The Strategist Quiz #590

The Strategist Quiz #590

1.  During the 1940 census, the US Government used this person’s sampling technique and post WWII it sent him to Japan to rebuild its Industrial infrastructure. He wrote many books and was famous for his classic “Red Bean” experiment on stage. Name him.
 

2. The existence of this kind of shoe in Europe is documented since at least 1322, made out of Halfah or Esparto grass grown in North Africa and Southern Europe. Name the brand whose founder was inspired by this kind of footwear and started a brand in the US whose motto is One for One, where for every pair of shoes sold one pair is donated free to deserving children who do not have shoes.   
 

3. The acquisition of which company helped Amazon launch its prime video services?
 

4.  Connect the meeting of Queen Victoria with US Minister to Great Britain in 1871, a term used for the top performing company stocks, the Governments of Karnataka, West Bengal & Nagaland legalizing it.Name this multi-billion dollar industry.
 

5. Haltermann Carless Ltd. is the present-day continuation of one of the earliest oil companies. What is its contribution to the English language?
 

6.  What is the term used when an organisation's strategic plan is displayed prominently behind an executive's desk, but sits untouched till it is updated the following year?
Hint: A kind of furniture.

7.  The artist Francisco de Goya worked here as a waiter while waiting to get accepted into the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, it gets a mention in an Ernest Hemingway Novel, and its founder is a Frenchman. Connect and state the significance.
 

8.  If you are using a Freemans in India what would be using?
 

9.  Who has been described as the “Edison of the Internet”?
 

10.  Identify this global organisation and state its motto. The revenues of its US wing is about $5 Billion

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