The Strategist Quiz (#202)

 

1. What is common to Albert Einstein and Ramalinga Raju, founder of Satyam Computers? Initiatives launched by them have created a lasting impression. 
    
2. Identify this celebrity who is a brand ambassador for Yahoo! and Adidas. A perfume made by Coty and the largest-selling contraceptive in China are also named after this celebrity. Name him. 
    
3. Who said: “Management courses for people without a few years of management experience are a waste of time”? 
    
4. Which brand has launched the world’s first 3D TV that does not require the viewers to wear glasses? 
    
5. The home page of a company reads “_________ from San Francisco, California, making the web more interesting since 1999”. Fill in the blank with the company’s name and also name its current owner. 
    
6. This CEO was uninterested in the human resources department of his company and is known to deliver a sermon on the “difference between a janitor and a VP” every time an executive reaches the VP level. Name him. 
    
7. In 1969, the head of an Indian business group offered the presidentship of the workers union of one of his group companies to a trade union leader. In 1978, the reverse happened when the same trade union leader offered this businessman the chairmanship of a PSU in order to nationalise his company. Name these two persons. 
    
8. If Youku is the Chinese equivalent of YouTube then what is Taobao.com the equivalent of? 
    
9. What is common to Chopin Vodka, Miami Cruise lines, Hublot watches and Les Echos, the French newspaper? 
    
10. Identify the three companies by their logos and establish the connection. 
    

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