The Strategist Quiz (#516)

The Strategist Quiz, June 22, 2017

1. In the fall of 1961 3 MIT graduate students were rooming together at what they called a “Barely habitable tenement”. Since it was on a street called Hingham Street they dubbed their living quarters as “Hingham Institute”. Who were they and what did they go on to create?
 

2.  Why have the share prices of two well-known Japanese restaurant chains Totenko and Seiyoken, risen about 30% and 21%respectively since February 2017?
 

3. At the age of 15 this person was Life guard in the Borough of Queens. He also was a sprinkler installer. With his earnings he set up