The Strategist Quiz (#307)

1. During the 1860s when the US civil war going on, Gujarati businessmen made fortunes by trading in cotton. They worked late into the night when rates were wired in and orders were wired out at the US and European time zones. The demand for food at such a late hour gave rise to the invention of a popular dish. It consisted mainly of a mash of left over vegetables and bread supplied by Portuguese Jesuits. Name this dish.
    
2. Connect the thermometer, piano, typewriter and the oldest film festival in the world.
    
3. Name the company whose name is derived from the Arabic word for union. Recently, it forged a union with an Indian firm.
    
4. The locks being manufactured from this place are likely to get Geographical Indication (GI) for establishing their place of origin. The same place has also been a centre for tobacco trade and manufacture of cigars. Winston Churchill's favourite cigar the Churut or Light of Asia was also made here. Name the place.
    
5. This brand has stamped DVDs with thermal ink and flavoured varnish, both sensitive to the heat. While people watch the movie, the heat of the DVD player helps spread the smell of pizzas. Subsequently, the disc smells like a pizza on ejection too. Name the brand and the country where it has started this campaign.
    
6. Which brand has introduced special collector's edition packs in India along with the Lonely Planet Magazine?
    
7. In 1896 they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve and St. Claire, named after their ancestors. Their invention of the self-oiling hub and the innovation of machining the crank arm and pedal on the left side of the bike with left-hand threads helped prevent the pedal from coming unscrewed while cycling. They also ran a printing shop on the second-floor of their rented brick building. Name them?
    
8. This entity started out as an A&W root beer franchise in the late 1920s in Washington DC. Subsequently, in the 1930s, it began in-flight catering. In the 40s it opened industrial cafeterias and went public in the early 50s. Name this brand.
    
9. Which country's currency gets its name from the city of Florence?
    
10. Connect both the pictures and what do you get?
    
    

 

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