The Strategist Quiz #041

1. Which company's popular mascot is one of the two animals to have been enshrined in Madame Tussauds' wax museum?
   
   
2. This company launched a new brand following the popularity of Twenty20 cricket. It promotes it as the choice of champions. Name the company and the brand.
   
   
3. Name the watch brand that was commissioned to create a special edition in 1966 for the then futuristic movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. What was special about the watch?
   
   
4. For which organisation did Maureen Wadia, Parmeshwar Godrej and Shobaa, wife of film star Jeetendra, work before their marriages?
   
   
5. What was first made in 1889 by baker Raphael Esposito of Italy in honour of a visit to Naples by the royal family? It had the colours red, white and green of the Italian flag.
   
   
6. What word was coined by the Goodrich Corporation in the early 1900s? This aerospace manufacturing company was then known as B F Goodrich Company.
   
   
7. They claim to be the descendants of soldiers of the legendary Maharashtrian warrior-king Shivaji, have consulted for companies like Mico Bosch and helped Airtel and Microsoft spread the message for some of their brand initiatives. Who are they?
   
   
8. What is the term used to describe the electronic fraud tactic in which individuals are tricked into revealing critical financial or personal information to unauthorised entities over the telephone?
   
   
9. Who said, "Why is it that I always get the whole person when what I really want is a pair of hands"?
   
   
10. Which fast food chain is named after a character in the cartoon strip Popeye?

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