The Strategist Quiz (#495)

The Strategist Quiz, January 19, 2017

1. Why was this company founded in 1999 (NASDAQ:PRSS) in a way get noticed in India and by Indians recently?

2. Connect the brands Marriott, Jindal and Kellogg’s in the USA and establish what is common to them.

3. This person, known as a distinguished financier, art lover and philanthropist, donated his collections to the American Museum of Natural History and also to the Natural History Museum in Paris. In his honour a gemstone found principally in the mountainous region of Mount Bity in Madagascar is named. Name him and the gemstone.

4. __ is the term used to describe this business model where goods and services are traded on the basis of access rather than ownership: it refers to renting things temporarily rather than selling them permanently. The term arose as a correction to the term __, which some feel is mistakenly used. Fill in both the blanks.

5. What is Alternate Alibaba better known as and give the reason for it being called so?

 

6. Name the airline and the beer brand that have teamed up to serve draught beer on tap to its passengers on-board, a first in the world. The differences in air pressure previously made serving draught beer at high altitudes impossible.

7. If Pepper was the world’s first Lakshmi is India’s first. What is being referred to here and what are their distinctions?

8. Who has named one of their brands from the Latin which means fire?

9. Whose brands are Gemini, Rath and Nature Fresh?

10. Name the company from its logo.

Compiled by Gaurav Sri Krishna, www.facebook.com/gaurav.s.krishna

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