ANSWERS TO THE STRATEGIST QUIZ 661

1. Reuter, Paul Julius, Freiherr riginally Israel Beer Josaphat German banker, bookseller, news entrepreneur founded Reuters Ltd in London on the advice of Werner Von Siemens.

2. The Oktoberfest held in Munich every year since 1810. The Unicredit bank has tracks beer inflation during this period using its Wiesn visitor price index

3. Harley Davidson

4. This is after HP bought an analytics software company called Autonomy from its founder Mike Lynch in 2011 and realised that the founder had dressed up the financials of the company before the purchase leading to a massive accounting fraud

5. Maltagliati which in Italian means poorly cut

6. Baba Ramdev compared the prices of these two brands

with his competing products on Twitter and created a sensation

7. Ariel (P&G)

8. Bloomberg

9. Wuhan city

10. A Dark Rum brand called Papa Pilar, named after Ernst Hemmingway and his famous boat Pilar. It is manufactured by the Hemmingway Rum Company located in Florida

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for ~ 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries is May 5 till 8 pm. Previous winners and employees of Business Standard and their families are not eligible to participate. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.

There were seven correct entries to Quiz number 661. The winner is Heer Shah from Ahmedabad