The Strategist Quiz (#165)

 

1. This brand’s name hails from the popular sport of cricket and it was introduced by Karamchand Appliances, which is now a subsidiary of a multinational. Name the brand and the company that owns it now. 
    
2. Which Indian product drew its inspiration from the French soap brand, 500? 
    
3. What is common to film actors Jennifer Lopez and John Abraham? 
    
4. Which Indian businessman envisioned that the cost of a telephone call should be less than the cost of a postcard? 
    
5. What is common to Children’s Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl and the history these drugs have created? 
6. During the mid-1970s, Amigo, Bebe, Bambi and Chico were some of the names initially propounded for this car. Subsequently, the company arrived at a name which it borrowed from a rival company. Today, this model is very popular in India. Name it. 
7. What was invented by Harvey Ball in 1963 for an insurance company called State Mutual Life Assurance in Massachusetts? 
    
8. The smart phone platform or operating system of a particular brand in its native means the ocean. Name the brand and the platform. 
    
9. What is common to the Goan feni, Tirupathi ladoos, Mysore silk and Darjeeling tea? 
    
10. Identify the company by its logo. 
    

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