The Strategist Quiz (#364)

1. A former employee of this paint company in the US is suing it for discrimination after he says the company named two brown paint tones after him. He claims that he was given the boot in March 2014 after he repeatedly complained about the colors Tucker Chocolate and Clinton Brown. Name the company and its current owner.
    
2. On June 28, 1914 the driver of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's car made a wrong turn on the streets of Sarajevo and since the car had no reverse gear the car had to be pushed back on to the main road. This they say became an advantage for his assassin. Name the make of the car that was used on that ill fated day.
    
3. Which brand prides itself on one of its products being associated with these historic sporting events: Jesse Owens 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay then) taking gold in the boxing light heavyweight division in the 1960 Rome Olympics, Dick Fosbury's revolutionary high jump technique, which debuted in the 1968 Mexico Olympics and Nadia Comaneci's perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics?
    
4. In the 1890s this establishment selling luxury goods debuted one of the first escalator's in its home country. It is said that nervous customers were offered brandy at the top to revive them after their ordeal. During World War II, it transformed itself from selling luxury goods to making uniforms, parachutes and parts for Lancaster bombers. Name it.
    
5. Which company's weekly all hands meetings are called Thank God it's Friday (TGIF) meetings?
    
6. The term quad play sometimes also referred to "The Fantastic Four" is used in a particular industry. Name it and also explain what it means.
    
7. Which Indian businessman claims to be the only person who was allowed to touch Mother Teresa's feet after her death?
    
8. Name the company whose very important global strategic product is named Dragontrail.
    
9. To raise initial seed capital, the founders of this US-based firm realised that one of their ideas to create a fun breakfast cereal to be used in their business model could be monetised in a big way. Taking advantage of the election year in 2008, they purchased huge quantities of bulk cereal, and pasted together cardboard boxes they'd paid an artist to brand as Obama O's and Cap'n McCain cereal. In two months, the entrepreneurs sold 800 boxes of cereal for a profit of more than $30,000. This attracted other VCs to them. Name the company
    
10. Identify the firm from its logo. It uses the baseline "Even the strongest climbers need a guide".
    

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