The Strategist Quiz (#373)

1. The head of state of this tiny nation has brought in KPMG to implement uniform internationally accepted accounting practices in his country, Ernst & Young to scrutinise the management of its utilities and municipal services, Deloitte & Touche to audit its bank, McKinsey along with Chris Patten (former head of BBC and Governor of Hong Kong) to restructure its media operations and Spencer Stuart to recruit top management talent from around the globe. Name the country and its head of state.
    
2. The tagline of a department in this global company reads "We like epic shit" and this division chooses to make the future and make what they believe in. Name the company and its department.
    
3. Name the brand that has introduced a compression t-shirt that measures heart rate and breath for an ongoing major sporting event in the US.
    
4. What is common to the first microprocessor brought out by Intel Corporation, Apple's first personal computer and the first recombinant genetically engineered hormone somatostatin?
    
5. Which brand is now running an ad campaign in Africa called "Made of Black" and Black is not a color?
    
6. A coffee house that existed in New York City in the 1790s got its name from the term used for an Investment plan that was invented by a Neapolitan banker Lorenzo de Tonti, in France in 1653. To what is this coffee house considered a precursor? Also name the coffee house.
    
7. Known for one of the biggest corporate scandals in the US, this company's name is now used as a buzzword that means undermining the future of employees and companies. Name it.
    
8. "Liberty doesn't have a price" is the English translation of the base line used by a European telecom company. Name it.
    
9. Which billionaire's father is purported to have said this: I cheat my boys every chance I get. Want to make 'em sharp. I trade with the boys and skin 'em and I just beat 'em every time I can. I want to make 'em sharp"?
    
10. Name the brand and the product from the logo.

 

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