The Strategist Quiz (#286)

 

1. This agricultural products company, based in the US, is the world’s largest in its category. Beginning in late October, its staff strength swelled to about 700. They work 16 hour shifts with about a half a dozen helicopters. It was founded in 1955. Name the company and its founder? 
    
2. The founder of this company bred earthworms in his backyard when he was 9-year old. He wanted to become the number one worm seller in the world. When he was in High School he was hired as a video game tester for Lucasfilm and got paid $6 an hour. At Harvard University, he sold pizzas to fellow classmates in the dorm. Name him. 
    
3. What is the term used for the permission granted to a beverage manufacturer / bottler to control beverage distribution at a venue or an event, such as a sports tournament? 
    
4. This person quit the Drexel Institute of Technology to work on a problem faced by a supermarket executive. He got the idea while sitting on Miami Beach and dragging his fingers in the sand. He visualised these lines as dots and dashes of the Morse code. Who is this person and what did he go on to invent? 
    
5. Who has launched a new sub brand that runs the baseline “Go More”? Name the sub brand also. 
    
6. Name the person who conceived the Capability Approach, also referred to as the Capabilities Approach to welfare economics. 
    
7. Who had founded these erstwhile failed brands Pizza King in the mid 80s and Shilton Hotels in the late 90s? 
    
8. Whose baseline reads “Knowledge that delivers”? 
    
9. Which company is transforming light field technology from a scientific theory into a reality and a consumer product that can be used by everyone? 
    
10. Identify the company from the logo.
    

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