The Strategist Quiz (#447)

1. This company moved from making underwear to sportswear. It was set up in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy in 1909 started by making knitwear for the people of the Italian Alps. Name it.
    
2. The Jivanji brothers were known as the first Parsis to go to China and establish business contacts in the 1700s. The China trade proved profitable and this made them adopt a new family surname. What was it?
    
3. This is one of Hong Kong's signature corporate charity events. It takes place in the heart of the central business district, symbolising the various challenges one faces in the business world in a fun and exciting way. Here teams of executives dressed in business attire or creative costumes and running shoes navigate eight different obstacles, passing a briefcase "baton" between each other as they race their way to the finish line. What is this race called?
    
4. Connect the world's wine industry capital and Samsung and what do you get?
    
5. The Zippy car is undergoing a name change. Why?
    
6. For whom is Y-3, the partnership between Adidas and Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto, now creating an entire line of garments for future astronauts and pilots, as well as operations and maintenance teams?
    
7. This person found a name for his brand in 1932 from the word Zipper. He liked the sound of the word "zipper" so he formed different variations on the word and settled on to naming his brand. Name the person and the brand.
    
8. One of the changes that signaled the re-emergence of Europe from the dark ages was its trade with countries in the Levant (is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the eastern Mediterranean). This is reflected in the history of this word that came into English language in the late 15th century. In French it meant "damage to ship", and in Arabic it meant "damaged merchandise". What is this word?
    
9. Which brand uses this baseline "There is a lot to be won"?
    
10. Name the brand from its logo and also the Indian brand it is associated with.

 

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