The Strategist Quiz (#414)

1. A very famous saxophone star and Grammy award winner, who was one of this company's early investors, claims to have inspired the frozen favourite, which made its debut in 1995 in this global retail coffee chain. The company did not dispute his claim but responded to it politely. Name the person, the drink and the company.
    
2. Whose dying words were "A World Currency"?
    
3. Which was the first bank in India to be launched with Indian capital - owned, operated and managed by Indians? Mahatma Gandhi's banker, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and The Jallianwala Bagh Committee were some of its eminent clients.
    
4. What is common to these people who were associated with the aviation industry: JRD Tata, Charles Lindbergh, William E Boeing and Orville Wright?
    
5. If the Hughes H-4 Hercules was also known as the "Spruce Goose" whose aircraft was known as the Tin Goose?
    
6. If P&Gs auditor has been Deloitte for the last 125 years, who has been GE's auditors for the last 106 years?
    
7. This company originally founded in the late 1880s ventured into setting up a taxi company, Love Hotel, TV Network and manufactured instant noodles and rice in the mid 1960s. Despite all these ventures failing, it is still counted as one amongst the top 50 global brands. Name it.
    
8. Which company's software product is called Chatter?
    
9. Whose stock symbol is WWW?
    
10. These two logos belong to brands owned by two sporting legends.
    Name them.

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