The Strategist Quiz (#335)

1. What is common to these prefixes Nova, Prime, Feather, Peer, Name and Lite?
    
2. This community was set up in 1886 and first known as the residence of a French painter who moved in there in 1901. Today it supports a multibillion dollar industry. Name the place and the painter.
    
3. In Mexico, they are known as ‘tandas’ or ‘cundinas’ and in the Caribbean, they are known as ‘susu.’ What are they called in India?
    
4. This was the best known animal to serve as a company’s trade mark. It was the 7th and the company’s longest-lived trademark, having appeared on most MGM films since 1957. It captured in the Namibian jungles and brought to the United States in 1921. The first animal of its kind to have been transported by air. Its handler used to give out photographs singed “Growlingly yours ___. Name the animal and the company it represented.
    
5. The Bombay Docks Explosion occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay when the freighter SS Fort Stikine carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold and 1,400 tons of explosives, caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the area killing around 800 people. Which Indian company took advantage of this incident to prove that its product could withstand such a devastating blast?    
    
6. This term purportedly was first used in a syndicated article about the first stages of computerisation of the US Internal Revenue Service that appeared in several US newspapers on April 1, 1963. As a reminder of the state of the art in those days, it  rather sweetly referred to the computer at the centre of the system as a robot and described data being input in local offices on punched cards, transferred to magnetic tape, and flown to the computer centre for processing. What was it?
    
7. Which Indian state uses the base line “Gateway to Serenity” while promoting tourism in its state?
    
8. Which investment bank’s reputation was tarnished after the collapse of a closed end fund called the Shenandoah Corporation in 1929 and what was established as a remedy to stem such occurrences?     
    
9. This Indian arm of an Italian company manufactures helmets for Harley Davidson,Royal Enfield and Vespa. It is also supplying helmets to a Tata group company that has recently entered this market. Name the company and the brand.
    
10. This logo belongs to an erstwhile technology platform. Name it.
    

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