The Strategist Quiz 555

The Strategist Quiz 555

1 This person founded the first agency house in the city of Chennai in the 1780s like Bombay’s Forbes & Co. He was in the business of real estate, trading in Madeira wines, selling lotteries, books and acted as a shipping agent. His partnership with a London-based firm brought in handsome profits by supplying provisions to the British Army during the war between Tipu Sultan and the East India Company. He died in the 1820s and was buried in Cuddalore near Pondicherry. Name him.

2 Connect Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven and Dazed & Confused, Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb, Cream’s Pressed Rat and Warthog with a popular product line in the UK. Name the product and its manufacturer.

3 When this firm launched a first-of-its-kind category of products in 1963, an IBM Model 1401 was programmed to come out with four-letter word combination that had a vowel. Out of the 250,000 combinations, 600 were found to be possibilities. And 24 had no conflicts with other brands. Finally one name was chosen. Name the firm, brand and its significance.

4 This word has its origins in Yiddish (Hebrew). It means someone in the know, a real expert or a self-styled expert. Name the company and the Airbnb-like service that has been branded by using this word.

5 Connect a brand of peanut butter owned by Procter & Gamble and the original version of a software invention called 87a and subsequently an enhanced version that was called 89a and what do you arrive at?

6 This item originated in Greece derives its name from “knot and collection”. It is now sold online on Amazon and at other retail stores. A museum also displays these items in Greece. State the common English and Greek name for it.

7 Akin to how Atari rejected Jobs and Wozniak and regretted later, the TV Channel Aastha in the early 2000s, while looking for new speakers rejected this person. Its rival Sanskar made him one of its prime anchors. Name the person.

8 What was a general name for sailing ships operating under charter or licence to Danish, Dutch, English, and French, Portuguese or Swedish East India companies? They were used for opium and tea trading.

9 Which firm set up in the 1920s is fuelling its innovation programme by announcing “joint the world’s oldest new start-up”?

10 What does this image represent?