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The Strategist Quiz (#410)

Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi
  1. Thirty years ago a group of 25 automobile engineers from India, along with their Japanese counterparts, worked on a project that was code named K/YN4 . Such was the secrecy around it that the physical tests were carried out close to midnight under the cover of darkness. Name the car.
     
  2. Name the brand that is igniting nostalgia with the movie it was associated with 22 years ago. In the movie Jurassic Park, this brand's product was more than a product placement but a pivotal plot point. In the movie one of its containers were modified to nefariously smuggle dino embryos off the island. That attempt met doom with the container lost in the jungle.
     
  3. This person is an American computer engineer, internet entrepreneur, internet activist, advocate of universal access to all knowledge and digital librarian. He is the founder of the Wayback machine and Thinking Machines and a member of the Internet Hall of Fame. Name him.
     
  4. This auto company named a class of its stock it issued to its shareholders Model AA after its first passenger car. It is issuing this class of shares for medium to long-term investors as it aims to raise capital for a business cycle that requires long-term product planning and development. Name the company.
     
  5. Which business book's title is an inspiration from a line in Samuel Beckett's book Worstward Ho? It reads Try again, fail again, fail better. Also mention its authors.
     
  6. This agent was used in the 1880s for the fumigation of citrus trees in California. Its use spread to other countries for the fumigation of silos, goods wagons, ships, and mills. It was first isolated from a blue pigment (Prussian blue) and was given its name from the Greek word for blue. IG Farben a German company used this in one of its products and gained notoriety during WWII. Name this agent.
     
  7. Which brand has been "Separating men from boys and Separating women from girls since 1783"?
     
  8. What is the slang term used to describe this act when politicians or governments "unofficially" undertake projects that benefit a group of citizens in return for that group's support or campaign donations? This spending mostly benefits the needs of a small select group despite the fact that the entire community's funds are being used.
     
  9. In stock broker parlance what are these two stocks collectively known as NSE: EROSMEDIA and NSE: MANDHANA?
     
  10. Name the brand that is using this creature for its branding.

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First Published: May 25 2015 | 12:03 AM IST

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