Page 8 - Strategist Quiz

The Strategist Quiz (#454)

1This House of ____ is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. The kings from this dynasty first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century and by the 18th century, some also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma. Spain and Luxembourg now have monarchs linked to this dynasty. Connect it with America's largest selling distilled spirit.2This person was born into a Jewish family in Budapest in the 1930s and managed to survive both the Holocaust and then the Hungarian Communist Party. A childhood bout of scarlet fever left him almost deaf. He fled to America in 1956 when the Soviets invaded his homeland, anglicised his name and enrolled in the City College of New York. He graduated at the top of his class in chemical engineering, despite struggling with poor English and impairment. He once said: "I am a hotheaded 30-year-old running around like a drunken rat." Name him.3Andrew Carnegie, JP Morgan and Rockefeller are three of the many business

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#453)

1Lamar Arnold of Oudenburg (ca 1040-1087) is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the patron saint of hop-pickers and Belgian brewers. His magic potion was beer2Warrant Buffet in his recent Annual Letter to shareholders3Summer Redstone, 92, chairman of CBS and Viacom. Viacom stands for Visual and Audio communications4The Global fashion calendar. Ramadan is the latest to be added since Middle East designers used to follow it5It is Mastercard's mobile app that allows payments through QR codes and NFC6The Cochin International Airport7Lexus and the Guardian Labs commissioned leather worker Úna Burke to design a high-fashion leather dress made from luxurious Lexus seat leather8Marianna's Web, named after the deepest part of the oceans, is the deepest part of the web, where people cannot and don't want you to go or access9Nestle's EveryDay Whitener10Telegram, the cloud-based instant messaging softwareThere were 12 correct entries to quiz No 453. Prashant Srivastava from Haryana wins Rs

The Strategist Quiz (#453)

1 This saint, a soldier initially, rose to be the abbot of St Medard's Abbey, Soissons, France. He then became a priest and in 1080 and also founded the Abbey of St Peter in Oudenburg. Here he created something which he encouraged local peasants to use, instead of water, due to its gift of health. Name the patron saint and his creation.

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#452)

1 Lamar Hunt, owner of the AFL's Kansas City Chiefs, first used the term "Super Bowl" to refer to the NFL-AFL championship game in the merger meetings in the mid-60s. Hunt would later say the name was likely in his head because his children had been playing with a Super Ball2 Wilhelm Hasse founded the Mexican beer brand Dos Equis XX, originally called the Siglo XX3 They called it loyalty. It was further popularised by a book authored by Reichheld in 1996 called "The Loyalty Effect"4 Joy Mangano, an American inventor, businesswoman, and entrepreneur known for inventions such as the self-wringing Miracle Mop. In 2015, Joy, a film loosely based on her life and starring Jennifer Lawrence, was released5 Peanut butter spread6 Thomas Edison, during a discussion with his friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone in 19317 Banana republic. The term was coined by O Henry to describe the fictional "Republic of Anchuria". The clothing brand founded in 1978 is now owned by GAP Inc8 Bandel cheese is an

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#451)

Which is the world's largest planned township or city?

The Strategist Quiz (#452)

A Super Ball is a toy based on a type of synthetic rubber invented in 1964 by chemist Norman Stingley. It is an extremely elastic ball made of Zectro. Super Ball has a very high coefficient of restitution and dropped from shoulder level, it snaps nearly all the way back; thrown down by an average adult, it can leap over a three-story building. Connect this with a famous event that generated over $620 million in a day. Name the event and the person who gave its name. In 1897, a German had a dream of becoming a Mexican brewing legend. It's unusual for a German man living in Germany, but he saw an opportunity to bring his beer expertise across the seas. He embarked upon a 7,000-mile voyage and moved to Mexico and founded a brand. He originally named it as a Roman numeral way of ushering in the 20th century. Name him and the beer brand. Name the term that was coined by Fredrick F Reichheld and his colleagues at Bain & Company when they identified close connections between customer ret

The Strategist Quiz (#451)

Which is the world's largest planned township or city?

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#450)

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

The Strategist Quiz (#450)

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

The Strategist Quiz (#449)

In 1794, the British government had asked the then governor of St. George, Madras, to personally ensure the success of a ____ plantation