The Strategist Quiz (#062)

 

1. For which product launch in the US, did the CEO of the company ride a vintage Sherman tank through New York’s Times Square, aiming fire at a huge Coca-Cola billboard?

    

2. In order to make cost-cutting a priority, which Indian company has launched a “one component, one gram” initiative that requires every parts supplier to make lighter components?

    

3. Name the managing director of an Indian company who was the first person to derive fatty alcohol from eco-friendly vegetable palm oil rather than from petroleum. He belongs to a distinguished business family and is a polyglot and a poet, too.

    

Name the company whose board room at its corporate headquarters is called Arjuna. It has hosted international dignitaries like the premier of British Columbia, Canada and the Sheikh of Oman. Also, on most Saturday mornings, the Bhagvat Gita is discussed by about 20 people, including the CEO and his wife in this room.

 

Which company was responsible for building and deploying the first Olympics web site and when? It used an open source technology, instead of one of its own proprietary products.

 

Which brand did Gourmohan Datta introduce in the Indian market? The brand is identified with an elephant as its logo.

 

Name the company whose annual production capacity of ceramic tiles can cover 7,894 football fields.

 

Which car was named after Henry Ford’s son, but ended as a failure?

 

Yahoo’s Yodel has been registered as India’s first sound mark. Who created the Yodel for Yahoo?

 

This is the logo for which event?

 

 

 

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