The Strategist Quiz

1. Which common horticultural product is exported from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to western countries?
   
   
2. Which company is responsible for popularising the practice of asking candidates "impossible questions" during interviews? What are such interviews called? Hint: These questions are believed to measure outside-the-box thinking capabilities of the candidates.
   
   
3. What are Shamu 1, Shamu 2 and Shamu 3?
   
   
4. Which is the first "women-only" restaurant in India and where is it located?
   
   
5. About four times in a year, 1,000 clients from each local branch of one of the world's largest 25 banks, assemble to discuss business. Name the bank. Hint: These people aren't typical shareholders, but common citizens belonging to the local municipality with equal voting rights in the governance of that branch.
   
   
6. Name India's first indigenously-made push button telephone and its manufacturer.
   
   
7. Which company set up the first rural ATMs for sugarcane farmers in India?
   
   
8. This company was set up by an Indian film maker, an internationally-renowned spiritual guru and a maverick British business tycoon. Name the company and its founders.
   
   
9. After suffering heavy losses in the 1990s, this company came up with a plan called "Breakpoint 93" to re-establish itself as a healthy new company. Name the company.
   
   
10. This American firm opened its first international outlet in Tokyo in 1996. Today it has more than 5,500 stores all over the world. Name it.
    
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