The Strategist Quiz (#385)

1. In the 1950s, this person an MIT graduate and scientist, was working for a manufacturing company when he accidentally discovered a remarkably strong material that could be used not just to make the nose cone of a missile but also to contain a casserole in both a refrigerator and hot oven. Name him and the brand of cookware he invented.
    
2. For appearing in which brand's advertisement was Wasim Akram fined and ordered to apologise to the nation by a Pakistan Civil Court, and Harbhajan Singh was asked to apologise by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC).
    
3. Truvia, a sugar substitute, was jointly developed by Coca-Cola and Monsanto. With whom did Pepsi collaborate and develop another sugar substitute? Also name it.
    
4. Connect this company, which was created in the mid 1850s by an imperial decree of Napoleon III to supply water to the public in Lyon, with Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Maroon 5 and Lady Gaga. What do you arrive at.
    
5. The founder of this 80-year-old company was looking for a name to give his company. He had gone to see a play in which there were two characters ____ and Sona. He found Sona too glamorous a name and, hence, chose the former. He started the company with a loan of Rs 590 from Pearl Assurance Company. Name the company and its founder.
    
6. Apart from the US flag, which other flag was carried by John Glenn on the first US orbital space flight in 1962 and taken to the moon by Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969?
    
7. What is common to these start-up ventures : Sonitus Medical a company that makes hearing aids that feet over teeth and sends sound waves directly to the ear, Destineer studios that makes military themed video games and AdaptiveEnergy that harvests energy from shocks, vibrations and footfalls.
    
8. Which brand has used the electrical units of volts and ampere as sub brand names for its products?
    
9. Which brand is now "The New Face of Business"?
    
10. Whose logo is this?
    

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