The Strategist Quiz (#354)

1. In April 2014, famous cartoon characters like Snoopy from Peanuts, Phantom, Popeye, Garfield the cat and Hello Kitty have all gone bald. Why?
    
2. Name the airline whose passenger safety video is a jaunty boogie that takes a five-minute scenic tour through some great moments in rock history, including Devo, Robert Palmer and Ziggy Stardust.
    
3. This contraption was invented in 1960 when Lockheed engineers in the US were road testing Porsche 360 cars in the US on an unofficial loan to them. It is used even today when vehicle manufacturers want to keep the identity of their soon to be released models under wraps. What is it called? Name the person who gave it its name.
    
4. This company was established by a family in the 1830s and was famous for its coffee grinders and chain bicycles. It also made band saws, horse hoof clippers, corset stays, umbrella frames and sewing machines. Its current logo is a lion and it first appeared on its saw blades and was registered as its trademark in the late 1850s. Name the company.
    
5. Which global media leader and philanthropist, has recently signed up a first-of-its-kind collaboration to co-create a Teavana brand Tea with Starbucks? Initially it will be sold in Starbucks and Teavana stores across the US and Canada.
    
6. What is Garbatrage?
    
7. Who said "We may find in the long-run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun"?
    
8. In which country would a joint stock company or public limited company carry the suffix "Oy" to denote its status?
    
9. The brand that uses the tagline "Amazing taste. Astonishing value" has introduced a new offering based on the Indian biryani. Name the offering and the brand?
    
10. Connect the mutual fund pioneer Sir John Templeton, Bill Clinton, Girish Karnad, 100m quarter finalist (1944:London) Eric Prabhakar, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the governor of the State of Louisiana Bobby Jindal with this logo and identify it.

 

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