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The Strategist Quiz (#050)

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Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 1:14 AM IST

 

  1. Name the brand with which the following trademarked phrases are associated: Smart Planet, Smart Sleep, Smart Space and Smart Basics?

     
  2. What is the Best Bar None accreditation?

     
  3. While this brand was founded in 1952, its origins date back to 1908 when the company decided to make acid-resistant ceramic jars for the sulphuric acid it was manufacturing at its Ranipet plant in Tamil Nadu. Name the brand.

     
  4. Founded in 1890, its product took a distinctive triangular shape from 1909. It is named not only after its founder, but also from the Italian for "nougat". Identify the brand.

     
  5. Which founder described his management style as "management by walking and flying around"? His employees described his style as "management by wearing you down".

     
  6. The first LED watch to be sold in 1972 was advertised as a "Time Computer". Name the brand and its manufacturer.

     
  7. After failing the first year of college, he ran away from home, and at 18, took up a job as a crop-sprayer across rural India. He founded an ad agency and also co-founded India's first private TV channel. Name him.

     
  8. What term is used to describe a situation where a homeowner mails his or her house keys to a mortgage lender due to an inability to meet mortgage payment obligations and a lack of equity in the property?

     
  9. Name the first Chrysler brand that was assembled and rolled out by an Indian manufacturer in 1947?

     
  10. Who is the first travel agent who offered tourist trips by air and when?

Ten all-correct entries will receive a copy of Scott Thorpe's How to Think Like Einstein, published by Wiley India (books courtesy: Wiley India). One lucky winner will also receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Please send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the full postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries: 11 June. Previous winners, employees of Business Standard and Wiley India and their families are not eligible to participate.

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