Answers to 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.
   Fila
    
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?
   Readymoney. They adopted this name because the Chinese trade brought in ready money into the family
    
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?
   The Annual Central Rat Race
    
4. Connect the world's wine industry capital and Samsung and what do you get?
   In 2006, Samsung introduced the Bordeaux, one of its most famous television models. The Bordeaux series included crystal wine glass-inspired LCD TVs that captured the attention of high-end consumers worldwide.
    
5. The Zippy car is undergoing a name change. Why?
   Tata's Zica is being renamed. Empathising with the hardships being caused by the recent Zika virus outbreak, Tata Motors has decided to re-brand the car
    
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?
   Virgin Galactic
    
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.
   George Blaisdell, founder of the Zippo cigarette lighter 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?
   The English word average. Financial loss incurred through damage to goods in transit, from the French "avarie", sometimes traced to the Arabic "arwariya"
    
9. Which brand uses this baseline "There is a lot to be won"?
   Skore condoms
    
10. Name the brand from its logo and also the Indian brand it is associated with.
    Danish watch brand Obaku

 

 

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