The Strategist Quiz (#504)

The Strategist Quiz, March 30, 2017

1. Connect this region in the southeastern part of India, which is rich in iron ore and copper and hence its name translates to “red earth”, an East India Company administrator N S Brodie, Le Marais, the aristocratic district of Paris which had residents like Victor Hugo and Jim Morrison (Doors), Anand Mahindra and Kris Gopalakrishnan and what do you arrive at?
 
2. What is the name given to a corporate structure created to isolate illiquid and high-risk/toxic assets held by a bank or a financial organisation, or perhaps a group of banks or financial organisations? The now defunct