The Strategist Quiz (# 568)

The Strategist Quiz

1. It’s supposed to have originated in Japan in the late 1880s. Subsequently Christian missionaries were using it in India and then the Chinese by 1914. Till about 1990 the ‘Meerut Model/Body’ was the most popular version used across the country. At one point in time there were more than a million of them being used in India. Name it. 

2. Like the big four in the accounting business who are referred to as the GAFA’s especially in Europe?

3. To celebrate the 150th anniversary of this sporting event in 2018 a poster has been designed by artificial intelligence (AI). It looks like a water colour image but it’s made up of a mosaic of images. Over 300,000 separate images were reviewed from the entire historical photo archive of this event and nearly 9,000 images were selected for final design. Name the event and the computer that was used.

4. Connect Robert Owen, a Welsh socialist and labour reformer in London, John Gray, a socialist economist who worked with Ricardian Socialists, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Karl Marx and a system which is prevalent in Switzerland.

5. This fund was launched along with UNDP, where the partners commit to contributing 0.5 per cent of their media spend to the fund for each advertisement they use featuring an animal. The funds will be used to support animals and their habitats . The fund seeks to raise $100 million a year within 3 years. Name the fund and the company involved in this social venture.

6. In the late 1950s the iconic CH-4 was introduced by an Indian firm inspired by a Bauhaus designer. Name the firm and the designer.

7. Which business group is truly “Inspired by Life”?

8. This word in Sanskrit means full of life. It’s the name a publicly listed firm in India has taken. Name the firm and its promoters?

9. Widowed at an early age in 1902, Lane Bryant supported herself and her young son as a dressmaker. Borrowing $300 from her brother-in-law, Bryant went to the bank to open an account. The bank officer misspelled her name on the application as Lane instead of Lena. Rest is history the Lane Bryant brand now has more than 800 stores in the US. What unique term has this brand contributed to the fashion industry?

10. The CEO who took this 92 year old firm to glory and built its strong image that lasts even now disallowed his employees from wearing particular type of socks during his tenure. Name him, the firm and the pattern found on the socks.
 

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