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The Strategist Quiz (#327)

Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi

  1. After visiting quality-obsessed Germany, the CEO of this company in the mid 80s handed out sledgehammers and joined his employees in smashing 76 faulty appliances manufactured by the company in full public view. This made him a national celebrity and was the beginning of his firm's transformation. Name him and his company.
     
  2. This person started her career as a graphic designer. Feeding problems faced by one of her children forced her to invent a solution, which is now being used for the last 30 years across the world and is widely acclaimed by the medical fraternity. Inspiration for her second invention unfolded when a child at a friend's place spilt black currant juice on the carpet. Today she is an inventor and entrepreneur running a company with her patented products. Name the person and the second revolutionary product she patented in 1993.
     
  3. This company is named after its founder Haveli Ram. It is now being run by a septuagenarian who is its chairman. Name the company and its Chairman
     
  4. What is the term used to describe a new lifestyle disease or physical affliction that is caused because of inclining the head while peering at a mobile device's screen?
     
  5. During the early 1900, this person could not pursue his studies in Oxford because of a fall in the value of the Indian rupee. It was the currency in which his father's pension was expressed. His father found him a position with the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. However, this person was never interested in banking as a career and never learned a thing about banking. Money for Nothing and Money in the Bank are titles of the two books which he authored. He wrote Money in the Bank while he was imprisoned in a Nazi camp in Poland for civilian prisoners during 1940-41. Name this person.
     
  6. Which brand was the first major US food processor to voluntarily adopt nutritional labeling (listing of nutritional facts) on all its food products in the states? This innovation made headlines throughout the country and was applauded by government officials as a breakthrough in consumer education. 
     
  7. Name the brand that is jointly managed by PepsiCo and Unilever?
     
  8. Connect the defunct companies: Ansonia Clock Company of Brooklyn, New York, and the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio, with Yuri Gagarin and what do you arrive at?
     
  9. Who uses the baseline "Be more everyday?"
     
  10. Identify the logo and mention the significance of the entity it belongs to during October/November.

 

 


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First Published: Oct 21 2013 | 12:13 AM IST

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