The Strategist Quiz #039

1. Which banker CEO talks about using the Gretzky concept, based on ice-hockey, as his company's strategy?
   
   
2. Which toothpaste brand in India was the first to offer dental insurance worth Rs 1,000 with every tube it sold?
   
   
3. What was the significance of the PDP-1 computer when it first came out in 1960?
   
   
4. Like the Ford Model T in automobiles, in the 1900s, this product called the Brownie defined a whole new product category. What was it?
   
   
5. Which inventor recently said: "It's mine "" you can't have it. If you want to use it for something, then you have to negotiate with me. I have to agree, I have to understand what I'm getting in return."
   
   
6. Name the Japanese company set up by an American in the 1950s ostensibly to provide photo booths and amusement facilities for the servicemen of the US Army stationed in Japan after WWII?
   
   
7. Who were responsible for the "Take Action. Make Art" campaign?
   
   
8. What was the code name for a drug that was patented by a French company when its researchers discovered the secrets of the anticoagulants in vampire bat saliva, which paved the way towards this drug that prevented blood clots?
   
   
9. Which company is planning to import 10,000 cows into India and supply fortified and flavoured milk to supermarkets and other buyers? It claims that its cows can produce as much as 37 litres of milk a day compared to seven litres produced by Indian cows.
   
   
10. Name the inventor of the world's first water-proof watch and explain the manner in which he established its credibility.
    
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