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The Strategist Quiz

Gaurav Sri Krishna New Delhi
  1. What was put to use for the first time in the history of retailing at the Humpty Dumpty Supermarket, Oklahama, in the year 1937?

  2. Which telecom appliances company claims to have sold the maximum number of its units ever in a single day anywhere in the world, on Diwali day 2006?

  3. A technical officer of Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers' Co-operative Society(Apco) has been granted a patent for one of his inventions. Identify him and his invention.

  4. Name the CEO of an airline company who dressed up as a gondolier to promote a route to Venice and as a Roman Catholic Cardinal to sell flights to Rome.

  5. Identify this confectionery, which gets its name from the lingering subtle fruit flavours that make it similar to the experience of savouring a fine wine. Popular brands of this confectionery originated from the UK and Ireland.

  6. In 1995, why and which software company licensed a song from the rock band Rolling Stones for one of its campaigns?

  7. For which product was the first TV commercial filmed in space?

  8. Why did all the automobile assembly lines in the US stop for one minute in April 1947? An estimated 7 million workers across America paused on that day.

  9. Identify the product from one of its very classic ad campaigns, which reads "The amazing story of a _______that worked after being taken from the belly of a fish."

  10. Name the company that is considered to be the largest producer of roses in the world. It operates out of an African country and is supposedly being taken over by an Indian floriculture company.

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The winner will receive a prize of Rs 2,000. Please send your entries to strategist@business-standard.com. Entries will not be entertained unless accompanied by your full postal address. Last date for receiving entries: March 14. Business Standard Limited employees and previous winners of the quiz and their families are not eligible to participate.

 

 

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First Published: Mar 13 2007 | 12:00 AM IST

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