The Strategist Quiz (#203)
- What is the term used to describe software or hardware that is announced publically and actively promoted by a vendor even though it does not exist?
- This Indian company began production of this product in the 1950s — when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described it as a symbol of India’s independence and industrialisation. It stopped production in 2009 due to obsolescence. Name the company and the product. The product was invented in 1867.
- Which product adorns the legendary Madras stripes that are hand-painted by two brothers for all of its production that rolls out of the factory? This tradition is being maintained since 1901.
- Which multinational launched an ayurvedic digestive candy brand called Chatpat Churanet in the late 1980s that failed?
- Name the restaurant in India that is considered as the first one to use iPads as menu cards. Worldwide this phenomenon is catching on like wild fire.
- Which business school’s base line is “Get the Smith Effect”?
- What is and who has funded a Panic Button app for cell phones? Predominantly, can be used on Blackberry and low-end Nokia phones.
- What is common to Nokia and the popular mobile game Angry Birds?
- Which Indian government agency’s motto in Sanskrit reads Kosha Moolo Dandaha? It is taken from Kautilya’s Arthashashtra.
- Identify the logos below.
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