The Strategist Quiz #553

The Strategist Quiz, March 8, 2018

1 What are pie tops and who manufacturers them?

2 Connect Tony the Tiger, Marlboro cowboy and the Jolly Green Giant and what do you arrive at?

3 Name this company which made its first profit quarterly profit in its 12-year history last December 2017. Close to Pound sterling 65million.

4 In the recently held Oscars what was the distinction of costume designer Mark Bridges besides winning the Oscar for Phantom Thread?

5 Where would you find the Hotel that is completely staffed by robots? Name it too.

6 With which industry would you connect the varieties Bhima, Prabha, Kalyani, Uttara, Sarayu, Krishna, Harayana, Rajbhog and Rashbari?

7 What is the buzzword used to describe a situation when in a corporate the top management hires outside consultants to do what it should be doing and deciding how to run the company? This demotivates the employees who were actually supposed to manage these functions.

8 The founder of a tech company named his house in homage to Citizen Kane. Name both the person and the house.

9 Who uses this line, “As a rule, challenge the rule”?

10 Name the company from its logo

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One lucky winner will receive a cheque for Rs 2,000. Send your entries to strategist@bsmail.in. All entries must carry the postal address of the contestant. 

Last date for receiving entries: March 2 till 8 pm. Previous winners and employees of Business Standard and their families are not eligible to participate. 

The winner is chosen on the basis of the first correct entry received.

There were three correct entries to Quiz No 552. The winner is Anil Sharma from Ludhiana