The Strategist quiz

1. On a business visit to Scotland, the officials of this Indian company stayed at a place which belonged to a Scottish clan. They gave the name of a mansion built by this clan to one of their retail brands. Name the brand and the company.
   
   
2. How is the company World Networking Services better known today and who founded this company?
   
   
3. The way in which Frank Robinson wrote the name of a product was so elegant and original, it was decided to use his handwriting for the logo of the product. Name the product that even today uses Robinson's script as its trademark.
   
   
4. The civil aviation ministry relaxed a rule for Air Deccan that enabled the airline to earn more revenue. What was this innovative practice, which is the first in Indian aviation history, started by Air Deccan?
   
   
5. With what would you associate the brands Azimut, Beneteau, Riva, Libra, Raytheon and Polaris?
   
   
6. Discovered by a Japanese monk at a brewery, this age-defying magical liquid is a key ingredient for a global company's beauty care brand. It is only sourced from one place in the world and is still produced by the same process as it was made 25 years ago. Name the brand and the company that owns it.
   
   
7. Who owns a cinema production house by the name Sharp Focus films?
   
   
8. This management guru made his first trip to India in 1956 when he spent nine months researching for his PhD dissertation on the Theory of Wages in India. Name him.
   
   
9. Which company's Kolkata office was blessed and inaugurated in 1995 by Nobel Peace Laureate, the late Mother Teresa of the Missionaries of Charity?
   
   
10. This brand was born in the mid-60s out of a need to help the freshman athletics team of University of Florida fight heat exhaustion and dehydration. Today, it is not only a popular brand but it has created a separate category for itself. Name it.
    
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