The Strategist Quiz (#313)

1. A year before the attack on Pearl Harbour, the US Navy began to get worried about the Kriegsmarine's fleet of U-boats. Detecting them and sinking them was a challenge. In order to find a solution, the then secretary of Navy contacted a firm who had Good Year tyres and Montgomery Ward as its customers. The firm along with the Navy developed a special sensor system and an appropriate attack strategy. Name the firm that was involved.
    
2. Which Indian Airline has decided to stop hiring men as flight attendants and why?
    
3. This Indian delicacy was invented by an accident by a person who came to Rajasthan from Pakistan after partition in 1947. Then the sweet was made on the footpath with milk and sugar, while making it the milk curdled and he, therefore, let it thicken and filled the thickened sweet in a mould. When opened, it emerged with a delicious brown centre. When people asked him what it was called, his reply became the name by which it is known today. Name the person and the delicacy.
    
4. This cell phone model launched recently has a unique feature for unlocking the screen. It can be unlocked just by the blow of a kiss. Name the brand and the model.
    
5. What is common to Grateful Dead's guitarist, Jerry Garcia and Hugh Nanton Romney a.k.a. Wavy Gravy who was associated with the Woodstock Festival? He is also known to have taken walks with Albert Einstein during his childhood.
    
6. In the late 60s, the founder of this brand was looking for a memorable name for his new dog food formula. The quality of his food was unmatched and all he needed was a name that was just as special. He named the product after a term coined by an American Jazz composer, pianist, singer, actor and band leader. Identify the brand and also mention its current owner.
    
7. What is owned jointly by Tony Fernandez of Air Asia and Lakshmi Mittal of Arcelor Mittal in the ratio of 65:33, respectively?
    
8. Which company's mission is "Enabling Progress"?
    
9. Whose brand's are I'M, Ican, Startline and WE?
    
10. What is unique about this mascot and also name the brand it is associated with?
    

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