The Strategist Quiz #003

1. In the first quarter of this year, an Indian spiritual guru opened his financial services company at Broad Street, close to the NYSE. The company is housed in one of the very few buildings in New York City that is oriented due east, based on principles of Vedic architecture. Name the company and its owner. (Hint: He is also known as the giggling guru)
   
   
2. When and where was the first MBA programme in the world introduced?
   
   
3. Which company in India was recently issued a legal notice for violating the performing animals registration rules? (A TV commercial for one of this company's brands used a dog, two sparrows and three cockatoos.)
   
   
4. This company recently completed its IPO. Almost two years ago, the Dabur family, Anil Ambani's family and the Munjals of the Hero Honda group, along with a Delhi-based private financier, invested for a total 10 per cent stake. Name it.
   
   
5. Who owns the brand Footloose?
   
   
6. Discovery Channel "" the US, Rabobank "" Holland, T-Mobile "" Germany, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) "" Denmark. Identify the sport for which these brands are sponsoring the respective countries.
   
   
7. Which airline claims that its High Value Cost model is an industry first? It is also the first to run all-business class flights.
   
   
8. The managing director of the Labour India group is poised to achieve a rare distinction. What is it?
   
   
9. Which company was created in 1930 by the merger of a British soapmaker and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie?
   
   
10. Name the Indian business group that owns a countryside hotel close to the Formula 1 racing track at Silverstone in the UK. It is a heritage building that hosted Elizabeth I in 1575. Various Formula One drivers such as Michael Schumacher frequent the hotel.
    
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