Answers to the Strategist quiz #617

Answers to the Strategist quiz #617

1. Connect Mohammed Bin Faisal Al Saud (Saudi Royal and businessman), Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and the German Sea Prize winning marine salvage expert who managed to salvage Costa Concordia which got wrecked off the coast of Italy.
 

 Harvesting Icebergs. Prince Faisal established a firm for this objective in 1977, Karl Lagerfeld imported a small iceberg from Sweden in 2010 for a fashion show in Paris and Nicholas Sloane wants to fix the drinking water problem in South Africa by towing an iceberg to South Africa from Antarctica. His project is called the Southern Ice Project.

2. This company established its culture or way of working by imbibing the characteristics of a particular wild animal. Inspired by an HBR article that plotted a Tiger, Panda, Ants and ___, representing competitive advantages. This animal is known to be bloodthirsty, survive extreme cold conditions and always operates in packs or as a team. Name the company and the culture it has adopted from this animal?
 

 Huawei follows the "Wolf Culture" as a way of life in its organization

3. Magdalena Yesil,Mary Jane Elmore, Theresia Gouw, Sonja Hoel all from the technology world who helped build companies like Google. Salesforce.com, McAfee, Facebook etc., in their initial days. What are they being called now?
 

The Alpha Girls, in a book written by Julian Guthrie

4. The __ was introduced in the 19th c 1 Connect Mohammed Bin Faisal Al Saud (Saudi Royal and businessman), Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and the German Sea Prize winning marine salvage expert who managed to salvage Costa Concordia which got wrecked off the coast of Italy.
 

The Puneri Pagadi is a distinctive style of turban, which is considered as a symbol of pride and honor in the city of Pune. It was introduced Mahadev Govind Ranade who was an Indian scholar, social reformer, justice and author.

5. This person was known as The Cotton King, The Thug of Mumbai, The bullion King etc. He established a scholarship at the University of Calcutta which is still be given to deserving students who excel in the Master of Arts degree. Name him
 

Premchand Roychand

6. What is the term that describes a situation when one types all the correct letters but in a wrong sequence?
 

 Keyboard Dyslexia

7. The Acacia Senegal gum from the Acacia tree is used in making cosmetics and medicines. What did the Egyptians in the past use it as?
 

Contraceptive

8. This company's basic philosophy when it was founded ran on the principle "Give Light and people will find their own way". Name it.
EW Scripps Company that also runs the Spelling Bee in the US and owns United Feature Syndicate that publishes a lot of Comics and cartoons.

9. "Inventing the Better Now" is whose new punch line?

DuPont 

10. Identify the brand from the following images and explain the significanceentury by a person who is known as the Father of Indian Economics. In 2009, it got a GI tag and became an IP. Fill in the blank and name the person.
Lacoste. The crocodile is giving up its spot for 10 endangered species. The limited edition polos are available, in 9 cities around the world and on Lacoste. com. All profits of the day will help International Union for the conservation of Nature (IUCN).  

Compiled by Gaurav Sri Krishna, www.facebook.com/gaurav.s.krishna

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