The Strategist Quiz #014

1. Which industry came into existence in 1955 thanks to a company called Cummings & Sanders being granted the metal-to-metal buckle patent?
   
   
2. Chili, Ginger, Green, Hell, Honey and Lite are different types of ..........
   
   
3. Why was a lady named Pat Riley ordered by the police to leave Bondi Beach, Sydney in 1946 and what was her distinction?
   
   
4. Identify this person who is a founder, businessman and philanthropist who donated $1 billion to the United Nations and is also the proud owner of the largest private bison herd. He has over 45,000 bison.
   
   
5. Identify this Indian brand that was created in the 1940s to cater to American soldiers who were stationed in Delhi during World War II. The founder use to dish it out from a hand-held wooden machine.
   
   
6. Who bought the last Airbus A300 aircraft? Airbus stopped the production of the A300/310 family in July this year.
   
   
7. Which world-famous US company became a household name without advertising from 1900 to 1970?
   
   
8. The head of which business group did the Swatantra party, founded by C Rajagopalchari in 1961, approach for political funding?
   
   
9. Connect the Millau Viaduct, Jules Verne's novel Earth to Moon, the Panama Canal and the Eiffel Tower with a corporate ad campaign. Name the company and the campaign's main theme.
   
   
10. Which Indian business family owns the world's oldest active sailing ship, The Foundroyant, which started its life in Mumbai in 1817?
    
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