The Strategist Quiz (#425)

1. Which is the first Fortune 500 company where a woman CEO succeeded another woman CEO?
    
2. Name the founder of the restaurant chain that carries the slogan: "For Deliciously Healthy Food?" Also name the restaurant chain?
    
3. What is the European corruption of the Chinese words, Pei hao or Pac ho, and in which industry is this used exclusively as an important term? 
    
4. This annual conference was founded in mid 1950s to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. Every year, around 150 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media are invited to take part in the conference. The conference is a forum for informal discussions about megatrends and major issues facing the world. The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor of any other participant may be revealed. Name it.
    
5. In the business world what does the buzzword Scooby snacks stand for?
    
6. Various Indian holy books like the Mahabharata, Puranas etc., relate that Ashwini Kumar brothers, the twins, who were royal physicians to the devas (Gods) during Vedic times, first prepared this formulation for a rishi at his ashram on Dhosi Hill in Haryana. Today this product has a market size of Rs 500 crores plus. Name it.
    
7. Name the company that manufactures a turbo prop aircraft by the name Airvan 10?
    
8. Who has launched its brand strategy with this slogan: "Work can Work Better"?
    
9. The sales proceeds of what would be donated on September 21, 2015, to Peace One Day, a nonprofit group seeking to raise awareness of the International Day of Peace, which was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981.
    
10. Whose logo is this?

 

 

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