The Strategist Quiz (#514)

The Strategist Quiz, June 8, 2017

1. Connect a ship that was torpedoed by the Germans during WWII in which children died and PM Narendra Modi to an invention that is helping Bluetooth, cell phone and Wi-Fi networks. Name the inventor too.

2. This person visited a mechanical museum in London run by a Belgian inventor and automation expert when he was eight years old in the late 1790s. His curiosity was sparked by a mechanised dancing lady. At 40 he purchased this same dancer for 35 pounds in an auction. His seminal analysis on industrial technology published in the 1830s influenced Karl Marx too. This dancer inspired him to invent the world’s first __. Name him and the founder of the mechanical museum he visited.

3. Which company’s automation platform or framework is christened “DAVID”?

4. X will provide network infrastructure services to Y, while Y will resume selling X’s health products, which were previously sold under the Withings brand. Who are X & Y?

5. This fruit ripens in four stages and are known throughout the world as kimri, khlal, rutab and tamr. Egypt is the country that produces 17 per cent of the global output of this commodity. Name it.

6. Who runs an advertising series of films made with celebrities titled “Where the heart is” for its brand?

7. This brand in the US has created its own music with motivational playlists like “The best never stop”, “I will what I want”, and “Rule yourself. It plays this music in all its own branded stores. Who launched this brand in India? Also name the brand.

8. This was a term that was coined in 1999 by __ but was popularised by the famous Tim O’Reilly in 2004. What is it?

9. On which brand’s packaging will you find the line, “Contains Love and ingredient bits therefore shake well and use”?

10. Whose logo is this? Explain the significance of the arrows.

 

Compiled by Gaurav Sri Krishna, www.facebook.com/gaurav.s.krishna

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