The Strategist Quiz (#462)

1. In order to protect its business during the heyday of the internet boom and avoid fighting with its competitors which company acquired four companies called Grand Junction, Kalpana, Crescendo and Granite?
    
2. A non-corrosive metal used in capacitors for mobile phones and DVD players gets its name from this Greek mythological figure is most famous for his eternal punishment. He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink. What is it?
    
3. Who during his earlier years in his textile business launched a fabric for men called WBB (White, Blue, and Brown)?
    
4. Who is launching a product called Daydream?
    
5. To whom did JRD Tata make this comment when he was invited to receive its first planes, "__if you cannot make your airline better than the best then send these two aircraft back today"?
    
6. This 40-year-old industry, based in a town, which is believed to have got its name from Ravana's father-in-law has grown tremendously in the last seven-eight years and is estimated at Rs 200 crore-plus. It supplies Hollywood producers with ancient arms, ammunition, attire, furniture, books, leather goods and household items. Name the town.
    
7. Prompted by the demand of the Indian Defence Forces for clothing for soldiers the founder of this company set up a factory in the 1920s close to the city of Bombay. Name the founder and the company. It changed ownership twice subsequently.
    
8. The first people to use __ were those who lived in early civilisations of Mesopotamia around 7,000 BC. During this time, only the wealthy used __. The number of __ symbolised status, so the more one owned the more affluence she held. Today some of them are called buckwheat and down. Fill in the blank.
    
9. Whose last words were "To my friends my work is done - Why wait?"
    
10. Name the brand from its logo and mention the history it created.
    

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