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The Strategist Quiz #045

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Gaurav Sri Krishna Mumbai

 

  1. Following the example of American Express, who started a product named Carte Blanche in the early 1960s? It was soon derided as Carte Rouge and closed down.

     
  2. What is the Chairman's 75?

     
  3. Who launched Project Midway in 1999 to challenge Japanese dominance in the gaming industry?

     
  4. Which watch brand or company timed the solo flight made by Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in 1927?

     
  5. Which airline offers Pierre Cardin pyjamas and Bose headphones to all its first class passengers?

     
  6. "The Complete Man" ad line is associated with Raymonds. Which brand used "The Man of Substance" as its ad line?

     
  7. Which business book published recently highlights the formula, N=1 and R=G? In order to serve one customer at a time as N=1, a whole lot of reliably working partnerships are to be forged. It invariably will have to scale globally and this when formulated, represents R=G (Resource = Global).

     
  8. What term is used to describe shoplifting by eating a product instead of taking it out?

     
  9. Name the hotel in Mumbai where the Lumiere brothers conducted the first demonstration of the cinematograph in India in 1895?

     
  10. Identify this global technology brand whose name is a combination of the first two letters from its previous name and the Latin word for "new".

Ten all-correct entries will receive a copy of Ken Robinson's Out of Our Minds, published by Wiley India (books courtesy: Wiley India). One lucky winner will also receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Please send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the full postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries: 7 May. Previous winners, employees of Business Standard and Wiley India and their families are not eligible to participate.

 

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First Published: May 06 2008 | 12:00 AM IST

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