The Strategist Quiz (#244)

 

1. Apart from being chiefs of their respective Central Banks, what is common to RBI Governor D Subba Rao and US Fed Chief Ben Bernanke? 
    
2. Which company has its headquarters on One Geoffrey Way and why so? 
    
3. Name the business strategy that is named after a form of martial art where the size of the opponent is used against him. As a business strategy, the central idea is turning an opponent’s strength into a disadvantage. 
    
4. Who has launched a body wear (innerwear) collection branded after David Beckham? 
    
5. Name the oldest soft drink brand of India. 
    
6. An Indian brand named after the youngest daughter of its founder way back in the 1930s and a 40 yr old German brand named after its founder’s daughter coincidentally have a JV in India. The German brand is considered as a leader in the water filteration products business. Name JV. 
    
7. The resurgence of which company is linked to the strategies of introducing a two way communication channel called Freevoice with its CEO and conducting formal summit meetings called “Getting There” to get its leaders aligned with its market ambition? The CEO also donned the role of the Chief Happiness Officer. 
    
8. Elon Musk, Luke Nosek, Max Levchin, Peter Thiel and Ken Howery are founders of a company and together are known by a notoriously famous term. What is it? 
    
9. Which company’s research team is making a way to next generation of vehicles by using a low on nutrition cooking ingredient that is sourced from a plant having a scientific name of Zea mays to manufacture body parts for cars? 
    
10. Identify the mascot from the visual and mention the organisation he represents.

 

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