Answers to the Strategist quiz (#477)

1. This former British test pilot entered aeronautical design and engineering in the 1940s and designed a landing gear allowing aircraft to take off and land in crosswinds. In the 1960s, he invented a device that is also made in collaboration with BMW. The birth of his granddaughter inspired it. Name him.
   Owen Maclaren. In 1965 inspired by the birth of his granddaughter, Maclaren changed modern parenting by inventing the first umbrella-fold baby buggy
    
2. Connect the informal name given to a Californian labour code after a Hollywood actress and an American rock band that released an album called "This is War" which was a reflection of its legal battles it faced with its recording company.
   The rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. After nearly a year of the lawsuit battle it had with Virgin Records the case had been settled based on a contract case involving actress Olivia de Havilland
    
3. This person helped fund William Hewlett and David Packard to form HP. He also funded movies like Walt Disney's Snow White, West Side Story, Gone with the Wind and Lawrence of Arabia. Known as the "reluctant millionaire", who is he?
   Amadeo Pietro Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy in San Francisco. It went on to become Bank of America
    
4. Tancitaro is a remote and seemingly peaceful mountain town, whose entrance is marked by a statue of an __. Four of every five __ sold in the US originate in Tancítaro's home state of Michoacán. It's estimated that 120 million pounds or 240 million fresh __ are consumed during the week leading up to the Super Bowl in the US. Name the commodity.
   Avocados. Guacamole is the most popular dip that is made during the week leading to the Big Game during the Super Bowl
    
5. What is common to the Burj Khalifa, Michael Jackson, football team Arsenal, Maradona and Sachin Tendulkar?
   All are subjects being covered by Kraken Opus, the premium outsized Luxury book publishing firm owned by an ex-Goldman Sachs banker. Sachin's book created a furore
    
6. Earlier the Guinness world record of collected 13,408 kg of PET bottles was achieved by a school in Florida. Name the brand that helped the schools from an Indian city surpass that record this April.
   Bisleri in Mumbai
    
7. With which industry would you connect the terms Butterfly, Snow and Mushroom flake?
   The pop corn industry
    
8. The history of this beer brand dates back to 1818, when a farmer from Yorkshire and his family settled in eastern Canada. He brewed an ale which became popular, and eventually took up brewing. This brand has come out with an industry first recently. Name the brand and its feat
   Beer brand Carling has launched a connected device promising a one-touch solution for online shopping, enabling drinkers to order drinks from their fridge with a 'Beer Button'
    
9. What is common to Wipro and Air India, when it was owned by the Tatas?
   Both went public in 1947
    
10. Identify this company whose co-founder is a Hollywood star.
    Arch Motorcycle company, founded by Gard Hollinger and Keanu Reeves

 

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