Answers to the Strategist quiz 628

Answers to the Strategist quiz 628

1. In 1870s, the president of Western Union, considered to be a giant among companies then, called __a toy and rejected an offer to purchase the rights to this invention for $100,000. It went down as a leading company unable to appreciate and embrace new technology. Name the invention and the company that approached him.

Telephone, the Bell telephone company
 

2. Very recently, Amazon has joined the ranks of Microsoft and Google as far as India is concerned. What do you infer from this statement?
 

All three have their largest offices outside of US located in Hyderabad

3. Connect a NATO reporting name for a Russian weapon and a James Bond movie and what do you arrive at?
 

 Skyfall is a Russian experimental nuclear-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile under development

4. Connect the phrase "No more Tofu" with the Swedish global brand and what to you arrive at?
 

The Noto is the font Ikea uses for its new logo. The font was launched in 2016. Tofu was a term used when default white boxes appear when a computer doesn't understand a character on a website.

5. Whose is planning to have trails code named "Project Sunrise" and for what?
 

Qantas Airlines will be testing 19-hour, non-stop flights. If it succeeds, they will become the longest nonstop flights in the world

6. This company was planning to use this dessert, Quetschentaart, a popular Luxembourg specialty (a fruit tart) for its soon to be released version of its product but has dropped it. It is totally giving up naming its products after desserts. Name the company and its product.

Google's Android 10

7. Who has launched the 1619 Project and what is it all about?
 

The New York Times launched it to mark the solemn occasion of the 400th year after the first slaves were sold in the US and to reflect on the impact of slavery throughout US history

8. This holistic product development strategy gets its name from rugby. It is a manner of restarting the game after a minor infraction. It has made a great impact on knowledge companies. Name the term
 

Scrum

9. Exceptional by design is whose trademarked line?

Bombardier

10. Identify the brand from its log and its manufacturer also

 The Airbus Vahana. It is an electric-powered eight-propeller vertical take-off and landing aircraft prototype financed by Airbus and Airbus Urban Mobility. Airbus envisions Vahana being used by commuters as a cost-comparable replacement for short-range urban transport like cars or trains
 

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

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for ~2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries is September 4 till 8 pm. Previous winners and employees of Business Standard and their families are not eligible to participate. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.
 

There were nine correct entries to Quiz number 628. The winner is Vijayata Raj from Bokaro Steel City