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The Strategist Quiz (#474)

This Canadian-born company founder received a patent for an invention in the mid-1910s, after experiments at his Chicago boarding house that helped turn the commodity shippable

The Strategist Quiz (#473)

This person was unconventional and an executive in an Oil Company. His first guru was a Russian who brought Sufism to Europe

The Strategist Quiz (#472)

Which Indian company is the first to get a nod to sell a follow-on biologic or subsequent entry biologic in a developed country? The Dissolution of the Monasteries in the late 1530s was one of the most revolutionary events in English history. It was the set of administrative and legal processes by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of assets, and reassigned or dismissed their former members and functions. What method was used to value the assets? Connect the king of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, who was also emperor of Austria, with a German, who was the surgeon general to the armies of Simon Bolivar, and a product that continues to have an oversized label. ow have the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia and Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi been immortalised as products/brands still in use? What word came into the English language when 19th Century English textile wor

The Strategist Quiz (#471)

Identify this special limited edition: It is dedicated to a lady and her time in Paris in the 1920s with art deco motifs

The Strategist Quiz (#470)

Connect the jazz club musicians from the 1920s in the US with some of the people employed by digital era entities like Uber and Air BnB now and what do you arrive at?

The Strategist Quiz (#469)

Who is responsible for the launch of the Dipper brand of condoms and why? In the mid-1990s IBM, Compaq, Oracle and Cisco were willing to invest in a $100 million fund collectively to create the ____fund to support start-ups who would use _____to challenge ______hegemony. Fill in the blanks. Connect the famous Botticelli painting "The Adoration of the Magi" to the popular concept of Double entry Book keeping in Accountancy and what do you arrive at? The late Mrs Mary Lea Johnson Richards, a founder and partner of the Producer Circle, a New York film and theatrical production company, won 22 Tony Awards. It produced Broadway such as ''On the Twentieth Century,'' ''Sweeney Todd,'' ''La Cage aux Folles,'' ''Crimes of the Heart,'' which won a Pulitzer Prize etc., has a first to her credit. What is it? The founder of this company as a 9 year old bred earthworms in his backyard. When he was in High School he was hired as a video game tester for Lucasfilm and got paid $6 an hour to test the I

The Strategist Quiz (#467)

Who is launching a range of fragrant perfumes under the brand name "Lust"? It is one of the oldest companies listed in the Dow Jones Index since 1896 that started in this city in the New York state. The motto of this city is: "The city that lights and hauls the world." During the late 60s and early 70s, one of its utility operations managers found that its mailing operations personnel process an average of 50,000 pieces of incoming external mail daily. Instead of the mail getting dropped off at the downtown post office, the company got a ZIP code __ for its own mailroom. Name the company, the city and mention its ZIP code. These German software engineers were told by their employer IBM in the 70s to stop working on a project that linked processes in several parts of organisation. Rather than abandon the project they started their own company. Name it. Who said this, "We are gambling on our vision, and we would rather do that than make 'me too' products. Let some other companies do tha

The Strategist Quiz (#466)

This person studied at the University of Milan and at the University Atlanta in the US. He was a pilot for the Italian air force during WW-II and was close to Benito Mussolini's eldest daughter. He was also a member of the Italian Winter Olympics team in the '30s. Name the brand he founded. Connect the famous bridge in New York between Brooklyn and Staten Island and a very famous wine brand from the Chianti region in Italy. What do you arrive at? This woman was drowned in a ship that was torpedoed by a German U Boat in mid-1910 while travelling to India. Today, an AI Valet embedded in a world famous luxury product is named after her. In fact, she is a part of each and every product rolled out by this brand since she modelled for the sculptor who created this brand's marquee. Name her. Name this online celebrity media (blog) publishing entity that filed for bankruptcy recently as a direct result of the monetary judgment against the company related to the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit. Th

The Strategist Quiz (#465)

This product was named after __ & Murrie both, who partnered to launch this brand during the late 1930s. In which European country has this brand been barred from being sold with its products using the lower-case "m" as it resembles a local brand closely. Name the country and the brand. Just after World War II, production of leather goods in Europe resumed and this brand was the first to introduce pigskin, which became its signature house material. Name it. Which company changed its stock symbol after a group of its customers who were farm boys in the 1920s displayed a pig as a mascot while using its product? Connect the famous LVMH (Louis Vuitton) store on the Champs-Élysees, one of the first department stores opened in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower and what do you arrive at? This 100-year-old beverage brand was founded by a Britisher who after working as a stockbroker's clerk and soap factory manager decided to enter the world of flavours and spices. Its mascot is a British bull

The Strategist Quiz (#464)

This brand that is having trouble in India was founded by a Korean immigrant in the US while working as a janitor and serving coffee at a fuel station. It has also been hauled up by media houses alleging it was promoting a Christian agenda because it sold apparel items printed with words like "Thank God", "holy", "peace", "faith", "hope", "love" and "Jesus". Name the brand and its founder. A poison pill is a tactic utilised by companies to prevent or discourage hostile takeovers. Soon after AOL went public in 1992 it had to pass a board resolution to use a poison pill that had a threshold of 20 per cent of its stock to confront whom? This company, set up in 1928, was named by the founder after his mother's maiden name. Today most of its key assets bear the names of its family members: Adrain, Anna, Alexander, Emma, Mckinney, Caroline, Cecilie and the list goes on. Name the company and its founder. The two Eds created the first folding wood-slat porch recliner. As their innovative recl

The Strategist Quiz (#462)

In order to protect its business during the heyday of the internet boom and avoid fighting with its competitors which company acquired four companies called Grand Junction, Kalpana, Crescendo and Granite?

