The Strategist Quiz (#110)

 

1. Deepika Padukone in 2004 and Preity Zinta in 1997 modelled for which brand? 
    
2. The Rolling Stones, Abba, Simply Red, Beyonce, Harley Davidson and Tina Turner are some of its customers… soon it will add the late Michael Jackson to its list of customers. Identify the company. 
    
3. The founder of this multinational company was forced to flee the guillotine in France and on his voyage to the US, he and his family were reduced to eating soup made from boiled rats. They founded the company in the 1800s. Name the company. 
    
4. Whom did the US House of Representatives recognise as the true inventor of the telephone in the year 2002?
    
5. The eight calligraphic strokes it takes to write this company’s name in Japanese is regarded as a lucky number. Identify the company. 
    
6. Who ran the ad, “Good things come to those who wait, it takes 119.53 secs to pour the perfect pint,” and why? 
    
7. Like the row numbered 13 missing in aircrafts, why are there no fourth and 44th floors in most Chinese-owned hotels in Asia? 
    
8. Which company introduced green ketchup and what was it called? 
    
9. Happiness Factory is the mockumentary of which brand? 
    
10. Identify the brand of this company that also runs a community relations initiative focussed on supporting families after they’ve adopted a child.

Ten all-correct entries will receive a copy of David S Cohen’ The Talent Edge: A Behavioural Approach to Hiring, Developing, and Keeping Top Performers, published by Wiley India (books courtesy: Wiley India). One lucky winner will also receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. Last date for receiving entries: 19 August. Previous winners, employees of Business Standard and Wiley India and their families are not eligible to participate.