The Strategist Quiz

1. One famous car manufacturer from Stuttgart, Germany, is Mercedes. Name the other.
   
   
   
2. Which cognac champagne brand was recently launched in India, in its special bottle made of Baccarat crystal, worked on by 24 artisans and craftsmen, for a whopping cost of Rs 1.5 lakh a bottle?
   
   
   
3. Who among the top 10 billionaires in the world was the major sponsor of Space Ship One, the first private venture aircraft to be launched into space?
   
   
   
4. A top-selling Indian motorcycle was recently found to be copied and marketed in Latin American markets by the Chinese motorcycle industry. Name the original and its copy.
   
   
   
5. This British comedian was thrown out of school for defacing school grounds. He wrote and starred in Monty Python films, appeared in two James Bond movies and is now an Andrew D White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. He now conducts motivational lectures on humour in business. Name him.
   
   
6. Which Australian brand entered India in 1998 and promoted itself along with Formula 1 racing, to great success?
   
   
   
7. Who is the world's largest distributor of sports in the world, with radio, Internet, publishing, wireless, gaming, restaurants and teleivison channels all promoted under one brand?
   
   
   
8. Name the US-based company that faced a huge public backlash from its consumers when it relaunched itself in 1985. The consumers formed a association and took the company to court demanding its formula to be released on public domain.
   
   
   
9. Who is the billionaire who dropped out of college and took a course on calligraphy and then put the typography he had learnt to better use?
   
   
   
10. A Romanian car manufacturer was taken over by Renault and recently launched a car which has become a run away success in Europe. Name the manufacturer and the car.
    
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