The Strategist Quiz (#506)

The Strategist Quiz, April 13, 2017

1. Connect German philosopher Freidrich Nietzsche, George Bernard Shaw, Adolf Hitler, co-creator of comic book character Superman to a term which is a brand worth $60-billion plus.

2. A few years ago this international brand temporarily changed signs at select stores across Australia after the affectionate nickname given to it. This move was a first such one globally for this company. Recently it set global precedence by recruiting employees through Snapchat. Name it.

3. The founder of this company lived with his mother until her death. She used to read him to sleep at night with newspaper articles about the latest experiments of aviation pioneers like Octave Chanute to German Otto Lilienthal. His first experiments were box kites which he sold for 25 cents each. He found novel ways to harness the wind by propelling himself on ice skates and bicycles. He founded his company in 1912 and it survives even today. Name him.

4. Connect Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar selfie and Wendy’s Chicken Nuggets and what do you arrive at?

5. In 1999 when the Indian Airlines plane IC814 was hijacked after it took off from Kathmandu and finally landed in Kandahar, there was a very important businessman on board whose company controls about 90 per cent of global currency. The release of the terrorists by India was also attributed to the power this person wields. Name him.

6. In the business world for whom is the buzzword “Snowplows” used?

7. Who wrote the book “How to Steal a Million”? All of the royalty from the book was donated to a children’s clinic by the author.

8. It is believed Chennai man Iniyavan and president of Tamil Nadu Catering Employees Union Rajamani Iyer came up with the concept of a day dedicated to __ and officially, March 30 was chosen as the World __ Day.

9. For FY2017 what is the significance of this amount of Rs 27,157 crore?

10. Name the brand from its logo.

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

One lucky winner will receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries: April 14 till 8 pm. Previous winners and employees of Business Standard and their families are not eligible to participate. The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.

There were three correct entries to quiz No 505. The winner is Saurav Samantaray from Pune