Answers to the Strategist quiz (#494)

Strategy Quiz (#494) answers

1. Connect Michelangelo’s sculpture David, Akshardham temple in Delhi, Sheikh Zayed Mosque in Abu Dhabi, Harvard Medical School, the Pantheon in Rome and the first ever industrial patent granted in 1421 to an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, architect, engineer and establish the connection.

Carrara Marble. All of them have been built with marble from Carrara in Italy. Also in 1421 the world’s first industrial patent was given to Filippo Brunelleschi for the manufacture of a barge with lifting gear used to ferry marble from Carrara to Florence

2. During WW-I a gift from an Indian helped the RAF create a squadron that successfully crossed over to France. Aircraft were made by the Aircraft Manufacturing Company Ltd. British aircraft manufacturer produced these aircraft for their military designed by Geoffrey de Havilland. Whose gift was this and what was the squadron called?

The DH9A aircraft were gifted by the Nizam of Hyderabad. The RAF 110 squadron was known as the Hyderabad Squadron

3. This firm was registered in Argentina in 2006 and has a presence in India. Its business model is based on a successful firm founded in the US in 1995. It has introduced a term for old unused goods in homes covered with dust. What’s the term and name the firm?

Brown money is a term coined by OLX.com. It relates to all the items lying around in people's homes that gather on them a layer of brown dust

4. This south Indian condiment colloquially called gunpowder is also known as Molaga podi (chilli powder) or idli powder. A global QSR has made a sauce with the same flavouring to serve in its joints in India . Who is launching this new offering and what is it being called?

Masala Dosa Burgers from McDonald’s India as part of its Mcbreakfast menu

5. Connect Lego’s first Star Wars-themed set introduced in 1999 and the Lego NBA series it produced in 2003 with its product philosophy.

Use only yellow as the skin colour for all its figurines. It was considered as ethnically neutral skin colour and therefore in the Star Wars series the character Lando Carlissian was omitted. It had to compromise on this philosophy when it produced the NBA series since most players were black

6. The founder of this brand began with an investment of about $1,000 in the ’90s. His famous statement is: “I get inspiration from pounding the pavement all over the world.” In the early 2000s, he was also convicted by the SEC for stock manipulation, money and securities fraud. Name him.

Steve Madden, founder of Steve Madden Limited

7. Which brand has launched a British-speaking spokes-lizard, a voice-responsive virtual assistant named Kate that replies to consumers?

Berkshire Hathaway-owned insurance company GEICO

8. Who invented the electronic or digital diary in the ’70s?

Sam Pitroda, who authored India’s telecom revolution

9. The brand whose mascot was introduced in the late 1960s in India is going to launch its brand merchandise in the form of key rings, refrigerator magnets and polka dot frocks. Name it.

Amul

10. Name the brand and mention the Biblical character it’s named after.

Sephora, the French cosmetics brand named after the wife of Moses, Zipporah

There was one correct entry to quiz No 494. The winner is Latha Nagaraj from Bengaluru.