The Strategist Quiz (#232)
- What is the connection between the South Sea Bubble of the 1700s to the Laws of Gravity?
- Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, JRD Tata, Sigmund Freud, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Dalai Lama and Indira Gandhi are in the list of contributors of articles to this newspaper. Name it.
- If Aristotle is to General Motors, Harry Potter is to ______? Fill in the blank and identify the books and its author who is a motivational speaker and Philospher.
- After signing a takeover deal in India and returning home in the early 90s, this erstwhile CEO of a US based company suffered from an amoebic infection called Shigella. An infection that is mainly transmitted through handshakes. Name the person and the Indian brands that got sold?
- Which famous founder CEO’s words are these “I want to put a ding in the Universe”?
- What is Zaitech trading and with which country is this practice associated.
- This brand’s sales picked up famously after it was used by the US Astronaut John Glenn in space while conducting eating experiments. It became extremely popular in the Middle East with the Indian population and hence was launched in India too. Name the brand and its owner.
- What has moved from a safe-deposit box at the SunTrust Bank, where it has resided for 86 years, into a vault at the Global HQ of the company that owns it?
- Which brand now uses this base line “Put People First”?
- Identify this organisation founded by an Asian American that gets funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and Google.
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