kept as a reserve in case of additional dowry demands for Catherine Braganza's wedding by the Portuguese

5 MDF has a masala called the Kitchen King, but which industrialist in India is actually called the Kitchen King?

5. T T Jagannathan of the TTK group 

6 The Chemical Landmark Scheme (CLS) is a Royal Society of Chemistry initiative recognising sites where the chemical sciences have made a significant contribution to health, wealth, or quality of life. Name the founder of an Indian company who was the first one to receive it outside of Europe. Name him and the company he founded.

6.  Sir Prafulla Chandra Ray, founder of Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

7 Connect Dhaka which was originally called Dhakeshwari and Mosul in Iraq and what do you arrive at?

7. Muslin cloth. It was supposed to have originated in Dhaka and since the European traders first encountered this fabric in Mosul they called it Muslin

8 In business, what is the buzzword for an overly impressive product that is loaded with fancy bells and whistles?

8. The Swiss-knife effect

9 Who uses this tagline "Touch the Cloud"?

9. SPARSH

10 Identify the bird and connect it with a brand. This bird flies the longest distance during the seasonal migratory period. 

10. The fourth largest luggage brand in India — Traworld. It derives its inspiration from the Arctic Tern, a tiny bird that travels from the Arctic region to Antarctica every year 
 

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