The Strategist Quiz (#528)

The Strategist Quiz, September 6, 2017

1. Its origin is Scottish. It is named after the jagged effect that might arise from the bite of a canine. The French considered it a “chicken foot”. It was noticed on the oldest garment dating back to 360-100 BC, found in Sweden. It’s a part of an Australian supermarket’s branding. What is it?

2. Range International’s facility in Langfang, China, which spans 6.3 million square feet, is the world’s largest data centre. Name the company that plans to beat this facility and host the world’s largest data centre.

3. This Mongolian memory marvel turned “human catalogue” is the #1 highest-ranked female memory world champion, a skill honed while growing up in Stockholm, Mongolia, Kenya and Tokyo. She recently memorised every detail on the just-released 328-page 2018 catalogue of a global brand. Name her and the brand.

4. Whose brands are Btwin, Quechua, and Kalenji, domyos, tribord and Oxelo?

5. Which management guru’s main thesis is that the world is not flat, in direct contradiction to Thomas Friedman’s bestseller The World is Flat?

6. This brand was invented a Yorkshireman, Harry Pickup, in the 1920s. It is now owned by an MNC and is sold across the world. Name it.

7. Which company was the first to market a 3-D home videogame?

8 What term was coined by an Engineer at Ford motor company around 1946 where human effort was substituted by mechanical, electrical and computerised operations? It is the buzzword for the IT and high tech industry now.

9. What are the annoying webpages, generally carrying ads that pop up in front of your page you are actually hoping to read called?

10. Connect a brand with this fountain of __ found in an Italian city.   

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