The Strategist Quiz (#102)

 

1. For the last 20 years, this chain of stores has been having the highest sales per square feet of any retail outlet in the world. Its founder institutionalised the removal of momentum barriers by instituting the Cut the Crap Committee. Name it. 
    
2. Which company in 2006 mortgaged its blue oval logo for $23.6 billion hedging against the business downturn to come? 
    
3. With the founder of which Indian company is the steamer named SS Loyalty linked to? 
    
4. Who said this: “Rollin, you’re crazy. Let’s do it!”? 
    
5. Which Nobel Prize winner spent all his prize money to buy diamonds and study spectroscopy? 
    
6. What is the term coined by a Bhutanese king which many international organisations and economists are considering to use as an alternative to GNP (Gross National Product)? 
    
7. In management jargon what is a “cube farm”? 
    
8. P H Mortensen, a carpenter and foreman, was responsible for the construction of this film set in Colombo over 50 years ago. It is still a major tourist attraction. Name the company he worked for and the structure. 
    
9. Prior to the construction of the Suez Canal in 1869, the Arabica coffee bean took about six months to reach Scandinavian countries and it lost its green colour due to the moisture. This resulted in a distinct aroma and flavour of coffee. What is the name given to such coffee? 
    
10. This brand is now operational in India. Identify it.

 

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