The Strategist Quiz (#478)

1. This building was the headquarters of a global brand when it was built in the late 1930s. It was the second-tallest building in Europe when it was built. It had a paternoster lift, a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. It included the world's first elevator office, which allowed the founder to move between floors without leaving his desk. Name the building.
    
2. Connect these and what do you arrive at: Pamplona (known for its famous bull run), Leonardo Da Vinci, Napoleon, Dracula, Dalmatian and Nightflight?
    
3. This person who founded an Indian dot com company produced a computer-based movie in which a group of highly trained mavericks set out to foil a terror attack on a New York school. It was distributed by the now defunct Blockbuster, home entertainment company in the US. Name the person and the film.
    
4. Name this global QSR brand that is planning to turn about 500 of its outlets across north and central India vegetarian during the nine-day Navratri period starting October 1, 2016. This is the first time such a brand is changing its menu on such a large scale.
    
5. Which company has launched a framework called "Zero Distance" that it is using for its business operations?
    
6. Name this dot com company that used to run the base line "Shop three times smarter". It used to run super stores online, auctions and an online liquidation centre called Surplus Direct. When hackers compromised on its customer's credit card data it had to file for bankruptcy and Amazon took it over.
    
7. In which industry is the term "Jat" used universally as a suffix?
    
8. What does this statement mean - "It was a Yonex vs Uniqlo final"? Both are Japanese brands.
    
9. This firm, founded in mid-1940, produced its country's first domestic bicycle. Its name means "arise or come out of Asia". Name it.
    
10. This was the first logo of a brand which was established in the early 1900s. Name it.

 

 

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