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The Strategist Quiz (#346)

Gaurav Sri Krishna

  1. This person is considered as internet's 5th man in a list that includes Vincent Cerf, Bob Kahn, Tim Berns Lee and March Andreessen. He came up with datagrams that inspired Vincent Cerf and Dr Kahn and others in the development of the TCP/IP protocols. Name him and the technology company he first worked for in his home country.
     
  2. What was the outcome of a top secret project/mission called X3 that was initiated in one of India's largest companies in 2003?
     
  3. The Abu Dhabi airport is the 15th airport to get this facility. The other airports include Aruba, Bermuda, Bahamas, Shannon & Dublin in Ireland and 8 Canadian international airports. What is this facility?
     
  4. This person was born in a small mountain village in Northern Italy in 1896 and came to the US after serving in the Italian Army during WWI. He came to seek his fortune and chose window cleaning as his profession. As much as he enjoyed his job and the freedom it afforded him, he didn't like the tools he had to work with. He started tinkering with his idea for a revolutionary tool, and after much trial and error, he patented his innovative new tool in 1936 and dubbed it the NEW DEAL. Name the person and the company that still sells his products
     
  5. Which was the last nation on earth to embrace or have television in its country?
     
  6. The CEO of which company said this recently "We started thinking of ourselves as a beauty company. We spent all our time at the Oscars, the Grammys or Fashion Week, which now runs for months. We don't stay focused on the consumer"?
     
  7. Whose brands are Aristos, S.C.T. and Arin?
     
  8. Which company uses this baseline "Architect of an Open World"?
     
  9. What is the term used to describe a vehicle equipped with experimental or prototype components for testing in the automobile industry? Automakers use it to evaluate all aspects of vehicles before a full pre-production car is built.
     
  What does this logo represent?
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First Published: Mar 03 2014 | 12:03 AM IST

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