The Strategist Quiz

1. Which company's founder came up with the world's first installment plan to make his product affordable, way back in the 1850s?
   
   
2. Early this year in the US, consumer electronic stores such as Circuit City, Tweeter Home Entertainment Group, Rex Stores and Comp USA were either forced to close a number of stores or reduce their staff. What was the reason for this fallout?
   
   
3. The first account of this commodity being brought to India is in 1670 by a Sufi saint on his return from Mecca. A range of hills in the Western Ghats are also named after this person. What did he introduce in India for the first time?
   
   
4. Name the first Indian company to manufacture laptops in the country?
   
   
5. Which building did a finance executive who worked with DuPont and General Motors build in 1931?
   
   
6. In the financial services industry, which event is still known as the "first supper"?
   
   
7. What is the act of taking a function traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people using information technology, called?
   
8. Which company manufactured the lenses used on the cameras that took the first satellite pictures of the moon?
   
   
9. This was the first one to be produced in 1954 and it was called the Red Dragon Fly by its Japanese enthusiasts. Identify it.
   
   
10. Mozart's Fifth Symphony is the popular signature tune for which brand?

The winner will receive a prize of Rs 2,000. Please send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in Entries will not be entertained unless accompanied by your full postal address. Last date for receiving entries: June 6. Business Standard Limited employees and previous winners of the quiz and their families are not eligible to participate.