Answers to the Strategist quiz (#450)

1. This company founded the 1880s was in the business of luxury ship fitting, producing rail carriages, goods vans, luxury coaches and engines, trams and special truck bodies till WWII. Post WWII the company wanted to make a product for the masses. Based on what it built for the Parachutists, it created a prototype that was nicknamed Paperino, which meant Donald Duck in a popular European language. This was subsequently redesigned and branded in the mid-1940s. Name it.
   
   The Vespa scooter. It was introduced by Enrico Piaggio
    
2. Becoming "_____-proof" is an enviable position for brick and mortar retailers, as they are able to combat online dominance and need not play catch up.
   
   Becoming “Amazon-proof” is an enviable position for any retailer, as the company’s online dominance has most major retailers such as Target and Walmart playing catch-up
    
3. Which is the brand that was renamed after the distinctive clicking sound its container makes while opening and closing?
   
   Tic-Tac. Previously called “Refreshing Mints”, in 1970 it was renamed “Tic Tac”, referring to the distinctive clicking sound that the pack makes as it’s opened and closed
    
4. According to the patent filed in the early 1780s it was called the Geneva System, a first of its kind. What was it?
   
   The first industrial production of artificial mineral water was achieved by English scientist Joseph Priestley. He developed it with an engineer Paul and the druggist Gosse in 1783. It was known as the Geneva-System
    
5. Connect the South African philosophy which translates as "I am what I am because of who we all are" to a technology product and what do you arrive at?
   
   Ubuntu. The open source software platform that runs on a smartphone, PC, tablet or in the cloud
    
6. Name the company that helped re-engineer the Callaway Golf XR 16 driver to maximise aerodynamics for more driving distance.
   
   Boeing
    
7. Like the European guilds during the early Mughal Period, these guilds in India also developed in the 16th century. They regulated trade and settled disputes within various trading communities such as cloth or grain merchants. They were multi-ethnic and multi-religious binding Muslims, Hindus and Jains and others into one commercial class. What were they known as?
   
   Mahajans
    
8. Which brand unveiled a dedicated pizza-delivery vehicle that was crafted out of a small Chevy to include actual aids such as an integrated warming oven and a permanent lighted logo sign on top of the car a year ago?
   
   Domino’s unveiled its DXP car
    
9. Whose erstwhile tag line was "The Power to be your best" and which brand uses the tagline "The Power to do more" now?
   
   “The Power to be your best” was Apple Computers and Dell currently uses the tagline “The Power to do more”
    
10. Explain this ancient symbol below and connect it with a brand whose logo is based on it.
    
    
    
    The symbol for Mars has been used since ancient times to represent iron. The Volvo symbol is an ancient chemistry sign for iron. The iron sign is used to symbolise the strength of iron used in the car as Sweden is known for its quality iron

There were four correct entries to quiz No 450. Swapnil Jadhav from Maharashtra, wins Rs 2000. The winner is based on the first correct entry received.