The Strategist Quiz #631

The Strategist Quiz #631

1 Connect the Titanic, AK-47 rifle, Berlin wall, Moon dust and remnants of the Apollo 11 spacecraft and the MIG 21 fighter.
 

2 This college dropout worked as an editor for a Florida paper, played minor league baseball and learnt about finance while working for a textile company. He subsequently went on to work in a brokerage firm. He joined hands with a soda equipment salesman and created one of the world's most reputed firms. Name both.
 

3 What is the term used in business when an idea or proposal is thrown out between the decision makers to see if it is accepted? There is an Italian connection
 

4 This person worked as a stenographer and acted and wrote in her spare time. She was also an amateur engineer and held a patent on a tool to more easily pass paper through typewriter rollers. She passed away in the late 1940s. It is only recently that she has been acknowledged inside the packing (box) of a new version of a product launched by a company. Name her and the innovative product launched.
 

5 Connect Signet Press and the fonts __ Roman, __ Bizarre, Daphnis and Holiday Script and what do you arrive at?
 

6 Connect the erstwhile Wanamaker department store, the news of the Titanic sinking and the making of a business leader who was known as "The General". Name a person.
 

7 This person helped fund William Hewlett and David Packard to form HP. He also funded movies like Walt Disney's Snow White and Lawrence of Arabia. Who is he?
 

8 Name the CEO who made this statement "I don't consider the bloody RoI. If you want me to do things only for RoI reasons, you should get out of this stock"?
 

9 Zomato, OnePlus, Durex, Swiggy released ads on the social media which were puns on a global brand's recent new product launch announcement. Name it.
 

10 Name the company whose first product was registered with the following trademark way back in the 1900s.

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for Rs 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 17 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 two correct entries to Quiz number 630. The winner is Lipika Dutta from Kolkata