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The Strategist Quiz (#160)

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Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi

 

  1. This company in 1936 held a public contest to rename itself in order to shed its founding family name. It received 27,000 responses, but finally chose to use a name which had no meaning. Name the company. 
     
  2. Name the company that owns Asia’s largest mango plantation and whose mangoes are sold in Harrods of London.  
  3. Which company owns these brands: Camelia, Aromatic, Fiancee and Code 10?  
  4. Who said this: “Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential and significantly devoid of common sense?” 
     
  5. What are these four companies ranked in this order for: Agricultural Bank of China, ICBC — China, Visa International and NTT Japan? 
     
  6. What was so significant about American musician Billy Joel’s album 52nd Street ? 
     
  7. Which brand runs advertisements with these lines “We are all workers” and “Everybody’s work is equally important”? 
     
  8. Where will the world’s fastest roller coaster be opened in a couple of months and also name the world famous brand associated with it? 
     
  9. “The best or nothing” is this brand’s new base line. What was its previous one, also name the brand? 
  10. Identify this business group by its coat of arms and motto. A lighter version of this logo is found on its aircraft. 

Ten all-correct entries will receive a copy of Steve Bull’s The Game Plan: Your Guide to Mental Toughness at Work published by Wiley India (books courtesy: Wiley India). One lucky winner will also 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: 3 August. Previous winners, employees of Business Standard and Wiley India and their families are not eligible to participate.

 

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First Published: Aug 02 2010 | 12:26 AM IST

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