The Strategist quiz

1. The metal chosen for this product is stronger than aerospace titanium. The same metal was used for the drill bits for an exploratory mission to Mars. Name the product and its owner.
   
   
2. Which airline runs an animal hotel at the main airport of its home country? (Hint: It is the world's most modern and largest facility of its kind.)
   
   
3. This company's founder began his business in an abandoned telephone operator's room, in the hollow remnants of a bombed and burned out old department store with seven employees and $1600 of personal savings. Name him and his company.
   
   
4. Which company's VIP list boasts of names like Nadia Comaneci, Mohammed Ali, Nicholas Cage, Anna Kournikova, Britney Spears and the WWF wrestler Rock?
   
   
5. Which company is the largest producer of pizza toppings in the world?
   
   
6. Which British bank was the first to place an order for a computer and when?
   
   
7. What term is used to describe a part of the Internet that is inaccessible to conventional search engines, and consequently, to most users?
   
   
8. Which liquor brand has a herbal ingredient called Garcinia, that supposedly helps in burning excess fat and in controlling cholesterol levels?
   
   
9. In the mid-1980s, Telco's proposal to manufacture a luxury car was rejected by the Government of India. Name the car the company was planning to manufacture?
   
   
10. This product's design was inspired by the grace of a wine glass. Name the product and the company it belongs to.
    
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