 "The Strategist Quiz (#412)")
- Name the Indian promoter and the brand he founded after watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cable TV at home. He decided to set up a company inspired by the gentle animal.
- Connect the death of an elephant that dates back to 1885, the PT Barnum Circus that was sold for $4, 00,000 to Ringling Brothers in 1907, and the Tufts University with a word now very commonly used in the English language.
- Which company's headquarters is colloquially referred to as the Dolly Parton Towers?
- This person, who founded his company in 1971 after raising $90 million, was close to bankruptcy when he was left only with $5,000 in cash three years later. Since no one, including banks and financial institutions, were willing to fund him he flew to Las Vegas and played Black Jack with the $5,000. He raised $32,000 from his winnings and saved his company from closure. Name the person and the company.
- Who coined the term Newsmagazine?
- Whose brands are the Brilliant Game, Adventure, Champion and The Game?
- What firsts are James Cameron, filmmaker and Gavin Bate, mountaineer linked to?
- What was devised by researchers at DuPont and Remington Rand to manage a complex business process of shutting down plants for maintenance and the then restarting them?
- Which brand's loyalty programme is run with the Angel Card?
- Name the brand that has a presence now in the major metros of India.
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