The Strategist Quiz (#353)

1. What is Strategy&?
    
2. Until the 1930s Saudi Arabia had no real interest in oil; its economy relied on pilgrimages to the holy sites of Mecca and Madina. The US saw untapped potential and approached the king about the possibility of drilling for oil. What did the King actually hope to find when the Americans started drilling in 1933?
    
3. During the 1940s, pet food was not available in stores and animals were predominantly fed homemade food, usually table scraps. Paul ___ an animal nutritionist who graduated from Ohio State University in 1938, founded The ___ Company in 1946 in a small feed mill near Dayton. In 1950, he developed the world's first animal-based protein, dry dog food and called it ___ 999. Fill in the blanks. Who owns this company?
    
4. This company became a subsidiary of Northrop Gunman in 1952.It was in this company in 1944 an Army photographer David Conover saw a young lady technician named Norma Jeane and thought she had potential as a model. This 'discovery' made her very famous and she eventually changed her name to Marilyn Monroe. Name the company.
    
5. Which company's products are associated with the term Click-to-Run and why?
    
6. What is Capitalism 24902 and what does it stand for?
    
7. What does Graicunas's Formula determine? It is represented by the notation C = n a (2^n)/2 + n - 1 b.
    
8. In the world of finance what are round tripping or Lazy Susan transactions?
    
9. Which brand uses the tagline "Trusted Medicines. Healthier Lives?
    
10. What does this represent?
    

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