The Strategist Quiz (#412)

1. Name the Indian promoter and the brand he founded after watching the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cable TV at home. He decided to set up a company inspired by the gentle animal.
    
2. Connect the death of an elephant that dates back to 1885, the PT Barnum Circus that was sold for $4, 00,000 to Ringling Brothers in 1907, and the Tufts University with a word now very commonly used in the English language.
    
3. Which company's headquarters is colloquially referred to as the Dolly Parton Towers?
    
4. This person, who founded his company in 1971 after raising $90 million, was close to bankruptcy when he was left only with $5,000 in cash three years later. Since no one, including banks and financial institutions, were willing to fund him he flew to Las Vegas and played Black Jack with the $5,000. He raised $32,000 from his winnings and saved his company from closure. Name the person and the company.
    
5. Who coined the term Newsmagazine?
    
6. Whose brands are the Brilliant Game, Adventure, Champion and The Game?
    
7. What firsts are James Cameron, filmmaker and Gavin Bate, mountaineer linked to?
    
8. What was devised by researchers at DuPont and Remington Rand to manage a complex business process of shutting down plants for maintenance and the then restarting them?
    
9. Which brand's loyalty programme is run with the Angel Card?
    
10. Name the brand that has a presence now in the major metros of India.
    

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