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The Strategist Quiz (#067)

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Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 2:34 AM IST

 

  1. In 1990, this Chicago-based company was the first to reward its workers for taking buses and trains to work, instead of driving cars. Name it. 
     
  2. Link Konnagar in West Bengal to the Velvet revolution and the founder of a global brand? 
     
  3. In which book does the author’s dedication read as: For my beloved Andrea? 
     
  4. SnoreStop, manufactured by Green Pharmaceuticals of the US, agreed to buy a unique advertising space on eBay for over $35,000 a month. This created history in 2005. What did it agree to do? 
     
  5. Which brand was first sold in two variants called Bubbly and Still? 
     
  6. This phone service brand when translated into English from its native language means the constellation, Pleiades. It has a prayer service that informs the user about the prayer timings. Identify the brand and the country where it was founded. 
     
  7. In 1979, astronaut Neil Armstrong and a test pilot of a business jets manufacturing company set five world records for business jets. Which aircraft did they fly? 
     
  8. Which company claims to be the largest employer of former FBI agents in the world? 
     
  9. Who said: “I think the 21st century will make the 20th century look like a tea party?” 
     
  10. This logo (below) belongs to a welfare organisation and the person who founded it in 1988, recently passed away. Identify both.

 

 

 

Ten all-correct entries will receive a copy of Steve L Katz’s Lion Taming, 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: 4 June. Previous winners, employees of Business Standard and Wiley India and their families are not eligible to participate.

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