The Strategist Quiz (#461)

What's the connection between the acoustics design for the UN General Assembly Hall and the modern usage of the @ symbol in the internet era.

The Strategist Quiz (#460)

This brand's origins can be traced back to the 1930s when the British were ruling undivided India. Trains would make a stop close to a processing unit where farmers sold their fresh produce. The spot thus came to be known as __. The brand, named after this location, changed hands twice subsequently. Name it. The UK edition of this magazine is celebrating its 100th year this month with a 100-year-old model posing for a 185-year-old departmental store. Name the magazine and the advertiser. What is the relation between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author for fiction with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)? Name the author and establish the link. In the world of finance, the origin of what is generally attributed to the Knights Templar and Hospitallers? They used signed documents in order to transfer wealth among their order houses. The founder of which business group first started out by setting up the Dove Corporation that sold premium liquor and fashion labels in duty-free shops? T

The Strategist Quiz (#459)

This dish originated in a Brahmin coffee house that was set up in 1924. During World War II the owner found it very difficult to procure rice for making idlis. He was therefore forced to innovate. Today this dish is an integral part of its identity and the packaging food industry. Name it and its inventor. Which Indian vehicle's design was inspired by the fastest animal on the land, also the first Indian manufacturer to develop a monocoque body for a vehicle in its class? The CEO of which company said this, "We are moving where the deer are few and software developers plentiful, sitting in a rural setting, you can never be scared enough of what's next"? Emperor Nero's palace Domus Aurea on the Palatine Hill was the first to have this and a hotel in Gujarat was the first in Asia to have it on its premises. What is it? Also, name the Indian hotel. The person who made this statement, "Always remember that someone somewhere is making a product that will make your product obsolete", is con

The Strategist Quiz (#458)

These vessels in the mid-19th century got their names from a word English poet John Dryden used to describe the swift flight of a falcon

The Strategist Quiz (#457)

The ideal exchange rate for India is neither strong nor weak, just right. Typically, market forces get you to this __ rate, also the name of a fairy-tale character created by an English poet of the Romantic school and one of the "Lake Poets". Ian Fleming drew inspiration for the James Bond character Q from the Quartermaster in the army and also the deceptive Q-ships used during the WW-II. Name the company that has drawn inspiration from this character and is named after it. Also name the person who gave it its purpose. This business group owes its origins to a pharmacy set up in Guangzhou in the 1820s that later became a chain run out of Hong Kong and took the name of a British doctor who joined it as a manager. The doctor set up a scholarship to support a local medical school in which renowned revolutionary Sun Yat Sen was a beneficiary. Name the business group and the pharmacy chain. The chairman of which company in his letter to the shareholders makes this mention, "We think Mr. Mo

The Strategist Quiz (#456)

Created when the first version of this product/electronic utility was invented, the icon was drawn to resemble Neptune's Trident, the mighty Dreizack. What is it? A former servant of the East India Company, on completing his indenture, set up a wine merchant business in Madras in 1825. A whisky brand named after him was launched in 1968. Recently, its owner had to succumb to pressure from the Scotch Whisky Association to change its name in markets outside of India, on concerns that customers could confuse the spirit with Scotch. Name it. This brand's new claim, mainly in marketing campaigns in the US, is "Ingenuity for Life", reflective of what has been in its DNA since 1847. Name the company. In the US, Intel, GE and Exxon Mobil pushed for something called the common core standards. What does it mean? This company's first sales agents in India began work in Chennai and Kolkata in 1912. It uses a term to describe smaller or "daily-portion" packs designed to be bought on a regular basi

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#455)

Digital Price Index. Adobe, along with economists Austan Dean Goolsbee and Peter Klenow, has come up with the index that along with CPI will map inflation better. This index tracks online prices Virgin America Dan Schulman, CEO of PayPal Afineur, a start-up that was founded by a biologist and flavourist in New York in late 2014 Henrietta Howland "Hetty" Green, aka the "Witch of Wall Street", was a businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age Samuel L Clemens, better known as Mark Twain All trademarked software solutions from the stable of open source software framework firm Hadoop Henry Ford was watching travellers arrive at the Ford Airport in Dearborn. He realised there was no place for the passengers to eat or sleep closer than Detroit. So, he commissioned architect Albert Kahn to design one of the first airport hotels, The Dearborn Inn Open Issues List Kamiliant, a luggage sub-brand from SamsoniteThere were 10 correct entries to quiz No

The Strategist Quiz (#455)

WPI (Wholesale Price Index) and CPI (Consumer Price Index) have been the traditional indicators used to track inflation

Answers to the Strategist quiz (#454)

This House of ____ is a European royal house of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty