The Strategist Quiz (#149)

 

1. Whom will you find in conventions titled 140CC? 
    
2. We know of black forest pastries, but who owns the Black Forest furniture brand? 
    
3. Where are ‘credits’ and ‘pixels’ used as currency? 
    
4. He is a Formula one racer and is now being called “Richard Branson of Asia”. Who is he? 
    
5. Which book do you get to by linking 111 charity and playbook? 
    
6. Which CEO has set up a practice of inviting only one senior leader out of the 200-odd leaders in his company to his house for the weekend which is dubbed as a sleepover? 
    
7. What is common to Oracle, Symantec, Audi and Burger King? 
    
8. Which Indian entrepreneur’s acumen of building an international brand without publicity is now a case study at Harvard Business School? 
    
9. Where will you find Juicy, Chatkila, Bindas and Sting? 
    
10. Identify the mascot, brand and its owner. 
    

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