The Strategist Quiz (#292)

1. Which company derives its name from a combination of words which in a major Indian language mean clever thinking and loans?
    
2. On the packaging of which brand were the former US President George W Bush and Marilyn Monroe featured?
    
3. In which state of India prevails an unofficial labour norm by which wages are paid to trade union activists for allowing investors/builders to unload materials using machines or their own labour? The local term for this wage when translated to English means wages for just looking on.
    
4. Which brands philosophy is The Good Life? It was conceptualised by its founder.
    
5. Name the company and its CEO who said, Our employees no longer have a fixed limit of vacation days per year. This freedom is rarely abused. We also dont have a clothing policy. But nobody has come to work naked lately.
    
6. The Economists Big Mac index is a lighthearted analysis of foreign exchange rates. Its based on the theory of purchasing power parity and its basket contains only one Big Mac. It relies on the efforts of McDonalds to produce identical products from the same ingredients across the world. An exception is made only for one country. Which one and why?
    
7. While riding a train in New York City in 1896, the founder of this brand saw a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes, which he thought was clever. Although his company was manufacturing more than 60 products at the time, he chose the number 57 to advertise his products with the phrase 57 varieties. Name the person and the brand.
    
8. Ten years ago a naming contest for a new product was held online on AOL with people from more than 160 countries casting their votes. eLiner, Global Cruiser and Stratoclimber are 3 out of the 4 names that were shortlisted. What is the products name?
    
9. The brand InPulse failed and then became Pebble. How and why?
    
10. Connect the two visuals and establish what is common to them.
    

 

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