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The Strategist Quiz (#419)

Gaurav Sri Krishna

  1. The CPU from the original ____video game console was used in NASA's New Horizons space probe, which just did a flyby of Pluto. The ______CPU was repurposed in 2006 by NASA to "fire thrusters, monitor sensors and transmit data." Now it has travelled 3.6 billion miles through space. Fill in both the blanks.
     
  2. What is the connection between the term 'software engineering' and the Apollo space missions? Name a person
     
  3. In 1893, these brothers established a brand named after them in Great Britain to manufacture soaps and jams. Soon they began to produce candy products such as caramels and traditional British favourites like chocolate limes and humbugs. For what specific product category is their brand still famous world over? 
     
  4. Go set a watchman by Harper Lee has the following codes BISAC1: FICTION / General, BISAC2: FICTION/Literary, BISAC3: FICTION/Classics printed in the book. What does BISAC stand for?
     
  5. This person lost his father at an early age. He later had a lot of trouble with his step father and was fired from multiple jobs, including that of a lawyer after a courtroom brawl with his own client. He never gave up and while working at a service station in a North Corbin in the US, he came up with his business idea and his brand got established in 1952. Today his brand clocks globally a sales of $41 billion approximately. Name the person and the brand.
     
  6. This brand/product gets its name from the Nahuatl language, known informally as Aztec, spoken by an estimated 1.5 million Nahua people, most of whom live in Central Mexico. This was the first sugar or candy coated product in its category and was apparently inspired by the coating used on Jordan Almonds in the early 1900s. Name the product and its creators.
     
  7. In modern day offices what does the term Prairie Dogging mean?
     
  8. The actual name of the person who founded this company is Karunashankar. He was the son of legendary physician to Ranmal, the then King of Jamnagar. The King was highly pleased with his capabilities and services and, therefore, decided to give him a piece of land on the bank of Rangamati River in Gujarat for manufacturing medicines This is now the oldest factory manufacturing Ayurvedic drugs established 1864. Name the company and the other name the founder is known by.
     
  9. Which new airline's slogan is: "Fly your dream."
     
  10. Identify the brand that gets its name from German car Opel's sub brand and is in the news.
 



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First Published: Jul 27 2015 | 12:03 AM IST

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