The Strategist Quiz (#064)

 

1. Name the company which holds a contest called Invention Quest, inviting individuals to submit their ideas on innovative office products.

    

2. Which company rebranded its telecom subsidiary as THUS in 1999?

    

3. The earliest street lighting in London can be traced to 1878 when the Victoria Embankment was lit with 20 electrically-powered Jablochkoff candles. Name the company which installed these.

    

4. Which company experimented with a fizzy fruit drink called Oranjolt that bombed even before it could take off?

    

5. In 2003, which company had to shut down its thermometer manufacturing plant in Ooty, because of contamination of the environment?

    

The founder of this company made a fortune trading sugar and decided to use that money to start up a microscope manufacturing business. The company introduced a successful brand series called the Pen series in the late 1950s. Name the company.

 

Which company invented laminated flooring and in which country was the first laminate flooring sold?

 

Viswanathan Anand, the current brand ambassador for NIIT, also endorsed a pharma brand. Name it.

 

Swami Vivekananda reportedly once said in jest, “Nobin has cut off our tongues and holds them hostage.” Which confectioner and inventor was he referring to?

 

Identify this corporate logo. 

 

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