The Strategist Quiz (#501)

The Strategist Quiz, March 9, 2017

1. In order to celebrate Women’s Day 2017 which company has installed a statue of the Fearless Girl, standing in front of the iconic symbol of power in America, the bull statue on Wall Street?

 
2. McDonald’s and The Home Depot, the ninth largest retailer in the US, use a particular object to define their basic business philosophy. What is it?

3. Who gives out the Earthian awards and for what purpose?

4. Connect the thermometer, piano, typewriter and the oldest film festival in the world.

5. Which scandalous company that folded in late 2001 had set up small limited partnership firms or special finance vehicles (SPVs) named after Star Wars characters. The SPVs were used to remove debt from its balance sheet in order to increase its borrowing capacity.

6. What is the term used to describe annoying web pages, generally carrying ads, that pop up on the page you are actually hoping to read?

7. This person, who set up India’s first Rayon manufacturing unit in the mid-1940s, also was the founder of a bank that had branches in Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, Madras and Rangoon when it first started in 1937. Name him, the bank and the rayon company.

8. Who invented and uses a typeface called Ecotype? It is its main typeface and was designed to help it manage and respond to electronic transmission and different printing conditions at its international production sites.

9. This company’s corporate message is “Bringing water to life” and its mission is “In harmony with people and nature”. Name it.

10. This image is found suffixed to the logo of a famous sportsperson’s brand. Name it. 

compiled by Gaurav Sri Krishna, www.facebook.com/gaurav.s.krishna

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